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*Honduras: Attorney General to investigate electoral council
*Countries reject Israel's plans for the Rafah crossing
FTS 12.30
*Honduras: Attorney General to investigate electoral council
*Countries reject Israel's plans for the Rafah crossing
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00:00Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro activated what is known as the Integral Defense Doctrine
00:16in response to the threats of aggression by the United States.
00:22In Honduras, the Attorney General, Joel Zelaya,
00:25has announced an investigation against the National Electoral Council for irregularities in the electoral process.
00:35And several foreign ministers have rejected the announcement made by Israel
00:40regarding the Rafa crossing and the authorization solely for outbound circulation.
00:51Hello and welcome to From the South.
00:53My name is Belen de los Santos. I'm from the Tesoro Studios in Havana, Cuba.
00:57We begin with the news.
01:09We begin with the information we were saying at the beginning.
01:12Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has activated what is known as the Integral Defense Doctrine.
01:18And this is in response to the threat of aggression by the United States.
01:21Maduro instructed security forces to study and practice prolonged popular resistance
01:28and permanent offensive in the face of Washington's threats in the region.
01:32The Venezuelan leader also explained that his model of power is comprehensive
01:36and not limited to public institutions as it involves communal social power and social movements.
01:43He also maintained that his government dismantled the main criminal gangs,
01:47such as the now-defunct Tren de Aragua and Tren de Llano,
01:52after and offered his security model to neighboring countries.
01:56He denounced also that the 2015 Opposition National Assembly stole
02:0114 million U.S. dollars from blocked accounts to distribute among its leaders.
02:07No one or nothing will take it from us, not today, not ever.
02:18Have the certainty, the absolute certainty,
02:22that no one will take the land or the destiny of the Venezuelan people.
02:28Sacred land, sacred destiny.
02:30And in this context, the Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro also affirmed
02:38that at present the nation has the most advanced police and security system in all its history.
02:44Today, December 5th of 2025,
02:50I can say to Commander Chávez whatever he is watching us,
02:56today we have the police system and the public security more complete
03:01and advance of all of the history of the Republic in Venezuela
03:06and all of the historical times of the Bolivarian Revolution, thanks to you.
03:12Police of the homeland, thanks to you.
03:17And on Friday, the Plusultran Laser Airlines announced
03:20that the launch of an alternative route between the capitals of Venezuela and Spain,
03:26this with a stopover in Cartagena de Indias in Colombia.
03:30The new service will begin operating on Wednesday, December 10th,
03:34two weeks after the cancellation of direct flights between the two countries
03:38following the unilateral closure of the Latin American nation's airspace
03:43decreed by the United States President Donald Trump.
03:46According to the Venezuelan airline, Laser,
03:49the new proposed route will serve as an alternative for passengers
03:54who already had confirmed reservations.
03:57Plusultra explained that the operation will be carried out
04:01in interline connection with Laser
04:03and informed that travelers should check availability
04:08through their customer service center.
04:17And precisely following flight irregularities detected
04:21after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to close the airspace
04:25between the and surrounding Venezuela,
04:28Colombia's Transport Minister Maria Fernanda Rojas expressed her rejection
04:32to the imposition of air blockades in the region.
04:36It is very important to do everything in your hands
04:43to prevent the blockade of the airspace.
04:45In this case, Venezuela's, but at any moment, it could be ours, any time now.
04:56Imagine if we had the sabotage that we have today
04:58because the previous one was an OTAM,
05:01which instead of having technical and operational content,
05:05really had the intention of a more political blockade of the airspace,
05:08breaking the rules of international aviation,
05:11breaking the Chicago Convention,
05:15which is what establishes that rules for the respect of sovereignty
05:18as a central principle.
05:20That's what happened before,
05:22but right now we have a more serious situation,
05:25which has led some of those airlines that were flying
05:27to redouble their measures.
05:30The director of aeronautics will refer to that,
05:33but that is an issue that we need to address directly
05:36with the President of the Republic.
05:37And furthermore, Rojas denounced recent cyberattacks
05:45and the manipulation of air-precisioning systems,
05:49which she described as sabotage attempts
05:51and a crime that threatens the security
05:53of the entire international community.
