- 12 hours ago
27/02/2026
FTS 12.30
*Argentinian workers demonstrate against Milei´s Labor Reform
*Pakistan in open war with Afghanistan’s Taliban govt
FTS 12.30
*Argentinian workers demonstrate against Milei´s Labor Reform
*Pakistan in open war with Afghanistan’s Taliban govt
Category
🗞
NewsTranscript
00:10the acting president of venezuela delci rodriguez sent a message to united states president donald
00:16trump urging him to end the blockade and sanctions against the country as an act of goodwill in light
00:22of the improvement in bilateral relations in argentina tension is unfolding in an outside
00:31congress as senators prepare to give a final vote in president javier miller's controversial labor
00:37reform pakistan's defense minister said that open war has begun between pakistan and the taliban
00:48government in afghanistan hello welcome to from the south i am lorana phone from the telescope studios
00:58in habana cuba we begin with the news stay with us the acting president of venezuela delcius rodriguez
01:17sent a message to united states president donald trump urging him to end the blockade and sanctions
01:23against the country as an act of goodwill in light of the improvement in bilateral relations the
01:29declaration took place during a meeting with the venezuelan youth where rodriguez shared with more
01:35than 2 200 young people involved in different artistic and productive activities the event aimed
01:42at to highlighting the importance of each sector in the progress of the country and to promote unity
01:48among venezuelan youth in this context the acting president linked the diplomatic struggle with the
01:53spirit of venezuelan youth urging them to remain firm in defense of national identity rodriguez asserted
02:00that the imperial blockade is not only an economic measure but a direct attack on the future and the right
02:06to development of the youth
02:16we started off on the wrong foot on january 3rd of this year as you know
02:22we were victims of a military attack by a nuclear power on this continent
02:28and why did that happen
02:33because for so many years the transnational media companies spread lies about our country
02:39because for so many years extremist sectors of venezuelan politics spread lies about venezuela
02:47and made demands that our country be attacked and blockaded
02:53i hope and it is the feeling of venezuelans that as friends of the united states and of all the
03:01countries of the world
03:04the blockade and sanctions against venezuela will cease
03:09that our young people have the right to assert their aspirations
03:17that our workers have the right to fair wages and income for themselves and their families
03:25and that is the national feeling
03:30president trump as a friend and partner we are opening a new agenda of cooperation with the united states
03:39and the sanctions and end the blockade against our country now because that blockade is also against
03:45the youth of venezuela and the venezuelan youth as a whole demands an end to the sanctions
03:50an end to the blockade against venezuela
03:56also the president of venezuela delce rodriguez together with the youth of venezuela sent a plus
04:02of strength to the constitutional president nicolas maduro and the first lady cilia flores
04:10from here you have my heart and my commitment
04:15and from here i want us to send president maduro
04:20and the first lady the fighter cilia flores a strong applause may he have much strength
04:29may he feel the love of the venezuelan youth and that we are now in this process dear young people
04:38and let it be clear that yes we are with him
04:43but i also want the world to know what we are experiencing here in venezuela
04:49in an exceptional stage of our history venezuela is set to commemorate the 37th anniversary of the social
04:58uprising of february 27 1989 known as el caracazo a popular rebellion that was repressed by the state
05:06during this event the people expressed their opposition to the economic policies that the former
05:12president carlos andres perez applied during his term in office between 1987 and 1993 the paquetazo as
05:21these suffocating measures were known generated the protests due to public indignation and and being
05:27unable to acquire even the basic necessities these protests were violently repressed by the government
05:34through the army which together with the police attacked the people with tongues and firearms
05:39leaving a death toll of more than three thousand and an unknown number of disappeared people since
05:46then venezuelans have commemorated this date with mobilizations in honor of the thousands of victims
05:53of the state's action during the rebellion
06:03in this context foreign minister iban hill throw his account on telegram stated the following
06:09today we pay tribute to those who lost their life during the spontaneous social uprising that shook venezuela
06:16on february 27 1989 el caracazo not only marked a breaking point for a political system that had
06:23turned its back on the people by orders from washington but it was also a popular expression calling for a
06:30profound transformation of the country whose answers were found in the bolivarian project of commander hugo
06:37chavez honor and glory to the victims of el caracazo their sacrifice was not in vain
06:50venezuelan president nicolas maduro sent a sworn statement to the southern district of new york
06:55demanding his right to have his legal representation funded by the venezuelan government the document was
07:02sent in response to the trump administration's decision to block the venezuelan government from
07:08covering the legal expenses of the bolivarian president washington moves to fall under the
07:14financial sanctions system enforced by the united states department of the treasury and the unilateral
07:19coercive measures against sanctioned countries and officials under the system any transaction involving
07:26venezuelan funds requires a specific authorization from that office the measures violates the right
07:33to offer trial under the sixth amendment of the united states constitution
07:45in his affidavit president nicolas maduro declared on january 4 2026 i heard berri g pollack
07:53in his law firm harry san laurent and westlers llp to represent me in this case i understand that
08:00under the laws and practices of the bolivarian republic of venezuela i have the right to have
08:05my legal defense paid for by the venezuelan government the bolivarian leader also wrote i
08:13understand that the government of venezuela is willing to finance my legal defense and i hope that
08:18this will be the case i have relied on this expectation and cannot afford to pay for my own
08:24legal defense if the court requires it i will submit a financial affidavit to the court to demonstrate
08:32my ability to finance my own legal defense the document concludes based on my belief that the
08:39government of venezuela will pay for mr pollack and his law firm to represent me mr pollack appeared in
