22/01/2025
FTS 8.30
*Venezuelan govt. attends displaced Colombians fleeing armed conflict
*Hezbollah urges U.S. forces to withdraw from the region
FTS 8.30
*Venezuelan govt. attends displaced Colombians fleeing armed conflict
*Hezbollah urges U.S. forces to withdraw from the region
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00:00In the United States, the new Trump administration eliminated all protection for migrants taking
00:17refugee in churches, shelters, schools and other places, took spine anti-immigrant law
00:24enforcement in order to arrest and deport them to their countries of origin.
00:34Displaced Colombians fleeing the army conflict in the Catatumbo region were transferred from
00:41Castillo al Cubo to Santa Barbara del Sula.
00:49A senior official of the Iraqi Resistance urged U.S. forces to withdraw from the region
00:55otherwise they will order the initiation of attacks against several U.S. military bases
01:02located in Iraq.
01:10Hello welcome to From the South, I am Irma Shelton from the Telesur studios in Havana,
01:16Cuba.
01:17Stay with the news, stay with us.
01:20In the United States, the new Trump administration eliminated all protection for migrants taking
01:27refugee in churches, shelters, schools and other places, took spine anti-immigrant law
01:33enforcement in order to arrest and deport them to their countries of origin.
01:40The acting Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, DHS, Benjamin Hoffman,
01:48announced in a statement the end of Joe Biden's policies and criticized the previous administration
01:55for abusing the so-called humanitarian parole program that encouraged 1.5 million migrants
02:03to enter the country.
02:05In other communique, DHS informed about the restatement and resumption of the 2019 Border
02:13Protection Policy, which allows officials in charge to return migrants to neighboring
02:20countries while deportation procedures are completed.
02:30The Nicaraguan Ministry of Health confirmed in a statement the death on Tuesday night
02:36of the former President of El Salvador, Carlos Mauricio Funes Cartagena, as a result of his
02:43serious chronic illness.
02:46Mauricio Funes became President of El Salvador on the hand of the Farabundo MartĂ National
02:52Liberation Front, with 51.32% of the valid votes, and governed along with his Vice President,
03:01Salvador SĂĄnchez UrĂĄn, from 2009 to 2014.
03:07Funes was living in Nicaragua since 2016 after being persecuted by Salvadoran authorities
03:15who accused him of embezzlement, illicit entrenchment, and bribery.
03:28The Argentine human rights organization, Abuelas de la Plaza de Mayo, announced on Tuesday
03:34that it had found granddaughter 139 kidnapped during the 1976 civic-military detectorship.
03:44The found girl is the daughter of NoemĂ Beatriz Macedo and Daniel Alfredo Inama.
03:52Both disappeared.
03:54The recovered granddaughter was born between January and February of 1978, and as is customary
04:02in these cases, her name is kept secret.
04:06The fathers of the found grandfather were kidnapped in November of 1977, when Macedo
04:13was six or seven months pregnant.
04:16Both were members of the Marxist-Leninist Communist Party of Argentina, and were seen
04:23by survivors in the clandestine detention and extermination center club El Atlético
04:29in Buenos Aires.
04:31Abuelas de la Plaza de Mayo has been working for years to restore the identity of at least
04:38500 children who were stolen from their families by the last civic-military dictatorship in
04:45the country.
04:54Abuelas de la Plaza de Mayo announces with great happiness the restitution of another
05:00granddaughter kidnapped during the last civil-military dictatorship.
05:06Today, we welcome the daughter of NoemĂ Beatriz Macedo and Daniel Alfredo Inama.
05:15In other news, the Cuban foreign ministry denounced the continuous U.S. attacks on the
05:21Cuban people in view of Trump's decision to reincorporate the Caribbean island on the
05:27U.S. state sponsors of terrorism list.
05:30In this sense, the ministry expressed that U.S. President Donald Trump has been attacking
05:36Cuba from day one and without any pretext.
05:41It also pointed out that the decision to re-establish measures against the island that were revoked
05:48by former U.S. President Joe Biden is a demonstration of the aggressiveness of the U.S. in pre-releasing
05:55against the sovereignty, peace and well-being of the Cuban population.
06:01Moreover, the institution stated that the inclusion of Cuba once again on the arbitrary
06:08list of states that allegedly sponsor terrorism is evidence of an absolute disregard for the
06:16truth.
