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00:00In Venezuela, the Executive Vice President and Minister of Hydrocarbons,
00:14Joseph Rodriguez, met with the Council of Vice-Ministers of the Area and the Board of Directors of Petroleum
00:19of Venezuela to evaluate production goals.
00:21United States President Donald Trump ordered the dismissal of the Head of Labor Statistics,
00:30Erika McTenfer, following the release of a report on the weak employment situation in
00:34the country.
00:35And in Palestine, the Gas and Information Office reported the looting of aid by Israel
00:43and warned about the famine affecting 2.4 million Palestinians, including 1.1 million children.
00:49Hello, welcome to From the South, I'm Luis Alberto Matos from Dresos Studios in Havana,
01:05Cuba.
01:06We begin the news.
01:07On Friday, in Venezuela, the Executive Vice President and Minister of Hydrocarbons,
01:24Joseph Rodriguez, met with the Council of Vice-Ministers of the Area and the Board of Directors of Petroleos
01:28de Venezuela to evaluate production goals.
01:31Within the framework of the Plan for Absolute Productive Independence, the conditions and
01:35perspectives of the hydrocarbons engine were analysed.
01:39This plan, created in March, was the response to the ratification of the sanctions imposed
01:43by Washington against Caracas.
01:45On this matter, the consulting firm Oxford Economics has hastened to ratify some of its
01:51forecasts for the country, sperring that the return of Chevron will give a boost to the
01:55national currency and the oil production.
01:58The government also determined that, with effort and joint strategies with allied countries,
02:03its results will be increasingly positive.
02:08And Bolivia held the first presidential debate in the city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra ahead
02:16of the general elections the next August 17.
02:19The event, named Bolivia Boots, was structured around free thematic access, democratic institutionality,
02:25environment, and institutional and social development.
02:28The presidential debate was organised by the Pruity National Electoral Body,
02:32the Confederation of Private Business Owners of Bolivia, and the National Association of Journalists of Bolivia,
02:37with the participation of registered presidential candidates.
02:40The President of the Confederation of Private Business Owners highlighted the importance of the event
02:45for democratic strengthening.
02:53In Haiti, the United Nations Integrated Office published a report for the second quarter of 2025,
02:58according to which more than 1,500 people have been killed and under 609 injured due to violence.
03:05The acting head of the UN Office for Haiti, Ulrika Richardson, states that,
03:09in addition to the 1,520 dead, criminal attacks are causing serious human rights violations
03:15and aggravating the already extreme humanitarian crisis.
03:18In addition to the dead and injured, the report confirms 628 victims of sexual violence
03:24and 185 kidnappings just for this period.
03:28It is important to highlight that the presence of the international contingent headed by Kenya
03:32and has proven to date ineffective in curbing the activities of criminal groups.
03:44And in Brazil, under the slogan,
03:46Those who rule Brazil are Brazilians,
03:48thousands of people participated on Friday and a day of struggle in defense of Brazilian democracy.
03:53Details with Andre Vieira and Sebastián Soto from Rio de Janeiro.
03:57The Brazilian people occupied the streets of the five regions of the country
04:04to reject the economic attacks of the President of the United States against Brazil.
04:09In addition to reaffirming Brazil's sovereignty, in Rio de Janeiro,
04:13the mobilization took place in front of the United States consulate.
04:16This is in rejection of Trump's tariff cuts and the actions that the U.S. has been carrying out against Brazil,
04:24in alliance with the Bolsonaro family.
04:29Among the justifications of the United States for imposing a 50% tariff on part of the Brazilian products,
04:39would be an alleged persecution against former President Bolsonaro,
04:42who could be arrested this year if he is tried for the coup attempt after Lula's victory in 2022.
04:48It is fundamental to be here to show that we will not wait for this imperialist war,
04:58for this authoritarian attitude of Trump to hurt our national sovereignty.
05:01Beyond showing the Brazilian flag, we are here to say that we want Bolsonaro to be stopped.
05:07Also this Friday, at the reopening of the work of the Brazilian Supreme Court,
05:16the judges repudiated Trump's attempts to try to stop the investigations of the coup attempt.
05:22Judge Alexandre de Moraes, sanctioned this week by a United States financial law,
05:27affirmed that the Brazilian justice system will conclude this semester the trial that could lead Bolsonaro to jail.
05:36We will continue to exercise our role in the criminal actions to give a final answer to the whole Brazilian society
05:43as to who really, or who really were responsible for the attempted coup.
05:50All within the due legal process, respect for the broad defense, the contradictory disallowing any internal or external interference.
