FTS 12:30 04-11 | Democrats won majority in US midterm elections

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00:13In the United States, in the midterm elections, the Democrats won a majority in the House of Representatives, the Senate

00:18and the state governments.

00:23In Paraguay, a group of savers gathered near the Congress building in Asuncion for a protest vigil to demand the

00:29return of their funds following the suspension of operations at Dueno Bank.

00:38And Bolivia's Supreme Court President Romero Saucedo fled into exile with his family, accusing President Rodrigo Paz's administration of political

00:45persecution while refusing to resign his elected post.

00:54Hello, welcome from the South. I'm Luis Alberto Matos, one of the LSU Studios in Caracas, Venezuela. We begin with

01:00the news.

01:17In the United States, the erratic war against Iran, the economy and anti-immigration policy had a negative impact on

01:24Trump's election campaign.

01:25Democrats won minorities in the House of Representatives, the Senate and state governments.

01:30The Democratic Party won 54 seats in the Senate, compared to the 44 won by the Republican Party, with two

01:36still to be determined.

01:37They are also on track to win a majority in the House of Representatives, having won 222 of the 435

01:43total seats, compared to 138 for the Republicans, with 75 districts still to be determined.

01:49In the governor's races, the Democrats have won 22 of the contested governorships, compared to 12 for the Republicans, in

01:56a tally that remains open pending final results in the remaining states.

02:00This outcome sets the stage for a new political landscape in which the White House will face an opposition-controlled

02:05Congress, foreshadowing a period of institutional confrontation and legislative impasse over the next two years.

02:19And for the first time in U.S. history, an African-American woman and a woman of indigenous descent have

02:24been elected governor of their respective states.

02:27In the state of Georgia, Keisha Lance Bottoms was elected as the first African-American governor in the country's history,

02:33with more than 54% of the vote.

02:36Bottoms succeeded in returning the governorship to the Democratic Party, while in New Mexico, fellow Democrat Deb Haaland made history

02:43by becoming the first indigenous woman to hold that office, with more than 57% of the vote.

02:56For their part, the states of Texas and California will be governed by Latinos and Democrats, Gina Hinojosa and Xavier

03:03Becerra.

03:04After 30 years of Republican control, Hinojosa wins the Texas governorship and becomes the first one to hold that office

03:11in one of the states with the largest Hispanic population.

03:13With nearly 64% of the vote, Javier Becerra, of Mexican descent, was elected governor of California, becoming the first

03:20Latino to hold that office in that state.

03:36And in the U.S. Congress, Democratic Senator Abdul Zaid was declared the winner in Michigan and became the first

03:43Muslim to hold a seat in the Senate.

03:46Meanwhile, Chris Pappas is the first openly gay senator in U.S. history following his victory for the Democratic Party

03:52in New Jersey.

04:01And the President of the United States, Donald Trump, stated in an interview that he would accept the results of

04:07the midterm elections and that he is willing to work with the Democrats shortly after the first polling stations began

04:11to close.

04:12These statements directly contradict his previous threats on November 1st, when he warned that he would become Mr. Vito to

04:19block the Democratic agenda if he lost control of Congress.

04:22With this shift, Trump is attempting to clean up his image and appear conciliatory in the face of an adverse

04:27election scenario in which polls predicted a Republican defeat.

04:31His change in tone reflects political pressure and the need to project moderation after a campaign marked by confrontation and

04:39belligerent speeches.

04:47In the same context, Democratic candidate Guijina Hinojosa became Texas' first Latina governor on November 3rd, ending more than 30

04:53years of Republican rule in the state.

04:56The Republican candidate won a total of 52.8% of the vote, while Republican Greg Abbott trailed with 45

05:01.7% of the vote.

05:02Her victory also comes shortly after the triumph of Democrat James Dallarico, who won a seat in the Senate by

05:07defeating Republican Ken Paxton, a development that could accelerate Texas' transformation into a new and decisive electoral arena.

05:15Hinojosa, who has served as a state representative for the Liberal District of Austin since 2017, ran a populist campaign

05:22in which she lashed out against artificial intelligence data centers and corruption.

05:34We continue to analyze the results of these elections and what it represents for the United States.

05:40For that, let's go live to Washington, D.C. with our colleague Jorge Gestoso.

05:44Welcome Jorge Gestoso to From the South.

05:49Luis, we are still feeling the impact of the results that has been called a tsunami.

05:58A great victory, great in the sense of the numbers of the Democratic Party that took over the control of

06:06the Congress behind me.

06:08And precisely to help us to put in perspective the results, we have the honor to have with us the

06:15political analyst, Victor Hugo Ramirez.

06:19Victor, thanks very much for joining us.

