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00:00In Venezuela, the first meeting of ministers and authorities of the scientific and technological
00:10area of Albatizipi concluded.
00:15In Myanmar, an earthquake of magnitude 7.7 on the Richter scale shook the center of the
00:20country, leaving at least 144 people dead and severe damage to infrastructure.
00:27And for the first time since the ceasefire agreement of November 2024, the Israeli occupation
00:34forces launched attacks on the Lebanese capital, Beirut.
00:42Hello and welcome to From the South, I'm Ana Marrero from the Telesur headquarters
00:45in Caracas, Venezuela.
00:47Let me begin with the news, stay with us.
01:01In Venezuela, the first meeting of ministers and authorities of the scientific and technological
01:06area of Albatizipi concluded.
01:08The executive secretary of the islands, Jorge Arreaza, welcomed the guests as ministers
01:12from various countries and urged the care of the people in the face of the new technologies
01:18dominated by the West.
01:19In addition, Arreaza emphasized that technological sovereignty should be built.
01:25The executive secretary also affirmed that the government's own capacities should be
01:30used to develop the protection for the people from the injury of the technologies in the
01:36hands of the centers of powers.
01:47With our own capabilities, with our own data and information storage centers, take care
01:56of our people, protect our people from the dangers of these technologies that are now
02:00in the hands of billionaires, multi-millionaires, power centers that threaten the minds, the
02:09spirit and the social life of the countries and peoples of the world.
02:16Science and technology minister of Venezuela, Gabriela Jimenez, ensured that the proposal
02:20of President Nicolás Maduro aims at building up the future of the peoples of the Global
02:25South.
02:29President Nicolás Maduro's proposal for ALBA is a plan to build up the future.
02:34It is a proposal that has been accepted by each of the member presidents of the alliance,
02:38what's its will?
02:40The proposal's will is to train our new young scientists who do not have to travel to the
02:44old world, to the universities of the old world, to other hegemonic and dominant educational
02:52models so that from our spaces they obtain the capabilities by means of our culture and
02:57our intercultural dialogue.
03:01In a phone call with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, the Venezuelan President
03:05Nicolás Maduro emphasized the significance of the UN system taking firm stance to protect
03:10the rights of the Venezuelan migrants.
03:12Through a communique, Venezuelan Foreign Minister Iván Gil emphasized the purpose of this request
03:17is to secure that the immediate and unconditional release of the 238 compatriots unjustly detained
03:25in the concentration camps in El Salvador, where they have been imprisoned without any
03:30judicial process and not provided of the right to the defense.
03:40Venezuela rejects Chile's move to take before the ICC a case that has long been resolved
03:45in order to attack the sovereignty of Venezuela and police U.S. agendas.
03:49In this context, the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry published the following statements using social
03:54media.
03:55The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela categorically rejects the absurd farce that the government
04:00of Chile intends to stage before the International Criminal Court based on lies and falsehoods
04:06that only exist in the imagination of those who have dedicated their foreign policy into
04:12a shoddy spectacle, following the anti-Venezuelan policy line of the late Sebastián Piñera
04:18in the Venezuelan Pinochet style of creating false flags operations.
04:24Attempting to take an isolated case feeded by lies to the ICC is not only legally unobtainable
04:32but also reveals a complete ignorance of how the international system and the RAMS issue
04:38works.
04:39The ICC is not a court that hears the fanciful fables in immature political intrigues nor
04:47a stage for media stunts.
04:49It is clear that Chilean authorities have no idea of how these mechanisms operate, or
04:55worse still, that they are simply willing to distort them in order to align themselves
05:01with the interests of allies to justice.
05:05This position not only lacks legal basis but is also sustained by the vicious hatred against
05:11Venezuela, demonstrating the desperation to police agendas that come from U.S. seeks to
05:17enrode the sovereignty of states.
05:20Chile, instead of lending itself to shameful manoeuvres, should focus on its own serious
05:27internal issues, including the systematic violations of the human rights of the Mapuche
05:32people and the repressions of the social protests.
