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00:00In Ecuador, the run-off election for the presidency has kicked off, but since Saturday,
00:12Ecuadorian expats, which include some 450,000 voters, began casting their ballots.
00:19The Venezuelan Supreme Court of Justice ratified the constitutionality of Decree
00:28No. 5118, by means of which President Nicolás Maduro declared a state of economic emergency
00:35throughout the national territory.
00:41And the United States intensifies aggressions against Yemen with new bombings against the
00:45Technical Institute in the province of Al-Bayda in the southwest of the country.
00:50This is aimed at dissuading Sana'a from supporting Palestine.
01:00Hello and welcome to From the South, I'm Alejandra Garcia from Telesur Studios in Havana, Cuba.
01:04We begin with the news.
01:20In Ecuador, the run-off election for the presidency has kicked off, but since Saturday, Ecuadorian
01:26expats, which includes some 450,000 voters, began casting their ballots.
01:31On Saturday, the head of the electoral council, Diana Atamain, presided over a leader's ceremony
01:36marking the start of the voting abroad, for which 692 voting stations were set up in 39 countries.
01:45She recalled Ecuadorians living abroad that, in their case, voting is optional, not mandatory.
01:51So, therefore, whomever chooses not to will not be subjected to any penalty.
01:57These presidential elections in Ecuador are under great scrutiny from all political organizations
02:03involved, which will have delegates present in all of the over 1,600 polling stations set
02:11up throughout the country.
02:18And in the context of Ecuador's run-off elections, we contact now Juan Carlos Valareso, chair of
02:23the International Relations Department at the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador.
02:28Hi, Professor.
02:29Thank you for your time here from the South.
02:31Good morning.
02:32Thank you for having me.
02:34Professor, how would you describe Ecuador's political panorama?
02:38What is at stake today for Ecuadorians?
02:41Well, this has been called the most important election in the history of Ecuador.
02:47We've never seen a really tight run-off between Luisa Gonzalez and Daniel Novoa.
02:54The country is really polarized, and therefore, the elections are very crucial.
03:00Current President Daniel Novoa and Luisa Gonzalez from the Citizen Revolution Movement are facing
03:08each other once again after 2023 early elections and also after the first round of this current
03:15electoral process which took place in February.
03:17What's different on this occasion, and how would you describe both candidacies at this point?
03:23What I consider to be different from the elections that took place in 2023 is the fact that Daniel Novoa
03:31has already been in the government.
03:34This has given the people the opportunity to see his government style, his actions, and therefore,
03:42the reason why there is now more distrust.
03:45He's lost a little bit of popularity compared to when he won the presidency the first time.
03:52I see both candidates in a very polarized situation.
03:58Right now, they are both attacking each other.
04:02If you recall the presidential debate that took place three weeks ago, it was a very disappointing one
04:07where people were left with more uncertainty than clarity as to who to vote for.
04:15During the time of the campaign, none of the candidates really focused on the proposals they wanted to do.
04:23It is not up until the last couple of weeks when they started really establishing their priorities should either of them win.
04:33I consider Daniel Novoa a president that's reacting to this election in a way where just take last week's decision, for instance,
04:44where even though we are right now in a state of insecurity, as your audience probably knows,
04:53he's declared another executive decree declaring the state of emergency.
05:01This is the ninth one in his 15 months of government.
05:05And this is very troublesome for many, especially given the context of the election,
05:12where nine of the provinces that are recalled on this state of emergency decree happen to be provinces where Luisa Gonzalez won the election in the first round.
05:27You've mentioned the uncertainty, you've mentioned the reactions that have been taking place in the country.
05:34How could those different approaches by both candidates be decisive on today's outcome?
05:39And how it's going to tilt the election results today?
05:43Well, we have to consider that there is a big percentage of people who either annulled their votes or who voted blank in the first round of election.
05:53I think this is a key target of the electorate that neither of the candidates have really been focusing on,
06:01especially because this population is the one that doesn't agree with either of them.
06:09Another element that it's important to mention is the fact that the vote for either Luisa Gonzalez or Daniel Novoa
06:16comes from people who are not really trusting their candidate, the one they're voting for, but they're voting so the other one doesn't win.
