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00:03:16inflation, it is the cost of
00:03:42the price of gasoline for. And from
00:03:48Welcome to Telesur News, I'm Luis Guillermo García
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00:03:58Texas enters a decisive duel as a Republican
00:04:01stronghold, a key state to measure Democratic strength in the
00:04:04midterm
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00:04:23Today, many countries celebrate Day of the Dead
00:04:26with various activities to honor the memory of the deceased.
00:04:34two? Well, look, what
00:04:51Well, the United States is deciding, or has been deciding, however you want to look at it,
00:04:55about 55 million people voted early
00:04:59in the United States for the midterm elections
00:05:02this coming November 3rd. Statistics assure
00:05:05that this year the early vote reaches record
00:05:09numbers, surpassing 46 million. In
00:05:12the 2022 elections, the Latino
00:05:15electorate has shown an inclination towards the Democratic side on this
00:05:21the victory of US President Donald Trump in November
00:05:252024. Various polls indicate that there is a
00:05:2895% chance that Democrats
00:05:31will win the House of Representatives.
00:05:33Less than 24 hours before the midterm elections,
00:05:51discontent among Republican party supporters
00:05:55towards the Trump administration in the state of Texas
00:05:58could favor Democrats after more than
00:06:0130 years of conservative control. The southern
00:06:04region has been historically a bastion for
00:06:07Republicans and one of the most important states
00:06:10in terms of seats, and yet, the panorama points to a change
00:06:14in trend driven by the decisions of the national executive.
00:06:18The outcome of the elections will not only define political hegemony in
00:06:22Texas, but an eventual Democratic
00:06:25victory would drastically alter
00:06:28the balance of power and control
00:06:31in the Senate.
00:06:33Well, in that scenario, the migration crisis
00:06:59in the United States has seen a historical increase in
00:07:032026. To elaborate on these and other
00:07:06matters, from Washington DC, we have our
00:07:09colleague Jorge Gestoso. How are you, Jorge? Tell us. The atmosphere,
00:07:13the atmosphere is
00:07:16Guillermo, a total
00:07:20countdown. We are less than 24 hours away. There
00:07:24is a lot of interest among the American people to participate
00:07:27precisely in these midterm legislative elections.
00:07:31But no one better to help us put into
00:07:34perspective what the atmosphere is about and
00:07:38what are the concerns that the American electorate is experiencing
00:07:42than our political analyst, we are
00:07:45talking about Miss Romone. Thank
00:07:49you very much, how are you? Very well, thank you very much. Tell
00:07:52us what is the main concern then that the
00:07:56American people are experiencing? That's right, well, I
00:07:59think the cost of living is what most people are
00:08:02feeling and that they will possibly vote with their wallets,
00:08:06we'll see, because we see how prices in general
00:08:09have increased, the cost of gasoline and... the
00:08:13rates, the cost of housing, all that is
00:08:18families here in the United States, that is, the issue of opening inflation, so
00:08:21it is a protagonist within the economy, the economy
00:08:24definitely and more than
00:08:28what we buy every day here in the United
00:08:32States, for example, as I said,
00:08:35gasoline, which affects transporters,
00:08:37affects the package you want to send,
00:08:40affects going to work, people who
00:08:43travel in a vehicle, either their own car
00:08:47or public transportation, that has increased by
00:08:5139%,
00:08:54is extremely high since the problem of the conflict
00:08:58in Iran, but we also have, for example, the cost of
00:09:01housing, the cost of electricity, electricity has increased
00:09:04by about 10% and that affects
00:09:08families to pay for heating,
00:09:11air conditioning,
00:09:14electricity, many, many homes have an
00:09:18electric stove, for example, so we see
00:09:21that in the cost of day to day, that from the point
00:09:25of view of the two parties, the
00:09:28Republican, let's say, in power through Trump, through the
00:09:31majority of both chambers precisely of this building that is
00:09:35behind us of the Capitol,
00:09:38it affects or harms which of the two parties
00:09:42or... does this situation politically start? Which of the
00:09:47we saw comparing, for example, with the Biden administration, inflation
00:09:50was through the roof, it was
00:09:54very high. However, with this
00:09:58administration, we see that inflation has decreased,
00:10:01but the cost of everyday things is what has
00:10:04increased. So we are seeing that people
00:10:07are divided, uh, people
00:10:10who are loyal to one party or the other will vote independently,
00:10:14whether it's for their own party or not. But there are many
00:10:18people who are in this swing and who are
00:10:21considering who they might do better with. At the end of the day,
00:10:25uh, that vote will be more like my wallet, my family, my
00:10:29self. Among the
00:10:31voters, we are talking about our Hispanic
00:10:35community. That's right, we are talking about how today we are
00:10:38about 70 million in the United States. Some say
00:10:42that practically one in four inhabitants of the
00:10:46country is Hispanic, but let's say that
00:10:48there are 39 million who are
00:10:52eligible to vote, that is, they have their
00:10:56papers in order and if they wanted to vote,
00:11:00they could do so. It is not necessarily the
00:11:03same to be eligible to vote as to register to
00:11:06vote, and those registered are not
00:11:09necessarily counted officially.
