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00:00The Russian President Vladimir Putin met with President of the World Development Bank, Dmitry
00:16Dmitriev, as world leaders continue to arrive for the BRICS summit.
00:23And on Monday night, Cuba confirmed 1,931 connected circuits as the country continues
00:28to recover its electric system.
00:33The United Nations Children's Fund reiterates its call for urgent action on the dire conditions
00:38in which thousands of children are surviving in the gas strip.
00:53Hello, welcome to From the South, I'm Luis Alberto Matos, from the Televisual Studios
00:57in Havana, Cuba.
00:58We begin with the news.
01:12The President of Russia Vladimir Putin highlighted the funding provided by the New Development
01:16Bank to about 100 projects since 2018.
01:19When briefing the meeting held with the President of the New Development Bank, Dilma Rousseff,
01:23when the framework of the BRICS summit in Kazan, the Russian head of state praised the
01:26close to $33 billion the entity has invested on projects.
01:30The reunion addressed the financial institution's approach and its benefits for the group and
01:36its geostrategic interests.
01:38The Russian leader also pointed out that the new BRICS Development Bank has been a great
01:42alternative against Western financial methods, as the increase in local currency transactions
01:47has succeeded in reducing debt, servicing fees, thus increasing the financial independence
01:52of the BRICS country.
01:55Likewise, the Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting on Tuesday with the Prime Minister
02:01of India Narendra Modi, where he asserted that Moscow values the interaction with New
02:06Delhi within the framework of BRICS, noting that the summit further seeks to expand and
02:10strengthen cooperation between its member countries.
02:13At the encounter, Putin highlighted the good state of cooperation and trade between his
02:17state and India.
02:19For his part, Modi welcomed the deepening of ties between the two countries and expressed
02:22his commitment to a peaceful and diplomatic resolution of the conflict with Ukraine.
02:33Also in the framework of the BRICS summit, President Vladimir Putin met with his South
02:36African counterpart, Syria Ramaphosa, in the Russian city of Kazan, agreeing the commitment
02:41to achieve a fair world order.
02:44In the encounter, as President of the Bloc, Russia highlighted the results of the country's
02:48bilateral policy, based on the guidelines and projections of the 2023 summit held in
02:53South Africa, and assured it attaches particular importance to strengthening relations with
02:58all the countries of the African continent.
03:00On the other end, Ramaphosa stated that BRICS have the potential to lead changes in the
03:06global economy because they represent 27% of the world's gross domestic product.
03:17And to go deeper on the analysis of this year's BRICS summit, we are joined by international
03:21law expert, Dr. Yvonne Tellez.
03:24Hello, Yvonne.
03:25Welcome to From the South.
03:26Hello.
03:27Good morning, Luis.
03:28Happy to be here.
03:29The agenda is moving forward as the BRICS 2024 summit kickstarts.
03:35President Vladimir Putin has held bilateral talks with attending heads of states and government.
03:40What can you tell us of this year's agenda and the impact it can have as member states
03:44and partners aim to reduce inequalities in the world?
03:48Definitely, yes.
03:51We have to take into account the importance of BRICS because the five countries that currently
03:58make up the Bloc represent more than 42% of the global population, that's 34% of the world's
04:07territory, 23% of the gross domestic product, and that's the 80% of the global trade.
04:18That means that the Bloc, the BRICS countries, represent around 36.8% of the global GDP,
04:28surpassing the G7, so that's something that we have to take into account because that
04:35could definitely impact the world order, the world order because we are reshaping it.
04:42It's like a pivotal moment in the world order because now with the BRICS representing and
04:50including geopolitically significant countries, the group could become a bastion for the multipolar
04:57system.
04:59Moreover, in this world right now where the United States and its allies continue to exert
05:06pressure on the international community, BRICS offers an alternative aim at promoting sovereign
05:13equality and the diversity of civilization, allowing for new countries, global South countries
05:21to enter into this new platform of decision.
05:26Cooperation, as you were saying, Yvonne, within the BRICS format reaches many fields.
05:30Just recently, the Venezuelan news media VTV signed a memorandum of understanding for cooperation
05:35with BRICS TV.
05:36With this, would they plan to face media campaigns led by Western powers against the people of
05:42the closed South and beyond?
