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00:00In Venezuela, the government offered a report of the progress of the Catatumbo Lighting
00:18Operation aimed at fighting drug trafficking and organized crime.
00:31Russia and Cuba signed agreements on cooperation in health and science within the framework
00:36of the 65th anniversary of the re-establishment of diplomatic relations between the two nations.
00:47And the Palestinian Prisoners' Club denounced on Friday that Israeli prison authorities
00:53have increased torture and ill-treatment of Palestinian detainees since the end of the
00:57ceasefire in Gaza on March 18.
01:01Hello and welcome to From the South, I'm Ana Marrero from the TELESUR headquarters
01:12in Caracas, Venezuela.
01:14We begin with the news this week of…
01:30In Venezuela, the Minister of Interior, Justice and Peace, Diosdado Cabello, held a press
01:34conference to report on the progress of the Catatumbo Lighting Operation aimed at fighting
01:41drug trafficking and organized crime.
01:44Precisely, Cabello informed on the seizure of 16,308 kilos of cocaine from Colombia,
01:50adding that the detainees made confessions that allow locating the drug trafficking roads
01:54and seas of boats.
01:56Furthermore, the Minister denounced the role of the extreme right-wing opposition in financing
02:01this operation, fabricating lies regarding crimes in the country, and promoting a false
02:07flag operation to incriminate the armed forces.
02:11He also informed that more than 400 aircraft have been destroyed since Venezuela broke
02:16off relations with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency.
02:27Adding it all up to 9,000 in the following operations, 9,866 from before, plus the 6,441
02:37that I am announcing now, gives a total of 16,308 kilos and 10 grams of cocaine of the
02:44highest purity.
02:47On Friday morning, 208 Venezuelan migrants arrived in the country as part of the Back
02:52to the Homeland Plan.
02:53With this flight, there are now more than 2,000 Venezuelan nationals that have returned
02:59in 2025 through the humanitarian plan that provides dignity and security.
03:03This is the third flight of migrants landing in the country in the past two days.
03:07It is known that the migrants who arrived in a U.S. plane will go through a process
03:11of criminal and medical check and then be taken home directly.
03:16Let us remember that these migrants who have returned to the country in the last few weeks
03:20have been victims of the fascist plan of the U.S. government, which is developing a plan
03:25of persecution and kidnapping against Venezuelans who are in U.S. soil.
03:39In the United States, a federal judge ruled on Friday that Marilyn Vatter, who was mistakenly
03:43deported to the prison in El Salvador, must be returned to the U.S. by Monday, April 7.
03:49Quilmar Abrego Garcia was deported to a Supermax prison on March 15, despite a prediction
03:55order granted in 2019 that should have kept him from being sent to El Salvador.
04:02He filed a lawsuit against several federal officials demanding to be returned to the
04:07U.S.
04:08The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials blamed an administrative error and
04:14an overseaship for the Abrego Garcia deportation but did not take actions to rectify the mistake.
04:21They argued that the federal government does not have jurisdiction since Abrego Garcia
04:26is in custody of the El Salvador government and maintains that Abrego Garcia is yours
04:33to the community due to the illogical ties.
04:36Abrego Garcia's lawyers have said in court documents that he has no criminal records,
04:42a finding that the government has not contested.
04:52Panamanian teachers' trade unions have rejected the privatization of social security funds
04:58and demand improvements in that system on the second day of their national strike.
05:04On Thursday, April 3, these unions, which gather over 35,000 educators, opposed to the
05:10reform of the social security fund.
05:13Subsequently, educational calls for an indefinite strike as they had no received response from
05:19the government.
05:20In this context, at least six people were reportedly arrested in Panama on Thursday
05:31for demonstrating against the recently approved law of the social security fund.
05:37Two leaders were detained by the national police in the city of Colón while the other
05:41arrests occurred in the area of Catiba.
05:44In this regard, the teachers' unions, the presence of the national police at the mobilization,
05:49have fallen at an act of intimidation.
05:59Let's take a very short break, but remember you can join us on our Tiktok account at Celestino English,
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06:20Welcome back to From the South.
06:28The government of Honduras confirmed the participation of 1,000 officials in tonight's summit of
06:33the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States Select.
06:36Honduran President Xiomara Castro held a telephone conversation with her counterpart from Mexico,
06:41Claudia Sheinbaum, and Guatemala, Bernardo Arevalo, who ratified their attendance on
06:48the occasion of the upcoming summit on Wednesday, April 9.
06:52Castro extended a fraternal welcome to the heads of states and governments who have confirmed
06:57their participation in the ninth Select Summit.
