00:00This hour, the general debate of the United Nations General Assembly continues on its fifth day,
00:21going over key issues such as the Israeli genocide in Gaza, climate action, and more.
00:26Let's go live with our correspondent, Jorge Gestoso, for the latest. Welcome, Jorge.
00:38Hello? Hello?
00:42In a 15-minute speech, Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez was launching a very strong message against Israel
00:52and what he called the genocide of Palestine.
00:57He definitely also was denouncing the complicity of the U.S. in that genocide,
01:03said that it was unacceptable that at this age, in this global community, that genocide is taking place.
01:13He said, at this very moment that we are talking, children, he said 2.2 million people, including children and women,
01:22are being starved to death in Palestine.
01:24That was almost the opening of his 15-minute speech.
01:28Also, he was criticizing militarism, mentioned then that it is also unacceptable,
01:36the deployment of U.S. naval fleet in the Caribbean, a threat to Venezuela and to the whole region.
01:46He also expressed the total remarks that Cuba has, with Venezuela, the total support of what Venezuela is resisting,
01:58and also mentioned inequality, also mentioned climate change, also mentioned the request,
02:05the demand of a new world order.
02:08It was applauded at the end of his speech by many, many countries, including a lot of Latin American countries.
02:16Before Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez was speaking in the morning also,
02:23the Foreign Minister of Russia were talking about Mr. Sergei Lavrov, also condemning Gaza genocide,
02:32and also giving full support to Venezuela and Cuba, saying that it is unacceptable,
02:42that they are trying to use the force and the language of diplomacy.
02:49Most, most critical are the United States, that he believes that he is not very much interested in dialogue,
02:56but the use of military force, and also in the morning was also,
03:02the representative of St. Kitts and Neves, also supporting another country in the Caribbean,
03:10also supporting Venezuela and Cuba fight against the 60 years embargo.
03:18So, in the morning very much present, our Latin America in the speeches of these three key speeches.
03:26Go back to you now.
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