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*Israeli forces continue to besiege Gaza and the West Bank
*DR Congo: fighting resumes in North Kivu's capital Goma
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*Israeli forces continue to besiege Gaza and the West Bank
*DR Congo: fighting resumes in North Kivu's capital Goma
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00:00In Mexico, President Clara Sheinbaum reconvened her cabinet to discuss the immigration situation.
00:20In Palestine, Israeli troops again violated the ceasefire in Gaza and killed a bulldozer
00:27operator, Nusrat, who was working on the recovery of the enclave.
00:32And in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the final camp that reigned over North Kibu
00:38ended.
00:39Heavy fighting has resumed in the capital, Goma.
00:46Hello, welcome to From the South, I'm Luis Alberto Matos from the Television Studios
00:53in Havana, Cuba.
00:54We begin with the news, and we do so in the States.
00:56Mass deportations of migrants have begun to affect business activity in the country.
01:01According to data from the U.S. Business Immigration Coalition, in less than four days of persecution,
01:07the slowdown in business has already reached 50 percent.
01:11Its director, Rebecca Shee, said business leaders are beginning to express concern and
01:15unease that far from President Donald Trump's statements that violent individuals and drug
01:20cartel members are being targeted, essential workers, without police records, have also
01:25been deported, while some do not come to work for fear of deportation.
01:30She also said that migrant workers make up 25 to 50 percent of essential industries in
01:34the U.S. and contribute more than $80 billion in taxes each year.
01:42Mexican President Claudia Chavez reconvened her cabinet to discuss the immigration situation.
01:50The meeting was attended by the current head of the National Migration Institute, Francisco
01:54Gartuño, and his forthcoming successor, Sergio Salomón.
01:58Likewise, the secretaries of government Rosa y Zela RodrÃguez of Voida First, Juan Ramón
02:04de la Fuente of the National Defense, Ricardo Trevilla of the Navy, Raimundo Morales, and
02:09the heads of social areas were present at the encounter.
02:13The debate was held behind closed doors, and no further details were given.
02:17In less than a week, Mexico has received over 4,600 people deported under Donald Trump's
02:23executive orders.
02:32And following Trump's announcement to declassify some U.S. security files, an all-U.S. plan
02:39that sought false flag attacks against U.S. citizens to justify intervention in Cuba was
02:44recently revisited on social media and went viral.
02:46Correspondent in Havana has all the details.
02:49The digital conversation these days has a story that some people have already forgotten.
02:57Operation Northwoods.
02:59Donald Trump's recent order to declassify documents on the Kennedy assassination revised the
03:04top-secret operation, Declassified, in 1997 that sought false flag attacks against U.S.
03:10citizens to justify intervention in Cuba.
03:13Historian Elier Ramirez says Operation Northwoods reflects what has been the essence of the
03:17aggressive U.S.
03:18policy against Cuba, which in the 1960s had as its context Operation Mongoose.
03:28It was the largest covert war operation ever designed by the United States against another
03:33country. That operation conceived a whole series of operations of psychological and economic
03:39warfare, sabotage, that there would be an internal uprising in Cuba that would justify the
03:44United States' military intervention when that did not happen.
03:47The military high command proposed this instrument to Kennedy.
04:00Several of the pretexts proposed were to fly planes in mid-flight, which could even kill
04:05North American citizens, to blow up ships, to make self-provocations in the vicinity of the
04:10Guantanamo Naval Base.
04:12All this was to be presented as a provocation by Cuba against the United States to justify
04:17direct military intervention.
04:25This expert warns that when many of the documents relating to the assassination of President
04:29Kennedy come to light, the perversity that has marked U.S.
04:32policy against Cuba will surely be exposed even more.
04:40The investigations, the documents that have already been declassified previously related to the
04:44assassination of Kennedy show that there was a participation of the Cuban-American mafia.
04:57The extreme right-wing sectors of Cuban origin in the United States that were involved in the
05:01assassination, they did not forgive him that when the Bay of Pigs invasion took place, he did not
05:06show a more decisive attitude and send the U.S.
05:09Army and the Yankee Marines directly, or when the October crisis took place, he had negotiated
05:14with the Soviets and did not give the final touch to the Cuban revolution.
05:25The truth is that when the world was on the brink of an unpredictable nuclear war during the
05:29October crisis, at the end of the tensions the Kennedy administration showed, perhaps for the first
05:34time and in a serious way, the possibility for both countries to talk about common issues in a
05:39climate of respect.
05:40Carlos Lechuga, then Cuba's ambassador to the U.N., once told this reporter.
05:49The U.S. Ambassador Arwood told me that the Kennedy government wanted to have an approach, an
05:54exploration to see if it was possible to start relations with Cuba.
05:58We had several meetings, conversations, and we were already at the point of making an agenda to start
06:03discussing.
06:12Kennedy went to Dallas.
06:13He told Arwood that when he came back, he wanted to talk to him to see that he had talked to me.