06:27And that's something that really worries me because it's not really a vote of confidence.
06:33It's a vote of distrust that the other one could win.
06:38In that way, I consider the the the election right now to be very uncertain, very unexpected,
06:46because the margin of difference between both candidates is just so little that you have no way of really figuring out,
06:56even though the last polls up until the moment when you can publish them gave most of them gave Luisa Gonzalez the win.
07:05The difference is just by decimals.
07:08So as we've had the experience with the American election, with the Ecuadorian election in the first round,
07:15polls are not really the source of information anymore where you could really decide who's going to win.
07:24Thank you. Thank you very much, Professor, for your time hearing from the South.
07:29Thank you very much for having me.
07:31We were speaking to Juan Carlos Balaresa,
07:34sheriff of the International Relations Department at the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador in the context of this election day.
07:40And let's now go to some informations of our candidates. Let's begin with Luisa Gonzalez.
07:46Luisa Gonzalez, a 47-year-old lawyer and former assemblywoman, is seeking the presidency of Ecuador in the elections to be held this April 13th,
07:58supported by polls that place her as one of the electorate's favorites. Let's see more.
08:03Luisa Gonzalez is a lawyer and holds two master's degrees in senior management from the Institute of High National Studies and in International Economics from the Complutense University of Madrid.
08:14As a member of the Citizens Revolution Movement, she participated in the early elections of 2023.
08:22Her government focuses on five axes, justice for good living, security and order, economic well-being with equal opportunities,
08:32the fight against corruption, ecological justice and energy transition for a clean and sustainable future.
08:38She also has expressed her commitment to the real needs of the people to generate decent employment,
08:44warranty access to health education, scholarships and credits to activate youth entrepreneurship.
08:51If she wins the elections, Gonzalez would become the first woman to become president of Ecuador, representing progressive, social and leftist forces.
09:02On the other hand, Daniel Novoa is betting that his promises to push forward the anti-crime initiatives began during his first administration and to address energy shortages will ensure his re-election.
09:19Daniel Novoa, current president of Ecuador is the son of millionaire Alvaro Novoa Pontón.
09:26As president, he has used presidential decrees to militarize the streets and to facilitate the security of businessmen in the ports.
09:34Nevertheless, his administration has been marked by a multidimensional crisis with economic recession, high levels of insecurity, energy and political deficit.
09:44He opts for re-election, violating constitutional status and failing to comply with the electoral regulations to participate in these elections.
09:53In a desperate measure, Novoa militarized the northern and southern borders in the middle of the electoral campaign under the pretext of combating armed groups.
10:06And now we have a short break coming up, but first remember, you can join us on TikTok at Telesur English, where you'll find news in different formats, news updates and more.
10:15We'll be right back, stay with us.
10:17Welcome back to From the South.
10:35The Venezuelan Supreme Court of Justice TSG ratified the constitutionality of Decree No. 5118, by means of which President Nicolás Maduro declared a state of economic emergency throughout the national territory.
10:50This decision is based on Article 339 of the Constitution of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, which allows the executive to take exceptional measures in the face of extraordinary circumstances that seriously affect the economic or social life of the country, such as the economic challenges derived from international sanctions and tariffs imposed by the United States.
11:12The ratification by the TSG empowers the Venezuelan government to advance in policies aimed at protecting the fundamental rights of citizens and promoting collective welfare.
11:28Also in Venezuela, Executive Vice President Delsi Rodriguez categorically denounced the threats made by the government of Guyana and its allies against the sovereignty of the country.
11:38The Vice President referred to the recent exercises announced between Guyana, the United Kingdom and the United States.
11:45Rodriguez denounced that these actions of Irifan Ali directly threaten the regional integrity of Venezuela.
11:52And at the same time, she pointed out that the United Kingdom and the United States are responsible for the territorial disposition of the eastern Guyana.
12:01She also alerted the population of the war-mongering plans that violate the CELAC agreements in the region as a peace zone.
12:09At the same time, Rodriguez reiterated the unwavering commitment of the Venezuelan government to defend the legitimate rights of the country against the attempts to take possession of a territory pending to be delimited.
12:22In the United States, the betrayal of New York's immigrant community by the city's major Eric Adams is leading him to his political grave.
