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00:00The President of Venezuela, NicolĂĄs Maduro, activates popular and security intelligence
00:15to face any right-wing extremist attempt of sabotage and destabilization before the May 25th elections.
00:24The President of the United States, Donald Trump, held on Monday a phone call conversation
00:29with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to address a potential Ukraine ceasefire.
00:36And in Palestine, the Israeli army issued new forced displacement orders for residents of Canjuniz
00:42as it continues with its intensified offensive across Gaza.
00:49Hello and welcome to From the South. I'm Alejandra Garcia from Telesur Studios in Havana, Cuba.
00:53We begin with the news.
00:59The President of Venezuela, NicolĂĄs Maduro, activates popular and security intelligence
01:11to face any right-wing extremist attempt of sabotage and destabilization before the May 25th elections.
01:17The head of state led the working meeting with the representatives of the security agencies
01:22and the military high command linked to the Seven Transformations plan.
01:27The encounter served to review the agenda that will warrant the patrolling reacting immediately,
01:33among other activities in view of the upcoming elections on Sunday.
01:36The Venezuelan leader stressed the importance of the civil-military union to ensure peace
01:42and call to vote for stability as an example of sovereignty.
01:46The actions are in full development.
01:54The plans are perverse.
01:57We have experience to neutralize them.
02:01We have a vast experience and we are neutralizing them.
02:04They have not stopped in their attempts to attack the power system and we have to very quickly reinforce
02:14all the plans of protection of the power plants from the communities to all the great generators,
02:24the first lines.
02:24The protection of the power system.
02:28Remember that on July 28th, days before, we suffered an attack that was going to create a whole blackout in Venezuela.
02:35And on July 28th, we suffered an attack that wanted to leave Venezuela completely blackout.
02:41So we have to pay attention to this.
02:43The Venezuelan head of state also called for voting in perfect civic, military and police union
02:51to confront those who seek to incite violence and destabilize the country.
02:59Perfect popular, military and police fusion.
03:03And in the face of those who want violence, sabotage, explosions and bullets,
03:08I say yes to voting, no to garimbas, yes to voting, no to violence, yes to voting, no to bullets.
03:17Vote, vote and vote next Sunday.
03:21On Monday, the government of Venezuela unveiled the plans by the extreme right-wing opposition
03:26to sabotage the upcoming regional and legislative elections of May 25th.
03:30In a press conference offered by the Venezuelan Minister of Interior, Justice and Peace, Diosdado Cabello,
03:36warned of the existing plans to destabilize the nation instigated by far-right leader Maria Corina Machado.
03:43In this regard, Cabello revealed the plan entailed attacks on embassies and health centers
03:49as well as the sabotage of electrical facilities in addition to actions against government leaders.
03:54Precisely, the authority revealed that 38 terrorists have been captured with explosives,
04:00among them 17 foreigners.
04:01Furthermore, Cabello denounced the complicity in the plans of former Colombian presidents IvĂĄn Duque,
04:08Álvaro Uribe, AndrÊs Pastrana, and Juan Manuel Santos,
04:11whom he condemned as heads of Colombian drug trafficking.
04:14Some groups intent on causing violence
04:23have tried to carry out actions
04:29that would affect all Venezuelans
04:34regardless of their political views
04:39with the ultimate aim of sabotaging the elections on Sunday, May 25th.
04:48The Minister of Interior, Justice and Peace, Diosdado Cabello,
04:51revealed that security forces had arrested a group of individuals
04:55in possession of explosive devices
04:57which they intended to use to incite violence in the country.
05:00We have detained a group of Venezuelans
05:07who returned to the country carrying explosive devices
05:10known as electric detonators.
05:18We can show them to you.
05:20We took eight of these detonators
05:22from two individuals who entered the country
05:24with explosive devices.
05:25In his meeting with security and defense agencies,
05:32President NicolĂĄs Maduro ratified
05:34the arrest of a group of mercenaries
05:35linked to the Ecuadorian-Albanian mafia
05:38that would have links with Ecuador's President Atalien Novoa.
05:44They would say that,
05:45in view of the threats that Comrade Cabello has denounced,
05:48there are already 38 new mercenaries detained.
