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15/05/2025
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*Ukraine alter agenda of negotiations with Russia
*People commemorate 77th anniversary of Nakba Day
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*Ukraine alter agenda of negotiations with Russia
*People commemorate 77th anniversary of Nakba Day
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00:00The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, welcomed Michaelis Espinosa and her family
00:14at the Mirfiles Palace after the return home of the toddler previously kidnapped by the U.S. government.
00:20In TurquĂa, the president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, has altered the scheduled agenda
00:30for negotiations with the Russian delegation.
00:37And May 15th marks Nakba Day for Palestinians to commemorate the mass dispossession and forced
00:44displacement during the creation of Israel in 1948.
00:54Hello and welcome to From the South.
00:56My name is Belen de los Santos.
00:57I'm from Tessera Studios in Havana, Cuba.
00:59We begin with the news.
01:12We now begin with the information.
01:14Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro succeeded in rescuing the girl Michaelis Espinosa that
01:19was kidnapped by the United States.
01:21This one-stated 22nd flight of humanitarian plan returned to the homeland, arrived at the
01:27international airport of Maquetilla in La Huayra state.
01:31Venezuelan authorities welcomed 226 migrants, among them seven children and 37 women.
01:37The first combatant, Celia Flores, together with the Minister of the Interior, Justice and
01:42Peace, Diosdado Cabello, received the two-year-old girl, separated from her mother by the U.S.
01:48government.
01:49For her part, Cabello also reaffirmed that thanks to the struggle and wisdom of President
01:55Nicolás Maduro, this great victory was achieved.
02:01It has been a battle of wits with Nicolás Maduro and the team appointed by Jorge Rodriguez.
02:11It is a battle that we have won every day, and today we can celebrate victory as Michaelis
02:15returns to our homeland.
02:17During the reception of a new group of Venezuelan migrants, Diosdado Cabello also criticized
02:23the United States for failing to comply with the list of Venezuelan nationals repatriated
02:28to their country.
02:30A list has been sent from the United States in advance.
02:37It contains the names of 226 Venezuelans, including seven children and 37 women.
02:45I am saying this because we have been constantly receiving lists that do not correspond with the
02:51passengers or the quantities or names of those arriving in Venezuela.
02:57We go now to Bolivia, where citizens held a vigil in support of President Luis Arce after
03:02he announced the decline of his candidacy for the August 2025 presidential elections.
03:08The massive rally took place in Murillo Square, where various organizations gathered waving
03:13flags and chanting slogans calling for unity and national democracy.
03:19President Luis Arce, accompanied by his government cabinet, greeted the social organizations present
03:24at the government palace.
03:26The Bolivian president also thanked all those present for the immense show of support and
03:32recall that unity is the key to continuing building the country.
03:39President Luis Arce announced his declination to room for re-election on Tuesday night.
03:48Today, I announced the Bolivian people with absolute firmness my decision to decline my candidacy
03:55for presidential re-election in the elections of next August.
03:58I do so with the clearest conviction that I will not be a factor of division of the popular
04:03vote.
04:05He called on the other leaders of the left, who were part of the movement to socialism,
04:13to facilitate a single formula that has certain options to win the elections.
04:17Let us close ranks for the candidate who has the greatest possibilities of defeating the
04:26plunderers of Bolivia.
04:28From here, I launched a challenge to former president Evo Morales not to insist on being
04:32a candidate for the presidents.
04:34First, because constitutionally he cannot be, and second, because the dispersion and fragmentation
04:39of the vote would only favor the right wing.
04:43But I also called on comrade Andronico Rodriguez, who in his proclamation in Oruro spoke of the
04:49necessary unity.
04:54The surprise was expressed in the social organizations and militants of the movement for socialism that
05:01support him.
05:03Dozens of his followers set up a vigil in the Murillo Square waiting for the situation of
05:07this political group to be clarified.
05:09We feel very indignant since we have seen last night that our president, our candidate elected
05:18by the entire eastern bloc of the department of Santa Cruz declines.
