25/02/2025
FTS 12.30
*Peru: prosecution summons Boluarte in corruption case
*Syria: National Dialogue opens in Damascus
FTS 12.30
*Peru: prosecution summons Boluarte in corruption case
*Syria: National Dialogue opens in Damascus
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00:00Pope Francis authorized the canonization of Venezuelan physician José Gregorio Hernández.
00:20In Peru, prosecutors summoned President Dina Boluarte for corruption and cover-up in the
00:25Cali-Warman and Presidential Treasury cases.
00:32De facto Syrian President Abu Mohammed al-Zulaymi, renamed Ahmed al-Chada, opened the National
00:38Dialogue Conference in Damascus.
00:45Hello welcome to From the South, I'm Luis Alberto Matos from De La Cruz Studios in Havana,
00:49Cuba.
00:50We begin with the news.
00:51The Vatican issued the first update on Pope Francis' health on Tuesday, reporting that
00:56he had a good night's rest.
00:58The Supreme Pontiff has been in hospital in Rome for almost two weeks.
01:02The last two days, although his condition is complex, he has shown a slight improvement,
01:07and doctors and the Holy See press office say that he is not out of danger.
01:12The Catholic faithful of the world, coordinated by the churches or spontaneously, have united
01:17in prayers and petitions for the health of Francis.
01:20On the last day, the presidents of Cuba, the United States and Venezuela once again
01:25wished him a speedy recovery.
01:33And Pope Francis authorized to canonize the Venezuelan José Gregorio Hernández.
01:39On a statement, the Supreme Pontiff approved the favorable votes of the Ordinarization
01:43of the Cardinal, Fathers and Bishops, members of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints.
01:49By this official announcement, the Holy See formally stated that the popularity known
01:53as Doctor of the Poor will be declared a saint, which date hasn't been set yet.
01:59This is the first time the Catholic Church proclaimed a Venezuelan faithful saint.
02:03The decision was grounded on the vast legacy of Gregorio Hernández, who has been devoted
02:08by not only Venezuelans, but also Latin Americans and Caribbeans.
02:18With great joy, I can announce that today, our beloved Pope Francis approved the positive
02:24opinion of the Cardinals and Bishops of the Dicastery for the Causes of Beatification
02:30and Canonization.
02:31He has approved the virtues of our dear, blessed José Gregorio, who will soon be a saint.
02:36Pope Francis will convene a Cardinal Session where the date of canonization will be announced.
02:43May God give much health and life to our dear Pope Francis.
02:48And may we soon celebrate the canonization here in Rome, and in Caracas, a solemn Mass,
02:53to give thanks to God for this great gift.
02:58During his program Con Maduro Mas, the President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, condemned the
03:02media campaign that seeks to criminalize Venezuelan migrants regarding the arrival of 242 nationals
03:07through the planned return to the homeland.
03:10The President recalled that the Venezuelan migration was the result of the offensive
03:14campaign of criminal sanctions imposed by the United States.
03:18In this regard, President Maduro highlighted the work of the government in defense of the
03:21country's sovereignty by dismantling criminal groups operating under the orders of former
03:27Colombian Presidents Iván Duque and Álvaro Uribe in complicity with the Venezuelan far-right.
03:43That was a design they made in the United States.
03:47Together with these bandits, they made the design to accuse Venezuela, the whole country
03:53of supporting the Aragua train.
03:55We knew in time and launched those offensives.
03:58Remember the deliberation of plans of all the jails, beginning with Toqueron, and the
04:03offensive against all the successful criminal bands we had.
04:08Because they came with that game, and with a game that was to use the criminal bands
04:12in the jails to attack several cities in the country, to make them chaotic, and to say
04:18that there was chaos in Venezuela, and to ask for intervention.
04:23Everywhere you see it, it's something devilish and dirty.
04:26They stigmatized the name of Venezuela.
04:30The name of the Venezuelan migrant, they stigmatized it.
