22/01/2025
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*Venezuelan pres. Maduro led the start of the Bolivarian Shield Exercise 2025
*Israeli forces continue with large operations in West Bank
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*Venezuelan pres. Maduro led the start of the Bolivarian Shield Exercise 2025
*Israeli forces continue with large operations in West Bank
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00:00In the United States, demonstrators are rallying against President Donald Trump's anti-immigrant
00:19measures in front of the Lloyd George Courthouse in Las Vegas.
00:29The President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, together with the High Command, led the military
00:33march as part of the state of the first popular military and police exercises, CUDA Bolívar
00:39Yana, in 2025.
00:45And in Palestine, Israeli occupation forces continue with their large-scale operations
00:50in the West Bank, one day after having killed 10 people and injuring over 40.
01:05Hello and welcome to From the South.
01:07My name is Belén De Los Santos.
01:08I'm from International Studios in Caracas, Venezuela.
01:12We begin with the news.
01:13In the United States, demonstrators are rallying against President Donald Trump's anti-immigrant
01:18measures in front of the Lloyd George Courthouse in Las Vegas.
01:23A day after his sworn-in ceremony, Trump abrogated a century-old policy known as birthright citizenship
01:30that guaranteed citizenship to the children of immigrants born in the U.S., regardless
01:36of the status of their parents.
01:38In addition, the Republican president eliminated all protection for irregular migrants taking
01:44refuge in churches, shelters, schools and other places in order to expand anti-immigrant
01:50law enforcement to arrest and deport them back to their countries of origin.
02:05And we stay in the United States, as the new Trump administration also eliminated all protection
02:09for migrants taking refuge in churches, shelters, schools and other places to expand anti-immigrant
02:15law enforcement in order to arrest and deport them to their countries of origin.
02:21The acting secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Benjamin Huffman, announced
02:27in a statement the end of Joe Biden's policies and criticized the previous administration
02:33for abusing the so-called humanitarian parole program that encouraged 1.5 million migrants
02:40to enter the country.
02:42In another statement, the DHS also informed about the reinstatement and resumption of
02:48the 2019 border protection policy, which allows officials in charge to return migrants to
02:54neighboring countries while deportation procedures are completed.
03:11And we go now to Nicaragua, as the Ministry of Health confirmed in a statement the death
03:16on Tuesday night of former President Alfonso Alvaro Carlos Mauricio Funes Cartagena as
03:22a result of his serious chronic illness.
03:24Mauricio Funes became president of El Salvador on the hand of the Farabundo Martín National
03:30Liberation Front with 51.32% of the valid votes and governed along with his vice president
03:37Salvador Sánchez Seren from 2009 to 2014.
03:43Funes was living in Nicaragua since 2016 after being persecuted by Salvadoran authorities
03:48who accused him of embellishment, illicit enrichment and bribery.
04:02And now in other news, the Argentine human rights organization Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo
04:06announced on Tuesday that it had found the granddaughter number 139 kidnapped during
04:12the 1976 civic military dictatorship.
04:16The found girl is the daughter of Noemí Beatriz Macedo and Daniel Alfredo Inama, both
04:21disappeared.
04:22The recovered granddaughter was born between January and February of 1978, and as is customary
04:28in these cases, her name was kept secret.
04:31The fathers of the found granddaughter were kidnapped in November 1977, when Macedo was
04:38six or seven months pregnant.
04:41Both were members of the Marxist-Leninist Communist Party of Argentina and were seen
04:46by survivors in the clandestine detention and extermination center Club El Atlético
04:51in Buenos Aires.
04:52Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo has been working for years to restore the identity of at least
04:57500 children who were stolen from their families by the last civic military dictatorship in
05:03the country.
05:11Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo announces with great happiness the restitution of another granddaughter
05:19kidnapped during the last civil military dictatorship.
05:24Today, we welcome the daughter of Noemí Beatriz Macedo and Daniel Alfredo Inama.
05:34And the Cuban foreign ministry denounced the continuous attacks on the Cuban people in
05:38view of Trump's decision to reincorporate the Caribbean island on the U.S. state sponsors
05:43of terrorism list.
05:45In this sense, the ministry expressed that U.S. President Donald Trump has been attacking
05:50Cuba from day one and without any pretext.
05:53It also pointed out that the decision to reestablish measures against the island that were revoked
05:58by former U.S. President Joe Biden is a demonstration of the aggressiveness of U.S. imperialism
06:05against the sovereignty, peace and well-being of the Cuban population.
06:09Moreover, the institution stated that the inclusion of Cuba once again on the arbitrary
06:14list of states that allegedly sponsor terrorism is evidence of an absolute disregard for the
06:20truth.