05:43How important is BRICS' role to act as a counterweight, we could say, against Western hegemonic powers
05:49in different fields?
05:51Well, there's a lot to say because we have to take into account as well that what we're
06:01seeing right now is emergence of this new power, new powerful states, emerging economies
06:12from the global South.
06:13For example, talking about Venezuela or Bolivia, how strategic they are right now for the current
06:20world order.
06:21I'm talking about, for example, the oil reserves that Venezuela has and the lithium reserves
06:26that Bolivia has.
06:28So within this context, what we're seeing is that this platform, this new platform represents
06:37like a countermeasure for this usual hegemonic status of the world order.
06:45That means also that the new decisions that could be taken within the BRICS community
06:50and within this summit could, in a way, transform what we're seeing right now.
06:57Because that means, for example, moving away from the SWIFT platform.
07:02That means moving away from the usual markets, taking into account as well that we have China
07:09over here, and China is a primary consumer of oil power from global South.
07:16So that means that what we're doing right now is to try to counterbalance this inequitable
07:22system, this inequitable world order regarding the economic area in the main things.
07:32So that means that with this new platform of decision representing more than the 30
07:38percent of the gross population, it could have a great impact.
07:43And it also can act as a countermeasure for these economic sanctions that countries such
07:50as Venezuela, Cuba, Russia, and some others, Iran as well, are facing right now.
07:57We have to look that these powers, these countries right now, are getting together.
08:05And within this platform of integration, that means that they grow stronger, even, for example,
08:10in international forums such as the United Nations.
08:15Unfortunately, as this BRICS summit takes place, the Israeli genocide against the people
08:20of Palestine continues, as well as the increased aggressions against Lebanon and Syria.
08:25This is also going to be on the table of this summit.
08:28How can BRICS help bring an end to Tel Aviv's policies and secure peace and stability in
08:33the region?
08:34Yes, that's true.
08:36Yes, that's true.
08:37What we're seeing right now is that this summit is like a key space to consolidate greater
08:46economic independence for the developing countries.
08:50That means that what we can see is probable support for Lebanon, for Palestine, from the
09:02new emergent countries, the new emergent economies, and from the countries that are
09:07seeking also not just the usual BRICS, but all these new countries that have come inside
09:14this group, because it's just like a global forum, right, not an international organization
09:22in itself.
09:23So that means that what we can see is at least an attempt to bring some kind of pacification
09:37or aims at helping build these new agreements and, of course, pose, again, a counter-violence
09:48against, for example, Israel within the Middle East.
09:52And also we have to take into account that that means that, for example, Iran and China
09:58are great partners of Russia, and that means that this agreement will allow and will provide
10:06also Russia, for example, with new airs of economic freshness regarding the economic
10:13sanctions that it's facing from the West.
10:16So we can see this summit is a great opportunity to see at least the first steps for a shift
10:25and a counter-violence, because it will represent some options to reshape the world order, and
10:32we have to see how many countries will be present at the summit.
10:38There's an expectancy of at least 60 countries that will come inside the summit, so that
10:43means a lot, and that means a great number of countries outside the Western and the usual
10:52international forums.
10:53So that is a representative number.
10:57Yvonne, one final question.
10:59In your opinion, what do you expect to come out from this BRICS summit in the current
11:03context that we're living in?
11:07Okay.
11:08I think that one of the first objectives that we're seeking here and that we can look at
11:16is the great opportunity for the Global South to enter, to join the bloc, and to try to
11:25build a new era of multilateralism.
11:29Why do I say this?
11:31Because it's like a moment for a global redefinition of the Global South and how the Global South
11:39is entering and playing in the international forum.
11:42Also, we're talking about not just the bloc expansion, the BRICS expansion, we're talking
11:47about the technology transfer, the alternative to the dollar, and new financing formulas.
11:54So definitely, this shows that we can see a potential to offer more economic alternatives
12:02for the Global South, for Latin American countries, and for other developing regions.
12:06Also, what they are seeking at, and they're aiming at, to try to put a more equitable
12:17platform of exchange.
12:20That means, again, a counterweight to the usual, for example, IMF solutions that have
12:30only brought poverty, inequity within our regions.
12:41I think that this opportunity offers a chance for a deeper level of integration with a probability
12:52for establishing free trade agreements, strengthen mechanisms, for example, such as the BRICS
12:58Bank, and this alternative payment system that takes a step back from the SWIFT platform.
