22/04/2023
FTS 12.30
*Ecuador: polls show citizens rejection to central questions of referendum
*Israel’s military intelligence chief resigns
FTS 12.30
*Ecuador: polls show citizens rejection to central questions of referendum
*Israel’s military intelligence chief resigns
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00:00In Venezuela, citizens participating in the Great National Consultation called Communes
00:16can do more, with the objective of defining popular projects for the communities.
00:23In Ecuador, early polls show President Anel Dobua's proposals on Sunday's referendum
00:28In Israel, Major Intelligence Chief Aharon Haleva resigned due to his responsibility
00:36in the regime's failure before the Palestinian resistance operation al-Aqsa flood.
00:46Hello and welcome to From the South, I'm Luis Alberto Matos from the Resus studios
00:50in Havana, Cuba.
00:51We begin with the news.
00:52In Venezuela, people participating in the Great National Consultation called Communes
00:56can do more, with the objective of defining popular projects for the communities.
01:0215,617 voting centers were set up in the 23 states of the South American nation for this
01:07day of voting.
01:09In this consultation, called by President Nicolás Maduro, all Venezuelan men and women
01:14over 15 years of age participated.
01:16The citizens chose among nearly 23,000 social projects proposed by the more than 4,500 communes
01:22located in the national territory.
01:25These projects are aimed at sectors such as health, education, food, security, environment,
01:30public services and economy, and the elected ones will be financed by the government and
01:33executed by the organized communities themselves.
01:44In Venezuela, President Nicolás Maduro congratulated the citizens and community councils at the
01:49national level highlighting the popular consultation as a historic milestone in the country.
01:59Truly, we must multiply this experience, make it a permanent practice, and make it a daily
02:05practice.
02:07It is the daily democracy.
02:09A true democracy is the one that trusts in the people, the one that gives them the voice,
02:14the word, the right to decide their affairs as neighbors.
02:19I congratulate all the community councils, the 4,500 community circuits.
02:25What a beautiful people.
02:27What a beautiful democracy.
02:29What a freedom so well earned and so well defended.
02:32A beautiful day, a truly historic milestone.
02:39International observers accompanied the process of popular consultation on community's projects.
02:43Correspondent Glais Casada provides us more details on the experience.
02:49On Sunday, more than 200 international observers gathered in Venezuela to accompany the popular
02:56consultation on communes.
02:58They came to see how the people are being asked about their specific needs and to allow
03:04solutions to be found from there.
03:07Many come from progressive social movements and consider this process as a possible path.
03:14I found this process so far already, learning about it, very inspirational.
03:18I'd like to bring back that feeling of inspiration and struggle from Venezuela back to Australia.
03:24In their trip to Caracas, the observers had the opportunity to learn how each commune
03:29in assemblies and grassroots discussions identified their most pressing problems, improving water
03:36and electricity services, repairing common infrastructure, watching over the state of
03:42the highways and the roads, concerns that are not far from their own.
03:48For others, it is an experience that they hope will be replicated at home.
03:54The people participation in the decision making of the various projects in the community,
04:01that is something very impressive, like the people decide and vote which projects they
04:07want the government to fund.
04:09That's something I've not seen anywhere else, so it's something very nice.
04:16In their goal of taking part in the consultation, many of them took route to the hills in Antimano.
04:23There they learned about communal strategies like a social dining room that feeds the most
04:29vulnerable or a textile workshop that makes and provides free of charge school clothes.
04:36Many take with them the impression of a process as wide and complex as this one.
04:41Others understand that more about popular power and some take another values.
04:47Hugo Chavez to start to reorganize political social processes in Venezuela many years ago
04:55and now Nicolas Maduro to continue this process in Venezuela.
05:02So I think it will be a very good experience, personal experience, and of course for future processes too.
05:12From the consultation will come out winning projects that aim to improve the life of Venezuelans
05:18from their own decision under the premise that popular power is possible.
05:23Clarice Quezada, Chalazur, Caracas, Venezuela.
05:29In Ecuador, proposals of President Alemdo Boa according to the numbers out of the poll
05:33stations lose on the central questions of his referendum.
05:36Let's remember that the referendum has the goal of approving or rejecting popular consultation
05:41initiatives promoted by the executive on security, labor and international arbitration issues.
05:46The first results show that citizens rejected by a wide margin proposals to recognize international
05:51arbitration for investment disputes and to introduce fixed-term and hourly employment contracts.
05:57Both of the proposals were on the spotlight of Boa's administration.
06:00Earlier, Diana Atamain, head of the National Electoral Council, declared that at the end of the day,
06:0678 percent of citizens participate in the electoral exercise.
06:15Let's go now with our correspondent in Ecuador, Elena Rodriguez, for more details on Sunday's
06:19setback for Noboa's government.
06:21Hello, it is a joy to greet you.
06:27Greetings also to our audience in Latin America and the world.
06:32That's right, a strong political setback suffered the president of this country, Daniel Noboa,
06:38when facing the result of the popular consultation and the referendum where the core part, the
06:42heart, was rejected by the Ecuadorian people.
