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00:05Pop Leo XIV continues his apostolic tour in Peru marking the final leg of his South American
00:11journey before returning to Rome. Over 51,000 candidates launched campaign activities in
00:22Ecuador ahead of the November 29th local elections amid political tensions and an
00:27ongoing state of emergency in eight provinces. Venezuela's acting president Delsi Rodriguez spoke
00:37this Thursday at a UN conference on climate change during the COP31 summit being held in Turquía.
00:49Hello and welcome to From the South. I'm Alejandra Garcia from Telesur Studios in Caracas, Venezuela.
00:55We'll begin with the news, so stay with us.
01:16Before we go on with the agenda of Pop Leo XIV, we go live to Venezuela. Acting President
01:22Delsi Rodriguez is at this very moment holding a high-level meeting with the Prime Minister of
01:28Antigua and Barbuda in Turquía in the framework of the COP31 summit that is taking place in Antalya,
01:38Turquía at this hour in matters as well, in a way as well in strengthening relations regarding the
01:45protection of the environment precisely in the framework of the COP31 climate summit.
01:52So now we are going to resume with our information. We are going to go to the agenda that on
01:58Thursday,
01:59Pope Leo XIV has underwent as he led a moving meeting with bishops from Peru in the chapel of
02:08Archbishop's Palace in Lima. On the second day of his apostolic visit to the country, the Supreme
02:14Pontiff held his first event with the bishops emphasizing in his speech the need to heal the
02:21wounds that divide society, asking them to be bridge builders, to force their dialogue and to prevent
02:27polarization from weakening the Church's mission. Also, the Holy Father called for a response of
02:33justice and reparation to abuses committed. He will remain in Peru until November 16th.
02:40He will visit Lima, Chiclayo, Cusco and Pucallpa.
02:54In Chile, the national strike called by unions of small and medium-sized transportation operators
03:01entered its third day on Thursday after meetings with the government to lower diesel prices ended
03:08without an agreement. The protests on highways in the north, center and south of the country gained
03:15momentum with the addition of owners of intercity passenger buses, taxes and other groups. The citizens'
03:23organization No More Tax reported that for now there is no formal agreement and therefore
03:30the protest continues and could even intensify if no progress is made in the coming days.
03:37Transportation workers complain that the price of diesel and gasoline is too high and that costs
03:44exceed profits. In this regard, they are demanding the elimination of specific tax on fuels and the
03:52restructuring of the price stabilization mechanism.
04:03In other topics, the Superintendent of Banks of Paraguay, Holger Aníbal Isfran,
04:08was arrested during a raid by prosecutors and police at his home in Asunción as part of investigations related
04:16to the Ueno Bank case. According to investigators, his arrest is linked to a case that also involves
04:23former President Santiago Peña and the former head of the Central Bank, Carlos Carballo. In this regard,
04:30the Superintendent is the second official linked to the Monetary Authority to be arrested as part of
04:36these investigations, following the arrest of Carballo, who resigned as President of the Central Bank and is
04:43currently in pre-trial detention. The investigations also involve executives of Ueno Bank and seek to
04:50determine possible responsibilities in the financial institutions crisis.
05:02Also in Ecuador, more than 51,000 candidates began campaign activities for the local elections
05:08amid tensions over exclusion and political persecution driven by Daniel Novoa. The National Electro Council
05:15confirmed the 51,731 candidacies registered for Majors, Prefects, the City Council members,
05:23members of rural parish boards and seven members of the Council for citizen participation and social
05:29control for the 2027-2031 term. In this regard, the election campaign began this Thursday with 15 days of
05:38campaign activities and candidates must present their proposals and seek as many votes as possible
05:44ahead of the elections next Sunday, November 29th. More than 13 million Ecuadorians are called to the polls
05:52for an election day that will take place under a state of emergency in eight provinces amid political
05:58tensions due to the restrictions imposed on some political organizations and candidates.
