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00:00The Colleague of Cardinals met at the Vatican on Tuesday and Decide on Saturday, April 26th is the date for Pope Francis' funeral and burial.
00:23More than 25 people were killed on Tuesday in the Indian region of Kashmir after the gunmen opened fire on a group of tourists.
00:36The International Monetary Fund says Donald Trump's tariff has unleashed major negative shock into the world economy as it cut its forecast for global growth.
00:51The Colleague of Cardinals met at the Vatican on Tuesday to debate plans for the funeral of Pope Francis.
01:01The Colleague of Cardinals met at the Vatican on Tuesday to debate plans for the funeral of Pope Francis and the conclave to elect his successor.
01:11Around 60 cardinals reportedly participated in the first meeting and decided on Saturday, April 26th is the date for the Pope Francis' funeral.
01:21His body will be transferred to St. Peter's Basilica on April 23rd and for the three days of public wake.
01:31Better call calls for a state ceremony followed by a simple burial in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore as Francis had ordered in his will.
01:41The coffin will be buried in the Pauline Chapel with no inscriptions beyond his name in Latin.
01:59The Cardinals haven't set a date for the King Club to elect Francis' successor, but the current norm suggests it to begin between 15 and 20 days after his passing.
02:13Latin America held a special place in Pope Francis' agenda with seven trips that includes 10 countries in the region.
02:24His first international trip was to Brazil shortly after his election and his last Latin American visit was to Panama in January 2019.
02:34Francis, the first Pope in history born in Latin America, had in this region some of the priorities of his pontificate, but he also found enormous challenges and limitations.
02:47During his visit to Cuba, Francis met with Commander Fidel Castro, although it was a private meeting, it was an important moment because of his strong condemnation of the U.S. blockade against the island.
02:58The Supreme Pontiff also played a key role in the diplomatic rapprochement between Havana and Washington.
03:04During his visit to Brazil, the Pope criticized the inaction of the clergy, called for the recovery of the faithful and asked Catholics to go to the favelas of the cities, one of which he visited on that occasion.
03:15With gestures such as his support for peace in the region, Pope Francis gave the Vatican a leading role in peace negotiations such as the case of Colombia to seek an end to the armed conflict that plagues the country.
03:27Francis toured the Bolivian cities of El Alto, La Paz, and Santa Cruz.
03:32In this country, the Pope spoke of the sea and asked forgiveness for the oppression against indigenous peoples.
03:38In the midst of a serious political and economic crisis resulting from the U.S. blockade against Venezuela, the Pope took steps to establish a dialogue between the government of Nicolas Maduro and the opposition.
03:49Bergoglio took over the leadership of a church with great challenges and crises, two of which directly involved Latin America, the fall in the number of faithful and sexual abuse scandals within the church.
04:02This Tuesday, the people from Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina, Pope Francis Hamlin, have paid the late pontife several tributes.
04:10In this way, the landmark diopolis became the main stage for mapping the project, the image of Pope, together with the phrase, Francis, the city purse for you.
04:22In addition, the Galileo Galilei planetarium was dyed yellow as a symbol of mourning, reflecting the deep sadness, solidarity, and pride felt by the nation after the departure of Jorge Bergoglio.
04:36After Pope Francis passing nuns at the Vatican highlighted supreme pontifeic efforts in advocating during his journey for women to have greater roles in governing church, including in high-ranking positions.
04:58He started to get the responsibilities to the women in the church.
05:10For example, for the first time in the history, he entrusted a prefect to a sister of the missionary of consulata, and then the governor, to lead the Vatican governor, he entrusted to a sister.
05:26From there, we can understand that the women, we also have the voice to contribute.
05:33He care with the women, that before less people talk about the women, but no more.
05:41Thanks to this hope that she raise that the women, that the women not live outside, at the side, but need to be involved with the life of the church, and not only in the church, but in the society.
06:02In this regard, during her morning press conference, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum highlights Pope Francis' influence on reforms within the Catholic Church and his critical view of neoliberalism and consumers.
06:21His was a humanist way of thinking, very progressive, let's put it like that, in the sense of it was always approaching the humblest, the poorest, the forgotten, calling the whole world to the construction of peace.
06:43Also his criticism of neoliberalism, consumerism, and the recovery of austerity values in his own person and in general in the Catholic Church.
