recent move by brazil by china by russia to actually fund the i.m.f. and to. push for special drawing rights gradually replacing dollar i think are very significant moves we also are seeing the emergence of what i call regional financial architecture and these can dovetail with. i don't think i agree with fred that there would be a kind of permanent clash of interests economically or politically among these countries plus when brics get augment it by what can be called cement as well and other emerging countries but i think the essence of the matter is that there are really no permanent competition or permanent cooperation in the world we have to go issue by issue by issue we already are seeing cooperation in finance we're seeing cooperation in high technology we're seeing cooperation in terms of specific. and materials politically i think this conference that is going to take place in a few days in china is very very significant not only because south africa has been brought in and africa now has a representation as well but more importantly there will be a k

brazil incident. president obama highlighted the launch of a dialogue with india last year and the two countries jointly organized the first-ever democracy and open government expo which president obama tour in india. countries are sharing best practices on ways in which they institutionalized transparent practices, procurement, international laid and natural resources to make it harder for officials to strengthen the efforts of citizens to hold themselves accountable. emerging democracies are the cutting edge of these efforts in helping contribute to knowledge and experience including government and civil society and the private sector. despite the traditional reluctance to hold particular countries accountable emerging democracies have shown a growing willingness to speak out. i would offer three recent examples. here and, ivory coast and libya. brazil voted in geneva last month to create a special repertoires for human rights having abstain on the annual u.n. general assembly resolution since 2004,

representative and asks him what the future holds for the economies of brazil russia india china and south africa of course we're talking about the bric countries there you can find out what he had to say about that and other topics as well our interview program that's coming up in just a few moments here outside. we'll . bring you the latest in science and technology from the realm of russia. we've done the future coverage. hello again and welcome to fart like me shell an artsy hour when aren't they my guest on the program. of the i.m.f. . the international monetary fund says the economies of brazil russia india china and south africa are going to see a tremendous growth in the chinese analyst as far as to say the brics financial systems will make up a third of the world's g.d.p. in just four years today there has to brics countries are in china and discussing joint opportunities the future health. and the what are the perspectives of this aggressive young international organization has the former senior representative of the i.m.f. in moscow and professor at the high school of econ

the international monetary fund says the economies of brazil russia india china and south africa are going to see a tremendous growth in the chinese analyst as far as to say the brics financial systems will make up a third of the world's g.d.p. in just for a year to date there has of the brics countries are in china then discussing joint opportunities the future held for. what are they and what are the perspectives of this aggressive young international organization is the former senior resident representative of the i.m.f. in moscow and professor the high school of economics. ten years ago goldman sachs economist says the joint potential of brazil russia india and china essentially could become the world's top economies by twenty p.t. this year south africa joined the group adding even more potential to the financial systems today brics makes up almost a third of the elfs territory nearly a harford world's population and a considerable part of global agriculture resources coupled with immense natural resources and cheap labor costs these factories provide for their current rapid and

brazil russia india china and south africa put a united front as they strive to take an even greater slice of the world economy join me for the details in a few moments. as the u.s. defense budget escapes on top of a series of sweeping cuts its social programs the better profits. and i guess you were paul's believe he's now considering selling out of that highly lucrative chance a venture this is also his business says about twenty minutes time it's very. very warm welcome to you this is live from moscow i'm elements of the president's. case has been sold prospects arrested by and he's following monday's attack have admitted responsibility let's cross live now to all of these catherine like about you all but for all the latest on this i've just been told that we've actually lost our force in minsk that in that virtual bow we will. become the nice time about you know the details of that deadly metro blast in minsk. this is from when. i started to scream for help i was bleeding heavily a man and a woman karen to be outside in the fresh air the top of my mat and didn't leave me until th