06:01In the midst of these reactions, Trump moderated his attack in a decree signed on August 30th,
06:08which excluded almost 700 products from those that will be subject to the 50% tariff.
06:15The aeronautical, automotive, energy, agribusiness, mining and electronics sectors, among others, were spared for now.
06:28On the other hand, beef, coffee, fruits, textiles, footwear, among others, will be tariffed at 50% as from August 6th.
06:37But there are new signals. This Friday Trump affirmed that President Lula can call him whenever he wants,
06:43and that he loves the Brazilian people.
06:48He is now saying that he loves the Brazilian people. The Brazilian people are very resilient, we are not intimidated,
06:57and the message we are sending them today, but also in demonstrations all over the country is that we will not give up.
07:03In addition to the extreme right calling for sanctions, there is a movement in Brazil, the unity of the Republican powers,
07:14and the people to reaffirm that it is the Brazilians who are in charge in Brazil.
07:19André Vieira y Sebastião Soto, Telesur, Brasil.
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07:46Welcome back.
07:47In the United States, the crew of the Coast Guard Coder Tahoma overloaded approximately 4,522 kilograms of cocaine,
07:54valued at $73.7 million, at Port Everglades on Tuesday.
07:58A video produced by the U.S. Coast Guard shows crew members anchoring on shore as they transported and contained numerous giant blocks of illicit drug.
08:06This issue resulted from an interception that took place on June 24, 2025, about 193 kilometers northwest of Ecuador, by the Tahoma's crew.
08:15According to the U.S. Southern Command's website, Tahoma is a 82-meter famous class medium endurance coder based in Newport, Rhode Island,
08:23under the U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area Command.
08:33The President of the United States, Donald Trump, has ordered the dismissal of the Head of Labor Statistics, Erika Magdenfer,
08:40following the release of a report on the weak employment situation in the country.
08:44The Office of Labor Statistics revealed that during the month of July, the government only managed to create 73,000 jobs and not 100,000 as it had projected.
08:54In addition, other data shows that unemployment grew between May and June.
08:58In this context, these figures show a much weaker hiring pace compared to any quarter since the recession in the economy caused by the pandemic.
09:06The report contradicts the alleged victories of the administration led by President Donald Trump, showing the fall of financial markets and the slowdown in employment.
09:18And the anti-immigration, criminalization and persecution policies of the Donald Trump administration have provoked the return of thousands of Mexican migrants from the United States who have been welcomed with the Mexico Embraces You program, promoted by the Mexican government.
09:34With respect and dignity, thousands of Mexican nationals repatriated from the United States receive support from the federal government through the Mexico Embraces You program.
09:50Since January 20th to date, more than 75,900 Mexican nationals who have been repatriated from the United States receive the interinstitutional offer of the Mexico Embraces You strategy to bring them closer to the different options that have been prepared for them to resume their lives in their native country.
10:13Access to formal jobs, social security and incorporation into social programs are part of the support provided by the Mexico Embraces You program.
10:25More than 41,000 people were given a welfare card with 2,000 pesos.
10:34More than 50,000 people joined the Mexican Social Security Institute and 4,935 people are currently working in formal employment.
10:47The Mexican government emphasized that it maintains an installed capacity to attend to all repatriated nationals in border care centers.
10:57The centers have the operational capacity to serve up to 25,000 of our nationals simultaneously with dignity and humanism.
11:10The objective is to receive and attend to the needs of our nationals, but also to guarantee and respect the exercise of their human rights.
11:20In the face of the criminalization of migrants by the Donald Trump administration, the Mexico Embraces You program should be strengthened, according to this representative of the migrant community.
11:32Mexico Embraces You must have a strategy in the 32 states, to communicate, to connect, to collaborate with different sectors.
11:42Let's remember that there are minors, let's also remember the professional sector, and we should also be talking about the social programs having these Mexicans who return as beneficiaries.
11:53Return migrants are also valuable human capital because of their knowledge acquired in the United States.
12:04There are people who have certifications and who could be employed in Mexico, that is why it is very important that from the city congress, from the state governments, agreements are made with schools and companies at a national level, to make this really a job fair, which allows reintegrating these people who already have a learned skill.
12:21President Sheinbaum's government reiterated its message to migrants in the United States, Canada, and the rest of the world, you are not alone.
12:31President Sheinbaum's.
12:32President You are the person who is alone.
12:33President siempre.
12:34Presidentνα Antonio Aranda Telesur, cidade de Mexico.
