28/10/2024
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*President of Egypt proposes temporary truce in Gaza
*UN call for strict arms control in Haiti
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*President of Egypt proposes temporary truce in Gaza
*UN call for strict arms control in Haiti
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00:00In Uruguay, Yamandu Orsi of the Broad Front and Ălvaro Delgado of the National Party
00:16will go through a runoff for the presidential election on November 24th.
00:23In Egypt, President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi proposed on Sunday a two-day ceasefire in the Gaza
00:28in exchange for the release of four Israeli prisoners and some Palestinian prisoners.
00:34The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has
00:36urgently called for strict controls to prevent armed shipments to Haiti.
00:47Hello, welcome from the south. I'm Luis Alberto Matos from the
00:51In Uruguay, with 99.92% of the votes counted, it is established that Yamandu Orsi of the Broad
01:15Front and Ălvaro Delgado of the National Party will go through a runoff for the presidential
01:19election on November 24th. The Broad Front coalition registered so far for 3.9% of the votes
01:31as did the Colorado Party, which dropped to 16% of its federal ballots.
01:35With these numbers, the Broad Front and the National Party will reorganize their strategies
01:39as from this Monday, regarding the popular consultation, 39.1% of the voters voted in
01:45favor of social security and 39.4% voted in favor of establishing night raids,
01:49so that neither of the consultations reached the number necessary for its approval.
02:02Our party, Broad Front, in this concert of parties is once again the most voted party in Uruguay.
02:15We are the party that grew the most in this election. A campaign at times becomes long,
02:25and many perhaps get tired, or we get tired of walking and walking.
02:31But it is worth it, comrades. It is worth it, Uruguayans. Let's go in these 27 days
02:47for this last effort with more desire than ever. More desire than ever, comrades.
02:54The presidential candidate for the right-wing National Party, Ălvaro Delgado,
03:02assured that his party will start campaigning for the presidential runoff with a new approach.
03:09Today we are starting another stage, a different one,
03:12but we are starting a stage with a different approach.
03:15Look, the ballot boxes have spoken. Uruguay has expressed itself in democracy and freedom.
03:31And tonight Uruguay said that the coalition is the most voted political project in our country.
03:38And in Chile, the second and last election day was marked by the vote of former mayor Daniel
03:43Jadue, finally authorized by the court to be released from house arrest. Let's see.
03:50He is sitting at a desk, and although he is still in school, this time he had to be a voting officer
03:55at the age of 18. That's why he brings a ball, to play in the free time he thought he would have.
04:01But these elections give no truce. There are a lot of votes to count and verify.
04:06Like him, his young table mates are also responsible for this electoral act in Chile.
04:11It is their first time participating, and they face two fierce proxies of political parties
04:16that supervise every movement. It is what they must do, even if others are kinder than them,
04:22like Don Fernando. At 84 years of age, although he is there to defend the votes of his coalition,
04:27his civic spirit is to defend democracy.
04:30We guarantee that in the election we verify that the vote corresponds,
04:34that it is signed correctly, and that it reflects the will of the person who voted,
04:38and if there is any conversation necessary to clarify something,
04:41we leave it to what the law indicates and we follow the procedures of the law.
04:49If the preference marked is not clear, the debate will begin,
04:52and it is up to the people to decide what to do.
05:00It is almost always the null votes that are the most discussed because if a scratch marks an option,
05:04the most passionate proxies will try to add it to their candidate.
05:08This will not be the case of Constanza. She made sure to nullify her ballot without any doubt.
05:19I stopped voting because it was not mandatory, and once it was mandatory again, I came back to vote.
05:25I don't think anything can happen. I have no hope that this will change.
05:29The truth is that I want to go and live in the countryside, far away from everything.
05:40But there, in the countryside, she will also have to vote.
05:44In Chile, suffrage is obligatory under threat of a fine,
05:47and while Constanza is looking for ways to avoid it,
05:50there are others who, even in provisional detention, are looking for ways to vote.
05:55There are so many politicians and celebrities imprisoned in Chile today
05:59that this was another of the issues that marked the day.
06:01The former reality girl and former mayor of MaipĂș,
06:05under house arrest for embezzlement, had legal permission but did not go.
06:12I am making this video because I find it incomprehensible that the media and the press
06:16are once again at my doorstep announcing a news that does not exist.
06:21I could not go to vote at the authorized time.
06:24Daniel Jaru, the former communist mayor investigated for the unpublished
06:30popular pharmacies in Chile, had no problem receiving the press at the door of his house,
06:36where he is being held in preventive custody.
06:38In fact, his arrival at the precinct was accompanied by hundreds of
06:42supporters who condemned his persecution and celebrated his attendance to vote.
06:49It is important to highlight the fact that someone from the Third Guarantee Court
06:52has corrected the arbitrariness of Judge Munoz, who, after five days,
06:57tried to prevent me from exercising a constitutional right, such as the right to vote.
