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*Colombia: govt. to go on the offensive against ELN
*1.6 million people face severe levels of food insecurity in Lebanon
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*Colombia: govt. to go on the offensive against ELN
*1.6 million people face severe levels of food insecurity in Lebanon
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00:00On Wednesday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed an anti-immigration bill, requiring
00:18the detention of unauthorized immigrants accused of violent crimes.
00:29Colombia's dictator minister, Juan Fernando Cristo, announced that they will go on the
00:35offensive against the National Liberation Army, ELN, given the extreme situation in
00:40the northeast of the country.
00:46And in Lebanon, approximately 1.6 million people face severe levels of food insecurity
00:52due to the recent military aggressions by the Israeli regime.
01:03Hello and welcome to From the South, I'm Ana Marrero from the Telesur headquarters
01:07in Caracas, Venezuela.
01:08Now, we begin with the news.
01:09On Wednesday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed an anti-immigration bill, requiring
01:32the detention of unauthorized immigrants accused of violent crimes.
01:38Republicans claim that a latent rally law named after a student killed by an immigrant
01:43is the first of its kind passed in nearly three decades.
01:47These results highlight the shift to the right our Congress has made rapidly with the arrival
01:53of Donald Trump to the presidency.
01:55The rally law was approved with 263 votes in favor and 156 against by the House of Representatives
02:03After being passed by the Senate on Monday by a vote of 64 to 35, civil organizations
02:09have criticized this amendment and claimed that it will not improve public security.
02:24Hundreds of migrants are seeking asylum in Mexico following a sweeping immigration crackdown
02:29announced by President Donald Trump.
02:32The suspension of the CBP-1 APP, which allows immigrants to schedule legal entry into the
02:39U.S., has left many stranded and without options.
02:43In response, Mexican authorities are setting up temporary shelters in border cities to
02:49accommodate those affected by the abrupt policy changes.
02:53Trump's administration has also reinstated the Reminding Mexico policy, prompting fears
02:59among the vulnerable population of fleet invalids and persecution.
03:04Experts warn that these measures could lead to mass deportations and legal challenges
03:09are anticipated as organizations advocate for migrant rights in this humanitarian crisis.
03:17CBP-1, U.S. asylum app, was scrapped.
03:26So what we are going to do now at the Comer, Mexican Commission for Refugee Aid, is start
03:30the process to seek asylum here, because many of us, as migrants, do not want to return
03:35to our countries of origin.
03:37So we are starting the process to stay here in Mexico.
03:42Evelyn Salgado Pineda, governor of the southern Mexican state of Guerrero, said on Wednesday
03:47that she was working on a comprehensive program designed by state's main authorities to receive
03:53migrant support from the U.S.
03:56She also explained that she had met with various authorities to develop a policy of support
04:02for the citizens of these states who live in other countries, assuring them that they
04:07are not alone and that when they return to their homeland, they will be welcomed as they
04:12deserve and will be embraced in all aspects.
04:16She also points out that he was in contact with immigration authorities and migrant organizations
04:23in cities such as Chicago and Los Angeles to channel the arrival of their nationals.
04:37In Mexico, I am known as Little Amel, that became a symbol of refugee children.
04:43We'll see part of your journeys through Latin America in a photographic exhibition at the
04:48Open Gallery of the Chapultepec Forest.
04:51Our correspondent Antonio Aranda gave us the detail of the following report.
04:58The condition of migrant or refugee is not a crime, but a human circumstance, is one
05:04of the messages of Little Amel, the three and a half meter high puppet that represents
05:09a Syrian refugee girl.
05:11Amel's strength is that she is very visible because she is such a tall puppet, but she
05:17is a child.
05:18So she brings a message of peace that is like saying, I didn't do anything to find myself
05:23in this situation.
05:24I am in a situation of separation from my parents.
05:27I am in a situation of having come out of a war.
05:30I am looking for peace and I am looking to build my life and I am looking for a safe
05:33environment.
05:34That is the message of Amel.
05:39The exhibition The Journey of Little Amel Through Mexico shows her journey through seven
05:44cities in the country where she brought a testimony of the defense of human rights,
05:48especially those of children.
05:52I believe that today more than ever there needs to be possibilities of response, of
05:56protection, of integration and of offering people the opportunity to rebuild their lives
06:00if they cannot stay in their countries of origin.
06:08UN data indicate that in recent years, Mexico has been among the countries with the highest
06:12number of asylum requests for refugees and the government's policy is to offer them
06:17dignified places to stay.
06:23We have designed a strategy that will allow us to ensure that people coming from other
06:27countries to the city do not have to be on the streets of the city as they are today.
06:37The pass of Little Amel through our country seeks to generate solidarity and compassion
06:43towards those who have had to leave their places of origin.
06:49The fact that Amel was able to be here in Mexico helped to raise awareness about this
06:53migration issue and the fact that through a figure like a nine-year-old girl, the vulnerability
07:02she represents and how she was received in Mexico has been great.