00:11:12What do you expect from the participation,
00:11:15whether higher or lower, of eligible
00:11:19Hispanic voters and what are the concerns of Hispanics?
00:11:22Look, with Hispanics, it has been very
00:11:25interesting to see how it has changed, for example,
00:11:28we saw that in the Trump administration there was a super
00:11:32high number of Hispanics who supported President
00:11:36Trump, and now they are backing
00:11:39down, they are saying those promises he made, he
00:11:43has not kept, uh, I also feel affected,
00:11:46and these are the people who actually feel disappointed with both
00:11:50parties, with Republicans and with Democrats.
00:11:53However, it seems that they would be more
00:11:56inclined to that at the end of the day, their
00:11:59pockets have been so affected by these unfulfilled promises that
00:12:03they could possibly vote more on the Democratic
00:12:07side. Even so, the polls today
00:12:10are very difficult to follow, they have given us some surprises
00:12:14that the next day we said, but the poll said one thing and another
00:12:18result came out. So we are a
00:12:23Latino vote will be like. However,
00:12:27the concern of the Latino vote is also very much about their wallets
00:12:30beyond the issue of immigration, notice, immigration continues
00:12:33to be an issue in the sense that a hunt
00:12:37has been launched for
00:12:40undocumented immigrants, and in that sense, the
00:12:43Spanish political scientist Juanedero says
00:12:46Trump launched the Trump Gestapo,
00:12:49Elice, many
00:12:53the way of proceeding. The violence that the AES uses,
00:12:57that's right, that's right, many of the Latinos, there was like
00:13:00a separation, for example,
00:13:02that Latino who has his documents in order,
00:13:06no, who came and who does not associate
00:13:10with undocumented people, always felt
00:13:12like he was the good one, I am different, and that is the
00:13:16vote that went to Trump a couple of years ago
00:13:19and what we are seeing now, that is,
00:13:23like, well, I don't like
00:13:25how they are doing the issue of migration, even if it doesn't affect
00:13:29me directly, and in fact many people started
00:13:32to become, to feel more Latino
00:13:35in that sense, to say, even if it doesn't affect me,
00:13:38I am seeing how my community is being attacked, how there are many people
00:13:42who are very vulnerable and that
00:13:45furthermore, not only has he detained undocumented
00:13:48people, but also people with papers or who
00:13:51are in the process, so suddenly,
00:13:55I can also be a person who can be detained and that
00:13:59has been something that has changed a lot the perspective of the Hispanic
00:14:03vote that possibly in this case turns more
00:14:06in favor of the Democrats. This means
00:14:09that regarding the last election, we are
00:14:12talking about two years ago, the presidential election, Trump
00:14:15practically got half of all the Hispanic
00:14:19Latino vote, meaning that percentage
00:14:22now only represents around 15%. If all eligible
00:14:26Hispanic voters voted, it would only be
00:14:2915% of the general electorate, but it could
00:14:33have some impact, that's right, even so it could have an impact because
00:14:36the Latino vote continues to be a strong vote and
00:14:39also, they are people, Latinos are
00:14:43spenders, we participate
00:14:47in society. People have children,
00:14:49they send them to school, so you start to consider those
00:14:53other elements too, and that can make a difference despite
00:14:57not looking like those two years that
00:15:01were, well, incredible.