13:08I think we're talking about three different areas, and those are crucial for this new
13:17world order that we're seeking at.
13:20Thank you, Yvonne, very much for your time and your inputs here in From the South.
13:26Thank you very much for having me.
13:28It was a pleasure.
13:29Let's now take a short break, but remember, you can join us on TikTok at TELUS for English
13:33where you'll find news in different formats, news updates, and much more.
13:44Stay with us.
14:08We continue on the topic of the BRICS Summit.
14:18We go now live to Kazan with our special envoy, Yunus Oner, for the latest information.
14:28Good evening from the city of Kazan in the Russian Federation, where the BRICS Summit
14:34is getting into motion.
14:38Today, within an hour or so, the official welcoming ceremony will be held here, but
14:46still leaders are arriving.
14:48Just minutes ago, I saw the Indonesian president arriving at the airport of Kazan, which has
14:55been live streamed here in the convention center where we are at, where this summit
15:00takes place during the day.
15:03Dozens of leaders have arrived here in the city, members of BRICS, as well as other leaders
15:10who would like, whose countries would like to join this alliance.
15:15In total, 36 countries will participate in this summit, 22 at the level of head of government
15:23or head of state.
15:25So what happened during this day?
15:27Mostly bilateral meetings, and most of them taking place with the Russian president, Vladimir
15:33Putin, as his country has the chairmanship in this year of BRICS.
15:38So Putin welcomed the prime minister of India, Narendra Modi, and they had a very warm meeting
15:48as it was reflected by their statements.
15:51Putin said, we have so good relations, I quote, that we don't need a translator.
15:57Modi replied smiling, and after the meeting, he stated on social media that his meeting
16:04with Putin was wonderful, end of quote.
16:08Similarly, the president of South Africa qualified after his meeting with the Russian president
16:14that Russia is a valuable ally of his country.
16:19The Chinese president, Xi Jinping, also arrived today here and had his bilateral meeting with
16:25Vladimir Putin.
16:27Xi Jinping spoke of tectonic shifts in the global order, but emphasized the strategic
16:34relationship, the strategic alliance between Russia and China, and of course, in the framework
16:41of BRICS as well.
16:43Other leaders also met with Russian president Vladimir Putin.
16:49An important leader who arrived today here in the city of Kazan was Palestinian president
16:54Mahmoud Abbas.
16:55Abbas has been in Moscow and has held there already meetings with Putin before, and he
17:01was invited there to attend the BRICS summit here, and here in that context, it is worth
17:08mentioning that his ambassador to Moscow back in summer had, in an interview given to the
17:15local media, mentioned or declared his country's, Palestine's, ambition to join the BRICS as
17:22well.
17:23That would be an important step, obviously, as the other multilateral organizations fail
17:30to assist Palestine in its defense against Israeli aggression, speaking of which, another
17:37important guest will be the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, important because he has
17:45not been visiting Russia since 2022, the year that the war in Ukraine started, and he's
17:53announcement to attend BRICS summit was criticized harshly by the Ukrainian presidency, almost
18:00he was labeled as a traitor, treatment which reminds of, actually, Benjamin Netanyahu,
18:08the Israeli prime minister's reaction or criticism against the UN Secretary General.
18:13So he will also attend this meeting, which tonight begins with a welcoming ceremony and
18:19a cultural program.
18:20The leaders will have a dinner together.
18:23Tomorrow, the program starts officially and fully with two different sessions, talking
18:29about the matter of BRICS expansion.
18:33There is approximately 30 countries.
18:45Sorry, Yunus, to cut you short, but we have to go live to Venezuela.
18:49Diosdado Cabello is offering statements.
18:54This is Mr. Juan Manuel Larva, who is the president of the Institute, Juan Manuel Lara
19:02Villalobos, the president of the urban municipality of Mau, and Mr. David Villalobos Ortega, this
19:17citizen who is called Alberto Silva.
19:22So far, it has been controversial, his functions on the mayor's office, but what is true is
19:31that he has a great power to decide and to manage resources.
19:37Some people say he was the manager of resources, and then there's Mr. Pedro Guanipa, former
19:48director of the mayor's office, former director because he's already arrested, and he's the
19:57brother of Juan Pablo Guanipa and Tomas Guanipa of that same family.
