the and. feel. the. feel. were formally assume the duty to the national executive as president of venezuela. venezuela the president is elected to the. venezuela lurches towards chaos with president maduro accusing the us of attempting to orchestrate a coup washington for its full weight behind the country's self declared interim leader eighty three lingering out of it without pay should bring anything but all

options are on the. walls of the police fired tear gas and water cannon or angry crowds across from size the best movement of eleventh straight rallies. and a bold robbery seize a precious painting stolen from moscow's gallery during working hours one of the country's busiest museums. thanks for joining us and our teams rational on the weekly roundup of this week's top stories. when as well as political crisis has deepened this week as the struggle for power in the country intensifies on wednesday president dura accuse the u.s. of attempting to orchestrate a coup after washington decided to recognize venezuela's opposition leader as

interim president one god or had showed himself in as leader earlier that day as the country was engulfed by massive anti-government protests. i swear to formally soon the duties of the national executive as president of venezuela i know it's probably recognize national symbol president one is the interim president of venezuela i want him today in venezuela the president is elected by washington and of course they take anyone from the street who wants to be a president and we're talking to our colleagues in europe and elsewhere to to demonstrate widespread political support for the good of the interim president see your compliment you know i am committed to international dialogue today tomorrow and always i'm committed and personally ready if i have to go and meet this guy climb to the top of mount pico humboldt's at three in the morning and i will if i have to go naked i'll go naked on foot by car by motorcycle it must be very clear

to the world and to this regime that nobody will take part in this fake dialogue. god it was addressed through tens of thousands onto the streets of the venezuelan capital but also triggered demonstrations in support of madeira twenty people are reported to have been killed in the turmoil and a further five hundred were arrested cut across space journalist has this report is being received in iraq as with both a joy and rejection from both parties and both sides of supporters we are standing right now in our studios in assembly supporting one white doe and of course some of the national assembly congressmen but of course we want to hear the voices of the people who support and the people who reject the is calling for elections and this war in one white guilt ridden situation never before experienced in venezuela so people are coming out because this is us the new surrounds it's not the political

parties it's not the national assembly it's the venezuelans who are coming out and fighting for what we want. the opposition will not return because we support our president for all the right reasons for our mission for our homes for our children they will not come back all the partisan this and that's coloring buys that matter here the key think is to save venice and that is what we are doing where starting the fight in. this is a government of social justice our country has many major oil resources natural wealth and there are many interests that want to get their hands on it given these obstacles the governments of chavez unama doura have made significant progress the international community is also split over that question of materials in the us and i see the us canada and most south american states have now recognized dollars venezuela's interim president a number of other states though including russia china and turkey have lent their

backing to president nicolas maduro they've criticized what they see as a coup attempt there's no end in sight to the investment in venezuela as another group of states. europe that issued an ultimatum to. there that he used to play as germany spain france the u.k. as well have warned that if elections are called within eight days they will officially recognize quadro as the country's leader and as well as foreign minister has ridiculed the demand dismissing it as almost childlike on saturday tensions over the crisis while on full display at an emergency u.n. security council meeting here to urge all nations to support the democratic aspirations of the venezuelan people get to be one of you can tell me in which article and which provision of the united nations charter you can find the legal basis for this program nation it was just this meeting which we've been forced to attend is yet another element of us regime change strategy either you stand with the forces of freedom or you're in league with his me i'm the united states is that

. the. it is in advance it's in the vanguard of that could it it is the ordinary how indeed can any self respecting government possibly justifies supporting the poisonous regime of the nation destroying missed in the doura if anything does represent a threat to peace it is the shameless and aggressive actions of the united states and their allies this discussion in the council is about the right of the venezuelan people to direct their own internal of peers and choose the future of their own country democratically. for us to live to gabriel hedlund an expert on american and latin american studies thanks for joining us on the program today just want to ask you about that ultimatum issued by some of those e.u. states to saying that if elections are about within eight or seven disposed days now are they going to recognize as president assuming just for

a second those elections are called and say my dear oh does where i mean are they even likely to recognize those elections or is there really no win win situation for the venezuelan government. i think it would depend on what the conditions for election were there were elections that were held in may last year and there are some very major critiques level that as i think are valid in particular the banning of leading opposition candidates in the election unlike the past couple of elections seem like it was probably technically fair but on a very uneven playing field i think that there would have to be a lot of credibility there would have to be observers and there'd have to be probably a entirely new system within venezuela so there's a lot of hurdles but if the government were to call for a new election that would certainly change the game in some major ways and i think it was probably encouraged as it seems to have been by international actors the government on the other hand. would stand to lose

a lot in korean paralyzation i think the population of venizelos not the time and tomorrow so there's a lot of uncertainty or there have been calls for compromise a negotiation almost sides to avoid an escalation to bloodshed but the the self-proclaimed president has so far been quite reluctant to and talks and negotiations with what do i do when i what i. i would imagine that the u.s. which is in very close communication with them by all accounts and seems to really be having a close to the director role in the process doesn't want him to do that publicly although it seems like behind the scenes or you know it's more or less openly guy though has met with some. ministration officials even though these publicly rejected meeting with him self so it's hard to know how much of that is sort of rhetorical posturing and how much of it is the sort of political opposition where he's not going to negotiate whatsoever speaking i'm going to own particular the