05:38Venezuela is a country that can give lessons about respect for human rights and the dignity
05:43of the people.
05:44We will not accept attacks from those who have made it from institutional violence and
05:49everyday practice, and who are now trying to divert attention from their own mysteries
05:55with clumsy political manoeuvres.
06:06With a civic act at the Colorado Pied House and the participation of four presidents,
06:11Uruguay celebrates the 40th anniversary of the return of democracy to the country.
06:17The event was attended by the current president of Uruguay, Yamandu Orsi, and former president
06:21Julio María San Aguinetti, José Mujica, and Luis Alberto Lacalle Herrera, who debated
06:29for more than an hour, while former president Luis Lacalle Poe also sent a video with statements.
06:34In this context, Orsi celebrated the meeting and highlighted democratic dynamic that exists
06:41in a country between the opposition and the government.
06:44For his part, former president José Pepe Mujica called for unity among Uruguayans.
06:55Well, let's take a very first break, but remember, you can join us on our Tiktok account
06:59at Celestudio English, where you'll be able to see news in different formats, news updates
07:02and more.
07:03Stay tuned for more news.
07:11Welcome back to From the South.
07:13Ecuadorian presidential candidate for a citizens' revolution party, Luisa González, urged the
07:18indigenous communities for unity by the time of her visit to their cities.
07:22González has complied with her said campaign agenda to disclose her government proposals
07:27nationwide ahead of the elections on April 13th.
07:30Earlier on Thursday, the leftist leader stopped by the Puligi city, where she highlighted
07:36that she will respect and defend consulting indigenous peoples in case of any oil and
07:42mining projects in the future.
07:44Furthermore, the presidential candidate promised to encourage bilingual intercultural education
07:50and to stand for rights of indigenous peoples obeyed by the 2008 constitution.
07:57Meanwhile, President Daniel Novoa traveled to the United States and leaving his nation
08:07in the environmental emergency caused by the oil spill in Esmeralda's province, where
08:12the government had not found a solution to the crisis triggered by the lack of water
08:16due to the polluted rivers.
08:18Novoa's visit to Miami occurred while the campaign for a presidential runoff was underway.
08:23In this regard, the Ecuadorian head of state took part on Wednesday of the campaign's actions
08:28after the National Electoral Council sent him a notification.
08:33Moving on, Myanmar declares a state of emergency in regions affected by the 7.792 earthquake
08:39that shocked the center of the country and so far left 134 people dead and severe damage
08:45to infrastructure.
08:46The turmoil of the oil spill in Esmeralda's province continues to escalate.
08:51The government of Ecuador has announced that it will continue to monitor the situation
08:58The earthquake left 134 people dead and severe damage to infrastructure.
09:01The turmoil was recorded at 12.50 local time at a depth of 10 kilometers and the epicenter
09:09was located about 17 kilometers from Mandalay, the second largest city in the Asian country
09:15with 1.2 million inhabitants.
09:18The first images published by the country's media show collapsed buildings, temples and
09:23structures.
09:24The effects of the earthquake were also felt in Yagong, the main city of Myanmar, where
09:29buildings were evacuated.
09:34Meanwhile, the earthquake also hit Thailand, where residential buildings and offices were
09:40evacuated.
09:41Public broadcasters like PBS reported the collapse of 33 buildings under construction
09:47in the capital, which houses around 50 people, seven of whom managed to escape but the rest
09:53were trapped.
09:54According to the latest information, at least eight persons have been found dead at the scene.
10:05The Indian government offered humanitarian aid to Myanmar and Thailand after a 7-plus
10:10magnitude earthquake hit both nations.
10:12Prime Minister Narendra Modi extended his support to the government of Myanmar and Thailand
10:19to respond to the emergency arising from the natural disaster.
10:23The Prime Minister also requested to monitor the situation and to maintain contact through
10:28the foreign ministry.
