4/03/2023
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*Education workers go on strike in Argentina
*Israeli siege on Gaza leads to extreme healthcare crisis
FTS 12.30
*Education workers go on strike in Argentina
*Israeli siege on Gaza leads to extreme healthcare crisis
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00:03 In Venezuela, the President Nicolás Maduro
00:14 denounced that the United States Central Intelligence Agency
00:17 has installed centers in Guyana's Ekiba.
00:20 In Argentina, the Confederation of Education's workers
00:28 is carrying out a national strike
00:30 to demand the reopening of the Bergenian agreement.
00:33 Palestinian health authorities report more than 1 million
00:44 illnesses as a result of the escalating Israeli siege.
00:56 Hello, welcome to From the South.
00:59 I am Irma Scholten.
01:00 And from the Telesur studios in Havana, Cuba,
01:04 we begin with the news.
01:06 The President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro Moros,
01:09 denounced on Wednesday that the United States Central
01:13 Intelligence Agency has installed centers
01:16 in Guyana's Ekiba with the objective of attacking
01:19 the Bolivarian nation.
01:22 The head of state affirmed that the intelligence agency
01:25 has proven information on these movements.
01:29 The Southern Command would also be part of the violent plans.
01:33 It would not be the first time that the White House has
01:37 attempted an arrest against the South American nation.
01:41 This last episode was unveiled by the head of the state
01:46 in the act of promulgation of the organic law
01:49 for the defense of the Guyana's Ekiba.
01:51 The National Assembly of Venezuela,
02:00 together with the national executive,
02:02 proclaimed the law that creates the new state of Guyana's
02:07 Ekiba and the framework of action of the Venezuelan state
02:11 in the historically claimed area.
02:13 Our correspondent, Leonardo Retamal, with the details.
02:18 Four months after the mandate of the popular consultation
02:24 for the Ekiba on December 3, 2023,
02:27 President Maduro signed the law that fulfills all the legal
02:30 process to enter into force.
02:32 The Guyana's Ekiba is now a new state of Venezuela.
02:36 Venezuelan men and women, let us advance Indiana
02:41 the integral recovery of the historical rights
02:43 over the Guyana's Ekiba.
02:44 That is why I am going to proceed with great pride,
02:47 with great love, with great commitment to sign immediately
02:50 and to enact this binding and obligatory law that has been
02:53 approved by the National Assembly.
02:55 The executive branch has been discussing the project
02:57 for more than three months since it was submitted
03:00 by processing on December 5.
03:01 Legislative and commission work, consultations
03:04 with territorial organizations and specialized agencies
03:07 resulted in this law, which has 39 articles that
03:10 had established a political and administrative structure
03:13 for the disputed area.
03:15 The law was promulgated on December 21,
03:17 and today receives the approval of the Constitutional
03:19 Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice.
03:23 It is a law that comes directly from the mandate
03:25 of the people of Venezuela.
03:27 It is a law for the defense of a territory that is ours,
03:31 for the defense of a sea that is ours,
03:35 for the defense of an ecosystem that is being savagely attacked
03:39 by all transnationals and mining pirates in a territory that
03:46 is incontrovertibly Venezuelan.
03:50 The law originates as a mandate of December 3
03:52 referendum, which vindicates the Geneva Agreement in 1966,
03:57 which proposes dialogue and diplomacy
03:58 to solve the controversy.
04:00 It rejects the 1899 arbitration awards and orders
04:03 to attend the population of the Esequibo area.
04:06 In addition, the executive created special divisions
04:09 of the state mining company, Piedevesa,
04:12 are mining companies to grant exploitation concessions.
04:17 For the first time, the people were constitutionally
04:19 summoned to decide the destiny and the future of Venezuela's
04:22 rights over the Guayana-Esequibo.
04:24 On December 3, 2023, the years in which the people were
04:27 summoned to decide the destiny and the future of Venezuela's
04:30 rights over the Guayana-Esequibo will pass.
04:33 The years will pass, the decades will pass,
04:35 and future generations will remember with pride those of US
04:38 who dared to summon the opinion of the people
04:40 so that it could express itself with all its sovereignty,
04:43 with all its magnificence, with all its power.
04:47 Venezuela advocates a solution through dialogue,
04:49 but constantly denounces that the old transnational ex-Mobil
04:53 and the United States are fomenting a conflict
04:55 with Guayana, which threatens regional peace.
04:57 In Venezuela, Foreign Affairs Minister Ivan Hill
05:06 denounced on his ex-account the impact
05:09 of the unilateral coercive measures
05:12 on the enjoyment of human rights.