from north america persist. >> the american dream boss in brazil -- for us in brazil also is to understand the future. to work for the better things and in your life and for your country. >> in 1866, the pioneers came to brazil led by colonel william morris, with the town's -- where american towns were born. the last few years, they have survived. there has been chinese competition, providing fabrics for special applications. this belongs to a traditional brazilian company. >> my great grandparents come from the united states with a dream to grow cotton, and they build a windmill. and later the family built this factory, which has been here for 40 years now. we are keeping the dream a lot. >> the textile industry started here by the american immigrants and in the 19th century a.d. basis for the growth of this area, one of the most developed regions of brazil. it is the perfect ground for the development of the 21st century brazilian industry. >> and this technology company, is engineer from the american community works hard towards his vision of the dream. he is planning to get married lat

as president of brazil this. summit meeting of the brits in this beautiful island of one i'm actually. even happier to see the attendance by south african president zuma therefore have this in the african perspective on the agenda that brings us all together history holds some irony is because not until. all up until recently brics was nothing but just an acronym made by a financial system economist who over the focus of history has increasingly attributed new responsibilities the acronym bricks today reflects a group of countries that has reflected its dynamic strength in the context of the most serious financial crisis ever since nine hundred twenty nine our country's brings together almost three billion inhabitants even prior to south africa's accession to the brics the i.m.f. already for a test that we would account for about half of they were old school roth between two thousand and eight and twenty fourteen and we share similar visions on economic growth coupled with social fairness we have grown with incom

bbc news, american brazil. >> our american dream series. every gramm is at least a bit nervous, right? -- every groom is at least a bit nervous, right? if you're going to do watched by millions, that can produce a world-class case of the jitters. when prince william was asked what made him nervous, he replied, "the whole thing progress made his concession after showing his grandmother the clean around his air force station. >> when even the queen cannot manage an elegant arrival, you know the weather must be bad. unsurprisingly, prince william was tasked with showing his grandparents are around for some of the visit. this is the aircraft keep flies. the it was a chance for prince william to show off to his grandparents and give them insight into this work. it is a job that makes them feel immensely proud. it has also given him a relatively normal life by rail standards. -- royal standard. >> [unintelligible] >> here he is just flight lt. wales, no real names, no royal protocol. >> my knees started yelling. it is quite an intimidating prospe

bbc news, american brazil. >> our american dream series. every gramm is at least a bit nervous, right? -- every groom is at least a bit nervous, right? if you're going to do watched by millions, that can produce a world-class case of the jitters. when prince william was asked what made him nervous, he replied, "the whole thing progress made his concession after showing his grandmother the clean around his air force station. >> when even the queen cannot manage an elegant arrival, you know the weather must be bad. unsurprisingly, prince william was tasked with showing his grandparents are around for some of the visit. this is the aircraft keep flies. the it was a chance for prince william to show off to his grandparents and give them insight into this work. it is a job that makes them feel immensely proud. it has also given him a relatively normal life by rail standards. -- royal standard. >> [unintelligible] >> here he is just flight lt. wales, no real names, no royal protocol. >> my knees started yelling. it is quite an intimidating prospe

brazil russia india china and south africa but a united front as they strive to take an even greater size of the world economy join me for the details in a few moments. funding the wars and the expense of education many americans are often all dismal social costs are now small the pentagon refuses to budget for the gigantic defense budget . little. can see this is live from moscow now the fatal terror attack since been sold less than forty eight hours all but according to president bush and co two suspects detained in connection with the monday metro bombing confessed to the explosion however the reasons a motive behind the attack remain all clear the blast killed twelve and left almost two hundred injured. the bomb went off as crowds were coming out of trains during the evening rush hour and the capital's main subway help. bring the groucho of a met some of the victims recovering and. the shoes from when. i started to scream help i was bleeding heavily i'm an injured woman can't be outside into the fresh air i told my nag and didn't leave me until the ambulance arrived that's mine a

