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*Cuban pres. reaffirms defense of sovereignty amid U.S. aggressions
*Trump imposes new 50% of tariff on Canadian auto and steel
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*Cuban pres. reaffirms defense of sovereignty amid U.S. aggressions
*Trump imposes new 50% of tariff on Canadian auto and steel
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00:10Two months after the twin earthquake that hit Venezuela,
00:13Acting President El C. Rodriguez addressed the nation
00:15reforming the government's commitment to its people's well-being.
00:19What is Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel?
00:22Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel defended his country's sovereignty
00:26and reiterated that the 176 economic measures recently approved
00:30reformed the island's socialist course.
00:36On Monday, United States President Donald Trump announced a new 50% tariff
00:41on automobiles and cultural raw materials from Canada,
00:44the latest deterioration trade relations between the two neighbours
00:47with historically strong economic ties.
00:54Hello, welcome to From the South.
00:56I'm Lorena Fon from the Telesur Studios in Caracas, Venezuela.
01:00We'll be in with the news. Stay with us.
01:21Two months after the twin earthquake that hit Venezuela,
01:24the Acting President El C. Rodriguez addressed the nation
01:26reforming the government's commitment to its people's well-being.
01:29The Acting President referred to the magnitude of the emergency
01:33and the challenges of responding to an unprecedented catastrophe
01:36in the nation's history.
01:38She stated that Venezuela is in a stage aimed at improving families' living conditions.
01:43In this regard, Del C. Rodriguez announced the allocation of 335 new homes
01:48for those affected, assuring the public that the government aims to deliver
01:54more than 4,000 additional homes by the end of the year,
01:57to promote the well-being of the people.
02:00The Acting President mentioned signing cooperation agreements to improve productivity
02:04and capacity in thermoelectric, oil and gas.
02:07She also mentioned a series of measures to maintain peace in the country
02:11throughout national and international dialogue.
02:19Our topic is Barbados and Venezuela deepened their bilateral relations
02:23with the signing of a joint declaration to strengthen cooperation in different fields
02:27during Prime Minister Mia Moore's monthly visit to the Bolivarian nation.
02:32Our colleague Luis Alberto Matos has the details.
02:36The meeting brought together Venezuelan and Barbados officials to review bilateral initiatives
02:41with a special focus on support for communities, cooperation in the field of health
02:45and proposals aimed at strengthening ties between the two Caribbean nations.
02:53Among the issues discussed were joint agricultural production, potential energy projects,
02:58increased air connectivity and the strengthening of maritime trade and tourism.
03:02At the Miraflores Palace, both governments signed and waterfied a joint declaration
03:07aimed at continuing the bilateral cooperation established during Del C. Rodriguez's official visit to Barbados in April.
03:13We believe the time has come, as we said in our previous meeting, to deepen that cooperation now
03:19in very tangible ways from the areas of agriculture and food, security, fisheries, tourism,
03:28international transport, be it air or maritime transport, and of course education and health.
03:38The Conviasa flights between Venezuela and Barbados will make it easier for this not to simply be a matter
03:45about governments cooperating, but people-to-people cooperation as well.
03:50This is what mature diplomacy looks like.
03:53We will not always agree on everything, but those areas in which we can agree,
03:58we must make progress always for our people. Thank you.
04:07Today's activities underscore the continued strengthening of Venezuela-Barbados relations,
04:12with both governments seeking to give continuity to bilateral cooperation and advanced initiatives
04:17designed to deliver benefits to their peoples.
04:19Today we signed agreements to start working in agriculture, in culture, in education, in tourism,
04:28also in air and maritime travel, and today we also signed a joint declaration for the work to come.
04:39So in all these projects in tourism, education, language exchange, we have so many fields
04:47where the relationship between our peoples can be strengthened.
04:50From Caracas and Guarenas, the official visit highlighted cooperation, ranging from community production to healthcare,
04:56reinforcing the growing ties between the two Caribbean nations.
05:00Jose Luis Briseño on camera, and Luis Alberto Matos for Telesur.
05:05So the President of Colombia, Bernardo de la Esprilla, ordered Migration Colombia and the police
05:10to launch operations in Barranquilla this week to identify and deport foreigners with irregular status,
05:15prioritizing those involved in crimes.