05:51The Albanian mafia that governs Ecuador
05:54sent part of its trained mercenaries
05:56to place bombs in Venezuela.
05:58They have been captured.
06:00The Albanian mafia, as it has been denounced,
06:03we have them.
06:04Three telephones have been captured,
06:06and all three are speaking.
06:09The National Assembly of Venezuela
06:11approved in second discussion
06:13the draft organic law of the National Development Plan
06:16of the Seven Transformations 2025-2031.
06:20This draft organic law of the National Development Plan
06:23was presented by the President of Venezuela,
06:27NicolĂĄs Maduro, last January 15th.
06:29The bill seeks to establish the strategic guidelines
06:32for the development of the country
06:33in the coming years
06:35and has been analyzed in the corresponding instances.
06:38It should be noted that this law
06:40will be referred to the Constitutional Chamber
06:42of the Supreme Court of Justice
06:44so that it may pronounce on the constitutionality
06:48of its organic nation
06:49in accordance with the provisions
06:51of Article 203 of the Constitution.
06:54The Honorable Deputies who are in favor
07:04of approving the second provision
07:06of the draft organic law
07:07of the National Development Plan
07:09of the Seven Transformations 2025-2031,
07:13please indicate it with the customary sign
07:16approving it with a qualified majority
07:18in view of the fact
07:20that since it is an organic law
07:22it requires two-thirds of the votes
07:24as established in the internal regulations
07:26and requires a debate of the Constitution
07:29to approve this legal instrument
07:31in view that it is certified
07:33since it was approved
07:34by more than two-thirds of the deputies
07:36of the National Assembly.
07:38The organic law of the National Development Plan
07:40of the Seven Transformations 2025-2031
07:44is her by declared approved.
07:49For his part,
07:50the President of the Venezuelan National Assembly
07:53Jorge Rodriguez emphasized
07:54that the people will defend
07:55the country's democracy
07:57against the attempts of the extreme right wing
07:59to carry out a coup d'etat.
08:04Yes, we saw the denunciation made
08:06by the Minister of People's Power
08:08for Justice and Peace,
08:09Diosdado Cabello,
08:10and they will not be able
08:12to defeat the unstoppable force
08:13of the people of Venezuela
08:14who love democracy,
08:16who love justice,
08:17who love peace
08:17and who will participate next Sunday,
08:19May 25th,
08:20electing the 24 governors
08:21and state governors
08:23and also electing the 285 deputies
08:25to the National Assembly,
08:27which are already being dismantled
08:28by the state's security forces.
08:30They are going to collide
08:31with the immense capacity
08:32of this people
08:33to defend their democracy.
08:37In other news,
08:37Mexico is grieving two cadets
08:39in the country's navy
08:40that were killed on Saturday
08:42when the tall training ship
08:43CuauhtĂŠmoc crashed
08:45into the Brooklyn Bridge.
08:46America's Sanchez, 20,
08:48and adult Jair Maldonado Marcos, 23,
08:52died in the wreck
08:53that injured 22 other crew members,
08:55including three critically.
08:57Officials said
08:57that two of the critically injured
08:59remained hospitalized
09:00as of Monday afternoon.
09:02An investigation
09:02into Saturday's crash
09:04remains ongoing.
09:05The Secretary of the Navy
09:06for Mexico
09:07and for the United States,
09:09the National Transportation Agency
09:11and the support
09:11of the United States Coast Guard
09:13has been requested
09:14to determine the causes
09:15of the incident.
09:16On the other hand,
09:17Mexican President
09:18Claudia Sheinbaum
09:19thanked the Major of New York,
09:21Eric Adams,
09:22for his support
09:23to the crew
09:24and called
09:24for the results
09:25of the investigation
09:26and offered her condolences
09:28to the families
09:29of the victims.
09:29of the two young people
09:40who lost their lives
09:41on the incident
09:42with the Kautemoc Navy training ship.
09:46If you wish,
09:47we will touch a little more
09:48on this subject
09:49in the questions.
09:50but our solidarity
09:56as always
09:57with the sailors
10:02and the Mexican Navy.
10:03And now we have
10:04a short break coming up.
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10:13Welcome back to
10:33From the South.
