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[00:04:17] immediately with the first
[00:04:20] news of this afternoon.
[00:04:24] We're going straight to the Middle East,
[00:04:28] because there, the Houthi, a Shiite
[00:04:32] and pro-Iranian rebel militia, has
[00:04:35] launched attacks against
[00:04:39] and the entire House of Yemeni soldiers, against Yemeni
[00:04:41] soldiers. In fact, these attacks
[00:04:45] have left at least 35 servicemen,
[00:04:49] 35 soldiers dead there in
[00:04:52] Yemen. The attacks
[00:04:56] This is more or less what we are seeing with were carried out with ballistic missiles, but also with drones
[00:05:00] against bases located in
[00:05:02] Hadramaut and Marib.
[00:05:06] Yemeni military authorities reported that the number of ballistic
[00:05:10] missiles that impacted the military bases was nine, and they
[00:05:14] could not determine the total number of drones. The military
[00:05:18] spokesman for the Houthis, Yahya
[00:05:21] Iranian-backed Houthi movement carried out a precise,
[00:05:24] large-scale operation against concentrations of troops
[00:05:28] hired by Saudi Arabia and assured that a large number of
[00:05:31] mercenaries were annihilated or wounded during the
[00:05:34] attacks. For its part, the Yemeni government announced a series of
[00:05:38] military and security measures to counteract the
[00:05:42] Iranian-backed group. The attack
[00:05:44] perpetrated by the insurgents is one of the deadliest
[00:05:48] executed against the internationally recognized Yemeni
[00:05:51] government since the UN-backed truce
[00:05:54] that came into effect in 2022. It is
[00:05:57] worth noting that the new attacks come amid a sharp
[00:06:00] escalation of the conflict in Yemen, after the Houthis
[00:06:04] claimed repeated missile and drone attacks against
[00:06:07] maritime targets linked to Saudi Arabia in the Red
[00:06:11] Sea in recent weeks.
[00:06:15] We are staying in the Middle East because both
[00:06:18] Iran and Oman have
[00:06:21] reached a safe navigation agreement
[00:06:25] through the Strait of Hormuz, as we have
[00:06:27] mentioned in several of our broadcasts.
[00:06:31] Hormuz, a key channel
[00:06:34] for the circulation of vessels
[00:06:37] transporting oil coming from the
[00:06:41] Persian Gulf and going to different parts of the
[00:06:44] world, remains controlled by Iran. Well, thanks
[00:06:48] to bilateral conversations, both
[00:06:51] Oman and Iran have managed to reach, as
[00:06:54] we said, an agreement for ships to transit
[00:06:58] safely through the Strait of Hormuz. The
[00:07:01] transit of ships through the Strait of Hormuz could be safe
[00:07:05] again. This Thursday, Iran and Oman announced an
[00:07:09] agreement that would guarantee the flow of merchant ships through that
[00:07:12] maritime route. Hormuz, a natural channel shared by
[00:07:15] Iran, Oman, and the United Arab Emirates, has
[00:07:19] remained blocked by the Islamic Republic since the beginning of its
[00:07:22] conflict with the American Union. The measure has
[00:07:25] hampered the circulation of vessels,
[00:07:29] particularly those transporting oil and liquefied gas from the
[00:07:32] Persian Gulf to different parts of the planet, therefore an
[00:07:36] agreed reopening would represent good news for the
[00:07:39] global energy market, whose volatility has not ceased since
[00:07:43] the beginning of the confrontation between Washington and Tehran.
[00:07:47] From that latter capital, it has been pointed out that fulfilling what was
[00:07:51] agreed with Oman will largely depend on the actions
[00:07:54] implemented by the US government and armed
[00:07:57] forces. The American Union has focused on
[00:08:00] attacking military assets that weaken Iran's ability
[00:08:03] to control the Strait and to threaten ships that
[00:08:07] attempt to transit through it. In addition, President
[00:08:10] Donald Trump has not stopped
[00:08:13] making threats, warning that Tehran could
[00:08:16] pay a heavy price if it does not return to the negotiating table or surrender.
[00:08:20] On the eve of the announcement of the coordinates
[00:08:23] agreed upon by Iran and Oman, US Vice President
[00:08:26] JD Vance commented that negotiations with the
[00:08:30] Islamic Republic have been
[00:08:33] the White House stressed that the
[00:08:37] the Persian Nation have been harmed by the great
[00:08:40] divisions within the Ayatollah regime. According to Vance,
[00:08:44] some Iranian officials want to end a war that has
[00:08:48] lasted for 5 months and that seems to have no end.
