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00:00President Nicolás Maduro denounced a new attack on the country's electricity system,
00:14this time at the Simón Bolívar hydroelectric power station in Guridam.
00:21In China, authorities issued a maximum heat wave alert for cities in the southwest of
00:26the country.
00:27In Palestine, an Israeli attack at the Nusr-Arf refugee camp killed 20 civilians, bringing
00:36the total death toll in Gaza to over 40,600.
00:46Hello and welcome to From the South, I'm Luis Alberto Matos from Dressos Studios in Havana,
00:50Cuba.
00:51We begin with the news.
00:52In Venezuela, President Nicolás Maduro denounced a new attack on the country's electricity
00:57system, this time at the Simón Bolívar hydroelectric power station in Guridam.
01:01President Maduro detailed that the attack affected the 23 states of the country and
01:05the capital.
01:06The Venezuelan president highlighted that his team carried out a successful identification
01:10process of the mechanisms used to attack the Guridam.
01:13The Venezuelan president also informed that thanks to the authorities' work, the country
01:17is at peace.
01:20This criminal attack today has different characteristics, it has been an attack once again to Guri,
01:31at this time that I am talking to you we have determined the mechanisms that were used in
01:35Guri, inside Guri, and in the vicinity of Guri, how it was done.
01:40And I'll say no more cause is an open investigation to achieve justice.
01:46They attacked the transmission systems but, due to the various protections that have been
01:50made on the generation system, particularly in Guri, for approximately four years they
01:56have not reached out the heart of the system, which is Guri, they played it all out, they
02:01played it all out, and the specialists of the highest level who are there alongside
02:05with the vice president and minister Marquez say that the attack they made, how they planned
02:10it, the failure they programmed and the magnitude of what they generated could be described
02:14as they described it to me as the father and the mother of all the attacks that have been
02:18made against Guri.
02:21With a single objective to liquidate Guri, it is an attack full of revenge, it is an
02:26attack full of hatred that comes from the fascist currents that have taken over the
02:29political sectors that pretended to be political opposition.
02:35And early Saturday morning, Diosdado Cabello, Minister of the Interior, Justice and Peace
02:39of Venezuela gave a detailed report on the situation in the Bolivarian nation after suffering
02:43what the executive has described as one of the largest attacks on the national electricity
02:47sector.
02:48Accompanied by representatives of the security forces, who guaranteed together with the courage
02:51of the Venezuelan people that the brutal attack would not affect the peace of the nation,
02:55Cabello gave details about the situation in the capital and at the national level, after
02:59an intense, highly technical and coordinated operation disarticulated the operation led
03:03by the national far-right in coordination with its agents abroad.
03:08After today's terrorist attack, which is intended to scare, they think they are going
03:20to scare our people, but our people have a lot of conscience, the people are in the streets
03:27sharing with their families, the security agencies are deployed and the people feel
03:32safe and calm.
03:35They can walk calmly because there is the police, their police, imperfect civic police
03:42military union.
03:45The Bolivarian National Guard is also deployed, and it is part of the doctrine.
03:54Minister of the Interior, Justice and Peace assured that the state security forces guaranteed
03:58peace throughout the country.
04:03Today they preserved the peace of this country all day long.
04:07All day long our people felt safe and calm and we saw it right now when we stopped somewhere
04:11and the people felt safe.
04:13They enjoyed with their children, with their wives, with their families.
04:18For all the tour we did, we went to the Barral, to the National Assembly, peace and tranquility.
04:27Cabello also assured the aggression to the electricity system, which he defined as a
04:31terrorist attack, had the intention of destroying the national electricity system.
04:38In Venezuela, our people have a superior conscience, so high that it overcomes any challenge,
04:44any challenge.
04:45Today's terrorist attack on the country's electricity network did not intend to take
04:49away the light to the people for five hours, six hours or seven hours, no, it was an accurate
04:55blow, an accurate blow to the national electricity system.
