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00:00The UN denounced that the population of the Gaza Strip is facing the worst restrictions

00:15on human journey since the beginning of the war a year ago.

00:21President of Venezuela Nicolás Maduro confirmed that he will be sworn in on January 10th as

00:25president-elect for the 2025-2031 term.

00:31And Pakistan hosts the 23rd meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, chaired

00:35by Prime Minister Shabazz Sharif, who is also the current chairman of the organization.

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

00:48Havana, Cuba.

00:49We begin with the news.

01:09On Tuesday, the UN denounced that the population of the Gaza Strip is facing the worst restrictions

01:14on human journey since the beginning of the war a year ago.

01:17The spokesman for the United Nations Children's Fund, James Elder, said the situation for

01:21children is worse every day than the last.

01:24He kept declaring that the amount of human journey sent in August to the Gaza Strip was

01:28the lowest in a month since the war broke out, and added that there have been several

01:33days over the past week when no trucks were allowed in.

01:36Elder stressed that earlier in the year, when the UN feared famine in the Gaza Strip, there

01:40was a real pressure to open new routes and new access points.

01:43However, it is the opposite nowadays.

01:52In Lebanon, the ongoing Israeli shellings in the capital Beirut and southern regions

01:57killed several people.

01:59On Tuesday night, the Zionist army attacked the town of Qana, killing at least 15 people

02:03while 15 others were wounded.

02:04The devastated southern Lebanese town still remembers the 1996 Israeli artillery bombardment,

02:10which killed at least 100 civilians sheltering a UN compound.

02:14In another attack on Wednesday, at least five people were killed, including the mayor of

02:19the town of Nabatyeh, after Israeli airstrikes hit two municipal buildings.

02:28And as of September 17th, at least 72 employees of the World Health Organization were killed

02:32and 43 were injured in Lebanon.

02:35According to the organization of the 207 health centers located in the conflict-affected

02:39areas, a hundred are currently closed, while stocks of medicines and medical workers are

02:44running low.

02:45Also, the Rochelle Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean, Hanan Balkhi, described

02:49the situation in Lebanon as alarming and stressed that attacks on health facilities prevent

02:53several districts from receiving health services when they are most needed.

02:58According to the Lebanese Ministry of Health, as of October 3rd, the escalation of the conflict

03:02between Israel and Hezbollah left almost 2,000 dead, including 127 children and 261 women,

03:08and about 9,400 women wounded.

03:15And the Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Arraqchi arrived in Jordan, where he held a meeting

03:20with his counterpart Ayman Zafari aimed at promoting peace in the Middle East.

03:24At the gather held in the Jordanian capital Amman, the top officials discussed efforts

03:29to end the crimes and aggressions of the Israeli regime against Palestine and Lebanon.

03:34The Iranian Foreign Minister previously traveled to Lebanon, Syria, Saudi Arabia and Iraq,

03:38among other countries, and plans to travel to Egypt and Turkey as part of his country's

03:43diplomatic rapprochement with the nations of the region seeking to coordinate actions

03:47to achieve peace in the Middle East.

03:59In the Panama Canal, the Infrastructure Authority reported on Tuesday the number of ships transits

04:13fell by 29 percent this last year compared to the previous one due to the drought.

04:18According to data provided by the Panama Canal Authority, 9,944 vessels passed through the

04:24waterway during the 2024 fiscal year.

04:28That figure represents a 29 percent decrease compared to the previous fiscal year when

04:3240,080 vessels passed through the Panama Canal.

04:37The Authority also reported in a press release that 17-plus cargo passed through the canal

04:43than in the previous year.

04:49And the President of Brazil Luiz Inácio da Silva presented on Tuesday a legislative

04:53project to strengthen the legal framework with penalties for environmental crimes.

04:58According to a government statement, the President sent to the National Congress a bill that

05:02alters Law No. 9-9605 of 1998 to increase the penal and administrative sanctions derived

05:11from conducts and activities harmful to the environment.

05:15The bill plans to change into prison penalties those that, up to now, could be replaced by

05:19paying fines.

05:20This initiative stems from public pressure following the wave of forest fires that Brazil

05:24has experienced in recent weeks.

05:32On Friday, October 18, Cuba will present the ninth report to the Committee on the Elimination

05:36of Discrimination Against Women in Geneva, Switzerland, as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

05:40of the Caribbean nation announced.

05:44According to the information, this exercise will be carried out in accordance with international

05:48commitments and the political will of the Cuban government for the advancement of women.

05:52The Caribbean nation will present itself with undeniable progress in the protection and

05:55promotion of all human rights for all people, particularly women and girls, and with necessary

06:00tools to address the challenges identified in this area.