>> having made tough but necessary reforms, nations like peru and brazil are seeing impressive growth. >> and growth going into the future. item, economic projection 2011 -- 4.5% growth. 2012, 4.6% growth. this makes latin america a strong market of, of course, u.s. goods. item, history of consumption. latin america is the u.s.'s fastest growing trade partner. between 1998 and 2009, an 11- year period trade nearly doubled, up 82%. item, jobs. u.s. exports to the region are projected to support more than 2 million jobs here in the u.s. all of this signals, of course, the region's rising influence globably. >> countries like chile and brazil are now players on the international stage, and so our

yes it's very important lucas prior to brazil. doing what they were not communists they were never marxist in a traditional marxist sense all marxist leninist sense or even communist sense they are leftist progressives and they use they may use some cost seven marxism but basically they are in favor of our parliamentary democracy the are in favor also are not ruling it working class for the betterment of the group president so. back to clearly no liberalist sometimes lula played a very skillful game of being a progressive and being a new liberal as well to brazilian financial elites. as much as well street level as well so it's different to compare brazil and china i traveled over china for years and that my comparison between brazil and china is no good for the world left to have a more chinese model in terms of brazil enterprises developing national development bank were just equivalent after block racine injecting a lot of cash into the economy so the more state oriented model the brazilian side of the neutral free market capit

and doesn't become the next egypt or tunisia the world's largest developing economies on the rise brazil russia india china now south africa the new kid on the block they're not of bricks and they're getting ready for their meeting to talk about how to better leverage their growing economic and political influence in the world r.t. the real english show how the story. while the old world order may be pumping money down the drain on warring in libya the new world order is fighting battles that can be won on the world's money and trade market brazil russia india china and this year's new kid on the block south africa have gathered on the chinese island of hainan talk business and it's not just about economy it's about politics as well though the brics countries do put a heavy emphasis on economic issues broader political questions such as the situation in northern africa and the middle east are also going to be hot topics for discussions to recount to stare gold. or un resolution was very wise in terms of we're not going to get involved in this mess in fact when the

political talks russia brazil india china and south africa all known as brics nations are striving for a bigger say in the global financial architecture but they're also said to go beyond economics and respond to pressing international issues to tessa riseley reports. what these five countries really want to do is to work come together to push for a new international financial model that will benefit developing countries not just a few quick numbers to show you how why this region this grouping of countries is becoming really an important part of the world is the world's dynamics first of all they do pass include two of the most populated countries in the world of course china and india and in terms of trade their volume has reached two hundred thirty billion in two thousand and ten that's about fifteen percent of world trade eighty percent of the world's g.d.p. now these numbers may not be at their peak at the moment they do admit that there's still a lot of room for improvement in this regard but the number the population itself every potential that they hold is clearly not to be ign

brazil russia india china and south africa have put a united front as they strive to take an even greater slice of the world economy join me for the details in a few moments. on pm wednesday night here in moscow welcome this is our team my name is kevin owen and first with the russian presidential election less than a year away public interest in who will be running for the top seats higher than ever the country's two most powerful politicians have spoken about the issue explaining their positions so if a scope of itself. president prime minister putin had touched on the twenty. feet. when he had. nothing to say there was nothing really given away but he did say nothing's being ruled out. i repeat should the president medvedev and i don't rule out the possibility that each one of the presidency our decision will be taking into account the economic social and political issues in the run up to the election this decision will certainly have to be made but we have almost a whole year before the election this election related doesn't help us carry out our work. just. maybe. we have. to. be spe

brazil russia india china and south africa put a united front as they strive to take an even greater slice of the world economy join me for the details in a few moments. the. funding rules will be expensive education many americans are all three dollars is more social cuts are announced all the pentagon refuses to volunteer for the gigantic defense also it's. never our business says the share swap between b.p. and roll c.f. is close to hitting the rocks last may have touched in from the deadline for the deal is not that extended make an announcement concerning its state's authorized it would have warned out of business school it's. a very warm welcome to you this is live from moscow with me on this have a. terror attack on ballerinas has been sold less than forty eight hours after it happened are going to present a will to suspect detained in connection with the monday metro bombing have confessed to the explosion. the latest. big rollout on tyra's that site has been solved the president's. got people behind but at last at nine pm on tuesday in a sting operation police arrested two s

