FTS 12:30 17-12: Haiti: criminal groups announce attack on multinational police forces

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00:00In Haiti, the Living Together coalition of premier groups has been setting fire to residences,

00:18schools and churches since Sunday in revenge for the death of one of its leaders at the

00:22hands of police forces.

00:28Israeli occupation forces stepped up their relentless assault on Kamal Adwan Hospital

00:32in northern Gaza.

00:33More than 30 Palestinians were killed across Gaza in the early hours of Tuesday.

00:39And Ukrainian security services assassinated General Igor Kirilov, chief of the radiological,

00:44chemical and biological defense troops of the Russian armed forces.

00:53Hello and welcome from the south, I'm Luis Alberto Matos from the Erzoo studios in Havana,

00:58Cuba.

00:59We begin with the news.

01:00In Haiti, the Living Together coalition of premier groups has been setting fire to residences,

01:05schools and churches since Sunday in revenge for the death of one of its leaders at the

01:09hands of police forces.

01:11In the middle of a confrontation this weekend, national and multinational police forces neutralized

01:15Elias Jeff Mafia, the lieutenant of Jimmy Cherishier, head of the criminal coalition.

01:22In retaliation, the criminal group maintained an incessant attack on residential areas,

01:26schools and religious centers in Nassau, Poste Marchand and Avenue Popular in Port-au-Prince,

01:31the country's capital.

01:33The order from the leaders of the criminal groups has spread to several provinces in

01:36the center of the country.

01:38In this context, they have warned of a forthcoming attack on the base of operations of the multinational

01:43police forces.

01:50On Tuesday, the United Nations urged to redouble efforts to restore peace in Haiti, recognizing

01:55the need to guarantee fair and transparent elections.

01:58The United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti said that efforts to improve the country's

02:02security can generate lasting progress if they are also accompanied by the holding of

02:06credible and inclusive elections.

02:09The UN office also reiterated its commitment to support efforts aimed at gaining the confidence

02:13of Haitian people in their political authorities.

02:16Meanwhile, the office welcomed the continued efforts of the leaders of the Caribbean community

02:20and called on all parties involved in Haiti's transition to spare no effort to ensure the

02:25success marked by peace.

02:33And on December 17, 1830, the great liberator of our America, Simon Bolivar, passed away

02:39at the age of 47.

02:40Today, people across the continent pay homage to a man that changed the course of this territory

02:45forever.

02:46To better understand his present relevance to Latin America and the Caribbean, our colleague

02:50Garfield Pulford preferred the following material.

02:55Simon Bolivar's image adorns public spaces across Venezuela and beyond.

03:00The reason is clear.

03:02El Libertador, or the Liberator, has towered large over the movement for freedom and self-determination

03:08in Latin America and the Caribbean for over two centuries.

03:11The Liberator died on this date in 1830 at the age of 47.

03:16However, his legacy among the pantheon of history's great liberators had already been

03:21secured.

03:22Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro Morales praised Bolivar's leadership of the independence

03:26movement during a recent event.

03:32Then, in 1999, Commander Chavez came to this same hall, the Ayacucho Hall it is called,

03:45in commemoration of the great battle that freed all South America, which we commemorated

03:50last Monday, the 200th anniversary of the great battle of Ayacucho that ended the colonial

03:55imperial domination of Spain over all South America.

04:06Bolivar was a soldier and statesman whose early life had positioned him to rebel against

04:10Spanish rule in the Americas.

04:12His inspiring call to action on freedom from Spanish rule was contained in the Cartagena

04:16Manifesto and the Letter from Jamaica.

04:20Bolivar did not only encourage rebellion against Spanish rule across the region, but led military

04:24expeditions against the Spaniards himself.

04:27He liberated Venezuela, the areas now occupied by Colombia, Panama and Ecuador.

04:32He also freed Peru and Bolivia, which now bears his name.

04:36Bolivar's separate sojourns to Haiti and Jamaica also meant the Caribbean was also a crucial

04:41region in his push for freedom and self-determination.

04:45The late Hugo Chavez summoned that same spirit of Latin American and Caribbean integration

04:49as he spoke in Havana in 1994.

04:54This is a project that we already put in practice in Venezuela under the name of Simon Bolivar

04:59National Project, but with our arms wide open to the rest of the Latin American and Caribbean

05:03continent.