06:10Let's take a short break, but remember you can join us on Tik Tok, at Televisión English,

06:13where you'll find news in different formats, news updates and much more.

06:18Stay with us.

06:21Welcome back.

06:42President of Venezuela Nicolás Maduro confirmed Tuesday that he will attend next January 10th

06:46to be sworn in as president-elect for the 2025-2031 term, after officially receiving

06:51the invitation from the Board of Directors of the National Assembly of Venezuela.

06:54The president informed this from the 4F barracks in Caracas, where he headed the act of transmission

07:01of the high command of the general commands of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces.

07:04In this context, the head of state publicly confirmed that he received the date of invitation

07:08and that he will formally attend the fulfillment of the oath according to the Constitution.

07:14I have already received the invitation from the Board of Directors of the National Assembly

07:27to be sworn in as constitutional president for the period 2025-2031, next January 10th

07:36before the federal legislative palace, before the sovereign of Venezuela, and I publicly

07:43confirmed that I have received the letter of invitation and that I will formally attend

07:47the fulfillment of the constitutional oath according to the Constitution, before whom

07:54the winning candidate is sworn in, once promulgated by the electoral power.

08:00This Wednesday, a high-level Venezuelan communications team arrived in China for a series of meetings

08:05with media and government representatives.

08:07The delegation is headed by Communication Minister Freddy Náñez, Deputy Communication Minister

08:11Yohan Gil-Rodríguez, and Telesur President Patricia Villegas.

08:15The delegation will remain in Chinese territory until October 20th.

08:18From there, they will travel directly to Russia to take part in the BRICS Forum,

08:22one of the most awaited events of this year.

08:29And the president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, signed the Indigenous Authorities Decree,

08:35which establishes the rules for indigenous peoples in environmental matters

08:38and the development of their competencies of their authorities.

08:42In a ceremony at the Casa de Nariño, President Petro said that the regulation will grant

08:47indigenous communities the same power that regional autonomous corporations have

08:50and will establish effective coordination with other authorities and state entities.

08:55On the other hand, Petro also mentioned the upcoming Biodiversity Summit COP16

08:59to be held in Cali.

09:01He affirmed that this is perhaps the most important international event that Colombia has ever held

09:06and that only the People's Republic of China will send 300 representatives.

09:17No one can teach any Colombian and any institution in Colombia, in Latin America,

09:24how to build the vital balance between human beings and nature.

09:30More than the indigenous peoples of Colombia and the Americas,

09:35so this decree promotes indigenism.

09:40We have signed with the President of the Republic the decree that establishes

09:44the indigenous authorities as environmental authorities for their people and their territory.

09:49We could liken this measure to the justice that they already have,

09:53and therefore this exercise of environmental authority over their territories and populations

09:58becomes complementary and concurrent with the exercise of the environmental authorities

10:03and the national environmental system.

10:06In Argentina, the General Secretary of the Student Center of the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters,

10:11Luca Bonfante, stated that at least in 100 public university students

10:15are carrying out some kind of ongoing protest action.

10:18In this sense, Bonafante expressed that at the moment there are more than 100 faculties occupied

10:23and that in these occupations there were assemblies, public classes,

10:26and that this situation would continue for the next few days.

10:29During the week, students from the Faculties of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmacy

10:33of the National University of San Luis,

10:35as well as the universities of Lujan, Tucumán, Rosario, Catamarca, La Plata, Salta and La Pampa,

10:41also joined the protest.

10:49The Government of Argentina finally sent to Congress the Leaf Litter Bill,

10:55proposed by the Minister of Deregulation and Transformation of the State, Federico Struzenegger,

11:00which aims to eliminate 70 laws established in the country.

11:03Struzenegger defended this action, stating that the law promotes legal certainty

11:08and removes obstacles to personal development and the development of the country as a unit.

11:12Among the laws to be repealed are 8 laws from 1951 to 1983,

11:17established under the presidential mandates of Juan Domingo Perón and Estela Martínez de Perón,

11:23and also under the leadership of Juan Carlos Ongani, Alejandro Nanús and Reinaldo Pindón.

11:31The National Federation of Secondary Education Teachers in Uruguay

11:35has gone on a 48-hour strike to reject the government's education reform and budget cuts.

11:40As part of the mobilization, the union members occupied several learning centers in Uruguay

11:45and capital, forcing them to suspend their classes.

11:48During the two-day strike, there will be mobilizations, internal assemblies and meetings

11:53with parents and students. A march along the D.S.C. Ocho de Julio Avenue

11:57is also expected on Wednesday, 16th morning.

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12:45Welcome back.

12:46Pakistan hosts the 23rd meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization

12:50led by Prime Minister Shabazz Sharif, who is also the current chairman of the organization.

