FTS 14:30 21-11: Rixi Moncada demands respect for the sovereignty in the face of U.S. interference

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21/11/2025 FTS 14.30  *Peru: State of Emergency extended for 30 days in Lima and Callao *Palestine: organizations denounce minor’s situation in Israeli prisons

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00:00The

00:11Honduran presidential candidate Rishi Moncada has demanded that the United States cease its

00:17attempts at interference and respect the country's sovereignty.

00:20The government of Peru extended the state of emergency in Lima and the Port Province of

00:29Callao for 30 days under the pretext of a supposed fight against organized crime and common criminality.

00:40And Palestinian human rights organizations denounced physical and psychological abuse

00:45against minors detained in Israeli prisons.

00:53Hello and welcome to From the South. My name is Belen de los Santos.

00:56I'm from a televisor studios in Havana, Cuba. We'll begin with the news.

01:09We'll begin with the information. Honduran presidential candidate Rishi Moncada demands

01:16that the United States respect the country's sovereignty and cease its attempts at interference.

01:22The Libre Party candidate urged the far-right Congresswoman Maria Elvira Salazar to respect

01:28the electoral process in the Central American country. Rishi Moncada also reiterated that the

01:34Honduran people will not tolerate interference, pointing out that Honduras is independent and

01:41sovereign. The presidential candidate's demands come after Salazar's hearing entitled,

01:48Democracy Endangered the Fight for Free Elections in Honduras, which was attended by several Honduran

01:54opposition politicians, including presidential candidate Salvador Nasralla.

02:10In the United States, Democrats reacted in outrage after the U.S. President Donald Trump accused them

02:17of seditious behavior and claimed that they should be arrested for posting a video telling an active

02:23service members to refuse illegal orders. For context, the Democrats had released on Tuesday a video

02:30directed at military members in which six lawmakers reminded the officers of their vows to protect

02:36and defend the Constitution and the fact that they could refuse illegal orders in regards to

02:41recent presidential mandates, including the extrajudicial executions in the Caribbean.

02:46The U.S. President then accused the legislators of seditious behavior and threatened them

02:51with a death sentence through social media. Democratic authorities rejected this response and called on

02:58House Republicans to do the same.

03:09Also in the United States, a federal court ruled against President Donald Trump's decision to deploy the

03:15National Guard in Washington, D.C., under the pretext of fighting crime. District Judge Jacob rules that the

03:23intervention ordered by the White House is unconstitutional and exceeds the President's powers. According to the ruling,

03:30the President cannot mobilize these forces unless there is a specific legal basis in the current

03:36regulations to support it. Last August, Trump ordered the deployment of over 300 National Guard soldiers,

03:43which led to tension between the federal government and the local administration.

03:56We go now to Peru as the government extended the state of emergency in Lima and the Port Province of Callao for 30 days,

04:03under the pretext of a supposed fight against organized crime and common criminality. The regulation that

04:10grants the National Police and the Armed Forces internal security powers suspends international guarantees such

04:16as the inviolability of the home, freedom of assembly and personal freedom and security. It also

04:23requires a permit for public and mass activities, whether sports, cultural or religious. The decree stated that

04:30during the extension of the state of emergency, complementary measures will be maintained, including satellite

04:36control of the territory and restrictions in prisons, among other specific measures.

04:50We stay in Peru as miners took to the streets of the capital to request an extension of the time to

04:55formalize the work before being declared illegal. The Peruvian Congress debates the crucial proposal to

05:02extend until the end of 2027. The temporary permit that would allow the reintegration

05:09of 50,000 miners declared illegal since 2016. Although the Energy and Mines Commission issued a preliminary

05:18extension last Tuesday, it still requires final approval by the plenary. On this subject, the government of interim

05:25president Jose Geri has not issued an official statement on whether it will support or veto the extension.

05:38And Venezuelan youth march in Caracas to celebrate University Student Day. This Friday, a great march for

05:47University Student Day is taking place and we have live images at the moment. And this began near the

05:54National Experimental University of the National Experimental University of the Arts located on Mexico Avenue.

06:00We continue to see the people as the gathering will march to the headquarters of the Ministry of

06:06Popular Power for Science and Technology. With this mobilization, the new generations of the homeland

06:14come together to reaffirm their support for the Bolivarian project and highlight the vindication of young

06:23people as the new representatives of the people as the new representatives of the country. Let's recall,

06:27we're looking at live images at this moment from Venezuela during this march for Student Day. Also an

06:34important march just two days away from a new public consultation that will take place this Sunday.