05:56It is very important that the media knows
06:06that deceptive signals are being broadcast,
06:09cyberattacks, signals that aim to deceive
06:11position and equipment on GPS devices.
06:14I believe that this goes beyond any crime,
06:20and I believe that there should be a statement,
06:22hopefully today,
06:23from the ICAO and international bodies,
06:26because sabotaging and air operation anywhere in the world
06:30in today's technological age is a crime.
06:33We cannot allow this,
06:35the international community cannot allow this.
06:37Today it is Venezuela,
06:39tomorrow could be Colombia or any other country.
06:42And this Saturday,
06:48several social and political movements
06:50around the world have called
06:51for an International Day of Peace
06:54in Latin America and the Caribbean
06:55amid the ongoing U.S. threats against the region.
06:59In this context,
07:00the International Anti-Imperialist Summit of Senegal
07:03voiced its support for Venezuela.
07:06...work for the Bolivarian Revolution
07:08in the face of attacks from the United States
07:10and threats to invade Venezuela,
07:13not to war, to Venezuela.
07:15...no a la guerra, a Venezuela.
07:19Now we have a short break coming up,
07:21but first, remember,
07:21you can join us on TikTok at Tell Us of English,
07:23where you will find news in different formats,
07:26news updates, and much more.
07:28Stay with us.
07:29Welcome back to From the South.
07:49In Honduras,
07:50the Attorney General Joel Zelaya
07:51announced an investigation
07:52against the National Electoral Council
07:54for irregularities in the electoral process.
07:58More information on this,
07:59according to the instruction of the Attorney General,
08:02he has ordered
08:03the Technical Criminal Investigation Agency
08:06to immediately enter the headquarters
08:08of the electoral body
08:09to collect evidence, documents,
08:11and all the necessary material required by his office.
08:15While the country continues
08:17to await definitive results,
08:18the prosecutor has requested
08:20all these materials
08:21to investigate the numerous complaints
08:23of conspiracy extortion,
08:25as well as the accusations
08:27made by three members
08:29of the National Electoral Council
08:30who, in the words of the prosecutor,
08:33are not fulfilling the interests of Honduras.
08:36And with the full arrival
08:44of electoral material in Tegucigalpa,
08:46the process enters a phase
08:47marked by allegations
08:49of massive manipulation
08:50and the citizen's demand
08:52to defend the popular will in the nation.
08:54Our colleague Karim Duarte
08:55provides us with more details.
08:57The complete return of the tally sheets
09:03to the capital takes place
09:05in parallel with technical allegations
09:07of structural irregularities
09:09in the vote counting system,
09:10where it is warned
09:11that the platform may have redistributed votes
09:14among candidates and parties,
09:16indicating possible automated manipulation
09:18of the results.
09:19Automated fraud,
09:24transfer of votes
09:25between candidates and parties.
09:31The system skipped boxes,
09:33moving votes
09:33from one candidate to another
09:35and from one party to another,
09:37confirming the manipulation
09:38denounced in the audio recordings.
09:40Various social sectors
09:48maintain that Honduras
09:49is facing an attempted electoral coup
09:51and call for the defense of democracy
09:54against what they consider
09:55a technological alteration
09:57of the popular mandate,
09:58insisting that the people
09:59must not give in to pressures
10:01or narratives
10:01that seek to normalize manipulation.
10:07No, right?
10:08To the coup
10:09and not to a hacked trap,
10:11which is what they are showing
10:12now more than ever.
10:13A people in resistance
10:14and a people in democracy
10:16will rise again.
10:17And that is what we want
10:18that the entire population
10:19of Honduras rises up.
10:21Do not be afraid.
10:23We are united.
10:24And now more than ever
10:25democracy will be respected.
10:30Meanwhile,
10:33the armed forces
10:34emphasize
10:34that they fulfilled
10:35their duty
10:36of safeguarding
10:37and transporting
10:38the material
10:38throughout the territory,
10:40stressing that their actions
10:41were subject
10:42to the scrutiny
10:43of the citizenry
10:44and the international missions
10:45that observed the process.