brazil russia india china and south africa put a united front as they strive to take an even greater slice of the world economy join me for the details in a few moments. and as the u.s. defense budget goes on touched off another series of sweeping cuts its social programs are losing out in favor of the pentagon. on moving commodity prices have done a lot to support russia's not its in the first quarter of the year to more china's in about twenty minutes time. that's one pm here in the russian capital you're watching r t welcome to the program two suspects have been arrested by police and their roots following that monday's metro bomb attack wednesday has been declared a day of mourning for the twelve people killed in that trusting. in that which over has been meeting some of the survivors. i started to scream for help i was bleeding heavily a man and woman can't be outside into the fresh air they tied up my leg and didn't leave me until the ambulance arrived that's man and woman might be unaware they saved not only irina but the life of your unborn child as well looking little xiv it

brazil russia india china and south africa are pretty much a right as they strive to take an even greater slice of the world's economy so any further details in the people. is eight pm wednesday night here in moscow welcome if you just joined us this is the r.t. news channel my name is kevin owen and first with the russian presidential election less than a year away now public interest in who will be running for the top seat is harder than ever become true to most powerful politicians have spoken on the issue explaining their positions as cross to sara first got the details even to you what more do we know from the president and prime minister in terms of mixed year's election. present a bit of prime minister putin has touched on the twenty twelve elections and spoke to the speculation really a prime minister putin like when he attended a medical workers for and. nothing to say there was nothing really given away but he did say other things being. i repeat president. the presidency decision will be made taking into account the economic social and political issues in the run up to the elec

response to economic inequalities and interference in libya these are what dominate the meeting of brazil russia india china and south africa all the details from the chinese island of piled up in a few moments. facebook twitter and panic buttons the u.s. uses technology to spread democracy in the arab world but are they your intentions really so innocent. pakistan demands the u.s. cuts its activity in the country as relations soured by drone attacks and civilian deaths is there a lowest level since nine eleven. leytonstone n b b p roth said some of the we're getting reports from rolls nafta and b.p. may third by month the deadline to complete that sheriff's hold and the arctic exploration deal strongly opposed by b.p.'s kiran kate. of the russian capital you're watching r.t.m. arena josh welcome to the program the world's emerging again i'm joined say they have reached common ground in their push for reforming international monitoring institutions the leaders of russia brazil india china and south africa the so-called brics have also the cried the use of force in libya it's all part of t

brazil russia india china and south africa put a united front as they strive to take an even greater slice of the world economy join me for the details in a few moments. here wednesday night. this is the r t news channel on our top story with the russian presidential election less than a year away public interest in who will be running for the top seat is higher than ever the country's two most powerful politicians have spoken about the issue explaining their positions sarah ferguson is called the details. present a better than prime minister putin had touched on the twenty twelve elections prime minister putin when he attended a medical workers foreign here in moscow nothing to concrete there was nothing really given away but he did say that nothing's being ruled out. i repeated the president made good even though i don't rule out the possibility that each one of us will run for the presidency our decision will be no taking into account the economic social and political issues in the run up to the election this decision will certainly have to be made but we have almost a whole year

brazil russia india china and south africa put a united front as they strive to take an even greater slice of the world economy join me for the details in a few moments. very warm welcome to you this is the line from moscow and i said that the picture of the twenty twelve presidential election here in russia is becoming more clear voters could see the country's two most powerful politicians running for the top seat that's cause live to sarah furthermore all this while sarah what do you know about the shape of the upcoming election. not right that it didn't it. made reference to one of the. media something like that although. not getting any they really will be rolling out the possibility of the writing we did. a study should us. i repeat both president medvedev and i don't rule out the possibility that both of us will run for the presidency our decision will be made taking into account the economic social and political issues in the run up to the election his decision will certainly have to be made but we have almost a whole year before the elections and this election related force d

from brazil that was pepe escobar is a journalist louise i'm sure respondent for the asia times. still ahead right here on r t it takes three make over you when edition from elations with israel to china up next here why some members of congress buildings you when the face slipped through rocks colored lenses and. what drives the world the fear mongering used by politicians who makes decisions to break through get through to be made can you trust no one. is to do with it global mission that we've seen where we had a state controlled capitalism school session when nobody dares to ask we do our tea question more. now you'll recall the united states went to the united nations to take the lead on libya which we have been talking so much about on a military intervention and a no fly zone but this week the u.n. has become a punching bag of u.s. lawmakers as ambassador to the u.n. susan rice has been on the hill defending the organization against budget cuts at a hearing today on reforming the u.n. it quickly pitted believers against nonbelievers take a listen. the un we all agree is fa