[00:08:51] Meanwhile, other leaders with a much more extremist position
[00:08:55] would be betting on the continuity of
[00:08:58] hostilities.
[00:09:00] The United Nations accused Israel of launching
[00:09:03] new attacks on Lebanon. According to the
[00:09:07] UN peace mission, the Hebrew state launched
[00:09:10] up to 113 projectiles
[00:09:14] against different points in the south of the Lebanese
[00:09:17] geography. The UN peace mission,
[00:09:21] deployed in the region, denounced a series of
[00:09:25] daily violations of Lebanese airspace
[00:09:27] as well as military activities on the
[00:09:31] ground perpetrated by the Hebrew state. In fact,
[00:09:35] the organization explained that the latest attack, in which at
[00:09:38] least 12 people were injured, constituted
[00:09:42] the highest number of attacks
[00:09:45] recorded in a single day since both countries
[00:09:48] reached a security agreement at the end of
[00:09:51] June. The bombing occurs at a crucial
[00:09:54] moment. Israel attacks at the same time that the
[00:09:58] seventh round of talks with Lebanon, which is currently
[00:10:01] taking place in Rome and is mediated by the United
[00:10:05] States, is presented. A spokesperson for the American
[00:10:08] Union at the meeting described the meeting as extremely
[00:10:12] productive, although it concluded due to the
[00:10:15] events. The conflict in Lebanon
[00:10:18] erupted on March 2, after the Shiite
[00:10:22] group, Hezbollah, launched attacks against
[00:10:25] Israel. Hezbollah's attack was motivated by the US and
[00:10:29] Israeli offensive at the end of February on its
[00:10:32] ally, the Islamic Republic of Iran. In mid-
[00:10:36] April, the governments of Lebanon and Israel began
[00:10:39] a negotiation process without the participation
[00:10:42] of Hezbollah, which resulted in the security
[00:10:46] agreement of June 26. Almost a month
[00:10:49] later, on July 31, Israel and the armed
[00:10:53] group began a new round of negotiations,
[00:10:57] where the disarmament of the Shiite group and the gradual withdrawal
[00:11:00] of Israeli forces in southern Lebanon were proposed. The
[00:11:03] conflict between both nations already
[00:11:06] accounts for 4,300 people dead
[00:11:09] and more than a million displaced.
[00:11:13] At
[00:11:17] going to take our first break in this evening
[00:11:21] edition of Globovisión Internacionales news.
[00:11:24] When we return, we will be speaking with Guillermo
[00:11:27] Spina, a political international
[00:11:30] analyst, also a professor at the University
[00:11:33] of San Buenaventura in Colombia. With him,
[00:11:37] we will talk about the Democratic primaries in the
[00:11:41] state of Michigan. The United States is preparing for midterm
[00:11:44] elections, and that is what we will
[00:11:47] discuss when we return from
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[00:13:44] 6:43 PM, we continue with more of this
[00:13:47] evening edition of Globovisión International
[00:13:51] news. In November
[00:13:55] 2026, the United States will hold midterm
[00:13:59] elections. These are legislative elections in which the
[00:14:02] House of Representatives and a percentage of the
[00:14:06] Senate will be completely renewed. In view of
[00:14:09] that vote, the dominant parties, the Republican
[00:14:12] and the Democratic, hold some primary
[00:14:15] processes. In Michigan, for example,
[00:14:18] Abdul El Sayed, a 41-year-old doctor
[00:14:21] with progressive leanings, defeated
[00:14:25] moderate candidate Hally Stevens.
[00:14:29] Consequently, El Sayed will be the Democratic
[00:14:32] candidate for the Senate from Michigan in the
[00:14:35] midterm elections.
[00:14:38] After his victory in the Michigan Democratic
[00:14:42] primaries by 1500 votes against the
[00:14:46] moderate Haley Stevens, backed by the centrist wing
[00:14:49] of the Democratic Party, El Sayed will face
[00:14:53] Republican Mike Rogers in November.
[00:14:56] Rogers secured his party's nomination in the midterm elections,
[00:15:00] in which one third of the Senate
[00:15:04] Representatives will be renewed, both currently controlled by the
[00:15:07] Republicans. The Democrat and progressive Abdul El Sayed
[00:15:11] aims to challenge the current President of the United States,
[00:15:15] Donald Trump. The 41-year-old doctor is a strong critic
[00:15:18] of Washington's support for Israel's actions in Gaza and the
[00:15:22] way large corporations and action groups
[00:15:26] finance electoral campaigns in the United States.