07:00Among them, she mentioned the governors of Brazil, Luis Ignacio Lula da Silva, Colombia,
07:06Gustavo Petro, Bolivia, Luis Arce, and of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel.
07:19Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum confirmed her participation in the upcoming summit of
07:24the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States in Honduras.
07:32I'm going to the Select Summit on April 9.
07:35I'm going for a short time.
07:37I won't be able to stay the whole time.
07:39We are defining the schedule to see if I can make it to the inauguration.
07:44It's on April 9, so I would be in Tegucigalpa for about two hours or so to accompany President
07:51Xiomara and President Petro, who assumes the presidency of CILAC and other presidents of
07:57Latin America and the Caribbean who will be present.
08:06On Friday, the Mexican government announced the investment of almost $2.6 billion in 2025
08:12to threaten food self-sufficiency.
08:14Speaking at the usual morning press conference of President Claudia Sheinbaum with journalists,
08:19Secretary of Agriculture Julio Verdega explained that the initiative inserted in Plan Mexico
08:25will begin with providing support for 300,000 small and medium-sized producers.
08:32In addition, Verdega informed the government seeks to increase the production of white
08:37currant beans, milk, and rice, all phenomenal goods.
08:42The Bolivarian Alliance for America's People's Trade Treaty, or BTCP, revealed on Friday
08:55that the seventh meeting of ministers and high authorities on tourism of the bloc will
08:59be held in Cuba on May 3.
09:01The event will bring together the authorities of this sector and will be held in the context
09:07of the 43rd International Tourism Forum 2025, to be held in Havana between April 30 and
09:13May 3, with China as a guest of honor.
09:16The venue will be at the Morro Cabaña Historic Military Park, where the ex-leaders and representatives
09:23of the tourism sectors will meet to strengthen trade relations and promote different destinations.
09:29Some of the main activities will be the participation of the Parade of the International Workers
09:35Day on May 1 at the Revolution Square and the Closing Ceremony at the Tropicana Cup
09:41Red in Cabo.
09:42This space will be favorable to discuss strategies implementing some mutual destinations in the
09:49region, strengthening alliances and unity.
09:51These meetings, promoted by the ALBA-TCP Executive Secretariat, were held as part of the agreement
09:57reached at the 24th Summit of the Bolivarian Alliance, held on December 14 in Caracas,
10:02and were associated to the 2030 Strategic Agenda.
10:13The President of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, affirmed that America is seeking new opportunities
10:17with the tariffs imposed by the U.S.
10:19The Colombian President explained that his U.S. counterpart, Donald Trump, is coherent
10:23with his national tariff formula, which seeks to develop domestic production.
10:27However, he will have to lower the interest rate in dollars.
10:31In this context, he explained that if the interest rate is high, there will be no productive
10:36investments in the world and that a recessive wave will emerge.
10:41He also added that capitalism in the U.S. now seeks to move towards that kind of national
10:47monopolization of commerce.
10:49The U.S. 10 percent tariff threatens to aggravate the economic crisis in Haiti, putting thousands
11:04of jobs in the textile industry at risk.
11:07Haiti's textile industry has historically relied on duty-free market access, thanks
11:13to trade agreements such as HOPE and HELP.
11:16These agreements have been instrumental in allowing Haiti to export products duty-free
11:21in 2023.
11:22Closed-in exports account for more than 80 percent of the total supported dozens of jobs
11:28in the country.
11:39U.S. banking fall after China's response to President Donald Trump's tariff ward.
11:44Shared-off major U.S. banks plunged sharply following the announcement of a global tariff
11:49by the U.S. President and suffered a new fall after China's response to Trump's trade ward.
11:54According to the Bank's Index, JPMorgan Chase fell 5 percent, Bank of America fell 4.3 percent,
12:01Wells Fargo fell 3.5 percent, Citigroup fell 4.6 percent, Goldman Sachs fell 4.8 percent
12:11and Morgan Stanley fell a sharp 6.1 percent.
12:16Experts and economists have said that these measures might lead to higher inflation and
12:21demand for loans might be awakened.
12:24It should be noted that this situation has heightened fears of a possible recession and
12:29a customer disruption.
12:42The U.S. National Weather Service has issued a potential summit threat warning after a
12:57strong earthquake was recorded in Oceania.
13:00The 6.9 magnitude earthquake took place on April 4 at 20.05 local time off the coast
13:06of Papua New Guinea.
13:08The U.S. Geological Survey reported that the focus of the quake was detected 194 km east-southeast
13:15of Quimbe on New Britain Islands at a depth of 10 km.