05:17According to the President, this measure is related to the fight against organized crime.
05:22De la Esprilla said that the operations will focus on undocumented migrants regardless of their nationality,
05:28and warned that he will not accept illegal immigrants no matter where they come from.
05:33The decision marks a tightening of Colombia's immigration policy and ECOS policies
05:38of other far-right governments that seeks to criminalize migrants.
05:42These camps submit criticism over what communities describe as insufficient support in the aftermath of the earthquake
05:48that struck the Indian country.
05:54Let the coordinated operations with the police begin to track down illegal immigrants first,
06:00those who are committing crimes second, those whose immigration status is not in order,
06:06who will eventually have to be deported.
06:09I will not accept illegal immigrants, no matter where they come from, who are committing crimes in Colombia.
06:15They will leave, and we will deport them.
06:18It is a political decision, and I take responsibility for it.
06:22And it is an administrative decision. I take responsibility for it.
06:27A new crime strikes the indigenous peoples of the Peruvian Amazon.
06:31America Pascual Atomisha and Anasheninka leader was murdered in Ucayali.
06:36The indigenous leader, who had been chief of the native community of Onkonashari,
06:41was killed in the district of Yarua this past Sunday, but the incident was confirmed this Monday.
06:47According to indigenous leaders, the defender was carrying out territorial civilian duties,
06:51a task he performed voluntarily to protect the communal forest when he was murdered.
06:55An official version points to individuals who were extracting Copaiba oil,
07:00a neutral rising highly in demand by the global cosmetics and pharmaceutical industry.
07:05Complaints about the entry of outsiders to protected areas have been repeatedly brought to government authorities,
07:11which have failed to provide protection for the community.
07:14With this case, more than 60 environmental defenders have been murdered in Peru since 2012.
07:25Now we have a short break coming up.
07:27But first, remember, you can join us on TikTok at Telesur English.
07:31There you will find news in different formats, news updates, and much more.
07:36Stay with us.
07:58Welcome back to From the South.
07:59The Cuban president, Miguel Díaz-Canel, defended his country's sovereignty and reiterated that the 176 economic measures
08:06recently approved are from the island's solidarity course.
08:09In an interview with a Brazilian media outlet, the president dismissed any speculation about an alleged neoliberal shift.
08:16He explained that the transformations being carried out by the Cuban people and government are the result of a debate
08:22on improvement that has been ongoing for more than a decade and aimed to strengthen the national economy, not to
08:28please Washington.
08:29He also emphasized that social justice remains a central principle of the Cuban project and highlighted the social programs supported
08:36by the state budget.
08:37When referring to a possible military intervention, he asserted that anything can be expected from the current administration
08:44and added that Cuba, despite being a peaceful country, is preparing in the face of threatening rhetoric with actions, standing
08:51firm, fighting, and without surrendering.
08:58It's very cynical to question a system when you haven't allowed that system to develop to its full potential, and
09:03you've been holding it back.
09:05One would then have to ask, if we're so incapable, so clumsy, so inefficient, why do you block us?
09:10Why do you block me if, supposedly, since I'm so inefficient, we're going to fail on our own?
09:15No, there are other reasons, and that is the example of Cuba.
09:18And they know that Cuba, even under the blockade, has managed to solve problems that remain unresolved even today in
09:24the U.S., in terms of social justice.
09:27So, just imagine, what would Cuba be like without the blockade?
09:32Also, Cuba denounced to the United Nations that the United States' blockade is harming its healthcare system
09:38and putting lives at risk by preventing access to medicines and medical supplies necessary for the population.
09:43In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, MINREX, noted the following.
09:48The Cuban diplomatic corps warned that preserving these achievements require extraordinary efforts
09:53in the face of the United States' multidimensional war against Cuba,
09:57which combines economic strangulation and energy blockade and threats of military aggression.
10:03He also denounced that they blockade hinders basic services, including healthcare,
10:07with serious consequences for children, teenagers, and women.
10:10The press release stated that Moreno Guerra warned that more than 34,000 pregnant women are unable to undergo prenatal
10:19ecography,
10:19while the infant mortality rate has doubled and currently exceeds 9.8 percent, 1,000 lives at birth.
10:28The decline in key social and health indicators confirms that the blockade exists and kills, he emphasized.
10:35Padamar denounced the impact of the blockade on international cooperation.