00:15:03That support from the Latino vote for a Republican has not
00:15:07been seen, and even less with Trump, who had already passed the first
00:15:11round and we had seen that he had also had
00:15:14some, well, some very strong
00:15:18immigration policies. We will definitely
00:15:21have results tomorrow, not necessarily all the results
00:15:25will arrive, let's say,
00:15:27accepted by the
00:15:29participants, it is expected, it is anticipated
00:15:33that there could be challenges, absolutely. In
00:15:37fact, President Trump himself
00:15:40has been saying it ever since he has been campaigning
00:15:43for other candidates that it is very
00:15:46possible that there could be electoral
00:15:49fraud, and therefore the waters are already
00:15:52stirred up in some way because that
00:15:56message is already there, asking
00:15:59if there can be fraud or not,
00:16:02and well, we saw it years ago that he
00:16:06and many of his people were also contesting,
00:16:09I mean, questioning how the vote was
00:16:13when they lost. Gabriela, thank you very much for being with us,
00:16:16thank you very much, a pleasure. We were talking with Gabriela
00:16:20Romo, political analyst, we were talking
00:16:23precisely about how the economy
00:16:27wallet, the moment the economy is going through in the United States,
00:16:31how the Hispanic vote is
00:16:34also playing a very important role and
00:16:38how the Hispanic vote 2 years ago acted in
00:16:41a certain way, practically half of Hispanics voted for
00:16:45Trump, today all polls suggest
00:16:49that there is disappointment regarding what
00:16:52they expected from these two years of President Trump and there could
00:16:56be a turnaround in that sense, so
00:16:59from here, from Washington, we are following all the details
00:17:02of these 24 hours prior to the
00:17:05midterm elections
00:17:08here in the United States, we return with
00:17:11you, thank you Jorge Gestoso from Washington, United
00:17:15States, and yes, as he says, to follow this
00:17:18electoral process, we invite you for more updates on
00:17:22these real-time elections, we invite you to visit our
00:17:26website and see how the midterm election results are going, our
00:17:30website is www.telesurtv.net
00:17:33and the hyperlink includes /elecciones-u.s.
00:17:37of the United States, there you are seeing, for example, a map with
00:17:41infographics, with data, statistics, a quantity of useful
00:17:44elements to make an interpretation of what is happening in this
00:17:48election process, US midterm elections.
00:17:52We now go to Colombia where a
00:17:57drone and explosives attack was confirmed in the municipality
00:18:00of Planadas in Tolima with a balance of at least four
00:18:04dead and several affected homes, according to official
00:18:07confirmation, three members of the national army and a minor
00:18:11lost their lives after the attack against Infantry Battalion No.
00:18:1517, General Domingo Caicedo, located south of the
00:18:19department. The explosions caused damage
00:18:22both to the facilities of the military unit assigned to the sixth
00:18:25brigade and to homes in an adjacent neighborhood. At this
00:18:28time, military and police authorities maintain the
00:18:32area cordoned off and are conducting relevant investigations.
00:18:36We cross the border to
00:18:48Venezuela because acting president Delsi Rodríguez welcomed
00:18:51Christmas during a tour of the Paseo de los
00:18:55Próceres in the city of Caracas. During the tour,
00:18:58the president was accompanied by the mayor of the Libertador municipality of Caracas,
00:19:01Carmen Meléndez, the sectoral vice president of communication and culture,
00:19:05Ángel Pérez Pirela, and the head of government of the Capital District, Naún
00:19:09Fernández. The tour took place through a corridor of
00:19:13entrepreneurs, and furthermore, the event registered a significant
00:19:16influx of citizens who traveled to the monumental
00:19:19complex to enjoy the traditional lighting.
00:19:23The activity took place in order
00:19:27and under a large security deployment with an atmosphere of peace
00:19:30and coexistence.
00:19:36Well, this year.