06:19And that was when he was assassinated.
06:21And that's when the meeting ended.
06:23Historian Elier Ramirez warns that the logic of certain sectors of power in the United States is that when
06:33they do not achieve an objective, they invent pretexts.
06:41In the case of Cuba, many pretexts have been built throughout history.
06:44The red threat in the Caribbean, the link with the Soviets, the support of Cuba to the liberation
06:49movements in Latin America at a certain moment.
06:52Then the military presence of Cuba in Africa.
06:54Then human rights, freedom of expression.
06:57The list is endless.
07:05The acoustic attacks, we know that it was a great farce that was deflated.
07:09And there are sectors that continue to exploit this.
07:11And therefore, we could be engaged in the construction of new pretexts with the same objective.
07:22The fact is that many agree that the chilling Pentagon documents could reveal why the deep state has always
07:27feared the release of the Kennedy assassination files.
07:31Fabiola López, Telesur, La Habana.
07:35The Colombian President Gustavo Petro announced a Marshall Plan to enable inhabitants to abandon illicit
07:41economies during a cabinet meeting in the northeast of the nation.
07:44The executive held an encounter in Ocaña in the northern department of Santander.
07:49There, the head of state proposed a regional deal to the community affected by the violent escalation in
07:53Catatumbo and presented the exceptional powers of the state of commotion decreed by the presidency, which
07:59will be analyzed on Tuesday by the legislature.
08:03On the meeting, the president proposed a Marshall Plan to contribute to change and combat criminality in
08:08the region. In addition, social leaders who participated at the meeting reaffirmed their commitment to peace
08:14in spite of the risk to their lives.
08:18We, women, have to be at the forefront of peace as we are life givers.
08:27We give birth to children for our country, not for war.
08:42Let's take a short break.
08:43Remember, you can join us on TikTok at Telesur English, where you'll find news in different formats, news
08:48updates and much more.
08:49We'll be right back. Stay with us.
09:11Welcome back. Venezuela's National Electoral Council announced that April 27th is the date for the next
09:17elections to renew the country's parliament and governorships.
09:20Our colleague Madeline Garcia with the details.
09:24The electoral power informed that in three months, the elections to elect the deputies to the National
09:29Assembly, the regional deputies and the 24 governors of the country will be held.
09:34However, there is an immovable rule.
09:39All political organizations, their authorities and their participating candidates must sign a document
09:46committing to respect and abide by all events concerning the April 27th election and the results issued by
09:53the National Electoral Council as the constitutional power of the republic.
10:04It will not be just another election.
10:06The extreme right will be definitively buried, which has already called for abstention.
10:11They already said it does not apply.
10:17That is the term they used.
10:19It does not apply to go to elections.
10:22Well, let them not go.
10:23But the people of Venezuela will go.
10:26The people of Venezuela will go.
10:29We must remind that extreme right wing that they have become their own instrument of destruction.
10:34Let us remember how many times they have gone to the file of violence.
10:38Where are those people right now?
10:41Where are they? The great majority are living comfortably outside of Venezuela with the money they stole.
10:47The vast majority are living comfortably outside of Venezuela with the money they stole.
10:55Those political parties and leaders that have disregarded the past electoral process will not be able to participate in the two
11:02contests scheduled for this year.
11:05Any person who has asked for sanctions, invasions against the homeland, who has even fallen into the crime of treason,
11:11which is in the penal code, will not be able to participate in the elections.
11:16That is clear, nor will the political organization that has violated these articles, which goes against all Venezuelans.
11:28The people in the street agree that those who have disregarded democratic institutions,
11:32should not participate in order to maintain peace in the country.
11:38They should not participate because they are not with democracy.
11:42They want a civil war. That is the reality.
11:50We have to accept the elections.
11:52We are in peace and we will continue in peace.
11:55With the elections, everything is fine because we don't want any problems.
12:00Political parties of the democratic opposition confirmed that they will participate in the two elections scheduled for the
12:05renewal of more than 5,000 public positions.
12:14In southern Chile, the sinking of a tourist boat near Osorno left a tragic impact on the country's economy.
12:20The government has refused to take any action.
12:24In southern Chile, the sinking of a tourist boat near Osorno left a tragic toll of seven dead and several people missing.
12:31The boat called RÃo Cholhuaco set sail on Sunday with at least 34 passengers,
12:36and two crew members exceeding its maximum capacity of 21.
12:40The boat sank in RÃo Negro, just five kilometers from its destination, BahÃa Manza.
12:45Authorities indicated that the overloaded of passengers and the lack of life jackets were critical factors in the accident.
12:51Of the occupants, 27 were rescued, including eight minors, while four bodies have been found and three people are still missing.
12:59The captain of the boat has been arrested and faces charges of manslaughter due to the unsafe condition of the vessel.
13:06Search efforts continue with the support of the Navy and local rescue teams.
13:22In Palestine, Israeli troops again violated the ceasefire in Gaza and killed a bulldozer operator in Nusedat, who was working on the recovery of the enclave.
