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*Brazil: Human Rights Minister condemns police operation in Rio Favela
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*Brazil: Human Rights Minister condemns police operation in Rio Favela
*Asia-Pacific economic cooperation leaders´ summit kicks off in South Korea
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00:00President Nicolás Maduro announced the construction and launch of Venezuela's first MINIS-A satellite.
00:18Brazil's Human Rights Minister, Macaé Evaristo, strongly condemned the state police operation
00:24that killed at least 121 people in a favela in Rio de Janeiro.
00:30And the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Leaders Summit kicked off in South Korea
00:39after President Donald Trump and Xi Jinping agreed on measures to ease trade tensions.
00:48Hello and welcome to From the South. My name is Belen de los Santos.
00:52I'm from HotelSchool Studios in Havana, Cuba. We'll begin with the news.
01:00We'll begin with the information.
01:09After Hurricane Melissa hit eastern Cuba, Solidarity flooded the Caribbean island.
01:14A campaign promoted by youth organizations has mobilized hundreds of people
01:18who are not only donating material goods, but also messages of hope from several brother nations.
01:25Our colleague, Isabel Díaz, gives us more details.
01:31This is how the day begins in several institutions and centers in Havana,
01:35where teenagers and university students organize donations for those affected by Hurricane Melissa
01:40after it struck the east of the country.
01:41We, as young people, are joining the effort to collect donations to help those vulnerable provinces
01:49in the east of the country that are facing a difficult situation after the ciclone passed through.
01:53In this solidarity campaign, culture embraces difficult times,
02:04where the artistic vanguard joins these initiatives of the Cuban people.
02:08We are already working, as we did last time, and as we will always do,
02:15to collect donations of anything that may be useful to our brothers in the east, which could be anything.
02:20We are also holding concerts dedicated to them, and many friends have joined us,
02:26with others constantly calling us to say,
02:28they also want to be part of these initiatives being carried out by the association
02:31that always wants to belong, in the most useful way possible, to all these processes.
02:40These gestures of support are in addition to donations from other places,
02:45with essential resources that have begun to arrive from neighboring countries, such as Venezuela.
02:49Venezuela comes with a message of solidarity, support, and more than solidarity and support,
02:58to get involved in what has to do with the well-being of the Cuban people,
03:01who are today affected by a natural disaster.
03:03We have also conveyed to the Cuban government, on behalf of President Maduro, to the President of Cuba,
03:16and Army General Raul Castro, we have conveyed a message of solidarity,
03:19and congratulations for the resounding success achieved yesterday at the United Nations Assembly.
03:24These are times for solidarity, support, and brotherhood toward those affected by Hurricane Melissa in eastern Cuba.
03:34And we go now to Venezuela, as President Nicolás Maduro announced the construction and launch
03:46of the country's first mini-space satellite.
03:49During the closing of the first International Space Congress,
03:52the Venezuelan President expressed the need to accelerate the activation and launch
03:57of the new Gran Cacique Huaycaipuro communication satellite in coordination with the People's Republic of China.
04:05He indicated that this is a priority task that must be addressed with determination
04:10and completed promptly with a view to strengthening technological sovereignty
04:14and strategic cooperation between the nations.
04:18This announcement reaffirms the commitment to sovereign technological advancement
04:22supported by friendly countries within the framework of international cooperation
04:27that promotes Venezuelan airspace development.
04:37I also agree that we set ourselves a goal, one goal, the Military Scientific Council.
04:43La Universidad, la gran misión, la meta de construir...
04:49La Valle, the university, the transmission, the goal of building for now a Venezuelan mini-satellite.
05:01That would be the first mini-satellite that we would launch into space.
05:04All efforts approved to go in search of the first Venezuelan mini-satellite.
05:13It is a wonderful idea, and from the mini we will move on to the maximum.
05:18And now we have a short break coming up, but first, remember you can join us on TikTok
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05:33We'll be right back. Stay with us.
05:34Welcome back to From the South.
05:54We continue with more information.
05:56In the Venezuelan capital, hundreds of citizens took to the streets
06:00to protest against the actions of the U.S. Empire,
06:04which threatened the sovereignty and peace of the nation.
06:07Our correspondent Andrea Romero with the details.
06:11In an atmosphere of joy and tranquility,
06:15the people of Caracas showed that in the face of the false narratives
06:18used by the United States to attack Venezuela,
06:21the people here remain united and ready to defend their territory.
06:24In the face of the threats and false lag operations they want to impose,
06:32here where they are looking for an incident,
06:34and creating conditions based on what they have exposed in a narrative,
06:36as if this were a narco state.
