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a humanitarian catastrophe in afghanistan as the taliban offensive drives thousands of people from their homes. you in secretary general and tony could tell us as cold on the taliban to immediately stop its advance. and he echoed the concerns of many african women saying it is heartbreaking to see them losing their hard fort rives. i'm also deeply disturbed by early indications that the taliban are imposing severe restrictions on human rights in the areas under their control. particularly targeting women and journalists, it is particularly already fighting and are breaking to see reports of the out of one rights of african girls and women being gripped away from them. ryan scripts are criticizing a u. s. policy of expelling refugees and migrant stopped at the border that employed to mexico's southern border and then bus to a remote area of guatemala,

where they are full, defend for themselves. police in nicaragua, we have rated the offices of a pro opposition newspaper. the owners of law plans are being investigated for customs fraud and money laundering. it had been to the government of president daniel, take a dictatorship. he has been accused of cracking down on opponents ahead of the election in november. agirri and villages have joined emergency crews and put up the wildfires that have been burning in the country's north for 3 days. at least 71 people have been killed. the government says both sides was started deliberately. and in russia, the government, there's expanded a state of emergency in siberia, where more than 100 wildfires are burning middle. it'll make it easier for the government to send more age to younger tia nearly a $120.00 fires burning across 14000 square kilometers. here today with the headlines on how to 0, talk to to 0 is next. north korea isolated and heavily

sanction yet earning billions around the globe euro. 39 is involved in everything that makes money for, for you to carry different passwords, saying contacts and the money this year. and it goes straight into the conferences . leadership a to power people in power investigation, bureau, 39 cache for kim park to on a jazzy into the me. it's a narrow bridge of land in central america that connect north and south. but despite its site, b to kilometer artificial waterway known as the panama canal, make the public of panama a crochet point for international trade. connecting the atlantic and pacific ocean . the canal is considered one of the 7 wonders of the modern world. but the country

is not only a passage for thousands of ships. transporting goods from east to west. panama is also a key transit point for thousands of migrants and asylum seekers. going from south to north when neighboring columbia open its borders in may, after lifting some of the covert 19 restrictions, thousands of men, women, and even children from the region and beyond. arrived at the columbia, panama border. they rescued old cross in panama to release jungle. in a desperate journey, searching for protection and better opportunities in the us and canada. and as the scale of international migration is on the right. how we spend on my coping, carrying crisis at its border, find them. i minister erica martinez talks to us as a foreign minister. thank you. talking twice here. there's thousands of people that are migrating from south america. countries. i,

katie, we're heading to columbia, then panama, going to central america. and the objective is north america. why do you think this amount of people are moving right now? how many people are actually heading and coming towards panama, the migration phenomena, it is the phenomena off times of the 21st century. in panama, particularly, we've seen the ups and downs of this type of migration. specifically, we've tried to raise awareness of that for significant time. now. in 2015, we had a peak, including 2016. and now it seems that it's building up to, to what it could be very soon, a humanitarian crisis. again, the migration that we're dealing with is a different type of migration. there is already significant attention on the

northern triangle migration. so the ones that are migrating from dora nicaragua, what am i going towards the north? and then there has been in the past, a focus on the venezuelan migration and the accident that happened given the political situation there. however, the meeting they were convening and they awareness, they were trying to race within the international community is for this very specific migration that is mostly from the caribbean, and then some from africa shark continental to off that arrived by air to the south in certain countries and then there make their way up to, to united states, mostly about less than one percent of all of those migrant request asylum refugee. we've already tried to re socialize them to get them interesting stay and we have a very distinct humanity. korean approach taught towards that type of migration. we

not only have prepared migration stations from the, from the years preceding that already we had to deal with us. so we are equipped to manage our control flow of migration and the phenomena of migration we have in there. so we're not going to be able to stop it. they are significant and difficult root causes in each of the countries. but to the extent that we can understand what's happening and agree among ourselves, the originating countries, the ones that receive and the ones that the passageway such as panama, such as co 3 ca, columbia, as well as the destination countries could make a significant impact. not only and how many were receiving, but the type of support and a that were able to provide them. you have been very active in trying to talk to other countries involved in this migration. what you'd like to see happen. money,