12:37Consulting to the Estados, P empresas of India, Economic
12:46INDONATIONS OF FORTIS REACTIVATED MAXIMUM ALERT ON
12:54SOUTHDAY AFTER A NEW EROPTION OF THE LEVOTOBI LAKILAKI
12:57VOLCANE ON FLORES ISLAND IN THE EAST OF THE COUNTRY.
13:01THE EROPTION, WHICH OCCURRED DURING THE DONE OF THE
13:02MORNING, EJECTED A COLUMN OF ASH THAT REACHED 19.5
13:06KILOMETERS IN HEIGHT, AFFECTING LARGE AREAS OF THE
13:09SOUTHWEST, WEST AND NORTHWEST OF THE ISLAND.
13:13ACCORDING TO THE REPORT, THE VOLCANOLOGY AGENCY THE
13:16GEMINUM WAS ACCOMPANIED BY A WAR AND A LOUD EXPLOSION LASTING
13:19APPROXIMATELY 14 MINUTES. THE AUTHORITIES ASKED THE
13:22POPULATION TO WEAR MASKS DUE TO THE HIGH CONCENTRATION OF ASH IN
13:25THE AIR. VALLEY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT REPORTED DELAYS IN SOME
13:29FLIGHTS. MUNITIA IS HOME TO MORE THAN 400 VOLCANOS OF WHICH AT LEAST
13:34129 CONTINUE ACTIVE.
13:46IN THAILAND, THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE RALLY TO DEMAND THE RESIGNATION OF
13:49SUSPENDED PRIME MINISTER PATON TAN CHINNAWATRA
13:53AND TO DEMONSTRATE THEIR SUPPORT FOR THE ARMED FORCES IN DEFENSE OF
13:56NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY.
13:57PROTESTERS GATHERED ON SAUDAY AT THE VICTORY MONUMENT IN
14:00BANCOCK, CHANTING SLOGANS AND DELIVERING SPECIES,
14:03DENOUNCING THE THAI PRIME MINISTER.
14:05THEY ALSO REAFFIRMED THEIR COMMITMENT TO DEFENDING THE COUNTRY
14:08AFTER REACHING A CISFIRE AGREEMENT DUE TO BORDER CLASSES WITH CAMBODIA.
14:12THE DISPUTE BETWEEN THE TWO NATIONS LEFT FATALITIES AND DISPLACED MORE
14:15THAN 260,000 PEOPLE.
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15:01THE UNITED NATION'S CHILDREN'S FUND HAS
15:03WARNED THAT CHILDREN IN THE GASA STRIP ARE DYING AT
15:06AN UNPRECEDENTED RATE, AMID FAMINE AND DETERIORATING CONDITIONS.
15:09ACCORDING TO TED CHAIBMAN, DEPUTY EXCEPTIVE DIRECTOR OF
15:12SUPPLY OPERATIONS AT UNICEF, WHO HAS JUST RETURNED FROM GASA,
15:15ONE IN THREE PEOPLE SPENDS ANTIRE DAYS WITHOUT EATING ANY FOOD.
15:19HE ALSO POINTED OUT THAT ALL CHILDREN IN GASA SUFFER
15:22FROM SEVERE MANNUTRITION, AND RIGHT NOW, ACCORDING TO THE ON-SITE
15:25ASSESSMENT, IT IS URGING TO FLOOD THE STRIP WITH HUMANITARIAN AID.
15:29CHAIBMAN states that even though international pressure on Tel Aviv has
15:32allowed for some shipments and airlifts of supplies, these are still insufficient.
15:45The Gaza Information Office reported the looting of aid by Israel and warned about
15:50the famine affecting 2.4 million Palestinians, including 1.1 million children.
15:55Going to a report on Friday by the Gaza Tribal Assembly,
15:58Israel stole all the humanitarian aid that recently entered the Gaza Strip without
16:02benefiting the starving Gaza population. According to the Assembly leaders,
16:06the aid did not benefit any of the residents and they demanded from the U.S.
16:10Envoy Steve Witkoff and the international community to examine the tragic reality that
16:14Gaza is experiencing. On the other hand, the government media office in Gaza reported that
16:18104 aid trucks entered the enclave on Thursday but were looted under the supervision of the occupation.
16:25The agency pointed out that this practice aims to create more chaos and hunger to prevent the
16:29fair delivery of supplies.
16:38In Palestine, Israel forces murdered yet another journalist north of the Gaza Strip,
16:43raising the number to 230 journalists killed since October 7, 2023. According to Palestinian news
16:50agencies, the reporter was found dead in her home after being attacked by the Zionist military.
16:55Meanwhile, the Palestinian journalist's union accused Israel of carrying out massacres
16:59against the union in an attempt to hide the truth about its crime in the Gaza Strip.
