FTS 8:30 09-09: Venezuela announces Edmundo Gonzalez has left for Spain
09/09/2024
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*Judicial reform in Mexico is approved in Senate Commissions
*Israeli attacks in Gaza Strip cause at least 10 deaths
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*Judicial reform in Mexico is approved in Senate Commissions
*Israeli attacks in Gaza Strip cause at least 10 deaths
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00:00The Attorney General of Venezuela, Tarek William Saab, expressed their respect of the public
00:15ministry for the decision adopted by the executive branch regarding the exit of former opposition
00:20presidential candidate Mundo Gonzalez from the country.
00:24The United Commissions of Constitutional Affairs and Legislative Studies of the Mexican Senate
00:29approved on September 8th the resolution of the reform to the judicial power.
00:36An Israeli attack seen in the Gaza Strip took the lives of at least 10 people on Monday.
00:51Hello welcome from the south, I'm Luis Alberto Matos from Televisual Studios in Havana, Cuba.
00:56We begin with the news.
00:57The Venezuelan public ministry issued a statement on the events related to Edmundo Gonzalez
01:01Urrutia, who had been requested by means of an arrest warning for his repeated refusals
01:06to appear before citations issued by the Public Prosecutor's Office.
01:10In this statement, it is said this public ministry had first-hand knowledge of the exact
01:14moment in which citizens Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia entered the embassy of the Kingdom
01:18of Spain in Caracas, and we were informed by the Venezuelan authorities of the asylum
01:23request made by him within the framework of international human rights law and diplomatic
01:27relations between the states.
01:29He continues by stating the governments of Spain and Venezuela agreed to grant safe conduct
01:34to the citizen Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia so that he could leave the national territory
01:38and apply for the asylum granted by Spain.
01:40Consequently, this public ministry expressed its absolute respect for the decision of the
01:45Venezuelan executive so that in compliance with the right to asylum guaranteed by Article
01:4969 of the Constitution of the Republic, it has granted the corresponding safe conduct.
01:53Finally, the government affirms once in his communication to the public ministry received
01:58on September 4th, the citizen Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia expressed his recognition of the ministry's
02:04authority as Attorney General of the Republic and the competencies that the institution
02:09leads as based on the Constitution and the law.
02:12This public ministry has maintained a close communication established during the last
02:15days with the legal representative of Mr. Gonzalez Urrutia, Attorney Jose Vicente Jaro,
02:20for the consequent purposes of the case being investigated by this office.
02:29Foreign Minister of Venezuela Ivan Gil announced that the former right-wing candidate Gonzalez
02:33was taking refuge in the Embassy of the Netherlands during the violent events that took place
02:36in the contract of the presidential elections of last July 28th.
02:42Mr. Gonzalez Urrutia took refuge in the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands one day
02:47after the elections.
02:49That is to say, his plan was never an electoral issue.
02:52Similarly, regarding the statements made by the Dutch foreign minister, the Venezuelan
02:56foreign minister pointed out that the former far-right candidate Edmundo Gonzalez outtold
03:00the government of the Netherlands of his intention to leave the country.
03:07Not only did he enter the embassy and ask for guest status, but he asked to leave the
03:13country and told the government of the Netherlands, who confirmed it in this communication, of
03:18his own free will Mr. Gonzalez Urrutia wanted to leave the country.
03:24Moving on to other news, Colombia creates the first education system of Latin America
03:29that preserves the identity of indigenous peoples.
03:33This system preserves ancestral knowledge, strengthens cultural identity, and promotes
03:37respect for the traditions of the native communities.
03:41The Organization of Indigenous Peoples of the Colombian Amazon announced on September
03:457th the creation of the first indigenous education system in the region.
03:50The Minister of Education, Daniel Rojas MedellĂn, signed the act in which he committed the ministers
03:56of the national government involved in the effort to launch the program to sign the decree
04:00law.
04:01The minister emphasizes that three decades after the proclamation of the 1991 constitution,
04:07it is the government of Gustavo Petro that signs the act formalizing the first indigenous
04:12education system of Latin America.
04:19And in Uruguay, in view of the general elections in October, Frente Amplio political party
04:25highlighted the fight against child poverty as its priority.
04:28In her first public speech as a politician, senatorial candidate Blanca RodrĂguez remarked
04:34that children should become the focus of efforts in Uruguay, since they have a higher level
04:39of poverty than society in general.
