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00:00The UN Security Council unanimously endorsed on Monday the continuation of the United Nations

00:15interim force for Lebanon, UNIFIL.

00:20Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro reaffirmed the availability of the executive branch to

00:25act as mediator in the peace processes in Colombia in the face of a possible coup d'etat

00:30against the government of Gustavo Petro.

00:34And the commander of the United States Southern Command, Laura Richardson, said on Monday

00:38that the U.S. relationship with Argentina is made of iron.

00:44Hello, welcome to From the South, I'm Luis Alberto Matos from Tresur Studios in Havana,

00:53Cuba.

00:54Let's begin with the news.

01:14The UN Security Council unanimously endorsed on Monday the continuation of the United Nations

01:18interim force for Lebanon, UNIFIL.

01:21This decision represents a major setback for Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's

01:25demand in the withdrawal of the force.

01:27Israel received a barrage of worldwide criticism when it became known that its occupying army

01:32forces had wounded several members of UNIFIL.

01:36The UN Peacekeeping Chief, Jan-Pierre Lacroix, explained that the Council had expressed unanimous

01:41support for the mission in Lebanon.

01:44The Zionist Premier accuses them of cooperating with the Lebanese resistance, but human rights

01:48activists point to him for wanting to eliminate any witness to the genocide perpetrated by

01:53his forces.

01:54I would like to emphasize that this was a decision that was very carefully considered

02:00based on a number of elements and criteria.

02:03Of course, safety and security of the peacekeepers is a paramount priority, but there are a number

02:09of other elements and one of them is the responsibility that we have and UNIFIL has in regard to the

02:17mandate that was given to it by the Security Council.

02:20It's a security council.

02:22Heavy fighting has been raging since early Tuesday morning on the southern border of

02:25Lebanon.

02:26There, the resistance is keeping at bay the Zionist troops that have made several attempts

02:32to penetrate the territory through the Raftallin area.

02:35Occupiers artillery is supporting the genocidal troops by shelling residential areas of Al-Taibeh

02:39and Deir al-Zayan, but the combat on the ground is more complex.

02:43A few hours ago, Hezbollah issued a statement confirming that in the midst of their struggle

02:47in defense of the Palestinian cause and in support of their armed resistance, they are

02:51confronting the Zionist infantry.

02:54The Israeli regime committed four new massacres against Palestinian families in the Gaza Strip,

03:02leaving more than 60 people killed and 220 wounded in the last 24 hours.

03:08According to health sources, several victims are still on the robo and on the roads, so

03:13they warn that death toll could increase.

03:16They also warn that since the beginning of the Israeli aggression in October 2003, more

03:21than 42,300 Palestinians have been killed and 98,684 others have been wounded, mostly

03:30women and children.

03:31According to the estimates of the medical authorities, some 10,000 people are still

03:35missing on the robo and have not been rescued, so the number of dead could be higher.

03:44In addition, about 50 Palestinians were arrested by the Israeli regime in the occupied West

03:48Bank.

03:49The increase in arrests is concentrated in the governorates of Bethlehem and Jenin, as

03:54well as in other Palestinian localities.

03:56In this regard, the Palestinian Prisoners' Society and the Committee for Detainees and

03:59Former Detainees Affairs denounce that the Israeli occupation is advancing its operations

04:04during detentions by subjecting the victims and their families to harassment and threats.

04:14And the Euro-Mediterranean Observatory for Human Rights confirms that more than 400,000

04:20Palestinians living in the north of Gaza could die of hunger and thirst, denouncing the serious

04:25situation in the refugee camps.

04:27Jabalia, Beit Hanoun and Beit Lahaya are the areas of refuge for displaced persons most

04:32besieged by the famine imposed by the occupation.

04:36Constant shelling by the occupying forces has prevented the entry of humanitarian missions

04:39for the past 10 days.

04:41Hundreds of Palestinians faced with the difficult situation to which they are subjected, especially

04:46children, and the elderly, decided to go to a collection center on Monday, which hours

04:50later was bombed by the genocidal army, killing 10 people.

04:59In Cuba, people marched on Monday to condemn the genocide perpetrated by the Israeli government

05:04for more than a year against the Palestinian people and other Middle East nations.

05:08In this way, the devastation caused by the coverage of the youth union of Cuba denounced

05:12the complicity of Washington in the Zionist onslaught that has caused more than 42,000

05:18deaths in the Gaza Strip, most of them women and children, and more than 2,000 in Lebanon.

05:23In the capital, Havana, participants marched from the Martí Forte to the Anti-Imperialist

05:27Tribune.

05:28In the rest of the country, there were open tribunes to demand the end, without conditions

05:34or delays, of the Israeli escalation in the Middle East.

05:39In the capital, there were open tribunes to demand the end, without conditions or delays,

05:44of the Israeli escalation in the Middle East.

