FTS 16:30 19-08: Pres. Maduro leads meeting with PSUV and GPP leadership
19/08/2024
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*Colombian ELN ends armed strike in Choco region.
*Hamas-Israel negotiations heading to 'failure'.
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*Colombian ELN ends armed strike in Choco region.
*Hamas-Israel negotiations heading to 'failure'.
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00:00Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro led a gathering with leadership of the Socialist
00:13United Party of Venezuela and the Great Patriotic Folk and addressed the consolidation of the
00:19ruling party victory in face of the extreme far-right in the country.
00:27In Colombia, the National Liberation Army announced the end of the armed strike in the
00:32department of Chocó in the northwest of the nation.
00:39And U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken stated negotiations between Hamas and Zionism
00:45are heading to failure.
00:49Hello, welcome to From the South, I'm Ana Marrera from the TeleSUR headquarters in Caracas,
00:57Venezuela.
00:58We'll be with the news, stay with us.
01:11... have shown confidence in his government to guarantee peace and stability.
01:15Maduro also highlighted the importance of militants' efforts to combat violent strategies
01:21of far-right and cyber-fascism and also made a reference to a recent list for a law against
01:27fascism and neo-Nazis in the nation.
01:30In this way, the head of state assured Bolivarian revolution continues moving forward in the
01:35face of adversity.
01:42An entire country that trusts that we will continue to be the governing force that guarantees
01:47the peace of this country, that guarantees independence, stability, that guarantees the
01:53validity of the constitution, of the law, of order, of social cohesion, of political
01:59cohesion, of territorial integrity, of the sovereignty of the nation.
02:04We are the greatest force of guarantees for a country, for a people.
02:12Also in Venezuela, the justice of the electoral chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice, together
02:17with a group of international observers, visited the headquarters of the National Electoral
02:21Council to begin the validation of the samples of physical transcribed minutes for the progress
02:28of the investigations of the continuous electoral appeal.
02:33The justices of the electoral chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice, headed by the president
02:38of the judiciary, Carizlia Rodríguez, and the justices Fanny Marquez and Inocencio Figueroa,
02:42accompanied by the experts and international observers who are witnesses in the investigation
02:46process of the contentious appeal filed by President Nicolás Maduro, arrived at the
02:51main headquarters of the electoral power in Caracas, Venezuela.
02:59This after the Supreme Court of Justice informed that once the process of transcription of
03:03the representative samples of the tally sheets submitted by the National Electoral Council
03:07is finished, they will proceed to the validation of the tally sheets.
03:16The justices were guided to the data center where the entire technological infrastructure
03:21of the National Totalization Center No. 1 of the National Electoral Council is located.
03:26In this space, the servers of the National Electoral Council operate.
03:29This is what is called by the Electoral National Council authorities as the electoral bubble,
03:35a restricted security area that protects all the technological infrastructure of the
03:39National Totalization Center No. 1 of the National Electoral Council.
03:45The authorities also toured the management area of the Totalization Center where the
03:48justices, experts, and international observers will validate the physical tally sheets coincide
03:53with the digital ones, and will verify that the results are correct.
03:57The technical specialists of the National Electoral Council manage the platform to support
04:02the verification process of the experts of the Supreme Court of Justice.
04:05This is where all the tally sheets transmitted by the voting machines are received and where
04:09the process of reception of the same is done.
04:19Once they pass all the security protocols and are proceeded and totalized, this procedure
04:24is carried out in this room in the management area of the Totalization Center No. 1 of the
04:29National Electoral Council.
04:31The act was observed in real time by the witnesses of the different political organizations that
04:35participated in the electoral event of the last July 28.
04:42With today's verification, the Electoral Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice closes
04:48the cycle to verify that the tally sheets that were transcribed in Phase 1 of the technical
04:53expertise and that coincide with the tally sheets received in the database of the National
04:57Electoral Council National Totalization Centers.
05:00This will guarantee that the integrity of the data has been maintained at all times
05:04by demonstrating 100% consistency of the same.
05:07Likewise, on Sunday, the President of Pakistan, Asif Ali Sardari, addressed a letter to his
05:13counterpart of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, in which he recognized him as the winner of
05:17the July 28 presidential elections.
05:20The Pakistani head of state highlighted that the third consecutive victory of the Venezuelan
05:24president reflects the respect and confidence of the people in his leadership.
05:29Furthermore, Ali Sardari assured that both nations will continue on the path of cooperation
05:34and strategic alliances for the advancements and development of the electoral relations
05:40between the countries.
05:46In Colombia, the National Liberation Army announced on Sunday the end of the armed strike
05:52in the Department of Chaco in the northwest of the nation.