06:21Thank you. Thank you for inviting me today.

06:24Hello, everybody.

06:25We are here again in D.C. today, two years after the election.

06:29Well, precisely.

06:31We wanted to know what is your reading?

06:34What happened?

06:36Two years ago, the American people put Donald Trump in the presidential and White House.

06:45And two years after, the same people and more millions of people spoke to many chains in this country.

06:53The tsunami you talked to about yesterday in the midterm is big, big.

06:59The Democratic Party is a big win last night.

07:04What is your assessment of the weight of the Hispanic vote in the results of last night?

07:14This is historic because 72% vote yesterday.

07:21It's almost 18 and 24 years old men and girls voting yesterday.

07:28And it's a big impact because it's a lot of young fellows vote yesterday.

07:33We are discussing just before this interview that in the case of Virginia, I think that you mentioned, there were

07:41some sort of referendums.

07:46There were proposals regarding issues like abortion, same sex marriage, et cetera, et cetera.

07:53Tell us about what happened.

07:55Oh, yesterday's big win for the Virginia state because all these proposed amendments in the Constitution for Virginia is approved

08:05for tsunami too.

08:07The tsunami is big.

08:09The tsunami is big in Virginia and people is happy.

08:15What do you think that was the impact of the policies of government of President Trump regarding immigration?

08:26And is that had an impact of Hispanics also to go to vote?

08:32I think so.

08:35The boys and girls vote yesterday is because your father or grandmother or grandfather maybe not have a status in

08:45this country.

08:45And these guys proposed to go to vote to try to help your family, not deportation, stop deportation or separate

08:55families.

08:56I think so.

08:57The big impact for the Latin community, the policy for Mr. President Donald Trump against ICE, persecute the people and

09:07kill some people in the jails.

09:10Yes.

09:10And what do you think is going to be the future of the Hispanic community now that the Congress is

09:17going to be controlled by the Democrats?

09:20In their everyday life, something to the common Hispanic living in the U.S. is going to change?

09:28Yes.

09:29We see yesterday the start of the change because we have a new governor in California.

09:36His father and his mom is Mexican.

09:40So it's the first American, Mexican-American generation got to in California.

09:46And Texas is the big, it's the big, the same thing for the Democratic Party.

09:53The Miss Hinojosa is, I don't think it's Mexican or Salvadorian heritage.

10:01But she is a Spanish woman.

10:04So we see this tsunami for the Spanish community in many, many parts to this country, Election Day.

10:12And when you talk because you are in Virginia and you took to the Hispanic community of Virginia, how they

10:21feel or how they were feeling before the election?

10:25They were interested in the participation more or less than before and they did participate?

10:30Yes.

10:31I think it's, I think maybe 30% vote in Virginia or 40% is the Latin people.

10:38And all Virginia go to the polls and vote yesterday against the, the, win the Senators, win the House and

10:48win, win many things yesterday.

10:50Yes.

10:50I think the tsunami is too for them.

10:54All these Latin people vote yesterday too.

10:57Two more years of the presidency of President Trump.

11:00The last two years, it's called politically a lame duck when you have no, no possibilities for a election.

11:11What do you think that is going to be his policies and his reaction regarding Congress that is going to

11:21put a lot of pressure on him?

11:23Yeah.

11:25Last night I read in, or not today in the morning, I read, he say, okay, congratulations Democrat Party, you

11:32win many things.

11:33We try to together, working together in the Congress and, and we try to make some deals in the same

11:41page.

11:41But I think he's got to special guest for cancer when he not agree for something that's made in the,

11:51in the Congress.

11:53I don't remember the word right now.

11:55It's, uh, Beto.

11:57Yes.

11:57Beto.

11:58He say he, I am Mr. Beto.

12:00She started yesterday.

12:01That's called even in the morning.

12:03If I'm not agree with the Congress against me, I got Mr. Beto.

12:07What do you think that is what Mexico is living today?

12:13Mexicans are what regarding the results?

12:17How are they reacting?

12:18Uh, I'm, I'm thinking so the United States dependent Mexico and Mexico depends to United States because we are the,

12:25the number one partner for United States in both sides.

12:29It's millions and millions of dollars crossed in two ways every day for Mexico come to United States and United

12:36States go to Mexico.

12:38So I, I hope the, Mr. President Trump have most better relation with the Mexican President, Claudia Sheinbaum, right now,

12:49no, because we, we, we have the, that union together.

12:55We cannot separate both countries for the economy.

12:59Thank you very much.

13:00You're welcome.

13:01We're talking with, uh, Victor Hugo Ramirez.

13:05Thank you, Jorge, for, for your information.

13:11Also to your guests for all sharing his inputs here with us in From the South.