13:21So far, no casualties or damage have been reported.
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14:07Welcome back.
14:08Russia and Cuba signed agreements and cooperation in health and science within the framework
14:13of the 65th anniversary of the re-establishment of diplomatic relations between the two nations.
14:18During the event, delegations from both countries held discussions on economic, commercial and
14:24scientific technical collaboration that are key to Cuba's development.
14:28The agreement includes the creation of a young laboratory of artificial intelligence in technical
14:34system of the Russian-Cuban Research Center, in addition to 13 other cooperation documents.
14:40It should be noted that signing of the agreement also takes place at the 22nd meeting of the
14:45Intergovernmental Commission between the two nations.
14:48The meeting was held between Cuba's Vice Prime Minister Ricardo Cabrisa Riza and his
14:55Russian counterpart Dmitry Chernyshenkov.
15:05The government of Russia and the allies of the Sahel states, Burkina Faso, Mali and Nigeria
15:13established a partnership in order to maintain cooperation on security and defense issues.
15:19Russia, together with the Sahel states, undertook the intensified their efforts to fight terrorism
15:26and instability in all its affirms in this country.
15:32For its part, the Russian government assured through a communique that it will keep fighting
15:36for the territorial integrity of the countries of the islands and expressed that they agreed
15:41to strengthen the capacities of the joint military forces.
16:01In Palestine, more than 2 million people are on the verge of starvation due to this rally
16:12blocking.
16:13Experts point out that Gaza faces an unprecedented humanitarian disaster after the constant attacks
16:18and threats they received from the Libyan regime.
16:20According to the UN organization, half of the population of Gaza is starving because
16:25of the Saudi's army has been blocking the entry of food since March 2nd.
16:29Meanwhile, the Palestinian health authorities informed that in the last 24 hours, at least
16:3386 martyrs and 287 wounded arrived at a hospital in the Gaza Strip.
16:47The Palestinian Prisoners Club denounced Friday that Israeli prison authorities have increased
16:53torture and ill-treatment of Palestinians detainees since the end of the ceasefire in
16:57Gaza on March the 18th.
16:59The spokesman of the organization, Amjad al-Najjar, accused the Israeli Minister of National Security
17:06Itamar Ben-Griff of introducing more than 100 orders and regulations against Palestinian
17:12prisoners since the beginning of the current escalation of violence in October 2023.
17:17Ivales and the Tel Aviv regime ordered the evacuation of the eastern areas of the city
17:31of Gaza.
17:32In intense bombardments and bullets of fire, the Saudi occupation extends its ground operations
17:38in northern Gaza.
17:40Local media reported that Israeli troops began during the incursions of the Sul Haya and
17:46Seitu neighborhoods, forcing the inhabitants to leave the area.
17:50The continuing Israeli siege has left no safe place for the inhabitants of the Gaza Strip,
17:58forcing the displacement of around 280,000 Palestinians since the ceasefire broke last
18:05month.
18:10We move in every war.
18:12Enough pressure.
18:14We left in the 2008 war and in all wars.
18:17Until now, we move daily from one place to another.
18:20Enough, my God, enough.
18:22Look at us.
18:23We are exhausted and tired.
18:24We are civilians and our situation is difficult, and we don't know where we will go.
18:29My children are scattered all over the place.
18:32This is out of our hands.
18:33I pray to God that all this will be resolved.
18:36We don't know where people will go.
18:38Enough.
18:39The Netanyahu administration aimed at seizing the Gaza Strip by means of the Mara'a Corridor
18:46and the Israeli occupation forces.
18:48Large offensive on both northern and southern Gaza.
18:51The Mara'a Corridor consisted in placing Amli Treveriyer to split Rafah city with its
18:57shared borders with Egypt from Canaanese southern city.
19:01In addition, the Israeli forces have scaled dirt and ground incursions.
19:08The Lebanese government rules out the possibility of any normalization or political dialogue
19:20with the Israeli regime and its ongoing hostilities against the nation.
19:24Lebanese Foreign Minister Youssef Rajid said that the nation does not have the military
19:28capability to confront Zionist forces despite the good performance of Lebanese troops in
19:33southern regions.
19:34Diplomats urged the international community to increase pressure and implement the UN
19:39Security Council Resolution 1701 in order to achieve peace, stability and the full withdrawal
19:48of the Israeli army from Lebanon and a return to the 1949 Armistice Agreement.
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20:11For TELUSURI English, I'm from the south, I'm Mara Marrero, thank you for watching.
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