05:01The people of Venezuela showed their readiness to face scenarios of attacks such as the new
05:05sabotage to the national electricity system that took place on Friday.
05:09Our colleague Rolando Segura has all the information.
05:14Venezuela dawned in darkness, but nothing prevented most people from going about their
05:18daily lives.
05:22When we got up, there was no light.
05:25I imagine that it was an attempt to sabotage the corporeal facility.
05:31The authorities immediately reported that just at 5.40 a.m. the country was the target
05:36of a new aggression against a basic service.
05:41A sabotage against the national electricity system has affected almost the entire national
05:45territory.
05:4624 states are reporting total or partial losses of electricity supply, and at 4.45 a.m. all
05:54the corporeal equipment and the entire vice presidency of public services as well as the
05:59entire national government were in place.
06:05The impact of sabotage disrupted normality.
06:08The signal is terrible.
06:09Here I am waiting for my husband.
06:11I don't know where he is.
06:12He's driving a bus, but I don't know where he is.
06:14Here waiting for him to pass because the signals have fallen.
06:17I don't know about my children because they are out of Caracas, and that has us concerned,
06:22and so are many of them.
06:24President Nicolás Maduro through social networks called for calm and sanity, nerves of steel.
06:29Desperate fascism attacks the people, but together we will overcome this new onslaught.
06:37First of all, let's keep calm.
06:39We do nothing by despairing.
06:41What we do is to harm ourselves.
06:43Let's keep calm, hope that this will soon return to normal so that we can all be in
06:47communication and together.
06:50But adversity does not seem to stop Venezuelan men and women, who in the midst of uncertainty
06:55do not give up even a smile.
06:58We have been through worse things and we have survived them, and for now we are well.
07:05Like Caracelis, many men and women decided not to stay at home and went out to work.
07:11Cash or foreign currency to take out whatever it is, to take out what is under the mattress,
07:17whoever has.
07:18We have to work.
07:19If they are customers, of course, welcome.
07:22You have to go out on the street every day with the blessing of God.
07:28Traffic lights were among the first to announce the return to light.
07:34It has arrived again.
07:36Let's go to work.
07:37The light has arrived.
07:38Let's go to work.
07:40Let's see how long it lasts.
07:49The Venezuelan Minister of the Interior, Diosdado Cabello, this week denounced that
07:58power failures in several parts of the country were the result of terrorist attacks by the
08:03extreme right, and confirmed that on this occasion the National Electricity Service,
08:08SCN, had already begun to be restored in several parts of the country, under the corresponding
08:13security protocols.
08:17Our people have already learned from so many attacks and attempts to violate their rights.
08:21Immediately, the people became active.
08:23We have total tranquility in the country.
08:25The security agencies are already patrolling without any problem.
08:31For his part, the Venezuelan Minister of Defense also assured the serenity and tranquility
08:36in the country.
08:37The borders are working perfectly, without any problem in any part of the national territory.
08:44There has been a situation that may be worth mentioning here.
08:47Everything is under control and, as I told you, the Armed Forces will be in coordination
08:51with all public security agencies in perfect civic-military policy unions to address any
08:56situation.
09:01For their part, the health authorities guaranteed the operation of its 79 high-complexity hospitals
09:07on all its health care facilities.
09:10Well, we will always move forward.
09:13We will go through thick and thin.
09:15We will eat the green ones and the ripe ones.
09:19Electricity is gradually returning in different regions of the country.
09:23Patricia Villegas and Rolando Segura, Telesur, Caracas.
09:28Let's now take a short break but remember you can join us on TikTok at Telesur English
09:31where you'll find news in different formats, news updates and much more.
09:36We'll be right back, stay with us.
09:43Welcome back.
09:54In Ecuador, at least 16 presidential candidates are running before the National Electoral
09:57Council for the 2025 presidential elections.
