FTS 12:30 06-07 Venezuela: Pres. Maduro calls to investigate destabilizing plans

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00:00In Venezuela, President Nicolás Maduro urged the Attorney General's office to investigate

00:13the far-right's destabilizing plans for the presidential elections.

00:21In Iran, Massoud Pashinyan was elected president after defeating Saeed Jalili in Friday's runoff

00:26election, and in Palestine, Israeli occupation forces killed at least 29 civilians in three

00:35massacres during the last 24 hours in Gaza.

00:44Hello and welcome from the south, I'm Luis Alberto Matos from Televisa Studios in Havana,

00:48Cuba.

00:49We begin with the news.

00:50President Nicolás Maduro urged the Attorney General's office to investigate a video released

00:55by Colombian parliamentary groups in which they claimed that the extreme right contacted

00:59them to promote destabilizing plans for the presidential elections.

01:03The national president received news about an accusation made by a Colombian armed group

01:07where they claimed that they were contacted by the Venezuelan extreme right wing to carry

01:11out a plan to destabilize the government of President Nicolás Maduro on the day of the

01:14presidential elections.

01:16The video details that the Venezuelan far-right wing was seeking to attack the border areas

01:21with the support of parliamentary groups after attacking the country's electricity

01:25system.

01:31Venezuelans celebrated Friday the 213th anniversary of his independence from the Spanish colonial

01:36empire.

01:37The Bolivarian head of state Nicolás Maduro presided over a military parade in Caracas

01:41to mark the historic date and deliver the event's closing speech.

01:44Our correspondent in Caracas, Yunis Soner, with this story.

01:51The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela has commemorated today, on July 5, the 213th anniversary of

01:58its independence.

01:59A military parade was held in the capital city of Caracas with the attendance of President

02:05Nicolás Maduro, who held a speech at the ceremony.

02:08213 years later, remembering the young Simon Bolivar, member of the Patriotic Council,

02:19we can state, Miranda, Cristobal, Bolivar, we have accomplished, we have preserved the

02:27most valuable good that the liberators and the Comandante Chávez had left to us, independence.

02:37We are a free, sovereign and independent homeland that is moreover in peace.

02:47Today is also the day of the national Bolivarian armed forces.

02:52Thus, the parade had a military character, or better said, a civic military character,

02:58with participation of armed forces and representatives of the civil society.

03:03Here, President Maduro also commented on the historic and future role of the armed forces

03:09of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.

03:13These armed forces of the liberators was born as the most powerful armed forces ever

03:21existed and has crushed the imperial, colonialist and genocidal military that had dominated

03:31our America for 300 years.

03:34This is the anti-colonialist national Bolivarian armed forces.

03:42And just weeks ahead of the presidential elections, which are due to take place on

03:46July 28, the President also commented on the future of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

03:53and its basic foundational political positions.

03:57This baton of the Commander-in-Chief of the National Bolivarian Armed Forces, which I

04:05have carried with patriotism, bravery, defending the truth of our country, will continue to

04:12be in good hands in the coming years.

04:16This baton of command will never fall into the hands of an oligarch, a puppet, a traitor.

04:25I swear, never.

04:29On the Day of Independence and the Armed Forces, Venezuela displayed unity between the Presidency,

04:35the Armed Forces and the people, as well as a firm stance against any form of foreign

04:40intervention into the country.

04:42Miguel Soner from Caracas, Venezuela.

04:47Nicaragua's government congratulated the Venezuelan people on its President Nicolás

04:51Maduro for the 213th anniversary of their nation's independence.

04:54The congratulations were expressed through an official statement where Managua said it

04:58was a historic day for the heirs of Bolívar and Chávez for an eternally free, sovereign

05:03and temperate Venezuela.

05:05The text also expressed the Nicaraguan government's certainty that great triumphs and victories

05:10will continue to be harvested in all the battles by what it described as a heroic homeland.

05:16In reference to the upcoming presidential elections to be held in Venezuela on July 28,

05:20the statement reiterated Managua's all-out support and solidarity with the Bolivarian

05:24cause in what it described as a victorious July for the Venezuelan people.

