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*Ecuador: health crisis in prison system worsens
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00:00the bolivarian alliance for the peoples of our america reaffirmed its commitment to sovereignty
00:15and regional integration during the 25th summit of heads of state and government celebrated on sunday
00:21the health crisis in ecuador's prison system intensifies after at least six inmates died
00:31from tuberculosis in the literal penitentiary in guayaquil the country's largest person
00:41and in germany the berlin police arrested 18 people who were participating in an anti-police protest
00:52hello and welcome to from the south my name is belen de los santos i'm from the tesoro
00:56studios in havana cuba we'll begin with the news
01:10we'll begin with the information the bolivarian alliance for the peoples of our america people's
01:15trade treaty that is alba tcp reaffirmed its commitment to sovereignty and regional integration
01:21this during the 25th summit of heads of state and government that was celebrated on sunday
01:27the virtual summit celebrated 21 years since the alliance was founded with a call for unity in the
01:35face of the new egemonic pretensions at the meeting the heads of state and government of alba tcp issued
01:41the declaration of caracas vowing to deepen the bolivarian doctrine and resist what they branded
01:48washington's washington's revived monroe's doctrine furthermore the leaders reaffirmed the defense of
01:55the region as a zone of peace and convened on the creation of an international mission to help cuba
02:03strengthen its energy capacity in the face of the ongoing u.s blockade
02:15in this context during his address at the meeting venezuelan president nicolas maduro paid homage
02:20to the memory of alba founding fathers fidel castorrus and hugo chavez rĂez in this circumstances that
02:27venezuela has been leaving this 25 weeks of aggression of psychological terrorism of military
02:39of military aggression and a piracy assault of an oil tanker of venezuela that we have just lived through
02:48of a complete violation of the diplomatic ties and means in this hemisphere and this region
03:02of latin american and caribbean we have bet and we have perfected our vision of our national defense system
03:13and for his part the president of cuba miguel diaz canal bermudas referred to the challenges of
03:21peoples in latin america and the caribbean in the face of ongoing imperial aggressions the time that the
03:28people have here in order to save the world is every day getting smaller and the human the human
03:39species is condemned to die if we don't change this so latin american and the caribbean
03:49that wonderful region that we call our america is facing new challenges
04:02imperialism is not even hiding
04:05what they want to do they are showing it clearly with this aggressive policies imperialism things
04:17that they have the power in order to impose themselves
04:26in the face of the sovereignty of the nations they are assuming in order to threaten with the use of
04:35force everyone and everything that is inhabiting what they are calling that backyard
04:46and tens of thousands of people to the streets of dozens of cities in brazil
04:52on sunday to protest a new bill that aims to lower ex-president jay bolsonaro's prison sentence
04:58our correspondent andrea mir has more on december 10th brazil's majority conservative congress passed a
05:06bill that if ratified in the senate would create a law enabling convicted criminals to serve their
05:12sentences concurrently and cut the amount of time needed before they are eligible for parole nearly in
05:17half from 30 to 17 percent this sunday tens of thousands of people took to the streets in over 30
05:24cities to protest the measure bolsonaro is a huge enemy of the brazilian people and now the congress
05:33is following in his footsteps this bill for concurrent sentencing will evolve into a coup down the line
05:39this is why the landless rural workers movement has joined this fight in defense of democracy and
05:44democracy in brazil today means rejecting amnesty and rejecting concurrent sentence
05:50the bill of concurrent sentencing is widely understood as a measure to help far-right
05:57ex-president jair bolsonaro get out of jail quicker concurrent sentencing would lower his sentence from
06:0327 to 14 years and make him eligible for parole in two years and four months
06:12we will never accept the concurrent sentencing law for brazil's genocidal ex-president bolsonaro
06:18the social movement will never accept this done with bolsonaro viva the struggle of the brasilian
06:24working class
06:30critics of the bill point out that it won't just help bolsonaro thousands of corrupt politicians
06:36rapists and drug traffickers will be immediately eligible for parole if the law is ratified
06:41i clearly understand that our fight and the fight of all the leftist paris is the fight against fascists
06:50against the far right against the american empire in defense of oppressed peoples in defense of the
06:56people of gaza in defense of venezuela and in defense of freedom for the people of latin america
07:03president lula says that if the concurrent sentencing law passes in the senate he will immediately
07:08veto it brian meer tell us sir recife and the health crisis in ecuador's prison system intensifies after
07:18at least six inmates have died from tuberculosis in the literal penitentiary in guayaquil that is the
07:24country's largest person according to reports from the national police the deceased were between 22 and 45
07:32years old and their bodies showed no signs of violence pointing to health complications as the cause of