10:47Well,
10:48the armed forces
10:52have always been committed
10:53to democracy.
10:54We have fulfilled our duty,
10:56and as I reiterate,
10:57those who can say
10:58whether we did so or not
11:00are you.
11:00On our part,
11:01we have complied,
11:02but it is you
11:03and the population
11:04the ones who went out
11:05to vote on November 30th
11:07as well as
11:08the international observers
11:09who can say
11:10what our actions were
11:11and we leave satisfied.
11:13The process becomes
11:21even more tense
11:22following the complaint
11:23by Councillor Marlon Ochoa,
11:25who points to a mega-fraud
11:27based on 13,246
11:29tally sheets
11:30with inconsistencies
11:31between the biometric system
11:33and the preliminary election results
11:35transmission system,
11:37equivalent to 982,140
11:40to inflated votes
11:41for the bipartisan system.
11:48And in Colombia,
11:49the ruling party
11:50historical pact
11:51registered its candidates
11:53for parliament
11:54with the National Registry
11:56of Correspondent
11:56in Lantovato
11:57with more details on this.
12:01In Bogota,
12:02the left-wing party
12:03pactoed historico
12:05registered its candidates
12:06for both
12:07the House of Representatives
12:08and the Senate
12:09with the National Registry.
12:10The lists were drawn up
12:12as a result
12:12of its internal consultation
12:13held on October 26th,
12:15which also selected
12:16the party's presidential candidate
12:18who spoke about
12:19the expectations
12:20for winning a majority
12:21in the Colombian Congress
12:22with support
12:23from the popular sectors.
12:28These candidates
12:29are not the result
12:30of elite agreements
12:31or hand-picked appointments,
12:33but rather
12:36the living expression
12:37of the will
12:38of the people
12:38who are calling
12:41for a new direction
12:42for the country.
12:48In addition,
12:49in this participatory exercise,
12:52we ratify
12:53democratic achievement
12:54and recognize
12:55the fundamental role
12:57of women in politics.
12:58we restructured
13:06our closed list
13:07to be gender balanced
13:08by intercalating
13:09a woman or a man
13:10in each line.
13:11This political force
13:19and its congressional
13:20candidates
13:21are guided
13:21by the fight
13:22against the boycott
13:23by opposition sectors
13:24of the reforms
13:25promoted by the government
13:27of President
13:27Gustavo Petro
13:29in the Legislative Congress.
13:33We will arrive
13:34at Congress
13:35to deepen
13:35the social reforms
13:36that the traditional parties
13:37have hindered
13:38and obstructed,
13:39and here we have
13:40to talk about
13:40very specific things.
13:42We can no longer
13:43wait for healthcare reform.
13:44We can no longer
13:45wait for agricultural jurisdiction.
13:48We can no longer
13:49wait for political reform
13:50so that clientelism,
13:51political maneuvering,
13:53and mafias
13:53do not interfere
13:54in public affairs,
13:55and so that free citizens
13:56can choose
13:57who will be
13:57their representatives
13:58in political power.
14:03In this context,
14:06it was known
14:06that the National Electoral
14:08Council gave
14:08the green light
14:09for the different
14:10political movements
14:11and organizations
14:12that make up
14:13the pacto historico
14:14to merger,
14:15a great convergence
14:16that allows them
14:17to strengthen
14:17their position
14:18to face
14:18the upcoming elections
14:19as a political power,
14:21whose application
14:22and approval
14:23had been delayed
14:24and torpedoed
14:25by the council.
14:26Significa que ganamos
14:28It means we won
14:29because the National
14:31Electoral Council
14:31delayed granting
14:32legal status
14:33to the historic pact
14:34until the last minute.
14:36Today,
14:36the Democratic poll
14:37has disappeared,
14:38the Patriotic Union
14:39has disappeared,
14:40the Communist Party
14:41has disappeared,
14:42progressives,
14:43and a new life
14:44has been born,
14:45which is a political project
14:46to continue governing
14:47Colombia for a long time,
14:49to make changes
14:50and transformations.