05:14 Hill stated that while the majority of the countries
05:18 of the United Nations Human Rights Council
05:21 condemned the illegal and criminal sanctions,
05:25 the representatives of the Venezuelan oligarchs
05:28 living in Europe asked for more sanctions
05:31 against the Venezuelan people.
05:34 The minister finished declaring that they have not been able to
05:39 and will not be able to harm the growth
05:42 and the thrive of Venezuela.
05:44 In the Columbia Senate, the pension reform
05:54 advanced on Wednesday after some right-wing legislators
05:59 tried to shove it.
06:01 The two reports that requested the filling of this project
06:04 were denied.
06:06 The request of the Senator Lorena Rios from Columbia,
06:10 Justa Libres, obtained 41 votes in favor and 50 against.
06:16 Honorio Enriquez of the Democratic Center
06:18 obtained nine votes in favor of his proposal
06:22 to send the bill to the archive, compared to 51 against.
06:27 In this way, as the minister Gloria InĂ©s RamĂrez
06:30 stated that Columbia needs the pension reform,
06:34 it needs to fulfill its objective of truly protecting
06:38 the elderly.
06:40 RamĂrez also informed at the end of the sanction,
06:43 next week the debate will continue.
06:46 In Argentina, the Confederation of Education Workers
06:56 is carrying out a national strike
06:58 to demand the reopening of the bargaining agreement that
07:02 sets a wage floor and to protest against the elimination
07:06 of the teachers' incentive fund.
07:09 The teachers' organizations demand the funding of funds
07:13 for national education programs, an increase
07:16 in the salaries of teachers and retired teachers,
07:20 and affirms that it is a continuity of the action plans
07:25 against the adjustment in public education.
07:28 The teachers detailed that during the national strike,
07:31 press conferences and actions will
07:34 be held in the provinces to make the educational situation
07:38 visible.
07:39 In view of this, the government of Javier Millet
07:42 confirmed that teachers who uttered to the national strike
07:46 will be discounted the day.
07:54 In Haiti, amid a situation described by human rights
07:58 activists as a holocaust, thousands of people
08:02 try to save themselves from gang violence.
08:05 The government stands the state of emergency
08:08 as the only solution.
08:11 In this context, the incumbent government
08:13 will extend the state of emergency
08:16 for the entire Western Department until May 3.
08:20 The measure communicated by Michel-Patrick Bousvert,
08:23 the interim minister, implies a curfew from 7 p.m.
08:28 to 6 a.m.
08:31 local area.
08:32 In addition to the prohibition, the hold meetings
08:36 are a demonstration.
08:37 According to the United Nations, at least 6,500 people
08:43 have died in the last 15 months in a violent manner
08:48 in the country.
08:49 The updates that are unknown.
08:51 In Cuba, the leaders of the communists,
09:00 alongside with the government, expressed their gratitude
09:04 to China for the new donation of 68 tons of rice
09:08 that was donated to the Caribbean country.
09:11 The shipment landed at the José Martà International
09:15 Airport in Havana, Cuba's capital city.
09:18 In representation of the Cuban people and government,
09:21 the donation was received by the Vice Prime Minister, Jorge
09:25 Luis Tapia, and the Minister of Domestic Trade,
09:28 Bexsi DĂaz, among other officials.
09:31 The head of the International Relations Department
09:35 of the political organization, Emilio Lozada,
09:38 emphasized that this action confirms the good relations
09:41 between Cuba and China.
09:43 In addition, it contributes to the efforts made by the island
09:47 to guarantee the well-being of the people.
09:51 This year, another donation of thousands of tons of rice
09:55 is expected to arrive by the sea.
09:58 A PNORC survey reveals that United States citizens'
10:09 lack of confidence in the country's
10:12 democratic institutions.
10:14 According to the study presented on Wednesday,
10:17 three out of 10 citizens believe that democracy does not
10:21 work well.
10:22 At a more acute level, 14% assure
10:26 that in this North American nation there is no democracy.
10:30 The survey also reveals traces of racism and xenophobia
10:35 that some analysts blame on the political tone
10:39 on the election year.
10:40 Only 38% of the Republicans support the entry of immigrants
10:46 as a positive value for the country.
10:49 The same poll taken in March revealed
10:52 that 60% of Americans doubt the metrical capacity of Joseph
10:57 Biden and Donald Trump to lead the country.
10:59 On Thursday, April 4, we remember the assassination
11:11 of Martin Luther King Jr., the prominent United States
11:14 pastor and civil rights activist who was fatally shot in 1968
11:21 at the age of 39.
11:24 Before being assassinated by James' early raid,
11:27 he had been close watched for decades
11:30 by the FBI, which had labeled him as the most dangerous man
11:36 in the country.