13:14We continue with the analysis, uh, day after the results of the midterm elections.

13:18And now let's go to Miami, Florida with our colleague, Carlos Montero is also there covering all the aftermath, the

13:26impact of the electoral results of the midterm work on Carlos from the South.

13:31Hi, Luis.

13:32Good morning.

13:33Good morning.

13:33Here, Florida, still a red state.

13:37Uh, the governor, this, he talked this morning.

13:40He said he's very proud that in another big state with a big population, they switch from Republican to Democrat.

13:48In this state, they still Republican.

13:51And most of the position that also read for him is something very important.

13:57Let's talk about reaction from the executive, uh, Donald Trump yesterday.

14:03There were different tweets, but then talking to some reporters, he said, we are going to accept the results.

14:11Uh, I'm going to work with the Democrats.

14:13But something surprised me this morning.

14:17Shady Benz, the vice president, he wrote a tweet saying that the main reason the Republican lost Amber's chamber of

14:27the Congress is of the war, the war with Iran.

14:32Many Americans are not happy.

14:33It was my lecture of what he said.

14:36You know, Trump has two more years in the presidency.

14:40And then the big question here is who is going to represent the Republican in the next presidential election.

14:47There are two candidates.

14:48One is Marco Rubio, the secretary of state, who was senator, precisely, of Florida.

14:54And the other one is the vice president, Shady Benz.

14:59When he said the war in Iran is the main reason we lost in such an awful way the election

15:06of midterm,

15:07he's saying that the fault is Marco Rubio.

15:11Marco Rubio, I mean, he's, he was doing all that stuff, all the negotiation.

15:18And that maybe put him in a better position in two years to represent the Republican Party.

15:26But really, it's amazing what's happened.

15:28All the media is analyzing.

15:30The big question is how they are going to war.

15:34Donald Trump, with two, with the Congress against him.

15:38So far, the first two years, he has the House of Democrats and the Senate in the hands of the

15:45Republicans.

15:46Now it's going to be different.

15:48There are many questions if they are going to see the House of Representatives like they did in the past,

15:53in the first mandate of Donald Trump, if they are going to impeach him,

15:57if they are going to impeach the Secretary of War for the situation.

16:01It's going different parts of the world.

16:04There are many questions and answers.

16:06But so far, last night, Donald Trump talking to different reporters, he said,

16:12I'm going to accept the result.

16:14Even though I have to tell you also this, it was really interesting.

16:18Trump is a man of contradictions.

16:21He published on Twitter a hat saying, Vito, executive orders.

16:28He said also in an interview before that he's going to use executive order if the Congress put a break

16:34to his initiative.

16:35Let's see what's happened at different USA, different places.

16:39We can see Texas for the first time has a governor who is Latina, is a woman.

16:47Gina Hinojosa, 54 years, really amazing what she did there.

16:51She started in politics because she was really worried for the education of his kids.

16:58So she started to work precisely in education, trying to change the way things going on.

17:04And then she went to the House of Representatives.

17:06And today she's going to be the first governor, female and Latina, in Texas.

17:15It's a bastion of a Republican for a long time.

17:19Like I said before, a lot of change.

17:21But Florida, still a red state.

17:25Something to analyze because there are a lot of Spanish people, Latin people.

17:30Remember that almost 40 million people have a chance to vote yesterday.

17:34We want to see the numbers of those 37 million, how many real went to vote.

17:41But here it looks, even though before, I'm going to give you an example.

17:46The District 27, that's a district that has Coral Gables, Hayalia.

17:53In neighborhood there are very Latin people live there, 70%.

17:57Maria Elvira Salazar, the last election, she won very easily for a big difference of points.

18:04This time, it was very close.

18:07It's so close, there is a virtual tie.

18:10More probably there have to be a recount, even though she said, I won.

18:15But I know American, the people who vote for me, are not happy with the way President Trump is dealing

18:22with immigration.

18:23Is not happy how the way ICE is treating all people.

18:28She recognized.

18:28But she said immigration, other people say maybe it's the economy that is not doing absolutely nothing great.

18:36And the Vice President of the USA said the main reason they lost the Republican is because of the war

18:44in Iran.

18:44I believe, personally, it's a combination of all those factors.

18:50Reality, USA wake up today with a new face.

18:54And I think it's a much more friendly face than we knew before.

18:59Going back to you, Luis.

19:01Thank you very much, Carlos, for this information in the morning.

19:04We'll stay in touch, of course, in upcoming news brief to continue following up on the impact in the aftermath

19:09of the midterm elections.

19:10Let's now take our first break.

19:12Remember, you can join us on TikTok at TeleStreet English, where you'll find news in different formats, news updates, and

19:17more.

