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*Colombian govt. and National Coordinator conclude 5th cycle of dialogue
*U.S. to pause 50% tariffs on Europe until July 9
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*Colombian govt. and National Coordinator conclude 5th cycle of dialogue
*U.S. to pause 50% tariffs on Europe until July 9
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00:00The National Electric Council of Venezuela reported a historic win of the Great Petroleum
00:13Pole at the regional legislative elections. The Roman of Colombia reached a deal with the
00:22National Coordinator of the Bolivarian Army, one of the dissidents of the extinct FARC,
00:27to advance towards the signing of a peace agreement.
00:34And on Sunday, United States President Donald Trump confirmed that he would pause the announced
00:3850% tariffs on European countries until July 9th.
00:47Hello, welcome to From the South. I'm Luis Alberto Matos from Dresos Studios in Havana, Cuba.
00:52We begin with the news. Stay with us.
00:57In Venezuela, following the legislative and regional elections, the Great Petriotic Polls
01:09in Mont Bolivar won more than 80% of the votes for the National Assembly and 99% of the governorships.
01:15With a turnout of 42.63% of voters, the Great Petriotic Poll obtained 4,552,484 votes for the National Assembly,
01:26which represents 82.68% of the total votes. Democratic Alliance obtained 6.25% of the overall ballots.
01:34Allianza Unica obtained 5.18% of the votes, while Fuerza Vecinal won 2.57%.
01:44In this context, the Vice President of the National Electoral Council, Carlos Quintero,
01:48affirmed that the country had experienced a new moment of sovereignty and that the voting results
01:53constitute a civic and democratic expression of the Venezuelan people.
02:05With the transmission of the voting machines corresponding to 93.01% of the polling stations
02:11and a participation of 42.63% of the active voters, we have that, for the position of deputies
02:18and deputies and deputies of national allocation list, the Alliance of the Great Petriotic Polls
02:23obtains 4,553,484 votes corresponding to 82.68% of the total votes.
02:42The Democratic Alliance obtains 344,422 votes corresponding to 6.25% of the total votes.
02:59The UNTC Unica Alliance obtained 285,500 votes corresponding to 18% of the total votes.
03:08The Fuerza Vecinal Alliance obtained 141,566 votes corresponding to 2.57% of the total votes.
03:18Other valid and invalid votes obtained 182,351 votes corresponding to 3.31% of the total votes.
03:31The President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, stated that the democratic process of this May 25th demonstrated the firm support of the Venezuelan people to the Bolivarian Revolution,
03:40despite the attempts of the fascists' far right to generate violence and destabilization.
03:45After blockades, criminal sanctions, fascism and violence, today the Bolivarian Revolution has demonstrated that it is more valid than ever, stronger than ever.
04:01Today we have shown the power of Chavismo, the Bolivarianism of the 21st century.
04:08It is not just anything what this people have achieved, resisting, persevering, creating solutions, innovating and moving forward with a new project.
04:19The Venezuelan president informed that terrorist groups that had the intention of attacking officials and political and social leaders of the Bolivarian Revolution were neutralized.
04:32I told Diosdado that on Tuesday he will give a press conference with details so, that he can explain the whole plan of violence, that we could unveil and defeat, before, it was activated against the electoral centers, against the refineries, against the guri, against the military barracks.
04:57We have obtained at least 20 cell phones, that are talking, and singing better than Pavarotti, notebooks and documents in handwriting that cannot be denied of the terrorists, that we have captured from the most renowned downwards with their handwriting, drawing the organization chart of all those, involved, and the objective to try to kill political leaders.
05:22Military leaders, police leaders, to try to kill some of the opposition leaders, that registered for the elections.
05:44But thanks to the popular military fusion, to the strategic intelligence of the Bolivarian Revolution, we managed to capture them, and neutralize the plan of violence, and the elections, have been in peace, and calm, without, any new, developments.
06:02Also, President Nicolás Maduro asserted that the population of the newly elected Governor of Guayana Ezequiva, Neil Williams-Zarr, will have all the budgetary support of the Bolivarian government.
06:17The organic law of Guayana Ezequiva was passed, and the people today, being the dawn of May 26, 2025, Ezequivo has a governor, Admiral Villamizar.
06:34And this governor elected by the people will have all the budgetary support, because the people of the Ezequivo earned it, so that the people of the Ezequivo have all the rights, as the people of Venezuela.
06:48They also elected their deputies to the National Assembly, that means that we are going to see in the National Assembly deputies of the Ezequivo, and they also elected their Legislative Council.