11:37 For an aside, Martin Luther King demonstrated
11:40 a deep religious faith and great gift
11:43 for oratory and debate.
11:45 He suffered racial segregation in prison at age 13
11:50 when he had to give up his seat on a bus to a white passenger
11:54 for the sole reason that he was black.
11:58 From then on, he set out to fight for equal rights
12:02 for blacks and whites.
12:04 On October 14 of 1964, he received the Nobel Peace Prize.
12:10 After this recognition, the objective of his fight
12:13 expanded, protesting also against poverty and the Vietnam
12:18 War.
12:18 Now, let's take a short break.
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12:39 [MUSIC PLAYING]
12:42,
13:12 Welcome back to From the Thoughts.
13:14 Palestinian health authorities report more than one million
13:18 illnesses as a result of the escalating Israeli siege
13:23 and the operation against the Gaza Strip last October 7.
13:27 The report of the Health Emergency Operations Center
13:31 state that there are at least 32,348 cases of hepatitis,
13:38 and the number of respiratory infections
13:41 exceeds 578,845 cases.
13:47 It also reports several cases of acute diarrhea,
13:51 skin eruptions, lice infections, cavities, and smallpox.
13:57 The health agency highlighted the actions
14:00 of the Israeli occupation forces that
14:02 caused the destruction of around 155 health centers in Gaza
14:08 and left some 53 medical facilities out of service.
14:13 The Gaza health authorities confirmed
14:22 that in the last hours, the Israeli genocidal operation
14:25 raised to 33,037 the number of Palestinians killed
14:31 in six months of war crimes.
14:34 The statistical updates supported by the World Health
14:37 Organization and international organizations such as Doctors
14:42 Without Borders confirms 75,668 people injured.
14:51 Both those killed and wounded are mainly women and children,
14:56 but they are not all.
14:57 The figure may be very high, taking into account
15:01 that under the tons of rubble, there
15:03 are thousands of carcasses that have not been rescued.
15:08 The Committee for the Protection of Journalists
15:10 also confirmed that 140 press workers
15:14 were killed under Israeli fire.
15:17 In Middle East, preliminary investigations
15:25 indicate that the troops of Israel
15:27 occupied deliberately killed members
15:31 of the humanitarian organization World Central Kitchen.
15:34 The route followed by the aid workers on Monday,
15:39 April the 1st, was fixed by Tel Aviv.
15:43 The humanitarian caravan followed the planned delivery
15:46 by the Ministry of Defense.
15:48 The vehicles were duly identified,
15:52 as well as their occupants, with names, sex, nationality,
15:57 and their function within that organization.
16:00 The key fact is that after bombing the first vehicle,
16:05 the aid workers who were traveling in the second one
16:09 informed the Israeli army.
16:11 Nevertheless, they were bombed as a second time.
16:15 For the United Nations reporter Francesca Albanese,
16:18 there was no doubt Israel killed the seven aid workers
16:23 deliberately.
16:30 In Palestine, the United Nations organizations
16:33 issue a warning about the food crisis
16:36 faced by the population, which could lead to famine
16:40 at any moment.
16:42 The non-governmental organization Oxfam
16:45 International states that the Palestinians require 221 trucks
16:51 a day to avoid famine and meet their basic needs.
16:56 While the occupation forces only allow
16:58 the entry of 105, this situation places the Gaza Strip
17:03 population in a situation of vulnerability.
17:07 Likewise, Israel has not complied
17:10 with the order of the United Nations Supreme Court
17:13 to prevent genocide and guarantee
17:15 the delivery of humanitarian aid to the area.
17:19 International humanitarian aid agencies
17:22 claim that they have suffered more human losses
17:26 than any other army conflict in the world.
17:29 Israeli occupation forces detained since yesterday
17:38 evening and early morning at least 40 Palestinians,
17:42 including three women and prisoners,
17:45 freed from Israel's jails from the occupied West Bank.
17:50 The detainees and ex-detainees of the Federalist Commission
17:54 and the Palestinian Prisoner Society
17:56 state that the detention operations
17:59 focus on occupied Jerusalem.
18:02 The remaining detentions took place
18:05 in the governorates of Hebron, Nablus, Tulkaran,
18:09 and other areas.
18:10 That brings the total number of Palestinians
18:13 detained since October 7 to about 8,030,
18:18 including those who were detained from their homes
18:21 at military checkpoints, those who surrendered
18:25 under pressure, and those who were taken as hostage.
18:29 Israel is on high alert, awaiting an Iranian response
18:40 following the deadly attack of the Persian embassy in Serbia.