04:42In that sense, data from the National Institute of Statistics indicate that 20% of children
04:48under 6 years of age live in poverty.
04:51RodrĂguez emphasized that public safety would be another priority for the leftist alliance
04:56in view of the national elections scheduled for next October 27th.
05:03Let's now take a short break, but remember you can join us on Tiktok at Telestudio Inglish
05:10where you'll find news in different formats, news updates and much more.
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05:27Welcome back.
05:40The United Commissions of Constitutional Affairs and Legislative Studies of the Mexican Senate
05:45approved this September 8th the resolution of the reform to the judicial power.
05:49After six hours of debate, the resolution received 25 votes in favor and 12 against.
05:55The reform was promoted by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and seeks to have judges,
06:00magistrates and ministers elected by popular vote.
06:04The project has generated strong resistance because it would completely modify the judicial
06:08power.
06:09It establishes that ministers of the Supreme Court, members of the Council of the Federal
06:13Judiciary, magistrates of the Federal Electoral Tribunal and district judges would be appointed
06:19in open elections.
06:21The following step is to the resolution to be discussed in the full Senate.
06:29And the National Electoral Council of Honduras called on political parties and citizens to
06:33participate in the upcoming primary elections to be held on March 9th, 2025.
06:38The president of the National Electoral Council, Ana Paula Hull-Garcias, together with the
06:43other members of the Council, expressed that this call formally marks the beginning of
06:47the electoral process.
06:49She also stated that the primaries would allow the election of three presidential nominees,
06:5320 deputies to the Central American Parliament, 128 congressmen and 298 mayors.
07:00Previously, the National Congress unanimously approved a special budget of nearly $60 million
07:05to guarantee the 2025 primary and general elections.
07:12Likewise, the representative of the Electoral Body of Honduras, Ana Paula Hull, highlighted
07:18the responsibility of the plenarization in view of the complex political scenario in
07:22which the electoral process takes place.
07:33Honduras is going through difficult times and everything indicates that the context
07:38of the elections will be complex.
07:41In a polarized country where political adversaries make accusations against each other that,
07:47with or without reason, generate an undesirable atmosphere of doubts and tension.
07:55Making elections in this context is a challenge to be determined with determination, courage
08:01and the spirit of country.
08:04As a member of the plenary that will be sworn in the next few days, I am aware of our enormous
08:11responsibility, of the balances and the equilibrium that the three of us must necessarily build
08:18for the sake of the trustworthiness of the process.
08:35In Vietnam, at least 14 people lost their lives on Saturday due to the passage of Typhoon
08:40Yagi, considered the most powerful typhoon recorded in Asia so far in 2024.
08:45The casualties were in the territory's northern provinces of Quang Ninh, Hai Phong and Hai
08:50Duong, where at least 119 people were also reported injured, mostly due to falling trees
08:55and debris.
08:56One person is missing.
08:57The Vietnamese government evacuated more than 50,000 people from high-risk areas and mobilized
09:02nearly 500,000 soldiers for rescue and recovery efforts.
09:06Moreover, Typhoon Yagi left 22 people dead between China and the Philippines, although
09:11in the latter country, in addition to the deaths, 26 people were reported missing and
09:1722 injured.
09:23An out-of-control wildfire near Los Angeles in the United States forced hundreds of residents
09:28to evacuate their homes amid a heat wave sweeping the metropolitan area.
09:32The fire started on Thursday in the San Bernardino National Forest.
09:35Since then, the fire has spread and, as of Sunday, some 70 square kilometers of grass
09:40and chaparral had been burned.
09:43California Governor Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency on Saturday night, and
09:48evacuation orders were issued in the communities of Running Springs, Arrow Bear Lake, as well
09:53as warnings of possible evacuations in other areas.
09:56Six hundred firefighters, assisted by helicopters, were deployed to combat the blaze, and at
10:01least three personnel were injured during the efforts.
10:11Pope Francis said goodbye to Papua New Guinea on Monday in a meeting attended by thousands
10:15of young people.
10:16Before continuing his tour of Asia and Oceania, he went to the Capitol Stadium to meet with
10:21young Catholics.
10:23As in this type of meeting, he preferred not to give a prepared speech and started a dialogue
10:27with them.
10:28He spoke about the need not to fall into indifference and urged them to give help when they see
10:32someone falling on the street.