06:47I am referring to questions D and E, related to the hourly and fixed-term contract, and
06:52also the international arbitration, which in its majority, Ecuadorians voted no.
06:59According to the count made by the National Electoral Council, even though the results
07:03have not yet been made official, more than 60 percent of Ecuadorians, according to the
07:07counted votes, showed their position of rejection to this position, to this plan developed by
07:12President Daniel Noboa.
07:16We must say that political, social, trade union, progressive, leftist, students, indigenous
07:23movements, registered with the National Electoral Council to carry forward the proposal for
07:27the no in these questions, D and E, considered as the core, considered as the heart of this
07:33referendum.
07:36According to experts, the rest of the proposals, the other questions that were raised for this
07:40popular consultation were considered as a hook, as filler, to carry out this consultation
07:45that was promoted by the executive branch.
07:49So much so, that President Daniel Noboa did not go out to give statements to the press.
07:55It was foreseen that in a press conference he would issue his position at 4 p.m. yesterday,
08:02Sunday.
08:04Then that time was moved to 5 p.m.
08:06It was the Secretary of Communication, Robert Isurrieta who went out to the press and said
08:10that the President was with his family, and that he would express his position once the
08:14official results were released.
08:18Later the President published through his social medias a picture with his team, with
08:22his cabinet in which he looked happy, and like the winning team, he said.
08:28However, many analysts and experts consider that this is a political setback, and a strong
08:33message of rejection by the Ecuadorian people to the government of Daniel Noboa.
08:39We will be looking forward to the reactions that arise throughout this day and that will
08:44put in context what will happen in the future.
08:48In Colombia, right-wing sectors rallied against President Gustavo Pecho in several cities
08:52of the country.
08:53This Sunday ended as a typical day, having no complaints of violence or repression.
08:59Demonstrators mobilized to show their disagreement with the social reforms promoted by the government
09:03of the historic pact.
09:04On these protests, there were heard expressions of discontent and even live-breaking messages
09:10to the President, which Pecho denounced.
09:12Notwithstanding, on May 1st, a new march has been called for backing up the government.
09:31In view of this situation, President Gustavo Pecho posted on X that rallies against the
09:35government had around 250,000 protesters across the country.
09:40Votes prevailed in the following order, Medellín, Bogotá and Bucaramanga.
09:44Meanwhile, regarding the rest of the 18 cities, demonstrations have been weak.
09:49Likewise, Pecho underscored it is not about splitting the country up as it is already
09:54divided, it is about the population's voices be sounded off.
09:58In the face of these different voices, the government will find ways of understanding.
10:01However, if the right-wing wants to circumvent the elections and disrespect the people's
10:06vote, there will be no understanding.
10:08The national pact is for the future and not for the past.
10:11Let's take a short break, but remember you can join us on Tiktok at Tele3 English, where
10:19you will find news in different formats, news updates, and much more.
10:24Other stories coming up, stay with us.
10:38Welcome back from the south.
11:06Israel's chief military intelligence resigned this Monday due to his responsibility in Tel
11:11Aviv's failure before the Palestinian resistance operation al-Aqsa flood last October 7.
11:16The Israel Defense Forces reported in a statement that Major General Aharon Haliba had asked
11:21to step down from his post, holding himself responsible for military inaction that did
11:25not prevent the incursion of the Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas.
11:30This would be the first resignation of an Israeli political military official since
11:34then, in what was the biggest breach of Israel's security since its founding in 1948.
11:41According to a poll published last week, 62% of the Israeli population believes that it
11:45is time for those responsible for the October 7 failures to resign.
11:53In Palestine, medics managed to save a baby from the belly of her mother who was killed
11:57during an Israeli bombardment in Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip.
12:01Sabrin Yuda arrived in the world minutes after her mother was killed after the family
12:04home was hit by an Israeli airstrike at midnight on Saturday.
12:08In addition to her mother, her father and four-year-old sister were killed in the bombing.
12:12However, at the Kuwaiti hospital where the bodies were taken, medical workers performed
12:17an emergency C-section on the woman who was 30 weeks pregnant, saving the life of the
12:22newborn.
12:23According to authorities, at least two-thirds of the more than 34,000 Palestinians killed
12:28by Israel in Gaza have been children and women.
12:37The baby has been treated since yesterday until now.
12:40We can say that there is some progress in her state of health, but the situation is
12:44still at risk.
12:45This respiratory distress syndrome is originally caused by a premature birth.
12:49This child should have been in her mother's womb at that time, but she was deprived of
12:53this right.
12:55In the United States, activists continue protesting from the campus of the University of Columbia
12:59in solidarity with the Palestinian people of the Gaza Strip.
13:02University students maintain their protests with tents in an open area of the institution,
13:07despite the administration's threat to call back riot police.
13:11The group is calling on the school to get rid of corporations that they claim were taking
13:14profit from the Israeli military action in Gaza.
13:18So far, more than 100 demonstrators have been arrested.
13:22There were also demonstrations reported at the University of North Carolina, while the
13:25Harvard University Palestine Solidarity Committee announced a strike to express support for
13:30the steadfast Colombian students.