06:39We are on alert.
06:40We are on alert because simply the Venezuelan people are united in the face of this threat.
06:44It is a threat that for us is a criminal matter,
06:46and that without a doubt is a criminal threat.
06:47Those present attended the demonstration motivated by the country's historical legacy
06:57of defending peace and sovereignty.
06:59Today we are marching here for peace in Venezuela,
07:05for peace in Latin America,
07:07for peace in the world,
07:08for peace in our country.
07:09Venezuela, just as our liberator Simon Bolivar,
07:12fought to free Latin Americans from the slavery imposed on them by the Spaniards,
07:17today we fight for our peace and our freedom.
07:25We are united because we are a people who support our country,
07:28and we feel united because we are a people of liberators.
07:34Citizens expressed their desire to avoid war,
07:38and show those outside the country who want to promote conflict that Venezuela remains firm.
07:43I am here because I do not want war,
07:48I want peace,
07:48and to tell Carly that she is a toady of the empire,
07:51that there is a people here who will go out to defend their country
07:53because we are patriots at heart.
07:55Porque somos patriots at heart.
07:57Con unidad y determinación el pueblo...
07:59With unity and determination,
08:01the Venezuelan people reaffirm their rejection of foreign interference,
08:04and their commitment to preserving peace and national sovereignty.
08:07Desde Caracas,
08:08en la Cámara de Marcos da Silva para Telesur,
08:11Andrea Romero.
08:13And Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum demanded respect for the country's sovereignty
08:17after recent attacks by U.S. military forces against four boats
08:21allegedly transporting drugs,
08:23which left at least 14 people.
08:26Antonio Aranda also with the details.
08:29Claudia Sheinbaum demandó a Estados Unidos...
08:32Claudia Sheinbaum demanded that the United States maintain the cooperation agreement
08:36to prevent further attacks on vessels such as the recent one against four boats,
08:40allegedly transporting drugs across the Mexican Pacific.
08:44Today, the Secretary of the Navy is meeting with a counterpart from the Coast Guard,
08:50and then we are also looking to have a meeting with South Command,
08:52which is responsible for these activities.
08:54Our objective is to continue developing the plan we have been working on,
09:03which has to do with information.
09:06Que tiene que ver con información.
09:11The president explained that the United States can provide information to Mexico
09:15to detention suspicious vessels near its coastal strip without the need to kill people.
09:19And these meetings are being sought so that in the case of the geographical location
09:28that has to do with Mexico,
09:30the operations that we were previously doing,
09:32which is the capture of these vessels,
09:33can continue.
09:38Regarding the possible survivor of the attack that left 14 people dead,
09:44he indicated that the international protocol
09:46for the care of shipwrecked people is being followed.
09:52From the marina, the admiral explained to us today,
09:54it has to remain for 96 hours,
09:56as required by international rules when searching for a castaway,
09:59and it is doing so in accordance with international law.
10:06United States' attacks on vessels allegedly transporting drugs from the Caribbean
10:12and the Pacific have resulted in 61 killings in the last two months.
10:18A real military offensive under the guise of the anti-drug fight in the region
10:22that has a political background,
10:24says this expert.
10:28Within the logic of expansion and consolidation of domination processes
10:31that Washington has traditionally had for the Latin American region,
10:34the context of what is currently happening in the Caribbean
10:40is mainly aimed at harassing Venezuela in order to provoke a regime change.
10:48The United States violates human rights with these attacks on boats
10:54and once again ignores its own responsibility in drug trafficking,
10:58says the expert.
11:02These are clearly extrajudicial executions.
11:05The United States has not presented any evidence other than these images.
11:12Beyond direct murder,
11:13it would have to do much more within its borders
11:14and in the context of its institutionality
11:16and also in the context of its financial organizations
11:19to identify precisely what is at the heart of drug consumption
11:22and drug trafficking within its borders.
11:24y el narcotráfico al interior de sus fronteras.
11:28Para los especialistas,
11:29las acciones de Estados Unidos
11:30For experts,
11:32the actions of the United States have,
11:34among other objectives,
11:35the erosion of the strongest block of the Latin American left
11:38under the pretext of combating drug trafficking.
11:41Antonio Aranda Telesur,
11:43Ciudad de México.
11:46Claudia Sheinbaum,
11:47The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights,
11:50Volker Turk,
11:51for the first time,
11:52pronounced himself on the U.S. airstrikes
11:55against vessels in the Caribbean and the Pacific,
11:58stating that they violate international human rights law.
