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*Venezuelan government reiterates willingness to rescue all kidnapped migrants.
*Islamab reports they will not escalate tensions.
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00:00In the Vatican City, the mass pro legenda pontificia began in St. Peter's Basilica presided by
00:18Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re while the 133 Cardinals electors have already begun to
00:23gather in the Pauline Chapel. The President of the National Assembly of Venezuela, Jorge
00:31Rodriguez, reiterated that they will not rest until all migrants kidnapped by the administration
00:37of Donald Trump and Nayib Bukele are rescued. After more than 12 hours of armed confrontation
00:46between India and Pakistan with fatalities and several wounded, Islamabad declared that
00:51it will not escalate tensions.
01:08Hello and welcome to From the South from the headquarters of Telesur English in Havana, Cuba.
01:13My name is Pablo Micheliche. We begin with the news. Stay with us.
01:21In the Vatican City, the mass pro legenda pontificia began in St. Peter's Basilica presided by
01:27the Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re while the 133 Cardinals electors have already begun to
01:33gather in the Pauline Chapel. This holy mass pro legenda pontificia is celebrated in St.
01:40Peter's Basilica. It is the last mass publicly celebrated by all the Cardinals. As we are seeing right now, these are the life images in St. Peter's Basilica.
01:48These are the life images in St. Peter's Basilica. And as we are seeing this before the relation of the Pope, before the conclave to take place.
01:58It also is attended by bishops, priests, deacons and religious together with the entire people of God.
02:06Social mass immediately proceeds the conclave that will take place to date at 4 p.m. local time when all the Cardinals elected to vote are going to be locked in.
02:22The conclave will be presided over by Dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals and the Biblical Eucharistic test as God for the gift of Pope, who is equal to the irreplaceable task that the Christ, the Savior, entrusted to St. Peter, Prince of the Apostles and to his legitimate successor.
02:43Once again, these are life images of St. Peter's Basilica as the mass pro legenda pontificia ahead of the conclave is taking place.
02:54We go now to El Salvador. The economy will not have the expected economic growth, although the government is optimistic about a growth of more than 5%.
03:19Financial organizations estimate that El Salvador will be the one with the lowest growth in the region.
03:25From the Salvadorian capital, Roberto Hugo Presa tells us more. Let's see.
03:34The Salvadorian economy does not look good for this year. According to studies by financial organizations such as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean,
03:43the growth will be barely 2.5%.
03:46It will be about 2.5%.
03:49In fact, the Salvadorian economy is the one that has been growing the least in Central America for a long time and this year it will have a lower growth than the last year.
04:01This means that there will be less public and private investment than expected. Less economic movement, possibly affecting government revenues.
04:08This economist estimates that this situation will affect tax collection and therefore diminish the government's capacity to improve service to the population, which will be affected.
04:24For the population, less generation of employment and layoffs. In fact, a lot of people have been laid off. Last year, there were 10,000 in the industrial sector.
04:36That is to say, the capacity to offer goods to the population and services is diminished.
04:41This means, according to the director of the Center for Consumer Defense, that poverty could worsen. In a country with a little more than 6 million in evidence, the year 2023 closes with an average of 2 million Salvadorians living in poverty.
05:02To give an example, global poverty, with the salary increase in August 2021, total poverty decreased by 1.6%, and now with the growth rate projected by the ECLAC, by the International Monetary Fund of 2.5%, we are still at the same level.
05:25Therefore, this is not going to have a significant impact on poverty reduction.
05:32For the popular resistance and rebellion block, the government's economic policies have slowed growth and, on the other hand, have led to severe indebtedness.
05:45The indebtedness of any country is understood to the extent that this is aimed at promoting the economy and we have not seen that.
05:57And also, the same indicator showed the low foreign investment because, in fact, we are classified as a country of high economic risk.
06:06Economists point out that the tariffs imposed by the United States also have an impact on the low local growth.
06:17According to international financial organizations, the Salvadorian economy will be the one with the lowest growth in the region this year.