07:11Data from the UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, indicate that there are 123 million forcibly displaced
07:17people in the world.
07:23Let's take a very first break, but remember you can join us on our tiktok account as Telesur
07:27English, where you'll be able to see news in different formats, news updates and more.
07:31Take the time for more news.
07:56Welcome back to From the South.
07:58Presidential Minister Juan Fernando Cristo announced that they will go on the offensive
08:02against the National Liberation Army, LNN, given the extreme situation in the northeast
08:07of the country.
08:08The head of the national security announced a measure after President Gustavo Petro confirmed
08:14on Monday that he will declare a state of internal commotion for the first time in 16
08:19years.
08:20The violence exercised by the LNN against former social leaders and peace signatories
08:25in the Catatumbo has already caused more than 38,000 displaced persons and refugees
08:30and nearly 80 fatalities.
08:32In this scenario, ministers informed that under the protection of all constitutional
08:38and legal instruments, they will proceed with the following steps.
08:50The Venezuelan state announced the reactivation of the 13 productive engines of the country
08:57with the objective of advancing in the 7th transformation plan, one of these engines
09:02in the socialist and solidarity-based communal economy.
09:05With the details, our correspondent Daisy Toussaint.
09:12The Communal Panal is a historical organization of the 23 de Nero neighborhood in the Venezuelan
09:17capital, pioneers in popular participation projects.
09:24We would have to see how it was planned at the beginning, that each commune would have
09:27socioproductive organizations according to their knowledge in sewing, fishing, agriculture,
09:32at least in Caracas.
09:34I will give you an example from Caracas.
09:36We are serving 466 communes in Caracas.
09:40Those communes in turn have socioproductive organizations of textile confection.
09:44We are talking about more than 1,600 producers, who at the same time produce more than 467,000
09:53products in school uniforms, jackets, and school clothes.
09:56This economy strengthens the communal economy which develops what would be the communal
10:00bank, and at the same time, it advances towards the communal state.
10:06The socialist textile factory, Las Abajidas del Panal, has been operating here for 13
10:14years.
10:15It is an organization that follows the guidelines of the commune and provides work and knowledge
10:19to the population.
10:22My grandmother is a seamstress, and she used to teach me a little bit, but I learned here,
10:26and now I myself taught her, look, grandma, this is how it is.
10:29The good thing here is that we leave at 12 o'clock.
10:32We go to lunch until 2.30 p.m.
10:34I have my children studying here.
10:35I go to pick them up.
10:36I have them here for a while.
10:37I go home for a while, and then I come back here and leave at 5.30 p.m.
10:47We started with six machines.
10:48I was not going to work here.
10:50I came to bring my daughter, and I liked working so much, and I liked the workshop so much
10:55that since I already knew how to sew, I stayed working until now.
10:58I have been here for 13 years.
11:06This is a project of popular power proposed by Commander Hugo Chavez to overcome the classic
11:10model of the state.
11:16Before the presence of Commander Chavez, the productive forces, be it bakery, sewing, breeding,
11:21fishing, were in the hands of private companies, and when they went into the hands of private
11:28companies, it was the private company that enjoyed the benefits.
11:35At this moment, we are seeing that this economic resource is in the hands of the producers,
11:40which is the people.
11:48During the meeting with the Economic Council, the president of Venezuela announced that
11:51they will remain in permanent session to reorder, re-drive, and promote the country's new economic
11:57and productive agenda.
12:05Venezuela is not a colony of the World Bank, nor of the International Monetary Fund, nor
12:10of anyone else.
12:15Venezuela is building its own model of economic, political, and social independence of equality.
12:25During 2024, manufacturing increased by 4.6 percent.
12:30The Venezuelan head of state summarized the transformation of the economic model, explaining
12:34that the Bolivarian economic agenda was simplified to 13 engines, and the defense of national
12:40savings was launched.
12:44Nicaragua's National Assembly on Wednesday unanimously approved the reform of the constitution
12:54chaptered on the economy and public finances in order to boost the country's productive
12:59and commercial activity.
13:01The parliamentary work is part of the process of partial reform of the constitution.
13:07With this resolution, for example, the creative economy is elevated to state policy as a pillar
13:13of sustainable development in Nicaragua.
13:17The approved bill also refers among other things the inalienable rights of families
13:23to access medicines, school supplies, drinking water, public transport, and other essential
13:28services.
13:40Colombian President Gustavo Petro visited Haiti on January 22 to strengthen bilateral
13:45relations and address the present challenges faced by both nations.
13:50In his meeting with the President of Haiti's Presidential Transition Council, Lesley Voltaire,
13:57the leaders discussed crucial areas of cooperation, including security, trade, and environmental
14:03activities, all while focusing on stabilizing Haiti's escalating criminals, groups, violence.
14:17Thank you, Haitian people.
14:19I ask your forgiveness, because some white Colombians came here to kill the President
14:25of Haiti.
