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*Chile: senate approves economic and tax reform
*Yemen: Houthi movement claims attack on Saudi oil tanker in the Red Sea
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*Chile: senate approves economic and tax reform
*Yemen: Houthi movement claims attack on Saudi oil tanker in the Red Sea
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00:11Venezuela's Acting President El C. Rodriguez visited the Planta Centro Thermoelectric Power
00:16Plant in Puerto Cabello to begin implementing corrective measures to restore the national
00:21power system.
00:25The Chilean Senate approved the mega-economic and tax reform proposed by the government
00:30of Jose Antonio Cast amid criticism over its fiscal impact and inequality.
00:40In Yemen, the Ansarola resistance movement, known as the Houthis, claimed a missile attack
00:45on a Saudi oil tanker in the Red Sea amid the ongoing maritime blockade and escalating hostilities
00:50between the two nations.
01:21Hello, welcome to Front the South.
01:23Venezuela's Acting President El C. Rodriguez visited the Planta Centro Thermoelectric Power
01:28Plant in Puerto Cabello to begin implementing corrective measures to restore the national
01:32power system.
01:34These actions primarily focus on restoring the infrastructure installed capacity and strengthening
01:39the stability of the electric power grid by developing comprehensive modernization and
01:44rehabilitation plans.
01:45In this regard, the Planta Centro, one of Venezuela's most iconic infrastructure projects, is the
01:51country's main thermal power generation complex in the central western region, where the Chinese
01:56company Machinery Engineering Corporation has played a key role.
02:00This initiative is part of the Acting President's Thermoelectric Power Recovery Plan, which aims to
02:06add more megawatts to the national grid.
02:12We have now a short break coming up, but we will be right back.
02:16Stay with us.
02:40Welcome back to Front the South.
02:42We continue now in Venezuela, but the Acting President El C. Rodriguez oversaw the implementation
02:46of the Venezuela Rises Plan in the state of Carabobo.
02:49Accompanied by the head of the plan Jacqueline Farias, the Venezuelan Acting President visited
02:54Los Bloques' sector in Colinas de Mara.
02:56The goal of the visit was to assess the comprehensive care provided to residents and homes affected by
03:01the June 24th in earthquakes.
03:03During the inspection, authorities foreported that four of the five buildings in Comptex 4
03:08sustained no city's damage, while one building has structural and masonry issues that are
03:14currently being repaired.
03:16These efforts reformed the government's commitment to the well-being of earthquake-affected families.
03:38Cuba's Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez denounced on Wednesday through his ex-account that the
03:43power outages in the national electricity system are a direct consequence of the U.S. blockade.
03:53U.S. blockade against Cuba, particularly the energy blockade.
03:58This blockade not only prevents the free import of fuel, but also blocks the entry into our
04:03country of parts of components necessary for the electricity grid, impedes collaboration
04:08with experts from other nations, and hind their access to international financing.
04:13Cuba is not a threat, the blockade is.
04:25In this context, the Island National Electricity Corporation reported that the national electric
04:34system was restored on Tuesday at 11.35 a.m. following the disconnection of the afternoon of
04:41August 3. The reconnection proceeded gradually after the previous day's blackout.
04:46Furthermore, the United Nations, the Electricity Union, forecasted an impact of 2,210 megawatts
04:54during this Wednesday night peak hours.
05:10Brazil's government announced on Wednesday the expulsion of the Argentine Ambassador in Brasilia,
05:16Daniel Raimondi, and the decision not to send Brazilian Ambassador Julio Vitelli back to Buenos Aires.
05:21For the first time in history, the Brazilian government withdraws its ambassador from Argentina
05:26and downgrades diplomatic relations to the level of charge de affairs.
05:31This measure was officialized through a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and delivered
05:36to Ambassador Raimondi.
05:37The decision is allegedly a direct response to insults by Argentine President Javier Milay against Lula
05:43and other Brazilian authorities during a campaign launch event for right-wing politician Flavio Bolsonaro in Sao Paulo.