10:39More than 7,000 containers including the nations from United Nations agencies remain stranded in Caribbean ports,
10:45while another 170 containers of essential goods have already arrived in Cuba
10:50but have not been able to be delivered to the recipients due to a lack of fuel.
11:03Three Ecuadorian vessels have been attacked in an alleged covert United States operation near the Galápagos.
11:09Eight fishermen remain missing and survivors report having been bombed and detained.
11:15Now crew members from one of the vessels are preparing a lawsuit against the U.S. Government.
11:19The details from our correspondent, Elena Rodriguez.
11:31On January 20, two of its 10 crew members returned home and eight remain missing.
11:35On March 17, the Negra Francisco Duarte II was attacked, and nine days later, the Don Maca.
11:41An investigation by The Washington Post links the three episodes to an alleged covert CIA operation
11:46against vessels suspected of drug trafficking.
11:52What they did to us was handcuff us and put a hood over our heads, and they took us to
11:56the bow of the patrol boat.
11:58There were American citizens there because they translated for us.
12:01We spoke in Spanish, and they translated it into English for them.
12:06The Washington Post investigation coincides with the accounts of the crew members from the intercepted vessels.
12:11They claim they were attacked with drones and subsequently detained by armed men, some of whom spoke English.
12:18They report that they were handcuffed, hooded, and transferred to El Salvador
12:21before being returned to Ecuador without any charges being filed against them.
12:25Now, the crew members of the Negra Francisco Duarte II are preparing a lawsuit.
12:30The Negra Francisco Duarte II has possibly been attacked in a covert CIA operation with authorization from U.S. President
12:39Donald Trump.
12:43At this point, we are moving forward to initiate actions for comprehensive reparations
12:50in accordance with the international agreements that Ecuador has with the United States
12:57for having attacked unarmed civilian fishermen.
13:04The complaint also raises questions for the Ecuadorian government.
13:08Fernando Cedeño, a legislator from Manabi, the province where the attacked fishermen are originally from,
13:12maintains that if U.S. involvement is confirmed, the state must explain what it knew about these operations,
13:19whether there was any level of coordination or authorization,
13:21and under what legal framework they would have been carried out.
13:25Those who survived, those who were in that attack, claim they were attacked by the United States Navy.
13:33What we have realized is that there is a cover-up by the executive branch and the national government to
13:37withhold information.
13:38We made several requests to these ministries, and they claim it is classified,
13:41and with that, they end up shielding any type of investigation.
13:48The case reaches the assembly at a time when the government of Daniel Noboa has deepened its security cooperation with
13:55the United States.
13:56Opposition legislators are questioning the limits of that relationship
13:59and are demanding clarification on whether the fight against drug trafficking is allowing actions that compromise national sovereignty.
14:08We are witnessing a serious violation of our country's sovereignty,
14:12and we must find out the whereabouts of the fishermen from Manabi,
14:15whose families, to this day, are still grieving because they do not know what happened.
14:20There are still responsibilities that must be determined, but the questions have already been raised.
14:26Eight Ecuadorians remain missing, and others report having been bombed and detained.
14:31While those affected prepare a lawsuit against the United States,
14:34Ecuador must clarify what happened, what its authorities knew,
14:38and how far foreign intervention can go under the argument of combating drug trafficking.
14:42Con imágenes de Juan Carlos Jativa, Elena Rodríguez, Telesur Ecuador.
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15:05Don't go away.
15:25Welcome back to From the South.
15:27On Monday, the United States President Donald Trump announced a new 50% tariff on automobiles and crucial raw materials
15:33from Canada,
15:34the latest deterioration in trade relations between the two neighbors with historically strong economic ties.
15:40Trump's announcement follows the last-minute collapse this weekend of a potential deal to lower tariffs on automobiles and other
15:46materials,
15:47to what Trump said that the increased tariffs will start on January 1, 2027, on all cars, trucks, automobile parts,
15:56and steel.
15:56In this regard, Canadian Prime Minister McCartney rejected the latest deal between the two nations on Saturday
16:03after Trump imposed another 50% tariff on a $20 billion worth of Canadian exports, including hockey equipment and electronics.
16:12McCartney also added that Canada is ready to move forward with talks as long as the United States negotiate with
16:20the right attitude toward Canadian industry and a true partnership.
