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00:00In Venezuela, President Nicolás Maldó denounced the United States seizure of a ship carrying oil
00:15as a serious crime under international law and treaties that are binding on all states.
00:24More than three weeks after the general elections in Honduras,
00:27the National Electoral Council began a special counting on Thursday of thousands of voting records with inconsistencies.
00:40The International Committee of the Red Cross warned of the risk of collapse in buildings in the Gaza Strip,
00:45affected by the recent Israeli siege, a situation aggravated by poor weather conditions.
00:50Hello, welcome to From the South. I'm Sofia Fernández from the Telesur Studios in Havana, Cuba.
01:01We'll begin with the news. Stay with us!
01:03In Venezuela, President Nicolás Maldó denounced the United States seizure of a ship carrying oil
01:20as serious crimes under international law and treaties that are binding on all states.
01:25During his speech, the President recalled that the 1958 International Agreements Against Conspiracy,
01:32as well as the subsequent treaties of 1982, classified the armed assault of a ship carrying any goods
01:38as a serious crime that must be condemned by the international community.
01:42In this context, the President indicated that the time has come for loyalty and maximum national unity
01:47among all Venezuelans to defend the land, oil and the right to the future.
01:51On the other hand, the President Maduro presented the people of Miranda State and Caracas
01:56with the total and comprehensive rehabilitation of the Marilla Metro Cable System,
02:01which connects communities in the Petare Norte neighborhoods with the capital's underground metro system.
02:06Hesitating in defending our richness and minerals is treason.
02:12Hesitating in defending our sovereignty and our right to peace is treason.
02:16Hesitating in defending our sovereignty and our right to peace is treason.
02:21Hesitating in repudiating the mafia of the criminal that calls the way Venezuelan to take the richness of us.
02:28Hesitating in treason it is time of loyalty, of bravery, of patriotism, of freedom, of freedom.
02:31Hesitating in defending our sovereignty and our right to peace is treason.
02:34Hesitating in defending our sovereignty and our right to peace is treason.
02:36Hesitating in defending the pap 해서 it is arm of freedom, of freedom, of freedom and its worth.
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02:42Hesitating in rejecting us Sevilla the aggression.
02:45Hesitating to persevere the weapon of freedom, of freedom and of freedom.
02:46Hesitating in treason it is time of loyalty, of bravery, of patriotism and the maximum national union
02:54of all Venezuelan men and women to defend our land.
02:57Our land, our richness, our wealth, our petroleum, our people, our present, and the right to the future as well.
03:09So it is a continuity, a heroic continuity.
03:18Likewise, the Venezuelan president, protected by international law,
03:22described any armed assault on a ship in international waters as an act of piracy and banditry.
03:29International law condemns as crimes according to the agreements of 1998 against the piracy
03:42and international treaties that came from that of recent years of the year 82.
03:52They qualify the armed assault of a ship of any kind of good as a serious crime that must be condemned.
04:02It was centuries of piracy.
04:08The similarity between a pirate and a courser is that they are both criminals aside from the most simple answer.
04:18They were criminals and wherever they exist, they are criminals.
04:22They do very serious crimes.
04:25There are stealers among others there, the assaultants of the path, they are delinquents.
04:38In this regard, the Venezuelan hero state, Nicolás Maduro, described the seizure of an oil tanker
04:43transporting Venezuelan oil as a serious crime, protected by international treaties against piracy.
04:49After the Second World War, in 1958, that the first international treaty signed by all of the governments of the world was approved,
05:03so it was an obligation of all of the governments of the world to qualify piracy as a serious crime in high sea
05:10and by punishing it severely.
05:13So what they did with the private ship that was taking the petroleum that had already been paid in Venezuela to commerce it in its markets,
05:25it is a serious crime at the light of international law that is public and of the treaty of obligatory fulfillment by all of the states.
05:35We are in our law.
05:38And I say Venezuela is going to continue its path.
05:43We are going to continue producing the 14 engines and all of the products that are sold in Venezuela
05:48will continue going out to the international market because we are a country that is free
05:52and we will guarantee the free commerce of Venezuela, of the Caribbean and of all of South America.
06:02For his part, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lulada Silva said Thursday
06:06that he could act as a bridge between Venezuela and the United States
06:09to avoid an armed confrontation in the region.
06:13I had the opportunity to speak with President Maduro for almost 40 minutes.
06:20Then I spoke with President Trump about the Venezuela issue.
06:23I told Trump about Brazil's concern with Venezuela
06:26because this is a sound of peace, not a sound of war.
06:30I told him that things would not be resolved by shooting,
06:33that it was better to sit down at a table to find a solution.
06:36No one has ever said specifically, but it is necessary to wage this war.