05:59The Chilean Senate approved the mega-economic and tax reform proposed by the government of José Antonio Casta
06:05amid criticism over its fiscal impact and inequality.
06:09After debates, the bill was approved with 27 votes in favor and 22 against.
06:15It includes changes to the tax system and the creation of a compensation fund for municipalities.
06:21In this sense, one of the most criticized aspects of the reform is the property tax exemption for over 65
06:29regardless of their socioeconomic status, which means that taxes in the country wealthiest sectors will be 100% subsidized.
06:38This subsidy to offset the tax loss will benefit municipalities with higher revenues,
06:45while the most vulnerable ones will receive lower amounts.
06:49Furthermore, the reform proposes reducing the corporate tax rate from 27% to 23%,
06:54which will directly reduce the nation's revenue.
07:13Rescue operations are underway in Sierra Leone's capital, Freetown.
07:17After hours of torrential rains triggered deadly flash floods, slope collapses, and severe erosion.
07:23Heavy overnight rainfall flooded more than 300 homes, displacing hundreds of families across low-lying neighborhoods.
07:29In the Medsham community, three people, a young girl, her mother and grandmother, were killed when a compound wall collapsed.
07:37Search teams continue looking for two missing children, while authorities warned that contaminated water sources posed severe health risks.
07:45Local residents blame poor drainage systems and block infrastructure for worsening recurring seasonal floods.
07:53The National Disaster Management Agency has deployed emergency teams across affected districts,
07:59urging residents in high-risk slope areas to remain vigilant as heavy rains persist.
08:11In Guatemala, hundreds of villagers are taking shelter after the Fuego Volcano erupted, sweeping lava and towering clouds of ash
08:19across nearby communities.
08:21Around 1,700 people were evacuated from villages near the crater, as authorities raised the maximum alert level.
08:27For many, the eruption revived painful memories of the deadly 2018 disaster that buried entire communities under volcanic flows.
08:36While evacuees prioritized their safety over dangerous avalanches of burning material,
08:41many expressed deep anxiety over leaving behind their livestock and homes to potential looting.
08:47In response, the Guatemalan government has deployed security patrols throughout the affected zone to protect property while emergency operations continue.
09:09In the United States, Calaveras County, California, declared a state of emergency due to arranging uncontained wildfire that has consumed
09:17more than 2,628 hectares.
09:20Due to the threat to fire poses to homes and infrastructures, authorities order evacuation and road closures in nearby areas.
09:27The flames fueled by dry vegetation are being fought by a team of more than 250 people, backed by 50
09:34fire trucks, 8 water tankers, 4 helicopters, 16 excavators, 16 ground brigades and water tanking aircraft operating according to weather
09:44conditions.
09:44Authorities confirm that there are no reports of injuries or fatalities and the cause of the fire remains under investigation.
10:04In the United States, authorities in Washington state have arrested a suspect on arson charges following a massive wildfire near
10:12the city of Spokane.
10:1337-year-old Aron Farinazzi is held on a $1 million bond charged with first-degree arson for allegedly starting
10:21the Old Trails fire.
10:23Police report the suspect was detained near the scene carrying waterproof matches and a lighter.
10:29The blaze fueled by drought and high heat combined with two other fires to destroy over 700 structures and displaced
10:3860,000 residents.
10:47Internal divisions within the European Union have escalated after Spain condemned Italy for imposing restrictive border checks following recent migrant
10:56arrivals in Ceuta.
10:58Spanish Interior Minister Fernando Grande Marlaska called Rome's measures disproportionate and unnecessary, demanding an immediate end to the controls.
11:07Madrid's rejected claims that the Schengen Free Movement Zone was stressing that human rights and international law must remain central
11:15to migration policy.
11:17The clash underscores growing friction among European Union nations over border management, sovereignty and regional solidarity.