14:51It is called
14:52the Pacto Historico-Political Movement.
14:57Just as the NEC
14:59has played a political role
15:01rather than a legal one,
15:03like a political party
15:04opposing change
15:05in the unity
15:05of the Colombian people,
15:07so too has the registry.
15:09The registrar's office
15:10was responsible
15:11for torpedoing
15:12and traumatizing
15:13the entire popular
15:14consultation process,
15:16therefore vigilance
15:17is necessary.
15:22The elections
15:25to choose members
15:26of the parliament
15:26in Colombia
15:27will be held
15:28on March 8, 2026.
15:30100 candidates
15:30for the Senate
15:31and 34 lists
15:32for the House
15:33of Representatives
15:33have registered
15:34with the registry.
15:39And we go now
15:40to St. Lucia
15:41as on Friday,
15:42Philip J. Pierre
15:43was sworn in
15:44as prime minister
15:45for his second
15:46straight term
15:47following his
15:48St. Lucia Labor Party's
15:49resounding victory
15:51in the December 1st
15:52general elections
15:53in the island.
15:54Pierre took the oath
15:55of office
15:56at the government house
15:57in Mourn-Fortune
15:58in the presence
15:59of several regional
16:00heads of government
16:01and dignitaries,
16:03among them
16:04the prime ministers
16:04of Barbados
16:05and Deegan-Barbuda,
16:07Grenada,
16:08Spence and Neves
16:09and also
16:10the former prime minister
16:11of St. Vincent
16:14and the Grenadines
16:15Dr. Ralph Gonçalves.
16:17During his speech,
16:18Pierre outlined
16:19his government's
16:20priorities for the
16:21new term,
16:22including confronting
16:23youth unemployment,
16:25accelerating digital
16:26transformation
16:26and further modernizing
16:28the education system.
16:30Furthermore,
16:30he pledged
16:31that his administration
16:32would continue
16:33prioritizing
16:34vulnerable groups
16:35and vowed
16:36to march forward
16:37with purpose
16:38and discipline
16:39as his administration
16:41strives to make
16:42the island
16:43the best place
16:44to live
16:45and work.
16:50Our administration
16:51will continue
16:52to remember
16:53the vulnerable.
16:55We cannot speak
16:56of preserving
16:57human dignity
16:58the basic needs
16:59of the vulnerable
17:01and differently
17:02able
17:02so that everyone
17:04can have
17:05a dignified existence.
17:08In our new term,
17:10we will continue
17:11to target
17:11interventions
17:12to those
17:14most in need.
17:15We have a second
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17:36Welcome back to
18:02From the South.
18:03This Friday,
18:04several foreign
18:04ministers rejected
18:06the announcement
18:07made by Israel
18:08regarding the
18:08Rafa crossing
18:09and the authorization
18:10solely for
18:12outbound circulation.
18:14The foreign
18:14ministers of Jordan,
18:16the United Arab Emirates,
18:18Indonesia,
18:18Pakistan,
18:19Tokyo,
18:20Saudi Arabia,
18:21Qatar and Egypt
18:22have objected
18:24to Israel's
18:24announcements
18:25to open
18:26in the coming days
18:27the Rafa border crossing
18:28to allow
18:29exclusively
18:30the departure
18:31of Palestinians
18:32from Gaza
18:33into Egypt.
18:34In a joint statement,
18:35they demanded
18:36that Israel
18:36adhere to the
18:37U.S.
18:38plan,
18:39including its
18:39provisions on
18:40maintaining the
18:41crossing which
18:42envisions movement
18:43in both directions,
18:45guaranteeing the
18:46population's freedom
18:47of circulation.
18:48nations, they also reaffirmed
18:50that they would continue
18:51working on the basis
18:52of that plan.
18:59And another topic,
19:00this is carrying out
19:02new attacks against
19:03residential areas in
19:05southern Lebanon,
19:06increasing tensions and
19:07regional stability.
19:09Despite the ceasefire
19:11agreement that is in place,
19:12these assaults are carrying out
19:15after the prior threats
19:17from Israel which
19:18forced the Lebanese
19:19to evacuate several towns
19:21in the southern border
19:21region.
