theat. ladies and gentlemen. i. i. did a beautiful spring. thanks. again says he doesn't rule out sending troops to venezuela to support the opposition and they want to go. to washington impose new sanctions on present. the us to stop seeking regime change.

that shapes the. nuclear treaty in a response to washington's with over alleged russian. also to come in the south. seas clashes between demonstrators and police during a march to denounce. joining us this is off the international first announced that he does not rule out the use of military force in venezuela to support the self-proclaimed leader juan. let's bring in mid-air benjamin he's the co-founder of the antiwar movement code. pink

thanks for joining us today your anti war organization and the efforts that you make must be kept pretty busy by events such as what we're seeing at the moment regarding venezuela and u.s. how can i put this i don't want to call it interference let's just say u.s. involvement but again military intervention is being mentioned what's your reaction to that. i think it would be horrific it's also totally illegal and it's well opposes absolutely no threat to the united states and therefore it has to be the congress not the executive branch that makes any decision about the u.s. use of military force right now there are two initiatives in congress to reiterate this there the president does not have the authority to do any kind of military intervention in venezuela do you really think that the people of venezuela even those who oppose madeira do you really think that they're ready for do with they

accept u.s. military intervention in their own country. there's certainly a level of desperation and then as well where people want to see it an easing of the economic crisis but that doesn't mean they would accept foreign intervention a lot of people in there as well even those that dislike the present government are nationalists believe in sovereignty and also have a somewhat of an understanding of the history of u.s. intervention in latin america which has not been pretty. there were several e.u. countries who set of what seemed like a fairly arbitrary number of days ultimatum form or do a road to launch new elections new presidential elections last elections but not the ones that they were hoping for what will he do if anything. well it was a ridiculous ultimatum to give eight days very much in the imperial line of the united states but i do think what the europeans should be doing is drawing their

weight behind mexico and europe who have offered themselves up as mediators in this crisis this is a very real and very grave situation right now that could lead to a civil war could lead to u.s. military intervention could drag in russia into this conflict it must be stopped and we need cooler heads the europeans and the canadians should not be going along with the u.s. dangerous policy but should instead be calling for an international intervention or mediation and going to the money being used as a weapon the u.s. slot more sanctions on venezuela and handed the country's assets to the leader of the opposition and the legality to that can they do that should they do that. absolutely illegal and will also hurt the venezuelan people even more it is very sad to hear the traffic ministration talk about how much they care about the plight of the venezuelan people while they're making it infinitely worse through these

tighter and tighter sanctions they're also using humanitarian aid as a weapon humanitarian aid should never be used as part of this political crisis putting when you're in a situation of saying that he doesn't want aid that is really coming in through the u.s. military and being given to a. political force that is totally illegitimate could speak to push your time with benjamin my guess co-founder pink. mostly with the story earlier in the week in a speech today pro-government rally the country's president nicolas maduro called on his supporters to back him and said that early elections could be held in the opposition controlled national assembly and on his rival one going to go asked the country's military to come over to his side. being the youngest member of the three national assembly do you agree with that i agree and i stand by that decision do you want to elections do you want. let's have parliamentary elections them.

soldiers the hour has come the moment has come to declare your support for the constitution humanitarian aid and for change for your family people are gathered here to protest against an equal last might do or end to the man free elections this guy was made by one white oh in other parts of the city there's also protests to support an equal as mature as president and also to celebrate the twenty years of the revolutionary socialists and there were some very strongest words from the u.s. is no time for dialogue this is time for. all options are on the table. i . need to listen the girl would do well not to test the resolve of the united states. i wish him a long quiet retirement on a pretty beach far from venezuela and the sooner he takes advantage of that the center is likely to have a nice quiet retirement on a pretty beach rather than being in some other beach area like guantanamo. asked

venice santa. ana true. asks venice do you feel that already tense political climate in the country a military high rank today a general also bad and one white no us president. does of a dictatorial authority with nicolas maduro and recognized as the president in charge of the ovarian republic open his. comrades in arms i ask you not to turn your back on the people of. god. and while economic sanctions imposed by the u.s. and its allies against starting to buy and they target the country's key source of revenue oil freezing seven billion. dollars worth of assets a move set to further increase the cost of basic foodstuffs and to keep protesters on the streets it's estimated the sanctions will cost venezuela eleven billion