terry inquiry or that's something i've heard you say, i mean, how would you implement something like there? the 1st thing is it has to be a humanitarian approach. these are people that need our support. they know nobody chooses to be a migrant a day. those are external causes, it is very difficult. they are hard breaking stories that you hear about the families, the children die, go through this process. and a lot of people that are taking advantage of their situation. a going through their routes that they go, it can happen without somebody orchestrating where they go and profiting from from, from this route. so what do we want? we want 1st with the humanitarian approach to make sure that everybody is following the same standards that we have in terms of care for the migrants. we do the health checkup, still tell checkup should be happening every single country where they're going

through this supporting term. so food in terms of princeton's principal, specifically for mothers or for children, they need special food and nourishment. and when they come here they are severely dehydrated, mal norrish. and it is a situation that to the extent that is not only panama, but the rest of the countries contributing and supporting this migraines, that we are, that we would be better equipped to serve the 2nd one in, nor to support migration. it has to be control, he can get out of control and this is not just to this continent. you see it in other continents. it is the same situation where if it goes uncontrolled and unchecked, it becomes a problem. are there any differences on how countries in the region on how to cope with what's happening? i mean, other differences with co kareka where i think i was with columbia. i mean,

how do you find a common ground on how to cope with the ongoing situation? there is a different response from each of the countries, and i would start by saying panama is the only country that not only doesn't charge them, because when they go to each of these countries, they can charge the microns, get charged for entering the country. so normally we not charge them, but we provide or the support and i made some very small country if we are able to do it, that means that every other country should be doing their part and should be able to manage. we should not be seen seen where there is massive confusion and where they don't have a place to stay or they're not properly treated or even get the minimum health checkups as, as they're required. now, there are different approaches depending on your situation regarding the migration . there are countries that are receiving them because they're going by air. they

don't arrive in panama, they are not arriving in mexico, for instance. they're arriving into south and in this thing, countries that does allow for them to arrive. there is the 2nd one, which is the countries that are sort of the passage for, for this type of migration. and they deal with different situation than the ones receiving and then they are the destiny countries. the number one that we all know is the united states, and we think that they, they should also look towards the type of migration considering that the number one nationality crossing their south border is related to this type of migration. pressure from countries like the us or canada to try to prevent the migraines from, from because in the end where they're going in to the united states and canada. i mean, have you been pressured or, you know, if there is, you know, attempts to try to control the flow? no, we have not been pressured. and i think right now the main focus of attention has

been the northern triangle migration. i think that there is been, which we think is positive at the end. every type of migration should be dealt with, ideally from the rude casa, so that you are helping what, what is creating the, the concern, or they need to migrate, rather than just control or try to block it. they do benefit as mexico and even as all the other countries, because if you think about it, i don't know on dura or nicole or all the countries where they have their own migrants going towards the u. s. they're also receiving this type of migration. so this is an added consideration or problem and top of the one that they're already facing. so i think it benefits from multiple fronts to try to confront the situation and to come up with a more holistic approach in terms of solution. one that is sustainable, not something sort of why not of blog or not blog or deal,

but rather something that is sustainable. again, i mentioned, i think that the migration, it's a phenomena off times that we need to deal with in a sort of a more frontal approach. backing on to, on to the region. the pandemic has generated lots of tension across the world, but we're seeing a lot of that tension in memory. got, we're seeing protests in columbia, we're seeing protests in cuba, in country that are ruled by the right. and in countries that are ruled by the left . why is, what do you think is going on? well at the end and i think it goes back to the same causes for migration. regardless where you sit there, right the left, a center there is a humanitarian problem. one driven by poverty by the economic situation. and that we can deal with, regardless of where you said in the political spectrum. and we should look for more

