On this evening's From The South, we go to Cuba, where the National Assembly of People's Power began a two-day session to elect the members of the Council of State and proposed First Vice President Miguel Mario Diaz-Canel Bermudez as the candidate to succeed Raul Castro as president of Cuba. Then we bring you to Ecuador where Presidente Lenin Moreno has announced that Ecuador pulls out as guarantor of the peace dialogues between Colombia and the ELN. Also, we take you to Brazil where former President Lula da Silva was denied visits by senators, even Pepe Mujica. These and more headlines now.