20:04And then there is Mr. Alberto Pucci, Pucci was a hired man who was paying people, and
20:20Alberto Silva.
20:23All of this has been pointing directly that one of the involved is Juan Pablo Guanipa.
20:35We say this with all the steadfastness of the case because it is one of the people who
20:45have defended the things that we cannot defend, and he has been in solidarity with criminals.
20:57He has to do it because he's part of it, and we have testimonies of some of them that we
21:07are going to present and some others we cannot present yet, and it is crystal clear that
21:16this is a corruption plot dismantled and in process of dismantling in the mayor's office
21:26of Maracaibo, and these are not the only ones involved.
21:35There are more people involved, and here there's a group of people, Mrs. Margarita Asensa,
21:44general director of the private secretary of the mayor's office, and Diana Barros, and
21:53Diana Patricia, who's been on search, and so we have the statements of them, and some
22:02of them have been holding accountable of what they did, and so I am going to share
22:09with you some information from the less to the higher seriousness, and so we will listen
22:19to Margarita Asensa.
22:23Let's put the video.
22:26The total financing of the mayor's office has been provided by Luis Alberto Silva, and
22:37all of which has to do, all of the resources of the mayor's office has been out of, well,
22:45Another point is the president, however, the director, Miriam Ramos, was accountable for
22:58these operations, and regarding the political mobilizations that I could observe, all of
23:10these mobilizations were paid off by the, another person, well, this is the first part,
23:21the lady said, these are seven companies, seven companies hired in the Maracaibo municipality
23:36for collecting garbage from the southeast, who else is from Maracaibo?
23:46Do you know the disaster in which Maracaibo is in tons of garbage, and they have seven
23:57companies hired with the same purpose, and that the stalling of state resources has been
24:11there only in the hiring of seven companies with the same purpose, with restructuring
24:19of offices, restructuring of offices with high prices, and so this was discovered by
24:29the audit within this investigation.
24:32And I come back to, for example, this gentleman, Pedro Guanipa, dispatches from an office of
24:45a company that was hired by the mayor's office, who, what he said in his defense, let's listen
24:57to him.
25:10That's not the mayor, pardon me, let's start with the mayor.
25:18I can tell that the heads of the parishes, who are a team presence of parishes, well,
25:34when there wasn't, we don't do cuts, but eventually, if we have to move the parishes, and I told
25:46you with a lot of responsibility, we gave $100 for the holocausture, we did so, I need
26:02to pay some fees, and so that was what the mayor said.
26:16To pay colleges, to pay batteries, and so on.
26:23So anyone could think that there cannot be any problem in that kinds of activities, but
26:33let's see, the pay on the, how can you pay at the exit of the place, well, that depends
26:47on, sometimes we didn't collect the money, but we say some of them, that help with the
26:59contribution to, if they were going out of, how can you pay them, well, that depends on
27:16the situation, because that's the only way, because if they didn't provide any bigger
27:24contributions, it wouldn't surpass $5,000 or something like that.
27:30$5,000 multiplied by 28, he asked money to entrepreneurs to pay those justice officials.
