People of Latin American continue to pay tribute to Pope Francis // Israel kills at least 32 Palestinians in Deir Al-Balah // IMF cuts growth forecasts for most countries in wake of century-high US tariffs. teleSUR
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00:00Across the American people continue to pay tribute to Pope Francis after his death at the age of 88.
00:19In Palestine, authorities report that following an Israeli attack on the residential complex in Central Gaza Strip,
00:25the number of casualties killed rose to 32.
00:30The International Monetary Fund said Donald Trump's studies have unleashed a major negative shock into the world economy
00:38as it caught its forecast for global growth.
00:49Hello and welcome to From the South.
00:51My name is Marrera, From the Telesur headquarters in Caracas, Venezuela.
00:55We'll be good with the news. Stay with us.
01:00The College of Cardinals met at the Vatican on Tuesday to debate plans for the funeral of Pope Francis
01:17and the conclave to elect his successor.
01:19Around 60 cardinals reportedly participated in the first meeting on the Saturday, April 26th,
01:27as the death of the Pope's funeral.
01:29His body will be previously transferred to the St. Peter's Basilica on April 23rd for a three-day-long public week.
01:39Protocol calls for a state's money, followed by a simple burial in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore,
01:46and St. Francis has ordered in his will.
01:48Around the world, senior officials and people have paid tribute to Pope Francis on Tuesday,
02:01the day after the Vatican announced the 88-year-old party feed date.
02:06Do you think it was very outspoken on issues, especially yesterday's message about Gaza and Israel and Ukraine and Russia?
02:15And I think his message to political leaders is very important.
02:18And I think that the papacy will continue to have influence on more leaders.
02:23Since I don't follow Christianity, but I did know about him and I knew about how big a personality he was for this church.
02:34And so, yeah, I think it's a big loss for not just for the Vatican City, but for the entire world.
02:41I am Muslim. I would say that I am so sorry for the Christian community.
02:46And I would like to say also that I am sure that Christian community will rise from this sad news.
02:52This is so crucial today to come together, all communities, and be as one through these hard times.
03:05When all news now trying to separate us as communities, I think this is a land point to say, let's get together.
03:15Let's be sad all together for this huge news.
03:19And, yeah, this is time to be together.
03:26Across Latin America, people continue to pay tribute to Pope Francis after his death at the age of 88.
03:32The Pope is currently lying in a state in the Santa Marta Domus in a private viewing for Vatican residents and the Papal Household.
03:42In Ecuador, which Pope Francis visited in 2015, the Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador set up a book of commemoration for people to sign in Cuba.
03:54To honor Pope Francis, the government, the Korean official mourn in period from Tuesday at 6 a.m. to 12 p.m. on the 24 hours,
04:03and order that the country's flags be floated half mass in public buildings and institutions.
04:09Human leaders and former President Raul Castro released a message following the death of Pope Francis,
04:16and called him a dear friend whom he will always carry in his heart.
04:28The American held a special place in Pope Francis' agenda with seven trips that includes ten countries in the region.
04:34His first international trip was to Brazil shortly after his election,
04:38and his last Latin American visit was to Panama in January 2019.
04:43Francis, the first Pope in history born in Latin America, had in this region some of the priorities of his pontificate,
04:53but he also found enormous challenges and limitations.
04:56During his visit to Cuba, Francis met with Commander Fidel Castro,
05:00although it was a private meeting,
05:02it was an important moment because of his strong condemnation of the U.S. blockade against the island.
05:07The Supreme Pontiff also played a key role in the diplomatic rapprochement between Havana and Washington.
05:13During his visit to Brazil, the Pope criticized the inaction of the clergy,
05:18called for the recovery of the faithful and asked Catholics to go to the favelas of the cities,
05:23one of which he visited on that occasion.
05:25With gestures such as his support for peace in the region,
05:28Pope Francis gave the Vatican a leading role in peace negotiations such as the case of Colombia
05:33to seek an end to the armed conflict that plagues the country.