[00:15:29] In addition, he promised that if he wins a seat in the US
[00:15:33] Senate, he will work for the people and address their
[00:15:36] main problems, such as health. These elections are
[00:15:39] key for the future of President Donald Trump's agenda, who has
[00:15:43] reiterated on various occasions a possible impeachment
[00:15:46] against him if his opponents regain the majority in
[00:15:50] Congress. He has campaigned against progressive Democrats,
[00:15:53] whom he accuses of wanting to ruin the
[00:15:56] country.
[00:16:00] going to immediately welcome Guillermo Espina, an international
[00:16:04] political analyst and professor at the University of
[00:16:08] San Buenaventura in Colombia. Guillermo, thank
[00:16:11] you for these minutes, for having accepted the invitation from Globovisión
[00:16:15] Internacionales News. I would like to
[00:16:17] start by asking you, why is Michigan such an important
[00:16:21] state, electorally speaking, so important
[00:16:24] for both Democrats and
[00:16:27] Republicans? Welcome.
[00:16:31] Well, thank you very much for the invitation, first of all, Alejandro. Uh, Michigan is
[00:16:34] a state of those called, let's say, we have to think about
[00:16:38] two things. In the elections we have right now for the
[00:16:42] midterm, where we talk about a renewal of the US Congress,
[00:16:45] uh, Michigan is important inasmuch as we have
[00:16:49] almost the desire or the one-to-one vote that Republicans
[00:16:52] and Democrats are disputing to achieve
[00:16:55] a majority. So Michigan is a very important state,
[00:16:59] it is currently Democratic, that position in the Senate
[00:17:03] is being renewed, and basically Democrats need to
[00:17:06] hold that seat and win four more seats to be a
[00:17:10] majority in the US Congress in these midterm elections.
[00:17:14] But besides that, Michigan has another importance because it is one of those
[00:17:17] swing states or pivot states. So it's a state that in the different
[00:17:21] presidential elections has sometimes supported
[00:17:24] Democrats, sometimes Republicans. Recently
[00:17:27] Donald Trump, the Republicans won the
[00:17:30] presidential election, but in the congressional
[00:17:33] elections, the Democrats took the senator's position. So
[00:17:37] Michigan becomes a very important battleground because
[00:17:41] almost every state is being disputed between Democrats
[00:17:45] and Republicans to achieve a majority. Now, Guillermo,
[00:17:48] let's talk about Abdul El Sayed. He is a
[00:17:52] 41-year-old doctor who is part
[00:17:55] of the most progressive wing of the Democratic
[00:17:59] Party. He has just defeated a conservative
[00:18:02] or rather moderate candidate,
[00:18:06] despite being conservative or moderate, she is also in
[00:18:09] the Democratic Party, Ms. Halley
[00:18:12] Stevens. We are seeing that the
[00:18:16] Democratic Party is increasingly leaning towards
[00:18:19] progressivism, that is, it is abandoning
[00:18:22] its centrist position to move further and further towards the political
[00:18:26] left. Well, I think it has more to
[00:18:30] do with the types of voters the Democratic Party is
[00:18:33] speaking to. The Democratic Party has a very
[00:18:37] small sector, or always had a very small sector,
[00:18:40] almost what was called a "fingernail" of the Democratic
[00:18:44] Party, which were these progressive sectors, these
[00:18:47] socialist sectors that for a long time were represented by Senator
[00:18:51] Bernie Sanders, who was their main representative. Today,
[00:18:55] there is discontent among voters, just as we saw
[00:19:00] the right, when the MAGA movement was born, when
[00:19:03] Trump gained a lot of popularity, yes,
[00:19:07] uh, these right-wing movements also speak to a voter's discontent.
[00:19:10] Well, this same phenomenon is happening on the left,
[00:19:14] so there are two types of voters that we see within the Democratic
[00:19:17] Party: the moderates, a little more centrist,
[00:19:20] who are represented by the leader of the Republican
[00:19:24] Party, Mike Schumer, is represented by Kamala Harris,
[00:19:27] is represented, let's say, by some traditional politicians, and on
[00:19:31] the other hand, there is a new Democratic blood that speaks to
[00:19:35] that voter who is discontent, who... often two types of
[00:19:39] voters are proposed: a voter who is the young voter, the
[00:19:42] educated voter, yes, many times it is young people, especially those
[00:19:46] who are voting for these sectors, they are
[00:19:48] urban, while there is one who normally speaks to the
[00:19:51] worker, to the unions, to those in rural areas,
[00:19:54] the African American population, who is also
[00:19:58] where the traditional Democratic votes always are.
