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00:00 Guatemala's president-elect rejected a court ruling denying his party to appeal its legal
00:16 annulment.
00:21 Hurricane Idalia made landfall in Gainesville, Florida, as an extremely dangerous Category
00:26 3 storm.
00:31 And in Gabon, a military faction seized power and dissolved the governmental institutions
00:36 ousting the president Ali Bango, who remains in the house arrest.
00:40 So far, people show support for the Mourinhas group.
00:53 Hello from the headquarters of TeleSud English in Havana, Cuba.
00:57 This is From the South.
00:58 I'm your anchor, Gladys Quesada, and these are the news.
01:02 On Tuesday, the Guatemalan Court of Appeals denied the action with which the Zemilla movement
01:06 of president-elect Bernardo Arevalo sought to stop Judge Freddy Orellana's order to suspend
01:12 the party.
01:13 According to Arevalo, the appeal intended to show that the Special Prosecutor's Office
01:17 against Impunity and Judge Orellana were acting against the electoral law, in what the president-elect
01:23 described as an "illegal political persecution" against him.
01:27 However, the members of the chamber unanimously denied the appeal.
01:32 The temporary suspension of the Zemilla movement by the electoral authorities is a new stain
01:36 for the electoral process in Guatemala, where uncertainty is growing four months before
01:42 the inauguration of the new ruler.
01:44 However, according to Zemilla's lawyer Juan Guerrero, the party is shielded by a resolution
01:49 of the Supreme Court, which ordered not to suspend the political organization at least
01:54 until the end of the electoral process, next October 31.
02:04 This August 30th celebrates the International Day for Victims of Forced Disappearances.
02:08 Therefore, relatives of the disappeared people in El Salvador demanded responses to their
02:13 complaints from the government.
02:15 By means of public activities, including a street gallery with 35 photographs of missing
02:21 persons exhibited in the main squares of San Salvador, the capital of the country, the
02:26 search in block for missing persons has once again demanded concrete actions and the consolidation
02:31 of a search process from the Attorney General's Office of the Executive.
02:36 It is estimated that there were over 9,000 missing persons during the war period and,
02:41 more recently, organizations claim that an average of 100 people disappeared each year.
02:54 The President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, assured that with the expansion
02:58 of the BRICS bloc, the world is no longer the same.
03:02 This was stated during the first broadcast of this week's talk with the President's
03:06 program, after his return from his tour through Africa, while reviewing the results of the
03:10 Johannesburg Summit held last week, in which six new countries were invited to join in,
03:15 the Brazilian President confirmed that power relations in the world have changed.
03:20 As an example, he explained that the G7 has gone from having 44% of purchasing party to
03:26 29%, while the now powerful Global South bloc has 32%.
03:35 The BRICS became more powerful, stronger, more important.
03:39 I don't think the world will be the same after the economic discussions, because today the
03:43 BRICS are stronger than the G7.
03:47 In 1995, they had 44% of the GDP of purchasing power.
03:53 Now the BRICS have 32% of the so-called purchasing party, against 29% of the G7.
04:00 It has changed.
04:02 We are changing the international negotiating basis.
04:06 In Argentina, Labour Minister Raquel Olmos called on labour unions to monitor and identify
04:11 companies that do not comply with measures announced by the Economy Minister Sergio
04:15 Massa.
04:16 She also informed that funds would be applied to companies that do not honour the payment
04:21 of a 600 or 60,000 pesos bonus, equivalent to a little more than 4,000 euros for workers.
04:30 In statements to different radio stations, the head of the ministerial portfolio made
04:34 clear that those who receive the benefits will not be able to buy dollars, as she offered
04:39 more details on the measures supported by officials and mayors and questioned by the
04:43 opposition.
04:44 The minister also recalled the origin of the emergency that forces to take these palliative
04:49 actions.
04:53 The price index is going up, and that price is the result of the devaluation imposed by
04:59 the International Monetary Fund due to the debt contracted with the fund during Mauricio
05:06 Macri's administration.