04:33They're the fascist rats.
04:38In the north of the Venezuelan capital, the coffee harvest season is coming to an end.
04:43Our colleague Chad Duffel went to meet small farmers who carried out their first production
04:47after two years of work with ecological techniques.
04:51The Huaraira Repano, or Ávila National Park, located in the coastal mountain range, is
04:59a green land bordering the city of Caracas, the capital of Venezuela.
05:03There, two years ago, the farmers of the Laderas estate began to plant coffee, finding in the
05:08height of the mountains and in the shade of the forest the ideal conditions for the production
05:13of the plant.
05:14However, it was a bigger challenge than it seemed, given that part of the land had been
05:17deforested by previous owners.
05:21The forest is better because of the humidity and shade.
05:24We are recovering trees, planting them all over to get good shade.
05:28You know that the best coffee, supposedly, is in the shade.
05:33The soil, impoverished by decades of chemical use, also had to be recovered with organic
05:38fertilizers and environmentally friendly techniques.
05:44We are trying to create a new topsoil with chicken manure, horse manure, all totally
05:49organic, from here, from the area.
05:52It is all handcrafted, organic and handmade.
05:58According to agroforestry principles, the sustainable balance lies in crop diversity,
06:03which also brings advantages for the producer.
06:09Integrating the coffee element into an ecosystem without breaking the ecosystem.
06:15Shade production, a productive shade.
06:18That the producer can benefit from the shade, in addition to the benefit for the coffee,
06:22the shade could have some added value, like planting avocado and soursop trees.
06:28In other words, to integrate a whole positive project around regenerative agriculture.
06:35This February the first coffee beans were harvested from the farm, but there are still
06:39some steps to be taken before they reach the consumer.
06:42The artisanal process requires care and a lot of patience.
06:48It is quite a long process, harvesting it, fermenting it, drying it in the sun, it takes
06:54a long time.
06:56Then we take it to roast it, so that it reaches the public, the cup.
07:02The expectations are good because, in spite of some points that were missed, I believe
07:06that the coffee was harvested at its optimum moment.
07:12We did a process to improve, to modulate the flavors, in terms of fermentation.
07:19We already have a small batch that was threshed a few hours ago.
07:25The first visual of the coffee is spectacular, so I think it promises to be pretty good.
07:34In the past, Venezuela was one of the world's main producers and exporters of coffee.
07:38But production dropped during the second half of the 20th century due to the predominance
07:43of oil.
07:44Today, the new expansion of coffee in the country in the framework of economic diversification
07:49is an opportunity to rethink the means of production, as was done in the Laderas.
07:54In this sense, Venezuelan coffee, on top of meeting internal demand, has a great potential
07:58to compete in the world market as a growing demand requires constant upgrade in production
08:03quality.
08:04Chada Fol, from Caracas, for TELESUR.
08:08We have a first short break coming up.
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08:33Welcome back.
08:37Peruvian prosecutors summoned President Dina Boloarte for corruption and cover-up in the
08:42Cali-Warma and Presidential Treasury cases.
08:45The president of Peru, Dina Boloarte, will testify for the second day in a row on Tuesday
08:50after being questioned about the alleged use of the presidential card for the escape of
08:54the leader of the Perú Libre political party, Vladimir Zerrón.
08:57In the previous session, President Boloarte also answered nearly 50 questions in an interrogation
09:02that lasted more than five hours.
09:04The Public Prosecutor's Office expects the president to attend again, although it has
09:08not yet been confirmed whether she will testify while the Public Prosecutor's Office evaluates
09:13the evidence and the development of the case.
09:22And more than half of Ecuador's workers are in the informal sector, the National Institute
09:26of Statistics and Censuses announced on Monday.
09:29A survey for January 2025 shows that the figure has increased by 1.4 percent compared to last
09:34January and is the highest recorded in the country since 2007.
09:38According to the data, only 34 percent of the country's workforce is formally employed.
