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* Rodrigo Paz elected president of Bolivia

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00:00With 54.5% of votes, Rodrigo Paz has been elected the new President of Bolivia, defeating Jorge

00:18Duto Quiroga in the second round of general elections. In Cuba, the Grandma Rebelde Festival

00:27concluded this Sunday in Havana, where delegations from over 30 countries discussed the role

00:32of leftist journalism in the world today. After killing at least 44 people in the past

00:4124 hours, Israeli authorities announced they will once again abide by the ceasefire in Gaza.

00:46Hello, welcome to From the South. I'm Sofia Fernández from the Telesur Studios in Havana,

00:57Cuba. We begin with the news. In Bolivia, the candidate of the Christian Democratic Party,

01:02Rodrigo Paz, was elected President according to official data from the preliminary results system

01:08QueenCount. The Supreme Electoral Call to Bolivia announced the preliminary official result of the

01:14QueenCount of Votes that declared Rodrigo Paz Pereira as the winner of the second presidential round,

01:20with 54.61% of the valid votes, while the far-right candidate Jorge Duto Quiroga of the Free Alliance

01:30Party obtained 45.39% of the votes. The electoral body assured that this preliminary official result

01:38is after the process of 97% of the votes. In that sense, the elected president will take off

01:44his office on November 8th. In his first remarks as Bolivia's president-elect, Rodrigo Paz reaffirmed

01:56that his government will have a new geopolitical alignment, after expressing his gratitude to

02:01regional right-wing governments, such as those of Ecuador, Panama and Paraguay, for recognizing his electoral victory.

02:08I would like to thank the president of Panama, who has already called us. I would like to thank the

02:24president of Paraguay, I would like to thank the president of Uruguay, the president of Ecuador and the

02:34president of Peru. And now, after being with you, we will have another number of presidents.

02:42Bolivia is recovering its international position step by step.

02:49We lost geopolitically and geoeconomically. It cannot be that on August 6, in the 200 years of our

02:59country's existence, not a single president of our neighboring countries had visited us. Among brothers,

03:07that is like not going to visit your brother or sister on their birthday. This cannot happen again

03:12in Bolivia. That is why the new dimension of Bolivia that we are building together will be with our hands

03:19outstretched to the inside of the country to work with all men and women.

03:23Likewise, Rodrigo Pastria affirmed that he has been in talks with the United States government to be part

03:30of the solutions he seeks to promote during his term of office, which begins on November 8th.

03:45Gentlemen, we must open Bolivia to the world and resume our role. And for that reason, I would also like

03:51to thank Deputy Secretary of State Landorf, who, on behalf of President Trump's government, has called

03:58us to do what we told the country we would do. We are in talks for all support, assistance or cooperation

04:07to be able to forge a close relationship with one of the most important governments in the world,

04:14the world, so that they be part of the solution starting on November 8th, so that Bolivia does not

04:22lack its hydrocarbons, and they fully support us, together with other nations that I have mentioned,

04:31so that all the efforts we have made are for the Bolivian people and to begin government with determination

04:40in the transformation that we have to carry out. Now that he has been elected President of Bolivia,

04:47let's learn a little bit about Rodrigo Paz. Rodrigo Paz Pereira, son of former President Jaime Paz Zamora,

04:53whose term was consolidated with the support of dictator Hugo Banzer, began his political career in 2002.

05:00His subsequent municipal administration was marked by allegations of corruption and controversial public

05:06works. He was a clear promoter of the destabilization that led to the coup against Evo Morales,

05:12and supported the regime of Jeanine Áñez, responsible for the Sencata and Sacaba massacres.

05:18His government proposal, the 50-50 Agenda, is criticized for being a mechanism to suffocate

05:24the central government financially, and weaken its ability to implement unitary social policies.

05:30In essence, his project seeks to revive the neoliberal policies that depend on inequality,

05:35and surrender national sovereignty to foreign capital in the past.

05:44For his part, during a statement, the candidate for the Free Alliance Party, Jorge Duto Quiroga,

05:50congratulated Rodrigo Paz, elected President for the 2025-2030 term. However, during the statement,

05:57his own party urged him not to recognize the results presented by the preliminary results system, CIREBRE.

06:05We respect the work of the CIREBRE in the first round, and we will respect it in the second round.

06:12I have called Rodrigo Paz Pereira. I wish him my congratulations.

06:18Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. No, please, please, please, please, please.

06:27I understand the pain that overwhelms us. Believe me, if there were systemic evidence,

06:35we would put it on the table. There is a provisional count. We are going to wait for the official count.

06:44We are going to have the records. We are going to compare them. We are going to do what works because

06:50the work does not end here for us. We have complaints and others that are being made. There

06:57are allegations of issues that are happening, but this is a preliminary result. We are conveying our

07:05congratulations and we are going to do the verification work until Thursday with the records in hand.