10:29Modi instructed local authorities to remain alert in case of possible aftershocks.
10:40After the 7.7 magnitude earthquake in northern Myanmar, Chinese authorities activated an
10:46emergency alert.
10:47Authorities reported that the earthquake occurred approximately 294 kilometers from the Chinese
10:53border, 776 kilometers from the city of Kunming, capital of Yunnan province.
11:00They also pointed out that the earthquake had a 6.4 magnitude aftershock.
11:05Chinese authorities emphasized that the earthquake affected key infrastructures, such as the
11:11National Railway Network.
11:13So they will evaluate the situation and will carry out continuous analysis.
11:22South Korean authorities have contained the main blast in the country's large forests
11:27fired on record as rain and bitter weather that allowed more helicopters to fly and dumb
11:34water downs in the flames.
11:36The Minister of the Korea Forest Service reported that the main forests in the five regions
11:42were under control by 5 p.m. local time.
11:45Spread by strong winds in bone-dry conditions, the wildfires killed at least 28 people and
11:51shattered more than 45,000 hectares in the southern region.
11:57More than 30,000 people were displaced, many of them elderly.
12:07Panamanian President José Raúl Molina says during a press conference that his country
12:11will not return to having U.S. military bases, in response to reports filled by Donald Trump's
12:17threats to recover the Interoceanic Canal.
12:24Believe it or not, there will be no military bases of any power, be it the United States
12:29or any other part of the world.
12:31The neutrality treaty is respected and the only country with the right to have a military
12:36presence in Panama or military security bases in Panama is our republic, the Republic of Panama.
12:46My government cannot go against history.
12:50This country fought to dismantle the U.S. military bases in our territory.
12:56From there to us cooperating, we have been doing it since the 90s, and especially today
13:03on issues such as drug trafficking, immigration, etc.
13:09I sincerely hope that when the time comes and he presents his credentials, I will have
13:14a frank conversation with him.
13:15I have the best recommendations of him directly from Secretary of State Rubio himself.
13:20So we are going to understand each other.
13:22Both he and other authorities have expressed their interest in having a good relation with Panama.
13:28Let's take a last break, but before we invite you to visit our Facebook page, TELESURY ENGLISH.
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13:46One financial break, don't go away.
13:52Welcome back.
13:53For the first time since the ceasefire agreement of November 2024, the Israeli occupation forces
13:59launched attacks on the Lebanese capital, Beirut.
14:01The Saudi regime attacked a Lebanese city in retaliation for two online rockets fired
14:07from a Lebanese territory north of Tel Aviv.
14:10The Israeli authorities described the alleged attacks as a flagrant violation of the agreements
14:15between Israel and Lebanon and a direct threat to the Israeli people.
14:19At the same time, the Israeli army announced that its troops have begun to mobilise in
14:23southern Lebanon in order to neutralise the movements of the Lebanese resistance movement
14:28Hezbollah.
14:34The Lebanese government urged the international community to exert no more pressure on the
14:39Israeli regime to stop its aggressions towards southern border towns.
14:43The prime minister, Nawaf Salam, issued a statement to request the Lebanese army to
14:48open the necessary investigations to hold those responsible for the attack on the southern
14:53border.
14:54In addition, the authority noted that military forces will resume their operations to prevent
14:59the spread of violence in the region.
15:02Meanwhile, the Hezbollah Lebanese resistance movement reaffirmed its commitment to reach
15:07a ceasefire deal and it denied any involvement in the recent strikes on northern Israel.
15:14The Israeli occupation forces had mounted night-time attacks in the Gaza Strip, which
15:23killed at least 14 Palestinians.
15:25Outlets informed that Israeli warplanes had dropped bombs on Gaza, Rafa and Canaanite
15:31cities.
15:32They further reported Hassani strikes on the Seytoun town, which left eight civilians
15:39casualties, including a baby who had been rescued from the house's rubble.