05:37Francis toured the Bolivian cities of El Alto, La Paz, and Santa Cruz.
05:41In this country, the Pope spoke of the sea and asked forgiveness for the oppression against indigenous peoples.
05:47In the midst of a serious political and economic crisis resulting from the U.S. blockade against Venezuela,
05:53the Pope took steps to establish a dialogue between the government of Nicolas Maduro and the opposition.
05:59Bergoglio took over the leadership of a church with great challenges and crises,
06:03two of which directly involved Latin America,
06:06the fall in the number of faithful and sexual abuse scandals within the church.
06:12In this regard, during her morning prize conference, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum
06:17allied Pope Francis' influence on reforms within the Catholic Church
06:22and his critical view of neoliberalism and consumerism.
06:27His was a humanist way of thinking, very progressive let's put it like that,
06:39in the sense of it was always approaching the humblest, the poorest, the forgotten,
06:45calling the whole world to the construction of peace.
06:48Also his criticism of neoliberalism, consumerism, and the recovery of austerity values in his own person
06:56and in general in the Catholic Church.
07:02For his part while addressing the Pope's legacy, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez,
07:08underscore on Tuesday his advocacy for the fight against intolerance.
07:12He was a leader who advocated for the fight against poverty, for a humanistic view of the migration phenomenon,
07:22for the mitigation and adaptation to climate change or against intolerance when it was most needed.
07:28I am convinced that the world will miss his courage, his message, and from Spain we will honor his figure.
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08:08Welcome back to From the South.
08:11Activists and people worldwide commemorate International Earth Day-dame crisis warning in several countries.
08:20Environmental troops have issued numerous warnings and campaigns globally urge in the United Nations
08:26to raise awareness of climate change crisis that brings devastation in many countries.
08:32In this context, Cuban authorities are managing to control local fires in Pinar del RÃo that are sentenced from a prolonged drought.
08:40Likewise, in Mexico, efforts are being made to extinguish over 100 fire outbreaks in the forest.
08:53And during the graduation of the first special course for the Bolivar National Guard Command on Tuesday,
08:59the Venezuelan Ministry on Defense, Vladimir Padrino López, assured that threats and conspiracies against the peace of the country are permanent.
09:09The Bolivarian Revolution, and I say humbly, with its intelligence, with its working capacity,
09:24has had to do and change things constantly, because the threats are also constantly changing,
09:31and also constantly is the conspiracy against the project, against the Bolivarian historical bloc,
09:38the conspiracy against the homeland, the conspiracy against our territorial integrity,
09:44the conspiracy against the peace of the country, and also the conspiracy to make our country surrender.
09:59The military chief also highlighted the importance of strengthening the Bolivarian project in the face of the Council's imperial threats against the nation.
10:06It would be difficult for Venezuela to preserve its territorial integrity and its sovereignty,
10:17without the revolutionary Bolivarian project that Commander Hugo Chavez gave us,
10:22the Bolivarian project that President Nicolas Maduro leads today.
10:27It would be difficult for Venezuela to remain united, dignified, upright, as always, looking to the horizon.
10:40In Nicaragua, thousands of people mobilized on Tuesday throughout the country to support their commitment to defend the peace
10:47and the policies promoted by the Sandinista government.
10:50Nicaragua's National Assembly unanimously approved a law of declaring April as the month in which the people defend the peace.
10:57In a plenary session, legislators recognized the historical struggle and the courage of the Nicaraguan people
11:04who have been able to confront the aggressors and traitors of the homeland.
11:09In our communique, the parliament specified that with this approval, the protagonism of people is recognized,
11:16who managed to consolidate peace as an unavailable asset and the fundamental power of which the future of the nation's children is built.
11:30In other news, a Colombian judge orders an investigation of cyclist Lucho Herrera for his possible involvement
11:37in the forced displacement of her farmers.