areas of cooperation and not be limiting our support or not depending on on the particular approach of the government. haiti, for instance, one of the number one nationality is that we see here in the migration, god vaccines, the 1st dose of vaccines maybe 10 days ago. that's, that's unthinkable and untenable if you consider the situation what they're going. so we all need to do our part and support and solving already towards the conditions that are happening and trying to at the very least have a very humane and humanitarian approach to dealing with this situation such that we don't end up with, with the problems that the or the sort of the peaks and crisis that we're seeing now, when you see the amount for people taking to the streets, protesting do things. governments in the region are under pressure that people are

demanding. change in a way what, what, what do you think you are an expert on, on politics in general? i mean, i'm, i'm interested in your analysis on, on how do you see the region as a whole. what with what's going on? i think that region it's, it's fairly complicated at the moment. it's fairly convoluted as it is, and we are not also acting as a blog. we stopped doing that almost a decade ago, which is unfortunate. and if i go back to a sample, for instance, under vaccine, you saw the european union negotiating as a blog. now the african league may do some of that. you don't see that lighting american region coming together and we should, we should unite ourselves, understand that there are the challenges that are present in front of us. we can continue acting alone, but we need to come together again and understand regardless of the political situation that they are a bigger challenge climate action. it's something again that you cannot deal with

alone yet. central america, for instance, is one of the top regions affected by climate. so why we're not doing something together, why we're not acting or collaborating more in solutions that do not continue with this cycle of poverty, where a country writ recovers from a hurricane and the money that should be directed towards helping poverty and sub just recovery process for the, for the disaster that the hurricane causes when one of the good life issues in the region is for example, what's happening in the gallery and i want. and then if you find on my part of the lima group and they've been pushing for elections, and specifically, what do you think has been the result? i mean, what, what's your opinion on what's happening now? not only been put on what the approach has been the tried to solve the price is

there. yeah, i think that that they approach the wave has so far on the venezuelan crisis has not been successful. and the sooner that we come to terms with that reality and we say we can do more of the same because he's not having any consequences. he has not had any meaningful impact the sooner that we'll start making or going around alternative approaches that could drive change. and i think the same sort of frustration we share when he goes to nicaragua because it's being turn national community being tested once again. and how we react towards that and what we do a community, we can fail again we, we've already had that situation in the past. we need to again, come together and try to with that meaningful approaches that have, are concrete impact such a we don't end up in the same situation. what would be the alternative?

because it's, you know, we, we see the really, my group, the sanctions, etc. and even the fight in ministration. they're considering like different approaches. i mean you see a 3rd option that is not the one that thing though. until now, i think that sometimes we are quick to, to look for very aggressive statements and find up to all the statements and publicize in the that the true impact of those statements. we've seen it so far, whether you have a statement from one contrary to countries or 20 countries. it's not going, it's going to drive change. we, we, we advocate for, for trying to generate dialogue to try to push the needle

a little bit further to make sure that there's as much of inclusiveness in terms of the political parties, observation and the electoral process, etc. so trying to he may not be from one day to the other, but maybe that's never going to happen. and we need to push at least for some change so little by little we accomplish and we look towards a new future that we need for these countries. what, what's your opinion on, on the oh, yes, from the organization of american states. i mean, do you see it as an organization that can force agreement between countries? would you like to see others organizations being created? i mean, because definitely there is need for more cooperation, i mean, in the region to, to, to transform what's, what's going on right now. yeah. there is more need and, and again, i think i go back to the same principles sort of drawing depends. i meg the,

the amount of death that where in our region and cases does not conform where the population we were one of the hardest hit regions in the world. yet we're not doing anything different with the vaccines situation and the same with the climate action . again hardy's head, yet we're not able to come to terms. so there is clearly a need for that or cooperation and trying to maybe take it to remove the political dialogue a little bit and focus and the main and core issues that should be at the top priority for every single foreign policy within our region. it's key and hopefully we can start then with the challenges that we have in front of us. if we haven't realized that by now, then the future is not bright for our, for a region. and then we have had a major impact on, on the economy in, in,