17:03It also urged the world to take action to hold the perpetrators accountable,
17:07Israeli leaders, both political and military.
17:18And family members of Israeli hostages gathered in Tel Aviv in demand of the Netanyahu government
17:22seized its operations against the Gaza Strip and agreed to a ceasefire. Protesters used barbed wire to
17:28simulate the situation of the victims and urged the authorities to guarantee the safe return of their
17:33relatives. They also stated that Israeli hostages are also suffering from hunger due to the blockade imposed
17:38on humanitarian aid sent to Gaza and calling the United States to take steps to reach an agreement
17:43with the Palestinian resistance movement. After 22 months of continuous bombing against Gaza Strip,
17:49Hamas deep holds 50 hostages from the Zionist army, while the occupation forces have killed more than
17:5460,000 Palestinians, mostly children, women and the elderly.
18:10We must say this in the clearest terms. We have tried everything.
18:15Military pressure, transferring residents,
18:20stopping food supplies, occupying areas and assassinating Hamas leaders.
18:25None of this has helped him returning all the hostages.
18:33The only thing we have not tried yet,
18:36is a comprehensive agreement in exchange for ending a war.
18:39We're calling on the current Israeli government to stop stalling,
18:42and to stop doing what it was meant to do since October 7, 2023, to release all the hostages,
18:48to put an end to the war, and do the right thing, and just do it now.
18:52And we're calling on the American administration to start pulling strings
18:57that are already there in order to get this done.
19:04In other topics, the government of Pakistan welcomed Iranian President
19:07Massoud Pashiskyan as part of an official visit,
19:10seeking to strengthen bilateral relations amid recent tensions in the region.
19:14The Iranian leader was welcomed in Lahore, with a welcoming ceremony,
19:17reflecting the deep brotherhood between the countries.
19:20This is the first stop on his two-day visit to Pakistan.
19:23Pashiskyan will also visit the Mausoleum of Poet and Philosopher Muhammad Iqbal Lahori,
19:28a symbol of the Islamic revival.
19:30He will then travel to Islamabad to meet with Pakistani President Asif Ali Sardari
19:34and Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif, to evaluate trade cooperation with WHO2 expanding the alliance.
19:51Panama prepares everything for the historic first edition of the International Book Fair,
20:09which will take place from August 11th to the 17th.
20:12On the slogan Waving Dialogues, this event will offer a program with more than 500 activities for all ages,
20:18including book presentations, forums, talks, poetry, folklore and performances of music, dance, theater and cinema.
20:24There will be stands available to all participating publishers and writers,
20:28both established and emerging, who will share their experiences and news with the public.
20:33This edition will have Morocco as the guest of own country.
20:36Colombia dresses in colors with the Medellin Flower Fair 2025,
20:50an event that shows the most cultural side of the city. Let's see some of the details.
20:55That is the most important festivities of the people of Antioquia begins,
21:01which not only exhibits the beauty of these plants that adorn houses, streets and public places
21:06throughout the year, but also represents an opportunity to highlight the cultural characteristics
21:11of the region. Under this slogan Medellin Loves You, the event will be held until August 10th and 6th
21:18to be a space for family gatherings, with more than 110 free and public activities for all dates,
21:24along with a wide variety of floral displays. As every year, the Medellin Flower Fair offers several
21:34internal events, among which artistic, musical, handicraft and gastronomic presentations stand out,
21:40highlighting the Trova Festival, the Antique Corporate and the traditional fondas. Also,
21:45more than 180 artisans and entrepreneurs from different regions of the country will gather in the
21:51city's botanical garden to show and offer their unique products that reflect the richness and
21:56diversity of their traditions. This is a very beautiful and very nice tradition. This tradition
22:04goes from generation to generation, and then you get more love for the tradition and the parade.
22:13Along with the large and colorful display of flowers, this cultural event will also offer.
22:18During the 10 days it lasts, other activities for the learning and knowledge of the attendees.
22:24Thus, there will be lectures, courses and practical workshops where people can learn more about the
22:30world of plants, their characteristics, benefits for the planet and their conservation.
22:39Popular dance music samples, children's horseback riding with stick horses and a watercolor flower
22:44workshop are other proposals available for the family. While one of the main events of the Medellín flower
22:50fair will be the parade of the silleteros, a wooden structure with handles used to carry large amounts
22:56of flowers, which this year is expected to bring together more than 530 silleteros parading through the
23:03streets of the town, exhibiting their fascinating works and highlighting the cultural identity of Medellín.
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