FTS 10:30 13-02: Pres. Maduro denounces USAID´s financing to destabilize Venezuela

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00:00In Venezuela, President Nicolás Maduro reiterated his denunciation of the US financing of the

00:16extreme right-wing to destabilize peace in the country.

00:24Argentina's Chamber of Deputies approved a project promoted by the ultra-right-wing

00:28government of Javier Millet to prosecute former President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.

00:39The Italian government admitted to being a client of Paragon, a company that supplies

00:46an Israeli software that was used to spy on naughty journalists and activists in several

00:51countries.

00:58Hello and welcome to From the South, I'm Ana Marrero from the Telesur headquarters

01:02in Caracas, Venezuela.

01:03Now, we will bring you the news with us.

01:12Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro reiterated on Wednesday his condemnation of the US financing

01:27of the extreme right to undermine peace in the country.

01:32The President expressed his rejection during the inauguration of the International School

01:37for Youth Leadership, where he noted that the Venezuelan opposition had become business

01:43with profit-oriented purpose.

01:47During the event, Maduro also welcomed the meeting held by Russian President Vladimir

01:51Putin and his counterpart Donald Trump, where they agreed on strengthening their nation's

01:56bilateral relations.

02:14How many millions of dollars did they give to Juan Guaidó?

02:19They say that he directly cashed more than 5,000 million.

02:22Do you know what can be done with 5,000 million?

02:26How many schools can be built?

02:29How many hospitals?

02:35And I ask you, not you young people who are patriots, I ask the opponents who made you

02:40believe that Guaidó was the president, did you or your family receive any benefit?

02:46Did even one dollar of those 5,000 million dollars reach the mothers, the doctors, the

02:51nurses, the teachers in Venezuela?

02:55They stole everything.

03:00For them, being in opposition in Venezuela became a lucrative business, and now they

03:05are billionaires living in mansions.

03:08I have been denouncing this for years, but now we can see, and the evidence that everything

03:13we denounced was true is coming out.

03:40Welcome back to From the South.

03:42Argentina's Chamber of Deputies gave the clean record priority promoted by the ultra-rioting

03:48government of Javier Millet, which seeks to prescribe former President Cristina Fernández

03:54de Kirchner.

03:55With 144 affirmative votes, the ruling Freedom and Advance Party, together with the Republican

04:02Proposal Pro and Allied Groups, moved forward with a priority that stipulates the prohibition

04:08to be a candidate for elections who have a ratified sentence in second instance for

04:14corruption offenses.

04:16In Paraguay, the Ministry of Health issued an epidemiological alert due to an increase

04:24in cases of pertussis in the first week of 2025.

04:28Today, seven confirmed cases and one death have been reported.

04:32Viviana de Ajea, Director of Surveillance of Communicable Diseases, informed that the

04:38alert was issued for the population's knowledge due to the unusual behavior of the DC.

04:44Through a press release, the Ministry of Health informed that there are 15 notifications of

04:50brutal pertussis as a casual agent of the DC.

04:55She also reported five children were hospitalized.

04:58Three of them were kept in intensive care and one died.

05:09In Haiti, several refugees from the town of Kencoff remain sheltered in schools as criminal

05:14groups continue to lay siege.

05:17The population of Kencoff, a commune high above the Port-au-Prince metropolitan area,

05:24continues to suffer the consequences of the terrorist attacks that took place four nights

05:29ago, killing at least 150 people, according to local authorities.

05:34Criminal groups have not only carried out killings but have also set fire to homes and

05:39schools.

05:40The Haitian National Police eliminated several members of the criminal groups who crossed

05:48a burning in the capital's community of Bichonneville on Tuesday.

05:54Through social networks, the Haitian National Police reported during the exchange of fire

06:00several members of a group led by the Ville de Hommes Innocents were seriously injured,

06:06although the exact number of members executed was not specified.

06:11According to data verified by the United Nations organization, the armed conflict in Haiti

06:15has left an estimated 5,626 people dead and 2,213 wounded.

06:32In Rio de Janeiro, a fire broke out at a carnival costume factory in which 21 people have been

06:37injured and 12 of them seriously.

06:40The fire started at about 7.30 a.m. local time on Wednesday.

06:44Firefighters reported that 21 people have been rescued from the upper floor of the burning

06:50building.

06:51The Secretary of Health informed that injured were taken to five hospitals, where most of

06:56them were treated for breathing issues due to the inhalation of toxic gases.

07:11Moving on, in Argentina, thousands of forest fires remain active in the province of Corrientes,

07:22where according to the authorities, more than 200,000 hectares have been affected by the

07:27blaze.

07:28According to the Association of Rural Societies of Corrientes, fire outbreaks have damaged

07:35grasslands, pine forests, and corporate files located in its heavily populated rural areas.

07:43The National Institute of Agricultural Technology reported that so far in 2025, fire in Corrientes

07:49has devastated just over 94,000 hectares, which represents 1.1% of the entire surface

07:58area.