05:06Some 13 years later, then-President Chavez continued to emphasize the importance of this

05:11bond between Latin America and the Caribbean.

05:19We could easily consider the letter of Jamaica like the birth letter, the constitution letter

05:27of the project of independence, the project of liberation of our peoples.

05:34Most historical records indicate Simon Bolivar died from tuberculosis.

05:39His remains were exhumed in 2010, but scientists were unable to conclusively determine the

05:44cause of his death.

05:45Of one thing, though, there can be no doubt.

05:48His legacy lives on, providing echoes of inspiration for the indomitable human spirit.

05:54From Caracas, I'm Garfield Burford for TELUSR.

05:58And in Colombia, a report by the Ombudsman's Office has alerted several social organizations

06:02to figures showing repeated violations of women's rights in the context of the armed

06:06conflict and transgressions of international humanitarian law for communities in that

06:10country.

06:11Let's see more details.

06:16The Ombudsman's Office released a report with figures on violence against women during 2024.

06:22According to the data collected, 745 femicides have been registered, 44 of which were against

06:29girls.

06:30While between January and September alone, more than 26,000 cases of intimate partner

06:35violence and more than 300 cases related to human trafficking were reported.

06:40In addition, it was reported that 205 alerts have been issued on significant risks for

06:45women in conflict contexts.

06:50Today we make a call to improve early warning responses and work together with the most

06:55affected regions of the country to alleviate the serious situation in which the communities

06:59live, strengthen their proposals, and offer protection measures not only individually

07:05but especially collectively with early prevention measures.

07:08In the face of fear, creativity and solidarity.

07:12Never silence.

07:13In the territories, violence is expressed with greater force against women who exercise

07:24leadership in their communities and fight for social and welfare demands related to

07:29the recovery of land and the implementation of comprehensive rural reform.

07:37And for this reason, for accompanying these people who are fighting to be heard, to be

07:42given their rights, to be listened to and to be given land to work, I am being threatened

07:47and stigmatized.

07:49I am being threatened and stigmatized by a guy named Mauricio Torres, who is a retired

07:57colonel of the security forces.

07:59He is also the partner of the widow of Olmedo Ocampo, the drug trafficker who was the owner

08:04of the Cachepay farm.

08:06I am making this public denunciation because they are saying in all the media that I am

08:11a guerrilla swindler.

08:19Social organizations describe this scenario as a very complex situation, in the midst

08:24of the search for total peace that the current government has been promoting, since only

08:28in the last two years, several armed groups have deepened their military actions and have

08:33degraded continuously violating international humanitarian law.

08:38Displacements, confinements, assassinations, massacres, extortions, kidnappings, recruitment

08:49of minors and planting of mines, in general, everything that is prohibited by international

08:54humanitarian law.

09:03But also the political discourse that relates them to society and the possibility of maintaining

09:07political and social recognition with the people, has also been degraded because they

09:18have prioritized the taking of territories, the dispute of territories, the dispute of

09:23mines, drug trafficking, human trafficking of species, and in general a series of illegal

09:28businesses that delegitimize them little by little, and that if they continue along this

09:32route of lumpenization, the government will have to change its strategy of dialogue.

09:44The challenges for the current government are growing with each passing day.

09:48A total peace and dialogues with different armed actors totally fragmented.

09:53A difficult situation for the communities and their leadership in the territories.

09:58In addition to the social transformation projects that do not advance in the Congress, where

10:02there is a parliamentary class that has been fed by the conflict.

10:06Hernan Dario Tobarga y Tan, TeleSul, Bogotá, Colombia.

10:10We now have a short break coming up, but first remember you can join us on TikTok at TeleSul

10:15English, where you'll find news in different formats, news updates, and much more.

10:20Stay with us.

10:21Welcome back.

10:43Argentina closes 2024 with a food inflation rate of 183%, surpassing Haiti, Angola, and

10:49Malawi due to the worst crisis ever in its history.

10:52The food inflation rate measures how the prices of basic foodstuff acquired by Argentine households

10:58vary.

10:59In addition, the trading economics dedicated to the analysis and interpretation of economic

11:02data stated that the Mideast government allocated less than three figures to programs for the

11:08people's welfare.

11:10Moreover, the entity highlighted Argentina in the 2024 at the top of the list of countries

11:15with the highest food inflation rate.