05:35A Buenos Aires court in Argentina has recognized the victims who appealed to the principle

05:39of universal justice and filed a complaint against former Colombian President Álvaro

05:44Rivera Vélez.

05:45The court ruling followed a lawsuit filed by 11 victims on November 7, 2023 before federal

05:51judges to investigate the former Colombian president for cases of extrajudicial executions.

05:56The victims claimed that they had to resort to Argentinian courts after no mechanisms

06:01were found in Colombia to carry out the investigation.

06:04The principle of universal jurisdiction allows victims to go to justice institutions in other

06:07countries to investigate those allegedly responsible for a crime.

06:18In Paraguay, teachers' unions demonstrated in rejection of the civil service and civil

06:21service career bill promoted by the government.

06:25The educators expressed that this plan does not guarantee job stability and that it is

06:29an attack against teachers' freedom of organization.

06:32In this sense, they met with legislators in the National Congress to present their demands

06:36and the rejection of this regulation, in addition to denouncing that the government

06:40seeks to suppress the right to protest and strikes.

06:52In Brazil, at least 10 citizens died and more than 40 were injured after a bus overturned

06:56due to mechanical failure in the city of Sao Paulo.

07:00The accident happened early on Wednesday morning.

07:02According to authorities, it was a unit carrying approximately 50 passengers.

07:06On board were tourists on their way to the Basilica of Our Lady of Aparsita, an important

07:11pilgrimage site for Catholics in the South American country.

07:14In this regard, local authorities and emergency services have mobilized resources to assist

07:19victims and clarify the exact causes of the tragic event.

07:24Let's take a short break, but remember you can join us on TikTok at Televisor English,

07:30where you'll find news in different formats, news updates and much more.

07:35We'll start in a minute.

07:36Coming up, stay with us.

07:59Welcome back.

08:00Let's now take a look at the situation in Haiti after the arrival of special forces

08:04from the Kenyan police as part of the mission approved by the United Nations to support

08:08the Haitian police in the rescue of national security.

08:12Correspondent Daisy Toussaint has the details.

08:16A contingent of the special forces of the Kenyan police arrived in Haiti and is in charge

08:21of restoring security in Port-au-Prince, which is almost entirely controlled by armed criminal

08:26groups.

08:27But despite the relative optimism of some sectors of the population, there are reservations

08:31due to past experiences with foreign interventions in the Caribbean nation, which were sometimes

08:36marred by accusations of abuses.

08:49We have had in the last 20 or 30 years, more than five interventions of different missions

08:53of the United Nations with different names, but the result is a complete weakness of the

08:57state institutions, especially the police and now we have the Kenyans.

09:01And now the people in Haiti are a little bit sad to see that every time the nation has

09:05to go to external forces to organize our security.

09:09But those in power, especially those who are always controlled by the United States, have

09:13really managed to take over the sovereignty and control of the country and that is sad.

09:29The arrival of Kenyan police officers in Haiti, as part of an international mission authorized

09:34by the UN, aims to improve the security situation in a country severely affected by violence

09:39from criminal groups.

09:52There are many people who say they feel a little relief to see that something is moving

09:56because we have been left for more than two years with the government of Ariel Henry.

10:00It is like the country, the state was in pause and they were not acting at all to resolve

10:04the situation.

10:05Then there are also people who have the hope that they will be able to move freely, return

10:09to their jobs etc. but we haven't seen anything yet.

10:26The leader of one of the most important armed bands, Jimmy Cherizier, known as Barbecue,

10:31marched through the streets with his men to show his disagreement with the foreign mission

10:34calling for dialogue or fighting, ignoring the fact that the violence sown by these criminal

10:39groups has left more than 580,000 people displaced and has aggravated the humanitarian crisis

10:44in the country.

10:52I know very well that a person who has a military background and a person who has knowledge

10:57about the police knows that if he is fighting, he has to leave the door open for dialogue.