19:22Authorities reported
19:23that these Israeli
19:25attacks caused
19:26considerable damage
19:27to buildings and
19:28civilian homes,
19:29but no casualties
19:30or injuries
19:30were reported.
19:32Additionally,
19:33they asserted
19:34that these actions
19:35by Israel represent
19:36a flagrant disregard
19:37for international
19:38agreements
19:39and the ceasefire
19:40declaration that is
19:41in place and came
19:42into effect
19:43on November 27th
19:45of 2024.
19:46Until November
19:47of this year,
19:48Israel committed
19:49over 5,000 violations
19:51of the ceasefire
19:52resulting in 309
19:54deaths,
19:54598 injuries
19:56and structural damage
19:58as well.
20:03In other news,
20:05Pakistan and Afghanistan
20:06exchanged heavy fire
20:08along their border
20:09late on Friday.
20:11Officials from
20:12both countries
20:13reported on this.
20:14Afghan Taliban spokesman
20:16Sabihullah Mahay
20:17said that
20:18Pakistani forces
20:19launched attacks
20:21in a district
20:22of Kandahar province.
20:24For his part,
20:24a spokesman
20:25for Pakistani
20:26prime minister
20:27accused Afghan forces
20:28of unprovoked
20:29firing along
20:31the Yemen border.
20:32The exchange
20:32came two days
20:33after a new round
20:35of peace talks
20:35between the
20:36South Asian neighbors
20:37ended without
20:39a breakthrough.
20:40Ali Mohammar
20:41Hakmal,
20:42head of the
20:42Kandahar's
20:43Information Department,
20:45reported that
20:46Pakistani forces
20:47attacked with
20:48light and heavy
20:49artillery
20:49and that mortar fire
20:51had struck
20:52civilian homes,
20:53adding that
20:54the clashes
20:54ended as both
20:56sides agreed to
20:57stop.
20:57We move on to
21:14other topics
21:15in Sri Lanka.
21:16The toll
21:17from adverse weather
21:18caused by
21:19cyclone Ditwa
21:20has risen to
21:21600.
21:21Management center,
21:22the atmospheric
21:23phenomenon and
21:24its remnants
21:25have affected
21:26more than
21:272 million people
21:29nationwide.
21:304,164 houses
21:32have been destroyed
21:33and around
21:3467,500 others
21:36have suffered
21:37partial damage.
21:38In this regard,
21:39the Meteorological
21:40Department states
21:41that in the coming
21:42days,
21:43an increase in
21:44rainfall is expected
21:45in some parts
21:46of the country
21:47due to the
21:48monsoon effects
21:49in the region
21:50and urges the
21:51population to
21:51maintain safety
21:52measures,
21:53limit interstate
21:54travel and
21:55stock up on
21:56basic supplies
21:57best to minimize
21:58unnecessary trips
22:00outside the home.
22:05And we go back
22:06to the Caribbean
22:07because on Friday
22:08for the sixth
22:09consecutive week,
22:11Cuba's president
22:12Miguel Diaz-Canel
22:12returned to visit
22:14the areas
22:15affected by
22:16Hurricane Melissa
22:16in the eastern
22:17region of the
22:18country.
22:19In the municipality
22:19of Tercer Frente
22:21located in the
22:22Sierra Maestra
22:23mountain range,
22:24the head of state
22:24inspected the
22:25rehabilitation work
22:26on roads,
22:28housing and
22:28basic services
22:29accompanied by
22:30the national
22:31and local
22:32authorities.
22:33The itinerary
22:34included a visit
22:35to the coffee
22:35experimental center
22:37where Hurricane
22:38Melissa caused
22:39damage to almost
22:4090% of the
22:42infrastructure and
22:43also affected
22:44coffee plantations
22:45and other crops.
22:47He also visited
22:48the Mario Munoz
22:49Monroy Educational
22:50Center which
22:51suffered severe
22:52structural damage
22:53mainly to its
22:55roofs and
22:56carpentry.
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23:01information we have
23:02come to the end
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