08:45my case in january 5 2026 and since then i have been with him in my legal defense he is
08:52my lawyer of
08:52choice and i want mr pollack to continue representing me as such
09:17policy and now we have a short break coming up but first remember you can join us on tick tock
09:21at
09:21telescope english where you will find news in different formats news updates and more
09:25we'll be right back stay with us
09:47welcome back to from the south we continue with more information in argentina tension is unfolding in
09:53and outside congress as senators prepared to give a final vote in president javier smillé's
10:00controversial labor reform thousands of workers are holding protests against labor reform and action
10:06that also include a 24-hour strike carried out by several unions among them the state workers
10:12association aid by its spanish initials metal workers union oom and workers from the oil and the
10:20cotton production industry the labor reform has already been approved as it reached a majority vote from
10:27both the senate and the lower house but deputies introduced some changes in last week's session
10:33that need to be green-lighted by the senate in order to for it to formally become a law
10:45in this context the center of buenos aires argentina worked up to heavy security presence that turned
10:52into a police violence against laid-off protesters who were trying to reach congress prior to the final
10:58debate on the labor law hundreds of workers from different sectors set up roadblocks in the capital's
11:04downtown area and tried to make their voices heard against the lack of employment teachers doctors
11:11and former employees of different companies encountered a police cordon that far from channeling
11:17discontent opted for violent dispersal the police operation left images of people running rubber bullets
11:24being fired and workers doused with pepper sprays in the vicinity of the iconic obelisk the confrontation
11:32took place while the congress and it was getting ready to begin debating the controversial malay-backed
11:38labor reform considered by many as brutal
11:57in other information cuba reframed its commitment to combating all acts of terrorism following the
12:04attempted infiltration of a speedboat carrying 10 armed terrorists from the united states on thursday cuban
12:10deputy for minister foreign affairs carlos fernandez de cosillo announced that the government had
12:16launched an investigation to clarify the circumstances of the toward attempt to infiltrate the country for
12:23terrorist purposes fernandez de cosillo also provided details about the arsenal of weapons on the speedboat
12:30in addition the cuban deputy minister of foreign affairs reported on channels of communication with
12:36washington to address washington to address the incident
12:47from the outset having detected that the naval vehicle originated from the united states
12:58the cuban authorities the cuban authorities have been in communication with their u.s counterparts
13:08including the department of state and the coast guard regarding this terrorist attempt
13:18an investigation is underway to clarify the facts with the utmost rigor
13:28the cuban government is willing to exchange information with the united states on this matter
13:38among other requirements we will request information about those involved
13:47the means used and other details from the u.s authorities through the mechanisms enforced between
13:52the two countries
13:55u.s government authorities have expressed their willingness to cooperate in clarifying these unfortunate
14:02events
14:06in italy cuban doctors denounce harassment by united states diplomats citizens announced that the united
14:13state diplomats are pressuring authorities to expel cuban medical brigades providing international
14:19solidarity services services in this context the cuban foreign ministry in rome confirmed reports of persecution
14:25against the cuban presence in the calabria region of these medical brigades additionally residents reported
14:33that a united states envoy visited the italian peninsula to request that the cuban doctors cease their works
14:57in peru the transitional government activated an emergency plan due to heavy rainfall in several areas
15:03of the country the cabinet requested local authorities to submit the technical reports necessary to extend the state
15:11of emergency in the districts that required it it was also confirmed that 15 regions of the country entered a
15:18state
15:18of emergency in addition to some specific district with different interventions
15:23depending on the level of impact in the sense damaged localities were authorized to
15:29access up to 100 000 soles throughout the fund of interventions in the event of natural disasters
15:42an international organization for migration reported
15:46that approximately seven thousand and six hundred and sixty seven people died or disappeared
15:51in migratory routes around the world in 2025 the organization called for the dismantling of human
15:58trafficking networks that exploit migrants and endanger the lives to the director general of the organization
16:05amy pope expressed that when safe roads are inaccessible people are forced to take dangerous journeys
16:13and fall into the hands of traffickers the entity also added to that from january 1st to february 24th
16:202026 606 migrants deaths were recorded in the mediterranean marking an unprecedented number of deaths
16:312026 606 migrants we have a second short break coming up before we invite before a final short break don't
16:40go away
17:05welcome back to from the south pakistan's defense minister kawa asif said that the
17:11open war has begun between pakistan and the taliban government in afghanistan explosions have been
17:17reported in kabul and fighting continues along the border just hours before pakistan launched an
17:22airstrike on kabul after islam bad's ministry of information accused afghanistan taliban authorities of
17:29opening fire on multiple locations along the two countries shared northwest frontier early friday a
17:36pakistan military spokesperson said 220 taliban fighters have been killed and 314 injured in the
17:43attacks adding that 74 taliban posts were destroyed and 18 captured meanwhile 27 people were injured in
17:51pakistan and united nations human rights chief of vulgar talk has called for urgent political dialogue
17:58to end the fighting between afghanistan and pakistan expressing concern at a sharp increase in civilian casualties
18:11in the middle east since the invasion of iraq iranian journalists and geopolitical analyst elham abedini
18:21warned in an interview with brazil defato that if washington chooses war israel will be a legitimate
18:27target and united states allies will pay the coast more details with our correspondent mauro ramos
18:33in recent weeks the united states has carried out a large-scale military mobilization in the middle east
18:39the largest concentration of u.s forces in the regions since the invasion of iraq in 2003.