brazil could actually reduce inches. very quick me told me this is different because if people had lost faith in brazil in the way that they always did, no way brazil could do that. >> charlie: but they showed they had a model for the future. >> it's very telling. of course the chinese in a bigger, let's not forget in the middle of all this, the sea and brick is a dump site. how the chinese responded was critical. >> charlie: how they responded to the economic collapse. >> to the collapse. >> charlie: they responded by a huge stimulus package. >> huge stimulus. i find myself arguing and understandably many common people outside of finance and economics get annoyed when they hear me say this but from 40,000 feet, maybe this crises was a good thing for the balance because china at one stage going into this collapse i think it had something like 12% of its gdp in exports just to the u.s. >> charlie: 12% of gdp was to the united states. >> so anybody that understood this stuff knew that china was a model. but as with anythin

down brazil is investing in -- >> brazil is investing in technology. china is also investing in its talent and people. you have been among the first students from china who studied abroad. you made your mba in canada. you studied and teach at ivy league universities in the u.s. , to give our audience 1 #. in the last three decades, 100 million -- i want to give our audience 1 number. in the last three decades, 100 million chinese have been studying abroad. you are trying to convince them to go home to b.c. 04 c a zero of the big chinese companies -- of the big chinese companies. how do you convince them to come back? >> we are grateful for this interesting forum. china has grown very fast. manufacturing -- since china opened up cheap labor, migrant workers -- 300 million migrant workers, 300 million consumers -- it = globalization and it benefits china very much -- it globalization and benefits china very much. china has suffered from labor unrest and a shortage of labor. the government feels it is important for china to continue to thrive, so they hav

brazil russia india china and south africa put a united front as they strive to take an even greater slice of the world's economy your need for the details in a few moments. coming here was a big spends of education many americans are paying all the small social costs all or nothing on the cancer good refuses to budge a bit can't see that that's a. very warm welcome gee this is also the life from. a fatal a terror attack on valerie's has been sold less than forty eight hours off and happens according to president bush and co she suspects detained in connection with the monday metro bombing have confessed to the explosion that in a gradual behind. the april eleventh terrorist attacks has been solved the president of belarus us that they've got people behind the deadly blast at nine pm on tuesday in a sting operation police arrested two suspects both of belorussian origin and be both a bit responsibility for this atrocity after long hours of interrogation i was in the us to get a say they also confessed they were leading to two other similar terrorist attacks in the country's recent hi

push for reforming the international monetary institutions at a pivotal week the leaders of russia brazil india china and south africa all the so-called brics have also decried the use of force in war torn libya it's all part of their efforts to gain a greater clout in a global affairs. a city now is in the chinese resort. the government has been taking turns. so that the five countries have reached a common ground and strive for change or they discussed ways of supporting an initiative to replace the u.s. dollar as the world's main reserve currency also calling for. reform as well what more can you tell us on the search. for your rights and human rooting for those points if they have come up with in essence what they really want is greater influence both in the sphere of economics as well as politics where economics is concerned they really do want to see major changes in the financial model that is existing today in order to benefit the developing countries which if you just look at the numbers is a significant portion of the world's economic growth now political leave they also see tha

a gunman has shot dead at least 11 children in a school in brazil. he entered the school and killed himself when confronted by officers. a warning that some viewers may find some of the images in the report distressing. >> my son. my beautiful son cry this is anguished mother. she was one of hundreds anxiously waiting for news of their children after a gunman had gone on a shooting spree in their classrooms. to some parents the grief was overwhelming. as captured on this amateur footage, some children escaped from this school in the poor neighborhood frightened but unharmed. others were not so fortunate. >> my neighbor has twins in the school and the body of one of the girls just left going to the hospital. >> in total 11 children, 10 girls and a boy were killed by this man, a 23-year-old former pupil at the school who later turned the gun on himself. reports in brazil say he entered the school saying he was there to give a speech to the children before opening fire with two guns. a suicide note was later found on him. the country's new president wep

