Special Program 5: 2024, Year in Review

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00:00Hello, welcome to the 2024 Review Program, a news brief of the 2024 highlights in our

00:16continent and in the world.

00:19Today we present what happened in the electoral area.

00:22We are going to review the presidential elections held in the United States, Mexico, El Salvador

00:28and Uruguay.

00:29I am Luz Francisco Blandon, let's begin.

00:59On November 5, the U.S. elections were held, and contrary to the polls' predictions, the

01:22Republican Donald Trump won by a wide margin over the Democrat Kamala Harris.

01:30Let's see.

01:34After the results were known, Donald Trump was proclaimed the winner of the U.S. election

01:39after projections gave him over 270 electoral college votes, the absolute majority to win

01:46the presidency.

01:50Trump reached over 74% against the Democrat and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris.

01:57Trump's rise to the presidency was facilitated by election victories in the known swing states,

02:04including Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin.

02:10The new Senate structure is made up of 51 GOP legislators compared to 42 Democrats,

02:17which means both more support for presidential decisions and for designating a Supreme Court

02:22justice in case of a vacancy.

02:25In Trump's first speech to his supporters, he assured that this is a historical political

02:32victory, promising that this will be the golden age of the United States.

02:38We have been through so much together.

02:40Today you have heard an unprecedented number that resulted in an unprecedented victory.

02:47We are going to respond to you.

02:51We are going to do our best job.

02:53We are going to make corrections fast, and we are going to do it everywhere and in every

02:59way we can.

03:01This will be remembered as the day the U.S. people took back control of their country.

03:12Meanwhile, Vice President Kamala Harris accepted the results of the presidential election and

03:18she urged for a peaceful transition of power.

03:23But we have to accept the results of this election.

03:27Earlier today, I spoke to President-elect Trump and I congratulated him on his victory

03:34and I further told him that we will assist him and his team with this transition as we

03:40will be committed to a peaceful transfer of power.

03:46Even though Trump has not formally taken office in the U.S., he has begun to set his sights

03:52on restrictive immigration policies as well as threatening new tariffs on Canada, Mexico

03:59and China.

04:00Analysts deem that this could be a negotiating tactic, strategies that already have immediate

04:06global aftermaths.

04:10Indeed, the political U.S. scenario experienced remarkable episodes during the past presidential

04:17campaign, such as the resignation of Joe Biden from his nomination, endorsing Kamala Harris

04:22to oust and represent the Democratic Party, and the attacks on Donald Trump's life.

04:27From New York, our correspondent Henry Camelo with more details.

04:30Henry?

04:31How are you doing, greetings from New York.

04:35The recent decline of the Democratic Party in the presidential race began this year with

04:40a series of mental lapses by President Biden on different global stages, which sowed doubts

04:48in both Democratic and Republican leaders about his mental competence to continue as

04:54Commander-in-Chief of the United States.

04:57Biden's breaking point came after his last debate against Donald Trump, in which he appeared

05:03uncertain and at times confused.

05:06Biden's cognitive failures were part of Donald Trump's discrediting speech in his campaign

05:12rallies.

05:13On July 13, in one of these events, the vulnerability of the U.S. Secret Service was exposed by

05:22not noticing the presence of a sniper, who in a naming failure managed to injure Trump

05:28in his right ear.

05:29The sniper ended up being shot down, and the next day, Gullah polls reacted in favor of

05:34Trump.

05:35It was not until July 21, when due to political pressure and the drop in Gullah polls, that

05:41led Biden to announce to be ousted by Kamala Harris.

05:47The nomination of Harris generated an apparent confidence in voters, which was immediately

05:55reflected in the polls, showing a virtual tie between the two candidates.

06:00However, two key points in his campaign proposals were decisive in this race, economy and immigration.

06:09As currently, economy has slowed down and inflation exceeds 2.5%, Harris proposed banning

06:16food price speculation, establishing a $25,000 first-time homebuyer assistance program, and

06:24restoring the legality of abortion nationwide.

06:28On the other hand, Trump proposed an attrition in interest rates to less than 3.5%, and he

06:35assured that deporting millions of undocumented immigrants would help lower the cost of housing.

06:41This proposal had a desired effect on his campaign.

06:45Concerning the subject of immigration, this was one of the key issues in Donald Trump's

06:50campaign, promising the massive deportation of millions of undocumented immigrants across

06:56the country.