11:32Human rights activists have taken to the streets of Madrid to demand safe migration routes following a deadly border crisis
11:39in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta.
11:41Rallying under the banner Borders Kill, demonstrators in the Spanish capital condemned the European Union's militarized border policies.
11:48The protest comes after 75 people lost their lives attempting to reach Ceuta.
11:54Activists demanded an end to forced pushback and militarized barrier, calling for human rights and free movement over imperial border
12:01enforcement.
12:05Also in this context asylum seekers fleeing war in Gaza are among thousands of migrants trapped in severe humanitarian conditions
12:13in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta.
12:15Survivors of the ongoing genocide and blockade in Gaza report swimming for hours to breach European soil only to face
12:23severe neglect with no access to basic food, clean water or medical support.
12:27The humanitarian crisis underscores both the forced displacement driven by imperialist conflict and the punitive border regimes across the European
12:35Union.
12:39The humanitarian crisis is a very difficult situation.
12:39Hello, I am Palestinian.
12:42We were able to come here to Morocco because the humanitarian situation back home is very difficult and because the
12:48border crossing into the Gaza Strip in Palestine is closed due to the war and we have no other opportunity
12:53for work or success except to enter the European Union to secure our future and help our people in Gaza
12:59and Palestine in general.
13:00That is why we are asking you to help us even more than you already have because you are aware
13:06of our situation in Palestine and the Gaza Strip. Thank you.
13:21Public anger against Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is intensifying in Kyiv over a sweeping government reshuffle during wartime.
13:29Demonstrators gathered in the capital carrying signs declaring you are not Tsarbova demanding the reinstatement of former defense minister Mikhailo
13:38Fedorov.
13:39Protesters accused Zelensky administration of autocratic decision making and failing to address public concerns regarding high level cabinet dismissals.
13:47The ongoing rallies highlighted mounting domestic frustration over internal corruption, political instability and the consolidation of power within the government.
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14:18Final show break, don't go away.
14:46Welcome back to From the South. We continue now in the Occupied West Bank.
14:49As Israeli military and border police forces have launched their largest raid to date against the Kalandia refugee camp near
14:57Jerusalem.
14:58Troops and armored vehicles heavily deployed throughout the streets carrying out widespread property abuse, forced evictions and mass detentions against
15:07Palestinian residents.
15:08Local authorities reported that Israeli soldiers forcibly expelled families from their homes during the massive operation,
15:15which marks an unprecedented escalation in the ongoing campaign against refugee camps across the territory.
15:21The aggressive military push follows recent cabinet directives to expand long-term troops' occupation,
15:27further deepening the humanitarian crisis facing Palestinians in the West Bank.
15:40Lebanon reported 11 violations by the Israeli army while Beirut and Tel Aviv began a new round of negotiations in
15:47Rome.
15:47According to local sources, an Israeli drone attacked several neighborhoods in the southern district of Tiro.
15:53At the same time, Tel Aviv carried out an operation using bulldozers against homes in Hadatta and Aita al-Jabal.
16:00Meanwhile, in eastern Lebanon, Israeli fighter jets fly over the city of Beirut and the southern suburbs.
16:06Although the agreement calls for the withdrawal of Israeli forces, the army continues to attack civilian areas in the country.
16:15The Sinist aggression has claimed the lives of at least 1,300 civilians and left 12,250 injured since the
16:23offensive began in March 2.
16:34In Lebanon, the United Nations reported that more than 800,000 displaced people are returning to the south of the
16:40country despite continuing Israeli attacks.
16:43The organization reported that as of July 30, more than 360,000 people remain displaced, including 26,000 who are
16:52in government-run shelters.
16:54They also emphasized that Israel is continuing its airstrikes, artillery, bombardment and demolition operations in southern cities in violation of
17:02the ceasefire agreement.
17:04Authorities warned that damage to water and electricity infrastructure caused by the conflict
17:08is affecting access to water for more than 700,000 people in the south of the country,
17:16with the region being the most affected by displacement during the conflict.