06:46I don't know if the interest is only in Venezuela's oil.
06:50I don't know if the interest is in critical minerals.
06:53I don't know if the interest is in rare hair elements.
06:56The fact is that no one is putting what they want on the table.
07:03I told President Maduro that if he wanted Brazil to help in any way,
07:08he had to say what he would like us to do.
07:12And I told Trump that if he believed Brazil can contribute,
07:16we are very interested in talking to Venezuela and talking to him
07:19and talking to other countries to avoid an armed confrontation.
07:26Meanwhile, moving to Cuba, on December 18th,
07:29the sixth ordinarization of the National Assembly of People's Power
07:33concluded in Havana, according to a stent legislature,
07:37with the President of Army General Raul Castro Cruz
07:39and the President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez.
07:43The National Assembly of the People's Power adopted the Declaration
07:46on the Escalation of Aggression by the United States Government
07:49against the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.
07:52In this regard, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel
07:54denounced the sabotage carried out by the U.S. Government
07:57against Latin American and Caribbean countries,
08:00especially Venezuela.
08:02In an international context marked by geopolitical tensions
08:06and economic pressures resulting from the U.S. Government's
08:09intensified blockade against the country,
08:12the implementation of the government program to correct distortions
08:15and boost the economy continues to move forward.
08:23The government of the United States has reached the point
08:27of saying the intention of blocking totally petroleum ships
08:33that enter and exit Venezuela.
08:35It is about a brutal measurement of times of wars
08:39against a country that doesn't represent any danger for them.
08:46This shows the desperation of those who have betted
08:49on the foundation of that sister nation facing the violence
08:54of a group that has taken over the foreign policy of the United States.
09:00And now we have a short break coming up.
09:08But first, remember, you can join us on TikTok at Tell Us With English,
09:11where you will find news in different formats, news updates and more.
09:15Stay with us.
09:16Welcome back to From the South.
09:29More than three weeks after the general elections in Honduras,
09:32the National Electoral Council began special counting on Thursday
09:36of thousands of voting records with inconsistencies.
09:39The president of the Electoral Council, Anna Hall,
09:42representative of the Liberal Party,
09:44reported that the special recount will begin
09:46in the presence of national and international observers.
09:50During the recount, 2,792 ballots with inconsistencies
09:54from the November 30 elections marked by allegations of fraud
09:58will be reviewed.
09:59According to some analysts,
10:01this correction could change the results released so far
10:04by the electoral arbiter.
10:06We show Nasser Yasfura and Salvador Nasralla
10:08presidential candidates for the national party
10:11and the Liberal Party in close race.
10:21And moving out to Argentina,
10:22trade unions and social organizations
10:24followed the call for a national strike
10:26and took to the streets to protest
10:28against Javier Millet's government proposals
10:30to make working conditions more precarious.
10:34After the labor reform project was announced,
10:36the workers' unions decided to call a national strike
10:39to try and stop the government's initiative.
10:41The State Workers Association, ATE,
10:44reported record compliance with the strike,
10:47with participation exceeding 93% nationwide.
10:51Leaders affirmed that workers' patience has run out
10:54and that the government's reforms
10:56does not resolve the crisis in the labor sector.
10:59In their opinion, they point out that labor and social rights
11:02have been set back 100 years as a result
11:04of Javier Millet's neoliberal policies.
11:17And after responding to the call for a strike,
11:20state workers and social unions attended the protests
11:22in major cities with various demands,
11:25such as the immediate reopening of collective bargaining.
11:27In addition, the union is calling for an urgent wage adjustment,
11:32as the precarious policies of Javier Millet's governments
11:34have increased the cost of living for Argentinians,
11:37accompanied by the economic crisis and massive layups
11:40that have led to losses in the country's economic growth.
11:44Argentinians are also rejecting the national government's
11:47attempt to cut off employment positions,
11:50equivalent to 28,000 people.
11:52And labor unions have warned that the labor reform
12:03establishes changes to the employment contract law
12:06and the trade union association's law,
12:09and impacts state agencies.
12:11They also report that it jeopardizes the agreements
12:14reached under the employment contract law.
12:17They point out that if the salary reform is approved,
12:20it would affect more than 70,000 workers in Argentina.
12:25The change in the non-presumption of employment
12:27under the single-tax regime
12:29seeks to perpetuate labor fraud
12:31both in the state and in the regions.
12:40Also, our travel workers are on their second day of strike
12:43action in Argentina,
12:45affecting more than 24,000 passengers.
12:48The sector has confirmed that the strike will continue
12:51until December 29th.
