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00:00Colombian President Gustavo Petro filed a complaint with the Attorney General's office
00:12against former Foreign Minister Alvaro Leyva for an alleged coup plot to remove him from office.
00:17In the United States, a federal judge blocked an order by President Donald Trump to ban asylum
00:26at the country's southern border for concluding that it contravenes immigration laws that protect
00:31those seeking refuge in the U.S.
00:38The Israeli occupation forces claim an early Thursday to free Palestinians' lives
00:42amid the escalation of the signings' genocidal campaign in the Gaza Strip.
00:51Hello, welcome to From the South. I'm Luis Alberto Matos from the Resur Studios in Havana, Cuba.
00:56We'll begin with the news. Stay with us.
01:10Colombian President Gustavo Petro filed a complaint with the Attorney General's office
01:14against former Foreign Minister Alvaro Leyva for an alleged coup plot to remove him from office.
01:19The legal recourse presented before the Prosecutor's Office of the Republic refers that the conducts
01:24of the former Foreign Minister violate the fundamental principles of the Constitution,
01:28which aims to protect the popular sovereignty and democratic stability.
01:32Leyva's alleged plan to overthrow Petro was revealed on Sunday by the newspaper El País,
01:37which published audios in which the former Foreign Minister claims to have met two months ago
01:42in the United States with Congressman Mario Díaz-Balard in an attempt to approach the Secretary of State,
01:47Marco Rubio, and to exert international pressure against Petro.
01:51And celebrations are ongoing in St. Vincent's and the Grand East in what is known as Vincy Mass Carnivals,
01:54one of the most important celebrations held in the United States.
01:56And celebrations are ongoing in St. Vincent's and the Grand East in what is known as Vincy Mass Carnivals,
01:58one of the most important celebrations held in the island. Let's go with our special envoy,
02:05the Belén de los Santos, for more updates of this carnival season. Welcome, Belén.
02:07Hello, Luis. It's such a pleasure to be here once again. We're still in St. Vincent's and the Grand East. You were just saying it.
02:14And celebrations are ongoing in St. Vincent's and the Grand East in what is known as Vincy Mass Carnivals,
02:19one of the most important celebrations held in the island. Let's go with our special envoy, the Belén de los Santos,
02:24for more updates of this carnival season. Welcome, Belén.
02:27Hello, Luis. Such a pleasure to be here once again. We're still in St. Vincent's and the Grenadines. You were just saying it.
02:36Vincy Mass is underway. It's a complete celebration. And today's Thursday. So we are really nearing that final weekend.
02:45The main events are starting today. So everyone is already very much excited, prepared and ready for the final competitions,
02:55the final masquerades, the final parties. Everything is getting ready. So let's review a little bit of what is happening.
03:03We were talking yesterday about the cultural importance of carnival to St. Vincent and the Grenadines,
03:09a unique Caribbean festival and carnival with its special characteristics. We were talking about the importance of the cultural rhythms
03:19and how carnival is really a moment, a place in which the different components of society come here and celebrate that cultural identity.
03:29So that is part of what is happening at this moment. And also yesterday we were touring the Capitol. We were touring Kingstown.
03:39And we were looking at and chatting with everyone there. People were getting ready. They were getting prepared.
03:47So we had performers rehearsing their final runs before their competitions, their performances that are starting today with the main events
03:57and will continue throughout the weekend. Also, we visited a lot of band camps.
04:03These are the sites in which the bands or the groups that participate in the carnival are getting ready for the masquerade.
04:12They're getting ready for the competition. So every band has its own name. It's its own grouping.
04:17It is choosing its own ideas and themes for the participation in the carnival. They're making their own artisanal costumes.
04:27So we visited them. We talked about the importance, the significance of this moment. And they were all very much excited.
04:35But also, and very important, they were talking about this as a moment to participate and continue the tradition with younger generations.
04:45Many of the people involved in these bands were participating in carnival from a very, very young age.
04:52And now they're leading their bands and they're leading the costume design making.
04:57And they're doing this with younger people as well, continuing that tradition.
