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00:00Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro presided over Tuesday the creation in Caracas of the National
00:16Council for Sovereignty and Peace. In Brazil, former President Jair Bolsonaro is ordered to
00:26pay the equivalent of almost 180,000 dollars for causing collective moral damage with his
00:32racist statements in 2021. Ecuadorian President Daniel Novoa issued Tuesday a
00:41set of emergency in at least seven provinces of the country amid protests over the elimination
00:46of the diesel subsidy.
00:59Hello, welcome to From the South. I'm Sophie Fernandez from the Telesur Studios in Havana,
01:03Cuba. We begin with the news. Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro presided over
01:08Tuesday the creation in Caracas of the National Council for Sovereignty and Peace. During the
01:14event closing out, the Bolivarian Head of State highlighted the importance of the Council
01:18as another step to strengthen the unity of all Venezuelans, to defend the nation's sovereignty
01:23and peace. Maduro accused the United States government of carrying out what he described
01:28as a multifaceted war against the Bolivarian nation, violating all international laws.
01:34The President also affirmed that the majority of the Venezuelan people rejects Washington's
01:38military threats, and retaliated that the country's internal problems are settled by
01:43Venezuelans, through dialogue based on the Constitution.
01:54During his speech, President Nicolás Maduro affirmed that the U.S. threats against Venezuela
01:58have awakened a feeling of love among the people of the Bolivarian nation.
02:03So today, we are breathing here a spirit of faith in Venezuela. We're breathing, we can see
02:16it and hear it, a spirit of national union. The threats against Venezuela have awakened a feeling,
02:28a special feeling of love because of the right we have to exist, to live and to develop in accordance
02:37with our knowledges.
02:39President of the National Assembly, Jorge Rodriguez, during his speech expressed that it is necessary
02:45to defend and show the truth of Venezuela, a country that, despite being threatened by the United States,
02:51is working and fighting for peace.
02:57The idea is not only the confirmation of this council today, but also the making of tables,
03:06action tables, where we will, on one side, take diplomatic tasks to move forward in a process
03:14that goes with us through the whole planet and the world to show the truth of Venezuela
03:20and the truth of a country that, still having been under a blockade, is still fighting for its peace.
03:29A Jewish table, because there has been a lot of lies spread, false testimonies that have risen,
03:40and we're going to defend, in all of the instances of the world, the truth of Venezuela,
03:46the right that we have in front of imperial aggression.
03:53For his part, the U.S. Special Presidential Envoy, Richard Grannell, said Tuesday in Paraguay
03:58that he advocates for dialogue with the Venezuelan government to reach an agreement with the Bolivarian nation.
04:05Nicholas Maduro, I've sat across from him, I've articulated the America First position,
04:12I understand what he wants, I believe that we can still have a deal, I believe in diplomacy, I believe in avoiding war.
04:24In other news, the Government of Colombia denounced Tuesday that the United States is using the desertification of countries cooperating
04:33in its so-called war against drugs, as a political pressure to interfere in its internal affairs.
04:39In a statement on the social media Ex, President Gustavo Perlos said Washington wanted a puppet president in Colombia,
04:46and affirmed that the Colombian people will decide if they want a corrupt government like that of Panama,
04:51or one which defends national sovereignty.
04:54Perlos' statement comes after U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio called Colombia's fight against drugs as erratic.
05:00The President also questioned the moral legitimacy of the United States in imposing labels on other nations,
05:07pointing out that Washington has not reduced the consumption of cocaine and fentanyl in his own society.
05:13Bolivia's Prime Minister of Social Defense and Control Substances Jaime Mamami rejected the report of the United States
05:27that denounces the non-compliance of the anti-drug policies in Bolivarian territory.
05:32The Vice Minister expressed that the United States is not a recognized authority to evaluate the anti-drug policies of other states.
05:39At the same time, he highlighted the efforts made by the plurinational state of Bolivia under President Luis Arce
05:46in the fight against drug trafficking.
05:48Mamami pointed out that the country has demonstrated its commitment to the frontal and transparent fight against drug trafficking
05:55by increasing the amount of seizures in the national territory.
05:58In addition, he reminded the U.S. that Bolivia is part of the United Nations, the entity in charge of evaluating drug policies.
06:05And now we have a short break coming up, but first remember you can join us on TikTok at Telesur English,
06:18where you will find news in different formats, news updates and more.
06:21We'll be right back, stay with us!
06:23Welcome back to From the South.
06:37In Brazil, former President Jair Bolsonaro was ordered by the third regional court to pay the equivalent of almost 180,000 dollars
06:45for causing collective moral damage with his racist statements in 2021.
06:50The unanimous ruling also requires Bolsonaro to remove discriminatory and intolerant content from his social media accounts
06:57and to issue a public apology to the African American community.