06:22They play with it like it's something.
06:24They promise to take it out, they promise to put it in.
06:26They play with the parties, with the lobbies, depending on how the Cuban lobby or the anti-Cuban
06:32lobby is doing in the United States.
06:34They play with that to see what can they win, to see how many votes they can get.
06:38Biden did it on his way out, Trump did it on his way in.
06:41Let's see what Trump does when he gets out again, whether in the end he puts U.S. in
06:46or takes U.S. out or leaves U.S.
06:48As long as that continues to depend on a presidential signature, as long as that continues to be
06:53something that a president can declare and that can be done that way, not in the same
06:58week but in the months that follow, that's going to continue to be a regrettable thing
07:02and it would be very good if we weren't on that list.
07:05It is not even a commitment, but rather an act of mercy for them, at the end of their
07:09administration to remove U.S. from that list.
07:12But it is already evident that this is some kind of diversion or something that makes
07:16no sense to them, and they have included U.S. again, as well as they have so often intensified
07:21the repression and all the economic measures so that the Cuban people cannot prosper.
07:39The National Secretary of Risk Management of Ecuador reported the overflowing of the
07:45Las Juntas and Agua Viva rivers in the provinces of Los Rios and Loja due to heavy rains.
07:53The authorities report that the overflowing of the rivers affected two vehicles and a
07:59family in the sector of San Pedro de Vilcabamba and in floods in the province of Loja.
08:06On the other hand, also indicate that the overflows are due to heavy rainfall due to
08:12the winter season and that no human losses have been reported.
08:18The entity warned of the risk of flooding in other rivers that tend to increase their
08:24water level in the provinces of Morona, Santiago, Los Rios, and Guayas.
08:37In Brazil, heavy rains in the state of Rio Grande do Sul caused the deaths of five people.
08:44The municipality of Santa Victoria do Palmar was affected by floods after recording 400
08:51millimeters of rain in a few hours, equivalent to one-third of the average for the whole year.
08:59The phenomenon affected some houses that lost their roofs and others that were affected
09:06by the heavy flooding, while soybean and rice crops were completely submerged under
09:12the water.
09:14Rescue teams are working to enter isolated areas in order to obtain a more complete assessment
09:21of the impact.
09:29And now we have a short break coming up, but first, remember you can join us on TikTok
09:34at TELUS or English where you will find us in different formats, news updates, and more.
09:40We'll be right back, stay with us.
10:02Welcome back to From the South.
10:05Displaced Colombians fleeing the army conflict in the Catatumbo region were transferred from
10:11Casigualcubo to Santa Barbara del Zulia.
10:16According to Venezuelan authorities, the displaced have been attended to in terms of security
10:22and health.
10:23The military deployment has been key to guaranteeing access to shelters set up in an organized
10:30manner.
10:31The army confrontations in the border region have forced hundreds of people to abandon
10:36their homes.
10:38In view of this fact, the Venezuelan government, in solidarity with the Colombian people, set
10:43up checkpoints on the suburbs of the Bolivarian National Guard for the immediate attention
10:51of the Colombian families affected during these situations.
11:00The government of Venezuela declared on Tuesday the former president of Colombia, Ălvaro
11:06Uribe VĂ©lez and IvĂĄn Duque, as public enemies of the country, terrorists, and persons non-gratis.
11:15The action, taken during an ordinary session of the Venezuelan National Assembly, comes
11:21in response to a recent statement made by Uribe, who is linked to paramilitary groups
11:28and drug traffickers.
11:30The former Colombian head of state requests a foreign military intervention in Venezuelan
11:36territory with the purpose of encouraging conflict in the country.
11:41In this context, IvĂĄn Duque was also regarded as a public enemy of the nation for his terrorist
11:48acts against the Venezuelan people.
11:51Both former presidents are considered paramilitary terrorists responsible for numerous assassinations.
11:59Considering the honorable deputies who agree with the project presented and the modifications
12:11carried out during the debate, it has been approved unanimously the agreement that declares
12:20as a public enemy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela the paramilitary, terrorist,
12:26drug traffickers, fascists, criminals, representatives of the international extreme right wing,
12:31Ălvaro Uribe VĂ©lez and IvĂĄn Duque.