07:40death these new deaths add to a series of death attributed to a presumed tuberculosis epidemic within
07:48the prison nationwide 1131 cases of tuberculosis have been reported in the prison system of which
07:56more than 500 are in the literal prison alone confirming the focus of the epidemic in this place
08:02in guatemala president bernardo arevalo declared a state of emergency in two municipalities in the
08:16west of the country following armed attacks on a military post and a police station accompanied by
08:22the minister of the interior and the chief of staff president arevalo explained that this state of
08:27emergency will last for 15 days and will take place in the municipalities of naguala and santa
08:34caterina it's choacan the minister of the interior marco billeda reported that at least five people have
08:40lost their lives in these attacks it is believed that the incidents were perpetrated by criminal groups linked to
08:46extortion and drug trafficking
08:56meanwhile on sunday the puerto rican journalists association and other groups condemned governor
09:01jennifer gonzalez for signing the disastrous bill that hinders access to public information media bosa
09:08president of the association said that the signing of the autocratic measure was to be expected and adds to
09:16other government policies that limit the free exercise of journalism in puerto rico the president
09:22of the new progressive party and puerto rican leader jennifer gonzalez signed the con controversial
09:30legislative measure on saturday what vetoing another aimed at eliminating security details for the
09:37country's former leaders now we have a short break coming up but first remember you can join us on
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09:52we'll be right back stay with us
10:12welcome back to from the south tensions rise in honduras over the electoral process as top official marlon
10:18natural has announced the electoral council that he integrates for refusing to conduct a full recount of
10:25the presidential votes amid claims of irregularities electoral advisor marlon natural has reported the
10:31electoral council rejected his proposals for a full vote by vote recount the council will only review 5.6
10:39percent of the presidential tallies despite its consistencies being documented in over 17 000 acts the
10:48official argues that this decision compromises electoral transparency and could legitimize a result tainted by errors and
10:55manipulation and therefore demands a complete review of all observed acts to restore confidence in the
11:02country's democratic institutions
11:10meanwhile in chile the pinotist candidate jose antonio cast has won the presidency with a platform marked by
11:17anti-immigrant rhetoric and harsh punitive policies on security warwick progressivism has lost to lawyer and
11:24former congressman jose antonio cast elected president of chile after winning the runoff and receiving a
11:30public concession from progressive rival janet jara cast known for his xenophobic discourse against migrants and
11:38his tough on crime agenda has promised longer sentences more prisons and other power forces forces
11:46and arrives to power with a mandate to what he calls restore order in the country cara who campaigned on
11:54social rights and labor protection recognizes the results but warns that democratic and human right
12:00gains could be at risk under a government that links insecurity to migration and prioritizes punitive
12:08measures over social policies cast term in office at la moneda government house is seen as a return to
12:16pinochetism
12:24in this context in santiago de chile a group of protesters rejected the election of jose antonio
12:30cast and were repressed by police forces marking the first direct confrontation against the elected
12:36president of chile in an environment of growing political tension protesters gathered at the emblematic
12:43claza vaquedano where they were repressed by officers of the chilean national police using water cannon vehicles
12:50dozens of detractors of this pinochetist and far-right candidate expressed their rejection of the results
12:57announced by the electoral service of chile in which cast emerged victorious with 58.18 percent support
13:06against the progressist candidate janet jara who obtained 41.82 percent of the votes
13:29and in other news the bolivian region of santa cruz the country's most populous one
13:34is facing a humanitarian crisis after the parade river overflowed causing massive flooding on sunday
13:41the bolivian government confirmed that the official death toll had risen to seven with more than 20
13:46people still missing authorities intensified rescue efforts and provided assistance to thousands of
13:52affected families after flying over the flooded municipality of el torno deputy minister of civil
13:58defense alfredo troche expressed concern about the seriousness of the situation
14:03through to confirm the seven deaths and more than 20 missing individuals noting that the situation in
14:10the communities is critical and requires immediate action
14:21and in morocco the death toll rises to 21 after sudden heavy rain causes flood flesh flooding in the
14:29coastal town of safi on sunday according to local authorities the floods were caused by exceptionally
14:35stormy rains recorded in a short period of time and left at least 32 people injured and affected a total
14:41of 70 homes and commercial establishments in the city of safi authorities emphasized that a strong
14:47mobilization continues for search operations of possible missing people ensuring security in the affected
14:55areas meanwhile the general directorate of meteorology issued several orange level alerts for snowfall