27:47I am going to tell you something, the Venezuelan opposition is bad in opposing, but it is
28:07the worst ruling, every time they take office, to take the post, they deployed a kind of
28:20mob for corruption, and so another person was detained for corruption, and so another
28:32person was detained, which is, who is Pedro Guanipi, and the main video, we just, let's listen
28:41the videos, sometimes I have to ask for the money, and I, so I made the money come to
29:05the son of Juan Pablo, and in a text, meanwhile these payments do not appear, and the director,
29:29what was the procedure for making that payment, and I don't know how the procedure was, maybe
29:43it was from a bill or a cash, I am not clear about it, but, and it appears again, Mr. Alejandro
29:57Silva, Mr. Guanipa said that he didn't know how the procedure was, but it is crystal clear
30:06that he knows the procedure, this Mr. Alberto Silva, pay attention that he has been named
30:15several times with different responsibilities, but we are not clear his main role, but it
30:25is true that he was taking the lead in money issues, there were, well, there were $3,000
30:36every 15 days, and this was paid at the beginning of the year, or maybe at the end of last year,
30:49well, he said that he was talking about $3,000 every 15 days, but actually, where, where
31:06every seven days, and Guanipa, if you want, you can say it is a lie, but I am going to show you
31:18the evidence, you can say, and your brother is going to say at which you spent that money,
31:30but it is the double standard, I am not talking about moral, but the double standard of them,
31:38remember the case of Ronald Carreño, that he spent the money for the operation of children
31:46to buy some cars to, that's the way the opposition acts, the money of the surgical operations
31:57of children, of the, that were operations overseas of the Bolivar operation, Mr. Guanipa,
32:07Pedro Guanipa, has another statement to make, my name is Pedro Miguel Guanipa Villalobos,
32:14and ID 7,834,000, right now I am a director of the dispatch of the mayor office in Maracaibo,
32:31I am brother of Tomas and Juan Pablo Guanipa, and I am from the party of Primero Justicia,
32:40and I want to express my knowledge of the funding to political activities of my brother Juan Pablo Guanipa,
32:51by the mayor office in Maracaibo, and that financing surpasses $100,000 per month,
33:06and today through, I know that Alberto Silva is in charge of that operation,
33:17and it is in my knowledge the financing that Maracaibo's mayor office did for campaign activities
33:29of Edmundo Gonzalez and Maria Corina Machado, to support with mobilizations, cars, food,
33:38sounds for those activities, such activities surpass $50,000, and in both cases activities
33:48have been authorized with the knowledge of the mayor of Maracaibo, Rafael Ramirez.
33:56Without pressures of any kind, this citizen, Pedro Guanipa, talks about that from his mayor office
34:09they deliver resources, actually there were $50,000 per week, and that money was coming from the collection
34:20of garbage in Maracaibo, because they pay it, but they didn't collect the garbage,
34:27and so they financed activities of mobilization of the campaign of Edmundo Gonzalez,
34:35when he was at the Zulia State, he said it, this said it, who was one of the active participants
34:48in that, in those acts of campaign, of electoral campaign in the Zulia State.
34:56I must clarify that this is the first delivery, there are a number of officials of the mayor's office,
35:07counselors, that are part of this corrupted mob, that they are part of this investigation,
35:20there are other people arrested, and are at the order of trials, of course,
35:27and we consider necessary to inform the country, and most of all, the Zulia State and Maracaibo municipality,
35:36because they try to manipulate, and I hope that those who have come out, listen to this conversation
35:44of Mr. Pedro Guanipa, and listen to the own mayor, that he seemed that $5,000 are nothing,
35:55if you multiplied by 18 parishes, maybe it is nothing for them, because they are used to earning the money
36:06of the mayor's office for their pockets, and the lady talked about that she took office two years ago,
36:17this was her routine, and all a plot of corruption was being dismantled in the municipality of Maracaibo,
36:27if you've got any questions, I appreciate it.
36:30Madeline Garcia, of Telesur, hi, how are you doing, minister?
36:36Well, I would like to know, that within this plot, and part of that money,
36:45were they financed comanditos criminal groups, and if this, in the National Assembly,
36:54the legislators are debating on the modification of the law to avoid this kind of situation,
37:02and what scope has this kind of corruption?
37:08Well, regarding the campaign, he pointed out directly Mr. Guanipa, and the mayor,
37:23but the mayor talked clearer about their involvement with Manuel Rosales in all these electoral campaign activities.
37:41It is pursuing the policy, the politics, without, we could say that they are not politicians,
37:53they are not politicians, they are people involved with companies, taking poses to be richer,
38:03and they see these corruption activities as ordinary, as normal, as a normal fact, event,
38:15an event in which they sealed agreements and delivered money to the leaders of their parties,
38:28and let's recall that we presented before the National Assembly some checks,
38:34in which the Leopoldo Lopez mother was attached to PDVSA,
38:42and she takes the money of PDVSA to construct a political party to his son,
38:48because for them, the politics is like that, it's not the politics of service,
38:54and with all certainty, I've got no hesitation, this involvement goes beyond,
39:03this has to do with the events of violence that have been occurring nationwide,
39:16and I have no doubts about it, the country must know that we will continue doing what it is up to us to determine the guilty ones,
39:29and the country must know that any of these incidents will go unpunished.