00:19:39You know that Venezuela has been
00:19:42shaken by painful moments, but November
00:19:451st arrived and the whole country is lighting
00:19:49up for Christmas, but the most important thing, the
00:19:53embrace that we are going to give, an embrace of
00:19:56accompaniment, an embrace to heal wounds,
00:20:00an embrace to meet friends, with
00:20:03family. Yesterday we were precisely delivering
00:20:07housing to people, families who
00:20:11lost loved ones in the seismic doublet and there
00:20:14we told them this end of the year, this Christmas,
00:20:18the family embrace and the embrace of friends, so I want us
00:20:22all to do
00:20:25the countdown to light the cross of the
00:20:29Guaraira Repano and light these beautiful lights, so
00:20:32let's start,
00:20:34nine,
00:20:36eight, seven, six,
00:20:39five, four, three,
00:20:43two,
00:20:45one.
00:20:54Well, that's how Christmas began in Venezuela, but now we go to Brazil,
00:20:57because the president of this nation, Luis Ignacio Lula da Silva, assured
00:21:01that current social programs will continue to function
00:21:05and denied rumors of cuts that have emerged
00:21:08about the new mandate. After thanking for every
00:21:12vote that allowed him to achieve victory in Brazil, the president also
00:21:16stressed that he will fulfill every one of the promises made during the
00:21:19campaign. In addition, he rejected the fake news that has
00:21:23circulated in the country's media that points to an alleged social
00:21:26cut and denounced that this type of statements only
00:21:29come from the country's right wing that only tries to sow
00:21:33uncertainty in that nation. Some of the social programs that will be
00:21:36maintained are subsidies for university students, debt
00:21:40relief mechanisms for micro-entrepreneurs, and free public
00:21:43transportation on
00:21:45buses during weekends.
00:22:05In this sense, while in Washington Katrina stars in
00:22:08the celebrations, in another part of the United States we find
00:22:12a very different way to represent death in
00:22:15Sleepy Hollow, north of New York, a literary legend from the
00:22:1910th century continues to fuel the imagination of its inhabitants and
00:22:23visitors, it is the story of the headless horseman, who every
00:22:26year is part of the Halloween celebrations. Our correspondent
00:22:30Henry Camelo reminds us a little about this
00:22:32tradition.
00:22:36Every horror story has an origin, and this one
00:22:40was born on a cold autumn day in a small
00:22:43town north of New York, where legend
00:22:47has it that every night the so-called
00:22:50headless horseman appears, and anyone who
00:22:54crosses his path could lose their
00:22:57own. We are in the historic town of Sleepy
00:23:00Hollow, where the legend of the headless horseman was
00:23:04born, written in the early 1800s by
00:23:08Washington Irving, considered the father of ghost stories
00:23:12in the United States. The story is based on the
00:23:15oral tradition that dates back to the American Revolutionary
00:23:19War, where a German soldier was hit
00:23:22by a cannonball that ripped off his head,
00:23:26which was never found. His body was taken
00:23:30to the cemetery of the Old Dutch Church of Sleepy
00:23:34Hollow and according to legend, his spirit appears
00:23:37every night mounted on his black horse looking for
00:23:41the head he lost in the war. We are the home of the
00:23:44headless horseman, and the headless horseman is one
00:23:48of the most ancient and significant
00:23:51characters in our Halloween tradition, and every
00:23:54year we welcome thousands of tourists who want to have an
00:23:58authentic Halloween experience. Here, in
00:24:02Sleepy Hollow, we are one of the most visited places in the
00:24:06world and we have one of the best experiences in our
00:24:10candy store, which is the oldest and the
00:24:13only candy store in the United States that
00:24:16truly rescues the neighborhood tradition. And for
00:24:20that, we try to keep the spirit of Halloween
00:24:24alive through the legend of the headless horseman, which is what we are
00:24:28famous
00:24:30the legend, the show is also born, because the
00:24:34Halloween parade in Sleepy Hollow brings together both locals
00:24:38and visitors around the great display of
00:24:41creativity of each of its floats, big
00:24:45and small admire every detail with which the typical
00:24:48characters of this celebration are made, which beyond
00:24:52scaring, turns out to be a good plan to
00:24:55share with friends and
00:24:56family.
00:24:59What attracted you to come here to Sleepy Hollow? Well,
00:25:02all the Halloween decoration, which is
00:25:06the place where they were inspired for the legend of the
00:25:10headless horseman, and my roommates, who have been here for a while,
00:25:13highly recommended that I come to take a walk and
00:25:17see it because they told me it was a very beautiful town.