[00:20:01] So there is a concern about how radical
[00:20:05] this new left can be, this progressivism, because it
[00:20:08] also has certain radical positions, uh, how
[00:20:12] worrying it can be when it comes to convincing
[00:20:16] that traditional Democratic electorate, which is much more
[00:20:19] moderate, especially the working populations in rural
[00:20:23] areas, the African American population, how convincing can that intellectual
[00:20:26] discourse of the new left of young people
[00:20:30] be to succeed in those scenarios?
[00:20:34] the Democratic Party, a kind of dispute, there is a lot of concern.
[00:20:37] let's say within the moderate wing of the Democratic Party because
[00:20:41] basically it is why we are living this
[00:20:44] situation, it will become radicalized, and if there is a radical discourse from the left,
[00:20:48] then the discourse. the threat of communism and so on
[00:20:52] gains more strength and they are worried about that because perhaps this
[00:20:56] progressive discourse will not convince many voters, but
[00:21:00] at tea time, I would point out something here, they
[00:21:03] need to act as a united bloc if they want to win the necessary
[00:21:06] positions to be a majority, correct.
[00:21:09] And watch out, not only, not only is it not in the interest of the
[00:21:13] moderates within the Democratic Party that the progressive
[00:21:16] wing in some way gains
[00:21:20] strength, because yes, that would certainly
[00:21:23] polarize US politics even
[00:21:26] more, and that polarization benefits
[00:21:30] President Donald Trump.
[00:21:32] Now, why are these midterm
[00:21:36] elections important, Guillermo, and
[00:21:39] I would like you to answer this question
[00:21:43] in these last minutes of the interview,
[00:21:46] why are these midterm elections
[00:21:50] important not only for the United States, because yes, they are certainly
[00:21:54] important internally for the United States, but they could
[00:21:57] also have an impact on US
[00:22:00] foreign policy? Well,
[00:22:04] basically, it is
[00:22:06] because a large part of the actions of the United States, especially
[00:22:10] military actions, yes,
[00:22:14] actions with a budget, resources, and allocation of
[00:22:17] resources, it is very important that it has
[00:22:21] Senate approval and that it can mobilize the Senate, especially
[00:22:25] on the issue of international intervention, what we are seeing as the
[00:22:28] financing of Israel, which is one of the very important points, if the Democrats
[00:22:32] win, two, the accountability for what is happening
[00:22:35] in the war in Iran, yes, I think that is a very important issue, the issue of US
[00:22:39] tariffs, where the US Congress wants to intervene and says
[00:22:42] many of these imposed tariffs are not legal within
[00:22:46] this framework, so much of what could happen is that if there
[00:22:50] is a Democratic majority, many of those
[00:22:54] policies that Donald Trump currently has could be limited,
[00:22:57] and that is perhaps a major concern that could arise, and undoubtedly
[00:23:01] it would limit many of his actions, and even
[00:23:05] in one of the most hypothetical cases, it could lead to
[00:23:08] an impeachment of the Naltrom case, that is, a trial of the
[00:23:12] president for many of his actions that have been committed, especially, for example, what is
[00:23:15] happening in the Middle East, which was
[00:23:19] something that was discussed, if we remember in his previous government, it was also discussed
[00:23:23] that there was a possibility of investigating and prosecuting Donald Trump,
[00:23:26] so these are concerns that could arise and that a Democratic
[00:23:30] majority in the Senate could bring about and
[00:23:33] have these effects. Guillermo, thank you for
[00:23:37] sharing these minutes with us, thank you for
[00:23:40] the very clear analysis you have provided
[00:23:43] in this space. Friends,
[00:23:47] it was Guillermo, international
[00:23:50] political analyst, speaking with us
[00:23:53] on Globovisión International News. With this interview,
[00:23:59] of the afternoon. Commercials. When we return, more of our program.
[00:24:25] Venezuelan family, this Sunday I'm in the mood for
[00:24:29] falling in love, that's why I tell her from sun to
[00:24:32] sun you are for
[00:24:34] me.
[00:24:38] I will also tell you, I love you, I
[00:24:41] love you, and I love you,
[00:24:44] because I love you,
[00:24:48] I love you, I love you. And I even confess it in Italian,
[00:24:52] ti voglio tanto
[00:24:55] bene.
