FTS 12:30 07-08: Venezuela: Political Parties and former candidates appear before Supreme Court
07/08/2024
FTS 12.30
*Colombian pres. Petro marks two years in office
*Yahya Sinwar becomes the new leader of Palestinian Hamas Movement
FTS 12.30
*Colombian pres. Petro marks two years in office
*Yahya Sinwar becomes the new leader of Palestinian Hamas Movement
Transcript
00:00In Venezuela, the leaders of political parties and former presidential candidates began their
00:18hearings before the Electoral Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice as part of the judicial
00:21process into the July 28th elections.
00:25President of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, celebrated two years in office with social organizations
00:29gathered in mobilizations in defense of the government's social reforms.
00:35Palestinian Hamas moved when elected its new leader after the assassination in Tehran of
00:38Ismail Haniyeh.
00:44Hello welcome from the south, I'm Luis Alberto Matos from Televisual Studios in Havana, Cuba.
00:50We begin with the news.
00:51In Venezuela, the leaders of political parties and former presidential candidates began their
00:55hearings before the Electoral Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice.
00:59Former presidential candidates attend the call of the Electoral Chamber after President
01:02Nicolás Maduro filed an appeal to verify and investigate the electoral process.
01:07The court started the hearing for the individual appearances of the former candidates and their
01:11legal representatives.
01:12Opposition candidates Manuel Rosales of Un Nuevo Tiempo, José Luis Cartaya for the Mesa
01:17de la Unidad Democrática and José Simón Calzadilla for the Movimiento por Venezuela.
01:22The officials are called to present arguments and evidence before the court.
01:31Also in Venezuela, the re-elected president Nicolás Maduro on Tuesday reiterated the
01:35judicial summons issued by the Supreme Court of Justice.
01:38In this way, the Bolivarian leader made the announcement in the framework of a mobilization
01:42of senior citizens in support of the re-election of Maduro and in defense of sovereignty and
01:47peace.
01:48In this sense, the group known as the Grandparents of the Homeland urged the different sectors
01:52of the country to cease their attempts to generate violence and fill citizens with hatred
01:57in order to start building a prosperous and peaceful nation.
02:00During the act, Maduro reaffirmed that he expects that all former candidates mentioned
02:04will come to the call of the Supreme Court of Justice and that, if necessary, he will
02:08deliver 100% of the records that are in the possession of the government.
02:13Just now, before leaving, I heard a statement from the president of the Supreme Court of
02:23Justice.
02:24The magistrate said that the 10 candidates have already been judicially summoned according
02:30to the cause and laws of the country.
02:32I received the judicial summons and saw the 38 heads of the 38 parties that participated
02:40in the election.
02:41I was very surprised to see that there were so many candidates that I did not expect.
02:46I was very surprised to see that there were so many candidates that I did not expect.
02:47I was very surprised to see that there were so many candidates that I did not expect.
02:48I was very surprised to see that there were so many candidates that I did not expect.
02:49I was very surprised to see that there were so many candidates that I did not expect.
02:50I was very surprised to see that there were so many candidates that I did not expect.
02:51I was very surprised to see that there were so many candidates that I did not expect.
02:52I was very surprised to see that there were so many candidates that I did not expect.
02:53I was very surprised to see that there were so many candidates that I did not expect.
02:54I was very surprised to see that there were so many candidates that I did not expect.
02:55I was very surprised to see that there were so many candidates that I did not expect.
02:57I was very surprised to see that there were so many candidates that I did not expect.
02:58I was very surprised to see that there were so many candidates that I did not expect.
02:59I was very surprised to see that there were so many candidates that I did not expect.
03:00I was very surprised to see that there were so many candidates that I did not expect.
03:01I was very surprised to see that there were so many candidates that I did not expect.
03:02I was very surprised to see that there were so many candidates that I did not expect.
03:03I was very surprised to see that there were so many candidates that I did not expect.
03:04I was very surprised to see that there were so many candidates that I did not expect.
03:05I was very surprised to see that there were so many candidates that I did not expect.
03:06I was very surprised to see that there were so many candidates that I did not expect.
03:07I was very surprised to see that there were so many candidates that I did not expect.
