19/09/2024
FTS 8.30
South America countries battle new wildfire outbreaks
Moscow and Tehran to sign strategic partnership agreement
FTS 8.30
South America countries battle new wildfire outbreaks
Moscow and Tehran to sign strategic partnership agreement
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00:00In Venezuela, internal divisions among the far-right opposition has led to the release
00:18of a letter signed by former candidate Mundo González Urrutia, in which he recognizes
00:23the re-election of President Nicolás Maduro.
00:28South American countries continue to battle new wildfires as authorities investigate possible
00:34human involvement.
00:39And Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the signing of a comprehensive strategic partnership
00:44agreement with Iran.
00:52Hello and welcome to From the South.
00:54My name is Belén de los Santos.
00:55I'm from the Television Studios in Havana, Cuba.
00:58In Venezuela, internal divisions among the far-right opposition are assumed to have forced
01:04the release of a letter signed by former candidate Mundo González Urrutia, in which he recognizes
01:09the re-election of President Nicolás Maduro.
01:12The President of the National Assembly, Jorge Rodríguez, presented details and evidence
01:17of this agreement, which was closed at the residence of the Spanish ambassador in Venezuela,
01:22Ramón Sánchez Martínez, and in his presence.
01:26The parties agreed to keep in reserve some details, such as this letter signed by former
01:31candidate, which has been leaked in the last hours by sectors of the right, to their allied
01:37media.
01:38In this context, Jorge Rodríguez called upon the former candidate to be faithful to the
01:43facts and tell the truth.
01:51We continue in Venezuela, as the government issued an international arrest warrant against
01:56the President of Argentina, Javier Milley, for the theft and destruction of Entresur
02:01plane belonging to the Venezuelan state that was confiscated under the excuse of the sanctions
02:06and coercive measures of Washington against the country.
02:10Our colleague, Leonardo Urrieta, with the details.
02:17The Attorney General of Venezuela, Tarek William Saab, in a press conference informed
02:22that the measure of the public ministry is based on the United Nations Convention on
02:27Organized Crime, where Venezuela demands that all damages to the nation's patrimony be compensated.
02:35The international arrest warrant also applies to the Minister of the Interior of Argentina,
02:40Patricia Bulrich.
02:47This public prosecutor's office of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela announces the assignment
02:52of two specialized prosecutors in the matter, who are carrying out the relevant proceedings
02:57and are processing the arrest warrant against the following citizens based on the above.
03:01Javier Milley, President of the Republic of Argentina, Karina Milley, Secretary General
03:08of the Presidency of the Nation of Argentina and Patricia Bulrich, Minister of Security
03:13of the Nation of Argentina.
03:21The Venezuelan government raised its voice against the ultra-neoliberal policies implemented
03:27by the government of Javier Milley that have led to a deep international crisis, where
03:32the public ministry announces a series of measures within the framework of international
03:37law to stop fascism in Argentina.
03:42A prosecutor specialized in the protection of human rights has been assigned to investigate
03:47the serious human rights violations committed by agents of the Argentine state, who claim
03:52genocide and carry out policies of repression against social demonstrations and against
03:57the elderly who demand vindication and respect for their rights.
04:07The Venezuelan state expects international organizations such as the United Nations Human
04:13Rights Commission to make a statement to stop the neoliberal package being applied in Argentina,
04:19in addition to demanding that the Javier Milley government respect the sovereign people of
04:24Venezuela.
04:32In Venezuela, the second edition of the International Telecommunications Fair was inaugurated with
04:38the participation of more than 200 national and international exhibitors.
04:41During the event, the director of the National Telecommunications Commission, Jorge Marquez,
04:47announced that the point of the account of the public offer of the 5G frequency was handed
04:53over to the executive.
04:55He also highlighted the nation's progress in the use of the frequency and invited the
05:00rest of the mobile phone companies to become part of the technological wave.
05:05It is expected that on Thursday 19th, the signing of the Internet Exchange Point project
05:11will take place, which will allow for an improvement in the provision of service in the country.
05:36On Wednesday, Haiti's transitional government announced the creation of a Provisional Electoral
05:42Council, which would be in charge of organizing the first elections since 2016 in the country.
05:49Nine of the seven members were appointed by the transitional government.
05:53They represent religious groups, trade unions, journalists and farmers.
05:57The remaining two will be chosen by human rights and women's rights organizations.
06:03The Council of Ministers also approved the mandate of the body that will be responsible
06:07for organizing elections in 2026, ten years after the last election that took place in
06:14the Caribbean country.
06:25And meanwhile in Uruguay, the electoral campaigns are developing, with little more than a month
06:30remaining.