as permanent members such as china and the russian federation of nonpermanent members such as brazil india and south africa. this is positively for then hands to cooperation effort. south africa and other braves member states will also continue existing collaboration in various international organizations and formations such as the un the g twenty and the india brazil south africa. forum. south africa also views the non aligned movement and the group of seventy seven as important for south south in their action especially within the framework of the un. south africa has seized the opportunity of today's meeting to brief the brics leaders on developments in the african union's peace and security and economic programs. who provided a briefing on the situation. in libya. and been portents of the african union on a road map which is designed to assist the libyan. to ards a lasting political solution which should be based on the will of the libyan people. we underscored our support for multilateralism. and the united nations this too. but i also agreed on the need for the reform of the un

from brazil that was passed the bar he's a journalist for the asia times. now you'll recall the united states went to the united nations to take the lead on libya which we have been talking so much about on a military intervention and a no fly zone but this week the u.n. has become a punching bag of u.s. lawmakers as ambassador to the u.n. susan rice is there on the hill defending the organization against budget cuts at a hearing today on reforming the u.n. it quickly pitted believers against nonbelievers take a listen to the u.n. we all agree it's far from perfect but it delivers real results for every american by advancing u.s. security through genuine burden sharing we should pay for you in programs and activities that advance our interests and our values if other countries want different things to be funded they can pay for it the kind of it pretty much pitted susan rice against opposing views of what the united nations should be of that committee they're mostly house republicans they are very critical of the un i'm joined now by robert naiman policy di

the us to watch their backs as the world's tallest script economy again around the heads of russia brazil india china and south africa are a gathering to discuss a new international financial model and the libyan crisis. funding will last at the expense of education many americans are often elements of more social concert announce a lot of heads good refuses to be gigantic defense budget around seven hundred billion dollars is spent each year on the countries that tree. and valerie's declares the suspect snigs of the terrorists down on the council's metro system have confessed twelve people were killed in the last maybe two hundred twenty injured today has been declared an official day of reckoning. now the explosion in the metro was a painful reminder of the terror attack in the russian capital a year ago and authorities of the russian presidential representative on combating terrorism spoke to r.c. about the need to share experience gained through such tragedies. i'm not very simple enough thank you for being with us today once again rumors about the death of russia's most wanted have b

brazil and south africa's contributions have also grown rapidly. both deployed around 100 personnel to the u.n. peacekeeping operations at the beginning of the last decade and each now contributes more than 2,000 today. brazil has led as many of you know and provide the backbone for the u.n. stabilization mission in haiti, dating back to 2000 for coming and it's notable that at the time of the earthquake when the brazillian contingent itself suffered sought such substantial casualties the brazilian government decided to double the contribution. this isn't something i think a lot of countries would have done in the wake of such a tragedy. of course one cannot talk about peacekeeping without talking about india, one of the world's very oldest democracies for which the crazy emerging democracy is a serious misnomer. in addition to being the one peace keeping contributor in the debt has doubled its contribution and over the past ten years with its 8,500 blue helmets making it the third largest troop contributors in the world today. we are also see any

the you want to before that could happen there are a lot of internal rest if they have to resolve brazil for example is an open critic of what they've undervalued you want another issue that they are really worried about is the fluctuation of commodity prices now this is very important for them because the prices of basic food the price of raw materials oil are all stable price and all of those are necessary to make sure that their economies have sustainable growth now they feel that from their point of view they feel that western economies the weak economies there are the calls of all these fluctuations and therefore they think they should have a greater say in international financial institutions such as the i.m.f. and the world back them coming together like this coming together with a unified voice they really are quick to insist that it's not so much to replace existing organizations but rather to come together to have a stronger voice representing these developed countries and to bring what their ideas onto the international stage president of brazil rousseff had stated in the maps