06:57Against all Gullah polls, Trump won the election with a wide margin over Kamala Harris, with

07:04312 electoral college votes to Harris' 226, thanks somehow to the Latino vote.

07:13With his cabinet already largely made up of billionaires, as Elon Musk and other ultra-radicals

07:19such as Marco Rubio in front of the State Department, Donald Trump won the U.S. election.

07:25On January 20, Donald Trump will initiate his second term in office amid the Ukrainian-Russian

07:30war and the Israeli genocide against the Palestinian people, both conflicts supported

07:35by the current U.S. administration.

07:37The world will finally know how many of his campaign promises will come to fruition, or

07:42will they simply remain as his aggressive narrative, as a strategy to return to power.

07:48With this, I bid you farewell from New York City, let's back the signal to the studios.

07:55Thanks Harry for your briefing, it is worth remarking that Donald Trump not only won the

07:59presidency with an absolute majority, but he also managed to gain control in both houses

08:05of Congress.

08:06And the question is, why waste the United States in this new Republican government?

08:11Everybody knows Donald Trump won the presidential elections in the United States, but what does

08:15this mean?

08:17By having control of both houses of Congress, Trump will be able to take any domestic measures

08:22he likes, without any counterweight, because the Republicans will vote for him in the bloc.

08:28It is clear from this election that U.S. citizens are not ready for a woman to rule the White

08:32House, much less a black woman with Indian and Jamaican ancestry.

08:37Secondly, the polls are no longer reliable when they tell you that they are so close,

08:42but what a tie if Trump will return to the White House after a landslide victory in which

08:47the youth, the Latinos and Muslim men, working class and uneducated participated.

08:52They made up that majority who voted for Trump won, like in 2016 now, he did win with

08:58the popular vote.

08:59And the only thing I agree with these polls is that the United States is a country split

09:04in half, but not by ideologies, but it is split between the city and the country.

09:09The cities mostly voted for Kamala Harris, while those who live in rural areas voted

09:14for Trump massively.

09:15In addition, the vote was divided between nationalism and globalism, which says that

09:19the Democrats forgot about the working class and the Trump reached out to them, visiting

09:24a McDonald's or garbage collectors and talking to all those people promising what the Democrats

09:29forgot.

09:30In the Biden administration, a government with opportunities, with more jobs, these

09:34working classes forgot Trump's anti-immigrant speech and joined the elites, who spoke again

09:40of making the United States greater.

09:42Everything is going well for the 78-year-old Trump, so he will be able to rule us in pieces.

09:49He will be able to rule us in pieces.

09:50He will be able to rule us in pieces.

09:51He will be able to rule us in pieces.

09:52He will be able to rule us in pieces.

09:53He will be able to rule us in pieces.

09:54He will be able to rule us in pieces.

09:55He will be able to rule us in pieces.

09:56He will be able to rule us in pieces.

09:57He will be able to rule us in pieces.

09:58He will be able to rule us in pieces.

09:59He will be able to rule us in pieces.

10:00He will be able to rule us in pieces.

10:01He will be able to rule us in pieces.

10:02He will be able to rule us in pieces.

10:03He will be able to rule us in pieces.

10:04He will be able to rule us in pieces.

10:05He will be able to rule us in pieces.

10:06He will be able to rule us in pieces.

10:07Let's continue in North America, this time in Mexico.

10:31President Claudio Champion was the most voting candidate by the Mexican citizens, thus becoming

10:37the first woman elected in that nation.

10:40Our correspondent, Daniela Rosas,

10:42provide us more information.

10:46How are you doing?

10:47This 2024 for Mexico was a year of paramount changes.

10:52Let's start by noting it was an electoral year,

10:54the biggest elections ever in the history of this country.

10:57It is worth highlighting that for the first time,

11:00a woman, Claudia Chabon, pardon, reached the most pivotal

11:04position in the nation.

11:05Indeed, it was in this so-called Mexico City in the Constitution

11:09Square, which is its official name,

11:12where she delivered one of her first messages,

11:14where she made a series of commitments with 100 points,

11:17such as talking about giving up continuity

11:19to the non-fourth generation.

11:21Transformation that began with the Obrador movement,

11:24the former president Andrés Manuel López Obrador,

11:26but also promoting some other issues, especially

11:29with the banner for women.

11:30She said she did not arrive alone.

11:32They were all women arrived.