05:23We hope that he will reflect again and come out ahead, and we will always be here as people,
05:32as women from PotosĂ, to encourage him.
05:36The meeting of the unity pact must be set up and everything must be clarified.
05:41The more time that passes, the more it hurts us.
05:44It increases the uncertainty that affects the militants.
05:52The so-called pact of unity that brings together social sectors that support the government
05:57will meet this Thursday in La Paz to decide on the future of this political force in view
06:02of the August elections.
06:04Yesterday was something that took us by surprise.
06:08We have to take a position.
06:10We had a meeting at seven o'clock in the morning with the brother president,
06:13with will suspended because of what he said.
06:16We cannot meet with a person who is not within the list of three,
06:19that he himself has decided.
06:21If he has the organic affection for the social organizations,
06:24he will have to assume all decisions we make.
06:26Former President Evo Morales responded to Arce's call that only the people can decide that he will not participate as candidate.
06:40AndrĂłnico RodrĂguez, president of the Senate, said, also through social networks,
06:44that unity is possible at the grassroots levels and not at the level of the leadership.
06:49Meanwhile, the constitutional court ruled that no one can be elected more than twice in the same position,
06:54which may affect the pretensions of former President Evo.
06:59Freddie Morales, Telesur, Bolivia.
07:03Now we have a short break coming up, but first remember you can join us on TikTok at Telesur English,
07:07where you will find news in different formats, news updates and much more.
07:11We'll be right back, stay with us.
07:23Welcome back from the South.
07:25The 22nd Evo American Judicial Summit is being held in the Dominican Republic
07:30with the objective of strengthening judicial systems in the region
07:34and advancing towards a justice system at the service of the people.
07:38The event seeks to consolidate a more efficient and transparent justice system
07:43by eliminating barriers and guaranteeing universal access to a dignified social and judicial system,
07:51addressing issues such as the fight against corruption, the protection of human rights
07:56and the use of technology to streamline judicial processes.
07:59The meeting brings together magistrate, judges and legal experts from the 23 member countries
08:05such as Spain, Mexico, Colombia, Argentina and Cuba.
08:09It should be noted that on Thursday, the Technological Fair Justice Service for the Future will be inaugurated.
08:15The summit will last until May 16th.
08:18Ladies and gentlemen, in a world marked by vertiginous transformations and unprecedented global challenges,
08:34the right to justice must be not only proclaimed, but also guaranteed.
08:38The right to justice must be not only proclaimed, but guaranteed with efficiency, accessibility and trust,
08:43that is why the slogan that summons us on this occasion is not a simple slogan.
08:49It is a declaration of principles justice up to date.
08:52It implies a justice that arrives on time, that does not postpone rights, nor delays hope,
08:57and that in its essence is directed as protector of human dignity, the three thematic pillars of this edition timely.
09:03Inclusive and reliable justice are a reflection of a vision that humanizes the judicial system,
09:08modernizes it and projects it into the future.
09:11And the President of the Dominican Republic, Luis Abinader, also held a meeting with former Dominican Presidents HipĂłlito MejĂa,
09:22Leonel Fernández and Danilo Medina to discuss the anti-immigrant policies implemented by his government against Haitian migrants.
09:30The main objective of the meeting is framed in the application of a migratory law containing detention and deportation operations of Haitian migration.
09:40After the meeting, the former Dominican leaders made derogatory statements about the Haitian migrant population,
09:46attributing responsibility to them for the security situation in the country.
09:51It should be noted that last October the Dominican government implemented a massive program of deportations,
09:57border controls and deployment of thousands of troops accompanied by decisions such as expatriating Haitians
10:04who go to public health centers without documentation.
10:09Colombian President Gustavo Petro accused the Senate of committing a fraud by rejecting the popular consultation with which he sought to promote the labor reform.
10:23With 49 votes against and 47 in favor, the Senate plenary rejected the initiative of Petro's government.
10:30In response, the Colombian President proposed the mobilization of workers, unions, peasants, community action boards, youth committees and indigenous movements.