06:10And Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum denied that migrants caravans are traveling through Mexican
06:16territory toward the United States, asserting that since President Trump took office, none of them have
06:23reached the northern border. The official statements came in response to recent threats from her US
06:29counterpart, Donald Trump, who warned that he would immediately double tariffs if Mexico does not
06:35stop an alleged new invasion of immigrants, which, according to him, began to organize after the
06:43Republicans lost the midterm elections on November 3rd. In the same vein, the head of state explained on
06:49Thursday that, for the moment, only two groups of migrants have been detected in the south of the
06:55country, which does not constitute a migration emergency.
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07:35From the south, at least five people died and several others were injured after a three-story building
07:43collapsed near a construction site in Brooklyn, New York, on Wednesday afternoon.
07:47Around 250 firefighters were deployed to the scene in the Flatbush neighborhood, where rescue teams
07:55worked through the rubble, using power saws, heavy equipment, and search dogs to locate survivors.
08:01New York City Major Sotan Mamdani confirmed that at least 10 people had been taken to hospital,
08:08including four in critical condition. Authorities said construction workers were carrying out
08:14excavation work at an adjacent site when the building came down, filling the construction pit with bricks
08:21and wood. Meanwhile, emergency crews warned that search and rescue operations could continue for several
08:27days. Officials have yet to determine how many people remain missing as investigations into the
08:33system. In the United States, Democrat Scott Colombe, Austin Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith in the Mississippi
08:50Senate race, becoming the eighth Democratic pickup in the Open Chamber of Congress after the midterm
08:56elections of November 3rd. Colombe, a Democratic District Attorney, becomes the first black senator
09:02to be elected in Mississippi since the Reconstruction era, and the first Democrat from the state headed to
09:09the Senate in 44 years in a close race that took over a week to call. Speaking to supporters,
09:16Colombe tied his victory to the state's long history of racial injustice and civil rights activism.
09:23The win is a booster to the Democratic Party as it seeks to gain a larger foothold
09:28in the South and improve their standing with black voters.
09:39And we stay in the U.S. because NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang has resigned following reports of two
09:45alleged extramarital affairs, prompting an independent board investigation and also growing
09:50shareholder pressure. The resignation happens as the NVIDIA board was set to hold an emergency meeting to
09:58decide whether to keep him in his post on Thursday. The affair allegations involve businesswoman Alice Huang
10:05and the firm's vice president Kimberly Powell. NVIDIA confirmed that chief financial officer Colette
10:13Kress will serve as interim CEO as the board searches for a permanent successor. Huang also stepped down as
10:21company president and board member, ending a 33-year tenure at the head of one of the
10:28world's most valuable technology companies. His departure comes amid growing political and
10:33economic debate over artificial intelligence in the United States.
10:44Also on Thursday, the Chinese government rejected U.S. accusations of alleged espionage, stating that
10:50the U.S. is using false arguments to justify technology restrictions. Through foreign minister's
10:55spokesperson Mao Ning, Beijing urged Washington to stop fabricating spy narratives to use as a
11:02justification for imposing a technology blockade against the Asian nation. She also reiterated that
11:08China's technological progress is the result of its own innovation and open cooperation. She also
11:15criticized Washington for expanding the scope of national security issues and using them to justify
11:20restrictions on Chinese companies. We have already made our position clear regarding the so-called
11:31Chinese spy narrative. China's scientific and technological progress is driven by independent
11:37innovation and open cooperation. The U.S. should cease fabricating so. Called espionage narratives to find
11:45pretexts for imposing a technological blockade, China and the U.S. maintain close communication
11:51regarding interactions between the two heads of state. We are willing to work with the U.S. to
11:55effectively implement the important consensus reached by the two heads of state and to promote the
12:00building of a constructive strategic stability relationship between China and the U.S. based on respect,
12:05fairness and reciprocate. Also Chinese President Xi Jinping has reaffirmed that the national reunification
12:14of Taiwan with the mainland is an inevitable historical mission that will be fulfilled. Speaking at an
12:20official ceremony in Beijing marking the 160th birthday anniversary of Sun Yat-sen, President Xi urged citizens
12:28on both sides of Taiwan of the Taiwan Strait to actively work toward national unity and territorial
12:35integrity while reiterating Beijing's openness to peaceful dialogue with various Taiwanese political
12:41and social sectors. The Chinese leader issued a firm warning that the central government will never
12:47tolerate separatist activities or foreign interference aimed at pursuing island independence. Taiwan remains
12:54an inalienable part of Chinese territory operating under a separate local administration since the end of the Chinese civil war
13:02in 1949.
