14/02/2025
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*U.S. govt. announces set of reciprocal tariffs on trading partners
*Cuban govt. denounces USAID's financing of subversive actions
FTS 8.30
*U.S. govt. announces set of reciprocal tariffs on trading partners
*Cuban govt. denounces USAID's financing of subversive actions
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00:00Palestinian Resistance Movement Hamas confirmed that it will release three Israeli hostages
00:16from Gaza on Saturday.
00:26Donald Trump announced on Thursday a set of reciprocal tariffs on his country's trading
00:32partners that will match the rates applied by each nation to the United States.
00:40Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel retrained the nation's denunciation of the subversive
00:45actions promoted by the United States to organizations such as Yuseid.
01:15The Palestinian Resistance Movement Hamas confirmed that it will release three Israeli
01:29hostages from Gaza on Saturday, as planned after talks which inspired the mediators Egypt
01:35and Qatar.
01:36In a statement, Hamas described the Cairo talks as positive and said that the Egyptian
01:41and Qatari mediators pledged to work to promote reminding obstacles imposed by the Israeli
01:46regime.
01:47The resistance movement has threatened to delay the upcoming release of Israeli detainees
01:53accusing Israel of not fulfilling its obligations to allow tents and shelters to enter, among
02:01other violations of the truth.
02:04Palestinian authorities report that since the ceasefire agreement came into force, more
02:09than 90 people have been killed and 822 injured by Israeli attacks.
02:39More than 2 million people in Gaza face conditions that put their survival at risk.
03:04Moreover, according to UNICEF, international assistance is sufficient to reverse the situation.
03:11The United Nations Children's Fund calls for access to Gaza for the restricted items,
03:18including pipes for the water systems and generators to run water plants.
03:24Likewise, the Palestinian Refugee Agency also highlighted as an immediate priority the need
03:28to provide shelters and warmth to people returning to their shattered houses.
03:35At least 48,219 Palestinians were killed in Gaza and 111,665 were injured as a result
03:46of the counter-Israeli attacks since October 2023.
03:59The Prime Minister of Georgia accused the U.S. Agency for International Development,
04:04known as USAID, for applying coloured revolutions in the country as well as interfering in its
04:11electoral decisions.
04:12USAID was involved in the planning and implementation of revolutionary processes.
04:17There is concrete evidence of this, including video evidence, said the Minister of Iraq
04:22leader Koubadich, according to the executive.
04:26The organization has also been directly involved in the political and electoral processes of
04:33the country.
04:34In this regard, Koubadich expressed his satisfaction that the new U.S. administration is finally
04:42talking about all the regularities running inside activities.
04:52Thailand's army informed that 216 individuals considered to be victims of trafficking dropped
05:01to work online fraud centres will be repatriated after being rescued from Myanmar.
05:10According to Thai media reports, a Myanmar militia formed by the benevolent Karen Democratic
05:16Army assumed the task of freeing the workers and transferring them to the border.
05:23The Thai military indicated that the rescued individuals will be interrogated, and if proven
05:29to be victims of human trafficking, they will undergo the abduction process while awaiting
05:35to be returned to their home countries.
05:37It was also reported that the people rescued in most recent operations belonged to more
05:42than 20 nations, such as Ethiopia, Kenya, the Philippines, Malaysia, Pakistan, China
05:47and among others.
05:58The second edition of the Islamic Arts Biennial is being held in Saudi Arabia, a meeting that
06:04seeks to modernize the Islamic tradition.
06:06Let's see.
06:09The city of Jeddah on the shores of the Red Sea hosts this event covering 100,000 square
06:14meters with five exhibition halls and numerous open air spaces displaying more than 500 pieces
06:20including modern objects and ancient works.
06:22The biennial, the first and only exhibition in the world dedicated to the arts of the
06:27Islamic civilization, is committed to the juxtaposition of relics with the aim of transforming
06:32the ultra-conservative image of this religion.
06:34Islam is a lived system, it is experienced by billions of people from around the world.
06:42Our experiences with Islam shape culture, shape our understanding of ourselves.
06:48In the biennial, this bringing together of the contemporary past really emphasizes the
06:53change that Saudi Arabia is going through.
06:56No other...
06:57This Islamic Arts Biennial features the participation of more than 30 artists from all over the
07:02as well as guests from the Gulf region and other countries, allowing visitors to view
07:06objects and works from various parts of the world.
07:09Included in the exhibitions are displays from sacred sites such as Mecca and Medina, including
07:14Islamic holy objects such as the sacred Kiswah.
07:17There are also collections from the cultures of Mali, Qatar, and Turkei, and samples from
07:21more than 30 of the world's most important institutions, including the Vatican Apostolic
07:26Library in Vatican City, the Louvre Museum in Paris, and the Victoria and Albert Museum
07:30in London.