03:09I was very surprised to see that there were so many candidates that I did not expect.
03:10I was very surprised to see that there were so many candidates that I did not expect.
03:11I was very surprised to see that there were so many candidates that I did not expect.
03:12I was very surprised to see that there were so many candidates that I did not expect.
03:13I was very surprised to see that there were so many candidates that I did not expect.
03:14I was very surprised to see that there were so many candidates that I did not expect.
03:15I was very surprised to see that there were so many candidates that I did not expect.
03:16I was very surprised to see that there were so many candidates that I did not expect.
03:17I was very surprised to see that there were so many candidates that I did not expect.
03:18I was very surprised to see that there were so many candidates that I did not expect.
03:19I was very surprised to see that there were so many candidates that I did not expect.
03:20the situation there?
03:21The big question have been judicially the amount of the candidates and parties, which
03:26of the candidates will now attend.
03:29We'll see.
03:30We will see.
03:32On the other hand, in the framework of the Bicentennial of the battle, Justice for Ounin,
03:37the Venezuelan President 누가 идет- Nuevo Les Maduro recalled how Bolívar and Sucre
03:41together with the new people, succeeded in defeating and liberating Latin America.
03:45It was the last battle that our liberator Simon Bolivar fought in his life, and it was
03:54the last battle that father and son Bolivar and Sucre fought together.
03:58Bolivar in the central command, Sucre in the operational command.
04:02We had two great unis, and where we were together, Chileans, Argentines, Paraguayans, Peruvians,
04:09Ecuadorians, Venezuelans, Colombians, Nicaraguans, Cubans, we fought together.
04:14What a glorious history we carry in our blood.
04:17We are the liberators of America, of these noble and brave people who have fought a thousand
04:23battles.
04:26The re-elected president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, thanked Mali for his sincere congratulations.
04:30The Venezuelan president posted on his ex-account the following.
04:34Our heartfelt embrace and fraternal gratitude to the people of Mali and its president, Conrad
04:38Simigoyta, for their sincere congratulations to the Venezuelan people.
04:43I ratify our will to continue strengthening the bonds of brotherhood and friendship between
04:47both peoples.
04:48In another tweet, President Maduro expressed in the social media ex, I thank President
04:57of the Republic of Zimbabwe, Emerson Dangawa, for his solidarity and support to the Venezuelan
05:03people, who have forcefully rejected violence through the popular vote on July 28.
05:08I ratify that we will continue to take steps to strengthen bilateral relations and brotherhood
05:12between our peoples.
05:19Meanwhile, Venezuelan Foreign Minister Iván Gil referred to the role of international
05:23observers in presidential elections held on July 28.
05:26Diplomata shared that Chilean electoral observers told the truth about what they saw in the
05:30elections held on July 28 in Venezuela.
05:33Observers from Chile state that those who acted as Chilean international observers in
05:36the Venezuelan presidential elections held on July 28, 2024, had been accredited by the
05:41National Electoral Council to conduct their electoral observation.
05:43Moreover, those who are from their criteria set by their observation are accompaniment
05:48of the electoral process.
05:49Therefore, they urge the Chilean government to both respect the democratic institutionality
05:53of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and recognize the will of Venezuelans clearly
05:57expressed on the ballot, as eight of the nine opposition presidential candidates have already
06:02done.
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06:37Welcome back.
06:38The President of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, celebrates two years in office on Wednesday
06:42while social organizations gather in mobilizations in defense of Petro's social reforms.
06:47In this sense, Petro will lead an official act at the Boyacá Bridge on the occasion
06:51of the 205th anniversary of the Battle of Boyacá and National Army Day.
06:56During the event, the Colombian leader will present a balance of his second year in office
07:00and will refer to his governmental achievements and goals after the first half of his constitutional
07:04term.
07:05For its part, the United Central Workers of Colombia will march throughout the national
07:10territory in defense of the government of Gustavo Petro.
07:18Gustavo Petro's government has been characterized by social reforms and a policy of total peace.
07:23Among his achievements, it is worth pointing out the approval of the tax and pension reform.