06:24And now we have a short break coming up. First, remember, you can join us on TikTok at Telesur English, where you will find news in different formats, news updates and much more.
06:39We will be right back. Stay with us.
06:41Welcome back.
06:51Colombia has officially announced its intentions to join China's Belt and Road Initiative, also known as the New Silk Road,
06:59by signing a letter of intent that President Gustavo Petro is expected to formalize during an upcoming visit to Beijing.
07:06This agreement aims to open the door for Chinese investment in infrastructure, technology and trade, strengthening bilateral relations that have spanned nearly 45 years.
07:16The Colombian government has established a joint working group with China to outline the details of the partnership,
07:23emphasizing that investment and trade exchange should be mutually beneficial and help balance Colombia's currently deficit trade with China.
07:33It should be mentioned that China is already Colombia's second largest trading partner,
07:38with growing involvement in sectors such as infrastructure and energy.
07:43On Tuesday, the President of the National Assembly of Venezuela, Jorge Rodriguez, reiterated that the state will not rest until they rescue all migrants kidnapped by the administration of Donald Trump and Nayib Bukele.
08:02In an interview to a national media, the congressman revealed information that certifies, in addition to the discrimination against Venezuelan nationals,
08:11the active cooperation of figures of the Venezuelan extreme rights with the U.S. State Department.
08:17Comparing the treatment of citizens who have not committed any crime either in the United States or in El Salvador with what happened to the Jews in Auschwitz.
08:27He told how the matrix of opinion installed by agents of extremism such as Julio Borges and the complicity of Maria Corina Machado influenced more than 200 Venezuelans to be sent to a concentration camp just for being Venezuelan.
08:43A report by United States intelligence agencies confirmed the lack of links between the President of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, and the extinct criminal group Trent Aragua.
09:01The document concluded that there is no evidence to prove that the Venezuelan president is associated with the organization.
09:08The announcement further denies these claims stated by U.S. President Donald Trump against his Venezuelan counterpart.
09:15Precisely since his return to the White House on January, Trump has promoted a narrative in which the extinct Trent Aragua under the alleged support of the Venezuelan government constituted a threat to national security.
09:29These arguments have been used by Washington to accelerate the deportation of Venezuelan migrants in what constitutes a violation of human rights.
09:39In other news, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Kearney has made his much-anticipated first visit to the White House as his country and the United States continue to spar over trade, tariff and the prospect of reimagining their shared borders.
10:01During the Oval Office meeting, the Canadian Prime Minister rejected U.S. President Trump's measures pressures to make Canada the 51st U.S. state and say his country is not for sale.
10:13Donald Trump has stated that he just wants to be friends with Canada but Mark Kearney used the meeting to dismiss any prospect of his country becoming the 51st state.
10:25Moreover, Trump also described the Prime Minister's visit as an honor for the White House and the amicable tone of Tuesday's meeting marked a stark contrast with Trump's hostile rhetoric over recent months as he launched a trade war against his northern neighbor and made repeated threats to crush Canada's economy with the aim of an accident.
10:47Trump and I met today as leaders of two sovereign independent nations.
10:57And I want to thank the President and the members of his cabinet that attended for welcoming me and my colleagues to the White House and for our very constructive discussions.
11:08I conveyed to the President today what our countries have long proven to be true.
11:16That Canada and the United States are stronger when we work together.
11:20And we go now to Peru.
11:21The oath law against human rights on the part of the conservative forces in the country does not stop.
11:27For the consulted experts, the institutions that co-govern the country seek impunity for the police, the military and for the designated President Dina Boluarte.
11:37From Lima, our colleague Ramiro Angulo with the report. Let's see more.
11:41The Public Ministry has again changed the prosecutors investigating the case of the nearly 15 people killed during the protest against the Congress and the de facto government of Dina Boluarte.