05:02So that is a little bit of what we're leaving here.
05:05As the final events, the most important ones are just hours away.
05:11And then you were saying that we're on the final stretch of this carnival season.
05:15What specifically is on the agenda for Thursday this day?
05:19What are the special activities that are going to be held this Thursday?
05:24Yes. So today is a very important day.
05:27A lot of people have been waiting for it.
05:29And a lot of the preparations and rehearsals that we saw yesterday were particularly for today.
05:34Because today is the still and glitter event.
05:38This is a combination of steel band competition and also a masquerade.
05:45So one of the themes was the steel band mid-style.
05:49So you have the glitter, the style, the costumes.
05:52So typical of carnival.
05:54But with such a special, unique artisanal essence here in St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
06:00And that is meeting the steel band competition, the percussion, one of the rhythmic components of this carnival as well.
06:09So that will be tonight.
06:11We will be there.
06:12We will be recording everything and sharing it with you and the audience, of course, as well.
06:17And before earlier, a little bit in the day, we have the junior edition as well.
06:22As we were saying yesterday, all of this also involves not only the adult competitions,
06:27but also the young adult competitions, the kids competitions,
06:32who are getting ready in these concerts, in these celebrations, to participate of the event as well.
06:39So we'll have the junior edition as well.
06:41The kids will also be playing their steel bands.
06:44And we will continue to follow everything.
06:48It will definitely be a great, great night.
06:51Thank you, Wilaine.
06:52We're going to stay in touch, of course, for a coming news brief to have all the details of what is happening.
06:56And we're going to be paying attention to these big celebrations this Thursday night.
07:00Of course.
07:01We'll be in touch.
07:03Let's now continue with our news.
07:04In the United States, a federal judge today blocked an order by President Donald Trump to bind asylum at the country's southern border
07:12after concluding that it contravenes immigration laws to protect those seeking refuge in the U.S.
07:19U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss asserted in a 128-page document that President Trump exceeded his authority
07:25by violating immigration and nationality law, which establishes strict guidelines on who qualifies for asylum.
07:31Moss stated that neither the immigration law nor the Constitution grants the President an extra-regulatory regime
07:37to repatriate or remove individuals from the United States without an opportunity to apply for asylum.
07:43This legal battle began in early February, shortly after Donald Trump's inauguration.
07:53And Salvadoran migrant Kilmar Abrego-Garcia, who was deported by the Trump administration towards Salvador's mega-prison,
07:59CECOT, denounced having suffered torture during his confinement.
08:02According to a brief filed by his lawyers, Abrego-Garcia suffered sleep deprivation and malnutrition by his jailers at the Terrorism Confinement Center.
08:11A migrant was sent to CECOT in March of this year, along with a group of other migrants,
08:16even though he had an order from a U.S. judge protecting him from deportation.
08:20Abrego-Garcia is currently being held in Nashville Prison, and although a judge ordered his release,
08:25the defense requested that he remain in custody, given that Immigration Service seeks to deport him to a country other than El Salvador.
08:35We now have our first break coming up. Remember, you can join us on TikTok at Telesur English,
08:39where you'll find news in different formats, news updates, and much more.
08:43We're going to be right back. Stay with us.
08:44Welcome back. In Venezuela, President Nicolás Maduro emphasizes the importance of unity within the Bolivarian Armed Forces in the fight against terrorism,
08:59in order to ensure peace and tranquility for Venezuelan families.
09:15During the Bolivarian Armed Forces Promotion Ceremony, the President of Venezuela praised the efforts and dedication of its armed forces in the face of constant threats to the country,
09:23many of which originate in Colombia. He assured attendees that unity is the backbone of the country in the face of imperialist actions by the West.
09:32He also denounced violent groups' finance from abroad, who seek to destabilize the Bolivarian Revolution.
09:44And in Peru, the government approved the increase of President Dina Boluarte's monthly salary to more than double,
09:50which sparked immediate criticism that the increase was politically impertinent and undeserved.