11:34And with this slogan, she raised what, for her,

11:37has been the axis of her campaign,

11:38which is to prioritize women.

11:41This is showing the social progress,

11:42such as the ones she's boosting now, which

11:44have to do, for example, with giving a scholarship to women

11:47over 60 years old, recognizing the work they have done,

11:50not only as wives, but also as mothers, as caregivers,

11:54and those who have dedicated themselves to their homes.

11:57Moreover, there were speeches of greater attention

12:00and a boost to education and technology.

12:02There have been even some shifts announced, for example,

12:06fighting off security with a more efficient use

12:09of technology.

12:11Likewise, as if these were not enough,

12:13it would seem that in other areas, such as economy,

12:16things have been going well.

12:18I am referring to the fact that, in spite of the change

12:21of government, in spite of all the movements that

12:23have taken place in terms of political issues,

12:26for example, the non-plan C reforms,

12:30that is, a series of constitutional reforms which

12:33have been highly criticized by the opposition,

12:35the truth is that the economy, for instance,

12:37continues to maintain positive figures.

12:39So all this has encompassed the first term

12:42of the first woman president here in Mexico,

12:45a significant change in this 2024 that we are closing.

12:50It is undoubtedly very significant.

12:52Thanks to our Daniel Rosa from Mexico,

12:56indeed, in her first speech, the president-elect

12:59said and expressed that she did not come alone,

13:01but with her cake, all Mexican women, she said.

13:07For the first time, not in 200 years, at least in 500 years,

13:14there had not been a woman president of Mexico.

13:17And as we always say, I did not arrive alone.

13:29All women of Mexico took office.

13:35This is how Claudia Sheinbaum expressed herself.

13:38But let's see some international reactions

13:40which were issued by the song leaders who

13:42expressed their support to this historical election in Mexico.

13:47And one of these reactions posted on X

13:49was that of President of Venezuela,

13:51Nicolás Maduro, who said, extraordinary demonstration

13:54of civism and democracy we have seen on Sunday,

13:57June 2nd in Mexico.

13:59A great participation in the presidential elections.

14:01I congratulate this noble people,

14:04its president-elect Claudia Sheinbaum, the Morena Party,

14:07the PT, and the social movements.

14:09Congratulations to President Manuel López Obrador,

14:12who is a great leader of Mexico and of our continent.

14:16It is a great victory for the great homeland.

14:18I embrace you.

14:19Long live Mexico, the Venezuelan president noted.

14:22Likewise, the president of Honduras,

14:24Yamara Castro, was also part of these reactions,

14:27who highlighted on X social media

14:30as the first woman president of Honduras.

14:33I extend my most sincere congratulations

14:35to the first woman president-elect of Mexico,

14:38Claudia Sheinbaum, for having achieved

14:40a resounding electoral victory, hand in hand

14:43with the people of Mexico and our friend

14:45Manuel López Obrador, on a phone conversation

14:47we agreed on working together for the unity

14:50of Latin America and the Caribbean,

14:51the Honduran president underscored.

14:56Well, Claudia Sheinbaum is not only

14:58the first woman president of Mexico,

15:00but also the most voted in the history of that country.

15:04Let's watch some data shared on our TikTok account.

15:09You heard, you didn't know this.

15:11Claudia Sheinbaum is not only the first woman president

15:14of Mexico, but also the most voted

15:16in the history of that country.

15:18The Moreno party also won the Congress

15:20with over 346 lawmakers and more than 57 senators,

15:25according to the quick count of the Mexican National

15:28Electoral Institute.

15:29The opposition recognized its historical defeat

15:33against Claudia, and by the time she arrived in Zócalo,

15:36she highlighted three ideas.

15:42She will work for a plural, diverse, and democratic Mexico.

15:45She will guarantee both freedom of expression

15:48and respect political, social, cultural,

15:52and religious diversity.

15:53But there is always the question,

15:56will the opposition respect her government?

15:59It is a very good question about what is happening in Mexico.

16:02We have already shown what has happened in that country,

16:05as well as what occurred in the United States

16:07with this 2024 presidential election.

16:09Now let's have a brief break, and we'll

16:11come back with more data on this 2024 review.

16:34Thank you for following us on this 2024 review,

16:37briefing the highlights of this year reported by Telesur.

16:40In El Salvador, presidential and legislative elections

16:43were held amid the controversial nomination

16:46of President Nayib Bukele for a second term, which

16:49has been accused of being unconstitutional.