10:39The consultation addressed issues such as the reduction of the 8-hour working day, leave for health reasons, decent wages for farmers and the end of outsourcing among others.
10:53We did not expect such a horrific event as the one that took place in the Senate of the Republic.
11:02They were not even able to win the referendum through the votes of honest senators, they had to cheat.
11:07I asked Bogota's open town council, they're at the city council or in the square if they don't let them in, to bring together organizations nationally.
11:22Also on Wednesday night, social organizations, indigenous groups, gender and cultural movement and other sectors of Colombian society demonstrated to denounce fraud in the national parliament following the collapse of the popular consultation.
11:38Calls spread through social networks and the sound of pots and pans activated peaceful demonstrations in various communities.
11:46In Bogota, the capital city, people gathered in parks and in front of city hall.
11:52In Medellin, popular assemblies were held and a national caserolazo was organized simultaneously.
11:58The protest, which continued until early Wednesday morning, denounced fraud in counting Senate votes.
12:05Several parliamentarians claimed that the order was altered arbitrarily and that the agenda was altered and the voting process was disorganized.
12:20Meanwhile, in Peru, various organizations held a march to demand more security from the government of Dina Boluarte,
12:26whose premier was forced to resign because the Congress was preparing to dismiss him for his insufficient work to combat organized crime.
12:35More details with our colleague, Ramiro Angulo.
12:43Workers, traders and carriers mobilize in Peru to demand security and to question the power sharing that ended with the unexpected resignation of Premier Gustavo Adriansen.
12:52We know very well that the president is not there by the approval of the citizens, by the popular vote, she is there by a decision of the right-wing and ultra-right parties that govern from the Congress.
13:07In Peru, there is no longer a balance of powers so these parties put pressure on the president so that she will give them some ministries.
13:13The southern strike demands gas for the people, the elimination of mining projects such as Tiammeria, and La Tepada, and the rejection of water privatization.
13:27There is an indignation that is also expressed in the streets from the very day that the president was sworn and the people took to the streets.
13:38She arrived with massive protests and the people have not stopped demonstrating.
13:41What I do believe is that this destabilizing potential of the streets is contained by the Congress and the political forces that are determined not to let go of power and maintain the situation I believe until 2026.
13:56The citizen indignation is growing because in the midst of this crisis the president has asked Congress to be at the enthronement of Liu XIV and also seeks to double her own salary.
14:11It is not only the south, today the north, today Chimbote is also following the measure in the south of Peru.
14:21Several departments are coming out to protest and the right to protest is a fundamental right that our political constitution recognizes as well as the American Convention of Human Rights and it must be highlighted as a right.
14:32Because precisely in our country this right has not been guaranteed and on the contrary it has been contravened with the constitution.
14:39With conventions, and we have had the result of this, for example in the protests of 2022-2023, 50 assassinations.
14:52For the analysts consulted, the new changes in the cabinet are the result of negotiations made with the people's backs turned.
15:00It is a dramatic situation for the country, one believes that it has already reached the bottom and it continues to reach the bottom.
15:11The resignation of the premier and the cabinet reshuffle show us that nothing is changing, on the contrary things are going to continue getting worse.
15:20The levels of hired killings and insecurity are very high.
15:27The indignation and at the same time the questioning of the government's inaction is growing.
15:33According to experts, Peru has a government with no clear direction whose president only seeks to survive.
15:43From Lima to Telesur, Ramiro Angulo Maquiavelo.
15:47We have a second short break coming up, but before we invite you to visit our Facebook page at Telesur English.
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16:01Final short break, don't go away.
16:03Welcome back to From the South.
16:22In Turkey, the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy has altered the scheduled agenda for negotiations with the Russian delegation.
16:30The scheduled meeting comes after Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed last week to resume direct talks between Moscow and Kyiv without preconditions.
16:40The Russian delegation, headed by President Putin's assistant Vladimir Medinsky, is currently in Turkey for the first talks between Russia and Ukraine since the year 2022.
16:51In this context, upon his arrival in Ankara, the Ukrainian head of state called the meeting a farce and belittled the head of the Russian presidential team,
17:01complaining about the absence of higher-level representation.