09:56The Minister of Economy, Raúl Pérez, made the announcement after the weekly session of the Council of Ministers,
10:01which approved the increase proposed by the National Civil Service Authority.
10:05The decision increases the salary to a little more than $10,000, amount that Boluarte will receive as of this week,
10:11and after leaving the government, she will receive that sum as pension.
10:15Economist Jorge González Izquierdo said that if the presidential salary were paid by results,
10:20the poverty figures would determine that Boluarte does not deserve any increase.
10:29Also in Peru, Citizens Collective for Life has decided to collect 81,000 signatures, 0.3% of the electoral roll,
10:36to present a legislative initiative to repeal the laws in favor of organized crime that have been enacted by the Congress of the Republic.
10:43Correspondent Ramiro Angulo with the details.
10:48Using the right to participate in politics, the Citizens Collective for Life has begun collecting signatures to repeal laws that favor organized crime.
11:02We are going to collect the 81,000 signatures and generate a citizen movement of active participation in politics from the formation of law,
11:11and try to build public policies that favor security.
11:14In that line is that this struggle that we are undertaking is located, in order to present a bill to the Congress of the Republic,
11:21and unmask the political sector that has made possible the increase in crime.
11:25The initiative, which requires 81,000 signatures, seeks to motivate the population to participate in politics,
11:34in a country where, according to official data, six deaths occur.
11:39The citizens have voted overwhelmingly against parliamentary immunity in 2018, in the referendum held on December 9.
11:46More than 90% voted against parliamentary immunity, the government approved parliamentary immunity.
11:52We voted against re-election, the government approved relations.
11:55We voted against bicameralists, the government approved bicameralists.
11:58That is, there is a permanent mockery to the citizens by the Congress.
12:02For the promoters of the project, the lack of efficient policies against crime shows the complicity of the authorities with the crime.
12:12Before it was by association, but now they are charging individually, so the situation is terrible.
12:21Here in San Juan, nobody escaped.
12:23Both street vendors, merchants, grocers, motorcycle, taxi drivers, transporters, all of them already pay a quota.
12:31That is, the criminal organization managed today, because it has enough resources to finance the hard killer to go to kill without mercy.
12:38With the good reconception of the initiative, the promoters hope that citizen pressure will grow,
12:46and enforce the Congress to repeal the question laws.
12:50But they are understanding, in the first place, that there is a loophole, an opportunity,
12:58such as the presentation of the citizenship itself for a bill.
13:02So that means that people are becoming more politicized, more aware of the needs of this instrument.
13:08That is why I also, as a worker, am incorporated in this process.
13:12And not only me, my neighbors, my colleagues participate in this process.
13:17If the bill is rejected, its promoters will continue to collect signatures to promote a broad popular consultation,
13:27in order to eliminate these norms that threaten the right to leave.
13:31From Lima, to TELESUR, Ramiro Angulo Maquiavelo.
13:37The President of Brazil, Luis Hernández Silva, defended his decision to appeal to the courts against the annulment by the Chamber of Deputies of the Decree
13:44that sought to increase the financial transaction tax rates.
13:48The Head of State also said that he is not proposing a tax increase, but a fiscal adjustment in this country,
13:53so that the wealthy pay a little, and thus not having to cut education and health funds.
13:59The repeal of the decree that increased the tax on financial transactions caused the third change in the rates in a little more than a month,
14:05while the rates enforced until May 22, when the Ministry of Finance announced the changes were re-established.
14:12In Ecuador, workers' unions and the National Popular Front held a demonstration this Wednesday at the premises of the Ministry of Labor
14:23to confront the measures of the government of Daniel Noboa in the economic sectors.
14:27The workers' unions concentrate around 4.30 p.m. local time to demand better salaries and respect for the rights of workers and public servants.
14:36The President of the National Popular Front, Nelson Erazo, announced that he is planning to meet with the Minister of Labor
14:41to demand that the President of Ecuador support the request of the workers and not only the elites.
14:46The representatives of the doctors, nurses and patients' unions announced two immediate actions in view of the approval of the Public Integrity Law.