government in the present conjuncture has initiated more willingness to negotiate. and so far that hasn't taken a formal path but i think there are behind the scenes conversations happening. the u.s. does have a history of intervene intervention does that in south america from the election rigging attempting coups you know bullets into action as well and trump has said all options are all the table these were up to them to rule out a military option here. obviously looking. now and hopefully that's something that that won't happen for all sides but do you think that could be a possibility here of some sort of use of force. it can't be discounted given the statements from trump and from a ministration official live and try ministration at a very high level saying that that is a possibility and as you said the us does have a law on. supporting overt and covertly supporting military action in

pressuring on governments within latin america the coup in chile be an example of going back as well in two thousand to other incredible brazil so we're not talking about the distant past we're talking about pretty recent events which the us. directly played a role in or certainly supported so all of that means that i think that it can be discounted but at the moment i don't think it's the most likely scenario because of the sort of support of the military form a dearth of publicly if that were to go away i think that there would be more uncertainty and more possibility for things moving forward. the u.s. has said it's involved to help distressed venezuelans concerned about democracy and prosperity in the country as well how much of an impact though has the sanctions had on the venezuelan public i mean surely if there is a concern about the well being of ordinary venezuelans easing some sort of sanctions might be a step towards then that. you know i think that's literally true and actually the

us claiming to care about the well being of ordinary gun it's limits a very hard to believe and that's not to defend them and do it in the streets and i think that they have profound responsibility for the suffering that has gone on and they have not been the sorts of actions that they need to but in the last eighteen months in particular u.s. sanctions have had a very devastating of. the government of venezuela and the ability to have resources. efficiently prevented the government from incurring. foreign law other than a few countries russia china and being some of the main countries were and as well has been able to do that because of their inability to incur debt there's been a dramatic escalation of the crisis and this is actually something that the u.s. government has admitted those are rational and for in november of last year where the u.s. government is very specifically that there are n.g.o.s and betters the telling us

that this is going to harm the people and that there are going to be negative attacks of our own sanctions and there's very little doubt that there has been very serious negative attacks already so i think that the u.s. doesn't have any sort of. ground to stand on when they say that we care about the venezuelan people as long as the sanctions regime close what about the wider region here i mean what role about as well as neighbors playing in all of this a lot of them have recognized the interim leader as well over the last couple of days i mean could they help deescalate this crisis somehow. well i think the wider region is a really crucial thing to keep in mind and i think there's a couple countries that seem to be playing a positive role mexico and what it why so much supporting them in their own ministration as refusing to recognize. and calling for dialogue and negotiation between the government i think that anyone who really cares about venezuela should be supportive of those sorts of threats but many other countries in the in the region argentina or colombia surely have recognized and

a very important reason for that is that a lot of those countries not all of them but a lot of them have left or center a lot of governments a few years ago and now have right wing conservative governments which are very close to the u.s. and so the right weren't turning within the region which the u.s. has been encouraging and making out and to some extent is a major factor in the current crisis and venezuela has been in the u.s. as crosshairs for two and really trying to get rid of first a child as an illustration then the majority ministration was frustrated by the left and center left governments that were in power throughout the region until a few years ago and the rightward shift has led to a very different regional context which i think the u.s. is trying with some success to take advantage of. an expert on american and latin american studies on that venezuelan crisis. eleventh consecutive weekend of yellow vest demonstrations caused havoc in cities

across france on saturday with fierce clashes broke out between protesters and police. several people were injured in those clashes including a leading figure within the yellow vest movement his lawyer says he's permanently lost his vision in one eye the protester was streaming video in paris when he was hit by a flashpoint grenade. i

think there's no i mean water counter protest movement has been launched in paris shanna devinsky reports from the first red scarf running. this protest movement to consume says the food the who's which translates that the red scarf say all of the empty as she lay she only empty yellow vests for to some degree what they saying is they're unhappy with the violence that's been seen to her in this movement of the should they jonesy yellow vests since november seventeenth i just wanted to get a sense of just how many people of turned out for this protest today this protest to say that they food democracy they're against the full islands they're against its rights and they hate to describe themselves to show that they are the silent majority many people have said that they want their voices to be heard and they

want a democracy to be respected there are happy with not just the violence occurred in the yellow vests movement but also in the. struction monuments to frank sesno for get back in december the off the tree on one of the some moons of the republic was trashed it was vandalized by some of the so cool to suggs less of a whole lot of that yellow vest movement and some of the people here say they also yellow vests to people that supported the movement at the beginning they want to see some change in france but there are unhappy with how it's progress and so they hate to get their voice out into the streets and to meet people who know that they won't the respect of the republic the respect of democracy to return many people wouldn't say that their true present not going you know through the french government they prove the values of the french republic which all we know in the moto of liberty a galaxy and fraternity say one of the things that they're shouting is we're all so

people see we're the say since to you so a big turnout for this first protest by the red scarfs hey in paris today demanding that they the silent majority also and that the values of the republic of frogs are respected after the break we hear from the american iranian t.v. presenter whose arrest in the us sparked international outrage if you don't think about. moving. on she's gone into a nihilistic fever. thank god a hit the road and get out the traveling across america by what makes america take the shot i would say. this is a weak point from which i understand something we always are on the bridge to some