06:31But the enthusiasm in the streets is low, according to the supporters and militants
06:35of the parties.
06:36Our correspondent Mateo Grille gives us more information.
06:40In past elections, this square gathered dozens of supporters of the Uruguayan political parties,
06:49all with the same goal, to convince voters to back their candidacies with their votes.
06:53But this time, everything seems different because the public attends with certain apathy
06:57to an electoral campaign that still seems far away from the people.
07:06Very quiet.
07:07I find it more boring this time.
07:08We like politics and debates, and a little bit more of heat.
07:14I find it very calm and quiet, the discussions seem silly, they don't go to anything deep.
07:24Always within the same theme, I don't know.
07:31I find it extremely boring.
07:33I'm already waiting for the elections, to vote and get out of this, because sometimes
07:38I'm embarrassed to watch TV and see the comments and proposals, a disaster.
07:50Although the different parties have intensified their campaigning activities, there is still
07:54no electoral climate, many believe that citizens do not show interest, which is a huge problem.
08:04I think it used to be different, now with social media and all that, it seems to me
08:07that it has been changing little by little.
08:13People are not very interested either.
08:15I think we are not that interested in the political world and I think it is a huge problem.
08:22Because in the end, it is what is going to force our future.
08:25So I think we are lacking in that sense.
08:32Some candidates for the next legislative term argue that the lack of discussion of proposals
08:36is becoming evident and that this is an objective of the political right.
08:42We know that the campaign of the right is going to be like, the less political discussion,
08:46the better.
08:47The less program discussion, the better.
08:50Like you were saying, it's a campaign where you show muscles, where you show somebody
08:54surfing, somebody walking a dog, well, we are talking about something else.
09:01For others, the lack of commitment is also the result of the dismantling of spaces for
09:06participation and ideological formation.
09:10Another element that reduces the levels of discussion, participation and activity of
09:14the people is the loss of ideology.
09:16Here there are sure responsibilities of many organizations that in government have dismantled
09:21themselves from the spheres of discussion and this leads to the fact that any media
09:26discourse drags people along.
09:32Scholars mull this situation and argue that the emergence of social media determines a
09:36different type of electoral campaign.
09:41Social media leads to the weakening of certain types of campaign and the promotion of orders.
09:47Does this mean that the style of politics in Uruguay has changed?
09:49No.
09:50It can't change.
09:51But there must be both.
09:53Social networks are a tool.
09:55The tool can be used in one way or another.
09:57Here, what happens here is that the parties are very strong.
10:06In spite of this situation, everyone agrees that over the next few weeks, the intensity
10:11of the campaign will influence the population, which will end up going to the polls on October
10:1527th to elect a president, a vice president and renew the entire Senate and Chamber of
10:20Deputies.
10:21Now let's take a short break but remember you can join us on TikTok at Telser English
10:31where you will find news in different formats, news updates and much more.
10:37We'll be right back, stay with us.
10:45Welcome back to From the South.
11:03In Mexico on Wednesday, the plenary of the Chamber of Deputies approved a historic constitutional
11:08reform on indigenous and Afro-Mexican peoples.
11:12The debate lasted almost nine hours before finally being approved with 483 votes.
11:18The reform of Article 2 of the Constitution allows these historically excluded communities
11:23to cease to be entities of public interest and be recognized as subjects of public law,
11:29thus becoming holders of legal rights and obligations.
11:33These sectors will also be able to receive and execute budgetary resources and will be
11:37consulted in case of projects that affect their territory and their ways of life.
11:43After the approval by the lower house of the Mexican Congress, the reform was then sent
11:48to the Senate of the Republic for discussion.
12:08And we now move on to other topics.
12:09In Paraguay, the government announced that forest fires in the department of Alto Paraguay,
12:14located in the western region and bordering Bolivia, have been reactivated.
12:19The Ministry of Defense informed that the affected area is located some 50 kilometers
12:23to the east of the last event, due to which military and volunteer firefighters were deployed
12:29to the affected area.
12:30In addition, the agency added that the fire outbreaks are registered inside a cattle property,
12:35specifically in a retreat called El Tigre, and not in the natural monument Cerro Chobureca.
12:49At the same time in Peru, the president of the Council of Ministers, Gustavo Adrian Zen,
12:54urged the country's public ministry to initiate the necessary investigations to determine
12:59the causes of the forest fires in the country.
13:03In this sense, Adrian Zen informed that so far the fires have left at least 15 people
13:08dead and are causing serious damage to thousands of hectares of agricultural production.