16:52Let's see what happened.

16:56The polling stations in El Salvador and capital

16:58looked empty in the whole day.

17:00Apart from the low turnout, some questioned

17:03the role of the Supreme Electoral

17:05Court that allowed irregularities

17:07of the official party.

17:09In an electoral process developed

17:11under a state of reception, over six million Salvadorans

17:15were summoned to vote to elect the president and the 60

17:18members of the National Assembly.

17:22Having no preliminary data from the Supreme Electoral Court,

17:25candidate Nayib Bukele declared himself

17:27the presidential winner.

17:29And we not only have won the presidency of the republic

17:33for the second time with over 85% of the votes,

17:46but we have also won the legislative assembly

17:56with 58 out of 60 lawmakers.

18:01The party of the Farabundo Martí Front for National

18:04Liberation did not want to mention numbers

18:06until the official results were issued.

18:08However, its leadership ensured that contrary

18:11to the opposition's narrative, which main target was

18:14to wipe them off the political map, the party was strengthened.

18:18Therefore, today we, beyond the results we have had,

18:24it is crucial to understand the role

18:28of the historical cycle played by this instrument called

18:31FMLN party, which today is still alive

18:35and it will continue to be alive.

18:38Surely not with the same leadership

18:41we faced that decisive moment in the history of El Salvador.

18:46Thus, we paid a very high price for it.

18:50Many of the tally sheets were not found in the electoral boxes,

18:53but the prosecutor's office, the official Nuevas Ideas party,

18:56had copies which the Supreme Electoral

18:59Court endorsed to be used, while Article 211 of the Electoral

19:06Code is clear in noting that the valid tally sheets are only

19:10from the voting boards sealed and signed by their members.

19:15After 15 days of a questioned vote count,

19:19the Electoral Court officialized the results

19:21of the legislative elections.

19:24President Nayib Bukele's party won 54 out

19:29of the 60 congressional legislators.

19:32In this way, Nayib Bukele is able to concentrate power

19:35in the main entities of the country,

19:37giving him carte blanche for his plans and interests.

19:41It's an area that worries diverse social and political

19:45movements that see Bukele's government

19:48as a threat to the constitutional order and democracy

19:51in El Salvador.

19:53Let's go now to South America.

19:55In 2024, Uruguayans elected a new president

19:57after a long electoral campaign.

19:59Our correspondent, Mateo Grille, gives us more information.

20:04This year, 2024, Uruguayans elected a new government

20:10after a long electoral campaign that began in February

20:13and included internal elections of the political parties

20:18to elect nominees for each of the political parties, which

20:22also had a second instance in the election

20:25of the renewal of the entire Chamber of Deputies

20:29and the Chamber of Senators.

20:31Finally, on November 27, a new president, Yaman Duorcy,

20:37and a new vice president, Carolina Coche,

20:39were elected on the ballot.

20:41They both will lead the country from March 1, 2025,

20:44to March 1, 2030.

20:47Several issues are presented as the first challenges

20:51during these next governmental terms.

20:53The fundamental ones are economy,

20:56to defuse the growing inequality Uruguay has

20:59by unraveling its causes.

21:01Furthermore, to address the causes

21:04of the growing domestic violence and the entry of drug

21:09trafficking in the national territory,

21:13in addition to address the causes

21:16and solve child poverty.

21:18These three commitments are part of the governmental program

21:21of this new administration that will take office next year,

21:24as they are also part of the main concerns of Uruguayans,

21:28which have been expressed throughout this year, 2024.

21:34Thanks to our correspondent, Mateo Grillo,

21:37so after knowing the result of his victory,

21:39the president, Yaman Duorcy, offered his first statements

21:43in which he called for greater national unity.

21:47I will be the president who will urge again and again,

21:51again and again, to national dialogue

21:54to find out the best solutions.

21:56I will be the president who will build up a more integrated

22:00society, where even in spite of differences,

22:04no one will ever be left behind.

22:09Let's start tomorrow.

22:10We are going to work hard.

22:12We are going to work very hard every day,

22:14and we'll never stop working on the construction of a Uruguay

22:18we deserve, where no one feels to be left behind,

22:23to listen a lot, to decide, and to work hard for a better

22:27Uruguay.

22:29I invite you all, thank you very much for all this effort.

22:33Greetings to Uruguay.

22:34Greetings, compatriots.