05:09 What we are doing with this amount that will be paid in two months is that this increase
05:15 in the price index, in the case of lower-income workers, will not have to be absorbed by these
05:21 workers but will have the help of an additional income.
05:26 In Chile, by decree of the President Gabriel Boric, two days of national mourning are in
05:31 force as from Wednesday in honour of the late leader of the Communist Party of Chile, the
05:35 PCCH Guillermo Tejier.
05:37 In a message from La Moneda, Boric highlighted his devotion to Chile during all his life
05:44 and his tireless effort to build a more just society.
05:48 Throughout this Wednesday, Tejier's coffin will remain at the former headquarters of
05:52 the National Congress in the commune of Santiago Centro, where militants, friends and the population
05:57 in general will continue paying posthumous tribute to him.
06:01 The President of the PCCH was three times member of the Chamber of Deputies between
06:06 2010 and 2022.
06:08 In his youth, Guillermo Tejier was committed to the Popular Unity campaign to bring Salvador
06:13 Allende to the presidency.
06:20 On Wednesday, the Chilean government launched the national search plan for the detainees
06:24 disappeared during the military dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet, between 1973 to 1999.
06:32 This remedy will take place on the occasion of the International Day of Victims of this
06:36 Crime Against Humanity.
06:39 Thousands of Chilean men and women have a family member who is still missing.
06:44 And not only have they been able to have a burial, a farewell as every person deserves,
06:50 as every person aspires to be able to give a farewell to a loved one, but also in many
06:56 cases they do not know the truth.
06:59 They do not know in what circumstances their relative were arrested and disappeared or
07:04 executed.
07:05 And in many cases, justice has not been achieved for those who perpetrate these terrible crimes
07:12 against humanity.
07:32 And after Venezuelan oil prices fell, a group of friends left noisy and crowded Caracas,
07:38 four bare plainlands in Iaraquí, to raise cattle.
07:41 Under the premise that Venezuela has a future.
07:44 Since that moment, they turned an abandoned land into green crop fields and became self-reliant
07:50 while helping others.
07:56 In this new episode of the series "Venezuela on the Move", Adriana Sibori and Jesús Romero
08:00 tells us their story.
08:02 Let's see.
08:06 It's always hot in Venezuela.
08:08 And these cattle are especially adapted to hot climates.
08:11 Some are pure breed, known as gier, and others are crossbreeds of two types of cattle, called
08:16 girolando.
08:20 Carlos came to this multifunctional farm years ago.
08:24 He used to live between buildings and the heavy traffic of the capital city.
08:27 I didn't know what agriculture was.
08:30 I was in the suburbs doing masonry work and other things.
08:34 I met some friends and they invited me to rescue this land.
08:37 We started planting corn, sweet potatoes, and then little by little we learned about
08:41 cattle raising, because we didn't know anything about that.
08:45 First we had a cow, then two, and so on.
08:50 Currently there are 120 animals, 25 of which are exclusively for milking.
08:55 From them they obtain a very good quantity of milk.
08:58 This type of work makes them love their land unconditionally.
09:02 I have met friends who have traveled to Colombia, Peru, Chile, and I have family outside of
09:09 Venezuela.
09:10 But I do not change my Venezuela for any other country.
09:15 Venezuela is Venezuela, and Venezuela has a future.
09:19 If it's about the future, Frank finds it here.
09:22 To manage production, they hire more staff according to every season's requirements.
09:29 Every worker has a salary every day.
09:32 Being unemployed now is a terrible sin.
09:37 This cooperative has been created and run by its members who, with the help of their
09:41 families, have managed to grow crops, including feed for the cattle, while tractors continue
09:47 at full speed.
09:51 When we came in here, it was bare.
09:55 And you are already seeing more or less what we have done in 16 years.
10:02 Whatever is left, we use it for investment.
10:06 The investments are for a genetic improvement project for small and medium-sized producers.
10:13 Almost two decades ago, this project started with state financing.
10:17 We are the same, with oil prices at 100 and with oil prices at zero.