12:01The U.N. High Commissioner reported
12:03that the attacks carried out by the U.S. armed forces
12:06since early September of 2025,
12:09perpetrated under the justification of the war on drugs,
12:12constitute a violation of international law.
12:15In this regard, Volker Turk urged the United States
12:18to stop such attacks
12:20and take all necessary measures
12:22to prevent the extrajudicial executions
12:24of people on board these vessels,
12:27regardless of their alleged crimes.
12:29In addition, Turk emphasized that,
12:31according to information provided by U.S. authorities,
12:34none of these individuals on the target vessels
12:37posed an imminent threat to others
12:39or justified the use of lethal force.
12:45U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk,
12:48has said that airstrikes by the United States of America
12:51on boats in the Caribbean and in the Pacific
12:54violate international human rights law.
12:57Over 60 people have reportedly been killed
13:00in a continuing series of attacks
13:01carried out by U.S. armed forces
13:03against boats in the Caribbean and the Pacific
13:05since early September,
13:08in circumstances that the U.N. human rights chief says
13:11find no justification in international law.
13:15These attacks and their mounting human cost
13:18are unacceptable.
13:19The U.S. must halt such attacks
13:21and take all measures necessary
13:23to prevent the extrajudicial killing
13:26of people aboard these boats,
13:28whatever the criminal conduct alleged against them.
13:32We have a second short break coming up now,
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13:47Final short break, don't go away.
14:05Welcome back to From the South.
14:18We continue with more information.
14:19Brazil's Human Rights Minister,
14:21Maquai Evaristo,
14:22strongly condemned the state police operation
14:25that killed at least 121 people
14:27in a favela in Rio de Janeiro.
14:30Evaristo visited Thursday,
14:31the Pena and Alamano complexes
14:33where the so-called contention operation
14:36carried out on the orders
14:38of far-right state governor Claudio Castro took place.
14:42In this context,
14:42the government officials stated
14:43that the operation was an indescribable horror
14:47and that public safety must be linked
14:49to education and health policies.
14:53Right-wing governors have supported
14:54the Rio de Janeiro operation,
14:56but, however,
14:58national and international human rights organizations
15:01have called for a thorough investigation
15:03to clarify the events
15:05of what is being called
15:06the most aggressive police operation
15:09in the history of the favela.
15:11It is a tragedy,
15:20it is horrific,
15:21it is abominable,
15:22people cannot have these kinds
15:23of political leaders.
15:24We have to fight organized crime
15:26with intelligence,
15:27as this country has already shown
15:28that it can be done
15:29by confiscating drugs,
15:31confiscating money,
15:32capturing the leaders of the operations,
15:33using more intelligence.
15:34We have policy proposals for this,
15:44we have a proposal
15:45for public security coordination,
15:47that is very important.
15:48A country that is Brazil
15:49cannot be that everyone
15:51does whatever they want,
15:52without planning.
15:53We know that things are connected.
15:54We must respect the state.
15:56There has to be a federal coordination
16:05so that we can effectively
16:06crush organized crime
16:08and not make our impoverished populations,
16:10our peripheral populations,
16:11pay with their lives,
16:12pay for a series of rights
16:13that are denied to these communities.
16:19On Wednesday,
16:21Bolivia's elected President Rodrigo Paz
16:23traveled to the United States
16:24to reestablish diplomatic relations
16:26with Washington
16:27and to seek assistance
16:28from international credit agencies
16:30to overcome the economic situation.
16:33The center-right leader,
16:35who will take office on November 8th,
16:37plans to hold meetings in Washington
16:39with representatives
16:40of Donald Trump's administration,
16:42as well as with executives
16:44from the World Bank,
16:45the Inter-American Development Bank,
16:47and the International Monetary Fund.
16:49Paz promised that his first measures
16:51would focus on resolving
16:53the shortage of foreign currency
16:55in the financial system
16:57and the domestic fuel shortage
16:58in a context where
17:00year-on-year inflation in September
17:02exceeded 23%.
17:05In other news,
17:12leaders of the Asia-Pacific
17:13Economic Cooperation,
17:15APEC,
17:16kicked off a summit in South Korea
17:18after President Donald Trump
17:19and Xi Jinping agreed on measures
17:21to ease trade tensions.
17:23The president of the 21 countries
17:25of Asia and the Pacific Rim
17:27opened their annual summit on Friday
17:29to discuss economic cooperation
17:31and address common challenges.
17:33The two-day event is being held
17:35in the South Korean city of Yangtze
17:38and will focus on future agreements
17:40to be established
17:41after the meeting
17:42between the U.S. president
17:43and the leader of the Asian giant.