10:34He asked all of them to make the gesture of lifting someone off the ground.
10:38The Pope encouraged young people to learn a common language, the language of love.
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11:47Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip took the lives of at least 10 people on Monday.
11:51As the genocide reached its 339th day, a series of Israeli airstrikes hit homes in Al-Bureij
11:57and al-Nusraj refugee camps in central Gaza, killing seven Palestinians and injuring several
12:02more.
12:03In this context, family members gathered outside the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Bala
12:08to bid farewell to their loved ones who were killed during the day.
12:11According to health authorities, at least 40,972 people have been killed by Israel since
12:17October 7.
12:23The Palestinian government denounced the violence of the Israeli regime for murders committed
12:27against women in the occupied West Bank.
12:30The Palestinian National Authority condemned the brutal murder of the U.S. activist Eisner
12:35Esky, who died after being shot by Israeli gunfire during a peaceful demonstration in
12:39Nablus.
12:40Likewise, two Palestinian teenage girls were victims.
12:43Consequently, the foreign ministry has demanded international protection for the Palestinians
12:48and to address the Zionist violations in the Gaza Strip.
12:51It should be noted that there has been a recent increase in hostilities in the occupied West
12:56Bank.
13:03In the United Kingdom, the Iranian embassy denounced that British media did not allow
13:07a coverage of the events in Gaza that would allow a humanitarian announcement for the
13:11benefit of the Palestinian people.
13:13The embassy of Iran in the United Kingdom denounced the lack of impartiality of the
13:17BBC coverage of the genocide in Gaza.
13:20In this context, while other British broadcasters transmit the announcement on the humanitarian
13:24crisis, the BBC indicated that the situation in Gaza does not cover all the criteria to
13:29be classified as a national crisis, which is why the media delayed the appeal from the
13:35Emergency Disaster Committee and aid agencies.
13:48Meanwhile, in Jordan, hundreds of people demonstrated in solidarity with the Palestinian people
13:52and to condemn the crimes of the Israeli regime in Gaza and the occupied West Bank.
13:57A crowded demonstration marched through the streets of Amman, the capital of the country,
14:01to condemn the genocide perpetrated by Israel in the occupied Palestinian territories.
14:06During the protest, they set fire to an Israeli flag and chanted slogans against the Saudi regime.
14:21In other news, the United Nations is implementing a project to combat famine in Sudan after
14:26the reopening of the border crossing with Chad.
14:28At least 1,599 metric tons of vital food and nutritional supplies crossed the border
14:34to help 130,000 famine-stricken people.
14:37At least 22,000 Sudanese received emergency food rations and almost 4,800 children, pregnant
14:44and lactating women received nutritional supplements.
14:47It should be noted that the authorities opened the Adra crossing on August 20th as a fundamental
14:52way to prevent the famine from spreading in the African nation.
14:59And in China, Foreign Minister Spokeswoman Mao Ning said that the government has banned
15:04the adoption of its children by foreigners.
15:06Despite the new measure, an exception will be made for foreigners who want to adopt a
15:10blood relative, such as stepchild in China.
15:13Over the past three years, tens of thousands of Chinese children have been adopted by foreign
15:17families, with the United States leading the way.
15:20Although there are no official statistics, some reports indicate that more than 82,000
15:24children have gone to U.S. families in the last three decades.
15:28Currently, many parents from the U.S. have applied to adopt in China, but these cases
15:33have been discontinued.
15:39On September 9th is a date of great historical significance for North Korea as they celebrate
15:44the declaration of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
15:47On Monday, various events are held in the Asian country to commemorate the 76th anniversary
15:53of the establishment of the nation, such as the opening of an exhibition at the Museum
15:57of Fine Arts with sovereignty and national independence as the main theme, and a stamp
16:01exposition at the Pyongyang Philatelic Museum.
16:23And Paris ends its first edition as host of the Paralympic Games this September 8th with
16:27accomplishments and also points to be improved in terms of inclusion for diversity and mobility
16:32in the city.
16:33The first Paralympic Games hosted in Paris ended this September 8th with several milestones
16:37to highlight in the middle of the effort to achieve equity in adaptive sports.
16:42Although the French capital was a symbol of progress in most aspects of the event, the
16:46lack of access for inclusive mobility in the city was also exposed.
16:51China and the United States once again showed their power in the medal standings and completed
16:554th first place along with the United Kingdom.
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