06:28They play with it like it's something.
06:30They promise to take it out.
06:32They promise to put it in.
06:33They play with the parties, with the lobbies, depending on how the Cuban lobby or the anti-Cuban
06:38lobby is doing in the United States.
06:40They play with that to see what can they win, to see how many votes they can get.
06:44Biden did it on his way out.
06:46Trump did it on his way in.
06:47Let's see what Trump does when he gets out again, whether in the end he puts U.S. in
06:52or takes U.S. out or leaves U.S.
06:55As long as that continues to depend on a presidential signature, as long as that continues to be
07:00something that a president can declare and that can be done that way, not in the same
07:04week but in the months that follow, that's going to continue to be a regrettable thing
07:08and it would be very good if we weren't on that list.
07:11It is not even a commitment, but rather an act of mercy for them, at the end of their
07:15administration to remove U.S. from that list.
07:18But it is already evident that this is some kind of diversion or something that makes
07:22no sense to them, and they have included U.S. again, as well as they have so often intensified
07:27the repression and all the economic measures so that the Cuban people cannot prosper.
07:47And we now move on to other topics.
07:49The National Secretary of Risk Management of Ecuador reported the overflowing of the
07:54Las Juntas and Agua Viva rivers in the provinces of Los Rios and Loja due to heavy rains.
07:59The authorities reported that the overflowing of the rivers affected two vehicles and a
08:03family in the sector of San Pedro and Vilcabamba and in floods in the province of Loja.
08:09On the other hand, also indicated that the overflows are due to heavy rainfall due to
08:15the winter season and that no human losses have been reported.
08:18The entity warned of the risk of flooding in other rivers that tend to increase their
08:23water levels in the provinces of Morona, Santiago, Los Rios and Guayas.
08:36And in Brazil, heavy rains in the state of Rio Grande do Sul caused the death of five people.
08:41The municipality of Santa Vitoria do Palmar was affected by floods after recording 400
08:47millimeters of rain in a few hours, equivalent to one-third of the average for the whole year.
08:53The phenomenon affected some houses that lost their roofs and others that were affected
08:57by the heavy flooding, while soybean and rice crops were completely submerged under the water.
09:03Rescue teams are working to enter isolated areas in order to obtain a more complete assessment
09:08of the impact.
09:16And now we have a short break coming up, but first, remember you can join us on TikTok
09:20at Tess for English, where you will find news in different formats, news updates and
09:24much more.
09:26Stay with us.
09:51Welcome back to From the South.
09:53We continue with the information.
09:54The President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, together with the high command, led the military
09:59march as part of the start of the first popular military and police exercise named Escudo
10:05Bolivariano 2025.
10:07The President of Venezuela announced that this one-state integral defense management
10:11body will be operating in all of the country's states, municipalities, parishes and communities.
10:19The head of state said that Venezuela had a great success in fighting and defeating
10:25criminal groups and is also offering other nations the experience gained by the international
10:32security units during their operations.
10:35Maduro announced that they will be deployed this Wednesday, January 22nd and Thursday,
10:40January 23rd, together with all the people, on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of
10:45the 2015 Bolivarian shield exercises.
10:49And displaced Colombians fleeing the armed conflict in the Catacombo region were transferred
11:00from Casigua, El Cubo to Santa Bárbara del Zulia.
11:03According to Venezuelan authorities, the displaced have been attended to in terms of security
11:09and health and the military deployment has been key to guaranteeing access to shelters
11:15set up in an organized manner.
11:17The armed confrontations in the border region have forced hundreds of people to abandon
11:23their homes.
11:24In view of this fact, the Venezuelan government, in solidarity with the Colombian people, set
11:28up checkpoints under the supervision of the Bolivarian National Guard for the immediate
11:33attention of the Colombian families affected during this situation.
11:44And also, the government of Venezuela declared on Tuesday the former president of Colombia,
11:49Álvaro Uribe and Iván Duque, as public enemies of the country, terrorists and persona non
11:54grata.
11:55The action, taken during an ordinary session of the Venezuelan National Assembly, comes
11:59in response to recent statements made by Uribe, who is linked to paramilitary groups and drug
12:05traffickers.
12:06The former Colombian head of state requested a foreign military intervention in Venezuelan
12:11territory with the purpose of encouraging conflict in the country.
12:15In this context, Iván Duque was also regarded as a public enemy of the nation for his terrorist
12:20acts against the Venezuelan people.
12:23Both former presidents were considered paramilitary terrorists responsible for numerous assassinations.
12:35Considering the honorable deputies who agree with the project presented and the modifications
12:42carried out during the debate, it has been approved unanimously the agreement that declares
12:52as public enemy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela the paramilitary, terrorist and
12:57drug traffickers, fascist criminals, representatives of the international extreme right wing, Álvaro
13:03Uribe and Iván Duque.