17:29In Yemen, the Ansar Allah resistance movement, known as the Houthis, claimed a missile attack on a Saudi oil tanker
17:36in the Red Sea.
17:36Amid the ongoing maritime blockade and escalating hostilities between the two nations.
17:41The movement's military spokesperson says the Saudi oil tanker WAFA has been targeted with ballistic missiles off the coast of
17:49Yambou in the Red Sea.
17:50In this sense, the spokesman reiterated that the Yemeni forces will maintain the maritime blockade for Saudi Arabia in the
17:58Red Sea
17:58as part of the blockade for blockade and escalation for escalation formula.
18:02This comes after the movement declared the blockade on July 22, following escalating hostilities from Saudi Arabia against Yemen in
18:10the past few months,
18:11including an attack on Sanaa International Airport in the Yemeni capital.
18:20The Yemeni armed forces, with the help of God, have successfully targeted the Saudi oil tanker WAFA in the Northern
18:26Red Sea off the Yambou area
18:31with a number of ballistic missiles.
18:34The strike was precise.
18:38With this operation, the total number of Saudi oil vessels targeted by our forces since the start of the naval
18:44blockade on July 22 has reached eight.
18:49The total number of Saudi oil vessels that have been prevented from sailing and forced to turn back in the
18:54Red Sea and the Arabian Sea has reached 29.
19:02With the success of the Yemeni armed forces in tightening the naval blockade on the Saudi enemy from Bab al
19:08-Mandeb in the Southern Red Sea,
19:12the Saudi enemy has redirected the route of its oil vessels towards the Northern Red Sea.
19:19The Yemeni armed forces affirmed that their operations will continue and escalate in targeting Saudi oil vessels in the Northern
19:26Red Sea
19:28in order to close all access routes on Saudis and prevent their passage,
19:33thereby enforcing the equation of blockade for blockade regardless of the consequences and repercussions.
19:41In Libya, a mass prisoner breakout west of AAA coincides with armed clashes between rival groups in the cities of
19:48Surman and Sawiya.
19:49Police authorities report that the incident left at least three civilian deaths and several injured.
19:54Meanwhile, they have launched an investigation and established a committee to identify the fugitives
19:59and take the necessary legal actions against them without revealing their number.
20:04The authorities are calling on armed groups to cease the clashes, emphasizing that they harm residents of the region.
20:10Experts point out that the unfolding of these events highlighted the insecurity in the west of the country,
20:16threatening depopulation in strategic facilities and vital highways.
20:28In other information, China continues providing health assistance to the Democratic Republic of the Congo amid the spread of the
20:36Ebola outbreak.
20:37The World Head Organization confirmed that it is the largest outbreak ever recorded in the country.
20:42From China, our correspondent Bruno Falchini has more details.
20:50Here from China, a report that the Chinese government has sent a third specialized medical mission to the Democratic Republic
20:59of the Congo,
21:00to strengthen the response against the Ebola, as the World Health Organization confirmed that the current outbreak is the largest
21:10ever recorded in the country.
21:13The Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Li Jian, said that Beijing will continue assisting African nations and providing support to help
21:23control the disease.
21:24The third Chinese medical mission arrived in the capital of Congo on August 1.
21:32The team is composed of specialists in epidemiology, health quarantine, clinical treatment and laboratory diagnosis.
21:43This delegation continues the work of two previous teams sent by China since the outbreak was officially declared in May.
21:54According to the World Health Organization, the current outbreak has surpassed the 2018 and 2020 epidemic and has become the
22:07largest ever recorded in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
22:11By July 30, the country had reported more than 3600 confirmed Ebola cases and nearly 1600 deaths with a fatality
22:24rate of 44%.
22:27China said it will continue working with Africa to strengthen the response to public health emergencies.
22:35With this news, from here, in China, we will go back with you in the studios.
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