05:55The decision was communicated by the Armada González Western Warner from the National
06:01Liberation Army and made effective since 6 a.m. local time on Monday.
06:06The strike was decreed last July 11 due to an offensive against the Clan del Golfo and
06:12has affected several municipalities in the region where, according to the local authorities,
06:1745 to 50 thousand people have been left confined and three people have died.
06:25In Manaví, western Ecuador, a couple was murdered on Sunday in broad daylight.
06:33Abroad, public transportation as the country experienced a surge in violence in the last
06:3972 hours.
06:42The crime was registered in the touristic city of San Vicente, located north of Manaví,
06:48and its perpetrators have yet to be apprehended.
06:52In the context of the current escalating wave of violence, another murder was committed
06:58in the central province of Los Ríos, where the victim was shot six times by an actual
07:04shooter.
07:05Precisely, Los Ríos has reportedly registered 116 homicides so far this year, which represent
07:13at least two murders a day.
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07:45Welcome back to From the South.
07:55On Monday, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken stated negotiations between Hamas
08:00and Zionism are heading to failure.
08:02The U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said so to the President of Israel Isaac Herzog
08:08as they met on Monday before they encountered Blinken with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
08:15Washington used to be confident about reaching a solution earlier, but it has been frustrated
08:22as Israel has laid constant ties to the original proposal of Qatar, Egypt, and the United States.
08:29Blinken warned that Israeli President that perhaps they are facing the last change to
08:36save the hostages.
08:42And regarding the Palestinian Resistance Movement's rejection to the new proposal in a new statement,
08:48Hamas called on the mediators to offer a concrete plan to implement the proposals agreed upon
08:54on July 2nd, emphasizing the need to avoid a continuous cycle of illegalization due to
09:01the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's delay in tactics and his new arbitrary conditions.
09:11The Palestine Medical Authorities in the Gaza Strip reported that Israeli attacks on the
09:17Palestinian enclave have killed more than 3,000 people since the beginning of the Israeli
09:21genocide against the Palestinian people.
09:24The enclave's Ministry of Health also reported that since the beginning of the Israeli offensive,
09:29more than 92,000 people have been injured while another 10,000 are missing.
09:34It is important to point out that civil defense teams and ambulances have difficulties to
09:39enter the areas affected by the clashes due to the prohibitions of the Israeli occupation
09:43forces, causing many victims to die due to the lack of medical assistance.
09:52The Hamas-Palestinian Resistance Movement welcomed the decision of the President of
09:56Colombia, Gustavo Petro, to prohibit the export of coal to the Israeli occupier.
10:02Hamas congratulated the President for his courageous stance in breaking off ties with
10:08the Zionist occupation to press Tel Aviv to stop the genocide in Gaza.
10:13Colombia used to be the largest supplier of fossil fuels to Israel.
10:19In recent months, President Petro has harshly criticized the massacre carried out by the
10:25Zionist regime in the Gaza Strip.
10:31And the Syrian foreign ministry on Monday rejected the unilateral, coercive measures
10:36imposed by the United States and the Western powers and described them as economic terrorism.
10:43In this sense, the Syrian foreign ministry points out that these measures hindering the
10:47achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals and have come to constitute economic
10:54terrorism and a weapon directed against the people.
10:58It further explained that the effects of the punitive measures are multiplied in the case
11:05of Syria due to the hostilized measures of the U.S. and its allies under the pondering
11:11of the country's natural wealth.
11:18An inclined disruption in fuel supplies at power stations led to a ceasefire in the country's
11:24capital.
11:25The failure caused the shutdown of several generating units at the power station in the
11:32In this regard, the authorities report that the service restriction is necessary for the
11:42stability of the domestic electrical system.
11:45Therefore, they urge the population of Kuwait for keeping up saving electricity in the next
11:51few hours.
11:52In the U.S., hundreds rally in Chicago on Sunday ahead of the Democratic National Convention,
12:03which begins this Monday.
12:05Despite the growing popularity of U.S. Vice President and presidential candidate Kamala
12:11Harris, the shadow of protests over the Biden-Harris administration's support for Israel's war
12:16against Hamas in Gaza hangs over the convention.
12:20The rally has been set up for the fourth day of the gathering, with tens of thousands
12:26of people expected to descend on the city for the daily protests, the largest of which
12:32are scheduled for Monday and Wednesday.
12:35On Sunday, several hundred demonstrators gathered in downtown Chicago carrying a banner that
13:12genocide is going on, then you are totally bankrupt as a rights activist.
13:19You cannot be in favor of your own liberation if you're not in favor of other people's liberation.
13:35And now we're moving on.
13:36Hurricane Ernesto approaches the U.S. and Canada as Category 1 storm.