07:01For his part, the Third Chamber of the Federal Regional Court made the decision unanimously
07:06and considered that a far-right politician engaged in so-called recreational racism.
07:11It should be noted that Bolsonaro faces a sentence of 27 years and three months in prison
07:17for leaving a coup plot to try to prevent the inauguration of the current president, Luís Ignacio Lula da Silva.
07:23Also in Brazil, hundreds of civil construction workers decided to start an indefinite strike in the city of Belém,
07:39in the north of the country.
07:41Two months before COP30, the United Nations Climate Change Summit, will be held suspended in the areas
07:48where the meeting will take place.
07:50Driven by discontent with wage adjustments, which are considered insufficient,
07:56trade unions are calling our workers to participate in a general strike.
08:01Accompanied by days of protests amid criticism of the high cost of the events,
08:07which increases tensions at the countdown of the COP theory continues.
08:20Meanwhile in Ecuador, workers and residents of the city of Cuenca mobilized Tuesday
08:27on the main roads and highways of the area to protest the government's neoliberal policies
08:32and its elimination of the diesel subsidy.
08:35The demonstrators also denounced the establishment of open mines near water sources and strategic areas,
08:41due to their negative impact on the economy and the lives of the residents, especially its vulnerable population.
08:47The protesters also described Novaloa's policies as generated hunger, destitution, exploitation and slavery.
08:54The workers' leaders affirmed that they will remain in permanent mobilization against the government's policies.
08:59An Ecuadorian president, Daniel Dagoa issued Tuesday a start of emergency in at least seven provinces of the country,
09:14amid protests over the elimination of the diesel subsidy.
09:17The measure will be enforced for 60 days and applies to provinces of Charchi, Ibagura, Santo Domingo, among others.
09:25The presidential decree suspends the right to freedom of public assembly during the 24 hours a day,
09:31although it does not restrict demonstrations.
09:34The norm also authorizes the armed forces and the national police to intervene in meetings
09:38where threats to security are identified.
09:41However, it does not include the implementation of a curfew.
09:54In other news, Colombia's speech tribunal issued Tuesday its first sentence against former FARC leaders
10:00for their roles in thousands of kidnappings.
10:03The ruling found seven former leaders of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia
10:07guilty of imposing policies that led to the kidnapping of 21,000 people.
10:12The court said that the rebel group kidnapped civilians for ransoms to finance its operations,
10:17while also depriving soldiers and politicians of their liberty in hopes of exchanging them for imprisoned rebels.
10:24The sentence orders the former rebel leaders to work for eight years on projects to find the bodies of missing people
10:31and remove landmines from rural areas.
10:34They also have to engage in symbolic acts of reparation with their victims,
10:38follow a strict schedule and have their movements monitored by electronic devices.
10:43In Mexico, citizens commemorate Independence Day in a ceremony led by President Claudia Sheinbaum
10:57from the National Palace balcony.
10:59The capital, Zócalo, is decorated for the celebration of the cry of independence,
11:04uniting millions of Mexicans.
11:06This celebration preserves the memory of the day the libertarian movement began
11:10and honors its founders.
11:12Independence Day is a remembrance of Mexico's freedom heroes
11:16and a re-information that the country's commitment to justice, sovereignty and solidarity.
11:21Independence Day in Mexico is celebrated on September 16th,
11:25but the ceremony of the cry of independence is held on the night of September 15th
11:29to honor Miguel Hidalgo Castilla, who called on the population to take action.
11:34Nothing can stop a nation when it's its people who support and defend it with pride,
11:47and when there is a government that does not distance itself from its people,
11:53from justice, from democracy,
11:57that in which sovereignty resides in the people and not in privilege.
12:03Mexican women and men,
12:06let us not forget that Mexico will always be a symbol of peace and world brotherhood,
12:13committed to cooperation, mutual respect,
12:18and the undisputed defense of the self-determination of the peoples.
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13:08Among the Israeli army launched its ground offensive to take the Palestinian city of Gaza,
13:14located in the north of the Strip,
13:16where its tanks advance in slowing after a series of intense airstrikes.
13:21The onslaught has forced some 300,000 people to flee the urban center,
13:26which in mid-August was home to about one million Palestinians.
13:30As a result of these new attacks, Palestinian health authorities reported
13:34that at least 68 people have been killed across Gaza since dawn on Tuesday alone.
13:39As the total death toll since the start of the Israeli aggression in October 2023
13:44now stands at 64,905 people, with 164,926 wounded.
13:52Moreover, health authorities in Gaza warned the devastating figures could be higher,
13:57as they are struggling to rescue those still trapped under the rubble from collapsed buildings.