10:22 At zero, meaning no foreign currencies.
10:25 Today in 2023, in spite of the crisis, the blockade, in spite of so many circumstances
10:31 that have been affecting us here in the country, we are already 100% self-sufficient.
10:38 Very proud of the work.
10:39 They tell us that everything produced here contributes to national food security and is
10:43 also for self-consumption.
10:47 The fields where Las Tres Heras Cooperative is located are part of one of the Venezuelan
10:51 states that was founded by Ezequiel Zamora in 1859.
10:57 An independentist that vindicated countrymen's rights.
11:04 Let's take a short break.
11:05 But remember, you can join us on TikTok @TelesurEnglish, where you will find the news in different
11:11 formats, news updates and more.
11:15 Other stories coming up.
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11:36 Welcome back.
11:38 This Tuesday, Canada has issued a travel alert to its LGBTQI+ nationals visiting the United
11:44 States because of discrimination and harassment risks they may face due to recently passed
11:49 state laws in the U.S.
11:51 Ottawa issues the warning based on the 500 bills that have been submitted to Washington
11:56 that according to the U.S. civil society organizations, restrict the freedom of this community.
12:02 Currently, 83 of these bills, especially harmful for transgender groups, have become law.
12:08 States enacting the legislation can ban performances, limit access to public venues, sports or cultural
12:14 events and even deny access to health services.
12:33 In other topics, Hurricane Idalia slammed into northwest Florida as an extremely dangerous
12:38 Category 3 storm early Wednesday, as officials warned of catastrophic impacts, including
12:43 storm surges of up to 5 meters.
12:46 Authorities in the southern U.S. state described Idalia and its potentially deadly high-surgent
12:51 waters as a once-in-a-lifetime event for Florida's northwest coast, ordering mass evacuations
12:58 and issuing flood alerts.
13:00 The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Idalia, which earlier raked western Cuba, was packing
13:05 maximum sustained winds of approximately 215 kilometers per hour, as it made landfall around
13:12 7.45 a.m. in Florida's marshy Big Bend area.
13:16 Unlike most other coastal regions in the state, Big Bend, located along the arc of the Gulf
13:21 of Mexico, does not have barrier islands.
13:29 In the Philippines, at least 48,000 people were displaced due to the passage of Super
13:34 Typhoon Saola through the extreme north of the Philippines.
13:38 The National Emergency Center reported that the eye of the Super Typhoon crossed the Luzon
13:42 Strait early on Wednesday morning between the Philippine archipelagos of Babuyan and
13:47 Batanes, with sustained winds of 195 kilometers.
13:52 According to the agency, the Super Typhoon has destroyed at least 19 bridges and 28 public
13:58 roads.
13:59 Its passage is confirmed to have caused damage to houses near rivers that overflowed in the
14:03 northern provinces of Isabela and Cayenne on the island of Luzon.
14:08 Saola is expected to become a severe tropical storm as it approaches the Chinese coasts.
14:18 In Italy, hundreds of migrants crammed in the Lampedusa island were transferred mainland
14:23 to relieve congestion as the migrants' receptions enter in that island.
14:26 Italian authorities are transferring the military planes some 1,800 people from the temporary
14:32 shelter on the island of Lampedusa to the mainland.
14:36 The shelter, with a capacity for 400 people, had reached over 4,000 in recent days, following
14:42 the arrival of tens of small boats.
14:44 Lampedusa suffers strong migratory pressure that local authorities judge unsustainable.
14:50 The last landing took place this Wednesday when patrol boats of Guardia di Finanza and
14:55 the Frontex Group boarded a 15-meter fishing boat carrying 270 immigrants, including a
15:01 woman and a minor in waters near the coast.
15:05 According to those who landed, the boat sailed yesterday from Zouara in Libya, and each of
15:11 them would have paid 3,500 Libyan dinners from the crossing.
15:16 They will be Bengali, Egyptian, Moroccan, Pakistani and Syrian migrants.
15:20 Italy has experienced an increase in migrant arrivals, with more than 113,000 so far this
15:26 year, twice as many as last year.
