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00:00President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro prized the historic wing of Chavism forces at legislative and governor election.
00:17A 53-year-old man was detained Monday after he allegedly drove a vehicle into a crowd at the Liverpool Football Club Trophy Parade in Liverpool, England.
00:29Injuring over two thousand people.
00:35The Israeli occupation forces confirmed the implementation of a criminal plan to cease the gas strip and force the displacement of thousands of families.
00:46Hello and welcome to From the South. I'm Alejandra Garcia from Telesur Studios in Havana, Cuba. We begin with Denise.
00:59The President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, addressed the Venezuelan people during his TV show after Chavism forces won the legislative and governor election in the country.
01:14One day after the ruling coalitions won in 23 of the 24 states of the nation, including the Guyanese Kiva, President Maduro described the feat as a historic win that puts an end to a ten year period of conspiracies against the country and shows the true power of Chavism forces.
01:32He congratulated all elected governors and legislators and highlighted that Venezuela is creating a truly democratic alternative to the liberal and bourgeois internationality.
01:43Furthermore, the head of state denounced international silence regarding the crimes perpetrated against democracy and peace in the Bolivarian nation.
01:53Because they cover it up, it is a way of having a story that covers those they move within the country or from abroad.
02:06Because we captured several foreign mercenaries, they cover them with a human rights defender card will they come to kill in Venezuela.
02:21Then they raise an opinion movement there in Europe, poor things, kidnapped, hostages, oh but do we have to let them kill us? Do we have to let them plant bombs, let them kill innocent Venezuelans?
02:40Let them attack vital objectives of the country. No, there is a constitutional first that is respected here, and whoever comes to conspire will be captured, tried and punished according to the laws of Venezuela.
02:57In this context the Venezuelan people celebrate the historic victory of Chavism after winning the vast majority of the governorships and the parliament in the last Sunday's elections.
03:07The celebrations for the electoral victory of the revolutionary forces have been carried out across the country where the people are mobilized to show their support to the new governors, legislators and parliamentarians.
03:19For their part, more than 2,000 motorized vehicles joined this celebration touring the streets of Caracas, showing their support to the Great Patriotic Poll which obtained 80% of the votes for the National Assembly and 99% of the governorships.
03:34The United Socialist Party of Venezuela ratified Monday the great majority victory in the regional and legislative elections of 2025.
03:47The Secretary-General of the party Diosdado Cabello affirmed that Sunday's elections consolidated the Bolivarian revolution after a resounding victory that guarantees national peace.
03:59The political leader thanked the Bolivarian National Armed Forces for the protection it provided across the nation, and emphasized that the state of Guyana's Akiva already has an elected governor who will guarantee peace and the safeguard of national sovereignty.
04:15That's the people, a people that does not give up, and that in spite of adversities goes out, and responds, and there you have the answer, a great popular victory.
04:34The rest, the rest, is just fairy tales, the rest is just fairy tales. People expressed themselves freely, and there were results for the governorships.
04:44From 23 to 24. Bad? It is not bad. The same with the National Assembly. An extraordinary victory. Some of the comrades here today, are going to the National Assembly, congratulations to the new deputies, congratulations to the gentlemen of the opposition.
05:09Who are going to the National Assembly, who are going to the National Assembly, they won and are going to the National Assembly. They will all meet face to face with comrades coming from the neighborhoods, from the communities, from where the true popular feeling comes, and they will be in a scenario of political debate.
05:36There, Cabello announced that the 10 states with the highest participation will have direct financing for the communal circuits.
05:43In addition, from now on, the communal circuits, where there was a higher participation, 10 per state, will have a direct financing. The communal circuits, where there was greater participation, the first 10 will have direct financing from the president. For life together, everything is possible.
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06:22Welcome back to From the South. The teachers' union in Panama continues its indefinite strike against law 462 of the Social Security Fund. The Association of Panamanian Teachers is demanding the repell of this norm and the annulment of the memorandum of understanding.
06:24That was signed with the United States to be signed with the United States for the United States.
