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Presient of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro arrives in Havana for the G77+China summit, a group of developing and emerging countries representing 80 percent of the global population. IMAGES
Havana, Dec 14 (EFE). The president of Venezuela on Saturday announced the relaunch of the so-called Petrocaribe program, under which the country supplies oil to other Caribbean countries on favorable financing terms, in 2020.Nicolas Maduro, while speaking at the closing event of the 17th Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA) summit, said that his country would "relaunch the Petrocaribe project in the first half of 2020 with great vigor."He added that the project was fundamental for the energy security of Caribbean nations.The announcement comes amid mounting pressure on the Venezuelan oil industry from the United States, which has been increasingly imposing sanctions on the state-run PDVSA oil corporation, vessels and shipping companies that transport fuel from the company to Cuba. (Camera: FELIPE BORREGO)FOOTAGE SHOWS B-ROLL OF THE CLOSING EVENT OF THE 17TH BOLIVARIAN ALLIANCE FOR THE PEOPLE OF OUR AMERICA (ALBA) SUMMIT. CONTAINS B-ROLL OF CUBAN PRESIDENT MIGUEL DÍAZ CANEL. SOUND BITES: NICOLAS MADURO, PRESIDENT OF VENEZUELA. (IN SPANISHTranslation:(00:03:51.02 - 00:04:05.12) "We have decided to relaunch the Petrocaribe project with great force during the first half of the year 2020, which is a fundamental project of the definitive energy security of the Caribbean".
Buenos Aires (Argentina), Dec 7 (EFE).- President of Argentina Mauricio Macri on Saturday held a public farewell rally in Buenos Aires to thank his supporters ahead of his succesor Alberto Fernandez's swearing-in to office.The rally was held at the Plaza de Mayo in front of the presidential office in Buenos Aires under the slogan 'More closer than ever'.Center-left Fernandez who won the presidential elections in late Oct will officially take office in a swearing-in ceremony on Dec 10. (Camera: AGUSTIN ACTIS).FOOTAGE SHOWING A FAREWELL RALLY OF OUTGOING ARGENTINE PRESIDENT MAURICIO MACRI IN BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA, AND HIS SUPPORTERS.SOUNDBTIES: MAURICIO MACRI, PRESIDENT OF ARGENTINA (IN SPANISH).TRANSLATIONS:1.) I want to tell the president-elect that he can rest assured that he will find a constructive and non-destructive opposition (01:00-01:23).2.) And he will also find a firm and tough opposition that will defend the democracy, institutional quality and the freedom [of Argentinians] (01:23-01:40).3.) We have to take care of our dear Argentina so that people won’t steal, mistreat or neglect it anymore. Never ever will Argentina be neglected again. For that to happen, it depends on each one of us (01:40-01:57).4.) We are many and we are together to defend the things we have achieved and defend Argentina from anyone who wants to abuse [our country] (01:57-02:11).
Outgoing Argentina's president Mauricio Macri and his wife Juliana Awada attend his farewell rally in Buenos Aires, where is greeted by hundreds of cheering supporters. IMAGES
Supporters of the Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro rally in Caracas to commemorate the one-year anniversary of Maduro's re-election for a second term. IMAGES
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).