13:31In Palestine, Israeli troops again violated the ceasefire in Gaza and killed a bulldozer operator in Nusedat, who was working on the recovery of the enclave.
13:40Gazan authorities denounced a new violation of the Qatari agreement by the Israeli occupier,
13:44pointing to a direct airstrike on a bulldozer west of the camp that attempted to rescue a vehicle.
13:50In addition to killing the driver, it injured several civilians present.
13:55In an earlier attack, also in Nuserat, a child and a civilian were killed when a car pulled by animals was bombed.
14:02Meanwhile, the siege of the West Bank continues with raids and arrests, including confrontations with the Islamic Resistance in the Tulkaran refugee camp.
14:10In Afghanistan, residents of Kabul are facing a sharp increase in food prices as the Afghan currency continues to lose value against the U.S. dollar.
14:23Essential goods such as flour, oil and rice have surged by 200 to 500 Afghanis, making it increasingly difficult for impoverished families to afford basic necessities.
14:34The Taliban-controlled national statistics and information authorities reported a 1.3 percent rise in food prices over the past month, with staples like vegetables seeing a staggering 26 percent increase.
14:48The United Nations has warned that approximately 22.9 million Afghans are in dire need of humanitarian assistance, exacerbated by high unemployment rates and harsh winter conditions.
15:05In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the fragile camp that reigned over North Kibu ended. Heavy fighting resumed in the capital, Goma.
15:12M23 rebels, supported by more than 4,000 Rwandan soldiers, took the regional capital early on Tuesday morning.
15:19Clashes began in the cities of Bihirer and Bujuju, bordering Rwanda.
15:24Telecommunications remain cut off. Many areas have neither power nor water.
15:29According to medical reports released by local agencies, there are so far 17 casualties and more than 350 wounded.
15:35Congolese President Felix Sikeri is expected to address messages to the country on the eve of the UN Security Council, which will focus on the situation in North Kibu.
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16:28Welcome back.
16:40In the United Kingdom, at least 65,000 citizens remain without power after the passage of Storm Eowyn.
16:47Authorities reported at least two deaths in the aftermath of the storm.
16:51They also noted that the loss of power indicates that the storm has had a significant impact on infrastructure and basic services in the region.
16:59As for casualties, two people, one from Ireland and one from Scotland, died due to the natural disaster.
17:05It is for this reason that officials declared the highest level of weather alert for heavy rainfall.
17:10In Serbia, thousands of students and protesters in Belgrade staged a 24-hour blockade of a major intersection demanding accountability following the fatal collapse of a train station roof in Novi Sad last November, which killed 15 people.
17:33The protests, which have gained momentum over the past month, are fueled by allegations of government corruption related to the incident.
17:40Farmers joined the demonstration with tractors, underscoring widespread discontent with President Alexander Vucic's administration.
17:47Tensions have escalated during recent protests, including incidents where vehicles have collided with demonstrators.
17:54Student organizers continue to demand more action, including greater transparency into the investigation and the release of all documents linked to the renovation of the train station.
18:07I think the only answer to the demands is for this government to fall.
18:11So, until the government falls, and I think Mr. Vucic is well aware of this, the conditions will not be met.
18:19It's an attempt to calm passions and change something.
18:23I don't think it will work.
18:25Because the most important thing is that these authorities need to change completely, and not just to publish documents that until now have been hidden.
18:36Since what is important is to change what is going on, so that there is no more corruption.
18:42The Serbian President Alexander Vucic said that the students who have been in protest achieved a great victory as he announced a call for dialogue, which he believes can begin the process of healing in the nation.
18:56I think they, the students, have achieved a great victory, and that they can build on it in many ways in the future.
19:03But it's their business and their decision.
19:07I require the most urgent and enormous reshuffle of the Serbian government, because in these difficult political times it has become clear who is ready to fight and who is not,
19:19who is ready to work and who is not, who has hidden in the rat holes and who has not.
19:25As a result, I expect more than 50% of current ministers to be replaced in a very urgent reshuffle.
19:34Survivors and international heads of state gather in Poland to commemorate the 80th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation.
19:41A total of 50 survivors gather at the main memorial outside the gates of the city.
19:46A total of 50 survivors gather in Poland to commemorate the 80th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation.
19:51A total of 50 survivors gather at the main memorial outside the gates of Auschwitz-Birkenau, joined by dozens of world leaders.
20:00Nazi German forces murdered some 1.1 million people at this site, which was under German occupation during the Second World War.
20:07Most of the victims were Jews murdered in gas chambers on an industrial scale, but Germans also killed many Poles, Gypsies, Soviet prisoners of war and homosexuals.
20:17Earlier on Monday, elderly former inmates, some wearing scarves in blue and white stripes of their death camp uniforms,
20:25laid flowers at the site and silently touched the camp's walls of death.
20:30At this, we have come to the end of this news.
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