17:04Despite the Kremlin's repeated confirmation that President Vladimir Putin would not attend.
17:10The future of Russia-Ukraine negotiations in Istanbul is being discussed at a meeting between the Ukrainian President and Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
17:25The two presidents are having one-on-one and inter-delegation meetings in the presidential complex in Ankara at the moment.
17:34Upon arriving at the city's airport, Zelenskyy announced that he would decide on the resuming of the scheduled negotiations after his encounter with Erdogan.
17:42Pressured by civil organizations and media, the U.S. government finally acknowledged that nine migrants have died in its custody.
17:57For weeks, humanitarian organizations and relatives of migrants imprisoned by Donald Trump's administration have been denouncing deaths in detention centers.
18:05The press obtained and disseminated testimonies such as that of a Haitian citizen who begged for medical assistance because of severe chest pains and was left to die.
18:16In view of the weight of this evidence, the Congress has summoned those responsible who finally acknowledged these deaths, although it is suspected that there are much more.
18:27Despite the denunciations of relatives and organizations, the acting director of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Todd Leon, said that it is now that the serious facts will be investigated.
18:44Our total death in custody right now is up to nine.
18:47We do conduct a thorough investigation on all of those, treating the opposite of professional responsibility as well as the local jurisdiction as well.
18:55And in this context, congregational Democrats have also criticized the government's million dollar propaganda operation as inefficient and dangerous.
19:06People so hastily and with so little care that you're defying court orders.
19:12Your department is wasting millions flying the secretary around the country for publicity stunts so that she can post photos on social media from operations that are still ongoing, putting actual agents at risk.
19:29May 15th marks Nakba Day for Palestinians today to commemorate the mass despossession and forced displacement during the creation of the Israeli state in 1948.
19:53Palestinians held marches in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah to commemorate the 77th anniversary of the Nakba or catastrophe in which an estimated 750,000 Palestinians fled or were expelled from their lands after Israel declared itself an independent state in the territory.
20:13Palestinian flags and keys symbolize the lost homes and the permanent desire and struggle for their return.
20:21This year, the commemoration takes place amid the ongoing genocide in Gaza that killed over 50,000 and Israel continues to force displacements in all the enclave with its aid blockade and ongoing attacks.
20:36Meanwhile, Israeli warplanes bombed multiple residential areas in Han Yunis and Gaza, killing at least 57 Palestinians and injuring dozens.
20:51Warplanes struck eight homes in the southern Gaza town of Han Yunis in one of the heaviest bombardments in recent weeks.
20:59Multiple airstrikes hit the towns of Husa and Avesan Al-Khavira east of Han Yunis, while artillery shelling and heavy firefighting was reported in the same areas.
21:11The escalation spread to the Amawasi area west of Han Yunis, where airstrikes targeted shelters for displaced people, killing at least one person.
21:21The relentless bombardment is aggravating an already dire humanitarian crisis with Gaza's health system on the brink of collapse and thousands of families displaced from their homes.
21:38In this context, the medical officials said that at least 50 people, including 22 children, were killed in attacks around the northern Gaza neighborhood of Jabalia.
21:49Mohamed Sahad, the director of Jabalia's Aguade Hospital, said that his staff had treated 52 wounded, including a four-month-old baby, with severe leg injuries.
22:01Airstrikes concentrated on the northern areas of Gaza, while the Israeli army has issued new evacuation orders for the neighborhood of Rimal, in what appears to be an escalation of the genocide.
22:16We were sleeping when the rubble and debris fell on us. Children and residents started screaming, and we were terrified and did not know where to go.
22:30They have been bombing Gaza for 19 months. What is there in Gaza? Innocent children are dying. There is no armed activity. Most of them are elderly people who are dying. About eight infants were killed today.
22:43And like this, we have come to the end of this news brief. You can find these and many other stories on our website at www.telesweoenglish.net.
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22:56For Tell Us Through English, my name is Belen de los Santos. Thank you for watching.
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