brazil offers that. >> reporter: what's also changed after decades of military control, brazil is firmly what hasn't changed enough, this is still a country of extreme contrast. look no further than the slums that surround rio. more than 20% of the city's population live here. that poverty led to astounding crime rates. in rio there is ongoing urban warfare with drug traffickers. now the government taking control. last november army tanks stormed through to reclaim slums from traffickers. is crime still a black eye for brazil? >> i think it is. i think it is. it's still a big problem. we see a light at the end of the tunnel. >> reporter: part of rio's solution, this brand new state of the art operations center, bigger than nasa's mission control. why is brazil so hot now? >> we are becoming a better country, more democracy, more prosperity. we know the world will be watching us. >> reporter: there is an old saying here that brazil is the country of the future and always will be. that time may have finally arrived. >> the united states' relationship with brazil is perhaps never more impor

economies on come together to have that say on the most critical global it seems the heads of russia brazil india china and south africa i gatherings also for raise the size of the world's trade. and the u.s. prepares to spend around seven hundred billion dollars on its military regime this year more than any other country in the output with budget cuts according to friends its social programs making the shock. of the attack on the bow the russian rapture was a painful reminder of the terror that precedes the russian capital a year ago then russia's most wanted man chechen warlord claimed responsibility as a father is behind the minsk attack raid on their own by the not saudis have funneled the russian president representative on combat terrorism told all to shoot should work together to solve such horrific crimes. i think some of the discipline of thank you for being with us today once again rumors about the death of russia's most wanted have been flying around do you believe that duncan marvel is dead unfortunately we don't presently had any official confirmation as i know medical examina

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eight obama's that ran for office in brazil. they all lost. [laughter] but they ran, and they are activists now in brazil and other places who begin to see there may be some value in being engaged in public policy and political life activism and political movements. so again, whatever policy deal goes down with obama, that journey has had such a significance that it's just been a major breakthrough. and started to the context i found is there's a lack of comprehensive work i could kind of capture all of that and there are more books out on obama than any other president and lincoln and two years in office and there are hundreds on obama but none of them the frame of this history in particular the white house and the icon for me there was a way to certify say some things and a way to sort of getting to the issue that i didn't see out there. yes, ma'am? >> in addition to reading your book, where did you get the resources to find out the information that you're talking about? >> great question. a lot of it was just kind of digging

least eight obamas that ran for office in brazil. [laughter] now, they all lost. [laughter] but they rap. but they ran. and there are activists now in brazil and other places who argue, who begin to see there may be some value in being engaged in the public policy, in political activism and political movements. so, again, whatever policy deal goes down with obama, that journey has had such a meaning, has had such a significance that it's been kind of a major breakthrough. so as i was kind of getting all of this and starting to try to figure out, so what's the context, what i found was that there was a lack of comprehensive work that could kind of capture all of that. and there are probably more books out on obama than any other president probably than lincoln. and he's only had two years in office, and there are hundreds of books out on obama. but none of them frame this history, and particularly the white house as an icon. so i, you know, for me that was sort of a way to say some things. and a way to kind of get into the issue that

she spoke about indonesia, brazil and other countries we're dealing with today. and the importance of their international policies. this is not an issue that she wrote a great deal about before coming and unlike the other issues that are mentioned. but i know she has a large and deep interest and we are really anxious to hear her thinking today. let me say, also by way of introduction that she has come here because she wants to hear from you. we have a number of very interesting people who have spoken on these issues and she hopes to take feedback from the audience so that this can enter into the thinking of the administration and musicians so the way we are going to organize this is we will hear from some

china has -- not just china, india also signed trade agreements with brazil. many latin american countries have established embassies in india because they're also growing. >> i want to commend you on the cuban news, which you -- this is your newsletter, and also diplomat. >> thank you. >> getting increasingly -- it's always been popular but everybody talks about it in the diplomatic community. alan gross sentenced to 15 years and may sue his ex- employer. who is alan gross? >> alan gross is a subcontractor for the u.s. agency for international development. >> why is he been jailed in cuba? >> well, that's a good question. alan gross was jailed supposedly under the cuban government for interfering in state affairs. >> get back from cuba, he tried to get on release and was -- it was rejected outright. >> i think jimmy carter made the point before he went down there that it was not his objective. he would try but didn't expect to come back with him. >> wasn't he trying to get communications equipment to them so they could communicate with the americans? >> no --