07:09So, a peaceful day, election number 32, and the Bolivarian victory number 30, in this new, and beautiful history of the Bolivarian Revolution of the 21st Century.
07:30Now we have our first break coming up, remember you can join us on TikTok at Telesur English, where you'll find news in different formats, news updates, and much more.
07:37We're going to be right back, stay with us.
07:39Welcome back.
08:00The government of Colombia reached a deal with the National Coordinator of the Bolivarian Army, one of the dissidents of the extinct FARC,
08:07to advance towards the signing of a peace agreement.
08:10The head of the government delegation, Armando Novoa, reported that although the parties have had to face complex moments, there is a will for peace.
08:17For his part, the head of the negotiating team, Jose Vicente Lesmes, also known as Walter Mendoza, assured that although confidence in the peace process had been lost, the current commitments can help to recover it completely.
08:30Under this framework, the government announced the creation of a temporary location zone in the departments of Nariño and Putumayo for 120 members of this armed group.
08:41With this important agreement, the fifth cycle of these dialogues concluded after 11 months.
08:45A representative of indigenous peoples of Latin America met for three days in the Equatorian Amazon to coordinate efforts and initiatives in defense of life.
09:01The world's largest tropical rainforest serve as the setting for this initiative, in which they have agreed to prevent the exploitation of natural resources in their territories.
09:11They are firm that it is the indigenous peoples who have given their lives to the struggle to preserve water and land and all the natural resources of the planet.
09:20At the meeting, they also questioned the conferences of the parties promoted by the United Nations organization, stating that they do not make decisions based on rights.
09:31They also criticized the contempt of the states in the face of the sentences to protect the rights of their peoples.
09:37The International Committee for the Freedom of Jorge Clás has written to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.
09:49The letter, signed by more than 80 people, expresses deep concern about the situation of Ecuador's former vice president.
09:56In the document, they denounce the fact that he has faced an environment marked by extreme violence and state negligence since his transfer to the penitentiary center in April 2024.
10:06They recalled that class was granted diplomatic asylum by the Mexican government, but this was rejected, a fact that they cataloged as political criminalization.
10:15Against this backdrop, Ecuador's president Daniel Novoa has repeatedly refused to grant class safe passage.
10:21Notably, even the president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, attended class inauguration in an attempt to negotiate a humanitarian solution.
10:27And in the Salvatore documentary, In Cold Blood was presented, a journalistic production that tells the story of the execution of four Dutch journalists murdered by the army during the civil war.
10:47Roberto will press up with the details.
10:48In Cold Blood is an investigation, that records the last hours of the four Dutch journalists, ambushed, by the army on March 17, 1982.
11:05The Chronicle recreates the journey of the ICOM network journalists, who were guided to a camp by four guerrillas, who together with the journalists were killed in an ambush, by the military command, in this zone, in the north of the country.
11:20I was only 14 years old, but I remember that the population learned about that abominable crime, committed by the military.
11:31The Plaza de Dulce Nombre de Amarilla, near the area where they were machine-gunned, was the scene of the screening of the documentary, that seeks to raise awareness among the population, and the new generations, in order, to keep the historical memory, alive, and guarantee non-repetition.
11:56He who is called to repeat, to forget history, repeats it again, and in Chalatinango, when you talk to the people, nobody wants to repeat any historical event of the war.
12:17These images remind those who were involved in the war, that there are still many open wounds.
12:26Well, there are open wounds, yes there are, and those, let's say, can be closed by knowing the truth, right? Justice and compensate, then, these damages.
12:38For the crime committed against the Dutch journalists, three high-ranking military chiefs, are being prosecuted, and will face trial, on June 3rd.
12:57A historic trial against impunity in El Salvador, because this is a case that is consigned in the report of the Truth Commission, in the United Nations.
13:10This is one of the 32 cases, it is also a trial against high-ranking military commanders.
13:16In other words, they are not soldiers, they are not other types of officers, they are high-ranking military commanders, who directed the war in this country, which was called the warlords before.
13:28The book La Embostada was also published on this case, which together with the documentary aims to promote the right to truth, justice, and reparation, since, according to the promoters, it is not possible that oblivion and impunity continue to prevail.
13:51The screening of this documentary is being carried out in different parts of the country with the idea of creating awareness, and also so, that the historical memory does not die.
14:21And in Chile, a tornado shook the city of Puerto Varas, with winds of between 140 and 180 km per hour, which caused material damage in the region.
14:31So far, authorities have reported no fatalities or injuries, however, the weather phenomenon left dozens of families homeless, and more than 10,000 people have been affected by the lack of power in their homes.