15:02and heavy rains accompanied by thunderstorms in several provinces of the country between sunday
15:08and the coming wednesday as well
15:10we now move on to other topics on sunday in nigeria west african leaders have gathered for the 68th
15:23summit of the economic community of west african state ecowas to deliberate on the future of regional
15:30integration peace and stability during the meeting officials warned about the growing resurgence of
15:36unconstitutional changes of unconstitutional changes of government as a threat to the regional stability
15:41of the african bloc the debates also included the impact of climate change on food security
15:47and the need for coordinated responses to floods and droughts in the region in the scenario leaders
15:53also reviewed economic progress on integration including the agawas trade liberalization plan energy
16:00cooperation and infrastructure development
16:15we go now to palestines medical authorities have reported five people that have been killed by
16:32israeli aggressions over the past 24 hours in the gaza strip despite the ceasefire agreement that is in
16:39place the palestinian ministry of health in the gaza strip reported on sunday that hospitals across the
16:45enclave have also received four bodies recovered from beneath the rubble and treated 45 wounded people
16:53with this the total number of martyrs recorded since the ceasefire came into effect is 391
16:59with 1063 injured and 632 bodies retrieved these figures come amid warnings from international
17:08organizations over the deteriorating humanitarian situation in gaza with the world health organization
17:14declaring that gaza's health care system is nearing total collapse with only 18 of the strip's 36
17:21hospitals partially operational and just 43 of primary health care centers in function
17:32with this information we go to a second short break that is coming up but before we invite you to visit our
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17:47most recent events final short break don't go away
17:56welcome back to from the south in germany the berlin police arrested 18 people who were participating in
18:15an anti-police protest which ended in clashes with officers hundreds took to the streets of the
18:21capital on saturday after the city's parliament passed a security law
18:28expanding surveillance powers the new bill grants the authority increased powers for physical and digital
18:35surveillance including covert entry into homes to install spyware when remote access is unavailable
18:42the incidents and the first confrontations with the police began shortly after the start of the
18:48demonstration after the rally was dispersed and the 18 participants were arrested the police maintained
18:54a strong presence to prevent the formation of new crowds anti-police demonstration is held every year on
19:01december 13th in berlin
19:04and in australia on sunday a mass shooting at a jewish hanukkah celebration left 16 people dead in sydney
19:17after a man that was two men that were armed with rifles opened fire according to local authorities
19:24these men father and son attacked a busy area on bondi beach armed with rifles and killing 16 people
19:32including a 10 year old girl at least 42 people were transferred to different hospitals in sydney
19:38after the attack counting among the injured two police officers a spokesperson for the new south wales
19:44ambulance service indicated that he had treated several people at the scene of the incident and
19:50according to local media one of these shooters was shot dead by the police while the other was arrested
20:02in this context on monday australian prime minister anthony dalbanese proposed tougher restrictions on
20:15national gun laws albanese announced that the proposed restrictions would include limiting the
20:20number of guns a licensed owner can obtain after australian authorities revealed that one of the shooters
20:27had amassed six guns legally sunday's massacre on sydney's beyond the beach that targeted a hanukkah
20:35celebration was the deadliest shooting in almost three decades in the country
20:46we go now to the united states as crowds gathered at the providence park on sunday evening to honor the
20:52the victims of the brown university shooting following saturday's shooting which left two students dead
20:58and nine others wounded police in rhode island announced that they had taken a person of interest
21:05into custody the attack sparked hours of chaos on the ivy league campus and in surrounding providence
21:12neighborhoods as hundreds of officers search for the shooter and urge students and staff to shelter in
21:18place the lockdown stretched into the night and was lifted early sunday morning however authorities had
21:25not yet released information about a potential motive
21:37in other news in 2025 foreign capital inflows to china are steadily rising driven by technological
21:43innovation policy stability and beijing strategic openness to global investment according to a recent
21:50analysis by china's global times international capital is returning to chinese markets in a visible
21:56sustained and strategical focused manner particularly in high growth sectors such as ai advanced manufacturing
22:04and green technology the report shows that foreign direct investment institutional investor
22:10participation and long-term capital allocation to chinese assets have increased since the start of
22:17the year this shift marks a turning point after a period of withdrawal during global supply chain
22:23realignments and geopolitical tensions with this information we have come to the end of this news
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