18:45 After receiving an alert from their American allies,
18:49 they call up several ranks of reservists
18:53 after deciding in an urgent meeting
18:56 to reinforce their air defense systems.
18:59 A military spokesman confirmed to Israel's Channel 12
19:03 that the state of alert in the occupied territory
19:07 has reached its maximum.
19:09 Some legislators denounce that Benjamin Netanyahu's decision
19:14 against Syria, Iran, and Lebanon are taking the conflict
19:18 to a dangerous and very significant scale.
19:22 Parliamentarians claim that the premier
19:24 is thinking of his political stability
19:27 and not of the country.
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20:22 The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Rishi Sunak,
20:25 threatened to withdraw the country
20:28 from the European Convention on Human Rights
20:31 if deportation plans is blocked.
20:34 The British premier, Rishi Sunak,
20:36 he and his wife state that he is ready to request the country's
20:41 withdrawal from the European Convention on Human Rights
20:45 in the event that the Strasbourg court blocks
20:48 the draft law of the immigration agreement signed with Rwanda
20:53 that has its flagship measures, the deportation of asylum
20:58 seekers.
20:59 Sunak stated that controlling borders and the entry
21:03 of illegal migrants is more important than being
21:06 a member of the foreign court.
21:09 In addition, the High Commissioners
21:11 of the United Nations European Court for Human Rights
21:15 calls Sunak's deportation plan a violation of vital human rights
21:20 protections.
21:26 On Thursday, the spokesman of the Russian presidential
21:29 office, Dmitry Peskov, assured that between his country
21:33 and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization,
21:36 there is already a direct confrontation.
21:40 The Kremlin spokesman assured during a press conference
21:43 that the Atlantic bloc is not increasing tensions,
21:47 but it is directly involved in the conflict around Ukraine.
21:52 He warned that NATO's move towards Russian borders
21:56 would weaken the security and stability of the continent.
22:00 On Thursday, the organization, whose foundation
22:03 is linked to generals of the Third Reich,
22:06 reaches the 75th anniversary of the X-Creation
22:11 shoot in shadows and doubts.
22:20 Southeast Africa is severely affected by El Nino weather
22:24 phenomenon.
22:26 On Thursday, the president of Zimbabwe
22:28 declared a state of natural disaster
22:31 due to the drought hitting the region.
22:34 The announcement by Emerson Nangagwa
22:38 makes the country after Zambia and Malawi the third country
22:42 to enter this level of contingency
22:45 due to the prolonged drought that
22:48 has ruined thousands of factories of some fields.
22:52 For this reason, the executive order
22:55 the mobilization of resources to help the numerous families who
23:00 are on the verge of starvation.
23:03 In a nationally televised speech,
23:05 the president assured that no one would die of hunger.
23:09 According to official figures, the country
23:12 has a grain deficit of 680,000 tons of grains.
23:18 Due to poor rains, more than 2.7 million people
23:22 will not have enough food to put on the table this year.
23:27 In France, the Olympic Aquatic Center
23:35 is one of the just two new facilities constructed
23:39 in the Paris region for the 2024 Olympic
23:43 was inaugurated Thursday.
23:45 The formal handover to the Paris 2024 organizers
23:49 took place with the presence of French President Emmanuel
23:53 Macron.
23:54 The center's pool, which holds more than 5,500 cubic meters
24:01 of water, was initially filled in mid-September 2023.
24:07 Equipped with over 4,000 solar panels,
24:11 the center designed aids in heating pools water to 27
24:18 degrees Celsius according to architect Laurin Muriot.
24:21 The building's concave wooden beam structure
24:25 also efficiently limits the space requiring
24:28 heating and ventilation.
24:31 Fissuring 5,000 seats for spectators,
24:35 including 2,000 removable ones, the venue
24:39 is set to host artistic swimming and diving competitions,
24:43 along with the water polo tournament qualifying rounds.
24:47 Tourists and residents packed a trackiest tapestry
24:59 of Blossom sports on Thursday to enjoy the full bloom that
25:04 has arrived later than usual this year because of cold
25:09 weather at the Japanese capital.
25:12 The elegant dark branches bursting
25:14 with pink and white flowers, known as sakura in Japanese,
25:20 spill over the moat of the Imperial Palace,
25:24 where people gather to snap photos or simply take
25:28 in the view sakura season traditionally accompanies
25:32 the beginning of the new fiscal year in Japan,
25:35 representing fresh stars but also
25:38 the fleeting impermanence and life the Japanese Meteorological
25:43 Agency declared on Thursday that the country's most
25:47 common and popular Somi Soshino variety of cherry tree
25:52 was in full bloom, four days later than average
25:57 for the city.
25:57 And we have come to the end of this news brief.
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