07:07A long day that extends with a slow count for the positions of mayor,
07:11regional councillors, councilmen and governors, marking the public interest
07:16in the positions that will administer the capital and the most important cities of the country.
07:23It is the citizens who do the weighing when it comes to making choices.
07:28Their voice is the one that matters on a day like today,
07:30not the predictions that we, the authorities and analysts, can make.
07:37It will be necessary to see which political coalitions are the most
07:41punished in the midst of the apathy that forces citizens
07:44to this minimal democratic participation.
07:47Mark with the pencils.
07:48Paola Draknik, Telesur, Chile.
07:52And next, November 5th, the United States will celebrate its presidential elections.
07:55Let's review some facts of what will possibly be the most curious elections in the history of the country.
08:03This year we witnessed the shortest and longest election race of all time at the same time.
08:09Kamala Harris, candidate for the Democratic Party, had only 107 days of campaigning
08:15because the current president and former Democratic Party candidate, Joe Biden,
08:20decided to withdraw from the race with just under four months to go before the election.
08:25From another point of view, this was also the longest campaign
08:29since Donald Trump, the Republican Party's candidate,
08:32began his campaign for this year's elections on the same day he lost the previous election.
08:38Thank you, New York. God bless you. God bless you all.
08:42All this left a situation in which Kamala Harris became the first black woman in history
08:47to be a presidential candidate without even running in the primaries.
08:51And Trump, the oldest candidate of all time,
08:54won the Republican primaries without participating in a single debate.
08:59Unprecedented in modern times.
09:01Assuming that's true, how stupid are you to put out a report like that?
09:08In addition, during the presidential election campaign,
09:11Trump suffered two assassination attempts. This was unprecedented in history.
09:16Although only the first was actually an assassination attempt,
09:20and the second was only a preparation in the legal sense.
09:24In Trump's case, it is also striking that this is his third run for the presidency,
09:29something unheard of since the death of President Roosevelt in 1945.
09:34On top of all this, Trump is the first presidential candidate in history to have
09:39been the organizer of an attempted coup d'Ă©tat and instigator of an armed rebellion in the country,
09:44for which he has criminal proceedings open against him.
09:52Finally, an unprecedented number of high-ranking politicians and former
09:56politicians campaigned against candidates of their own party,
10:00in addition to a large majority having spoken out against Trump's election
10:04or openly supported Harris. This year will definitely be one of the most controversial,
10:10curious and close elections in the history of the United States.
10:20Japan's ruling party failed to win a majority of parliamentary votes seen on Sunday's
10:25early elections. For the first time since 2009, the Liberal Democratic Party, hit by
10:30corruption scandals, failed to win in the general elections, dealing a blow to the new Prime
10:34Minister Shigeru Ishiba. The head of government said that voters have expressed their strong
10:38desire for the Liberal Democratic Party to reflect and act in accordance with the will of the people.
10:44The results confirmed that citizens are disillusioned by the high cost of living
10:47in Japan and the political scandals that helped oust the previous Prime Minister, Fumio Kishida.
10:56Let's take a short break, but remember you can join us on Tiktok,
10:59Catalyst for English, where you'll find news in different formats, news updates, and much more.
11:08We'll be right back, stay with us.
11:25Welcome back. In Egypt, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi proposed on Sunday a two-day ceasefire
11:52in the Gaza Strip in exchange for the release of four Israeli prisoners and some Palestinian
11:57prisoners. In this sense, if the Israeli and Palestinian sides were to accept the agreement
12:01in addition to the exchange of prisoners, this would allow humanitarian aid to enter Gaza.
12:06Moreover, according to the Egyptian leader, talks would be held within 10 days to implement
12:10a temporary ceasefire, with a view to laying the groundwork for a definite truce. Al-Sisi
12:15also reiterated Egypt's firm opposition to the forced displacement of Palestinians out of Gaza.
12:22In Palestine, dozens of students and teachers died after being asphyxiated by an Israeli tear gas
12:35attack in the occupied southern West Bank. According to reports, the Zionists attacked
12:39a school in the town of Hebron, while school activities were in progress. The staff of the
12:44institution detailed that they had to evacuate the entire school community through alternate
12:49routes to ensure their safety. In this context, the Secretary of the Fattah movement
12:54asserted that Israeli forces fired toxic gas canisters into the school,
12:58causing dozens of students and teachers to suffocate.
13:06Bassam Sabak, Syrian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, informed the Secretary-General
13:11of the United Nations on Sunday the exact number of attacks that his territory has received from
13:15the Israeli occupation. Since October 7, 2023, 116 bombings have been registered,
13:21this according with a diplomat who also said that Israel, with more sophisticated weapons,
13:26many provided by the United States, attacked innocent civilians, including women,
13:30children and the elderly. It also attacked diplomatic headquarters and border crossings.