11:57But not only Raquel Cardenas has left. The prosecutors who were in charge of her, who were in charge of the investigation have left. And they have even moved some people who had temporary positions and who were supporting those prosecutors in this investigation. That is to say, all the people who are investigating today most of the cases of the social protest have never had access to the file. They have never any kind of connection.
12:15to this investigation.
12:33In their place, they have put prosecutors with no experience in human rights. And according to specialists, the measure will seek to delay the investigations and shield the police and military involved and even the president designate Dina Boluarte.
12:52This worries us because there is a cut not only in the investigation strategy of the Prosecutor's Office, but there is also a recent lack of knowledge of some people who are just starting to work on these prosecutor files.
13:10There are some cases that are already on time and we do not understand how prosecutors who have just started as permanent operational deputies could know quickly what they are dealing with.
13:25Congress has passed a law to oversee the financial of non-governmental organizations and other to declare crimes against humanity imprescriptible and now seeks to pass a law to grant amnesty to police and military officers sentenced for crimes against human rights.
13:48Finally, if the Congress of the Republic takes this decision, which I believe it could, it will take the side of the murderers, of the people who have disappeared people, of the people who have raped, kidnapped, tortured, as Fujimori did in 1995.
14:08The purpose is to guarantee political strategy of denial of history and of absolute ignorance of the rights of the victims, and a much more complete denialism in this matter.
14:21The Constitutional Court is prepared a ruling to prevent Boluarte from being investigated for the duration of her mandate, as they did with former President Martín Vizcarra and Pedro Castillo.
14:37They have already given us evidence that they are in a confabulation.
14:44They have already given us evidence evidence that they are in a confabulation.
14:49They have an alliance, a pact between these institutions to shield all those responsible for all the murders, so we will not be surprised when the court says that they cannot be investigated.
15:00That is why we are going to arrive in the capital to make the respective hearings in these institutions that are a practical visit with the government.
15:13For the experts consulted, there is no doubt that in Peru the institutions that co-governance seeks to undermine the defense of human rights and rewrite the history of political violence in favor of the conservative forces of the right.
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16:05Welcome back. After more than 12 hours of armed confrontation between India and Pakistan, with fatalities and several wounded, Islamabad declared a few moments ago that it will not escalate tensions.
16:16In order for this proposal to materialize, it has asked New Delhi to put an end to the Sindhu military operation.
16:24India's attack at several targets in Pakistan, considered terrorist infrastructure.
16:29Early Wednesday morning, the operation will have left 26 dead and 46 wounded that, according to Pakistan, are civilians and not terrorists.
16:39India contradicts version and reiterates that the missile strike was aimed at terrorist linkage to the killing of 26 tourists last month in the Kashmir region.
16:49The United Nations and several governments have asked the two countries to opt for diplomatic channels.
16:56China has agreed to initiate a dialogue with the United States, the Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Wednesday, confirming that they will not negotiate their conditions based on respect, equality and equity.
17:12Heer Lefein, member of the Politica Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party and Prime Minister of State, will be in charge of these talks.
17:22The Foreign Ministry Office also informed that the Swiss government has offered to host this meeting, which will take place on May 9.
17:31They will be meeting with Scott Besson, Secretary of the United States Treasury Department, in several sessions over three days.
17:39Beijing has been categorical in reiterating that Washington must demonstrate real willingness to resolve differences and correct practices contrary to the international trade order.
17:52The European Union expressed concern about possible new tariffs, which will affect a wide range of products.
18:04Representatives of the Continental Bloc have warned that the imposition of new tariffs could impact up to 97% of its export, which currently reached a trade volume of 549 billion euros.
18:18In response to this threat, the Eurogroup is intensifying its efforts to diversify trade and investment relations with other countries and to mitigate the impact of the complex relationship with Washington.
18:31Although they have expressed their desire to reach a negotiated settlement, they consider the situation unacceptable and will respond to the challenge it poses.
18:41Unlike this, we have come to the end of this news brief.
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18:57For Telesur English, my name is Paolo Michelice. Thank you for watching.