07:32For me, the Islamic Arts context, it's definitely given me a lot of thought and research and
07:38diving deeper into what it means to me and what it means to us regionally.
07:41And again, it's about, I think, recontextualizing, reframing, putting it within the global context,
07:50but also historical, you know?
07:54The biennial seeks to offer a perspective on the way in which diverse cultures interact
07:58and endure.
08:00By combining historical objects from Islamic cultures with contemporary art, it allows
08:04to explore the beliefs of faith through feeling, thought, and creation.
08:09The exhibition will be open until May 25th of this year.
08:18Let's take our very first break, but remember you can join us on our TikTok account at Celeste
08:22English, where you'll be able to see news in different formats, news updates, and more.
08:26Stay tuned for more news.
08:30Welcome back to From the South.
08:54President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that a set of reciprocal tariffs on his country's
09:00trading partners will match the rates applied by each nation to the U.S.
09:05After the announcement of a measure, the president signed a memorandum on the matter, which will
09:11allow his administration to execute a review process to implement the initiative.
09:18Trump asserted that the equalization of tariffs with other countries would lead to the return
09:26of pharmaceutical, automotive, and integrated certain manufacturers to U.S. soil-boosting
09:34jobs creation.
09:36However, analysts have said that the tariff policy would backfire on Trump if his agenda
09:45increases inflation and his low economic growth, making it a high-risk gamble for the country.
10:15China's Ministry of Commerce criticized the U.S. government's decision to impose a 25%
10:45tariff on steels and aluminum imports.
10:48The decision to increase tariffs was announced by President Donald Trump on Friday the 10th
10:53and has generated negative reactions around the world.
10:56The actions will lead to trade retaliations that will affect the competitiveness of Chinese steel.
11:05However, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce points out that the immediate impact on exports will be
11:11limited since they represent only 0.8% of total exports.
11:17China also recalled that in 2022, the World Trade Organization determined that these tariffs
11:24violate international regulations.
11:26Despite this, the U.S. government has not only maintained the tariff but also increased them
11:32for aluminum products.
11:33In South Africa, President Zero Ramaphosa held a military ceremony in honor of South
11:45African soldiers killed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
11:50Her nation is in mourning, were the words of the South African president, who also offered
11:55his deepest sympathy for 14 soldiers killed by the armed group M23 in the east of the
12:01Democratic Republic of the Congo.
12:03After two weeks of waiting, the remains of the fallen soldiers arrived in the Sarktov
12:09Air Base, where they were given a ceremony attended by members of the armed forces and
12:15where the bodies were handed over to their families.
12:18The soldiers were killed in clashes between the Congolese army and the M23 rebel group
12:24on January 25 and 27.
12:33So far this year, the African continent has registered more than 97% confirmed cases and
12:45more than 1,700 deaths due to impacts.
12:49Of all the countries that have recorded outbreaks on the continent, nine are in the so-called
12:54control phase and 13 in the active phase, including the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
13:01Epidemiologist Nenshad Ndogo, head of the executive office of the Centers in Africa,
13:08stressed that although significant progress has been made in the response to impacts,
13:14the current insecurity and the pause in funding from the U.S.
13:18government pose a significant risk to the control of the outbreak.
13:22Disregarding, African Union Public Health Agency warned on Thursday that the funding
13:27freeze for foreign aid programs ordered by U.S. President Donald Trump is already
13:33impacting the ability of African countries to respond to the impacts epidemic.
13:49100 masterpieces of the Norwegian painter Edouard Munch are exhibited at the Palazzo
13:54del Buonaparte in Rome, Italy.
13:56The paintings on loan from the museum that bears his name in Oslo, Norway, examine the
14:05anxieties and concerns of the human being who worked in retrospective from his youth
14:12to the last years of his life.
14:14Considered one of the leading symbolic artists of the 9th century, Munch obeys his creations
14:21with primary attention to color, detail and expressions of the soul.
14:26Among the paintings on display in Rome are one of the lithography versions of the Scream
14:341895, Girls on a Bridge, 1927, Melancholy in the 90s,
14:43in the 1900, and Death, Obviously, from 1895.
14:52The exhibition will be open until next June.
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15:43The president of Cuba, Miguel DÃaz-Canel, reiterated the nation's denunciation of
15:47this subversive actions promoted by the United States through organizations such as USAID,
15:54highlighted the financing of projects that seek to destabilize the country.
15:58DÃaz-Canel denounces the use of U.S. agencies such as USAID to destabilize governments and
16:04undermine the sovereignty of nations, including Cuba.