16:45Continuing in the Middle East, the Israeli army continues its demolition operations in southern Lebanon,
16:51as part of a broader Zionist offensive against the Lebanese people.
16:54Israeli soldiers, bulldozers, and military vehicles were seen deployed near villages in southern Lebanon's Nabatia governorate.
17:01In this context, Lebanon's national news agency reported that Israeli forces are carrying out bulldozing and sabotage operations in the
17:09western outskirts of town of Meis al-Jabal,
17:12where the military bulldozers are demolishing the temporary school complex in the town.
17:17This follows the seventh round of direct negotiations between Lebanon and Israel,
17:22held earlier this month in Rome as Lebanon pushes for full Israeli withdrawal and the restoration of state control across
17:29the south.
17:40Diplomatic efforts to address the crisis in the Middle East take center stage in Beijing,
17:45where President Xi Jinping holds Jordan Skin Abdullah II to solidify a joint stance on Palestine,
17:51outlining key principles for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and advocating for an independent Palestinian state.
17:57For the details from the Chinese capital, our correspondent in China, Bruno Falci has more.
18:03Greetings, comrades! I'm here in the Chinese capital, where yesterday, the August 24th,
18:09the President Xi Jinping received the Jordan's king, Abdullah II, on its final day of a state visit that began
18:17on August 18th.
18:18The Jordanian monarch returned to Jordan this Tuesday today amid the genocide in Gaza perpetrated by the Zionist entity,
18:30which has left more than 73,400 Palestinians dead since October 2023.
18:38The Palestinian issue was at the center of the talks where Xi Jinping said that the Palestinian issue is at
18:46the core of the Middle East issue and put forward four principles for advancing toward a solution.
18:54The first one, a political solution based on negotiations and the two-state solution.
19:01The second one, the Palestinians themselves govern Palestine, both in Gaza and the West Bank.
19:09The third one, protecting civilians and ensuring access for the humanitarian aid.
19:16And the fourth and last one, upholding justice and respect for international law.
19:22China and Jordan reaffirmed their support for an independent and sovereign Palestinian state,
19:30based on the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital, as well as Palestine's admission as a full member
19:41of the United Nations.
19:43Both countries called for consolidating the ceasefire in Gaza and ensuring the entry of humanitarian aid,
19:53while Israel's offensive against the Palestinian territory continues.
19:58The joint statement also addressed tensions between the United States and Iran,
20:04where Beijing and Yemen called for maintaining the ceasefire, resolving differences throughout dialogue,
20:11and restoring normal navigation through the Strait of Hormuz.
20:17China thus reaffirms its support for the Palestinian people's right to an independent and sovereign state.
20:24With this news from here in Beijing, we go back with you in the studios.
20:32We now continue with more information about on the climate and ecological side.
20:50Typhoon Sorel is moving toward the Japanese prefecture of Okinawa this Tuesday,
20:55with sustained winds of up to 144 km per hour, leading to evacuation and school closures,
21:01due to the risk of torrential rains and strong gusts.
21:04Authorities ordered the evacuation of residents on the Yaron Island,
21:07while the Japanese Meteorological Agency maintains a warning for possible floodings and landslides.
21:13The storm could pass over the islands between Tuesday night and Wednesday morning,
21:18with the potential to cause damage to homes and infrastructure.
21:21Authorities have activated emergency response teams and are advising the public to follow safety guidelines.
21:28Experts say that after passing throughout Japan,
21:31Saudi Arabia could continue westward and affect Taiwan and the east coast of China.
21:42The Department of Tolima in Colombia's Andean region is experiencing moments of extreme tensions.
21:47Nine active forest fires have six municipalities on alert,
21:50but residents complain of neglect by the government.
21:53The most critical hotspot is in Coelho, where the flames have reached 14 meters in the last few hours
22:00and are advancing dangerously toward homes in the village of Chaguala, Laurez and Portrerillo.
22:06What began as a fire in the upper parts of the hills rapidly spreads toward populated areas.
22:11In the absence of resources, it has been the community itself that has stepped into the contain of the fire,
22:17with whatever means they have at hand.
22:21More than 600 people, including residents and support staff,
22:25are fighting the fire to prevent it from destroying their homes, animals and crops.
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