14:10In this context, more than 3,000 Palestinians have been forcibly displaced to Almawasi,
14:15in the Hrafa Governorate, which has been described as a concentration zone.
14:21The area, located along the southern coast of the Gaza Strip,
14:25lacks basic services, including water, health care and food,
14:29with health authorities warning of the rapid spread of diseases due to overcrowding.
14:35Palestinians are being forced to flee their homes to escape the aggression by the Israeli occupation forces,
14:42who continue bombing residential buildings and shelters
14:46in clear violation of international law and human rights.
15:00The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas warned that the advance of Israel's grand operations against Gaza
15:06are part of a plan of ethnic extermination with the U.S. support.
15:11Hamas movement asserted that the crimes against the Gaza Strip violate all international norms
15:16and are committed under the political and military cohort of the United States,
15:20which bears full responsibility for the consequences of the aggression.
15:25In addition, they call on the international community to take responsible and decisive action,
15:30in line with the scale of these massacres in the Palestinian enclave.
15:45Meanwhile, a recent report by the United Nations accuses Israel of genocide for its attacks on the Gaza Strip,
15:51following almost two years of aggression against the Palestinian people.
15:56The United Nations' inform concludes that, based on statements by Israeli officials and evidence on the ground,
16:02genocide is being committed with the intention of totally or partially destroying the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
16:08The UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry in the Occupied Palestinian Territory declared Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu,
16:16former Defense Minister Joab Gallant, and President Isaac Herzog responsible for crimes against Gaza.
16:23In this scenario, despite the evidence referred to by the UN,
16:27the Israeli Prime Minister of Foreign Affairs described the accusation as false
16:32and demanded the dissolution of the Investigation Commission.
16:35Today we witness in real time how the promise of never again is broken and tested in the eyes of the world.
16:50The ongoing genocide in Gaza is a moral outrage and a legal emergency.
16:56Member States must act now.
16:58There is no need to wait for the International Court of Justice to declare it a genocide.
17:05All states are obligated to use whatever means within its power to prevent the commission of genocide.
17:13And so we urge Member States to ensure accountability for any crimes that have been committed.
17:19Our reports over two years have built the full picture of the extent of the destruction.
17:26And the destruction is such, added in particular to the starvation policies,
17:32that the conditions of life in Gaza are unsupportable.
17:37The third category of genocidal act.
17:40At least 16 countries around the world denounced the Israeli aggressions against the humanitarian global summit flotilla.
17:52International authorities expressed their concern about the security of the vessels that aim to reach Gaza and break the humanitarian blockade.
18:00On the other hand, they warned that any violation of the international rights, including strikes on the ships and the illegal arrests of participants,
18:08would be brought to international courts.
18:11The global summit flotilla carries food and medicines, as well as over 300 activists,
18:16among them parliamentaries from France, Brazil and Spain.
18:23In other news, Russian President Vladimir Putin visited to stay the site of the strategic exercises being conducted with Belarus, known as Zapat 2025.
18:38During his visit, the Russian leader inspected the military equipment, weapons and techniques that are being developed in more than 41 land and naval training camps.
18:48The Russian head of state assured that the objective of trials is to strengthen security between Russia and Belarus,
18:54in defense of sovereignty, territorial integrity and protection.
18:58President Putin also expressed his gratitude for the presence of more than 23 observer countries,
19:04including three NATO members, the United States, Hungary and Turkey.
19:09China urges the United States and Japan to withdraw the Typhoon missile system deployed in Japan as soon as possible,
19:24as the installation of this weapon system poses a substantial threat to the region's strategic security.
19:30Despite China's concerns, both nations insisted on deploying the missile system in the neighboring country,
19:37claiming it was for joint exercises and training.
19:40The deployment of the missile system by the U.S. in an Asian nation harms security and increases risk of an armed race and military confrontation in the region.
19:49In this regard, the Chinese spokesperson Lin Jiang argued that the United States and Japan must respect the security concerns of other countries,
19:58respond to the requests of countries in the region and correct their erroneous practices.
20:03Moving to Africa this Tuesday in the Republic of Malawi, the counting of votes began for the general elections,
20:17in which the president, legislators and local consulers will be elected.
20:22Amidst a period of economic turmoil in the country, over 7 million registered voters thrown out to the polls,
20:29while the Malawi Electoral Commission is under close scrutiny to ensure free and fair elections.
20:35In these elections, the current president, Lazarus Chacofuera, is once again facing his rival,
20:41former president Peter Mutarica, after the last elections in 2020.
20:46Vote counting began late on Tuesday afternoon, and according to the law,
20:50the results must be announced within a week of the election date.
20:54Like this, we have come to the end of this news brief.
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21:12For Telesure English, I'm Sophie Fernandez, thank you for watching.
21:15We'll see you next time.
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