[00:25:00] Don't look any further, because nostalgia,
[00:25:04] sentiment, and fond memories are here in the
[00:25:07] golden years, and with whom else, with
[00:25:11] Papi.
[00:25:16] The golden years with Álvaro Cuchillo Durán.
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[00:26:09] stretch of this evening edition of Globovisión
[00:26:13] Internacionales news.
[00:26:17] With one day remaining for the transfer of power in Colombia,
[00:26:20] Cali, the capital of Valle del Cauca, remains
[00:26:23] secured. That city will host the swearing-in of
[00:26:27] President-elect Abelardo de la
[00:26:30] Espriella. Commune 18 of the city of
[00:26:34] Cali, considered strategic
[00:26:37] inauguration ceremony of Colombia's president-elect,
[00:26:41] Abilardo del Espriella, was secured with a strong
[00:26:44] contingent from the special operations group and an elite
[00:26:47] army group, ahead of the ceremony on August 7.
[00:26:51] It is a neighborhood that is located just 5
[00:26:54] minutes from the USC Arena of the
[00:26:57] Santiago de Cali University, where the swearing-in
[00:27:03] where several international
[00:27:05] dignitaries will be present.
[00:27:08] During the deployment of the agents, several searches were carried out
[00:27:11] at different points of the hillside where criminal groups
[00:27:15] operate.
[00:27:17] In total, the security operation deployed in the capital of the department
[00:27:21] of Valle del Cauca, for the inauguration ceremony, will have
[00:27:25] approximately 11,000 uniformed personnel from the police, the army, and the Colombian
[00:27:29] air force, who will guard the avenues, the airspace,
[00:27:32] the hills, and the venue where the swearing-in
[00:27:36] will take place.
[00:27:40] the swearing-in of his successor, the outgoing
[00:27:43] president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, will indeed leave
[00:27:47] office this August 7th. After
[00:27:52] the Casa de Nariño, Petro was far
[00:27:55] from fulfilling two of his promises, the
[00:27:59] so-called Total Peace and the fight against
[00:28:03] corruption. With this note, we will put an end to the
[00:28:07] current evening broadcast of Globovisión International
[00:28:10] News. We bid farewell until
[00:28:14] tomorrow. The inclusion of historically
[00:28:17] excluded social sectors, as well as the improvement of their living conditions,
[00:28:21] is one of the main legacies left by the outgoing
[00:28:25] president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro.
[00:28:28] Indigenous leaders, Afro-Colombians, peasants
[00:28:31] and... members of social organizations were part of his
[00:28:35] government or held positions of high
[00:28:37] responsibility.
[00:28:39] Likewise, one of the greatest achievements of the leftist was the
[00:28:43] agrarian reform, which was part of the peace agreement signed
[00:28:47] with the FARC guerrilla in 2016 and which allowed
[00:28:50] to formalize more than 2.28 million
[00:28:53] hectares. Likewise, he delivered
[00:28:55] 351 to peasant families and incorporated
[00:28:59] another 806,081
[00:29:01] to advance in a more equitable
[00:29:04] redistribution. Also, there was a
[00:29:07] significant reduction in poverty, according to the
[00:29:10] National Administrative Department of Statistics (Dane).
[00:29:13] Monetary poverty decreased from 36.6% in
[00:29:17] 2022 to 28% in
[00:29:19] 2025, while extreme poverty fell from
[00:29:23] 13.8% to 9.6%.
[00:29:26] On the other hand, there is the health reform, which failed to be
[00:29:30] approved by Congress and the...
[00:29:48] Corruption was another factor that eroded the mandate of the outgoing
[00:29:51] president. The biggest scandal, that of the National
[00:29:55] Unit for Disaster Risk Management, revealed a network of diversion of
[00:29:59] public resources and purchase of political support. Investigations
[00:30:02] against high-ranking officials, congressmen, and
[00:30:05] contractors,
[00:30:07] other cases such as the alleged irregular financing of his campaign in
[00:30:11] 2022, the controversies between two close
[00:30:14] collaborators like Laura Sarabria and Armando Benedetti, as well as the
[00:30:18] accusations at the end of his mandate for alleged influence peddling
[00:30:21] and corruption, ended up weakening one of Petro's
[00:30:25] main promises, to do politics differently
[00:30:28] from traditional
[00:30:29] governments.
[00:30:43] Faith sustains us in the midst of trials. God's strength
[00:30:46] and solidarity unite us as one people.
[00:30:50] The praise party team arrives in
[00:30:53] La Guaira to be with those affected by the double
[00:30:56] earthquake, testimonies, prayer,