12:54The SCO, founded in 2001, supports key delegations from new member states

12:58such as India, Russia, Iran and China, which will hold the presidency in 2025.

13:04The aim is to foster security, economic and political cooperation across Eurasia.

13:08Before meeting for the formal proceedings, Sharif received the leaders and staff of the member states.

13:13The Prime Minister opening the meeting highlighted the government's ongoing efforts

13:18to eliminate terrorism and overcome a severe economic crisis.

13:22Other SCO members include India, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.

13:35In the United States, a recent poll conducted by the Hispanic Federation and the Victoria Latina Foundation

13:40indicates that Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris

13:43leads Republican candidate Donald Trump by 56% with 31% among Latino voters in seven key states.

13:50Poll released Tuesday shows that the Democratic nomination has sparked enthusiasm

13:54among Hispanics in key swing states.

13:56According to the poll, Harris leads in each of the seven swing states

13:59with February ratings in each state ranging from 54 to 58%.

14:04In addition, this poll conducted October 2nd

14:10shows that 60% of respondents are more interested in voting in the election after Harris' arrival.

14:23And also in the United States, Boeing factory workers staged a large demonstration in Seattle

14:27on Tuesday to demand better wage deals.

14:29This strike was made as a way of increasing pressure on new CEO Kelly Oetwerk

14:34to end a bigger strike that has plunged the aircraft maker further into financial crisis.

14:39Factory workers declared that the recent 17,000 job cuts announced by the company

14:43would not deter them from continuing to fight for higher wages and improved pensions.

14:48Washington state's top congressional Democrats added pressure on Boeing,

14:52calling on both sides to reach a mutually beneficial agreement.

14:58Unless we gave up our pension, stagnated wages, took a massive cost shift on health care,

15:05let's not forget the sacrifices our members have already made

15:09to secure the jobs right here in our communities

15:12for our members, those that follow, and everyone else.

15:17The UN warned that nearly 3 million people have fled Sudan after 18 months of warring

15:22and still growing exodus, with 25,000 people fleeing to neighboring Chad

15:26in the first week of October alone.

15:28Mahmoudou Dian-Balde, UN Sudan's regional refugee coordinator,

15:33stated that the 3 million mark will likely be crossed in the next two to three weeks.

15:37He also pointed out that the fact that the figure approaches 3 million

15:41is a disaster directly linked to the increasing brutality of the conflict.

15:44War has raged since April 2023 between the Sudanese army under the country's de facto ruler,

15:50Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the Parliamentary Rapid Support Forces

15:54led by his former deputy, Mohammed Hamdan Daglo, and it left tens of thousands dead.

16:03For the Sudanese, because of the brutality of the conflict,

16:09because of really the brutality, the intensification of the conflict,

16:13in less than 18 months, we have almost 3 million people.

16:17These are refugees, asylum seekers, South Sudanese nationals, for example,

16:22who have gone back home.

16:24So we're facing perhaps the biggest protection crisis we've seen in recent decades.

16:29That's Sudan today, unfortunately.

16:32And the government of Zimbabwe requested to join the BRICS bloc of countries

16:36with the purpose of boosting the economic development of that African nation.

16:40In the words of the Minister of Publicity and Information and Broadcasting,

16:43Gianfan Musuere, Zimbabwe shares many historical ties with most of the BRICS country,

16:48the organization that can also be a platform for them as a country in terms of trade and industrial growth.

16:53The official also stressed that the current global media landscape is marked by a series of challenges

16:57dominated by westernized narratives fueled by disinformation.

17:02The next BRICS summit, Kazan 2024, will be attended by delegates from 30 countries,

17:07including approximately 24 heads of states.

17:15October 16 marks the 71st anniversary of the history will absolve me, Fidel Castro's historic self-defense plea

17:22in the trial for the assaults of the Moncada and Carlos Manuel de Céspedes barracks

17:26in Santiago, Cuba and Bayamo, respectively, on July 26, 1953.

17:31On October 16, 1953, at the trial of the Moncadistas for the assaults on the Moncada

17:36and Carlos Manuel de Céspedes barracks, Fidel Castro assumed his defense

17:39and that of the rest of the assailants.

17:42This defense was later turned into a book entitled History will absolve me.

17:46On June 18, 1954, from prison, Fidel Castro wrote this to his comrades,

17:51Melba Hernández and Jaique de Santa María,

17:54and one of the most important letters in the history of Cuba in which he asked them to

17:58distribute his plea for self-defense, in which he described the six main problems

18:02affecting the Cuban people in the 1950s.

18:10We have come to the end of this newsbrief.

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18:20For Televisual English, I'm Luis Alberto Matos. Thank you for watching.

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