06:58For his part, while addressing the Pope's legacy, Spanish Premier, Pedro Sánchez, underscore, on Tuesday, his advocacy for the fight against intolerance.
07:08He was a leader who advocated for the fight against poverty, for a humanistic view of the migration phenomenon, for the mitigation and adaptation to climate change, or against intolerance when it was most needed.
07:25I am convinced that the world will miss his courage, his message, and from Spain we will honor his figure.
07:31Moving on, activists and people of the world commemorating International Earth Day in climate crisis warning effect in several countries.
07:56Hipermental groups, aficionomerous work in campaigns globally, and the United Nations rise awareness of the climate change that have caused devastation in many countries.
08:10In Cuba, authorities are fighting forest fires in Pinar del Río, aimed at prolonged drought and complex weather conditions.
08:18Meanwhile, in Mexico, efforts are progressing to extinguish more than 100 forest outbreaks in country,
08:25forest area.
08:26Meanwhile, in Australia, the emergency service report at least seven deaths during an ice storm in the city of Sydney.
08:34In this sense, a call for reflections to preserve the ecological balance and promote sustainable development.
08:48Let's take a very first break, but don't go away, because we'll be right back.
08:50Welcome back to From the South.
08:51During his program, Con Maduro Mas, the President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro,
08:53accused his counterpart in El Salvador Nayib Bukele of being a senior citizen of the United States,
08:56and it's a national citizen of the United States.
08:57We will be right back to the United States of the United States of America.
08:58We will be right back to From the South.
09:00Welcome back to From the South.
09:01During his program, Con Maduro Mas, the President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro,
09:06accused his counterpart in El Salvador Nayib Bukele of being a senior citizen of in the United States of the United States of the United States of America.
09:14the South. During his program con Maduro Más, the president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro,
09:19accused his counterpart in El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, of being a serial and systematic
09:24violator of human rights after confessing to the kidnapping of 252 Venezuelan migrants
09:29in maximum security prisons. This comes in response to Nayib Bukele's recent proposals
09:36to exchange the Venezuelan migrants' kidnapping in El Salvador for people, the captain of
09:40fronterist acts, and corruption in Venezuela. In this context, Maduro denounced the systematic
09:45violation of human rights against the people of Venezuela and the complicity of the extremist
09:50right wing in support of this aggression, demanding guarantees and the immediate release of the
09:55Venezuelan nationals. The Venezuelan head of state also denials Bukele's actions against
10:00his own population, highlighting his repressive persecutory policies and violation of the
10:07due process, stating that justice will be spared for the crimes of his countermen.
10:19In other news, a Colombian judge orders an investigation of cyclist Lucho Herrera for his possible
10:27involvement in forced displacements of four farmers. The request was issued by Judge Maria del Pilar
10:32Bocarejo in the Department of Cundinamarca, where Herrera was born and received. According
10:39to a document, the judge based her decision on an anticipated sentence related to one of the
10:45pro-militeraries implicated in this case. According to the sentence, the criminal appoints out to Herrera
10:51during the investigation carried out on October 11, 2022. This testimony has led to the authorities to
10:58consider the need to investigate further the possibility of participation of the cyclists
11:03in the serious event, which have left a deep mark in the local community.
11:07This Monday, the Ministry of Health of Colombia announced a health emergency decree as a
11:20priority to protection measure due to the rise in yellow fever cases. In this way, per the
11:25document, people from nine months onwards without age limit must be vaccinated if they live or are
11:33going to travel to risk areas. Vaccination will be carried out through the implementation of the
11:39mobilization of intensification and follow-up strategies depending on the risk category in which the
11:46municipality is located.
11:48In the midst of the brutal escalation of violence in Haiti, the Special Representative
12:02of the UN warns of the point of no return to which a country is headed. The erotic policies imposed by the
12:09United States and Canada with the backing of the organizations of American states have plunged Haiti into an
12:15unstoppable spiral of violence. The UN's quarterly report presented to the Security Council on Monday by its
12:24Special Envoy Maria Isabel Salvador affirms that a country could drift into an immense collapse and
12:30requests immediate additional support to the United Nations.
12:34Let's take our last break but we invite you to stay because we'll be right back.
13:04Welcome back.