dollars in lost oil exports just this year washington has said that it would lift the sanctions if control is transferred to. the all sanctions were being announced the u.s. national security adviser gave away a little bit more than perhaps he wanted before the spotted written on his no pud the words five thousand troops to colombia and he shares a border of venezuela then accuse washington of planning his assassination. there's no doubt that trump gave an order to kill me he told the colombian government the colombian mafia to kill me if something happens to me one day donald trump and the colombian president will be responsible. for three of washington's most hawkish figures are leading america's attempts to undermine madeira on the scale of more pain takes a look at the team seeking regime change at the united nations like pompei zero draw a line in the sand now it's time for every other nation to pick a side no more delays no more games either you stand with the forces of freedom or you're in league with his me i'm sound familiar either you're with us. if you love

freedom and with nations with your bridge freedom or you are the enemy yes their ideas are not new but now they're linking arms in the global spotlight some call them the axis of evil or the troika of tyranny meet mike pompei oh elliott abrams and john bolton the three amigos of imperialism john bolton was a big supporter of the iraq war and he represented the united states in the united nations an organization he really didn't care for very much united states make the u.n. work work and that is exactly the way you should be because the. united states is. like balm peo is the new kid on the block without very much experience as head of the cia he tried to get the authority to conduct drone strikes in afghanistan without the pentagon's oversight and he worked day and night to rip up the iran nuclear deal at the center of it is not interested in a campaign of economic pressure to starve the regime of the revenue it uses to fund

it was six of these throughout the middle east and around the world now back in the spotlight after years of obscurity meet convicted criminal elliott abrams he was tied to massacres in el salvador any help to funnel weapons to the contras in nicaragua he was convicted for his role in covering it all up and he received a presidential pardon now he's a special envoy for venezuela it seems that his record in latin america has really impressed certain people america's new dream team is now taking aim at venezuela why because they just care so much for those poor oh pressed venezuelans they want them to have a chance at freedom and democracy right or is it something else will make a big difference to the united states economically if we could have american oil companies really invest in and produce the oil capabilities in venezuela be good for the people of venezuela be good for the people of the united states we both

have a lot at stake here. yes honesty is always appreciated the u.s. is once again talking about basically another war for oil so that it introduces these moral complications and gives rise to some serious questions about the u.s. motivations here and it's very frustrating from an american point of view it's one thing for trump to announce oh i support this other guy and that's great but but but these sanctions are kind of an act of violence in themselves i believe we have what is in the back of the cave uing us of an as well in the tribal borders but on the economy of the country which is having very real humanitarian consequences for the people there it is a question no you know washington and it. and elsewhere want their cake and they want to have their cake either rup i mean very very a double dip or thing here. this week's or america suspend

a key cold war deal to limit the amount of mid range nuclear missiles claimed that it's because russia is in violation of the decades old agreement moscow says the accusations are groundless and withdrew from the treaty the next day in a tit for tat response to a band all land based ballistic and cruise missiles and launchers with short to intermediate range is not easy to stand up for what's behind the dispute. it's not like the u.s. withdrawal from the iron of deal chord anyone by surprise washington's been looking for the exit for a long time russia has repeatedly tried to steer the titanic of a relationship away from its burke. for many years we have proposed disarmament talks with our initiatives have not found the support of our partners in fact they always find a pretext for dismantling the global security system but this week everything crashed and burned and went to kingdom come but time for talk was over. you know

you don't own our american partners said they were suspending their participation in the i.n.f. treaty and we will suspend ours also they announced they were conducting research and development and we will do the same i've asked our foreign and defense ministries to keep the doors open for dialogue but also not to initiate any talks on the issue why well one last time america's top diplomat threw a barrage of accusations at russia for violating the i.n.f. deal without a shred of proof russia has violated russia's violation russia's shamelessly violated the russians are in violation of the agreement now officially in the us has a problem with this message nato classified as s s c eight russia says that it in full compliance with the i.n.f. treaty but washington chuck russia's arguments out of the window the united states and most of our nato allies did not attend this briefing as we all saw it for water

was another at tam to a few ski the violation and give the appearance our transparency was like a bottomless cup as the allegations kept pouring culminating in america's withdrawal so now more schools done with being cooperative in all actually it says the u.s. is no saint. since twenty fourteen the u.s. has deployed. in europe is full to one missile launchers which is suitable for american tomahawk missiles which is a direct violation of the treaty these missile launchers are based in rumania and already to be constructed in poland russia's defense ministry says in the past two years the us expanded its key missile factory in tucson across the board it swelled in size and hired some two thousand new employees moreover the pentagon's defense budget for this year by asked last spring and drawn up even earlier had already calculated the scenario currently being played out and this week donald trump

