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*Palestine: fuel shortages affect basic services
*South Korean police arrest ousted pres. Yoon Suk-Yeol
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00:00Haiti is facing one of the most serious displacement crises in its recent history.
00:18For more than one million people have left their homes in 2024.
00:29The Palestine fuel crisis threatens the functioning of health facilities, sanitation and water
00:35services in the Gaza Strip.
00:42And in South Korea, police forces arrested ousted President Yoon Sung-kyo, making him
00:47the first sitting president to be arrested.
01:00Hello and welcome to From the South, my name is Belinda De Los Santos, I'm from Aterzo
01:03Studios in Caracas, Venezuela.
01:05We begin with the news.
01:19We now begin with the information, Haiti is facing one of the most serious displacement
01:24crises in its recent history.
01:26According to the International Organization for Migration, more than one million people
01:30left their homes in 2024.
01:33The United Nations organization identifies the wave of violence imposed by criminal groups
01:37as the root cause.
01:39Port-au-Prince, the capital of the country, is one of the cities most affected by the
01:44phenomenon given that over 80% of the city is controlled by the coalition of criminal
01:50groups living together.
01:52According to Kennedy Ocot, the spokesperson for the IOM, the numbers will have tripled
01:58when compared to 2023, especially in the capital where displacement has increased by
02:0487%.
02:10In December 2023, we did record around 315,000 people were displaced from the violence.
02:18One year, one year since then, we have seen the number tripled to over a million people
02:25who have now been displaced because of gang violence in Haiti.
02:29This is a really troubling number and it represents the security situation that most Haitians
02:36are currently in.
02:38President Claudia Sheinbaum presented the Mexico Plan, a national and social economic
02:42development agenda made up of 13 goals whose objective is to reduce poverty and inequality.
02:49Antonio Aranda brings us more details.
02:54Mexico seeks to consolidate its position as one of the most economically developed
02:58countries by attracting foreign investment and strengthening the domestic market through
03:02the Mexico Plan.
03:07Miguel is a walnut producer.
03:10His seeds follow an artisanal process and he believes that the strategy should be an
03:14opportunity to technify the field.
03:20It is important to consume national products.
03:22In my case, I support agriculture.
03:28In the countryside, the main problem is technification.
03:31We are far behind our main competitors in walnuts, the United States.
03:35They are very technified and reduce many costs.
03:38We have to spend a lot of money to do it in a more traditional way and that creates a
03:42disadvantage for us.
03:48Substituting imports and increasing domestic content in manufacturing is part of the Mexico
03:53Plan.
03:54Carolina acknowledges that this protects domestic jobs.
03:58With the plan, we increase the country's economy and we favor jobs and in general the country's
04:05economy as a whole.
04:12We avoid importing so many products and the products that we consume are at better prices
04:17And on the other hand, we strengthen the entire agricultural sector.
04:26The Mexico Plan is a public, private and foreign investment route for at least $277 billion,
04:33which seeks the integration of North America.
04:39This speaks to us or is a reflection of what Claudia Scheinbaum is looking for during her
04:44six-year term.
04:45We can take this as the real national development plan.
04:48I would like to highlight that in general there are several components of the plan that
04:52wink at the new United States administration.
04:55That is, the president seeks to integrate the North American region, she seeks to increase
04:59Mexican production and replace imports from China, which is a priority issue for the new
05:04United States administration.
05:11President Claudia Scheinbaum aims to make Mexico's economy number 10 in the world, but
05:16without neglecting social equity and well-being.
05:19In reality, it is a vision of the development of our country that is equitable, sustainable,
05:27of industrialization, of economic growth.
05:31Yes, but above all of well-being for our people and of benefit for everyone.
05:42Textiles, automotive, pharmaceuticals, agribusiness and electromobility are some of the key sectors
05:49to be developed through a portfolio of more than 2,000 projects that will allow the creation
05:57of at least 1.5 million additional jobs in specialized manufacturing by 2030.
06:07And in other news, the anti-fascist international Guatemala chapter repudiated the visit of
06:13the Venezuelan fugitive from justice, Edmundo Gonzalez, to the country, demanding that the
06:17government of Bernardo Arevalo to cease its support of the impositions of imperialism
06:22against Venezuela.