05:51Palestinian student Manuel Al-Tamina, Secretary of International Relations of the Communist

05:55Youth Union of Cuba, Minister of Brossard, and the Palestinian doctor graduating Cuba

06:00Watan Jamil Al-Abed, emphasize Cuba's historic solidarity with the Palestinian cause.

06:05I have been here for five years, and we feel that Cuba has been like a second home for

06:19us.

06:20The Cubans have been very supportive of us.

06:25The case of Palestine has been like a case of theirs.

06:29They don't give many opportunities to express to the world what Palestine is suffering.

06:36This march is part of the activities being promoted by the Young Communists Union of

06:45the country, which has been taking place throughout Cuba, rallies, meetings, denunciations, training

06:51processes and talking to our people to raise awareness, especially to give a lot of information

06:56about the Palestinian cause, with courses, drawings, messages from our Cuban children

07:02to the Palestinian children.

07:04We have a responsibility given to us by a revolution, by a humanist project and by our

07:09commander Fidel Castro Ruz, to feel deeply any injustice committed in any part of the

07:15world.

07:16As Che taught us, in this case, it is an injustice committed in Palestine by the Zionist State

07:21of Israel in complicity with the United States.

07:25Once again, Cuba is not indifferent to the accelerated and televised genocide that we

07:38are living today in Palestine.

07:40Cuba once again shows its solidarity with the Palestinian people in the streets.

07:46In spite of the difficulties, the rains, the changes that have been made, we were finally

07:51able to achieve this march.

07:54More than 60,000 people from Havana gathered.

07:57Let's take a short break, but remember you can join us on TikTok, at Televisual English,

08:01where you will find news in different formats, news updates and much more.

08:06We'll be right back, stay with us.

08:25Welcome back.

08:32In Venezuela, President Nicolás Maduro reaffirmed the availability of the executive branch to

08:37act as a mediator in the peace processes in Colombia in the face of a possible coup d'état

08:42against the government of Gustavo Petro.

08:44During his program Con Maduro Más, with Maduro more than in Spanish, the Venezuelan head

08:50of state recalled when Venezuelans intervened in the peace negotiations in Colombia under

08:54the government of Juan Manuel Santos.

08:56The Venezuelan president reiterated that Venezuela will always be willing to support and accompany

09:01the dialogue processes in Colombia, assuring that the welfare of Colombia is the welfare

09:06of Venezuela.

09:15We received the request from President Petro to help in the peace in Colombia, and we are

09:21helping, always with prudence.

09:24I do not practice microphone diplomacy, nor does the Venezuelan foreign minister Iván

09:29Gil practice Microsoft diplomacy.

09:33You will never see a statement from me or the foreign minister or a Venezuelan official

09:38on the internal politics of Colombia.

09:41So I am evaluating this proposal, and if we assume it, and the Colombian society, the

09:48Colombian government agrees to be mediators so that there is no coup d'état in Colombia,

09:54we would do it with the greatest prudence, the greatest love and the greatest tranquility.

10:01What I can tell you is that Caracas has its doors open.

10:05Caracas, the cradle of Bolívar, the creator of Colombia, the founder of Colombia, the

10:11liberator of Colombia.

10:13Caracas, the cradle of Bolívar, is open for there to be a dialogue in due time so that

10:21there is no coup d'état, so that the constitution is not violated.

10:25Because if it goes badly for Colombia, it goes badly for Venezuela.

10:30And if it goes well for Colombia, it goes well for the both of us.

10:33Because we are brothers, so we are evaluating.

10:37And as soon as we evaluate the proposal made to me, which is very complete, very serious,

10:44very professional, we will make an official statement.

10:48The Venezuelan president condemned the recent statements made by the former president of

10:51Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos, in which he stated that the criminal sanctions policy

10:56of the United States on Venezuela is very soft.

11:00I regret very much that he has taken the worst path against Venezuela, that he is the architect

11:12of the destruction of the historical relation between Colombia and Venezuela that existed

11:17in the past.

11:18Brother peoples, Juan Manuel Santos in Colombia is not worth half a peso.

11:23He is a failed politician.

11:26He is a man who can't go out to the streets.

11:29Nobody wants him.

11:31When he does this, it is because, look, there is a lobby that pays a lot of money, and they

11:36call him.

11:37There is a lot of money on Venezuela to try to harm our country, to hurt the historical

11:42relations between Venezuela and Colombia that we have revealed between President Petro and

11:47me.

11:48And now they are flourishing, buoyant, the economic, political, cultural, diplomatic,

11:53educational relations between Venezuela and Colombia.

11:57Nobody is going to damage them.

11:58Juan Manuel Santos, you are not worth half a peso in the Colombian politics.

12:03So I don't even ignore you, Juan Manuel Santos.

12:07Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro announced changes to the general staff of the Bolivarian

12:11National Armed Forces in order to continue to guarantee the independent security and

12:15peace of the country.