10:01At least 17 political organizations carried out primary elections and announced their
10:04representatives for the next presidential race.
10:07The candidates will present the required documentation between September 13th and October 2nd.
10:12We must remember that these elections will be called to elect a new president, vice president,
10:18one of 51 legislators and five Indian parliaments.
10:26In Brazil, the Federal Supreme Court issued an order to suspend the use of the social
10:30media acts in the country due to legal violations by Elon Musk's company.
10:35The judge ordered the immediate and total suspension of the social network until the
10:38court orders issued by the court are complied with, the fines are paid and the company appoints
10:45a representative in the national territory.
10:48The court also expressed that there is an imminent danger due to the actions of extremist
10:52groups and digital militias that use the social media to spread nasty, racist, fascist, hateful
10:57and anti-democratic speeches, which undoubtedly create an environment of total impunity in
11:01the Brazilian social media.
11:03In this sense, it is expected that Ecuador will cease to function depending on the regions
11:07of the country.
11:13And also in Brazil, two people lost their lives and dozens were injured after the collapse
11:17of the roof of a Catholic church in Recife on Friday.
11:20The accident occurred at the Monro de Conceição Sanctuary, where worshippers were distributing
11:25food baskets to the needy.
11:27Authorities reported that 22 people were injured, some of them seriously.
11:31The mayor of Recife, Joao Campos, decreed three days of mourning and announced an investigation
11:36to determine if the collapse is related to the recent installation of solar panels in
11:40the church or if there were structural failures.
11:44...issue maximum heat wave alert for cities in the southwest of the country.
12:08According to the National Meteorological Service, the measure will be enforced in the next 11
12:12days.
12:13The measures are expected to persist until mid-September, causing drought and water shortages
12:17in rural areas of Chongqing City and Huangyin in Sichuan Province, southwest China.
12:23To help people cope with the situation, local authorities have deployed workers and firefighters
12:27to send a minimum of water to areas most affected by the drought.
12:35And in Nigeria, at least 200 people have died following recent floods that swept away homes
12:40and farmland.
12:41According to the National Emergency Management Agency, floods have displaced over 200,000
12:45people in 28 of Nigeria's 36 states.
12:48The state hardest hit by the rains has been Njugawa, where 37 people died.
12:52Authorities have repurposed public buildings and schools into shelters for the displaced.
12:57The floods have destroyed over 100,000 hectares of farmland.
13:03And also in Nigeria, health authorities have confirmed 48 cases of mpox in over 20 of the
13:08country's 36 states.
13:10According to the Nigerian Center for Disease Control, although there has been an increase
13:14in the number of reported cases, so far there have been no reported deaths.
13:18To prevent further contagion, the national government has introduced a new form for travelers
13:22entering the country to declare their health status.
13:25Due to the rapid spread of the virus through the African continent, the African Union has
13:29declared a public health emergency.
13:31Authorities warn that although there is no specific treatment for the disease, antiviral
13:35drugs can help control it, as most cases are mild and recovery takes a few weeks.
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14:05Welcome back, in Palestine more than 40,600 civilians have been killed by the Israeli
14:28Occupation Forces as part of the continuing attacks on the Gaza Strip.
14:32In the last 24 hours, the Occupation Forces carried out five massacres in the Gaza Strip,
14:36leaving at least 89 Palestinians killed and 205 others wounded.
14:40Health authorities warn that the number of those killed and injured could be even higher,
14:44as many of the victims remain trapped under the rubble of the infrastructures affected
14:48by the bombardments due to Israel's impediments to the entry of ambulances and civil defense
14:53teams.
14:54As one of the most recent assaults, at least 20 people have been killed by Israeli attacks
14:57in New Zerat, central Gaza.
15:02After midnight, all of a sudden there was a big strike that targeted our neighbor's
15:08house.
15:09He is a simple man and is not affiliated with any faction or the resistance.