12:53The service shutdown was initiated
12:55by the Association of Air Navigation Protection
12:57and Safety Technicians and Employees
12:59and began at 4 p.m. and ended at 7 p.m. local time
13:03for domestic flights at all airports in the country.
13:06The measure was taken due to the lack of dialogue
13:08in the part of the authorities
13:10of the Argentine Air Navigation Company.
13:13Moving now to Brazil,
13:23President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
13:25confirmed a Thursday his intention
13:27to veto the sentencing bill,
13:29known as the Dasymmetry Law,
13:31approved by the National Congress.
13:33This law reduces sentences
13:35for those convicted of the coup attempt
13:37of January 8, 2023.
13:39The law could directly benefit
13:41former President Jair Bolsonaro,
13:43who was sentenced to 27 years and 3 months
13:45in prison for his alleged participation
13:47in anti-democratic acts.
13:50The President said he would veto the bill
13:52if he reached his desk.
13:54The bill, denounced as an amnesty
13:55for the coup ploders,
13:57was approved on Wednesday in the Senate
13:59with 48 votes in favor and 25 against,
14:02after having been given the green light
14:04in the Chamber of Deputies the previous week.
14:13When Flavio,
14:15the son of former jail president Jair Bolsonaro,
14:18announced that his father
14:19has asked him to run for president of Brazil next year,
14:23it shocked and angered
14:24some of his most prominent supporters.
14:26Our correspondent, Brian Mir,
14:28has the details.
14:28After his imprisonment,
14:33former President Jair Bolsonaro
14:35shocked his supporters and allies
14:37by announcing that he'd chosen his son Flavio,
14:39a senator who's been embroiled in corruption scandals,
14:43as his chosen candidate for president in 2026.
14:47His unilateral decision has triggered
14:49infighting on the far right.
14:50I don't accept him making this decision
14:56during an emotional moment like this,
14:57only a few days after he was arrested.
15:00How could Bolsonaro make this decision
15:02without even talking about it with his wife?
15:05Even his wife was surprised by this announcement.
15:09So, hold on a second.
15:10This decision was made too quickly,
15:12and it was a message,
15:13and then Flavio announced it,
15:14my dad says I'm the candidate.
15:16And that's it?
15:17In 2016, investigators discovered
15:20a payroll skimming scheme
15:22in Flavio Bolsonaro's state congressional office,
15:25which employed the mother and girlfriend
15:27of notorious Rio de Janeiro-organized crime kingpin
15:30Adriano Nobrega.
15:31The case was dropped in 2022,
15:34but last year,
15:35the federal police released an audio recording
15:37showing then-president Jair Bolsonaro
15:39asking his intelligence chief
15:40to protect his son from the investigation.
15:43Gente, essa é a extrema-direita bolsonarista.
15:46This bolsonarista far-right is really stupid,
15:49and they prove this on a daily basis.
15:51For example,
15:52could you imagine one of Bolsonaro's own sons
15:54running for president?
15:55Could you imagine that thief Flavio
15:57from the payroll skimming scandal?
15:59Flavio with his million-dollar mansion in Brasília
16:01running for president of the Republic?
16:05Candidato a presidente da república!
16:07After Flavio Bolsonaro announced
16:09he'll run for president next year,
16:11other far-right politicians,
16:12like Paraná governor Horatinho Jr.,
16:15have announced that they will also enter the race.
16:18Entre os bolsonaros,
16:19pode até ser o nome mais forte,
16:21mas em que ele...
16:22He might have the strongest name
16:23in the Bolsonaro family,
16:24but within the right,
16:26it's just another name
16:27that shows that they are having problems
16:29finding a strong candidate
16:30capable of running against
16:32and beating president Lula next year.
16:34This is my take on it.
16:36Furthermore,
16:37Flavio is the Bolsonaro's family's last card.
16:39If they can't fill the Bolsonaro
16:41in the 2026 elections,
16:42they're going to have big problems in 2030.
16:49Brazil's first-round presidential election
16:51will be held on October 4th, 2026.
16:55Brian Mir,
16:56TELASUR,
16:57After five days of intense searching
17:02involving several U.S. federal agencies,
17:05the suspect in a deadly shooting
17:06at Brown University in Rhode Island
17:08was found dead on Thursday,
17:10apparently having committed suicide.
17:13According to Providence Police Chief
17:15Oscar L. Perez Jr.,
17:17the alleged perpetrator
17:18of the mass shooting
17:19at Brown University
17:20was found dead on Thursday night
17:22after taking his own life.
17:24The man was identified
17:25as Claudio Neves Valente,
17:28a 48-year-old Portuguese citizen
17:30and former Brown student.