07:17In Mexico, the Juan José Landaeta Symphony Orchestra of the National System of Youth and Children's

07:35Orchestras and Choirs of Venezuela gave a concert as part of the closing activities of the 25th edition

07:41of the International Book Fair in El Zócalo. The audience described the performances as a world-class

07:47show, as well as expressing their gratitude to the Venezuelan government for strengthening cultural

07:52ties with the country. The South American group performed popular music pieces by Mexican and

07:57Venezuelan composers. Prior to their performance, the ensemble, directed by Christian Vázquez,

08:04presented a concert in the Nezahuel Coyote Hall in collaboration with members of the Eduardo

08:09Domata University Youth Orchestra, and the choir of the UNAM Faculty of Music.

08:22And now we have a short break coming up, but first remember to join us on TikTok at

08:26TheLazureEnglish, where you will find news in different formats, news updates and more.

08:30We'll be right back. Stay with us!

08:39Welcome back to From the South. In Cuba, the Grandma Rebelde Festival concluded this Sunday in Havana,

08:49after three days of debates over the role of leftist journalism today, with delegation from

08:54over 30 countries. TELASUR was there, and our colleague Belén de los Santos brings us more details.

09:01This anniversary of the founding of the Cuban newspapers, Grandma and Juventud Rebelde,

09:06was the reason for this international gathering in Havana. The festival Grandma Rebelde brought

09:11together Cuban and international media for three days to exchange experiences and rethink the

09:17challenges and needs of leftist journalism in the 21st century.

09:21Here we gather at the Cuban media. We have television, radio and newspapers, not only those here from the

09:29capital, but also from the province who have come to this festival. Alongside us, there are also important

09:37international media from Asia, Europe and Latin America. This is also an opportunity to connect and

09:45exchange with our audience, with our people. In the year leading up to the 100th anniversary

09:51of his birth, this first edition of the festival was dedicated to Fidel. His commitment to building

09:56rigorous journalism close to the workers continues to inspire communicators of the new generations.

10:03Fidel was a man who always took the truth as his primary weapon, the press as his rifle,

10:08a powerful force for the battles he fought. I always think back to March of 1952 when Matisse staged the coup.

10:15What did that young Fidel with so many revolutionary ideas, with such a strong desire to see a different

10:20Cuba do? He took to the press as a weapon. And what was his first shot? That powerful article titled

10:26Revolution, Not a Swake.

10:29The days have been marked by cooperation and exchange. Representatives from media outlets from Venezuela,

10:35Brazil, Vietnam and the United States gathered in the Cuban capital aware that the challenging

10:41international context marked by a coordinated advance of the right worldwide demands greater

10:47solidarity among the international working class. The people of the United States don't want foreign wars.

10:54The people of the United States are having a hard time putting food on the table, are having a hard

11:00time finding quality schools for their children to go to, don't have medical care. You know, people in the U.S.

11:08are suffering because they can't go to the doctor when they're extremely ill. And yet we see our government spending

11:16so much money to enact wars that the people of the U.S. don't even want to participate in and in fact are against.

11:23We have to exchange experiences and share to discover how to do communication and journalism.

11:30in the 21st century, especially with so many challenges and so many threats

11:38to the experiences that we independent and leftist organizations and media defend so strongly.

11:46Three days filled with debate, exchange and conversation with one common goal,

11:51to strengthen existing alliances to narrate the present from the wisdom of our territories.

11:57In other news, Colombia condemns Donald Trump's accusations against President Gustavo Petro

12:10and denounces Washington's double standards in the fight against drug trafficking.

12:14The Minister of Defense assured that the statements of the President of the United States, Donald Trump,

12:19are a disrespect against national sovereignty. In addition, he reaffirmed that Colombian authorities

12:24are carrying out an intensive deployment to neutralize drug production and armed crime in the country.

12:30Meanwhile, the President of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, responded to the testimonies of the United States

12:35and pointed out that the boat that was attacked in the Caribbean had no connections with armed groups.

12:47Via social media, the Colombian President declared,

12:50The boat belonging to the fishermen from Santa Marta did not belong to the ELN,

12:56it belonged to a humble family who loved the sea and fish for their food.

13:00What do you say to that family? Explain to me why you helped kill a humble freshman from Santa Marta,

13:06the land where Bolívar died, which they say is the heart of the world.

13:11What do you say to the family of fisherman Alejandro Cajranza? He was a humble human being.

13:16In the sense, Colombia's Defense Minister Pedro Arnulfo Sánchez described U.S. President Donald Trump's

13:29remarks about Colombian President Gustavo Petro as disrespectful.

13:34Any statement made against the President of the Republic using such terms is an affront to Colombia.

13:41He is the President of all Colombians, democratically elected, and as Minister of Defense,

13:49I can fully attest to his commitment to neutralizing drug trafficking. If there is one country that has

13:56used all its resources and sacrificed men and women in this fight and has stepped up this offensive in

14:02recent years it is Colombia. I reaffirm that Colombia is a nation

14:07with absolute conviction and commitment to eradicating drug trafficking, led by our public

14:17forces and the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, who is the President of the Republic

14:22and the President of all Colombians.

14:28For his part, Colombia's Attorney General Gregorio El-Raq demanded respect for Colombian President

14:34Gustavo Petro in response to Donald Trump's statements.

