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00:00In Venezuela, President Nicolás Maduro signed the decree to carry out a constitutional reform

00:16in a democratic and participatory manner.

00:22Cuba's Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez said Wednesday that the decision of the United

00:26States government to remove Cuba from the list of countries that allegedly sponsored

00:30terrorism is a sign that its destabilization plans against the Caribbean island have failed.

00:38Israel and Hamas have reached an agreement on a truce in the Gaza Strip after 15 months

00:43of genocide.

00:51Hello and welcome to From the South, I'm Alejandra García from Telesur Studios in

00:55Caracas, Venezuela.

00:57We begin with the news, stay with us.

01:12In Venezuela, President Nicolás Maduro signed the decree to carry out a constitutional reform

01:17in a democratic and participatory manner.

01:19During his nation's annual message, the Venezuelan head of state announced the creation

01:23of a commission in charge of carrying out the constitutional reform and proposed Prosecutor

01:29Tarek William Saab as its president.

01:32Maduro detailed that the constitutional reform will have three general objectives, which

01:36are the expansion of democracy, the construction of the new state to define the kind of society

01:42demanded by the people, and to lay the foundations of the new self-sustainable economy.

01:50Cuba's foreign minister, Bruno Rodríguez, said Wednesday that the decision of the United

01:55States government to remove Cuba from the list of countries that allegedly sponsored

01:59terrorism is a sign that its destabilization plans against the Caribbean island have failed.

02:04During a press conference in Havana, Rodríguez denounced that the list is unilateral and

02:10arbitrary and lacks credibility and prestige on an international level.

02:15He also reiterated that the Cuban government has maintained and continues to maintain the

02:20firm and historic resolve to hold a respectful and responsible dialogue with Washington on

02:26the basis of equality, sovereignty, and without interference in his country's internal affairs.

02:32The foreign minister highlighted the considerable humanitarian damage that the U.S. sanctions

02:37and blockade have had on Cuban families and praised the resilience of the Cuban people

02:42and government in the face of the U.S. hostile policies against the island.

02:51The world celebrates the Cuban victory after the island nation was removed from the U.S.

02:56list of state sponsors of terrorism, while they kept on calling for an end to the coercive

03:01measures against the Caribbean country.

03:03The measure announced by the U.S. government was welcomed by nations such as Venezuela,

03:08Colombia and Bolivia, as well as by representatives of the Cuban solidarity movements.

03:13Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro stressed the need to lift the economic, financial and

03:18commercial blockade that has affected Cuban society for more than 60 years.

03:23For his part, Bolivian President Luiz Arce apprised the decision and reaffirmed that

03:28justice had been done after the unilateral and notorious listing in 2021.

03:34Organizations such as the National Network in Cuba and the ALBA-TCP welcomed the news

03:39and highlighted the global solidarity that led to this result.

03:47Cuba's Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces reported Wednesday that search and

03:52rescue teams have not been able to locate the 13 comrades missing in the army depot

03:57accident which occurred in the eastern province of Holguín last week.

04:02One week after the event, specialists have concluded that the possibility of survival

04:06is now null.

04:08In the text, the government body said,

04:11Due to the extreme complexity of the area resulting from the explosions, the effects

04:17of the accumulated gases and the severe damage caused, as well as the real danger of landslides

04:22due to the structural damage to the site, it has not been possible to reach the location

04:29of the 13 comrades who heroically faced the incident in order to prevent it from spreading.

04:35The communiqué also states that,

04:37Based on the work carried out and the analysis of the specialists, the ministerial commission

04:43created by order of the Minister of the Armed Forces to conduct the corresponding investigation,

04:49together with the competent investigative bodies, came to the conclusion that the accident

04:54site is inaccessible and therefore there is no possibility of life at the site.

05:05Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel offered his condolences to the families of those who

05:09died in the accident that occurred in a construction site that stored war material in the province

05:15of Holguín.

05:16The Cuban President detailed that it deeply hurts to confirm the death of officers, non-commissioned

05:22officers and soldiers who heroically faced the accident in a construction site that stored

05:28war material in the military region of Holguín.

05:31I send my heartfelt condolences to their families and friends.

05:35They died heroically and, as heroes, they deserve our most heartfelt homage and the

05:41accompaniment of their loved ones in the pain of their loss.

05:49In the United States, activists from the Code Pink organization interrupted the confirmation

05:54hearing for Florida's Senator Marco Rubio, who was nominated by President-elect Donald

05:59Trump to become Secretary of State.

06:02Demonstrators rejected Rubio's nomination and denounced his support to coercive sanctions

06:07against several Latin American countries.

06:10We were in the Marco Rubio hearing and three courageous activists from Code Pink got up

06:15to say that Marco Rubio is no diplomat, he's a war hawk, he's an interventionist.

06:20They talked about him supporting the interventions in Latin America, the brutal sanctions in

06:25Latin America that have led to people going hungry and being forced to migrate.

06:31We need support for the war in Israel and that what we need is a real diplomat who will

06:37stop using militarism and interventionism and instead really be a diplomat and that

06:43is not Marco Rubio.