10:34The President of the United States,
10:36Donald Trump,
10:36held on Monday
10:37a phone call conversation
10:39with his Russian counterpart,
10:40Vladimir Putin,
10:41to address
10:42a potential Ukraine ceasefire.
10:44The call happens
10:45after the last round
10:46of direct talks
10:47between Russia and Ukraine
10:48that took place
10:49in Istanbul,
10:49Turkey last week.
10:51The U.S. President
10:52affirmed that the tone
10:53and spirit
10:54of the conversation
10:55were excellent.
10:56For his part,
10:57the Russian head of state
10:58thanked Trump
10:59for supporting
11:00the resumption
11:01of direct talks
11:02between Moscow and Kiev
11:03and said that
11:04Trump noted
11:05Russia's support
11:06for peace.
11:07In this context,
11:08the Russian president
11:09said that his country
11:10is ready to work
11:11with Ukraine
11:12on a memorandum
11:13about future peace accord
11:14and highlighted efforts
11:16are on the right track.
11:23Russia also wants
11:25a peaceful resolution
11:26of the Ukraine crisis.
11:29What we need to do
11:32is to find
11:34the most effective ways
11:35to achieving peace.
11:37the president
11:38of the United States
11:39and I agreed
11:40that Russia can
11:43and is ready
11:45to work
11:46with Ukraine
11:47on a memorandum
11:49on the possible
11:51eventual future
11:53peace treaty
11:54by addressing
11:56a number
11:57of provisions,
11:58including the
11:59we need to set forth
12:00the principles
12:01and the deadlines
12:02for achieving
12:04a peace deal
12:05and this includes
12:07the possible
12:08the possible
12:10cessation of facilities
12:11for a specific
12:12period of time
12:13if we reach
12:15specific agreements
12:17by the way
12:19contacts
12:20between the participants
12:23in the
12:25Istanbul talks
12:27they resumed
12:28so this
12:29gives us hope
12:31that overall
12:32we are headed
12:33in the right direction.
12:37Furthermore,
12:38in this context
12:39the Russian president
12:40assured his nation's
12:41key objective
12:42is to address
12:43the root causes
12:44of the crisis
12:44in Ukraine.
12:45I think
12:48that both Russia
12:50and Ukraine
12:51must do everything
12:54to contribute
12:56to peace
12:57and they must
12:58find the compromises
13:00that would suit
13:01all the parties
13:02involved.
13:03I would like to say
13:04that overall
13:05Russia's position
13:07is clear.
13:09Our key objective
13:10is to identify
13:12the root causes
13:14of this crisis.
13:19For his part
13:21U.S. President
13:21Donald Trump
13:22took to social media
13:23to share his impressions
13:25on the call
13:25highlighting
13:26the excellent tone
13:27and spirit
13:28of the conversation.
13:29Through a post
13:30on his Truth Social account
13:32Trump stated
13:33Just completed
13:34my two-hour call
13:35with President
13:36Vladimir Putin
13:37of Russia.
13:38I believe
13:38it went very well.
13:40Russia and Ukraine
13:40will immediately
13:41start negotiations
13:42toward a ceasefire
13:44and more importantly
13:45an end to the war.
13:47The conditions for that
13:48will be negotiated
13:49between the two parties
13:50as it can only be
13:51because they know
13:53details of a negotiation
13:54that nobody else
13:55would be aware of.
13:57The tone and spirit
13:58of the conversation
13:59were excellent.
14:00from Monday
14:07the city of St. Petersburg
14:08in Russia
14:09hosts the International
14:10Legal Forum
14:11bringing together
14:12over 5,000 participants
14:14from around 90 countries.
14:16The forum
14:16which will conclude
14:17on Wednesday
14:18will be attended
14:19by ministers of justice
14:21attorneys general
14:22presidents of supreme
14:23and constitutional courts
14:25lawyers
14:25academics
14:26and global experts.
14:28The agenda
14:28will focus
14:29on western abuses
14:30and arbitrariness
14:31the application
14:32of international law
14:34and the policy
14:34of the international
14:35criminal court
14:36as well as other issues.
14:38In a message
14:38to participants
14:39President Vladimir Putin
14:40emphasized the strengthens
14:42of the Russian legal system.