06:41Also in Venezuela, the Teresa Carreño Theater in Caracas, the forum New Digital Age, Fake News and Cognitive

06:55Warfare is being held with the presence of national and international social communicators. More information

07:01on this digital event aims to exchange ideas about narratives that distort information solely to serve

07:10a demonic interest. In this context, Venezuelan authorities such as the Director of Sectorial Training

07:20in Communication and Culture, Jessica Pernia, warned about the militarization of knowledge which is part of

07:28cognitive warfare, pointing out that it uses the human mind as a domain of military operations. At the same

07:36time, international guests explained that several nations around the world are struggling to maintain their

07:42identity in the face of the etymonic pretensions of the West.

07:51Now we have a short break coming up, but first remember you can join us on TikTok at

07:55Telus of English where you will find news in different formats, news updates and much more. We'll be right back. Stay with us.

08:02Welcome back to From the South. We continue with more information. In Indonesia, the death toll rose to 30

08:26after recent landslides caused by torrential rains on the island of Java. The National Disaster Management

08:34Agency continues to search for dozens of missing persons and to provide assistance to those who have

08:41been evacuated to temporary shelters. Indonesian authorities reported that they have deployed 700

08:48military police and search and rescue teams following the landslide that buried more than 50 homes in the

08:55province of Java. They also warned that more landslides could occur due to the rains from the monsoon season,

09:02which have been extended by climate change.

09:11Also in Indonesia, residents of the village of Subtarik in East Java returned to their homes after the eruption of the

09:18Semeru volcano. Upon returning, the villagers witnessed the devastation caused by the phenomenon when they

09:25found their homes buried under a layer of volcanic material. Despite having been relocated, residents

09:32continue to risk their lives in the area due to their businesses, farmland and livestock, and they described the

09:39eruption as a chaotic and dark episode. Meanwhile, local authorities maintained level four alert on

09:46Mount Semeru, warning of persistent risks in the so-called red zone.

09:58Meanwhile, in Bangladesh, at least three people died after a 5.7 magnitude earthquake struck the city of

10:04Dhaka. The preliminary report revealed the collapse of a railing on a five-story building that caused

10:11the death of three people and injuries and property damage in other localities. After the earthquake,

10:18the fire department, civil defense and emergency personnel in Bangladesh responded to reports of

10:24damage in the capital city and nearby districts. Country authorities said that the earthquake was also felt in

10:31in Calcutta and other parts of northeast India.

10:41And we go now to Cuba because President Miguel Diaz Canal Bermudez visited the eastern provinces of the

10:47nation for the fourth time to monitor the progress in the recovery efforts following Hurricane Melissa.

10:53The Cuban president traveled through the provinces of Santiago de Cuba and Granma to monitor the recovery

10:59efforts and supervise the comprehensive care provided to affected families. The head of state emphasized

11:06that despite the damage to dozens of homes, there were no losses of life to regret. Diaz Canal noted that

11:13electricity restoration is 96 percent complete in just 21 days since Hurricane Melissa passed.

11:22We now go to other topics. The 2025 World Computing Conference opened in Changsha,

11:32central China's Hunin province on Thursday. Under the theme Calculating the World to Create a New Era,

11:39Intelligent Computer Drives Quality Productive Forces, the two-day conference featured 12 sessions. The

11:46event's on-site exhibitions featured a range of innovative products including integrated intelligent

11:52computed clusters, humanoid robots, intelligent connected vehicles and brain-computer interface devices.

11:59More than 10 industry experts from around the world along with executives from leading enterprises

12:06gathered to discuss advanced computing, artificial intelligence and quantum technology.

12:16And Vietnamese lawmakers advocated on Friday at the 10th regular session of the National Assembly

12:24for the creation of mechanisms to completely prevent the importation of obsolete technology into the

12:31country. The debate on the issue arose during the analysis of the proposal to amend and supplement

12:38several articles of the technology transfer law and the high technology bill. Commenting on the first of these,

12:45legislator Neunggang Tam Hung pointed out that the definition of new technology not yet widely applied in

12:53Vietnam risks creating legal loopholes for the import of obsolete technology.

13:05In other news, in France, hundreds of people gathered at a protest to denounce the growing number of

13:11children living on the streets as the winter is beginning. The protesters cited recent data from local

13:18associations which document the presence of around 270 homeless children in the Leon area alone.

13:26Humanitarian support organizations have had to resort to setting up about 20 schools to house a third of these

13:33minors, a measure they describe as insufficient to address the magnitude of the crisis. Previously,

13:40the Minister of Education, Edward Jeffery acknowledged the seriousness of the situation, emphasizing that

13:46the authorities are doing everything possible to address the issue.