12:37Our correspondent Henry Camelo from New York tells us why.
12:40It is said that nothing is free in life and much less so in politics.
12:49And for analysts, in a specific case of New York Mayor Eric Adams, before finding himself behind bars on serious corruption charges,
12:56he chose to abandon the Democratic flags and succumb to President Trump's designs against New York immigrants in exchange for his freedom.
13:03Now Adams seeks re-election.
13:10I think he is a corrupt politician.
13:12Of course, those business deals he has made are a disgrace against the fact that they do not pursue him legally.
13:19He made a deal and threw the children into the jungle.
13:26According to experts, now that Mayor Adams is off the hook thanks to Trump's intervention, his power has been completely compromised by the anti-immigrant machine of this new administration.
13:41Unfortunately, the mayor of New York City is completely vulnerable because of the deal he made with the Trump administration.
13:52Whatever the deal is that he would receive the pardon in exchange for the immigrants.
13:59These are things that are still being talked about and are still up in the air otherwise.
14:07He would not be opening the doors for these people, the federal administration, both to the jails, to the school classrooms, to the churches.
14:20New Yorkers' outrage at Adams is reflected in the polls.
14:27According to the most recent polls, the mayor has only 7% of the public support, too low a percentage to carry him to his second term.
14:35Second term for Eric Dams.
14:40Second term for Eric Dams.
14:42With Eric Adams' situation,
14:46he has almost zero support from the Democrat Party.
14:54And to win without the support of the Democrat Party is almost impossible.
15:07The Republicans did not want him.
15:09Now the Democrats, because of what happened with Trump, have separated from him.
15:14Who has left?
15:16No one.
15:17Who left?
15:20Nobody.
15:21For experts, Adam's political career has come to an end, and his use of immigrants as a bargaining chip with the Trump administration may have saved him from jail,
15:33but not from the repudiation that New Yorkers are showing towards him in the polls, which indicate that his mayoralty was more than a debut.
15:40It was a farewell.
15:42The Russian Defense Ministry denounced five attacks by Ukrainian forces on Russian energy infrastructure over the past days.
15:58In a statement, the Russian Ministry of Defense condemned the unilateral Ukrainian attacks on Russian energy infrastructure,
16:05denouncing that it violates Russian-United States agreements on the suspension of attacks on energy infrastructure for 30 days from March 18th.
16:14The agency detailed that the attacks were carried out in the Russian provinces of Krasnodar, Kirks and Saporozhye.
16:21Ukraine has systematically violated the agreements reached between presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump on the Russian-Ukrainian conflict,
16:29carrying out its first attacks just hours after the established energy truce.
16:34And we have a second showbreak coming up, but before we invite you to visit our Facebook page at Telesur English,
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16:53Final showbreak, we'll be right back.
17:04Welcome back to From the South.
17:13In Sudan, more than a hundred citizens were killed and thus insinured after a new attack by the rapid support forces in the state of North Darfur in the west of the country.
17:23The head of the Health Department reported that among the dead are health workers and employees of the Relief International Humanitarian Organization.
17:31Moreover, the number of victims of the conflict in Sudan has surpassed 20,000.
17:36Since April 15, 2023, fighting has been raging in Sudan between the Rapid Support Forces and the Regular Army, led by General Abdel Fattah, President of the Southern National Council.
17:49In the last few months, the Regular Army has carried out an offensive against the opposition of these forces in Khartoum and in several provinces.
17:58The International Committee of the Red Cross warned that the continuing armed confrontation could cause outbreaks of disease and a fatal collapse of the country's health system.
18:19The United States intensifies aggressions against Yemen with new bombings against the Technical Institute in the province of Al-Baida in the southwest of the country.
18:36This is aimed at dissuading Sana'a from supporting Palestine.
18:40The educational establishment was the target of at least five airstrikes in a new escalation of violence against the country.
18:47However, humanitarian organizations have repeatedly warned that these attacks usually leave citizens, civilians, victims and destroy vital infrastructure in a country already devastated by a decade of war and blockade.
19:01Meanwhile, the Ansarullah movement has reiterated its right to defend itself against the continuous aggressions,
19:08demanding the immediate cessation of foreign interference in the internal affairs of the country.