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14:01Welcome back to From the South. Acting President Telsi Rodriguez spoke this Thursday at a UN
14:08conference on climate change during the COP31 summit being held in Turquía. During her speech, the Acting
14:15President reiterated her call for developed countries to fulfil their commitments regarding climate
14:21financing, technology transfer and capacity building for developing nations. Her participation took place
14:28at a summit bringing together representatives from nearly 200 countries to discuss concrete actions to
14:34address climate change. Rodriguez also announced the creation of a national plan that will be launched
14:40as an initiative designed to coordinate programs and efforts to protect national biodiversity.
14:57First and foremost, I would like to thank a nation for the helping hand it extended to Venezuela last June,
15:03when two earthquakes struck my country and its rescue teams arrived on our soil to save lives.
15:07First and foremost, Mr. President, humanity is facing a decisive moment for civilization,
15:12the climate emergency. Venezuela is losing its glaciers. And the so-called Super El Nino,
15:24which could be the strongest climatic phenomenon in over 70 years, is already upon us. Whatever we decide
15:29in this decade, our children will either pay the price or be grateful for it.
15:43And also in this context, Palestinian Prime Minister Mohamed Mustafa denounced that the ongoing Israeli
15:49occupation and restrictions on natural resources severely compound the impact of climate change across
15:55Palestine. In Palestine, the challenges, including those related to climate change, are composed by the
16:12continued Israeli occupation and restriction on access to land, water and natural resources. Once again,
16:20Gaza today embodies this painful re-interception of all types of challenges, including humanitarian,
16:27environmental and climate-related ones. The widespread destruction of water, sewage and electricity networks,
16:36land and waste management systems has heightened environmental and health risks and undermined the population's
16:44ability to adapt and withstand these challenges. Therefore, rebuilding Gaza is not only a humanitarian and
16:53development necessity, but also an opportunity to rebuild on green and sustainable foundations.
17:05So the 31st United Nations Climate Change Conference continues in Antalya,
17:09Turkey with the participation of over 90 heads of states and government. For more on how the summit is
17:15unfolding, we welcome correspondent Junus Sunar, who is present at the summit at this hour. Hello, Junus.
17:22Pleasure to greet you. Welcome to From the South.
17:25Hello. Good afternoon. Good afternoon. Good evening from Antalya, Turkey. Here it's already dark outside.
17:32The second day of the presidential summit is getting towards its end, but much has happened today here.
17:42Today started with the statements that you also referred in your introduction, for instance, by the acting
17:48President of Venezuela, who had criticized the financial situation regarding the transition to cleaner
17:56energies and who had called the capitalist countries to assume their responsibilities. This call was also
18:04repeated later on by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in the opening of the COP31 Enterprises Forum.
18:13He said that developing countries do have the right to progress. This right has to be accepted
18:21by the advanced capitalist countries, and thus these advanced countries do have to provide the necessary
18:30financial resources for the poorer countries to advance towards clearer energy sources and renewable energy
18:38resources. This call was repeated also by the prime minister of Pakistan, Shahbaz Sharif, and later on also by
18:47the prime minister of Bangladesh, who had also called to eliminate barriers in technology transfer to enable a better
18:55and more use of renewable energies. Well, these were not just calls. They were also practically applied.
