Special envoy Yunus Soner in Venezuela updates on the 2nd Gathering for the World Social Alternative, taking place on the Bolivar Theater in Caracas, where social leaders and activists discuss world challenges and the role of media among them. teleSUR
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00:00We go now to Caracas, as our special envoy Juno Zuner brings us an update from the Bolivar Theatre,
00:06where the second gathering for the World Social Alternative is taking place.
00:12Hello from Caracas, actually from the Bolivar Theatre in the centre of Caracas,
00:17from the second meeting of the World Social Alternative convened by ALBA-TCP,
00:24the Bolivarian Alliance of the Peoples of America, Treaty of the Peoples,
00:30together with the Simon Bolivar Institute located here in Caracas.
00:34During two days, Tuesday and Wednesday, experts from all over the country,
00:40as well as from all kinds of Latin American countries and beyond,
00:45will discuss global topics here in the theatre,
00:49and they have started today's morning with presentations from the Foreign Minister of Venezuela, Ivan Gil,
00:56from the former Foreign Minister of Venezuela and current Executive Secretary of the ALBA, Jorge Ariasa,
01:04and different speakers from different countries, especially also from the European countries,
01:09that took up on the coming up elections on July 28th, and also media campaigns.
01:16In that context, they warned of possible imperialist media campaigns against Venezuela's election institutions
01:26and destabilizing the country by spreading false and illegal news.
01:31An example was given by Patricia Villegas, the President of TeleSUR.
01:35She said that the opposition here was going to emanate results of the elections
01:43before the National Election Council would do so.
01:46But remember, the National Election Council is the only authority that can do so legally,
01:52so these news will be spread out illegally and falsely,
01:56and international media organs will disseminate them and will distribute them,
02:01thus causing instability and thus causing damage to the institutions of the country,
02:06Villegas said, who also called to alphabetize the citizens digitally,
02:12to teach them how to read the news, how to read the social news specifically,
02:18and she also called, this was another demand also applauded by other participants,
02:22to create our own spaces, our own virtual spaces and our own social networks,
02:28because all participants agreed upon the one idea that these social networks that are right now existing
02:37are being dominated by the U.S. Empire.
02:40Some of them gave even examples, name by name,
02:43how U.S. government employees were deployed to lead these social media companies.
02:51So the discussions have started.
02:53They will also continue along topics such as networking among different social movements,
02:59and they will continue tomorrow, on Wednesday, also looking for how to maintain global peace,
03:05given the increasing imperialist aggressions in Europe and elsewhere.