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00:00In Venezuela's operation, the barracks go to the people move forward as part of the comprehensive defense of its sovereignty.
00:18In Ecuadorian President Daniel Lobo has called a referendum on the return of foreign military bases and a popular consultation to form a constituent assembly.
00:31And in Palestine, the death row from the Israeli aggression has risen to 65,174, with 166 others injured since the conflict started on October 7, 2023.
00:46Hello, welcome to From the South. I'm Luis Alberto Matos from the Lesus Studios in Havana, Cuba. We begin with the news.
01:07At Venezuela began the deployment of operation the barracks go to the people in the framework of the integral defense of its sovereignty.
01:14During this Saturday, the Bolivar National Armed Forces mobilized to the communal circuits as part of the preparation activities for defense of the country.
01:22Uniformed people joined the call of the national government who urged the population to mobilize in order to strengthen the civic military union.
01:30The initiative arises from the deployment of U.S. military vessels in the Caribbean Sea under the pretext of fighting drug trafficking.
01:36And Venezuelan Minister of Defense Vladimir Padrino Lopez offered details of the sovereign Caribbean 200 exercise held on the island of Lauchila in the insular territory Francisco de Miranda.
01:53The minister informed that the 72-hour land and naval air exercise is still on the way, and so far it has been carried out according to plan.
02:01The activities have been carried out in popular military and police fusion, which has allowed to increase the operational readiness of the national Bolivarian armed forces.
02:12Padrino reaffirmed that under the premise of drug trafficking, the U.S. administration has wanted to discredit and eliminate the democratic Venezuelan institutionality.
02:23In the face of this scenario of aggression to national sovereignty, the joint campaign maneuver Sovereign Caribbean 200 has demonstrated the effectiveness of the synergies in defense of the homeland.
02:34And Venezuela hosts the third international telecommunications fair with over 140 national and international companies in attendance.
02:48The event is held at Caracas Polyhedron Arena, where hundreds of companies demonstrate the country's technological advances within the framework of future strategic alliances.
02:58Venezuela has experienced a 7.13% growth in its communication services and a significant progress in national connectivity.
03:14In Puerto Rico, the Independence Party and the social organization Mothers Against War denounced this Friday the U.S. government is militarizing the territory for a possible intervention in Venezuela.
03:25Independent Senator Adrián González asserts that Puerto Rico is a militarized territory of the United States, adding that a test is being conducted that could also take place in South America.
03:34Similarly, on September 14, Mothers Against War held a protest against the U.S. deployment, which was supported by the Independence Party.
03:42These statements come in the context of the U.S. military deployment in the Caribbean, while an elite marine unit began amphibious maneuvers on Puerto Rican soil.
03:50And the Mexican government has warned that at least 198 Mexicans have been detained at Alligator Alcatraz detention center in the United States, which was ordered to close by a federal judge.
04:10Mexican Foreign Minister Juan RamĂłn de la Fuente reported that consulates are conducting interviews with Mexican migrants who are detained in the United States.
04:19He explained that Alligator Alcatraz is a short-term detention center, so there is a daily movement of inmates.
04:25He also noted that during the last day of interviews at the detention center, complaints of mistreatment have been received.
04:40And in the United States, the Pentagon announced on Friday that it will only grant journalists access to its facilities if they agree not to publish certain information.
04:48Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell explained in an email to multiple newsrooms that reporters will be required to sign a pledge not to disclose information, even unclassified, that is not expressly authorized for release.
05:00Under threat of the revocation of press credentials, the rule is set to take effect within two to three weeks and will apply to all media outlets covering the Department of Defense headquarters.
05:10This unprecedented measure gives the Pentagon broad control over the content released.
05:17The President and the Secretary of Defense make decisions, and certainly also in the region, they stay accountable.
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05:40Welcome back.
05:52U.S. President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping held a telephone conversation.
05:57Trump says the two will meet at an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum in South Korea in November.
06:02Our correspondent in China, Bruno Fasis, has the details.
06:06Greetings to the workers in the studio in La Habana and the audience that join us from this broadcast.
06:13I am in Beijing now, where on the evening of September 19, the Chinese President Xi Jinping had a telephone conversation with the United States President Donald Trump.
06:26The conversation focused on the bilateral relationship and other topics of common interest, highlighting the need for a constructive approach to the future of both relations, the Chinese and USA relationship.
06:43Xi, the President of China, remembered the shared history of both countries during the Second World War and the importance of honoring collaboration in difficult times.
06:55He also emphasized the need for mutual respect, peaceful coexistence and beneficial cooperation.