19:04And here in Turkey, the host country has today signed two different memorandum of understanding. The first one
19:12was signed with the Asian Development Bank, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, and two other
19:19international development banks. And it has a value of more than 5 billion U.S. dollar. Its goal is to
19:29enable investment to
19:31transition certain industries to renewable energies and the use of clear energies. And later on in the afternoon
19:39came another news. Turkey's Minister of Energy Alparslan Bayraktar signed a memorandum of understanding with the
19:50National Energy Agency of the People's Republic of China in the value of not less than 15 billion U.S.
19:59dollars.
19:59The agreement foresees, if realized, it's a memorandum of understanding, that China establishes
20:05solar and wind energy here in Turkey that will produce 7000 megawatt of energy. This is also in compliance with
20:14Turkey's announced strategy of advancing electrification, that is using more electricity as the final energy source
20:23in the country. And the proposal was also worldwide. So these are two steps where
20:30Turkey has taken concrete steps to substitute somewhat Western financing with Asian or respectively Chinese
20:39counterparts. Very, very important steps. Beyond that, the summit has continued throughout the day on various issues.
20:46For instance, talks about resilient cities in terms of energy were continuing with participations of mayors
20:55and the goal of establishing a new fund to enable cities to change their urban transport to electrical vehicles
21:03and restore or renovate their buildings to be more energy saving. Other aspects were very specific. For instance,
21:11the Nepalese delegation tried to bring into the agenda the issue of floods that occurred recently and to
21:20protect the mountains. That was an effort joined by Pakistan as well. So these are also detailed issues.
21:27Dozens of reunions have taken place today, not only on leaders level, but also on ministerial and working
21:35group levels. And the leaders will leave today or tomorrow morning. The leaders summit has finished
21:42today, but their delegations will continue working on the working papers and on compromises to be presented
21:49then when the COP 31 ends finally on November 20th here in Antalya, Turkey.
21:57Thank you, Yunus, very much for all of your informations. We will keep in contact with you in upcoming
22:03missions to know more of what is happening at this hour at COP 31. So thank you very much.
22:10And now after this contact, we are going live once more to Lima,
22:16Peru to know more details on the agenda of Pope Leo XIV at this hour, as he as well is
22:23undergoing his
22:25meeting. And the second day of this visit to the second day of the family is called to contribute in
22:35an
22:35original and creative way. The gifts and talents he or she has received. No one is exempt from caring for
22:43others, showing gestures of closeness and affection, working responsibly, listening patiently and teaching by example.
22:56In this regard, I would like to draw attention to the many mothers who often suffer and feel alone,
23:03having to face numerous difficulties in raising their children so that they grow up healthy and become
23:13good men and women. I want to offer special thanks to these women, mothers, aunts and grandmothers,
23:22who pass on faith and sure hope to future generations with great courage through the example of their lives.
23:41We also know that many families are wounded and divided due to economic problems or emigration to other countries.
23:52others are harmed by the intrusion of addictions, such as gambling and betting, alcoholism and drug addiction,
24:03abuse or domestic violence. God loves all families, especially those going through crises.
24:14To them, I want to say, do not give in to difficulties.
24:21Look to the example of the Holy Family. It was not easy for them to build a home either.
24:29Like many of our families, they too had to maintain their faith and trust in God amid uncertainty and hardship.
24:41They had to move to another city and to work to support themselves.
24:46They had to face loneliness, pain and incomprehension.
24:51Yet they also teach us that when God is present in our family, we can grow, keep going, face problems
25:01and stand beside the cross, sharing the joy of faith together.
25:10Another very timely challenge you have mentioned is the impact of digital technology on the family.
25:18Recently, in the encyclical Magnifica Humanitas, I expressed how today's technology
25:27risks replacing real human interaction, exposing family members to distractions
25:36and sometimes harmful content. In this regard, do not give in in the face of hardships and also keep
25:47believing. Those were the key messages of Pablo 14 at this hour in Lima, Peru, as he is addressing
25:54the nation in his Papal Peset to Latin America, now in his third leg in this 12-day tour that
26:03he is
26:04undergoing, unfolding at this hour. We are going to keep providing you with this and more information
26:09at this hour from Lima. But with these informations, we have come to the end of this news brief.
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