11:23After being deported from the United States, the drug lord Luciel Cárdenas Guillén, former

11:27leader of the Gulf Cartel and founder of the bloodthirsty group known as Los Zetas, was

11:31sent to prison in Mexico.

11:34The Secretary for Security and Citizen Protection said that the drug lord was handed over at

11:399.45 local time at the Tijuana border in northern Mexico by federal authorities.

11:45After 5 p.m. local time, it was confirmed that he had been admitted to the Social Reinsertion

11:49Center in Mexico City.

11:51The Attorney General's Office issued three warrants against him for aggravated homicide,

11:55organized crime, and crimes against health in addition to several other crimes totaling

12:00more than 730 years in prison.

12:10And the Mayan train, the emblematic work of former Mexican President Andrés Manuel López

12:14Obrador, has been in operation for one year, and the current president Claudia Sheinbaum

12:18highlighted its value beyond transportation.

12:20Let's see.

12:24The Mexican president showed on this map how the Mayan train was completed.

12:29Remember the inauguration of sections 6 and 7 of this flagship project of the so-called

12:33fourth transformation of Mexico's public life.

12:40The train is the recognition of the Mayan culture.

12:43This idea that the Spaniards arrived and brought civilization is totally erroneous and wrong,

12:49and the only thing it leads to is to give permanence to the discrimination that came

12:53with the colony.

12:59As of last August, 340,000 passengers had used this flagship facility.

13:04A few hours before its first anniversary, it was reported that the figure reached more

13:08than 600,000, 20 percent of the estimated goal of 3 million people.

13:15This dynamic of linkage with our airports, with the resorts that are in our state, which

13:21have a lot to offer in terms of tourism, is already beginning to be generated.

13:29The Mayan train created 44,000 direct jobs and 18,000 indirect jobs, a figure that will

13:36increase with the start-up of the Mayan hotels along the route.

13:42The Mayan train also means social justice, because it provides welfare and development

13:47with justice for the communities and peoples of southeastern Mexico.

13:56The work, which took four years, has as one of its objectives to bring welfare to the

14:00native communities and to rescue the archaeological pieces found during construction.

14:06And today the 1,554 kilometers of railroads, social justice, and narrowing the inequality

14:13gaps have been achieved.

14:18The Mayan train is consolidating its position as an important tourist link through vacation

14:23packages, in spite of the criticisms made by some people.

14:28There's no place here to have a sandwich or a coffee, nothing.

14:34Environmental groups have denounced the environmental damage caused by the project, although according

14:39to the government, 500 million trees have been reforested to repair the environmental

14:43damage.

14:44Daniel Rosas, Telesur, Ciudad de Mexico.

15:01The U.S. Geological Survey registered Tuesday a 7.4-mile earthquake in the South Pacific

15:06archipelago of Vanuatu, triggering a tsunami warning.

15:09The earthquake occurred 30 kilometers west of the coast of Port Vila, the country's capital.

15:13So far, authorities have not reported any death or injuries.

15:18The U.S. Forecasting Service warned that smaller waves are expected in some nations close to

15:22the Pacific Ocean.

15:24In this regard, the defense minister of New Zealand, Mark Mitchell, said that the government

15:29is closely following the situation in the archipelago, noting the nation is ready to

15:33send the necessary aid.

15:37Meanwhile, in Mozambique, the National Institute of Risk and Disaster Management reported 34

15:46deaths from Chito storm, which battered northern domestic regions on Sunday.

15:50The INGD stressed that a 30-year-old girl was among the fatal victims, warning that

15:55the aforesaid death toll is likely to skyrocket.

15:58The entity further specified that the storm made over 34,000 Mozambican families lose

16:04their homes, as the weather phenomenon brought winds of around 260 kilometers per hour.

16:09Furthermore, authorities announced the destruction of schools, health facilities and fishing

16:13boats as well.

16:15Likewise, the Electricidad de Mozambique updated that about 200,000 customers are still without

16:21power.

16:22I took my children and while we were running, I saw other families falling due to the force

16:33of the wind, and others dodging things that fell from the houses due to the wind.

16:38People were lucky that the zinc sheets didn't cut them into pieces.

16:42Children couldn't stop crying.

16:43I saw children running away, but I didn't see where they ran to.

16:47In the end, thank God, I realized all the children are here at school.

16:52There are old people here, women and children who are hungry.