17:32Piedra Narona,
17:33the Rhode Island attorney general,
17:35said that according to reports,
17:37the body was found
17:38in a warehouse in Salem,
17:39New Hampshire,
17:40alongside a bag,
17:42two firearms,
17:43and evidence
17:44matching the crime scene.
17:45He was identified
17:52as Claudio Neves Valente,
17:57date of birth,
17:58and he was a 48-year-old man.
18:01He was a Brown student,
18:04he was a Portuguese national,
18:06and his last known address
18:07was in Miami, Florida.
18:10And I will tell you
18:10that he took his own life tonight.
18:13We have members
18:13of the Providence Police Department
18:14up in Salem,
18:15Massachusetts, New Hampshire.
18:17And we also have
18:18the BCI unit,
18:20obviously the FBI
18:21and their evidence
18:22recovery unit is up there,
18:23so the process is being
18:24conducted as we speak.
18:28We have a second short break
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18:46Don't go away.
18:58The International Committee
18:59of the Red Cross
19:00warned of the risk
19:01of collapse in buildings
19:02in the Gaza Strip,
19:03affected by the recent
19:04Israeli siege,
19:06a situation aggravated
19:07by poor weather conditions.
19:09According to the
19:10Humanitarian Organization,
19:11the combination of
19:12previous damage
19:13and extreme weather conditions
19:14poses a serious threat
19:16to the safety
19:17of the city's residents.
19:19The Gaza Civil Defense
19:20said that storms
19:20this month
19:21caused the deaths
19:22of 17 people,
19:24including four children,
19:25as well as the collapse
19:26of 17 homes
19:27and the flooding
19:28of approximately
19:2990% of the refugee camps.
19:31In other news on Thursday,
19:42Israeli military forces
19:43launched a series of strikes
19:44on southern and eastern Lebanon,
19:46allegedly targeting
19:47training and weapon sites
19:49used by Hezbollah.
19:51In southern Lebanon,
19:52Israeli air strikes
19:53and drone attacks
19:54targeted several locations
19:56near residential areas
19:57and along a highly vital road,
19:59raising concerns
20:01over the risk
20:02posed to civilians
20:02and essential infrastructure.
20:05For his word,
20:05Lebanese Parliament Speaker
20:07Nahif Behri
20:08framed the attacks
20:09as a politically
20:10motivated escalation
20:11rather than
20:12an isolated military incidents
20:14in the face
20:15of a new crucial meeting
20:16set to take place
20:17on Friday.
20:18The meeting
20:19in the southern Lebanese
20:20town of Nagura
20:21will bring together
20:22Israeli and Lebanese
20:23civilian representatives
20:24to monitor the implementation
20:26of the ceasefire agreement,
20:28despite the fact
20:29that Israel has violated
20:30the agreements
20:31on a regular basis.
20:41On Friday,
20:42the countries of the European Union
20:43decided to postpone
20:45the trade agreement
20:46with Mercosur
20:47due to France's rejection
20:48and the doubts
20:49expressed by Italy.
20:51The president
20:52of the European Commission,
20:53Ursula von der Leyen,
20:55confirmed that
20:56dinner with the European leaders
20:57that the agreement
20:58will not be signed
20:59in Brazil this weekend.
21:01According to European sources,
21:02the vote on signing
21:03of the treaty
21:04will be moved
21:05to early January
21:06at the request
21:07of the Italian government,
21:08which needs more time
21:09to analyze the agreement.
21:11The Italian prime minister
21:13informed the Brazilian president
21:14on Thursday
21:15that she is willing
21:16to sign the pact
21:17once farmers provide
21:18the necessary answers
21:19and that she needs
21:21a few days
21:21to finalize
21:22her official opposition.
21:33Meanwhile,
21:34the Russian government
21:35expressed its deep concern
21:36on Thursday
21:37about the recent
21:37joint military exercises
21:39between Japan
21:39and the United States
21:40in the vicinity
21:41of its territory.
21:43Moscow warned
21:44about the dangers
21:44of Japanese militarization
21:46and defense spending,
21:47factors that destabilize
21:49and escalate tensions
21:50in the Asia-Pacific region.
21:52Russian Foreign Ministry
21:53spokesperson
21:53Maria Sakharovov
21:55reported that
21:56the official position
21:57had been conveyed
21:58to the Japanese
21:59ambassador in Moscow.
22:01During the diplomatic meeting,
22:02Lyudmila Boroviova,
22:04director of the
22:043rd Asian Department,
22:06emphasized
22:06the Kremlin's rejection
22:08of the Japanese
22:08and U.S. Air Forces
22:10exercises conducted
22:12on December 10th
22:13in border areas.
22:21And like this,
22:22we have come to the end
22:23of this news brief.
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