13:38In the Gaza Strip, rescue teams have recovered 210 bodies after the Israeli occupation forces
13:43left the southern city of Hanounis.
13:46Civil defense officials said the bodies, mostly women and children, were found in a mass grave
13:50near the Nasser Hospital, and it is presumed they were victims of massacres perpetrated
13:55by Israeli troops.
13:56The agency said that so far 2,000 Palestinians have been reported missing, who may have been
14:01killed and buried or kidnapped by the occupation.
14:05Since the start of the Israelization on October 7, over 34,000 people have been killed and
14:0976,000 wounded, while thousands of victims still remain on the rubble.
14:18The Lebanese resistance movement, Hezbollah, attacked the Israeli settlement of Shomera
14:22in response to the attacks perpetrated by the occupation army against villages and civilian
14:26homes in southern Lebanon.
14:28In a statement, the movement confirmed that it had attacked a building used by Israeli
14:32uniformed forces in the occupied Lebanese town of Tarbika.
14:35The resistance fighters further reported the destruction of newly installed surveillance
14:40equipment around the Dawif barracks, as well as the firing of heavy Berkan rockets towards
14:45an Israeli soldier's position south of the military site.
14:48The Lebanese resistance reiterated they will continue until the Tarbik regime ceases its
14:53actions over Gaza.
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15:38The President of Iran, Ebrahim Raisi, arrived in Pakistan for a meeting with the Prime Minister
15:42Shabazz Sharif within the framework of his official visit aimed at promoting security
15:46and trade ties.
15:47Raisi and Sharif held a private meeting after the Iranian President's arrival in Islamabad.
15:52The two sides will discuss a broad agenda to strengthen bilateral ties and boost cooperation
15:57in various areas such as trade, connectivity, energy, agriculture, and people-to-people
16:02contacts.
16:03Prior to his arrival, the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran stressed that the
16:06two neighboring countries intend to increase the value of their trade and economic exchanges
16:11to $10 billion, given their great capacities.
16:32In Burun, the citizens continue to cope with floods, which have left thousands of people
16:36evacuated and property damaged.
16:38Floodwaters of Lake Tanganyika overwhelmed the port of Bujumbura, the economic capital
16:43of Burundi.
16:44According to the United Nations, since September, more than 200,000 people have been affected
16:48in the country, while some 19,000 houses have been destroyed.
16:53Climate experts say that the weather phenomena in Burundi and other countries in the area
16:57are part of the extreme conditions related to the El Niño weather pattern.
17:08Since last year, the rain and the water levels have been rising here.
17:11Little by little, the land is getting waterlogged.
17:14Now, it has reached this level and we have never seen it this bad.
17:18It's terrible.
17:19It's the first time I've seen it like this in my lifetime.
17:23In China, authorities reported over 11 people missing in the southern province of Canton
17:28following recent floods.
17:29The Provincial Department of Emergency Management added that a total of 53,741 people were relocated,
17:36of which 12,256 had to be urgently resettled.
17:39The agency also confirmed that three people were found dead in the city of Shaoqing,
17:45one of the areas with the highest level of damage caused by the rainfall.
17:48Local authorities urged the public to cut off power supply in high-risk areas, as well
17:52as to suspend outdoor activities and events.
18:02In Spain, authorities announced official results on Sunday's general elections held
18:06in the Basque Country Autonomous Community.
18:08The Basque Nationalist Party won and now they have as many seats in Parliament as the El
18:13Bildu Party, that is 27.
18:15The Spanish Socialist Party won two more seats, for a total of 12, and the Popular Party got
18:19seven seats.
18:20Also, the candidate representing Vox got re-elected, and the Sumatra Party got one seat.
18:25Thus, the Socialist Party has become the third leading political force in the Basque Country.
18:30These elections had a 51% turnout.
18:38With less than 100 days to go until the start of the Olympic Games in Paris, on Sunday World
18:42Athletic Legends Carl Lewis said he believes it will be a fabulous venue.
18:46First of all, I think Paris is going to be fabulous, incredible.
18:52It's a wonderful country.
18:55It's a beautiful city.
18:56And I know they're going to integrate the culture and the ideas, and being the 100th
19:01anniversary, I think it's going to be an absolute fabulous Olympics.
19:06Olympic champion Paris, Jeb Chirchir won the Women's London Marathon on Sunday in a world
19:11record time of 2 hours, 16 minutes, 16 seconds for an all-female race.
19:16In this sense, the 30-year-old Kenyan beat the women's record of 2 hours, 16 minutes,
19:2017 seconds set by her teammate Madi Keitani in 2017.
19:24For her part, Jeb Chirchir stated that she is very satisfied with the result achieved
19:29in her first race of the current year, and assured that she is fully motivated and focused
19:33on the Olympic Games to be held in Paris.
19:40I'm feeling good.
19:43This was the last race for Kenya to select a team for the Olympics.
19:47So I was trying to work extra hard to defend my title in the Olympics.
19:54We have come to the end of this newsbrief.
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20:03For Telestro English, I'm Luis Alberto Matos, thank you for watching.