06:28The anti-fascist international Guatemala chapter, in the name of the will towards peace that
06:33characterizes the noble people of Guatemala, expresses its most energetic rejection of
06:38the arrival of Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia to our national territory.
06:49This person represents death, terrorism and imperialist interference against the sovereignty
06:55of the brotherly people of Venezuela.
06:58His presence in our country is a direct attack on the values of peace, justice and solidarity
07:04that guide our anti-fascist struggle in the defense of the peoples of Latin America.
07:15As Guatemalans committed to peace, we demand that Bernardo Arevalo and his government stop
07:20lending themselves to the impositions of North American imperialism that manifest their support
07:25for this person and their attacks against the sovereign will of the Venezuelan people
07:30who elected Nicolás Maduro as their president.
07:37Likewise, the anti-fascist international Guatemala chapter also repudiated the aggressions to
07:43the Venezuelan diplomatic headquarters which threaten its national sovereignty.
07:50We repudiate the fascist and interfering actions that some Venezuelan embassies have suffered,
07:57thus attacking its sovereignty.
08:05We call on governments not to allow actions against Venezuelan goods and territory located
08:10in other countries.
08:11We express our commitment to defend and resist together with the Venezuelan people in our
08:15struggle against fascism.
08:17Down with fascism!
08:18Down with fascism!
08:19Down with fascism!
08:20And now we have a short break coming up, but first remember you can join us on TikTok at
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08:33more.
08:34We'll be right back, stay with us.
08:47Welcome back to From the South.
08:57We continue with the information.
08:59Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele defended the reactivation of metallic mining on the
09:03grounds that if rivers get polluted due to his project, it is because they were clean.
09:09It is negative consequences.
09:11The Salvadoran legislation had banned the practice that Bukele is now willing to reactivate.
09:16The president categorically assured that the mining is not linked to rivers pollution,
09:22but showed no specific evidence of his criteria.
09:26In contrast, studies endorsed by the United Nations unfolded that 90% of industrial extractive
09:32operations use cyanide.
09:35That is why experts have asked the executive and the legislature to disregard this initiative.
09:46We go now to Palestine, as the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
10:07warns that the fuel crisis in Gaza continues to threaten the functioning of health facilities
10:13in the Strip.
10:14The agency has said that Gaza's partially functioning hospitals lack fuel reserves and
10:19rely on partial deliveries from international agencies to safeguard only the most critical
10:26services.
10:27The shortages could also put 75 hemodialysis machines out of service across the Strip,
10:33threatening the lives of some 700 patients that suffer from kidney disease.
10:38According to the humanitarian agency, the crisis has been triggered by the Israeli blockade
10:43of Gaza and is directly affecting the medical care of 2,000 patients in Deir Ebbelah, Hanounis
10:50and Rafah, and a further 220 in the north of the enclave.
11:03Also in this context, the UN humanitarian agency also warns that water, sanitation and
11:09hygiene facilities in Gaza are at risk of being paralyzed by a lack of fuel.
11:15All of this has forced aid groups to make impossible choices, such as having to decide
11:19daily between supplying water, pumping sewage, repairing water or sewage leaks, or moving
11:25solid waste.
11:26This has aggravated living conditions for displaced people surviving on extremely limited
11:31quantities of drinking water, cooking and personal hygiene products, and exacerbating
11:37the spread of pests, infectious diseases and other public health risks.
11:51Gaza is redefining the wounds of war, so say medical surgeons referring to injuries caused
11:57by U.S. bombs sent to Israel and used against women and children in the Strip.
12:02Based on field studies, Save the Children claims in its latest report that the occupation
12:07and its U.S. partner mutilated 15 Palestinian children every day during 2024.
12:14At least 5,230 children have sustained injuries that require significant rehabilitation support.
12:21In addition, Israel prevents them from receiving treatment, so they do not receive prosthesis,
12:27medicines or rehabilitation, condemning them early to pathologies typical of people over
12:3380 years of age.
12:43And the Yemeni army claimed responsibility for the missile attack that hit an Israeli
12:48power plant on Wednesday.