15:44Meanwhile, Israeli shelling on eastern Ghani units injured two civilians, including a child.
15:50Official sources registered more than 855 deaths and almost 1,900 injuries as a result
15:58of both the broken ceasefire deal by Israel on March 18 and the resumption of the genocidal
16:03Israeli offensive against the Gaza Strip.
16:10The United Nations warned that M23 rebels had threatened to expand their riots to the
16:16Sopo and Minma provinces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
16:21On the United Nations Security Council meeting, the head of the UN Stabilization Mission in
16:26the DRC, Benkut Keita, stressed that the M23 rebels, after having occupied north and south
16:33Kivu with the support of Rwanda, were advancing towards Walikali.
16:37Therefore, the NDD ensured that M23 was threatening and endangering the rest of neighboring countries.
16:45In this regard, Keita denounced the progressive imposition of the parallel administration
16:51by the rebels.
16:52The UN representative acknowledged that the ceasefire deal had not been respected, so
16:57she urged the African Union to appoint a mediator to lead peace efforts in the Democratic Republic
17:04of the Congo.
17:08The Russian government denounced that the Ukrainian regime's violated truce agreement
17:13by continuing its attacks on Russian energy facilities.
17:17The Russian Defense Ministry said that Ukrainian forces on Friday morning launched an attack
17:23on the Soyuz-Gaza metering station, causing the energy facility to be effectively destroyed.
17:32The Gaza metering station is part of the infrastructure through which one of the largest supplies
17:36corridors of Russian natural gas to Europe used to pass.
17:40Earlier in the day, the Russian anti-aircraft defense in Saratov province endorsed 19 UAVs
17:48targeting the infrastructure of the oil refineries in the city.
17:57The world commemorates World Al-Quds Day declared in 1979 in solidarity with the Palestinian
18:05resistance and struggle against all forms of oppression.
18:09On 30th of August, faithful to the commitment of Jerusalem citizens in Iran, India and Yemen
18:16mobilized to affirm their commitment and historical loyalty to the Palestinian people.
18:21And to make possible this for the recognition of the sovereign state of Palestine, in addition
18:30to rejecting the present installation of violence in continuation of the Israeli genocide
18:35against the Gaza Strip in the occupied territories of the West Bank.
18:38The Islamic community of the world ratifies its political commitment to the Palestinian
18:43cause and resistance against the Israeli occupation on the last Friday of Ramadan.
18:53In this context, close to 75,000 worshippers gathered to pray on the last Friday of Ramadan
18:59at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem.
19:02The prayers took place in the midst of growing tensions due to the recent Israeli military
19:07offensive in the Gaza Strip and the military escalation in Lebanon.
19:10During Ramadan, the invading Israeli regime banned entry to Jerusalem to Palestinian men
19:16and women over the age of 50.
19:19In this regard, worshippers had that only 5% of the faithful were able to reach the Al-Aqsa
19:25Mosque for Friday prayers in East Jerusalem, a territory illegally occupied by Israel
19:30since the 1967 Middle East War.
19:46And now we change topics.
19:47The Vice Minister of Heritage and Creative Cultural Industry of Bolivia, Juan Carlos
19:52Cordero, officially inaugurated the 5th Santa Rosa de Cuevo 2025 International Festival
19:58of the Arts.
19:59Over 100 creators from 9 countries starred in this festival of culture in the innermost
20:05areas of Santa Rosa de Cuevo, departments of Santa Cruz, with the premises of merging
20:11simplicity and conceptualism.
20:14The festival follows a valid option since its first edition in April 2016, consisting
20:20of making art with whatever can be found in the environment.
20:24The list of participants includes creators from Bolivia, Italy, the U.S., Germany, Argentina,
20:30Belgium, Brazil, Cuba, Grenada and Japan, and various regions and communities of the
20:36host country.
20:42And with that we have come to the end of this brief, but you can find this and many other
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20:53For Telesudio English, I'm from the south, I'm Ana Marrero, thank you for watching.