revealed the chapters to come we will move forward with developing our own military response options and will work with nato and other allies and partners to deny russia any military advantage from its unlawful conduct russia though has an ace or two apart sleeve like the brand new miss as it unveiled last year including hypersonic weapons and even the u.s. admitted it has no counter form and defense minister sergei show who says there's more where that came from we suggest starting work on adapting russia's caliber missile launch systems from maritime to land based ones we also suggest beginning work on a new land based hypervelocity ballistic missile of a short to medium range yet at the same time most school says it's never been driven by the offensive potential of its weapons it's all about parity essentially russia points to the fact that america's somehow been defending against the iran

and north korea threats by marching missiles on russia's border and no one likes to be surrounded by the military of a state that openly calls you an adversary and still leaves the door ajar despite everything the new arms race doesn't have to begin it says russia has promised not to deploy any missiles in europe first but if the us chooses to set this in motion well two can play that game. the suspension of the on of treaty has provoked a worldwide reaction particularly from europe which feels that it's being caught in the middle of this dispute between two nuclear superpowers we definitely don't want to see is our continent a billion back to being about those fields or a place where. other superpowers confront themselves so we must prepare for a world without the un if there is a need for dialogue with russia for all part the german foreign minister and i will

do everything to pave the way for talks within the six month period apart from that nato will thoroughly assess what the u.s. withdrawal would mean it is important to keep the window for dialogue open i don't think the united states really engage is diplomacy anymore and we really haven't or several decades said they in this year union went out of business in one thousand nine hundred one and we thought it was our right to establish our dominion over the entire planet i don't think they really care what the russians have to say i think what they're really interested in his gaining military superiority over russia over china as well and that these treaties simply get in the way. three men have won awards with a set of men in the middle east to celebrate gender equality who will take a close look after the break.

join me every thursday on the alex simon sure and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business i'm showbusiness i'll see you then. he's gone into a nihilistic. thank you got to hit the road and get out the traveling across america to find what makes america the charlotte. american hero this is a point. we always are on the current system. we're starting west with. will begin to headed east into the swamp we're going into the

belly of the beach i think i want to leave now doesn't get any more. you may be completely different in this. in france the been for the clashes between yellow vests protesters on the police today demonstrations were held across the country for a weekend in the rug and they were dedicated to those injured at previous rallies beyond police firing rubber bullets and comes after a french court recently ruled the use is lawful. police used tear gas water cannons to disperse the crowds the country's interior

minister defended the use of special weapons against riotous but he also stressed that any abuse would be punished according to official figures more than two thousand protesters plus around one thousand police officers have been hurt in yellow vest events since nov seventeenth a sister channel r.t. france spoke to some of the demonstrators were drawn up to a document that the during act two on november twenty fourth i came with friends to paris to peacefully participate in a demonstration express my concerns with the usual slogans michael resigned at sixty two thirty one of the riot police squadrons attacked the moving crowd and de gea lie and four type grenade hit my legs and exploded. and sank the injured twenty five to thirty people injured and maimed and mostly yellow vests the rather those who were wounded before the suffered from the same weapon are suffering so united us for us it was obvious no difference. this is important

because i became part of a new family the family of the wounded i'm not the only one wounded like this i became part of a large group who were injured there are many seventeen hundred people i'm the twentieth a person whose i was injured so it was important to come today in order to at least to support the speaker's. office the micron surprised many people by claiming he too would danniella vest under certain conditions it's callous little america which told us the president is out of touch. if for yellow vest means being for higher paid work and a more efficient parliament than i. i'm a year of this i think. the people in his entourage just don't understand what's going on there so much disconnected with one of the french are living on a daily basis they don't know what type of answer to bring cannot come back he is over the french president he can only give back his image he is hated by more than

half the population today i'm not saying he's dislike people disapprove of some of his actions i'm talking about hatred sometimes people don't realize how tough the police are in france how how violent they have been these past two weeks i have seen personally and this is being shot in the face just fifty centimeters away from me for doing nothing letting it out. as part of a drive to boost equality the united arab emirates held an awards ceremony last week to recognize government efforts to employ more women but the some one thing wasn't quite right all three recipients of awards presented by the ruler of dubai the vice president were men and that's quite an online reaction. i'm sorry to have to be the one to tell you but you forgot to invite women well really nailed the diversity there one of those there was was wearing gray you've achieved an excellent balance of men with dark facial hair and men with the right facial