11:40The request was issued by Judge Maria del Pilar Bocarejo in the Cundinamarca Department, where Herrera was born and received.
11:48According to the document, the judge based her ruling on an anticipated sentence related to one of the preliminary trees implicated in this case.
11:57According to this sentence, the main subject of the investigations conducted on October 11, 2022 pointed out to be Herrera.
12:06This testimony leads authorities to consider the need to investigate the likely participation of the cyclists in this serious incident,
12:13which had left a deep mark on the local community.
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13:02In Palestine, authorities reported following an Israeli attack on a residential complex in central Gaza Strip.
13:09The number of casualties killed rose to 32.
13:12The preliminary reports detailed that among the fatalities were a group of 10 children in the locality of Darabala.
13:20According to the health authority, the government also hid the northeast of the city of Rafa as far off the escalation
13:27in an attempt to control southern Gaza, leading to force displacements.
13:32The Zionist army maneuver has intensified after violating the ceasefire equipment,
13:37which they have reactivated in plans to take territorial control of the southern enclave.
13:43The authorities announced on Tuesday that the number of people killed by Israel has increased to more than 51,000
13:50and at least 117,000 wounded since the beginning of the genocide perpetrated by the occupation forces in the Gaza Strip.
13:58Palestinian authorities accused Israel's military of destroying equipment that have been supplied by mediators to clear the rubble in northern Gaza.
14:14According to a statement by the Palestinian officials, an Israeli airstrike on a storage facility in the municipality of Jabalia on Isla destroyed nine bulldozers,
14:26which has been provided by the Egyptian Qatari Committee that was monitoring the weapons fired in the region.
14:33The text also denounced the destruction of trucks used to put out so which a mobile water tank provided by the International Committee of the Red Cross
14:42and a UNICEF-provided mobile generator which the municipality used to operate water wheels.
14:49Israel's 18-month offensive on Gaza has destroyed vast areas of the region, raising fears that much of it might never be revealed.
15:00More than 25 people were killed on Tuesday in the Indian region of Kashmir after gunmen opened fire on a group of tourists.
15:15The attack, which happens in the midst of a visit to the country's body U.S. Vice President Jeannie Vance,
15:21occurred in the Baisaran village in the tourist town of Bahagan.
15:25The gunmen reportedly emerged from a dense pine forest and approached tourists from the direction of the nearby mountains.
15:41Russian President Vladimir Putin met the Sultan of Amman Haithan, Tariq al-Said, who is in Moscow on a state visit.
15:49This is the first ever meeting between the two head of state.
15:52Prior to that, they had spoken on the phone in March 2023, the first high-level bilateral contact between the two countries since the establishment of diplomatic relations.
16:02Both leaders pledged to work to enhance cooperation in different sectors.
16:09We strive to establish distinguished and beneficial relations between us that serve the people of both countries.
16:20Our meeting this morning was with a group of businessmen who are genuinely interested in developing this relationship.
16:30In this context, the Russian President extended the Sultan an invitation to an upcoming summit between the League of the Arab States and Russia.
16:43We plan to hold a summit between Russia and the Arab countries this year. Many of our friends in the Arab world support this idea.
16:54Your Majesty, if you find the time, we would be delighted to see you at this summit between the League of Arab States and Russia.
17:02The international monetary funds have unleashed a major negative shock into the world economy as it cuts its forecast for global growth.
17:15In a stark assessment of the impact of the U.S. president policies, the organization cued its forecast for global GDP growth to 2.8% for this year.
17:27In Spain, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced an investment for security and defense spending on a meeting with local media.
17:53The media sanctions highlighted that the Council of Ministers approved an industrial and technological plan to be sent to Brussels to be evaluated by the European Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
18:06Moreover, the Premier said that the additional investment will be over 10.4 billion euros to allocate 2% of the cross-domestic products by the end of 2025.
18:17The senior authorities' rates rate increase in spending won't be related to the financing of social items nor will it represent a high in taxes.
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