FTS 16:30 25-08 Venezuela's 2nd popular consultation develops normally

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00:00In Venezuela, the National Electoral Council said the second popular consultation runs

00:08normally and invites young people to vote to choose the projects that will benefit the

00:13communities.

00:14In Palestine, Israeli genocidal forces continued their intense attacks on the Gaza Strip, claiming

00:2271 Palestinian lives.

00:27And at least 11 people were killed in Indonesia by floods caused by flash rains.

00:37Hello welcome to From the South, I'm Ana Marrero from the Telesur headquarters in Caracas,

00:40Venezuela.

00:41We begin with the news, stay with us.

00:55Venezuela's National Electoral Commission provided an assessment on the development

00:59of the second great popular consultation and urged young people from 15 years of age to

01:05exercise their vote.

01:06The president of the National Electoral Commission of the communes, Carolina Arellano, extends

01:11her gratitude to the national, regional, municipal and communal promotion teams deployed to carry

01:17out the process.

01:18Arellano also highlighted the support of the National Electoral Council and of President

01:23Nicolás Maduro, with a view to guaranteeing the best possible outcome of the consultation,

01:30for which more than 27,000 projects were submitted.

01:33The official report that the process runs normally with 90% of the 4,505 active circuits.

01:50Right now, 90% of the 4,090 circuits are activated.

01:54There have been some incidences due to rainfalls in many states, so authorities of the polling

01:59stations have coped with some hurdles there, not so much with the opening, but with keeping

02:04up at the same pace due to these rainfalls.

02:07We have been in all polling stations nationwide since 7 o'clock in the morning, with our teams,

02:15with our spokespersons of all the communal councils, of all the electoral commissions.

02:23At this moment, we can give a small account where 30,784 projects have been registered

02:30and consolidated for this consultation, of which the trends are already being marked

02:34a little bit.

02:35The most voted are water and electricity proposals so far.

02:43Republicans also described their experience during the second popular consultation.

02:49We are now voting on the communal projects.

02:52This is an order given by our President Nicolas Maduro and the Ministry of Communes.

02:57Where each community holds a citizen assembly, they chose the priority within their sectors,

03:03the needs that are in function of good living, of those who live there.

03:07Then the assembly chooses and the one that has the highest number of people to be tested.

03:12This is taken to a vote within the communal scope and there the projects are chosen by

03:16communities.

03:17This time seven prioritized projects are chosen.

03:21In those projects there is drinking water, sewage, street curbs, roads, electricity,

03:27an infinite number of projects.

03:31And now we go live with our correspondent in Caracas, Gladys Quesada, for more information

03:37on this voting date.

03:38Hello Gladys, welcome to From the South.

03:39What do you have to tell us about?

03:40Hi Ana, yes, precisely, I'm still in downtown Caracas, I'm at the Negro Luis Villafania

03:52Voting Center, which is also one of the centers for the great missions of the homeland here

03:58in Venezuela and attends a community and some communal centers.

04:03Also this belongs to a communal circuit that attends other communal councils and communes.

04:09This occasion, I can say, because we have been turning and going around all Caracas,

04:16that this voting has been held in calm, with peace, with participation and turnout from

04:24the neighbors and the members of the communes.

04:26And also this has been a day of the electoral joyful parties and journeys that Venezuela

04:33is always holding.

04:34And also I want to tell you something.

04:36I have been in almost three centers now in Caracas, and all of them have the same structure,

04:44the same way of presenting the protocol for the voting.

04:48They have the projects listed outside of the voting centers, so every neighbor can come

04:55here and check, first of all, foremost, the projects that they are going to vote for.

05:02Afterwards they come in here and they go through all the steps in the protocol for the voting.

05:07And this has been done without any issues, without delays, without any difficulties,

05:15because Venezuelan people knows how to vote, knows how to come and exercise this right,

05:22because in 25 years of Bolivarian revolution, there have been over 30 votings, over 30 elections

05:29and polls here in Venezuela.

05:31So this is not only a civic duty, it's also a right and a normalized activity here in the country.

05:38I have to say that many of the projects go on the improvement of the infrastructure,

05:44and as you were saying, the improvement of the water services and the sewage services.

05:49But here in this college where I am, in this voting center, the projects are going around

05:55other minorities inside the community, inside the commune, as the elderly.

06:01They have a project to build a club and a care house for the elderly here in the commune.

06:08That's to say, a place where the older and, you know, the people over 65 years old can

06:14come and receive care, receive food, entertainment, also instructive activities, and to have a

06:24dignified, you know, golden years, that's to say in a way.

06:29And that says a lot about the people that live in here, because they are not just prioritizing

06:35what the youngsters or what the adults want, and not only prioritizing the financing for

06:42infrastructure but also for the others that already had spent a big part of their life

06:49working for the community.

06:51Also, I want to say, all the communes and the commune circuits are not equal, even though

06:59they have the same access to the financing.