13:13Likewise, the president of the Council of Ministers urged the population to become aware
13:18of the damages caused by the burning of pastures, and announced that the Ministry of the Environment
13:23will soon propose a regulation to prevent these fires.
13:33Meanwhile in Brazil, President Lula da Silva affirmed that the country was not 100% prepared
13:40to face the wave of forest fires that his government attributed to climate terrorism.
13:46In this sense, the Brazilian head of state affirmed that the state will urgently allocate
13:50some $93 million to fight the hundreds of forest fires that are spreading throughout
13:55the country.
13:57In this regard, the Minister of the Environment and Climate Change, Marina Silva, emphasized
14:01that the authorities must toughen the penalties against perpetrators of environmental crimes
14:07for intentional forest fires.
14:20We now move on to other topics.
14:26On August 6, the Kiev army invaded a part of the Kursk region, bordering Russia and
14:31Ukraine, resulting in numerous losses of personnel and weapons.
14:35Although presented as a victory by Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky, no one has been
14:41able to understand the military's strategic motive.
14:47The consequences of the Ukrainian invasion in Kursk have been disastrous for Ukraine
14:52itself, even though its president insists that everything is under control and has been
14:57a success.
14:59For them, a victory is the destruction of a Russian plane or two.
15:04The price?
15:05Hundreds of Ukrainians did.
15:31But the result was that, as a consequence of the relocation, the Russian army made great
15:37advances in the direction of Donetsk.
15:40The price was too high.
15:44For Russia, everything is going well, especially because we are the ones who are taking the
15:49initiative.
15:51The most important thing is that heroic people live in the Kursk region and in the Belgorod
15:55region.
16:00This territory on the border with Ukraine is the territory of heroes.
16:05Because probably not everyone would be able to stand with such dignity and courage in
16:09such conditions.
16:14Russia's flexible defense and air power hinder the advance of the Ukrainian armed forces,
16:22who even if they manage to capture positions, are quickly pushed back with heavy losses.
16:28In addition, Russian electronic warfare effectively suppresses the effectiveness of Ukrainian
16:34precision systems such as HIMARS and Storm Shadow.
16:40I sincerely believe that it is not the weapons that win, but the soldiers.
16:45And when everything works synchronously, everything has to be in unison.
16:48We arrived here on day X and literally went crazy.
16:52The first two days were hard, but then we got it figured out, reorganized everything
16:56literally in two or three days and that was it.
16:59And we were able to start correcting it.
17:04The situation with Kursk showed that the enemy does not sleep, so we must strengthen our
17:09borders properly so that we can leave this beautiful city with peace of mind and not
17:12worry that something like this could happen here.
17:18The Russian army has gained courage, which can be felt in the reports from the field
17:24and in the dynamics of the battle itself.
17:27Kiev must deliver results before the NATO summit in Vilnius.
17:31And as things stand, Ukraine faces a difficult situation when it comes to reporting on the
17:36waste of U.S. and European taxpayers' money.
17:46Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the signing of a comprehensive strategic partnership
17:51agreement with Iran.
17:53The head of state's instructions cover federal, state bodies and organizations and also indicates
17:58that it is to be signed at the highest level.
18:01Although the Moscow declaration does not specify any date for the formalization of the document,
18:06Tehran raises the possibility that it will take place within the framework of the BRICS
18:10summit to be held in Russia in October.
18:14The Kremlin has made public the decision of the Russian president a few days after the
18:19announcement of new Western sanctions against Iran for an alleged supply of ballistic missiles
18:25to Russia.
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19:14In Iran, the foreign ministry spokesman Nasser Khanani highlighted the inefficiency shown
19:19by world organizations in the face of the genocide perpetrated by Israel against the
19:24Gaza Strip.
19:26During his appearance at the international conference, a just peace is a common universal
19:30speech, he stated that the crimes committed by the Zionist regime against the people of
19:35Gaza highlight the organized insecurity that has caused widespread destruction and loss
19:41of life.
19:42Khanani also warned that the insecurity and the spread of war in the West Asian region
19:47has been increasing compared to previous years.
19:50Khanani also denounced the support of Western countries for Israel to commit this genocide
19:55in Gaza.
19:56We now move on to other topics.
20:13The first coffee summit of the community of Latin American and Caribbean states is held
20:18in Honduras, in the city of Tegucigalpa.
20:21The summit will last until next Thursday, where coffee producers of the country and
20:25national and international authorities of the guild met to discuss various topics on
20:30the item, among which are the UN regulations and effects of climate change.
20:35The Honduran government said that Honduras currently records an increase in grain prices
20:40as well as the opening of new markets.
20:51And like this, we have come to the end of this news brief.
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