12:34President of Venezuela's National Assembly, Jorge RodrĂguez, also referred to the actions
12:41of the extreme right wing.
12:44He encouraged all of the actions of the extreme right wing of Venezuela, that are his daughters
12:52and sons, and their mercenaries, Juan GuaidĂł, Machado, Leopoldo LĂłpez, they are all mercenaries
13:07of Ălvaro Uribe VĂ©lez.
13:10For his part, the president of Venezuela, NicolĂĄs Maduro, during the meeting with the
13:15Economic Council, assured that Venezuela will continue with great productive and economic
13:21advances which are focused on cooperative projects with ALBA-TCP.
13:29The sector has made progress and is optimistic in extending its productive activities.
13:40We still have to recover the whole sector of over 250 industries that are at the hands
13:48of the state, and all of them need to be productive 100% without any excuse.
13:57Let's change anything that has to be changed, and we won't allow a single lie more in an
14:07alliance with the working class, new investments, new schemes of investment, let's produce with
14:14all the industries that are at the hands of the state.
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15:02Welcome back to From the South.
15:19A senior official of the Iraqi Resistance urged U.S. forces to withdraw from the region,
15:27otherwise they will order the initiation of attacks against several U.S. military bases
15:33located in Iraq.
15:36The announcement was made by the Secretary-General of the Hezbollah Movement al-Najuba al-Shayd
15:42al-Khran al-Khabi, who took the opportunity to thank Iran, Lebanon, and Yemen for support
15:50their retaliatory attacks against the U.S. Army.
15:54The official expressed that Iraq will continue to support the Palestinian people, assuring
16:00that there is not room for weakness, withdrawal, or fear.
16:13In parallel to the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli army and extremist settlers terrorized
16:20the Palestinian population in the occupied West Bank.
16:25On Monday night, several Palestinian citizens were injured while vehicles, commercial facilities,
16:31and parts of houses were burned, following an attack by dozens of heavily-armed Israeli
16:38settlers.
16:39The arrest occurred in a village located east of the Qalqilya city, while the attackers
16:46were protected by occupation army troops.
16:49At the same time, the occupying forces carried out arrests in several areas of the West Bank
16:56and blocked access to several localities.
17:15U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he could implement new sanctions against Russia
17:23if President Vladimir Putin refuses to negotiate with him on a ceasefire with Ukraine.
17:31During a press conference at the White House, the U.S. President declared that his contact
17:36with his Russian counterpart could take place very soon, and stressed the need to put an
17:44end to the Russian-Ukrainian conflict.
17:48On the other hand, Trump warned that it seems likely that he could impose additional sanctions
17:55on Russia if Putin refuses to enter into negotiations with him.
18:01Moreover, the U.S. head of state did not give a clear answer to reporters when asked whether
18:08this new administration could continue to send arms to Kiev, or whether it is considering
18:16discontinuing these supplies.
18:23In South Korea, detained President John Sekule denied Tuesday that he had ordered troops
18:30to first remove lawmakers from the National Assembly after declaring martial law.
18:37During his hearing, John Sekule claimed that his actions were not aimed at blocking the
18:43Assembly, but were a warning to the opposition Liberal Democratic Party for undermining the
18:50government actions.
18:52He also denied that he had sent a note to Finance Minister Cho Sang-mook on the day
18:58martial law was imposed, asking him to prepare a budget for an emergency legislative body.
19:07The National Assembly impeached the detained president and suspended his powers.
19:13The Constitutional Court has until June to decide whether to permanently remove him or
19:19reinstate him.
19:35In China, preparations began to celebrate the Lunar New Year, also known as the Spring
19:42Festival, the most important holiday in the traditional Chinese calendar, which this year
19:49will be celebrated on January 29.
19:53The celebrations of this date, based on the lunisolar calendar traditionally used in China,
20:00begin on the first day of the lunar month and end on the 15th when the Lantern Festival
20:07is held, dates when millions of people around the world travel to their places of origin
20:14to enjoy the festivities with their families.
20:18In the traditional Chinese calendar, each month of the year corresponds to one of the
20:24twelve animals of the Chinese horoscope with their respective rotation.
20:302025 will be the Year of the Serpent.
20:40And we have come to the end of this news brief.
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