09:43This huge increase, which puts informal employment at 56 percent, means that these workers lack
09:49work guarantees, security holidays and social security, among other important conquests
09:55of the workers' struggle.
09:58Meanwhile, in Bolivia, the government started up a steel plant that will produce 200,000
10:07tons of iron-derived construction materials per year and require an investment of over
10:12$500 million.
10:13Our correspondent, Freddy Morales, with the details.
10:19The plant is located in Puerto Suarez, near the Brazilian border, and will use iron from
10:24El Cerro Mutin, one of the world's iron reserves.
10:27The truth is that it is a great satisfaction for me, today as municipal mayor of Puerto
10:36Suarez, to witness and represent those generations that have fought tirelessly for more than
10:4380 years to see this dream come true.
10:52The steel complex will produce 200,000 tons of steel per year in a first phase, which
10:57means half of these materials that the country has been importing until now.
11:07Now that we are going to put this complex into operation and we are going to start producing
11:11steel, we will generate more than 700 direct jobs and more than 2,000 indirect jobs.
11:19This is what the steel complex represents in social terms.
11:27President Luis Arce recalled that the financing of the complex used state resources and a
11:31loan from the government of China.
11:39This is an investment of $546 million where there are three actors involved to finance.
11:45First, the financing of the Chinese government, whom we thank infinitely as well as the brother
11:49ambassador of the country, through him, a big hug to brother Xi Jinping.
12:02Second, the resources of the central bank with the credit.
12:05And finally, to complete all this, the general treasury of the nation that is being invested,
12:10along with resources that are here to invest and fulfill the dream of so many Bolivians.
12:22The complex will produce rebar and wire rod in its first phase.
12:30This is a clear demonstration that the Bolivian state has to be and is the fundamental actor
12:34to advance towards the industrialization of our country.
12:38Industrialization is not just a story.
12:40It is a reality.
12:47We are showing the whole country that it is possible to industrialize the country, that
12:51this depends on the political decision of a government determined to build a solid and
12:56diversified economy in our country.
13:04The mutant iron ore deposit is one of the largest reserves of this mineral, with 40,000
13:10million tons.
13:11Its production of 200,000 tons per year means that the state will save some $250 million
13:16in foreign currency that it used to spend on this import.
13:36On Monday, heavy rains and thunderstorms hit Cuba's western region.
13:40Authorities reported flooding in Havana.
13:42The General Staff of the Civil Defense advised to take protective measures, while authorities
13:46said that the rapid advance of the cold front to the west and center of the country will
13:51bring more rain and thunderstorms.
13:53In this context, a miner crossing a flooded street fell through a drain.
14:27Welcome back.
14:56The Israeli occupation continues its aggression on the city of Jenin and its refugee camp
14:59for the 36th consecutive day.
15:02To date, the Zionist operation in Jenin has left 27 Palestinians dead, dozens of injured,
15:07and detainees amid widespread destruction of property and infrastructure.
15:11The number of displaced people from the camp has reached 20,000, and about 430 homes have
15:17been completely or partially destroyed.
15:202,000 students have been deprived of attending their schools, and about 178 people from the
15:25city and the camp have been detained since the beginning of the aggression.
15:36More than 160 doctors and medical personnel from Gaza are currently being held in Israeli
15:41prisons undergoing severe mistreatment and torture.
15:45Human rights organizations such as Human Rights Watch and Physicians for Human Rights Israel
15:49have denounced the arbitrary arrests and inhumane treatment of the detainees.
15:54Among the prisoners is the director of the Kemal At-Wan Hospital, Husam Abu Safia, who
15:58was arrested during a military operation in December.
16:01Detention of these professionals has significantly weakened the health system in Gaza, which
16:06was already under enormous pressure due to the recent conflicts.
16:10These actions have been described as a violation of international law, which protects health
16:14workers in armed conflict.