15:14Our house was also damaged, as were the rest of the nearby houses.
15:21The Israeli Occupation Forces maintained a military operation against the occupied West
15:25Bank for the fourth consecutive day, assaulting localities and arresting several Palestinians
15:29amidst growing tension in the area.
15:31This is part of a new campaign launched by the Israeli Armed Forces in the West Bank,
15:35the largest in several years, with its epicenter in the northern governorates of Tul Karem
15:39and Jenin.
15:40At least 26 Palestinians have been killed in this operation.
15:44Biasing authorities condemn the war campaign and warn of its grave consequences, while
15:48the locals emphasize that many have been left without basic resources.
15:57We're facing difficulty, water and electricity are cut off.
16:01The entire infrastructure has been destroyed, as well as our cars.
16:05My car, which was parked outside my house, has been damaged, just like other vehicles
16:09in the neighborhood.
16:10In the neighborhood downhill, the entire infrastructure and all services, water, electricity and sewage,
16:16no longer exist.
16:18All basic necessities are non-existent in our neighborhood, we have no bread.
16:22We are cut off from the world.
16:26Also in Palestine, a polio vaccination campaign had begun on Saturday after the war turned
16:30tragic over its first case of the disease in a quarter of a century.
16:35At the beginning, in central Gaza, vaccines are said to be administered in southern Gaza
16:38and then in northern Gaza.
16:40The campaign, which involved two doses, aims to cover more than 640,000 children under
16:4410.
16:45The World Health Organization said on Thursday that Israel had agreed to a series of three-day
16:49humanitarian pulses in Gaza to facilitate vaccinations, while humanitarian agencies
16:54shout that these post-polio vaccines in Gaza are not good enough and a permanent cease
16:59is needed, otherwise it would prove to be counterproductive.
17:08At least seven U.S. soldiers were wounded in the western desert of Iraq after a clash
17:12with suspected Daesh militia members.
17:14The events occurred on Thursday, but it was not until Friday that the Central Command,
17:18in an unusual statement, confirmed them.
17:21According to the U.S. military office, the soldiers were participating in a joint operation
17:24with the Iraqi Army in the Anbar Desert.
17:27In the raid, in addition to the wounded foreigners, 15 terrorists were neutralized, who, according
17:31to the Central Command's report, were heavily armed.
17:34The Iraqi government has not yet made a statement on this incident.
17:42In Niger, after 11 years of occupation, German troops completed their departure from the
17:46African nation.
17:47This was confirmed by Hermann Nicolai, ambassador of Germany in this country, who stated that
17:51the last troops left the territory on Friday.
17:54The diplomat assured that the process was carried out in an orderly and conciliatory
17:58manner with the government council and within the established deadlines.
18:01Niamey ratified the conditions of the peaceful and respectful withdrawal and reiterated that
18:06the security of the country is an internal matter, referring to the damage caused by
18:10the colonialist logic of other governments.
18:23In Poland, a drone show commemorates the 80th anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising.
18:33The activity had a total of 615 drones, formed a series of pictures of symbols of Warsaw
18:37and the Polish Resistance.
18:39Among these representations were a bridge with the inscription COMMUNITY, a heart with
18:44the number 44 precisely for the year of the Uprising took place, a Polish flag with the
18:48symbol of the Polish Resistance, a picture of a shoutsolder during the Warsaw Uprising
18:54with the inscription RECOGNITION, a mermaid with a shield and a sword, the symbol of Warsaw,
18:59among others.
19:07This game, this drone dance was superb.
19:10It was colorful.
19:11Someone who doesn't know what happened 80 years ago would be able to discover it in
19:16the sky.
19:21It was a very good idea to mix modernism with the past, to show that it can be done differently,
19:27a beautiful show, without fireworks and with a message.
19:31I thought it was great that there were symbols of Warsaw, resistance and patriotism.
19:36Ladies, we are from the end of this news brief.
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