15:40 And now we move on to other topics.
15:42 On Tuesday night, early Wednesday morning, the Russian air defence units frustrated a
15:46 new Ukrainian attack in the province of Bryansk, southwest of Moscow, the capital of the country.
15:52 According to the defence ministry, three unmanned vehicles were shot down in Bryansk province,
15:57 one in Oryol region, and two more in Kaluga and Ryazan regions.
16:02 So far, the ministry has not provided any further details of the drone attack against
16:07 the airport in the northwestern city of Psok, where several explosions were confirmed to
16:12 have caused a fire.
16:17 Tel Aviv English launches its own videos on the banned site.
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16:35 And now we will have a short break.
16:37 Stay with us.
16:38 Welcome back.
16:58 On early Wednesday morning in Gabon, a group of military personnel calling themselves as
17:02 members of a Committee for the Transition and Restoration of the Institutions, seized
17:07 power and dissolved governmental institutions.
17:11 The military ousted the President Ali Bongo, who inherited the power from his father Omar
17:16 Bongo.
17:17 In a televised address, the troops denounced that the elections of August 26 were not transparent,
17:22 credible nor inclusive.
17:24 They also announced the closing of the borders, the dissolution of all the institutions of
17:28 the Republic, including the Senate, the Assembly and the Constitutional Court.
17:33 The coup leaders informed that Bongo remains with his family and confirmed the arrest of
17:37 seven people, among them Nourredine Bongo, the son of the President.
17:42 All of the detainees are accused of high treason against the institutions, corruption and financial
17:47 embezzlement.
17:52 And now let's know a little more about Gabon, a former colony of France, located in the
17:56 western shores of Central Africa.
17:59 Gabon borders Guinea, the Republic of the Congo, Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea, with
18:03 a territorial extension of about 268,000 square kilometres and a population of 2.1 million,
18:11 and its capital city is Libreville.
18:13 Gabon, a former French military colony, possesses abundant rare materials, as uranium and magnesium,
18:19 and also has a growing agriculture and tourism.
18:22 However, its main economic sector is oil production and export.
18:26 Gabon's oil industry initiated in 1931, after the discovery of several oil deposits in the
18:31 vicinities of Libreville.
18:33 The Central African nation became a full member of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting
18:37 Countries, OPEC, in 1975, but terminated its membership in 1995 to rejoin the organisation
18:44 on July 1, 2016.
18:47 Despite the 1991 Gabonese constitution establishes that a president must serve for a seven-year
18:53 term, the former president Omar Bongo Odimba ruled the nation for 41 years, until his son
19:00 Ali was elected after his death in 2009, ensuring the Bongo family a 55-year dominance in the
19:06 nation, being a pillar of French neocolonialism in Africa.
19:15 And after the announcement of a military faction Ziz powering Gabon, videos and pictures of
19:20 Gabonese people packing the streets to celebrate the ousting of the president Ali Bongo Odimba
19:25 emerged.
19:26 In Libreville, crowds cheered as soldiers passed by, as they voiced their concords with
19:31 the mutinous forces that now put an end to the 55-year rule of the Bongo family.
19:36 The military takeover also comes as people and the troops question the elections of August
19:41 26, and the former leader announced the results.
19:45 This is the sixth coup d'état in an African country in the last three years.
19:54 And the city of Toledo, in the heart of mainland Spain, is hosting this Wednesday the informal
19:59 meeting of European Union defence ministers.
20:02 The recent crisis in Gabon, Niger, and the conflict in Ukraine topped the morning agenda.
20:07 The High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Joseph
20:12 Borrell, has referred to the situation generated over the last few hours in Gabon, stating
20:17 that they will meet to address it.
20:20 The European Union's top diplomat anticipated that the Gabonese military actions could bring
20:24 instability to the region.
20:26 By its nature, the European Union defence ministers' meeting is not a decision-making
20:30 body, only issuing recommendations.
20:37 And we have come to the end of this news brief.
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