14:41For its part, the Chilean Meteorological Department issued an alarm that includes three regions, EucanÃa, Los Rios, and Los Lagos, due to the probable development of tornadoes and water spouts.
14:52Authorities informed that the emergency committees were activated to coordinate assistance to victims and to restore power.
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15:20Welcome back.
15:40On Sunday, United States President Donald Trump confirmed that he would post the threatened 50% tariffs on European countries until July 9th.
15:49The decision was informed on Sunday by the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, who took to social media to unveil she had spoken with the U.S. head of state and secured the delay to give the two sides more time to negotiate.
16:01The European leader described the exchange as a good, fun conversation, but avoided mentioning that they are simply returning to the previous timetable due to the lack of progress in negotiations.
16:11Brussels and Washington have been locked in negotiations in a bid to avert an all-out transatlantic trade war after Trump's target threat on Friday raised the stakes when he warned he would impose 50% levies on all of the bloc's imports into the U.S.
16:25The European Union in a statement is that the International Committee of the Red Cross condemned the death of two of its employees who were attacked at home in Han Junis.
16:27The International Committee of the Red Cross condemned the death of two of its employees who were attacked at home in Han Junis.
16:29In a statement, the International Committee of the Red Cross condemned the death of two
16:51of its employees who were attacked at home in Hanjunis, in the southern gas strip, last
16:57Friday.
16:58This organization is shocked and distressed by the murders of Ibrahim Ayd, an explosive
17:02treatment agent, and Ahmed Abu Hilal, a security guard at Rafa Hospital.
17:06The assassination of these two individuals leaves a great void and is a loss for humanitarian
17:11assistance.
17:12We reiterate our call for an immediate ceasefire and reaffirm our commitment to the Palestinian
17:17civilians.
17:25The Armed Forces of Yemen report that military operations were carried out against the Zionist
17:29regime of Israel in response to the aggressions of the entity against the Palestinian city
17:34of Gaza.
17:35According to the Armed Forces, the attacks targeted the Ben Gurion International Airport in Israel
17:40and succeeded in disrupting air traffic, causing the temporary suspension of takeoffs and landings.
17:45It should be noted that Yemen is carrying out a maritime blockade against Israeli ships in
17:49the Red Sea until the blockade on Gaza is lifted.
17:52And this Sunday, thousands gather at the Laplace de la République in Paris to demand an end to the Israel's
18:00genocide against Gaza.
18:01Demonstrators rallied under the slogan, Stop the Genocide, condemning the indiscriminate
18:05violence perpetrated by Benjamin Netanyahu's government against the Palestinian people.
18:10Europe has experienced a week of intense mobilizations coinciding with the first expressions of condemnation
18:14by some regional governments, allies or accomplices of Tel Aviv.
18:18The urgent demands are centered on a ceasefire and the entry of humanitarian aid without restrictions.
18:38And the Spanish Foreign Ministry reiterated its refusal to sell arms to Israel.
18:50It also called for sanctions against Israel and demanded unrestricted access to Gaza.
18:55In this sense, it condemned the repeated Israeli violations of human rights in Palestine and
19:00asked the European Union to suspend the association agreement with Israel.
19:04Israel also stated that Spain would put on the table the possibility of sanctioning Israel
19:09for its military operation in Gaza.
19:20And in Spain, more than 30,000 people belonging to social organizations and communities carried
19:24out a massive mobilization in Madrid against the public health policies imposed by the regional
19:29government.
19:30The protest called by the platform of neighbors of the neighborhoods and towns of the community
19:34of Madrid was carried out as a demonstration of the discontent of the population with the
19:38process of privatization and destruction of the public health system.
19:42Demonstrators denounced the delays in primary care since at least one million people are on
19:47the waiting list to be seen and tens of thousands of children have not been assigned a pediatrician
19:52in addition to the overload of health personnel.
19:55In this regard, the president of the organizing platform, Ricardo Chacon, stressed that privatizations
20:00are not for the benefit of patients but for private economic interests.
20:11In India, authorities reported sinking of a hazardous cargo container ship with 24 people on board
20:16of the country's southwest coast.
20:18According to the Ministry of Defense, all the crew members were rescued by the authorities.
20:22It also detailed that the vessel which had left from the portal fishing jam for the city of
20:27Cochin was carrying 640 containers, including 13 with dangerous cargo and 12 with calcium carbide.
20:34It also contained 93 tons of diesel and about 400 tons of fuel oil.
20:39The Coast Guard reported that so far no oil spill has been reported.
20:43That is why we have come to the end of this news brief.
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20:58I'm Luis Alberto Matos.
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