13:35The latter have aggravated the humanitarian crisis since they prevent the entry of supplies
13:40and prevent the victims from taking refuge in a safe place.
13:45And in Israel, left-wing activists rallied outside the Ministry of Defense in Tel Aviv
13:53to protest against the wars in Gaza and Lebanon. The demonstration comes at a critical juncture,
13:58as Israel intensifies its military operations in both regions, and also coinciding with Israel's
14:03recent airstrikes on Iran, which have heightened tensions in the region. The activists are voicing
14:08their opposition to the broader conflict, which has drawn in multiple regional actors and raised
14:13concerns about the potential for a wider regional war. Protests reflect growing domestic unease
14:19over the ongoing military engagements and their humanitarian and geopolitical implications.
14:29I came to express my disgust at what Israel is doing. It's just spreading murder and killing
14:37and disaster all over the Middle East. There's no plan. Every day, so many people are dying
14:44just for the sake of revenge and land grabs and who knows what. I just came to say, enough. It's
14:51impossible to stand behind this thing. We have to say it's not right to do it, and we have to
14:57protest against it. We are here, over 100 Israelis, protesting against the ongoing genocide that is
15:04happening in the Gaza Strip. We are saying that we need to stop this right now and reach a peaceful
15:10solution that will bring security to both the Israelis and the Palestinians. To bring security,
15:15we need to stop the genocide. We have a second short break coming up, but before we invite you
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15:33don't go away.
15:55Welcome back. The UN High Commission for Human Rights has urgently called for strict controls
16:00to prevent arms shipments to Haiti. The most recent report of the United Nations mission in
16:05the South American nation revealed that every day, on average, 13 people are murdered. In the most
16:10violent year that this country is going through in terms of citizen security, from January 2024
16:16to October, more than 3,450 people have been murdered due to criminality. The UN High Office
16:22assures that the arms that contribute to these rates of violence come mainly from the United
16:27States, the Dominican Republic, and Jamaica. In Bolivia, Senate President AndrĂłnico RodrĂguez
16:37petitioned the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to grant protection measures for
16:40former President Evo Morales. RodrĂguez proposed the creation of an interdisciplinary group
16:46of independent experts that can objectively investigate the incidents that occurred this
16:51Sunday in Cochabamba. The president of the legislative body also considers ruling the
16:55presence of an observation mission of the United Nations. The call comes after the former president
17:01was the victim of an attack while traveling in a vehicle. The president of the pro-national
17:05state, Luis Arce, condemned the attack and requested an exhaustive investigation.
17:09Garracas
17:25Garracas hosts the fifth chapter of the Viva Venezuela Mi Patria Querida festival with the
17:30band Serenata Guayanaiza as the main musical attraction. Let's see more in the following report.
17:36The Aquiles Nasoa Cultural Center was the stage for the Viva Venezuela festival,
17:42which featured the Serenata Guayanaiza quartet and paid tribute to the states of Amazonas, Bolivar,
17:48and Delta Amacuro. I came to see Serenata Guayanaiza, which is a very old and important group
17:55with their usual songs, like the one that says, La noche se muestra hermosa y rebosa de alegrĂa.
18:01We sang that one yesterday.
18:05The song is wonderful, just like all the songs they sing.
18:12Well, Serenata Guayanaiza has been working for more than 50 years,
18:17promotes and disseminates Venezuelan music, and of course, it is very important to have
18:21this type of event for greater diffusion and for people to enjoy.
18:29The two days were full of color and joy. In addition to the music,
18:33the entrepreneurs were able to offer their products,
18:36as is the case of the Network of Gastronomic Cultures of Guarena's Guatire Araira.
18:43We make all kinds of Creole desserts, trying to rescue
18:46everything that has been lost, desserts that many people no longer know.
18:53We make desserts such as stuffed turkey and coconut preserves.
18:57I have my profession, and then in my work I distributed my desserts.
19:05I have always sold my desserts since I learned to make them. Everywhere I have worked I have
19:09sold them, and now friends and people ask me, and I sell them here, in the cultural center.
19:19The festival, which has already registered 214 artists from Venezuela,
19:23will continue its artistic program with chapters dedicated to the Plains and the Andes.
19:30We are very proud of this festival that is touring the country,
19:33doing a beautiful job to make visible, recognize and dignify the culture and our artists.
19:42The invitation is for us to go to the activities that the Ministry of Popular Power for Culture
19:47organizes for everyone, for the enjoyment of the family.
19:53The festival is part of the great mission Viva Venezuela Mi Patria Querida,
19:58and it is a space that aims to promote music, song, rhythm and popular dance,
20:03as well as to rescue, preserve and disseminate traditional values.
20:11Like this we have come to the end of this news brief. You can find this and many other stories
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20:19Instagram, Telegram and TikTok. For Telesfor English, I'm Luis Alberto Matos. Thank you for watching.