06:44The President of Mexico, Claudia Chambon, assured that the war against drug trafficking

06:49declared by former President Felipe Carderon in 2006 was an irresponsible decision.

06:54According to Mexican President Calderon's decision to declare war in the country was

06:59the most authoritarian decision in the country's history.

07:02In this context, Chambon highlighted that the former president's strategy consisted

07:07of violating the rights of citizens by promoting extrajudicial executions, corruption and drug

07:12trafficking.

07:13In addition, the head of government highlighted that with the arrival of the Fourth Transformation

07:18to Power, there was a change in state policies to address the situation of organized crime

07:24and drug trafficking, providing opportunities for young Mexicans.

07:29It is one of the most irresponsible decisions ever made by a person who became president,

07:38as you rightly said, through electoral fraud, first of all, who has ever declared a war

07:42in his own country.

07:52War means permission to kill, I have said it several times.

07:55To declare a war means that the laws take second place and that there is a regime of

07:59exception.

08:09It should be clear for all those who talk about the rule of law, those who fill their

08:13mouths talking about the rule of law, rule of law, and that there is authoritarianism

08:18in Mexico.

08:26And actually, in the end, the most authoritarian and irresponsible decision that has ever been

08:31taken in the last presidential terms was Calderón's decision to declare war.

08:39Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele defended the reactivation of metallic mining on the

08:43grounds that if the river gets polluted due to his project, it is because they are clean.

08:49For its negative consequences, the Salvadoran legislation banned the practice that Bukele

08:54is now willing to reactivate.

08:56The president categorically assured that mining is not linked to the river's pollution, but

09:01showed no scientific evidence of this criteria.

09:05In contrast, studies endorsed by the United Nations unfolded that 90% of industrial extractive

09:11operations used sign need.

09:14That is why experts have asked the executive and the legislature to disregard this initiative.

09:23And now we have a short break coming up, but first remember you can join us on TikTok at

09:27The Lesson English, where you will find news in different formats, news updates and more.

09:31We'll be right back, stay with us.

09:41Welcome back to From the South.

09:49The government of China condemns U.S. sanctions against more than 30 national companies.

09:54Companies belonging to the mining, solar and textile sectors were included in a list that

09:58bans them from exporting to Washington due to suspicions of forced labor.

10:04In this regard, the Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiangkun pointed out that the United States'

10:09goal is to interfere in the internal affairs and cause damage to China's interests.

10:15As a result, China reaffirmed Beijing's commitment to safeguard the legitimate and legal rights

10:20and interests of domestic enterprises.

10:27This Tuesday, after the diplomatic visit of the Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin

10:32to Vietnam, it was announced that Russia will support the country's accession to the BRICS.

10:38Also Russia informed that it is ready to participate in the creation of the nuclear power sector

10:43of Vietnam.

10:44Alexei Leshchakov, General Director of Russian State Corporation Rosatom, praised Vietnam's

10:50decision to return to the Ninh Tuan-1 nuclear power plant project, agreed by Moscow in 2010

10:58and rejected by Hanoi in 2015.

11:02Russia has also offered energy supplies to the Asian nations, such as oil and liquefied

11:07natural gas.

11:16Units of the Western Combat Group of the Russian Army liberated two important communities in

11:20Donetsk on Wednesday.

11:22This was announced on Wednesday by the Russian Ministry of Defense.

11:26It concerns the communities of Tersky and Neshusknoe, the Ukrainian troops lost in the

11:32final battle at least 600 troops and three ammunition depots in the Kharkov region.

11:38Moreover, four electronic warfare stations were reportedly destroyed, along with severe

11:43damage caused by two mechanized brigades.

11:55Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky has banned members of the executive from negotiating

12:00with Russian political leaders.

12:02The foreign ministry reiterated that talks with Moscow in any format were not under consideration.

12:07Meanwhile, Kyiv is waiting for official contact with the new US administration to be established

12:14before meeting with President Donald Trump to discuss the next step towards conflict

12:19resolutions.

12:20Ukraine insists on becoming a member of NATO under the pretext of a possible warranty of

12:25peace and security for the country.

12:31United Kingdom non-governmental organizations criticized the government for maintaining

12:36the sale of aircraft parts to Israel despite their possible use to commit military crimes

12:41against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip.

12:44The members of these organizations made a statement in which they denounced that the

12:48government prioritizes international defense obligations over the possible misuse of aircraft

12:54by Israel in bombing the Palestinian civilian population.

12:58In this sense, they condemned that despite the fact that the United Kingdom is aware

13:02of this possibility, it continues to export the components.

13:07They also accused London of showing total disregard for Palestinian lives after the

13:12London government published a document in which it reiterated that no human rights concerns

13:18can override its commitment to supply the pieces.

13:24And we have come to the end of this news brief, but you can find this and many other

13:27stories on our website at TELUScityEnglish.net and join us on social media.

13:32We are on Facebook, X, Instagram, Telegram and TikTok as well.

13:36For TELUScity English, I'm Alejandra Garcia.

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