13:56Meanwhile, in Italy, flu outbreaks are on the rise with 11% of tests coming back positive so far in 2025.

14:03According to the latest report from the Italian National Institute of Health, the highest peak of influenza infection

14:10may occur at the end of the year. Therefore, a plan has been activated to slow the spread of the disease

14:17through a number of measures. In light of the situation, health authorities have administered

14:22over 1,800,000 vaccines in doctors' offices and other immunization centers. They also expressed concern about the spread

14:33of infection in children from birth to 4 years of age due to the record of 23 infected minors per 1,000 patients.

14:43Now, we have a second short break coming up, but before we invite you to visit our Facebook page at Tell Us Your English,

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15:13Welcome back to From the South. We continue with more information. Palestinian human rights organizations are

15:36denouncing physical and psychological abuse against minors detained in Israeli prisons. The

15:42Commission on Detainees and Former Detainees, the Palestinian Prisoner Society, the Human Rights and

15:48Prisoners Support Association are reporting that more than 1,630 people have been arrested in the

15:57occupied West Bank since October of 2023. In this sense, they asserted that at least 350 children remain

16:05in Israeli prisons while more than 90 are in administrative detention without charges. According to the groups,

16:12minors are facing torture, starvation, medical crimes, systematic looting and deprivation,

16:18being treated as an alleged security threat.

16:28And we go now to other topics. Human rights organizations have recently reported

16:32several irregularities. Nestle products intended for consumers

16:37in Africa. A report shared by local Swiss media outlines the various problems which mainly concern

16:44the excessive use of sugar in products for babies and children. The documents mentions that one of its

16:52cereals, Cerellac, contains more than 90 percent of sugar in its version for customers of the African continent,

17:01where as in other regions, such as countries like Germany or the United Kingdom, it contains no sugar at all.

17:09In response, Nestle denied the accusations and assured that all products exported to Africa are fortified to combat

17:17countries. And the approval rating of Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy has plummeted to 25 percent

17:31as the Mindigate scandal rocks the country. Polls indicated that Zelenskyy's unpopularity increased

17:38after the revelation of corruption cases involving his former business partner and his closest advisors.

17:45According to the documents, the plan was to extort $100 million from the country's energy sector.

17:53A survey conducted in October indicated that only one in four Ukrainians supported Zelenskyy's administration,

18:01which means he has lost more than 40 percent of his support. The Mindigate scandal, named after the entrepreneur

18:09and former television producer Timur Mindig, suspected of forming a criminal organization to exert illicit

18:17pressure on government members and obtain funds through corruption.

18:27But now let's take a look at who the Ukrainian businessman Timur Mindig is, who is under investigation

18:34for the recent corruption scandals. Mindig was co-owner of Zelenskyy's production company, Kvartal 95,

18:42named after the comedy group that helped catapult the Ukrainian president to fame as a comedian.

18:48In addition, Timur Mindig is a relative of Leonid Mindig, who was arrested by Ukraine's anti-corruption

18:55authorities in June of this year while attempting to flee the country. The businessman was a business

19:02partner of Ukrainian oligarch Igor Kolomskyy, who backed Zelenskyy's presidential campaign.

19:19In Mexico City, a group of friends inaugurated the exhibition Four Revolutions of Mexico and Cuba

19:34at the Villanegas Arroyo Printing House. During the opening of the cultural event,

19:38the director of the Autonomous University of Mexico City, Juan Carlos Aguilar, highlighted that the

19:45exhibition contains personal objects belonging to prominent Cuban revolutionaries that participated

19:51in the Cuban revolution, such as Ernesto Che Guevara and original documents corrected by Commander

19:57Fidel Castro. The exhibition, which has about 250 pieces, is organized as a hand-to-hand between the

20:05freestyle and social struggle and is part of the program of activities commemorating the centennial

20:12birthday of the Cuban leader Fidel Castro, which will be celebrated in the year 2026. The presentation

20:20will run until February 15th of 2026 at the Valde Cultural Center in Mexico City.

20:33And in Colombia, the 42nd edition of the Bogota Film Festival kicked off an event

20:39that reaffirms its commitment to independent film and new voices in Latin America cinema. With 2,350

20:48films submitted from 77 countries, this edition confirms the festival's consolidation as one of

20:54the essential platforms for independent cinema in Latin America. The event will feature 96 films

21:01addressing themes of resistance, memory and identity, as well as activities, talks, workshops,

21:08and tributes along with panels on cinema and technology. The event, which will run until November 26th, will

21:15feature the line, Bogota is new cinema, to promote emerging talent and provide free spaces for students

21:22and film lovers democratizing access to art house cinema.

21:26And like this, we have come to the end of this news brief.

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