07:27It is also notable that his government had a political victory in Congress with a bill
07:31that allowed the recovery of subsidies for the public force, the historic reduction of
07:36deforestation and new advances in digital training, connectivity and bets on artificial
07:41intelligence.
07:42On the other hand, Petro continues to bet on a different model to reach a peace dialogue
07:45with the illegal armed groups, although he has not yet managed to eradicate the violent
07:49gangs that threaten the country.
07:55The Ecuadorian nation rejected on Tuesday Mexico's request for former Vice President
07:59Jorge Glass to be released from prison and transferred to a third country.
08:03The Ministry of Foreign Affairs reiterated what was mentioned in the press release of
08:08April 5, in reference to a document where Ecuador states that it disagrees with the
08:14asylum protection provided by Mexico and refuses to grant safe conduct to Glass.
08:18For its part, Banca de Hacienda expressed on Tuesday its disagreement with the Ecuadorian
08:22government's refusal, saying that this decision, announced by President Daniel Nobua, represents
08:27once again the injustice and dehumanization that as a society they must condemn.
08:37Meanwhile, the government of Mexico demanded that the International Court of Justice resolve
08:41the lawsuit against Ecuador for the assault on the Mexican embassy in the city of Quito.
08:45The Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador regretted that the International Court
08:50of Justice did not issue a ruling against Ecuador for violating the immunity of its
08:54country's embassy in Quito to arrest the former Ecuadorian Vice President Jorge Glass,
08:59who had received asylum in the institution, leading to the rupture of relations between
09:04the two countries.
09:05In this regard, the Mexican President questioned the bureaucratic network of the United Nations
09:09and stressed that the organization is inefficient in addressing global problems.
09:18The main workers' union, social and human rights organizations, mobilized on Wednesday
09:22in Argentina, marking the traditional San Cayetano Day under the slogan of peace, bread,
09:27land, roof and work.
09:29A basic claim that appears disrupted against Javier Mele's libertarian model, with tens
09:33of thousands of unemployed in little more than half a year, accompanied by a brutal
09:37cut in social assistance.
09:39The last measurement, published by the country's Catholic University, placed the poverty rate
09:43at 55% and the indigenous rate at 20.3% of the population.
09:48The Popular Economic Workers' Union, UTEP, calls annually to mobilize for this date,
09:54and on this occasion it has been joined by labor centers and other political and social
09:59organizations.
10:06Meanwhile, the Peruvian province of Huanta completed the second day of general strikes
10:10to demand the eradication of mining operations in the territory because they pollute water
10:14for human consumption and irrigation.
10:16The second day of the strike by farmer communities and the People's Defense Front of Huanta
10:20in the region of Ayacucho was carried out with the suspension of activities, very crowded
10:25marches, and road blockades.
10:27The movement, with the slogan Water Yes, Mine No, demands the total cessation of mining
10:32activity that they claim poisons the water sources in the Indian highlands, including
10:36the Rasuica Basin, which is the main water supply.
10:46Tropical Storm Debbie caused significant damage in Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina as
11:02it passed through the United States.
11:04In Georgia, Debbie triggered tornadoes and flooded streets with up to 64 centimeters
11:08of rain.
11:09Firefighters have had to use boats to evacuate residents and deliver supplies.
11:15So far, five deaths have been reported in the state.
11:18The storm will track northward along the coast until Thursday morning and then make landfall
11:22again in South Carolina and North Carolina, which have already suffered flooding valued
11:27at $2 billion.
11:34In Germany, authorities reported one person dead and eight others injured after a building
11:38collapsed in the country's western region.
11:40The incident occurred on Tuesday night in the municipality of Kruf, in a hotel that
11:44housed 14 people, nine of whom remained on the rubble.
11:47Authorities also reported that a total of 31 people in the vicinity of the collapsed
11:51hotel were ordered to evacuate.
11:53Emergency crews were quickly on the scene to continue the rescue of the remaining victims,
11:57while police are conducting an investigation to determine the causes of the collapse of
12:01the building.
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13:03Hamas political leader in the Gaza Strip, Yahya Sinwar, has become the new leader of
13:07the Palestinian movement, succeeding Ismail Haniyeh, who was assassinated in Tehran by
13:11the Israeli army.