. part. we're starting with. the beginning heading east into the swamp we're going into the belly of the beast i think i want to leave now doesn't get any more ground on the earth maybe completely different than the mr. i happened to be interviewed in an effort to understand what happened here the p.m.c. that came here for small contractors to win the war came here was a contract to train a unit and to create there from scratch and then to go into combat and the g.p. limited the stick. a treasured landscape painting has been stolen from moscow's most prominent gallery

according to culture officials the artwork which is worth almost two hundred thousand dollars was taken right in front of unsuspecting visits is medina caution about is that the see if you have more details. the grand theft happened right behind the store on sunday between six and seven pm the famous painting by a russian artist that he was simply taking off the wall or at least that's how i witnesses described it man allegedly dressed as a security guard walked in took the painting off the wall and with a blank expression on his face walked away before anyone could realize it the precious painting was gone to pieces that he'd queen i pad tree a famous peak in crimea the painting is insured for two hundred thousand dollars but if auction the price could be several million dollars building up the gallery on sunday it was packed with people as quite a vast exhibition of his works is on display for the first time here at this gallery and over at decade at the moment the building of the gallery is blocked by

police who are questioning average one who works there and also checking c.c.t.v. cameras the police are investigating what appears to be an ambitious heist fit for a movie script. following most of what were in the media and from international n.g.o.s out of america running into the president has been released from custody in the united states off to being detained without charge. generalization seems ok bad. she was not happy well it's the fact that certain gaucho instructions were there's a statue of instructions not being with. us so that her head scarf had been removed

against her will. an exclusive interview minus the i share me share the story of fight attention with actual returns a host of aussies going underground. it was flown private plane. to d.c. and then met with a whole lot of that taken to the f.b.i. i think take the f.b.i. headquarters. words. my my picture was taken mug shan state took my d.n.a. no one has read you the roads no one is still here read you the right no one ever read me my rights and she my rights were not read i was treated like a prize in the middle of prisoners when most of the time i was in solitary

case i was locked up i couldn't come out everyone's thinking at oh my god is this woman like a mass murderer or what is going on during her ten days in detention people gathered to protest in the u.s. and iran is the free journalist again on detention. it's not about me is about the ability. of. the us basically to detain anyone. i would say illegally dealt they are going to say that it's legal so it's much bigger to me we want to demand a start to these actions in this country as saying that a material witness it is mind boggling that you can be arrested it did change shall cause not charged with a crime and. wow i definitely cite first hand.

that said there are at least two sides to every story that's certainly true a viral video showing a confrontation stateside between a student wearing a make america great again cap and a native american veteran. it is disturbing students mocking native american dad some of them have arrested and jeering at a native american disturbing viral video has sparked outrage toward covington catholic high school just stirring viral video shows the moment seems to make america great again around this thing in need of a miracle announcer in washington a troubling incident at the foot of the lincoln memorial i heard him say you know down. here this is here because we have just been strong. instead of going into details and establishing the real crux of the matter a number of media outlets and celebrities to to come will blink approach. reports

this is a happy word says make america great again they now call it the maggot act this is a kook klux klan hoot they used to terrorize freed african-americans and those different shapes eras purposes however this make america great again is just as maddening and frustrating and triggering for me to look at as a k.k.k. hood. many people have called donald trump of filthy racist in the past what's up with this new wave of hat hate now even though something that's now compared to the k.k.k. fashion has been worn by african-americans or the l.g.b. t.q. community well just remember that white teenagers versus native american vets situation the viral video sweeping the internet a mob of mag out wearing high school students running in native american chanting in drumming so much and the story was twisted as we learned from videos that

emerged later. on. the market might if you. look at it. we think. we've got thank you. as you can see the teen dubbed as a shameless bully was just standing still and smiling at the man with the drum who had come up to him but that's not important because the student was wearing a magpie hat people judge me based off one expression and they've gone from there to titling me and labeling me as a race that's person you think if you weren't wearing that hat. this might not have happened or it might have been different that's possible oh the had does mean so much and again don't forget that from now on in the minds of so many people people

whose voices matter the red mark a hat is the new white hood without white boys being able to empathize with other people humanity will continue to destroy itself. and so it's probably only natural that americans wearing maggots have gotten themselves in trouble. in the first. point and i get your hand if you do your my hand i don't feel. like. yeah. yeah so who knows how far that kind of bullying may get soon some of the media have tried very hard to make you associate mr trump with the k.k.k. now with this hat situation it must have become a much easier job that's the news for this from the myself thanks for staying with

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