11:08Haitian Prime Minister Gary Conil has expressed optimism about the potential of this intervention

11:12to restore order and has called for patience while forces acclimatize and begin operations.

11:18But the criminal group's leaders indicate that there will be resistance and that they

11:21will go into battle.

11:26I recognize that there are people among us who did very bad things that society does

11:31not agree with.

11:32But we are true sons of Desalegn and we will not allow any foreign force to come here to

11:37kill us.

11:41Despite threats from armed criminal groups, the UN and several countries involved hope

11:45that this mission will mark a positive change for Haiti, while the population waits expectantly

11:50for a solution to the crisis in the Caribbean nation.

12:07In Iran, Massoud Peshachian is the new president after defeating Saeed Yalili in a run-off

12:15election in the Persian nation.

12:17The Ministry of Interior confirmed that Peshachian obtained 53.66% of the votes.

12:21Yalili, his rival in the second round, won 44.34% of the votes in an election where 49.8%

12:28of the population voted.

12:30Supporters of the winner, who obtained 16.3 million votes, have taken to the streets of

12:35the country to celebrate the victory.

12:42Let's review the profile of Massoud Peshachian.

12:44Born in 1954, he has a PhD in Medicine and General Surgery from Tabriz University.

12:50He was appointed Health Minister from 2001 to 2005, during former President Katami's

12:56term.

12:57From 2016 to 2020, he served as first Deputy Speaker of Parliament.

13:01He has previously run for the elections in 2013 and 2021.

13:04In 2013, he resigned in favor of Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, while in 2021,

13:11the Guardian Council didn't pass him as a candidate.

13:21France prepares for next Sunday's elections to decide how the new National Assembly will

13:25be formed.

13:26In this context, the advance of the far-right has made more than 200 candidates withdraw

13:30their mandate to create a Republican quorum to stop Marine Le Pen at the polls.

13:34More details with our special envoy in Paris.

13:40France prepares for the second round of the most important legislative elections in decades.

13:44Young people fight street by street to stop a far-right majority in France.

13:48We are now distributing flyers in the streets, because we believe that it is very important

13:52that everybody goes to vote, because we don't want the National Rally to become Prime Minister,

13:57nor to have a majority in the Assembly.

13:59That's why we believe that we have to go to vote and mobilize the people to go to the

14:03voting day.

14:04That's why we are here in the street giving out the flyers in the center of Paris, but

14:08also in the different constituencies.

14:10Fabio is a young Parisian artist of immigrant origin.

14:13He follows the rise of the far-right in France with great concern.

14:16But what is clear to him is that Emmanuel Macron's mandate has come to an end.

14:21Of course, for me, his presidency is over.

14:25His party obtained a minority.

14:27It is true that there is no absolute majority, but to obtain two minorities does not give

14:33him a choice, because he would be behind the extreme right and the left forces.

14:39That's why he is blocked, because he has no choice but to collaborate with the left.

14:44More than 200 candidates have withdrawn their candidacy to stop a far-right majority that

14:48the new popular front is trying to stop at the ballot box within a historical agreement

14:52of the French left.

14:57Emmanuel Macron wanted to take the left for a ride, but they managed to reach a historic

15:01agreement in 24 hours.

15:04Many thought that there was a lot of difference, hatred, resentment, but in a context like

15:08this, there was only one possibility.

15:12That all the progressive forces and all the forces that call themselves leftists agreed

15:16on a common program and dared to lead it so that the extreme right could not come to power

15:21and that a progressive government could finally succeed in France.

15:26The Place de la République is once again the anti-fascist symbol in France, symbol

15:31of the republican agreement against the advance of the ultraconservatives at the ballot box.

15:36A republican cordon of parties, both left and center-right, to prevent Marine Le Pen's

15:42ultra-right from gaining power is the response of the political parties in France for the

15:46second round of the legislative elections next Sunday.

15:49Sergio Rodrigo and Javier Díaz-Muriana, Del Sur, Paris.

16:19Welcome back.