12:49The Houthis explained that they carried out a military operation with a cruise missile
12:55against the enemy power plant of Umm al-Rashar, located in the city of Eilat in the south
13:01of occupied Palestine.
13:03They also declared that they sent several drones to several Israeli installations in
13:08Tel Aviv, assuring that all of them were successful military operations.
13:13The Yemeni government ratified that as long as Israel besieges the Palestinian people,
13:19they will maintain their attacks against the Israeli forces.
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14:00Welcome back from the south.
14:12In South Korea, police forces arrested, ousted President Yoon Sung-kyo on Wednesday, making
14:17him the first sitting president to be arrested.
14:20The president dismissed for his brief imposition of martial law, was involved in several incidents
14:26before he was finally arrested at 10.33 a.m. local time on Wednesday.
14:32According to information from the Bureau for High-Level Official Corruption Cases, Yoon
14:37went to the agency's headquarters for questioning.
14:41The president previously recorded a message to the country stating that he would submit
14:45to justice to prevent bloodshed.
15:06And in the United States, fires continue to rage in Los Angeles as people try to protect
15:11their belongings and homes.
15:13Let's take a closer look with our colleague Luis Gutierrez.
15:19This man works as a janitor at this building in Pacific Palisades, the hardest hit by the
15:23fires in California.
15:25He stayed behind to watch the place and managed to keep it from catching fire using garden
15:30hoses and the support of firefighters.
15:33But it actually had spread to the property of the building next door.
15:37So I was just putting as much water down onto the bottom as I could and just actually doing
15:43a decent job of tamping it down.
15:46For Ridgway, it was a necessary mission.
15:50I felt like it was a duty to at least make sure that was attempted to be saved if possible.
15:57And also, you know, even if it didn't come here, none of this really had happened, there
16:01still would have been the possibility of outsiders coming in and looters and stealing their stuff.
16:07And so if I...
16:09The collection centers have been crucial for those who have lost their belongings or remain
16:14evacuated amidst uncertainty for their homes.
16:17The street I live on, everybody on one side of the street, all their houses are entirely
16:22wiped out.
16:23And on my side of the street, starting with my house and a few neighbors down, maybe about
16:29four houses stood up and everybody else lost their homes.
16:34My house is standing, yes, but we don't know, we don't know what condition it's in.
16:42So, yeah, we haven't been able to go back to check.
16:46They won't let us.
16:48For firefighters, putting out fires in high winds has become a difficult task.
16:53Some days are harder than others.
16:55How hard?
16:56After the first day, many people that I've known for a long time in base camp barely
16:59recognized me.
17:00My phone didn't recognize me to turn on.
17:02Just dirty, tired.
17:03But today will be not so bad.
17:06Steep, a good hike, but we'll pace ourselves and drink lots of water and be ready for a
17:11long haul of work here and the next fire.
17:14But it's January.
17:15We're not supposed to be to fires in January.
17:17It's an honor and a privilege to be here, you know, serving the community, paying my
17:21debt to society, just giving back to the people, you know, of the community.
17:27It's a lot.
17:30Returning Los Angeles to their previous state will cost time and resources.
17:34It's going to cost tens of billions of dollars to get Los Angeles back to where it was.
17:41So we're going to need Congress to step up to provide funding to get this done.
17:46And we're going to get that done, God willing.
17:50Firefighters and local and national authorities will be put to the test as they must navigate
17:55the strong winds that are expected.
18:01In this context, the Iranian government reported that the Red Crescent offered to assist the
18:06United States to fight off the wildfires raging in Los Angeles, but Washington turned it down
18:11and asked Iran for money instead.
18:14Hossein Koulivan, head of the Iranian Red Crescent Society, explained that he sent a
18:19letter to the director of the U.S. Red Cross to not only express condolences for the victims
18:25and their families, but also to help Los Angeles with experts, equipment, and logistics.
18:30However, the U.S. counterpart appreciated the bid, but he limited himself to request
18:35financial assistance.
18:44And like this, we have come to the end of this news brief.
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18:56For Accessor English, my name is Belén de los Santos.