14:32In the name of all the Colombian people, I say to you that we do not believe in the death
14:37spread by these Colombians.
14:40We believe in life.
14:42Colombia is the heart of life in the world.
15:12Welcome back.
15:24Ecuador is going through an electrical campaign for the elections in Ferrari, in which more
15:28than 13 million Ecuadorians will elect their new president.
15:32Citizens maintain that these are not just another election, but that the motto of the
15:38country they want to build is a state.
15:42The report with Elena Rodriguez.
15:48Sixteen candidates are running for the presidency of Ecuador.
15:52Experts consider that in ideological terms, two groups are clearly defined.
15:57Clearly, the extreme right is more predominant.
16:02If we divide, and the debate helps us a lot.
16:04The first bloc fought over who was more right-wing, who privatized more things.
16:12And libertarian figures emerge with whom we must be very careful, very careful, because
16:16they start to use freedom.
16:18But there is no freedom without equality.
16:20And what they want is freedom of enterprise, freedom to precarize, freedom to exploit the
16:24environment.
16:30Some Ecuadorian candidates, with their proposals, seek to emulate the president of El Salvador,
16:35Nayib Bukele, or the ultra-right Argentinian Javier Mille.
16:39It is in this political spectrum where the current president and candidate for re-election,
16:44Daniel Noboa, is located.
16:48The ultra-rightists that are being formed and the right-wingers all have a primary export
16:52base.
16:53Based on the idea that mining is going to get us out of somewhere, total market liberalization,
16:56privatization, more monetary funds, and on the other hand, how we control the population,
17:03iron fist militarization, creation of false positives, and a whole narrative that favors
17:07us to believe that the only way we can exist in this world is if we directly eliminate
17:11the person next to us who does not look like me, who does not think like me.
17:21And in this scenario where, on the other side, leftist options emerge, such as the candidates
17:25Luisa González of the Citizen Revolution and Leonidas Azah of Pakatukic, placed, according
17:31to several pollsters, in first and third place, respectively.
17:37The words most used in the government plan of Luisa González are justice and rights.
17:42If we go to another plan, for example, that of Leonidas Azah, the most used word is rights.
17:47And we can see that the very notion of formulating the concerns within the government plan shows
17:51what it is aiming at.
17:56If no two candidates reach more than 40% of the valid votes, with a difference of 10 percentage
18:01points over the second place, there will be a runoff.
18:04Therefore, the challenge for the left, according to this analyst, will be to achieve the union.
18:11With that programmatic unity and that roadmap, any of the people of the left and progressivism
18:16that passes to the second round should carry it forward as a possibility of response to
18:19the other issues that this country is requiring and that requires that maturity, precisely
18:24because if there is something that is diminished among us is trust.
18:30Ecuador is facing a multidimensional crisis, with a wave of insecurity, with around 40
18:35violent deaths per 100,000 inhabitants.
18:38This figure has led the country to be considered the most violent in the region.
18:49Moving on, in Lebanon approximately 1.6 million people face severe death levels of food insecurity
19:10due to the recent military aggression by the Israeli regime.
19:15According to a report by the World Food Programme, about 201,000 people are in an emergency
19:20situation at risk of academic malnutrition.
19:23In addition, Syria and Palestinian refugees in Lebanon are also being severely affected
19:28with more than 680,000 at risk of food insecurity.
19:32The Israeli aggression has worsened as it persists in an economic crisis in a country
19:39which is still struggling to recover after it has fared well in November 2024.
19:44The conflict has devastated key sectors such as agriculture, damaging land, infrastructure
19:51and livelihoods, further aggravating the food situation.
20:00And now, changing topics.
20:14In Switzerland, the Chinese-Canadian art is shown when she is showcasing her innovative
20:20project Spectral Socialization II at the World Economic Forum in Davos, which explores the
20:30introspection of artificial intelligence, robotics and human creativity.
20:35Using a cosmic robotic unit linked to her brainwaves via an EEG electrode and a sephalogram,
20:46hand-branded machines collaborate with machines trained on two decades of her drawing data.
20:54This installation raises critical questions about the future of traditional artistry in
21:02an increasingly technological world and emphasizes how artists can actively shape artificial
21:08intelligence development.
21:13And what we see behind us here today is my piece Spectral Oscillation II, and what's
21:18really interesting for me about this work is that it really explores what becomes of
21:24the human hand, how we can create paintings using different types of artificially intelligent
21:31systems connected to my own biofeedback, connected to my own drawing data, and it's a way of
21:37really exploring how we can think about creativity differently.
21:42No, actually, this is really connected to what I care about, my personal data, my own
21:48biofeedback data, so in the process, I wear an EEG headband, which is like a brainwave
21:54sensing headband, that I wear while I meditate to help really bring about a state of creative
22:00flow.
22:01When I'm in a creative flow, I'm able to paint alongside these machines that's trained on
22:07two decades of my own drawing data.
22:12With that story, we have come to the end of this news brief, but you can find this and
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