13:04Also, the president of Venezuela's National Assembly, Jorge Rodríguez, referred to the
13:09actions of the extreme right wing.
13:11Let's listen.
13:13He encouraged all of the actions of the extreme right wing of Venezuela, that are his daughters
13:21and sons, and their mercenaries, Juan Guaidó, Machado, Leopoldo López, they are all mercenaries
13:36of Álvaro Uribe Vélez.
13:41And meanwhile, the president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, during the meeting with the
13:44Economic Council assured that Venezuela will continue with great productive and economic
13:50advances which are focused on cooperative projects with the ALBA-TCP.
13:54The industrial sector has made progress and is optimistic in extending its productive
14:05activities.
14:07We still have to recover the whole sector of over 250 industries that are at the hands
14:15of the state, and all of them need to be productive 100% without any excuse.
14:24Let's change anything that has to be changed, and we won't allow a single lie more.
14:34In an alliance with the working class, new investments, new schemes of investment, let's
14:39produce with all the industries that are at the hands of the state.
15:40Welcome back to From the South.
15:42We continue now with Palestine, as the Israeli occupation forces continue with their large-scale
15:47operations in the West Bank, one day after having killed 10 people and injuring over
15:5340.
15:54For the second consecutive day, Zionist troops have mounted Wednesday an offensive against
15:59Yenin and its refugee camp.
16:01WAFA news agency reported that on early morning, bulldozers began to demolish the street and
16:07the entrance of the government hospital in Yenin, which was surrounded by the military.
16:12Furthermore, as part of the siege, the occupying army arrested 18 citizens in the West Bank.
16:18According to the governor of Yenin, Kamal Abu Al-Rub, Israel took advantage of the truce
16:24in Gaza to transfer its forces to the occupied West Bank and harass its population.
16:36And a senior official of the Iraqi Resistance urged U.S. forces to withdraw from the region,
16:42otherwise they would order the initiation of attacks against several U.S. military bases
16:46located in Iraq.
16:48The announcement was made by the Secretary General of the Hezbollah movement al-Nuyava
16:53al-Sheikh Akram al-Khavi, who took the opportunity to thank Iran, Lebanon and Yemen for the support
16:59of the retaliatory attacks against the U.S. army.
17:04The official expressed that Iraq would continue to support the Palestinian people, assuring
17:09that there is no room for weakness, withdrawal or fear.
17:29We continue with other topics.
17:31U.S. President Donald Trump set up sanctions against Russia if President Vladimir Putin
17:36refused to negotiate with him on a ceasefire with Ukraine.
17:40During a press conference at the White House, the U.S. President declared that his contact
17:45with his Russian counterpart would take place very soon, and stressed the need to put an
17:50end to the Russian-Ukrainian conflict.
17:52On the other hand, Trump warned that it seems likely that he would impose additional sanctions
17:57on Russia if Putin refused to enter into negotiations with him.
18:01Moreover, the U.S. head of state did not give clear answers to reporters when asked whether
18:06his new administration would continue to send arms to Kiev, or whether it is considering
18:11discontinuing these supplies.
18:21We continue now with other topics.
18:22In South Korea, detained President Yun Sung-kyo denied Tuesday that he had ordered troops
18:28to forcibly remove lawmakers from the National Assembly after declaring martial law.
18:33During his hearing, Yun Sung-kyo claimed that his actions were not aimed at blocking the
18:38Assembly, but were a warning to the opposition Liberal Democratic Party for undermining the
18:44government's actions.
18:45He also denied that he had sent a note to Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok on the day
18:51of martial law that was imposed, and asking him to prepare a budget for an emergency legislative
18:58body.
18:59The National Assembly impeached the detained President and suspended his powers, and the
19:04Constitutional Court has until June to decide whether to permanently remove him or reinstate
19:10him.
19:26We go now to China as preparations began to celebrate the Lunar New Year, also known
19:31as the Spring Festival, the most important holiday in the traditional Chinese calendar,
19:36which this year will be celebrated on January 29th.
19:40Celebrations of this date, based on the lunisolar calendar traditionally used in China, begin
19:46in the first day of the lunar month and end on the 15th when the Lantern Festival is held,
19:52dates when millions of people around the world travel to their places of origin to enjoy
19:57the festivities with their families.
20:00In the traditional Chinese calendar, each month of the year corresponds to one of the
20:0412 animals of the Chinese horoscope, with a repetitive rotation, and 2025 will be the
20:10Year of the Serpent.
20:19And like this, we have come to the end of this news brief.
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