13:12Yael Kassam Bugay, the military wing of Hamas, declared that Haniyeh's assassination is a
13:16critical event that elevates the battle with Israel to new levels and will have significant
13:21repercussions throughout the region.
13:23The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps recently stated that Israel will resolutely receive
13:28the response to the murder of Haniyeh and that it will receive a severe punishment at
13:34the right time, place and quality.
13:42No one was expecting Sinwar to replace Haniyeh and the nomination were for Moussa Abou Marzouk
13:48or Khaled Mouchard to be successors to Ismail Haniyeh.
13:52As for Sinwar, him becoming the head of the Hamas movement, he may have a positive impact
13:57on the negotiations and it might pose a challenge to Israel given that Sinwar lives inside the
14:03Gaza Strip among the people, under siege, which is different from Haniyeh, who lives
14:08abroad.
14:09Let's go over highlights of the political profile of Yahya Sinwar, appointed by Hamas
14:14as the new chair of his political bureau.
14:16Since the early 1980s, Israeli occupied officers had arrested him several times while he was
14:22at the Islamic University in Gaza.
14:24In 1987, he joined the Hamas movement and a year later, Israeli authorities convicted
14:28him to four life sentences for alleged murder.
14:31In 2011, he was released after 23 years thanks to a prisoner swap deal.
14:36By 2017, Sinwar was the leader of Hamas in Gaza as Haniyeh was elected chair of the political
14:42bureau.
14:43Meanwhile, three people were killed and more than 10 wounded in overnight Israeli attacks
14:54that destroyed two houses and ten shelters in this place and displaced people in areas
14:59of their al-Bara.
15:00In the sense, the Palestinian Ministry of Health denounced that the Israeli occupation
15:04army's attacks in Gaza killed 24 people and injured 110 in the last 24 hours, bringing
15:10a total of 39,677 Palestinians killed and 91,645 injured since October.
15:24Israeli media released a video of Tel Aviv regime soldiers raping a Palestinian prisoner
15:29and torturing others in this SDT man prison.
15:33Israel's Channel 12 released internal cameras documenting the attack on the detainee at
15:37the detention center located in the Gaza desert.
15:40The images show several Israeli soldiers selecting one prisoner among 30 others who lay on the
15:45detention yard floor with their eyes covered.
15:47They then take him to a corner where they sexually assault him while using shields to
15:51hide the facts.
15:52The Israeli media reported that hours later, the Palestinian prisoner was taken to a hospital
15:57bleeding and with serious wounds.
16:00In this context, the government of Turkey will officially join South Africa's lawsuit
16:04against the State of Israel in the International Court of Justice.
16:07In this regard, Turkey has submitted a request to the international body to be part of the
16:11lawsuit filed by South Africa against the genocide orchestrated by the Israeli regime
16:15in the Palestinian territories.
16:16Meanwhile, the Turkish foreign minister assured that it is fully prepared to seek justice
16:22against Tel Aviv, which has been violated in international law for several years.
16:26In the petition submitted by Turkey, the government emphasizes its rejection of Israel's policies
16:30against the Palestinian people, which violate international law and human rights.
16:38As the Olympic Games are underway, NGO Utopia56 denounced a social cleansing committed by
16:44the French government after clearing homeless migrants from Bastille Square in Paris.
16:48The police expelled over 200 homeless migrants from Bastille Square.
16:53The police expelled over 200 homeless migrants with their tents located next to the Olympic rings.
16:59The NGO announced that on the occasion of the Games, 216 permanent housing places were
17:04created for isolated homeless people living permanently in the vicinity of the Olympic
17:08venues, while more than 3,500 people sleep every night on the streets of the French capital.
17:14They affirmed that thousands of people housed in buffer centers will be thrown out on the
17:18streets as soon as the Games are over.
17:23They've been here for months, actually every day, and a few days ago they told us it was
17:29important to unite because we have a lot of homeless people, so we thought we would unite
17:33in the struggle for housing, to be able to show together the reality of what's happening
17:37during these Olympic Games, people without homes, without rights, even if it's a party,
17:42it's not a party for everyone.
17:44So we decided to make ourselves visible and there were about 250 of us.
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