39:36I must say, they are just like crazy, sending messages to clear this,
39:45and there's nothing to be clarified, because this is not part of the negotiation,
39:51and they have sent me a lot of messages as a minister to reach agreements,
40:00and there's no agreements, because the only agreement is that law must be imposed,
40:05and they must know it, and tomorrow they will say that Mr. Ramirez is politically persecuted,
40:15and tomorrow they will say that Mr. Guanipa was under the effects of whatever,
40:24and they must surely be prepared about it, but without any pressures,
40:31Pedro Miguel has been talking about how things work in that mayor's office,
40:39he pointed out Mr. Silva directly, and he mentioned his brother too, regarding this situation,
40:53another question, and the question is by Elirio Rojas of the Ultimas Noticias Daily and Iguana TV.
41:05Good afternoon, Minister, greetings, good afternoon,
41:11it has been suggested from your presentation, it is open there, the involvement of this group,
41:21of this criminal group, because they are already on trials and are charged with violent acts,
41:31I ask, will they have any attachment to the latest procedure of armed seizures in the Zulia State,
41:42because you mentioned at the press briefing, when you referred to the armed seizures,
41:49that there were a group in Zulia, they know who they are, that are involved behind this seizure of weapons,
41:57and secondly, what is the responsibility of the National Directorate of Justice,
42:09well, thank you for your question, this is the leverage of the delivery by portions,
42:15that we can't add things, these are investigations underway,
42:22and the attachments with the so-called comanditos criminal groups,
42:30there are no hesitations about the financing of Maracaibo to the Zulia State,
42:39and the attachments with violence, there are a group of people in Zulia State,
42:45I presented a US citizen, that had direct attachments in Zulia State,
42:55and that he used as a facade, as a disguise, as an alibi, the religious issue,
43:07and so he was there, disguised in churches,
43:14and for that gentleman, they were offering 500,000 dollars, and a million dollars for the police to release him,
43:30and so that's the importance of his involvement with those criminal groups,
43:36and the criminal groups of violence, as such.
43:46We will be informing and providing details of each of what we've been clarifying,
43:57because we have been delivering things with proofs, so far no one has said they are lies, on the contrary,
44:10I said it at some point, that those who were defending Mr. Ramirez,
44:19they would fall by themselves, because it is the same Mr. Ramirez,
44:26and the director of the mayor's office, both of them explained how this plot of corruption has been working,
44:39and so we will be informing gradually, you asked for the weapons, and the second question was about,
44:45well, pardon me, well, they are very responsible,
44:50they have never taken responsibility of, holding responsibility of anything,
44:56it is their problem, right?
44:59Their justice, Mr. Brito, leads far apart from the Primera Justicia party,
45:11they have been fighting each other, accusing each other of corruption,
45:17because when Capriles accuses Borges of bad management, of bad administrative management,
45:25he charged him with corruption, and Capriles heard about this today, he knows it for a long time,
45:34that political direction, Juan Pablo Guanipa, surely he will come out to say,
45:47and I am going to say to you something, remember a name, Napoleon,
45:53I am only telling you this, because what you will say is supporting this investigation,
46:03for ethical reasons, and for religious reasons, I won't say in which you spent the money,
46:16it is hard for this political organization to hold responsibility for any of this,
46:25they stormed an embassy on April 11, they participated in a coup d'etat,
46:33and if you ask them, they said that they weren't there, so they are just babies,
46:40they claim they are just babies,
46:43The last question is by Maria Jimenez from Venezuelan TV,
46:48Good afternoon Minister, the question is oriented to the recent publications of the Prosecutor's Office
46:57about the detention of former Minister of Oil, Pedro Teixeira,
47:04for serious crimes against the oil industry,
47:08from this interior ministry, is there any official statement about this specific case,
47:17mostly about the crusade launched by the Venezuelan state in the fight against corruption,
47:25against any crimes against the nation?
47:28Well, it is not the affair, but I am going to answer,
47:33for these 25 years, the Bolivarian revolution has to carry out investigations to people
47:51who have been involved in the Bolivarian revolution,
47:54remember the case of Baduel, who then became praised by the opposition,
48:07and at the same time, Commander Chavez was in front of an investigation,
48:16and maybe President Nicolás Maduro has launched a crusade of fight against corruption,
48:26and all corruption is accompanied by treason,
48:36and President Maduro has been crystal clear about it,
48:44whoever is involved in corruption, in the specific case of Pedro Teixeira,
48:53Pedro Teixeira delivered the PDVSA's brain,
49:00the administration of wells, of operations, of agreements,
49:06to the same company that participated in the coup d'etat in 2002.