hair my congratulation is there only one gender in dubai the us prime minister says that women are playing a central role in shaping the future of the country and getting more women into positions of power is a priority despite that though women's rights are still severely restricted in the country for example women require the permission of a male guardian to get married they can't get a job without the husband's consent and divorce is rarely granted he spoke to political analyst catherine checkdown about the award ceremony. i think that the u.a.e. way at least its leadership should have actually you know made good and actually present at least in a what you want women i mean to at least pretend pretend that you are promoting gender equality not even trying they're not even doing good p.r. all pointing that gender equality either also another question what was the point of the exercise that's all it was new at times wessel ever try actually you know repress down to have women represented that what he's made them visible somehow but

nothing was actually done other than one particular woman was congratulated for her efforts she didn't even receive an award or a medal or anything like that it's one thing to speak reform it's another to actually enact them and i think that still for even the you it's much much better than the rest of the gulf for one reason is that it has opened up its border a lot of foreigners about their full changes had to be done. you can catch up with the rest of the world i don't think it's near enough of a more useful youth half an hour to go. just manufactured sentenced to public wealth. when the running clubs to

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on the disease. but for now the mountains of waste only grow higher. countries gone into a nihilistic theme that's why they've got to hit the road and get out of the traveling america to find what makes america the charlatans the genius of america here this is it we've done the point around which hollywood has gotten so. we're starting last where the myth is we're going to head east into the swamp we're going into the belly of the bee i think i'm leaving out never getting more gondolas no you may be completely different end of this journey. so i guess if you're heading out of me yes i mean the theory is that what happens in vegas especially stay you may guess right they can keep it. i'm already completely blank

i can remember a single thing that happened i think it's good nothing leaves a vegas because they do one of them your allies are on the exit where they just delete your brain they don't number. the really stinks that we had a hand in that convertible the missing and already are missing it deeply literally because we have alex shaffer us painting in the back and oil fields are really. making me feel a little bit hunter s. thompson asked oh i visited all that oil separate time and it's got warming it's way through my brain cavity right now. you know foxy this me house equipment it carries around knobs and buttons and machines and he's recording stuff apparently people come up to him all the time and they say hey buddy are yo ghost hunter i think he's a ghost hunter looking for ghosts and that's funny as you have to be kind of an older pre-millennial that's like ghostbusters sort of days i guess you know there's

a big there's a big market for ghost hunting apparently a lot of t.v. shows roaming around old shadows and mansions looking for ghosts actually in flagstaff we're going to be i think we're staying at a haunted haunted hotel when you say haunted i mean how on to. not is haunted as the scary films he won't see yeah i'm not going to love poems i want to be scaled. back so yeah i was surprised. i mean you're mentally bankhead never have been ok you're interesting that we're going to go home not possible ok get ready for the what. the movie. has not asked for the look i think. the rose to be. god's country just with that good intention love it says like route one

fifty one i've never seen it's never seen a road called roots and i actually have no peeping at all this is like sedona gonzo with max the stacy in their color coordinated sweaters heading out into the gonzo countryside with a fully equipped picnic baskets watching the apocalypse of america the great seeds and well coordinated accessories some of this landscape actually looks apocalyptic with you know these treaties just chopped down are falling down are burned down or something is tree stumps and everywhere you look you know the storms come to blow the trees right off the stumps look at the list looks like something out of chain prufrock like she was said she had her prufrock sort of thing i think you're a myth you're mixing up j. edgar hoover and ts eliot it's a great j. edgar prufrock a story about a lone f.b.i. agent who is faces the wasteland that is the older years and turn back the hands of

time and gets eaten by giant crumpet somewhere in london nobody misses max you know this county that we're in right now has the highest percentage of need of americans in the state of arizona yeah i saw it like thirty percent thirty percent of the population in this county are native american mostly navajo but also hope be. some of the few other tribes around here as well yeah that was really remarkable i didn't know that there were any counties anywhere that. such a high concentration of native americans and they definitely have a sense of their presence and in this landscape because when you ever see native americans for trade it's always in the landscape like this right if i lived here and this is my land with all this beauty some dude came along and started blasting .