18:47amid this military pressure iran's foreign minister seyed abbas arahchi left for geneva on wednesday he is
18:55taking part in the third round of indirect nuclear talks with the united states mediated by oman
19:02iranian international relations analyst and journalist elhan abedini told telesur that even if an agreement
19:08is reached she believes it will likely to be short term she says the ultimate goal for the united states
19:15remains military intervention in her country abedini is one of the journalists that survived the israeli
19:22attack in june 2025 on the tehran headquarters of irib iran's state broadcasting network iran always
19:31try to uh use diplomacy tool and try to make dialogue but actually every time we see um we see
19:42how the united
19:42how the united states try to uh give um gets more and more from iran when we talk about nuclear
19:52issues
19:52they're talking about uh missile um missile program of iran when we talk about even if we talk about
20:00missile program they would talk about the uh region about its um uh what they call proxies but we do
20:09not consider it as a proxies but they talk about these issues i mean if they are not stopping they
20:17every time they uh wants more and more in his address to congress this week trump said he prefers
20:23diplomacy with iran but abedini exposes the double standard while washington talks negotiations she says
20:30it's active from the east of the east inside the country in january foreign minister abaza actually
20:36publicly accused the cia and mossad of involvement in actions across iranian cities that's on all
20:43yesterday for us israeli media reports are replete with allegations that israel planned and conducted
20:49operations in iran mr mike pompeo who was director of the cia during the first trump administration said on
20:57twitter happy new year to all iranians in the streets and also to all mossad agents walking
21:02alongside them it is evident that mossad agents attempted to direct the terrorist acts
21:09alhanamedini says two years of genocide in gaza carried out by israel with unwavering u.s support
21:16have exposed what was always behind the global north's human rights rhetoric even donald trump in
21:23during these terrorist activities each week that the health is underway where is that health if that
21:29health would be for iranian people that i'm i'm not agreeing with that but but where was that help
21:37and maybe these kind of aircraft and uh what what is in the region are these are for iranian
21:45people this is for helping for people abedini acknowledges there may be management problems in iran
21:50but insists the country's economic hardship is a direct result of u.s and allied sanctions even in
21:59recent months how much the medicine prices get higher although iran has has insurance and the
22:09government tried to actually manage the the prices but for some of uh for some of patients especially for
22:18cancer hemophilia that their medicine are um we have to import their medicine uh we face a real
22:25problem and the cost would be so high and many patients uh just pass away because of these sanctions
22:33some of these uh some of these medicines even we do not access to them even in higher prices we
22:40do not
22:40access to them and we cannot import that abedini was inside the riib headquarters on june 16 20 25 when
22:50israeli missiles struck the building three people were killed several wounded she says the attack was no
22:57exception the most important issue uh even even more important that they strike uh against irid building is that
23:07we knew that we knew that uh it uh could be eligible it could be a target for israeli regime
23:15because of experience because of the history because we see we saw that how is right in the regime
23:22um actually targets the journalists and the media centers during this war and genocide against gaza and
23:31even before that in syria in lebanon and this is the most catastrophic thing that's uh everybody knew that
23:40anything can happen from israeli regime and nowhere is safe uh from israeli regime
23:48beji mauro ramos in other topics russia and ukraine agreed to a localized ceasefire in the vicinity of
23:56separate sea nuclear power plant mediated by the international atomic energy agency tourists turns
24:03a 330 kilovolt to back up a power line the measure will allow specialists from the russian corporation rosatom
24:11to begin repair work of an infrastructure damaged by an attack on february 10. the planned authorities
24:18reported that the radiological situation remains at normal levels and does not pose a risk to the
24:24specialists or the nearby population this technical trust aims to reduce the vulnerability of the
24:30facility amid the ongoing energy instability caused by the conflict
24:39like this we have come to the end of this news brief for the lezuri english i am lorena fun
24:44thank you for
24:45watching
Comments