16:07This situation has occurred since the 90s, with USAID allocating approximately $20 to
16:14$50 million annually to supervise activities in Cuba, not in covered funds.
16:21According to the recent exposure of the agency's activities, in the context of U.S. policy,
16:27it reveals the use of humanitarian organizations as a front to fulfill U.S. hegemonic interests.
16:44The Public Prosecutor's Office of El Salvador reported the arrest of former president of
16:48Supreme Electoral Court, Eugenio Chicas MartÃnez.
16:51Chicas is accused of violating enrichment and will have to appear in court in the next
16:57few days to answer for the criminal charges.
17:00The former official and his family were sentenced in November 2024
17:05to reimburse the state more than $200,000 for 15 irregularities in his assets declarations.
17:15In the judicial process, Chicas was sued in his capacity of former president,
17:22president judge of the Supreme Electoral Court, as well as chairman of the board of directors
17:27of the National Registry of Natural Persons, as secretary of communications of the Presidency
17:33of the Republic, and as deputy of the Central American Parliament in different periods between
17:382011 and 2021.
17:50Eugenio Chicas MartÃnez was a member of the leadership of the nation's resistance during
17:57the armed conflict won by the five organizations in El Salvador that made up the Farabundo MartÃ
18:03Front for the National Liberation, FMNL.
18:08After the signing of the peace accords, Chicas was elected as deputy of the Legislative Assembly
18:14and the Central American Parliament for several terms.
18:18He was also appointed magistrate president of the Supreme Electoral Court for the period
18:232009 to 2014 and later as first secretary of communications of the Presidency of the
18:29Republic.
18:30He has been a fierce opponent to the government policies of President Nayib Bukele and has
18:36actively participated in the protests of the FMNL social movement.
18:51The Ecuador's National Electoral Council, CNE, opened a case against president candidate
18:57Daniel Novoa for participating in a campaign even without alliances.
19:02According to the CNE's vice president Enrique Pita, the case refers to a campaign speech
19:08by the president on the balcony of the seats of the executives without proper alliances
19:12to do so.
19:13This is not the only accusations against Novoa, who participated in the electoral process,
19:18aims questioning for not leaving office during the campaign period, for ceding power to a
19:24government official other than the vice president, Menonica Abad, in order to participate in
19:30campaign acts.
19:31According to the Ecuadorian law, all candidates for election must request alliances to the
19:35National Assembly to participate in the electoral campaign.
19:54Heavy rains in Peru have affected more than 2,800 houses and 14 others have been destroyed.
20:03Infrastructure damage and roads were also affected in the Ica region south of the country.
20:11In a press release, the National Civil Defense Institute reported that the damage includes
20:18two educational institutes, a health center, 6.2 kilometers of communication lines, 200
20:26hectares of corpses, drinking water and electricity.
20:29They also indicate that they are still evaluating possible effects of the hail cliffs off the
20:36Ingenio Arda Geological Reserve, where thunders were instilled in the sports complex by the
20:44municipality, as well as in other districts of Chengillo, Santiago, Parcona and Santa Cruz.
20:51Therefore, in this sense, the orchard should keep local emergency centers active.
20:58In Guatemala, the archaeological park of Quirigua is one of the settlements of Mayan
21:16civilization and has been a World Heritage Site since 1981.
21:22Let's see.
21:29The archaeological park of Quirigua, located in the department of Izabal,
21:33located in the northeastern region of Guatemala, preserves vestiges of the Mayan civilization,
21:45which were established between the 3rd and 10th centuries after the Common Era,
21:49but it was not until between the years 426 and 810 when it reached its maximum splendor.
21:54Quirigua has an exceptional universal value,
21:57which is why it was inscribed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1981.
22:12The singular Quirigua is formed by 34 hectares, land that conserves an important ancient
22:17infrastructure, having a total of 17 monuments carved between the years 426 and 810.
22:24These are the main testimonies of the Mayan civilization, but for reasons that are not
22:28very clear, it entered a period of decline.
22:30Quirigua preserves the largest public space known in the whole Mayan area,
22:36the Great Plaza, where the Ceremonial Plaza and the Temple are located.
22:40It is made up of a structure of pyramids, terraces and staircases,
22:43in addition to the production of monolithic monuments carved in sandstone.
22:55The monuments, called stelae, contain hieroglyphic texts describing
22:59significant dates of the Mayan calendar and celestial events, including eclipses.
23:04Together with passages from the mythology of this culture and political events,
23:08as well as social and historical events important for the development of the city.
23:12These inscriptions on the stelae compile information between the years 426 and 810,
23:17a period of 394 years, making possible the construction of history in the Mayan civilization.
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