14:44He also urged cooperation
14:46based on the principles
14:47of sovereign equality
14:48of state
14:49and respect for peoples.
14:51and we have
14:56a second short break
14:57coming up
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15:21Welcome back to
15:42From the South
15:42In Palestine
15:44the Israeli army
15:45issued new force displacement
15:46orders for residents
15:47of Khan Junis
15:48as it continues
15:49with its intensified offensive
15:51across Gaza.
15:52The displacement mandate
15:53told residents
15:54living in the southern Gaza region
15:56to evacuate immediately
15:57ahead of an unprecedented attack.
16:00The command
16:00which also applies
16:01to the nearby areas
16:02of Bani, Suhaila
16:04and Abbasan
16:04called on civilians
16:06to move west
16:07towards Almawasi.
16:09Controversially
16:09according to medical reports
16:11the Zionist regime
16:12struck a makeshift tent
16:13in set zone
16:14early Monday morning
16:16killing two civilians.
16:18The latest order
16:18comes after Tel Aviv
16:20issued a similar warning
16:21for central gas
16:22on Sunday
16:23as Israel expands
16:25its crowd offensive
16:26to target
16:26densely populated areas
16:28shattering
16:29any sense of safety
16:30for Palestinians.
16:36The World Health Organization
16:38opened on Monday
16:39its annual meeting
16:40of government ministers
16:41and top envoys.
16:43In this context
16:44Director General
16:45Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
16:46warned of the millions
16:47of people starving
16:48in Gaza
16:49as consequence
16:49of the Israeli blockade.
16:53Two million people
16:55are starving
16:56while 116,000 tons
16:59of food
17:00is blocked
17:01at the border
17:03just minutes
17:04away
17:05in Al-Arsh.
17:07The risk
17:07of famine
17:08in Gaza
17:09is increasing
17:10with the deliberate
17:11withholding
17:12of humanitarian aid
17:13including food
17:15in the ongoing
17:16blockade.
17:18The Israeli
17:19Security Cabinet
17:19approved a new plan
17:21to build a separation
17:22wall along the eastern
17:23border with Jordan.
17:25Israeli Defense Minister
17:26Israel Katz
17:27announced that the plan
17:28includes strengthening
17:29the occupations control
17:31through the establishment
17:32of settlements
17:33and training camps.
17:34The Defense Minister
17:35also said
17:36that the plan
17:37foresees
17:37strengthening the Israeli
17:39presence in the Jordan
17:40Valley which is part
17:41of the West Bank
17:42through the establishment
17:43of national mission
17:44centres including
17:45military academies
17:46and national service
17:48structures.
17:49Katz stressed the need
17:50for the plan
17:51to be implemented
17:52quickly with advanced
17:53radars, mobile military
17:55units and command
17:56infrastructure.
18:02Hundreds of French
18:03cab drivers
18:04mobilised on Monday
18:05to protest
18:06exchanges
18:06in sanitary
18:07transport fares.
18:08The cab strike
18:09is a response
18:10to the new
18:11pricing system
18:12proposed by the
18:13KC National
18:14and the Assurance
18:15Maladie
18:15for the transport
18:17of patients.
18:18Cab drivers
18:19are mobilising
18:19in Paris
18:20and in the
18:21Ile de France
18:22region
18:22as part of
18:23the so-called
18:24snail operation
18:25on the A6
18:26and A13
18:27freeways
18:28causing major
18:29traffic jams
18:30especially in the
18:31Ile de France
18:32region.
18:33The central
18:34protest is taking
18:35place on
18:35Boulevard Traspail
18:36in the 7th
18:37Aro-descent
18:38of Paris
18:39where cab drivers
18:40have gathered
18:41since the morning
18:42and plan to go
18:43to the Ministry
18:44of Transport.
18:45Similar mobilisations
18:46are also taking
18:47place in other
18:48major French cities
18:49such as Lyon,
18:51Marseille and
18:52Pau.
18:52The National Taxi
18:53Federation is seeking
18:54a high-level dialogue
18:55with the government
18:56through an inter-ministerial
18:57meeting to address
18:58the future of their
18:59profession.
19:02And like this
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