07:04Trump, for his part, applauded China's military parade, marking the 18th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance against Japanese aggression and the word anti-fascist war.
07:17He expressed his desire to build a long term positive relationship with China and stressed the importance of working together for world peace.
07:28The phone call comes in the context of a trade tension between the United States and China.
07:35U.S. Secretary of State, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Benson and the Chinese Deputy Prime Minister Healy Feng held a meeting in Madrid last Sunday.
07:48This meeting, which marked the fourth round of negotiations between the both nations,
07:54Arised after the impositions of tariffs by the United States on Chinese products, which led to a tariff war between these nations, reaching more than 145% of tariffs between both of them.
08:11Today, reduced to 30% on Chinese products and 10% on the products of the United States.
08:20During these discussions, both the importance of constructive dialogue and the need to find practical solutions to problems such as the regulations of TikTok in the United States were highlighted.
08:33This is a report by Bruno Fauci, Terexu correspondent in China. We return now in the studio in La Havana.
08:45Also in China, police in Hong Kong defused unexploded ordnance found at a construction site that is believed to date back to World War II.
08:52The discovery was made in Quarry Bay, a public residential and business district on the western side of Hong Kong Island.
08:59About 6,000 local residents were evacuated from the area while the disposal team set up sandbags and other specialized equipment for defusal.
09:06The team worked through the night and successfully defused the bomb. No injuries were reported.
09:11According to the police's bomb disposal team, which was dispatched when the explosive was found, it is functional and highly dangerous.
09:18They assessed that it dates back to World War II and was likely dropped by a U.S. aircraft.
09:29An Ecuadorian President Daniel Novoa called a referendum on a return of foreign military bases and a popular consultation to form a constituent assembly.
09:38The objective is to reform Article 5 of the Constitution and draft a new constitution with the participation of more than 13 million Ecuadorians.
09:46In response, the court issued a statement emphasizing that Ecuador is a constitutional and democratic state where all authorities and institutions must abide by the law,
09:53and suggested a violation of the stipulated legal framework.
09:57The amendment to Article 5 of the 2008 Constitution, which prohibits foreign military bases, is presented as a measure against drug trafficking,
10:04but analysts explain that it represents a surrender of sovereignty.
10:08And the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador-Conay denounced the freezing of its leaders and organizations' bank accounts in the context of the national strike call for the repeal of Decree 126.
10:26This decree eliminated the diesel subsidy and raised its price by 56 percent, according to the official statement.
10:32The banks justified the measure as a response to state orders, which Conay interprets as an act of intimidation and criminalization of social protest.
10:40The organization, in a statement issued after an extraordinary assembly, announced an immediate and indefinite national strike.
10:46The mobilization responds to the economic impact of the rise in diesel prices, making transportation, production and food more expensive.
10:54We call on our grassroots supporters, social organizations and civil society throughout Ecuador to participate in an immediate and indefinite national strike.
11:14We demand the immediate repeal of Decree 126, which eliminates the 10 percent subsidy as it is a measure that increases the cost of transportation, production, food and the lives of millions of Ecuadorian families.
11:39Argentina's President Javier Mele acknowledged during an interview on Friday that he is negotiating a new loan with the U.S. Treasury Department to mitigate the financial crisis affecting the country.
11:49The Central Bank of Argentina intervened in the official exchange market after disbursing $680 million on Friday and over $432 million in the previous two days to keep the dollar exchange rate within the range agreed upon with the International Monetary Fund.
12:03This agreement, worth $20 billion, requires the organization to prevent the currency from exceeding the upper limit.
12:09The crisis is worsening with the country's risk at 1,515 basis points, an increase of 4.3 percent since August 26, 2024, reflecting the difficulties in financing.
12:22Also in Argentina, the government was criminally charged for failure to fulfill its duties as a public servant after Congress rejected the veto on the disabated emergency.
12:34It is now up to President Javier Mele to enforce the law and carry out its implementation.
12:39Representatives of We Do For Our Country, Stevan Paulon, and the representative of the Socialist Party, Monica Fein, filed a complaint against President Malay and other authorities for breach of public duty.
12:53Judge Sebastian Casanello accepted the complaint and stated that he would investigate the president for delaying implementation.
12:59cornered, the enraged government accused the deputies of being irresponsible for undermining physical talents.
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13:44The US Senate rejected both parties' bills to avoid a government shutdown at the end of September,
13:49while the Trump administration proposes to sell almost $6 billion in weapons to Israel.
13:55Our correspondent, Jorge Estoso, with the details.