14:54A large fire affected one of the most luxurious and exclusive urbanizations in the Dominican Republic, Cap Cana, this Wednesday.
15:09The fire affected several villages and although preliminary reports from relief agencies spoke of at least 12 houses damaged,
15:16some locomotives raised the fever to around 30, with no casualties reported.
15:20Firefighters from various parts of the country are taking part in the extinguishing work together with other relief services and authorities.
15:27According to a brief statement from the administration of this tourist complex in Punta Cana area, the fire broke out this afternoon in the area of Villas de Caletón,
15:38where the first residents of Cap Cana are located.
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16:12Welcome back.
16:37The Israeli occupation forces claimed on early Thursday 73 Palestinian lives amid the escalation of the Sudanese Genocide Campaign in the Gaza Strip.
16:45The Gaza and Government's media office unfolded that among the fatalities,
16:49there were 33 desperate people seeking help at eight distribution centers run by the controversial Israeli and U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.
16:57Following southern Almawazi, the Israeli army attacked a tent, bringing about 13 deaths.
17:02Likewise, the Sudanese forces dropped shellings on the Mustafa Hafez school.
17:06As a result, 11 civilians were killed, in addition to multiple injured, the school used to shelter the displaced west of Gaza City.
17:13Overall, Palestinian authorities reported that over 300 people have been killed in 26 massacres committed by the occupation army in the last 48 hours.
17:23The World Health Organization reported that 23 patients and 38 accompanied persons were evacuated from the Gaza Strip to Jordan and Turquille to receive medical treatment.
17:3619 patients and 31 accompanied persons were transferred to Jordan, while 4 patients and 7 accompanied persons were transferred to Turquille.
17:44The WHO representative in the West Bank and Gaza, Richard Piberkorn, reported a large number of evacuees had been moved from northern Gaza to Hanjunis.
17:53Among those moved was the girl Hanid Alwadi, who was wounded during an Israeli attack on the school shelter in the town of Daraj on May 25th.
18:01This morning, WHO and PRCS collected 19 patients and 29 companions from the north and brought them here.
18:16Other patients are also gathered here in the field hospital and tomorrow there will be a medevac of over 70 patients and companions.
18:24WHO estimates that there is a need to at least medevac at least 10,000 more patients from Gaza.
18:35And in Palestine, U.S. security contractors tasked with protecting aid distribution points are using live ammunition and grenades against aid seekers in Gaza.
18:44Two of these contractors denounced that they consider to be dangerous and irresponsible practices.
18:49They say that the security personnel hired are often unqualified, have not been properly vetted and operated with heavy weaponry and total freedom of action.
18:57They explained that these attacks are being carried out with stun grenades and pepper spray.
19:01There are innocent people who are being seriously injured unnecessarily, said one of the contractors after denouncing what had happened.
19:08At least four people are dead and 38 remained missing after a ferry capsized near the Indonesian resort island of Bali.
19:26The emergency team reported they have rescued 23 survivors according to a statement of the Search and Rescue Office of Surabaya.
19:33The ship with 53 passengers and 12 crew members sank while sailing through the valleys straight towards the famous service destination.
19:40The rescue teams deployed since last night a device supported by inflatable rafts, which will continue during the day.
19:46The causes of the accident of the ship, which departed about 20 minutes before the shipwreck from the city of Quetapanc, are not yet known.
19:53In Riau Province, Indonesia, the Bakartan Kamp Festival, a centuries-old ritual commemorating the arrival of the first Chinese elders from the country.
20:18This annual event featuring the burning of a handmade boat as a symbol of tradition to attract good fortune.
20:31During the ceremony, a boat is transported from a nearby temple surrounded by papers with wishes and prayers, which is set on fire in the direction of the boat as it falls as interpreted as a prediction of the future.
20:43During the festival, the city was filled with diverse cultural activities and displays of the Chinese heritage in the region, consolidating the event as an important tourist and cultural attraction.
20:56We have come to the end of this news brief. You can find these and many other stories on our website at Telesurenglish.net.
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21:08For Telesurenglish, I'm Luis Alberto Matos. Thank you for watching.