16:55We have a second short break coming up, but before we invite you to visit our YouTube

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17:51Israeli Occupational Forces step up their relentless assault on Kema'at One Hospital

17:55in northern Gaza.

17:56More than 30 Palestinians were killed across Gaza in the early hours of Tuesday.

18:00Despite repeated appeals by the director of the World Health Organization, Tedros

18:04Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who has described the situation in the hospital as a living hell,

18:08the siege against the center continues unabated.

18:11Its director, Hossam Abou Safeya, confirmed power outages, shortages of medicines and

18:16medical supplies, and constant bombardments.

18:19The situation in other areas of the Strip is no better.

18:22Several areas have been bombed.

18:23One of these attacks, the whole Al-Turk Tabatibi family, was killed, 10 people in total, almost

18:29all women and children.

18:34Meanwhile, the Palestinian Prisoner Information Office said that more than 5,000 inmates in

18:40Israeli prisons suffered deliberate medical neglect and torture.

18:44Israeli Occupational Forces carried out mass arrests, during which they ill-treated and

18:48humiliated Palestinian men and boys.

18:51Detainees were handcuffed, blindfolded, and held without food and water for periods ranging

18:56from 5 to 19 hours, resulting in the death of several of them.

19:00The number of arrests since the beginning of the current Israeli operation against Palestine

19:05has reached more than 12,100 West Bank citizens.

19:21The Egyptian government acted as a mediator, summoning the President of Palestine Mahmoud

19:26Abbas to hold peace negotiations.

19:28Subsequently, leader Abbas is heading for Cairo after his one-hour meeting with Pope

19:32Francis.

19:33Likewise, Egyptian security sources assured that Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu was

19:37not in Cairo right now.

19:39However, they stated a meeting was on the way to work through remaining issues, such

19:43as a Hamas demand for guarantees, stressing that any immediate deal would lead to a comprehensive

19:48agreement later.

19:50Furthermore, they advanced the encounter has been fruitful so far.

19:53Thus, they estimated that Tuesday night could be decisive in setting the next step.

20:02And on Monday, the self-proclaimed Syrian leader Mohammed al-Jolani assured that the

20:06nation would not lend its territory to mount attacks on Israel.

20:10The leader said so in an interview to a British outlet on the name he prefers to use now,

20:16Ahmed al-Shara.

20:17With this identity, he hopes to disassociate himself from his past as the founder of one

20:21of the most bloodthirsty branches of the terrorist group al-Qaeda.

20:24Al-Jolani, who is under an international arrest warrant for being considered by Washington

20:30as a specially designated global terrorist, has guaranteed the security of the Syrian

20:34entity, assuring that they will comply with the agreements.

20:42Germany and France join the United Kingdom and the United States on Tuesday.

20:47They meet with an al-Qaeda member who proclaimed himself the leader of Syria after toppling

20:51its president.

20:52The governments of the four nations were part of the alliance of 63 countries that repeatedly

20:56bombed the Arab nation for 13 years, in violation of the United Nations resolution.

21:01The German foreign ministry confirmed that the meeting to be held this Tuesday in Damascus

21:05will focus on the transition processes for Syria and the protection of minorities.

21:11Although al-Qaeda has been in power for less than a week, Berlin has considered that this

21:15is enough time to qualify its action as prudent, an argument with which they explained the

21:20meeting.

21:21The French delegation has not commented on its presence in Damascus.

21:29Ukrainian Security Service assassinated General Igor Kirillov, chief of the radiological, chemical

21:34and biological defense troops of the Russian Armed Forces.

21:37The news was confirmed by Svetlana Petrenko, representative of the Investigation Committee

21:41of Russia.

21:42According to reports, the incident occurred near the residence of the high official, in

21:46which his assistant was also killed.

21:49The Investigation Committee published minutes after the fact was confirmed that the improvised

21:53explosive device was placed on an electric scooter parked on Ryansanskiy Avenue.

21:58In this context, Ukrainian security services have claimed responsibility for the assassination.

22:04General Kirillov led investigations that exposed U.S. involvement in biological labs in Ukraine

22:09and other countries.

22:12Like this, we have come to the end of this news brief.

22:17You can find this and many other stories on our website at telestroenglish.net, you can

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22:26For TELESTRO ENGLISH, I'm Luis Alberto Matos, thank you for watching.

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