12:16The Venezuelan head of state informed the ratification of General-in-Chief Vladimir

12:21Padrino López as Minister of People's Power for Defense and General-in-Chief Domingo

12:26Antonio Hernández Lárez as head of the Strategic Operational Command.

12:29On the other hand, Maduro announced the appointment of Mayor General Johan Alexander Hernández

12:34Lárez as General Commander of the Bolivarian Army and Admiral Ashraf Andel Hadi as Commander

12:41of the Bolivarian Navy.

12:42The Bolivarian President thanked the outgoing officers for the fulfillment of their responsibilities

12:47and wished success to those who hold the new positions.

12:57In Ecuador, 14 of the 16 pre-candidates aspiring to the presidency in the 2025 elections have

13:02already secured their names on the ballot.

13:04The National Electoral Council affirmed on Monday that the voting schedule is moving

13:08forward without inconvenience.

13:10Among those confirmed are the current president, Daniel Novoa, who took office in November

13:142023 after the early departure of Guillermo Lasso, and now seeks re-election for a full

13:19four-year term.

13:21It was also confirmed the candidacy of Luisa González and her partner Diego Borja, who

13:25are running for an electoral alliance between the Citizens' Revolution Movement, led by

13:29former President Rafael Correa, and the Total Renovation Movement.

13:38The Government of Ecuador also announced the intensification of power cuts to address the

13:42energy crisis after failing to recognize the hydrological deficiency.

13:45The Minister of Energy and Mines, Inés Manzano, indicated that the power cuts will be implemented

13:51from October 14th to the 20th for up to 10 hours.

13:54Manzano excused that the measure is due to the low water levels in the Mazar Reservoir

13:59as part of the consequences of the drought that is affecting the country, although the

14:03power cuts were implemented before the announcement of hydrological deficiency in the main reservoirs

14:08of Ecuador.

14:09In a general report, the military entity, together with the electric corporation, warned

14:13that the blackouts could last until the year 2025.

14:39Welcome back.

15:00The commander of the United States Southern Command, Laura Richardson, said on Monday

15:04that the U.S. relationship with Argentina is made of iron.

15:08Senator Richardson also affirmed that the trip to China by President Javier Mele does

15:11not generate a problem because it is a sovereign decision.

15:15During this period, Argentina sought to strengthen its ties with the United States, adopting

15:18economic and diplomatic policies that favor U.S. interests.

15:22This approach included Argentina's participation in U.S.-led peacekeeping missions and the

15:26adoption of neoliberal economic reforms that were welcomed by the U.S. government.

15:36During Argentina, the Bicameral Commission for the Oversight of Intelligence Agencies

15:42and Activities will have a sub-commission to investigate the illegal interrogations

15:45to which many of the people detained during the protests against the base law were subjected.

15:49The decision was taken unanimously last week by the members of this body, chaired by the

15:54radical Martín Dustó, national senator of Argentina.

15:58In the last few days, victims of the agents' actions have testified and, as of this Tuesday,

16:03deputies who were sprayed with a powerful paper spray will give their testimonies.

16:12The Peruvian Public Ministry reiterated its request for 20 years in prison against former

16:16President Alejandro Toledo in the intra-Oceanic case.

16:20The former president is accused of receiving millions of dollars from a Brazilian company

16:23in exchange for allowing them to use the tunnels of the southern intra-Oceanic highway during

16:27his administration.

16:29Prosecutor José Domingo Pérez ratified that the guilt of the former president is

16:33proven.

16:34He recalled that Toledo accepted that the late Israeli businessman Joseph Maiman, the

16:38main beneficiary of the bribe, paid the mortgage of his house.

16:42Toledo also faces charges for the Odebrecht and Ecoteva cases.

16:56In Mexico, the plenary of the Chamber of Deputies approved in general the amendment

17:01to the General Law of the Electoral Institutions and Procedures in order to issue the secondary

17:05laws of the reform to the federal judiciary.

17:07The reform was approved by 336 votes in favor by the Morena, PT, BVM parties and 123 votes

17:16against by the PRI, PAN and MC parties.

17:19The reform defines the preparation of the election, the call for elections, nomination

17:25of candidates, election date counting and summation, allocation of positions, qualification

17:30of the election, declaration of validity, as well as the electoral campaign with emphasis

17:34on citizen participation.

17:41On Monday was presented the report Data that Hurts Us, Networks that Save Us.

17:45The study was presented by the Mesoamerican Initiative of Women Human Rights Defenders

17:51and reveals that 200 activists have been murdered since 2012.

17:55The extensive report also records more than 35,000 aggressions.

17:58The study states that 8,926 women defenders and 953 organizations have been target of

18:05attacks.

18:06The authors of the initiative affirm that this violence has collective impact as it

18:09sends intimidating messages to those who dare to challenge the patriarchal order and fight

18:14for social justice.

18:20We have come to the end of this news brief.

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18:30For Terrestrial English, I am Luis Alberto Matos, thank you for watching.

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