07:01For example, in other centers we were visiting, they wanted to improve the quality of the

07:07water, they wanted to continue the repair of houses, of the facades of the buildings,

07:13but here also they want to build a wall to contain the fires, because they live nearby

07:21the mountains, and precisely El Ávila, the mountain that divides Caracas from La Guaira,

07:29which is the Guaira Repano, the biggest mountain here in the city, and they want to be protected

07:34on the season of fires, forest fires here in Caracas, and also they want to have this

07:44sewage cleaned, because of the rainy season also, that can, you know, provoke floodings

07:51and provoke other damages to their houses and damages to the public way.

07:57So this is one day of family, the afternoon is just going on, it's passing the day of

08:04voting, I think the morning was more active, but people are still coming, and it is expected

08:10that centers close at 6pm, as we were saying, but as long as there are some voters lining

08:16up to get in here, there will be, well, the circuits and the voting centers will be open

08:23and will be active, Ana. That's the information, so now we give you back the signal.

08:29Thank you very much, Gladys, for all your information you provide to us and the viewers.

08:34And now let's take a short break, but remember you can now join us on our Tiktok account

08:38at Celestudio English, where you'll be able to see news in different formats, news updates

08:41and more. Stay tuned for more news.

08:46Welcome back to From the South, the Israeli-Jerusalem forces continue their intense attack on the

09:17Gaza Strip, claiming 71 Palestinian lives. Gazans have retrieved 12 corpses from the

09:23runs of the city of Haman in Quniyounis after the withdrawal of the Israeli forces. Moreover,

09:29the occupation tanks and war vehicles advance on the central city of Darabala, casting over

09:35100,000 forces displaced in just 48 hours. On Sunday, the ceasefire negotiations are

09:43expected to resume in Cairo, mediated by Egypt, Qatar and the US.

09:51I have six children and every day I flee with them from one place to another. When Hamad

09:55was bombarded, my youngest child told me I don't want to die, I want to live.

10:02We found martyrs in the street killed by snipers. The situation is beyond imagination, and my

10:09house was destroyed. I have no home now.

10:16In this context, the Hezbollah movement in Lebanon launched a large-scale strike against

10:20Israel, from where they attacked several localities in Lebanon. The Hezbollah movement announced

10:27the successful completion of the first phase of the operation against the Zionist regime,

10:33in retaliation to the assassinations of Commander Faouz Kord.

10:43Hours earlier, Israeli army launches massive airstrikes on southern Lebanon. The Al-Majdadeen

10:48network reported that there were about 440 my pardon attacks that lasted around 20 minutes

10:57and hit several localities in the south and west of the Bekaa region. So far, there are

11:02no reports of property damage or human casualties.

11:11Meanwhile in Israel, thousands of citizens have joined the weekly protests in the capital

11:15Tel Aviv to demand the return of those held in Palestine and ask for new elections. Shelters

11:21demand that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reconsider his rallied mindset that obstructed

11:26as he's fired, such as the control of the Netzerim and Philadelphia corridors, which

11:33reminds bloc to the passage of humanitarian aid. The Israeli also raised slogans calling

11:39on Netanyahu to establish an exchange agreement for detainees and to resign his post, as he

11:46is considered incompetent for the job.

11:56This is Rabah in Enactive, the notification bulb to stay up to date on the world's most

12:05recent events.

12:26Welcome back. At least 11 people were killed in Indonesia by floods caused by flash rains.

12:35The floods swept through residential areas in the east part of the country, cutting off

12:39the main roads to the village of Rua and leaving thousands of houses and buildings burned in

12:45the mud. Search and rescue teams working together with local residents have evacuated 10 people.

12:52Heavy rains caused frequent landslides and flash floods in Indonesia, where millions

12:57of people live in mountainous areas or near flood plains.

13:08In Cambodia, authorities reinforced border surveillance to prevent the entry of people

13:14infected with monkeypox or other dangerous viral diseases. The health ministry recorded

13:20over 20 cases of monkeypox, adding that no deaths have occurred so far.

13:25Health authorities also reported 72 cases of H5N1-Aden influenza, with 43 people dead

13:32to date. The first case of H5N1 was reported in late January 2024 and the most recent in

13:39early August. The World Health Organization said the increase

13:43in monkeypox cases is in a growing number in African countries, constituting a public

13:49health emergency of international concern.

13:57In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, citizens are leaving their homes after an attack by

14:02the March 23rd movement despite a ceasefire in force since August 4th. According to local

14:10media, clashes were reported on Saturday between the rebels and the March 23rd movement and

14:15the local militias in territories of the province of Norkivu. These acts are added

14:21to the fighting reported during the week in different places of the city of Umasisi and

14:26also in the territory of Lubelo, events that caused hundreds of inhabitants to abandon

14:31their homes. China's Ministry of Commerce criticized the

14:39United States government on Monday for including several Chinese firms in its export control

14:48list due to their relationships with Russia. The ministry urged Washington to immediately

14:53cease these courses of actions as it considers it undermines the order and rules of international

15:00trade. The government agency said it will take necessary

15:04measures to defend the legitimacy, rights and interests of Chinese companies affected

15:10by the measures. Beijing has projected on several locations the interference policies

15:14created by the United States government against sovereign countries.

15:34For more information visit www.fema.gov

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