00:25:20Uh, and to see the headless horseman. Really, the
00:25:24decoration is something that draws a lot of attention
00:25:27also. Uh, a little bit of the history because
00:25:30yes, it is really something a little bit impactful
00:25:34to know and above all to commemorate the people
00:25:38who gave their lives for this country at some point.
00:25:41Tradition, legend and culture, Sleepy
00:25:44Hollow, a small place north of New York that has
00:25:48it all and where its inhabitants, either by
00:25:51belief or by tradition, close their
00:25:54businesses and finish their activities before
00:25:57nightfall to avoid encountering the legendary
00:26:01headless horseman. Well, the last thing they want is
00:26:05to lose it too.
00:26:07Pablo Daniel and Henry Camelo,
00:26:11Telesur, New
00:26:13York.
00:26:17Let's look at another angle of traditions, because in Mexico the
00:26:21tenth edition of the Day of the Dead parade was held
00:26:24along the emblematic Paseo de la Reforma. Our colleague
00:26:28Antonio Aranda has the details. Skulls, Catrinas, Naguals and
00:26:32monsters roamed freely through the Paseo de la
00:26:36Reforma in Mexico City as part of the Day
00:26:39of the Dead parade.
00:26:4150 troupes and more than
00:26:464 thousand artists including dancers, musicians
00:26:50and acrobats made a 6
00:26:53km journey to the delight of more than 1.5 million people who
00:26:57came to the
00:26:57celebration.
00:27:03People enjoyed the floats with
00:27:06cultural representations of various states of the republic
00:27:09and the presence of China and Indonesia as guest
00:27:12countries because part of our history since the Aztecs has
00:27:16made it so that's why they have Mictlan there.
00:27:20There's the history, not legend, that
00:27:22our dead live in our minds and every
00:27:26year at this time we attract them. That's
00:27:29right, we've wanted to come for many years and this one didn't
00:27:33disappoint, it's something spectacular to see. It's
00:27:35truly a celebration of life more than
00:27:39anything. I think that the cultural aspect is good
00:27:43for people to see it
00:27:46firsthand. Being here live, it's not appreciated, for
00:27:50example, with photos or videos. Seeing it here
00:27:53live is very cool. For other attendees, this
00:27:56parade is a less mystical way to celebrate Day of
00:28:00the Dead, but equally colorful. Day of the Dead
00:28:03is lived differently in different states, right? And obviously it has
00:28:07much more to do with tradition, and this, well, it's more Hollywood-esque
00:28:11and more made for international
00:28:14tourists, but it's still beautiful and it still has all the
00:28:18layers of what Mexico is, right? The traditional, the popular,
00:28:21the cultural, which is something that everyone should come to
00:28:25celebrate. A person is still alive even if they are dead and love is
00:28:29eternal. This Mexican culture is...
00:28:32important for us and for everyone. I think this year it has
00:28:35become something phenomenal. I am very
00:28:38happy to have come. As part of the festivities,
00:28:42deceased Mexican singer-songwriters, Juan Gabriel,
00:28:46José Alfredo Jiménez, and the writer Juan
00:28:49Rulfo were remembered. The floats
00:28:52finished their route in the Zócalo Capitalino where they were
00:28:55received by the world's largest Catrina, with a height of
00:28:5932 meters, and the monumental offering.
00:29:03This is how the tenth Day of the Dead parade
00:29:07concluded in the nation's capital, demonstrating that this
00:29:10tradition is still very much alive. Antonio Aranda, Telesur, Mexico
00:29:14City.
00:29:16Thank you, Antonio. Well, to take advantage of the fact that we are talking about these topics, now is the time to
00:29:20invite you to enjoy our special program for the celebration of the Day
00:29:24of the Dead. It is called Latin America: Culture and
00:29:26Devotion, hosted by Aisa García. These are the
00:29:30broadcast times: in Nicaragua and Mexico at 19:30, Ecuador and
00:29:34Colombia at 20:30, at 21:30 in Venezuela, Bolivia
00:29:38and Cuba at 22:30, Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil. So, you
00:29:41know, don't miss it, with Aísa García, we have
00:29:44Latin America, culture and devotion on our
00:29:47informative multiplatform.
00:29:55With this invitation, this round of Telesur news concludes. Until next
00:29:58time.
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