16:22The de facto Syrian President Abu Mohammed al-Dulani, renamed as Hamid al-Shara, opened
16:27the National Dialogue Conference in Damascus, the initiative aimed at outlining a political
16:31future for the country after the overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad did not start
16:37off on the right foot.
16:38The Turkish party denounced that, like other groups, they have been marginalized.
16:44The main session, intended to discuss the structure of a new constitution and the creation
16:47of new institutions, among other issues, is being seriously questioned.
16:52In the south, protests broke out against the submission of the de facto government to Zionist
16:56plans.
17:06On Tuesday, International Criminal Court Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan arrived in Kinshasa
17:11amid possible cases of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
17:15The M23 rebel group's offensive in the east of the African nation has left more than 7,000
17:20dead and countless wounded.
17:22ICC Chief Prosecutor Khan reminded the army and the rebel groups that no one has a blank
17:27check and that they must comply with international humanitarian law.
17:31The ICC prosecutor held a meeting with Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi and UN Special
17:36Envoy Bintu Keita.
17:46Russian President Vladimir Putin is considering proposing to the United States the opportunity
17:50to work together in the field of rare-earth elements.
17:53The Russian head of state said that Moscow holds more rare-earth elements in comparison
17:58with Ukraine, so it is ready to work with its foreign partners, including the U.S.,
18:03in different structures.
18:04President Putin refused to comment on the possible agreement between Washington and
18:08Kiev concerning Ukrainian mineral resources.
18:12The Russian executive reiterated that the upcoming talks with Donald Trump's administration
18:16will be fully focused on the strengthening of bilateral relations.
18:30The Russian head of state stressed that the country must adapt to the development of
18:35the rare-earth elements in order to compete successfully on global markets and in turn
18:40create a solid foundation for the long-term development of the economy.
18:47Of course, we have to adapt to these dynamics in order to compete successfully on world
18:52markets and create a solid basis for the long-term and confident development of the Russian economy.
18:59In order to increase the potential of the domestic industry in the field of new materials,
19:04a national technology leadership project has been launched this year.
19:08It is called – New Materials and Chemistry.
19:12In particular, within the framework of the national project, the whole range and the
19:17complete cycle of the rare metals and rare-earth elements industry will be established, their
19:23extraction and processing will be ensured, even the production of high-tech finished
19:27products with high added value.
19:30The production of such products, as a result of the national project, should multiply.
19:38In this regard, the President stressed that the Kiev regime refused to have contact with
19:41his government and emphasized that the meeting in Rijad between the United States and his
19:45country was aimed at increasing the level of trust between the two nations.
19:52They themselves refused to contact us.
19:55I saw the reaction to our telephone conversation with the President of the United States, I
20:01saw the reaction to the high-level meeting in Rijad.
20:05It's really emotional and lacks any practical meaning.
20:09Why?
20:10Because in order to resolve complex and even acute issues, including the one related to
20:15Ukraine, both Russia and the United States must take the first step.
20:21What does it consist of?
20:23This first step should be dedicated to increasing the level of trust between the two states.
20:29This is exactly what we did in Rijad.
20:32This is what the next and possibly other high-level contacts will be dedicated to.
20:38Without this it is impossible to resolve any issue, including such a complex and acute
20:43one as the Ukrainian crisis.
20:47And in Rome, the UN Biodiversity Conference, COP16, will resume from February 25th through
20:5327th at the headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
20:57Previously, in November, COP16 participants sealed a deal which made companies share profits
21:02with the owners of those lands they take natural resources from, namely from indigenous communities.
21:07Notwithstanding, COP16 didn't make a quorum to negotiate needed environmental agreements
21:11back then.
21:12Therefore, the event's organizers decided to hold resumed sessions for COP16 to address
21:16agenda items left unresolved.
21:19Among the main concerning issues to be tackled is to hammer out a financing plan to reach
21:24200 billion dollars a year for nature by 2030, including 30 billion dollars a year for wealthier
21:30countries to poorer ones.
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