13:59There is concern here in Washington given the fact that could be in 10 days a government shutdown,
14:06and that is the result of disagreements in the Senate that they couldn't pass the proposal of the Republicans.
14:14Chuck Schumer, the leader of the minority of the Democratic Party, says that the proposal of the Republicans are not good enough.
14:24There was a transitional proposal that they did that was financing the government until the end of the year.
14:31And now that could represent that after October the 1st could be the shutdown of non-essential government officials and agencies,
14:44could affect the payment of the government's members.
14:50And also there's a lot of financial areas that could be affected by the shutdown.
14:55So that shows clearly the polarization even in the Congress that is taking place this week.
15:02Also, there is sort of a new proposal that could have been said by President Trump, but it's not confirmed.
15:12He could have suggested that the U.S. was ready to sell up to $6.4 billion in guns to Israel, especially Apache helicopters and assault cars.
15:29And that is very weird, if you want, because yesterday in the morning, President Trump had a telephone conversation of about two hours with the President Xi Jinping,
15:42where they address areas of conflict around the world, including the area of Israel.
15:49Israel, and both of them were mentioning that they were seeking to work together in order to achieve their peace.
15:56So for one saying, we are talking about his, together with the other leader of the most populous country, China and the second economy, pushing for peace.
16:09And on the other hand, he could have said, and again, it's not confirmed yet, that the U.S. could be ready to sell $6.4 billion in guns to Israel,
16:21a country that has been accused more and more, for more and more countries, including the United Nations, that are committing a genocide against the people of Palestine.
16:34We get back to you now.
16:53The Palestinian death flow has risen to 65,174, with 166,071 others injured
17:01since Israeli aggressions against Gaza erupted on October 7, 2023, according to Gaza's health authorities.
17:08According to reports from the Ministry of Health in the Enclave,
17:11in the last 24 hours, hospitals received 33 bodies, including one recovered from the rubble and 146 injured.
17:18Systematic starvation claimed many lives in the Strip, totaling 440 people, including 147 minors.
17:25The international community denounced the use of hunger as a weapon of war and one of a humanitarian catastrophe
17:30with irreversible consequences for an entire generation.
17:35And in Syria, citizens took to the streets of Homs city to protest against the transition of government's plans to sign security agreements with Israel.
17:47Thousands of people demonstrated in the streets of Homs in support of the resistance of the Palestinian people
17:52in their struggle against the occupation forces of the Sionist regime.
17:55This new protest demonstrates citizens' discontent with the transition of government for supporting Israel's expansionist plans,
18:02despite the constant attacks of the Tel Aviv army against Syrian territory,
18:06which increased after the overflow of President Bashar al-Assad.
18:16And in Iran, condemn this reinstatement of United Nations sanctions and reiterate the peaceful nature of its nuclear program.
18:22Iran's Foreign Ministry opposes UN sanctions backed by the European Union.
18:27It claims the Cairo deal with the International Domain Agency, seen as a diplomatic breakthrough, is being ignored.
18:34The country emphasizes that the measure comes at a time when its peaceful nuclear facilities are under Israeli attack.
18:40On September 9th, Iran had announced a new understanding with the International Atomic Energy Agency
18:45that defines mechanisms for resuming inspections and cooperation guaranteeing its sovereign rights.
18:51The Supreme National Security Council warned that any hostile action would lead to the suspension of the agreement.
18:57Additionally, Russia and China announced that they would not recognize Western countries' attempts to reimpose United Nations sanctions on Iran,
19:10and promise to continue in business as usual.
19:12Russia's United Nations Security Council Representative Basil Nevencia denounced the reimposition of sanctions against Iran as illegitimate and coercive.
19:20China's United Nations Security Council Ambassador Fu Kong called for sanctions against Iran to be suspended, saying the Arab nation's efforts must be recognized.
19:28He stressed that reimposing sanctions against Iran undermines efforts to find a solution and said the U.S. must pave the way for negotiations.
19:35Also on Friday, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced the Commission's proposals for a 19th package of sanctions against Russia,
19:50which primarily targets the country's energy and financial sectors in the framework of the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
19:55The European Union plans to ban the import of Russian liquefied natural gas into its market and impose sanctions on an additional 118 vessels from Russia's shadow fleet.
20:06The EU will also expand the ban on transactions involving banks in Russia and other countries.
20:13The EU intends to transform the Russian frozen assets into repair loans for Ukraine.
20:18Furthermore, Moscow has repeatedly said that taking over its fund violates the international law.
20:27And like this, we are from the end of this news brief.
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