17:46According to experts,
17:47since its creation in 1989,
17:50APEC has represented
17:51more than half of world trade
17:53and its models of free
17:55and reciprocal investment
17:56not only improve
17:57the economic situation
17:59of the countries in the region,
18:00but also benefit all countries
18:02that trade with the participants.
18:04We all stand at a critical turning point
18:13amid a rapidly shifting
18:15international order.
18:17The free trade system
18:18is undergoing turbulent change,
18:20deepening global economic uncertainty
18:23and weakening the momentum
18:24for trade and investment.
18:27The technological revolution,
18:29represented by artificial intelligence,
18:32presents us with an unprecedented crisis.
18:34and at the same time,
18:36an unprecedented opportunity.
18:38It is not an easy challenge,
18:40but I believe that APEC's journey
18:42holds the answers
18:43to overcoming today's crisis.
18:46Cooperation and solidarity
18:47are the surest path
18:49that can lead us
18:50toward a better future.
18:51Since each nation's interests
19:00are at stake,
19:02it is clear that we cannot
19:03always share the same position.
19:05However,
19:06before the ultimate goal
19:08of achieving shared prosperity
19:09through unity,
19:11we can and must stand together.
19:12And from Beijing,
19:17Chinese President Xi Jinping
19:18participated in this 32nd APEC
19:22Economics Leaders' Meeting
19:23held in Jiangsu, South Korea.
19:26This forum brings together
19:27the major Pacific economies
19:28with the aim of strengthening
19:30regional cooperation,
19:32promoting free trade,
19:33and fostering sustainable development.
19:35Our correspondent Bruno Falsi
19:37brings us more details.
19:38Hello to the workers of Telesur
19:41and to the audience
19:42following us in this transmission.
19:44I'm here again
19:45in the capital of China,
19:47in Beijing,
19:48to report that the President
19:49Xi Jinping
19:50attended the first session
19:52of the 32 Asia-Pacific
19:55Economic Cooperation.
19:57Lead a summit in South Korea,
20:00where he delivered
20:01an important speech
20:03entitled
20:04Building an Inclusive
20:06and Open Asia-Pacific.
20:08Economy for All.
20:11In his address,
20:13Xi Jinping highlighted
20:14APEC's historical role
20:16and driving global development
20:18and stressed that
20:20in the face of growing
20:22international uncertainties,
20:25country must grow together
20:27to maintain economic stability
20:30and the well-being
20:31of their people.
20:33The Chinese leader,
20:35Xi Jinping,
20:35presented five proposals.
20:39The first one
20:40was strengthening
20:41the multilateral trading
20:43system led by
20:46the World Trade Organization.
20:49Promoting.
20:50The second one
20:50is promoting
20:52the regional economic openness.
20:54The third one,
20:55protecting stability
20:57of industrial
20:58and supply chains.
21:00The fourth one,
21:01promoting digital
21:03and green transformation
21:04of trade.
21:06And for the last one,
21:07the 51,
21:09foster inclusive development
21:11that benefits
21:13all nations.
21:15Xi Jinping go further
21:17and reaffirms
21:18China's commitment
21:19to high-level
21:20opening and cooperation
21:23through the Belt
21:24and the Road Initiative,
21:27stressing that
21:28China modernization
21:29will offer
21:30new opportunities
21:31for the entire region.
21:35This is Bruno Falsi
21:36and we go back now
21:37to the studio
21:38in La Habana, Cuba.
21:40Moving on to other topics,
21:43Iranian Foreign Minister
21:44Seyed Abbas Argachi
21:45has issued a warning
21:47in response
21:47to Washington's announcement
21:48to resume
21:49nuclear weapons testing.
21:51In a statement
21:52issued on Thursday,
21:53Argachi slammed
21:54Washington
21:55for rebranding
21:56its Department of Defense
21:58to Department of War
21:59and denounced
22:00the U.S.
22:01as a nuclear-armed bully.
22:03He also condemned
22:04the U.S.
22:05for its long-standing
22:06criticism
22:06of Iran's
22:08nuclear program
22:09while simultaneously
22:10resuming
22:11its own
22:12atomic weapons
22:13test actions
22:14he claims
22:14violate
22:15international law.
22:17Argachi further
22:17urged the global
22:18community to unite
22:19in holding
22:20the U.S.
22:21accountable
22:21for normalizing
22:23the prolification
22:24of nuclear weapons,
22:25calling the announcement
22:26of renewed testing
22:27a regressive
22:28and irresponsible move.
22:34And like this,
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