22:40Those were the statements of the president-elect of Uruguay.

22:43And on the following TikTok, we will provide more details

22:47of how left-wing in that country has

22:48retaken the Uruguayan government for the fourth time.

22:51Let's see details of the impressions,

22:53for example, of Barbaro Delgado upon learning of his defeat.

22:56The left-wing retakes the government in Uruguay.

22:59The broad front led by Yaman Duorcy

23:01has come to power for the fourth time

23:03after an electoral process in which the turnout reached

23:07almost 90% of the over 1.7 million eligible to vote.

23:12A fact that evidences the strong participation of the citizenry,

23:16Alvaro Delgado of the National Party

23:18acknowledged his defeat on a speech full of respect

23:21and democracy, stressing the importance of the agreements

23:24and sincerely congratulating the president-elect.

23:28Delgado assured that in Uruguay no one has a majority

23:31and that it is time to build up a consensus.

23:34Despite the defeat, the nationalist

23:35sent a strong embrace to Orsi and to the broad front,

23:39reaffirming his commitment to the country.

23:41Yaman Duorcy, on his victory speech,

23:44left a clear message of unity.

23:46This country is an example of positive accumulation.

23:48He said, noting that differences should

23:50be a part of the debate, but never of the aggravation.

23:53Orsi pledged to be a promise, a president of dialogue,

23:57and to work for a more integrated Uruguay, where

23:59no one is left behind, regardless

24:01of their social, economic, or political class.

24:05He also made an emotional recognition

24:07to the figures of the broad front,

24:09such as Tabaré Vázquez, Danilo Story, Mariana Arana,

24:12and Pepe Mujica.

24:14Among the greetings received by Orsi,

24:16the president of Uruguay, Luis Lacalle Pau,

24:18was one of the first to acknowledge

24:20the victory of Yaman Duorcy on his social networks,

24:23and the world also celebrated it.

24:25With the arrival of Orsi to the presidency,

24:28a new chapter for Uruguay opens up.

24:31Let's learn a little more about the president-elect

24:33of that country, the presidency by the broad front party

24:37through Yaman Duorcy.

24:38Yaman Duorcy Ramon Antonio Orsi Martinez

24:41was born on June 13, 1967, in Uruguay.

24:44He obtained a teaching degree in history in 1991

24:48at the Artigas Teaching Institute teaching until 2000.

24:56He was elected president on November 24, 2024.

24:59So he will take office on March 1, 2025.

25:02And among his proposals, he highlights an inclusive economy,

25:06quality education, work as a priority,

25:08among other paramount issues for his administration.

25:12Regarding this past election, we are

25:14willing to show our audience some international reactions

25:17that were issued by various leaders who

25:20expressed their support for the victory of Yaman Duorcy.

25:23The first reaction was from the president Claudia

25:25Schemo of Mexico on her ex-account,

25:28in which she stated, it was a great pleasure for me

25:31to congratulate Yaman Duorcy on a profound conversation

25:33following the democratic triumph for the presidency

25:36of the Eastern Republic of Uruguay.

25:38Mexico feels great affection for the Uruguayan people,

25:41the Mexican president argued.

25:42Meanwhile, the president of Honduras, Simona Castro,

25:45further decided to express her support to Orsi

25:47after the election, saying the following.

25:49There it is.

25:50Congratulations to the brotherly Uruguayan people

25:53and to the president-elect Yaman Duorcy of the Red Front.

25:56A clear victory that reaffirms the progressive and democratic

25:59trend in Latin America.

26:01Greetings to former president Jose Pepe Mujica.

26:03In addition, we finish by showing you

26:05the reaction of the president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro,

26:08demonstrating the close relationship

26:10that both nations hold, as well as the common purpose

26:14the letters said.

26:16They will try to divide us, but we

26:18are clear that those who want to alienate us

26:20are those who defend a fossil economy that

26:23proclaims death through the use of oil and coal.

26:27United, we will defend the economy of life.

26:29We will seek to make South America

26:31the world power of clean sources of energy,

26:34and our countries the powers of life.

26:36Colombia and Uruguay are united in purpose,

26:38Yaman Duorcy and Gustavo Petro, presidents

26:40in the climate crisis and in defense

26:42of life and the new humanity, the Colombian president

26:45assured.

26:47This is all.

26:48It is time to say goodbye to this special edition of 2024

26:51Review.

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