13:41The U.S. National Hurricane Center showed that on its way to Bermuda, the cyclone reached
13:47Category 2, then downgraded to a tropical storm as it hits the island of Puerto Rico.
13:53In both territories, the climate event left serious flooding and strong power outages.
13:59As Ernesto continues its path toward North America, experts predict dangerous waves and
14:05rip currents on the coast of the United States and Canada.
14:12In Chad, local authorities report that more than 60 people died as a result of floods
14:19caused by torrential rains in the country.
14:21The rains in the northwest of the country caused floods in the mountainous areas where
14:26several rivers flowed before evaporating in the Sahara.
14:31The authorities urged to prepare a program of assistance to the inhabitants of the affected
14:37areas, including those difficult to access as a result of the floods.
14:42Experts warn that due to the effects of the climate phenomenon, several areas in West,
14:48East and Southern Africa are suffering from heavy rains and severe droughts.
14:58Meanwhile, in Pakistan, at least 195 people lost their lives after the heavy rains and
15:04floods registered from the month of July to the present.
15:07The report of the National Disaster Management Authority said that the rains have had severe
15:13consequences, including 3,065 people injured and the destruction of more than 2,000 houses.
15:23The floods also damaged more than 44 kilometers of roads and 30 bridges throughout the country.
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16:08Oceantropes have taken control of one of the localities in the northwest of Donetsk.
16:13The Office of the Ministry of Defense confirmed that the battlements commanded by Moscow are
16:19in control of the locality of Sverdlovsk.
16:25Additionally, these contingency call centers groups have fended off several Ukrainian attacks.
16:32Defending the Kiev troops in such areas as Dolonikov, Kalinovo and Pched.
16:40In the excrement shed, the Ukrainian troops have lost more than 500 uniforms, personnel,
16:48two armored vehicles and numerous weapons.
16:51The dispatch also confirmed that the All-Azmat battlements have repelled several waves of
16:57Ukrainian attacks in the Kursk region, where they also reported heavy losses in the Ukrainian ranks.
17:09Belarusian air forces and our defense forces commander, the Outrailer Lukhanovishka,
17:16ordered to threaten the border with Ukraine.
17:19Lately, Minsk registered an upsurge in reconnaissance fights from several NATO member countries.
17:29On average, between 30 and 40 flights are recorded daily near its borders, in addition
17:35to 30 tactical aviation flights.
17:39Therefore, the general commands of our forces ordered to skyrocket its armed components
17:46and air defense and electronic warfare.
17:50The Ministry of Defense has put a report of 250 flights practicing combat attack tactics
17:58in the Kaliningrad province and in Belarus.
18:03In Thailand, the King appoints Pentagon trainer Shinawatra as the Asian country's new prime
18:14minister, two days after Parliament elected her following the dismissal of Sarah Travis
18:21by order of the Constitutional Court.
18:24According to local media, Shinawatra registered the Britain's order from King Mahara Vaharilongkorn
18:33to form a government in a ceremony held in Bangkok.
18:37In this regard, the new leaders announced that she will head a coalition government
18:43led by her party, put together with pro-military movements opposed to her father.
18:54Dear fellow Thais,
18:55This great task cannot be achieved by the Prime Minister working alone.
19:00I hope to be able to coordinate the power of all generations, of all the talented people
19:04of Thailand from all fields.
19:19And now, changing topics.
19:21Pulansi Kasyanivadoma won her first Women's Tour de France title by just four seconds
19:27on Sunday, as she dug in during the race's grueling final of Hans Haasen.
19:34For the third Women's edition of the Renault Cycle stage race, the 29-year-old cyclist
19:42reached the summit of the Alpe d'Huez mountain one minute, one second behind reigning champion
19:51Demi de Vlerende from the Netherlands, thus maintaining her grip on the yellow jersey.
19:57Kasyanivadoma struck all on the glint and absence, but managed to regroup and fought
20:04back in the final five kilometers to claim that previous second.
20:08The Polish cyclist completed the eight-stage tour in 24 hours, 36 minutes and 7 seconds,
20:17a miracle for second in front of Vlerende, who finished in second place, with Dutch rider
20:24Paulina Roijacker competing in the podium in third place, just four or six seconds behind.
20:35To be honest, I've gone through such a terrible time on this climb.
20:39I hated everything to then arriving at the finish line and learning that I won Tour de France,
20:45which is insane. It's so mind-blowing because there are so many people I'm really thankful
20:50and grateful for, starting with my husband, my family, my whole team, and my coach Nate,
20:56who put a lot of work to prepare me for that. And quite often he's not really mentioned,
21:02so a big thank you for him, especially now. And again, my team, my husband, my family,
21:06my friends. Yeah, this victory goes to so many people that contributed to that victory.
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