in the region. what would you like to see happen in the future? do you think that there is a before and after that this is a child time to change. you know, how latin american economies, how panama economy is going to move forward. i certainly think that this is a key time i key moment to do things different because we've just, it's evidence that what we've been doing isn't and off. and it has just shown how much of the differences in terms of inequality exists within our region. so if we are continuing to do the same, we're certainly in the wrong path. now, what do we do? different i'll take, for example, the issue of women empowerment and equality you hear and all the speeches, women in power, we believe in that in the quality. yet, this is the moment where dad speech could be transformed into action, because this is the 1st time in recent history where most of the public policy or

the economy of each countries driven by the state. every single country depends on the state, mostly and not only the private sector drive into force because we're all recovering from the fund. i mean, we've all gone into massive dad, etc. so it is the time where you can say, okay, if i belief in women, i can put them at the top of the agenda and say for instance, tax credits, specifically for women, work in incentives, et cetera. so everything that we've sort of dealt with and say, this is what i would like to happen. this is the time because whatever each government decides to put at the top of the agenda, it could drive meaningful change. important countries like china and the united states have increased their presence in latin america, increasing investment 11 america. what do you think of that? our approach towards china has been edge. china is an

economy, super power, super house that we can neglect, given the panama canal the we have. so we, while we have relatively young a diplomatic relation, given the panama canal or economy that is dependent on commerce. we look to strengthen that, that, that type of cooperation and, and, and increase they to make sure that, that we are developing with commerce and everything where they are interesting as well. however, our strongest economic and strategic ally has always been to us. and that will continue to be the case. so our role when we see the kalash is cautious between power houses to step back. we remain neutral.

it is not our place to be in the midst of what one might say or the other. we stand back, we are extremely neutral. we have successfully maintained that position through all the time studies now more important than ever for a panama to remain into have 2 separate relation which each of these economic said that it was my question open. am i such a small country, i mean, in the middle, in a way, in the tension that exists between the united states and china. you know, how, how do you handle that pension? i mean, do you find moments where you know, how, how do you keep the balance we, i think that we've been fairly successful and remove in ourselves from the subject matters that room, that costs attention to and not stay in the middle. i think in the past or certain countries try to look for one or the other. we don't think that's our place. it's not. it's not what we've done in the past and what we've been successful for panama

and we can. we think that we'll continue that same route of having our separate relation and remove ourselves from every area that that causes tension among themselves. and one last question, finalize, known to be in a way, attacks have perceived such around the world. and it seems now that the world is changing, the trying to increase corporate tax around the world, a minimum corporate tax. how do you adapt? yeah, we, we, we are not at tax haven. we are perceived as one, but when you look into the specifics, there is no bank secrecy in panama. there's no area where you you can hide your assets and the, and the information will not be shared with whatever country you come from. in fact, most countries share the information with 10 would 12 with 30 countries. we share the information with 72 countries, which means that every single of our banks go through the list of whoever has money

here and make sure that whoever you are national from the information is sent. so we've suffered in the past from unfortunate scandals that had very little to do with panda myself and, but we've sort of turned the page and we've been extremely committed, probably going above and beyond in. and a simple example would be that out of the over $750000.00 corporations that we have in panama, we b register half of those. so over $300.00 of those corporations were de registered to make sure it to the minimal if there was no complaining even a minimum of the requirements. no other country in the world has ever done such or taken such a bowl stab to sort of clear their name and make sure that we're known for what we

are for the standards that we have. the k y c, the a m l compliance is that our banks have people come here to try to open bank accounts, sunday, end up leaving and going to very well known jurisdiction. and i mean, porton economies because they're not able to open the bank account here, they are somewhere else. so i think that we are, we are extremely proud and, and are trying to get shine more light into the standards and protocols. because as you say, we're only interested in good investment which at the entrance and multiplies into more and positive investment, we are interested, we one good investment investment that we can trace back investment will stay here . that will create more economic opportunities for panamanians and, and we want to be known as a beacon for a transfer and see around the world. thank you very much. thank you for talking to

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