19:18We're going to be right back.

19:43Welcome back.

19:44In Paraguay, a group of savers gathered near the Congress building in Asunción for a protest vigil to demand the

19:49return of their funds following the suspension of operations at Bueno Bank.

19:52In nearly 3 million euros and millions of dollars from the Social Security Institute's stock, the takeover of Bueno Bank's

20:00operations led to deep social and political uproar.

20:04Public outrage spilled over into downtown Asunción, where self-organized savers held a protest in front of the National Congress

20:11in Plaza de Armas, demanding the immediate return of their money and the impeachment of President Santiago Peña.

20:17The collapse forced the President of the Central Bank of Paraguay, Carlos Carvalho, to resign, while the head of state

20:24canceled his participation in the Ibero-American Summit to address the emergency.

20:38In Haiti, Saddled Armed Forces launched their first offensive against the northeast of Puerto Prince following the alleged disappearance of

20:44four members of the contingent, according to Bukele's administration.

20:49Early Monday morning, troops were deployed with armored vehicles and armed soldiers into the Santo and Croix de Mision areas

20:56in a clear invasion of the territory.

20:58According to media reports, the foreign forces escalated the balance by clashing with criminal groups and killing at least 10

21:04criminal group members.

21:05The Salvadoran military reaffirmed its determination to continue ground operations that undermined the Caribbean country's sovereignty.

21:26The head of state, Alex Didier, explained that the National Police, the armed forces and law enforcement agencies are working

21:33in coordination to combat gangs and irregular groups that seek to disrupt social order in the region.

21:39Despite this coordination, the institutions are handling the mission responsibly.

21:43According to UN reports, criminal gangs control nearly 90% of Puerto Prince, while internal violence has forced more than

21:491.3 million people from their homes.

21:58In a message posted on his social media account, Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele stated that some Haitian citizens are collaborating

22:05with criminal groups and accused them of betraying the legacy of leader Jan Jax de Salim.

22:10In this regard, the Salvadoran President urged the public to regain control of their communities in the face of the

22:16gangs operating in the country.

22:18Statements have been questioned for singling out a section of the population without presenting evidence to support the accusation and

22:25for shifting the responsibility of confronting armed groups onto citizens.

22:28Furthermore, this call could expose civilians to greater risk and stigmatize an entire community.

22:33While Haiti is going through a deep security crisis, President Bukele did not outline any cooperation measures or a concrete

22:40proposal to address its roots.

22:49The President of Bolivia's Supreme Court of Justice, Romero Saucedo, has fled the country into exile, citing political persecution and

22:56death threats against his family.

22:58Magistrate Romero Saucedo announced his departure alongside his wife and children through an official statement, accusing the administration of President

23:07Rodrigo Paso of fabricating evidence and orchestrating a political takeover of the judiciary.

23:12Saucedo highlighted severe judicial insecurity, drawing parallels to the unpunished assassination of Agro-Environmental Court Dean Victor Hugo Claude, while

23:22confirming he would not resign the Supreme Court presidency to which he was elected by popular vote.

23:26Saucedo stated that the full bench retains executive quorum to operate in his physical absence, as local authorities prepare to

23:34address the leadership vacancy.

23:42In other topics, Russian Defense Minister Andrei Beluzov and his Kazakh counterpart Eidos Mirzak-Metov held talks in Astana on

23:51Tuesday.

23:51The Russian delegation was welcomed by a military honor guard and ban.

23:55Beluzov described Kazakhstan as a time-tested friend of Russia and an ally within the collective security treaty organization.

24:02The Russian Defense Minister added that Russian-Kazakh military cooperation is developing dynamically, which is reflected in the growing number

24:09of joint activities and the emergence of new areas and spheres of cooperation.

24:13Rusak-Metov, in turn, stressed that Kazakhstan attached particular importance to strengthening relations with Moscow and remained committed to maintaining

24:21constructive dialogue.

24:37Russian forces have conducted widespread targeted strikes against Ukrainian naval logistics,

24:42drone facilities and military storage depots.

24:44The Russian Ministry of Defense reported a long-range precision strike hit 144 strategic

24:50targets across multiple operational sectors, damaging port infrastructure utilized for

24:54troop movements, and neutralizing unmanned aerial vehicle launch sites.

24:58Official statements indicated that targeted strikes also impacted temporary deployment

25:02areas hosting foreign combatants and military personnel.

25:06According to Moscow's daily briefing, Ukrainian forces sustained over 1,100 casualties

25:11alongside the destruction of armored combat vehicles, artillery units, and logistical

25:15supply networks over the past 24 hours.

25:30For this information, we have come to the end of this news brief.