49:14Innocent, well, so far there cannot be innocent people at those levels,
49:22with payments made by licensing companies,
49:32for example, we don't have the licenses,
49:35and I must say to people that these licenses are not worth $20, but millions of dollars worth,
49:45putting at high risk the stability of the oil industry in Venezuela.
49:56Again, there, President Maduro has been steadfast, extremely steadfast and firm,
50:06he has been inflexible about it,
50:11he does not allow any distortions, any deviations,
50:30and so the prosecutor's office has been investigating about this,
50:37and the national government has done what it takes, what corresponds,
50:44and if this would happen in a political party, if opposition leaders did this,
50:54there will be silence about this, because it is a complicit society,
50:59so it is a deepening investigation in PDVSA,
51:04and unfortunately we have to review methods,
51:08the Bolivarian revolution is in constant review of procedures,
51:14review of procedures of the exercises of power,
51:21of being able to do things, and how you do things,
51:26and so President Maduro has been clear,
51:29and the national entities have been crystal clear,
51:34and we regret deeply because no one has been designated with the responsibility
51:44for them to deliver things to the US,
51:49and we have to highlight that that company is a US company,
51:57and so it is the same company that they were delivering the management of the Venezuelan oil industry,
52:07imagine the abyss in which we were about to fall,
52:16and so they were preparing another April 11,
52:22so we are researching about this, we are looking into this with a lot of expertise,
52:29and of course the right wing surprises,
52:33and every time the revolution acts and the judicial system acts,
52:41the Venezuelan right wing comes out in defense of these corrupted people
52:51involved in corruption and treason to the homeland,
52:55it is very suspicious,
52:56and just for the analysis and evaluation of Venezuelans that are listening to us right now,
53:02they immediately come out and say that they are kidnapped,
53:07and so it is very rare, it is very strange,
53:12they go from a successful manager to a traitor to the homeland,
53:26and so if you want to leak in an adversary lines,
53:32you have to, well I repeat that this is part of the investigation,
53:38the Venezuelan state condemns absolutely any action or act of corruption,
53:47and not only condemns, but the Venezuelan state will persecute until the last consequences any act of betrayal.
54:09So, delivering the administration the agreements of the main industry to the country,
54:37to the government of the United States implies an act of treason to the homeland,
54:46I see it like this,
54:49and as this is the same company of the 2002,
54:59so opposition leaders continue defending the undefensible,
55:08but we have the commitment with tranquility, with peace with the people,
55:12we cannot be bribed or blackmailed,
55:20the president cannot be blackmailed,
55:23we cannot be blackmailed and we won't allow any action of this kind,
55:30well thank you very much for being here,
55:32and this act of corruption in the Zulia state, in the municipality of Maracaibo,
55:38it is a masterpiece and a design of the Venezuelan opposition,
55:47they are bad at the opposition but are worse at governing, ruling,
55:55they are very corrupted,
55:58they cannot see a believer because they stole all the money,
56:06they have been elected to serve as public officials and they know it.
56:18We were listening to the statements of the interior minister of Venezuela,
56:21Diosdado Cabello, as the fight against corruption continues in the Bolivarian nation,
56:25and the minister was providing evidence of a new network of corruption in Zulia state,
56:32in Maracaibo, he was providing evidence of how they dismantled this network of corruption
56:37within state officials that were elected in this region of the Venezuelan state,
56:42and they were taking funds from the state to fund destabilizing actions
56:47and to steal from missions that were intended to provide help to the people,
56:51like in the case of one of the detainees that was in charge of stealing money
56:57from Mission Bolivar that was sending children abroad to have surgery,
57:01back bone marrow transplant surgeries,
57:06and they stole this money that would harm the children of the region,
57:11so the fight against corruption continues in Venezuela,
57:13the interior ministry will continue to fight to preserve peace and stability in Venezuela,
57:18and like this we have come to the end of this news brief,
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57:30For Televisor English, I'm Luis Alberto Matos, thank you for watching.