16:39Israeli occupation forces killed at least 29 Palestinians in three massacres during

16:43the last 24 hours in the Gaza Strip.

16:46Health Ministries report that the Sionist attacks injured over 100 people, however,

16:50authorities warn that many victims remain on the ruble amid constant Israeli bombardments,

16:54alerting to the possibility that bull figures could be even higher.

16:58According to the latest reports, 38,098 Palestinians have been killed and another 87,705 have been

17:04wounded since October 2023.

17:11In this context, the Palestinian Health Ministry called on the international community to stop

17:15Israel's war campaign in the occupied territories.

17:18Authorities also call on humanitarian organizations to exert pressure on the Tel Aviv regime to

17:22stop its attacks on medical centers, rescue groups, and ambulances in the Gaza Strip.

17:27Only 15 out of 36 hospitals are currently operating in the Gaza Strip amid severe shortages

17:33of staff and supplies.

17:39In Palestine, also, authorities denounce a water crisis in the occupied West Bank due

17:46to Israeli cuts to water supplies.

17:48The Palestinian Water Authority pointed out that water consumption is rising in the midst

17:52of rising summer temperatures, while denouncing that the amount of water available for Palestinians

17:57in the West Bank amounts to 105 million cubic meters, 13 million less than what was agreed

18:03upon in the 1995 Oslo Accords.

18:06The Colonization and World Resistance Commission denounced that Israeli authorities control

18:1088% of water sources in the West Bank and allow settlers to have free and unimpeded

18:16access to the vital liquid.

18:25The World Health Organization warned that fuel shortages in the Gaza Strip could have

18:29a catastrophic impact on health services destroyed by the Israeli siege.

18:34The United Nations institutions pointed out that only 90,000 liters of fuel managed to

18:38enter the Gaza Strip, while the health sector needs more than 80,000 liters daily.

18:43In that sense, the entity informed that they are working to send limited supplies of gasoline

18:47to important hospitals, including the Nasser Medical Complex and the 21 ambulances of the

18:52Palestinian Red Crescent Society.

18:54On the other hand, they also stressed the need to reopen the Rafah Crossing and to allow

18:58the flow of humanitarian aid.

19:04In other news, Russian President Vladimir Putin received Friday the Prime Minister of

19:10Hungary Viktor Orban.

19:12The main issue of both leaders' agenda was finding a solution to the conflict in Ukraine.

19:17During a joint press conference following the closed-door meeting, the Hungarian Prime

19:20Minister admitted that Moscow's and Kiev's positions remain very far apart, citing his

19:25recent trip to Kiev to meet the Ukrainian leadership.

19:27However, he recognized that starting the contact was the most important step and promised he

19:31would continue to work on that direction.

19:34On the other hand, the Russian President reiterated Moscow's readiness to resolve the conflict

19:38through negotiations, but warned that the Ukrainian leadership seemed to be still incapable

19:42of abandoning its idea of waging a war until the end.

19:51Russia favors a full and final end to the conflict.

19:54The conditions for that, as I said, are set out in my speech at the Foreign Ministry.

20:10We are talking about the total withdrawal of all Ukrainian troops from the Donetsk and

20:15Lugansk People's Republics, from the Zaporizhia and Kursan regions.

20:19And Ukraine's sponsors continue to try to use the country and its people as a battering

20:24ram, sacrificed in the confrontation with Russia.

20:32As we see the state of affairs, taking into account what we heard today from Mr. Prime

20:38Minister, Kiev is still not ready to abandon the conflict.

20:49To abandon the idea of waging a war to a victorious end.

20:55I have found that positions are far apart.

21:01The number of steps needed to end the war and bring about peace are many and high.

21:10But in terms of dialogue and restoring dialogue, the first important step has been taken today

21:15and I will continue this work.

21:17Like this we have come to the end of this newsbrief.

21:20You can find this and many other stories on our website at TELESFORENGLISH.NET

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21:29For TELESFORENGLISH, I'm Luis Alberto Matos.

21:31Thank you for watching.

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