08:05Australia braces itself for the arrival of Cyclone Celia in and announces closure of

08:11schools, airports, and mining activity.

08:14The country's Meteorological Department said Celia is expected to reach Category 5 and

08:19that there could be very heavy rainfall and destructive wind gusts.

08:23It also reported that it is expected to make landfall on Friday afternoon between the town

08:30of Carraza and Port Helen, registering sustained winds of 175 kmph and wind gusts of 250.

09:00That's a break, don't go away.

09:22Welcome back.

09:23In Italy, the national government admitted to being a client of Paragon, a company that

09:29supplies Israeli software that was used to spy on 90 journalists and activists in several

09:35countries.

09:36In the controversy, the Minister of Relations with the Parliament, Luca de Chiriani, admitted

09:45that Italy uses the company's services only against terrorists and criminal groups.

09:51This is the first time that the executive admits that it is a client of Paragon.

09:55After last week, the government revealed seven people were spied on in Italy through graffiti.

10:03The espionage discovered in the country has raised alarms and in the most recent parliamentary

10:10session, the opposition criticised the government for not giving explanations and clear details

10:16of this spying of a report in Francesco Cancellato.

10:29Like all intelligence services in the world, also the Italian services, in order to counter

10:35criminal terrorist organisations in the name of national security, have been using products

10:40supplied by Paragon's solutions for many years.

10:44Which sector of the government, which one of you allowed this state spying? Who are

10:48you spying on with this software? These answers are of interest to the whole country, not

10:53only for us.

10:54Francesco Cancellato, editor of the fan page website Admitting to having been triggered

11:00after WhatsApp informed him that his phone was infected with the spyware.

11:08Which sector of the government, which one of you allowed this state spying? Who are

11:12you? I think they were interested in my work, our work, I say, our work, because I think

11:18I was the backdoor, the backdoor that these people used to get into fan page, to know

11:22what fan page was doing, a way to anticipate our movements, our investigations.

11:43The government of South Africa pledged that it will not withdraw its genocide case against

11:49Israel at the International Court of Justice, despite a threat from Trump's administration.

11:54During an interview, South African Prime Minister Ronald Lamoula rejected the possibility and

12:00said that the government of President Cyril Ramaphosa will stand firm because the cease

12:05is important to the world and to the rule of law.

12:08South Africa was the first country to take Israel to the High Court over the genocide

12:12in Gaza, which has claimed over 38,000 lives. Last week, U.S. President Donald Trump signed

12:19an executive order suspending financial aid to South Africa in retaliation for the new

12:24land grab law that he claims confiscates property from the country's white minority, as well

12:32as for a case of the ICJs against Israel.

12:45In France, the explosion of a grenade thrown into a bar in the city of Grenoble has injured

12:53at least 12 people, six of them critically. The Grenoble Public Prosecutor François Tourain

13:01wrote that Koike said he had no clues as to the origin of the attack or details of the

13:08attack, and thought he ruled out a party that is was the terrorist attack. For his part,

13:16a public prosecutor, Christophe Beret, announced that Celan was in possession of a Kalashnikov

13:24assault rifle, which he apparently did not use.

13:34In China, at least four people died and 12 others were injured after an explosion at

13:39a warehouse in the city of Tianshun in the island of Taiwan. According to the city's

13:45fire department, the fire broke out in the Shinkanami-Tsushi shopping mall and around

13:5211 a.m. local time. The agency also stressed that more victims might be found during the

13:58inspection of the site. Although evidence points to a gas leak, the authorities have

14:04ordered an investigation into the cause of the incident, as it is not yet known whether

14:09it is related to the renovation work being carried out at the complex.

14:23On our changing topics, China celebrates the Lantern Festival 2025, a festival full of

14:33cultural expressions and light. The event takes place on the 15th day of the first month

14:39of the new lunar year. According to this year's weather forecast, the 12th activities are

14:45held in all provinces of the country, which these Lanterns might exhibit in the shapes

14:54of dragons, snakes and other figures. There are also folkloric performances, cultural

14:58activities, fireworks shows and an exhibition of traditional costumes of different ethnic

15:06Chinese. The festival also includes gastronomic teasing of Zhengxia, a traditional Chinese

15:14dessert made of glutinous rice ball, which has a deep symbolic meaning. Its round shapes

15:21represent integrity and family unity, while its sweet filling symbolizes the promise of

15:27a joyful and prosperous year.

15:37Radio is a medium of entertainment and communications that has been in use since the last decade

15:43of the 19th century and, precisely, every February the 13th is celebrated as World

15:49Radio Day. The data was proclaimed in 2011 by the member states of UNESCO and adopted

15:55in 2012 by the United Nations General Assembly. Its main objective is to make off-radio and

16:01interactive media that encourage debate on different topics of collective interest. Every

16:08year a theme is chosen for the celebration of World Radio Day and this year's theme

16:14is Radio and Climate Change.

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