13:11Javaliistan authorities report that a new Israeli attack on a residential complex killed 19 civilians in the city of
13:18Kan Yunis. The parliamentary report detailed that 10 children were among the victims. On the other hand, the
13:24authorities specified that bombers were registered to the north of the Rafa and against tens of displaced people in
13:31Javaliya. Sa'anese Army Valley deceased fire equipment by reactivating its criminal attacks on the coastal enclave on
13:39March 18 this year.
13:41Gaza authorities announced on Tuesday that a number of people killed by Israel has risen to more than 51,000 and at least
13:49117,000 injured since the beginning of the genocide prepared by the occupation in Gaza.
14:02In Palestine, health authorities said more than 600,000 children are at risk due to Israel's blocks of vaccines in Gaza.
14:11Authorities add that children are at risk of permanent paralysis and chronic disabilities if
14:18polio vaccines are not provided as liver has been suspended for 30 days. The Health Ministry denounced that
14:26Israel's restrictions are slowly down strategies to move forwarding polio-prevent efforts.
14:32Doctors point out that children in Gaza also face a lack of necessary nutrition as well as a lack of drinking water, which
14:41endangers children's lives.
14:49More than 25 people were killed on Tuesday in the Indian region of Kashmir after gunmen opened fire on a group of
14:57tourists. The attack which happens in the midst of a visit to the country's body as Vice President J.D. Vance occurred in the
15:05Baysaran delay in the treestown of Pahagam. The gunmen reportedly are emerging from dense paint forests and
15:14approach tourists towards the direction of the nearby mountains. Due to the area's lot of road access,
15:21helicopters service were deployed to evacuate the wounded, with officials described in the incident as a
15:27deathless attack on civilians in the region in recent years.
15:39Russian President Vladimir Putin met with the Sultan of Oman Haithan bin Tarin al-Said, who is in Moscow on a state visit.
15:48This is the first ever meeting between the two heads of states prior to that. They had spoken on phone in March
15:552023, the first high-level bilateral contact between the two countries since the establishment of
16:00diplomatic relations. Both leaders pledged to work to enhance cooperation in different sectors.
16:06Putin also welcomed a man's contributions to the negotiating process between Washington and Tehran around the
16:13Iranian nuclear this year.
16:20We strive to establish distinguished and beneficial relations between us that serve the people of both countries.
16:31Our meeting this morning was with a group of businessmen who are genuinely interested in developing this relationship.
16:40There are many fields of cooperation, whether in energy, agriculture, or trade, and many of them have already begun opening offices and exchanging visits.
16:55In this context, the Russian President extended the Sultan and an invitation to an upcoming summit between the League of Arab States and Russia.
17:07We plan to hold a summit between Russia and the Arab countries this year. Many of our friends in the Arab world support this idea.
17:15Your Majesty, if you find the time, we would be delighted to see you at this summit between the League of Arab States and Russia.
17:22The International Monetary Fund said Donald Trump started to have unleashed major negative shock into the world economy as it cut its forecast for global growth.
17:35In a stark assessment of the U.S. President's policies, the organization cut its forecast for global GDP growth to 2.8% for this year.
17:48Its forecast showed every major economy being hit with a sharper deterioration for the U.S. from 2.7% to 1.8%.
17:59The IMF added that emerging economies might be hit specifically hard as unfavorable global financing conditions to make it harder for them to service their debts,
18:11a situation that could be exacerbated by overseas aid cuts.
18:16On Monday, Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba announced that Tokyo will not give any two U.S. demands to reach an agreement on the tariff imposed by President Donald Trump.
18:38The Prime Minister stressed that if the country gives end to Washington's condition, they will not be able to guarantee national interests.
18:46Japan has been working to protect agricultural and other key development sectors.
18:52Tokyo would propose its strategy to face a second round of negotiations between the end of April after representatives of the two countries held initial talks in early April.
19:04In Spain, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced an investment of security and defense spinning.
19:19During a meeting with the local media, Sánchez pointed out that a Council of Ministers approved an industrial and technological plan to be sent to Brussels
19:30to be evaluated by the European Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
19:35The President said that the additional investments will be over 10.4 billion euros to allocate 2% of the gross domestic products by the end of 2025.
19:51We have come to the end of this news brief.
19:54For Televisory English, I'm from the South of Mar Marrero. Thank you for watching.