19:13Likewise, it reaffirms its support to the Palestinian people and rejects the genocidal actions of Israel.
19:20Israeli forces have launched a devastating airstrike on the Al-Ali Arab Baptist Hospital in Gaza City, destroying its emergency department, main entrance and storage area for medical oxygen.
19:36This attack has rendered the hospital inoperable, leaving it unable to receive patients amidst ongoing airstrikes in the Basijian cliff.
19:46The hospital was a vital lifeline for over a million Palestinians in Gaza and North Gaza governments, especially after the destruction of several major hospitals.
19:56The attack on Al-Ali Arab Baptist Hospital follows a tragic explosion at the same hospital in October 2023, which resulted in hundreds of casualties.
20:07The Palestinian government has condemned the recent strike as a heinous crime, accusing Israel of deliberately dismantling Gaza's healthcare infrastructure.
20:17In Italy, citizens demonstrating to demand justice for the Palestinian people were repressed by the authorities.
20:28The demonstrators rallied in the streets of Milan under the slogan, Stop the War Machine, Free Palestine,
20:35to reject the genocidal actions of the Zionist regime of Israel in Palestinian territories.
20:40In this sense, they emphasized that such crimes constitute a flagrant violation of international law,
20:47while raising their voice for the inalienable right of the Palestinian people over their territorial sovereignty.
20:54It should be noted that the demonstration was interrupted by the violent repression of the Italian police against the participants.
21:05In Russia and other countries around the world, Cosmonautics' Day is celebrated every April 12,
21:21to commemorate the first orbital flight around the Earth by the Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin.
21:27From that day in 1961 until today, Russia has maintained its status as a space power. Let's see.
21:33Cosmonautics' Day commemorates the first human space flight on April 12, 1961.
21:42Yuri Gagarin, Soviet cosmonaut, made his legendary flight in the Vostok 1 spacecraft.
21:48Gagarin spent 108 minutes in space orbiting the Earth, and his success became a symbol not only of the achievements of Soviet cosmonautics, but of all mankind.
22:05The first group of cosmonauts was classified, and, of course, nobody knew their names.
22:12They were trained according to specific parameters they had to meet, medical and, of course, engineering parameters.
22:18By the way, the first ones to be recruited were only pilots and test pilots.
22:24And among them, we all know the legendary name of Yuri Gagarin.
22:29One of the main objectives of the Day of Cosmonautics is to inspire future generations to explore space and choose careers in science and technology.
22:44This day also recalls the importance of international cooperation and space exploration.
22:50Modern space missions, such as the International Space Station, are an example of how public and private organizations from different countries work together to achieve common goals.
23:03After the exploration of space and low Earth orbit, and its utilization, it is time for the specialists to act.
23:13There must be scientists, engineers, technicians, researchers, and all kinds of specialists at every moment of the flight.
23:20In the future, space flight will be like a mission in orbit. The pilot transports them, and then they arrive at the destination and perform their function there.
23:28Cosmonautics in Russia today stands between tradition and innovation. It maintains its leading position in the international space community. Its history goes back more than 60 years, and it continues to develop and adapt to modern conditions and requirements.
23:49Recently, Nikolai Chubb and I completed a year-long mission to the International Space Station as part of Expedition ECI 7071.
23:59The flight lasted 375 days, and included more than 50 scientific experiments. One was a microgravity cell culture study, where we studied the behavior of cells in low microgravity conditions, which will help doctors understand cancer.
24:14We also study combustion processes in zero gravity, which can lead to more efficient combustion technologies, which is very important for energy and ecology.
24:23Our favorite studies are psychological studies, experiments to assess the impact of a prolonged stay in zero-gravity conditions on the health and psychological state of astronauts.
24:33These are very important for future active missions to the Moon and Mars.
24:37Thus, today, cosmonautics in Russia remains important for the country, both in terms of scientific progress and in terms of national security and strengthening international cooperation.
24:51Despite the challenges, Russia has demonstrated its strength and that it is capable of playing an indispensable role in the development of space exploration for the good of all mankind.
25:02Alie Giacinski, Telesur, Moscou.
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