06:31Welcome back to From the South.
06:37The teachers union in Panama continues its indefinite strike against law 462 of the Social
06:43Security Fund.
06:44The Association of Panamanian Teachers is demanding the repeal of this norm and the
06:49annulment of the Memorandum of Understanding that was signed with the United States in
06:54April.
06:55They also pointed out that the José Raúl Molino government is trying to deepen its neoliberal
07:00policies by handing over workers' savings to private banks, thereby disregarding the
07:05will of the people.
07:07The demonstrators also condemned the pension regulations and criticized the intention to
07:11reopen mining or water projects that affect territories and communities.
07:20Dominica's Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerritt said Monday that talks should be held with
07:26gang leaders in Haiti as part of the efforts to end the security and political crisis
07:30in the French-speaking curriculum nation.
07:33The statement was made at a press conference where Skerritt told reporters that sanctions
07:38were not going to change the attitude of any gang leader or gang member in Haiti.
07:43However, the Dominican Prime Minister stressed that if gang leaders didn't want to be a
07:48part of the normal society, then they could be pursued and taken out.
07:53Haiti has been plagued with violent gang activities ever since President Jovenel Moise was assassinated
08:00at his private residence on July 7th, 2021.
08:05According to the United Nations and other organizations, thousands of people have been killed or displaced
08:10as a result of the violence in the Caribbean nation.
08:18The preliminary results of Suriname's legislative elections held Sunday show a technical tie between
08:23the ruling party and its top opposition rival.
08:26With 43 polling stations yet to be counted, results showed that the opposition National Democratic
08:33Party Party won 18 seats with 39,544 votes, while the ruling Progressive Reform Party won 17 seats with 75,983.
08:45However, the president and leader of the Reformist Party, Shansang Toki, said he is confident
08:51his party will finally get the necessary seats when all votes are counted.
08:56On the other hand, political analysts forecast a fragmented parliament, which will force negotiations
09:02to elect the next president when 34 seats are required to form an executive.
09:12In her usual morning conference, Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum rejected the 3.5%
09:18tariffs on remittances and indicated that she is ready in talks with U.S. Senators.
09:28The Senators from the United States are coming back, and so are Senators from Mexico, and also
09:34many organizations with which the Mexican Ambassador to the United States, and many other organizations,
09:41have been in contact.
09:46Mexicans in the United States, above all, Mexican U.S. citizens, who do not agree and are writing
09:52letters, communiques, to be able to say that we do not agree with this.
09:57We have to say that this tax is for the whole world, not only for Mexico.
10:01We are the only ones in Mexico who have been saying that we do not agree with this tax.
10:10We are going to continue working there, in the United States, within the framework of the
10:15law of the United States, to be able to talk permanently with the Senators and say how this
10:21is going to affect even the economy of the United States itself.
10:27Also the Mexican head of state indicated that Mexicans who are in the United States pay taxes
10:32regardless of their immigration status.
10:36Mexico, in the Constitution, clearly establishes that taxes should be progressive, that those
10:45who have more should pay more.
10:47That is our vision, but also, in the case of our fellow countrymen who are there, they
10:52already pay taxes, regardless of their immigration status.
10:56The people who do not have documents, who work there, and make the economy in the United
11:01States work, pay taxes for work, and consumption.
11:06Only 20 percent of what they earn comes in remittances.
11:12An explosion occurred at the main fuel refinery located in the Ecuadorian province of Esmeraldas.
11:17Ecuador's Ministry of Energy and Mines informed that the explosion impacted a fuel oil tank
11:22and caused a large fire.
11:24The rescue teams indicated that they carried out evacuation works of the personnel before
11:30the flames spread.
11:31The entities stated that the incident is under control and that the refinery
11:36personnel are carrying out emergency manoeuvres.
11:38The number of people affected by the explosion is currently unknown.
11:47The Government of Peru submitted to the National Congress a legislative bill to authorize the
11:51entry of naval units and foreign military personnel equipped with war weapons to participate in