14:39The President of the Republic represents the unity of Colombians and deserves all our respect,

14:45support and solidarity. There should be some factual evidence, which I do not believe exists,

14:53to make such a radical statement against the President of a...

14:56Meanwhile in the United States, mercenary Jordan Grudeau, mastermind of the failed Operation Gideon,

15:03confirmed that the so-called Los Soles Cartel was created by the CIA in the 1990s.

15:08Gudeau dismantled the imperial narrative that accuses Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro of

15:13heading a drug trafficking organization, pointing out that it was the US government who founded it

15:19before the arrival of the Bolivarian Revolution. Gudeau referred to the name Los Soles Cartel as a

15:26joke among Americans, explaining it came from a patch on the uniform and was imposed by agencies such

15:31as the DEA. The mercenary pointed out that, regardless of who occupies the White House,

15:37the ultimate goal is to protect the flows of resources deprived from these illicit operations

15:42and maintain their hegemony in the region.

15:44We have a second short break coming up. Before, we invite you to visit our Facebook page at

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16:03Final short break, but we'll be right back with more from the South. Don't go away.

16:07We'll be right back with more from the South. Don't go away.

16:23Welcome back. After killing at least 44 people in the last 24 hours,

16:41Israeli authorities denounced that they will once again abide by the ceasefire in Gaza.

16:46In the meanwhile, the Al-Qassan Brigades, the Armed Greens of the Hamas Movement,

16:50announced the discovery of bodies belonging to Israeli captives during search operations in the

16:55Gaza Strip, stating that they cannot hunt over due to the ongoing Israeli attacks.

17:01Meanwhile, the Palestinian-resistant movement Hamas confirmed the dispatch of a delegation to Cairo,

17:06led by Khalid Al-Aiya, to meet with mediators and other Palestinian factions to discuss the

17:12intermittent ceasefire agreement after reported more than 47 other ceasefire violations.

17:20Meanwhile, in Palestine, health authorities received 29 bodies and treated 21 injured

17:29Palestinians in the last 48 hours, despite the entry into force of the ceasefire.

17:35Gaza health officials reported that the number of Palestinian deaths in the Gaza Strip rose to

17:40more than 68,000, and the number of injured exceeds 170,000. They also reported that despite the

17:47ceasefire there have been 27 Palestinian deaths and 143 injuries from Israeli attacks since October 11,

17:552025. Gaza authorities indicated that 15 additional unidentified bodies were also received from Israel,

18:02bringing the total number of bodies returned to 135.

18:06In this scenario, the Palestinian Ministry of Social Development reported that at least 57,000 children

18:19became orphans since the beginning of the Israeli regime's aggression against the people of Gaza.

18:25Israel's genocided attacks include the use of all types of firearms, which resulted in the destruction

18:31of infrastructure in society in the Palestinian enclave. The Ministry warned that children are the

18:36group most affected by the occupation attacks, as they have lost their parents and have been deprived of

18:42education and family stability. Meanwhile, environmental research organizations report that the Gaza Strip is

18:54facing an unprecedented environmental crisis, threatening to unleash a long-term humanitarian catastrophe.

19:01Intense Israeli bombing has destroyed ecosystems, rendering most agricultural land unusable, and

19:07devastating water systems in the region. Currently, this situation described by experts as a freefall can be

19:14summed up in three trickle factors. Contaminated water, destroyed farmland, and a broken electrical grid,

19:20which together are bringing the Palestinian enclave to the brink of collapse.

19:30At the same time, Israeli warplanes carried out a series of air strikes in southern Lebanon,

19:34targeting a cement plant and the facilities of an environmental group.

19:39The Israeli army stated that the attack a quarry operated by the international company Mahabel,

19:44and a site belonging to the Green Without Borders. Because the Hezbollah-resistant movement was

19:50using them as alleged terrorist fronts. For its part, the Lebanese Ministry of Health confirmed

19:56that following the massive explosions, six people were injured south of the country.

20:01It should be noted that the incident marks a significant escalation in the current cross-border

20:05conflict, which has seen almost daily exchanges of fire since October 2023.

20:11In El Salvador, authorities declare an orange alert in the country due to the heavy rains recorded in the

20:32last few hours. Authorities warn of the high probability of floating and rising river levels,

20:37given the adverse water conditions, though one of a high risk in rock falls, which could block roads

20:43and highways and affect communities near slopes and mountainous areas of the country.

20:48For their part, civil production teams specified that the highest accumulated rainfall was 83.4 mm,

20:55recorded at the Zaragoza Station in the Department of La Libertad.

20:59They also stated that the low-pressure system moving over the Barlovento Islands in the Eastern Caribbean

21:05has the potential to become a disturbance in the coming days.

21:13And like this, we have come to the end of this news brief. You can find this and many other stories

21:17on our website at telesurenglish.net. And join us on social media. We're on Facebook, X, Instagram,

21:22Telegram, and TikTok. For Telesur English, I'm Sophie Fernández. Thank you for watching.

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