adam rainey, al jazeera santo admin go. >> ivory crushed in a matter of minutes. about 35,000 elephants are killed in africa every year for their ivory. >>> the founder of whistle blowing website wikileaks juneian assange has now spent three years in the ecuadorian embassy. he denies allegations part of u.s. arresting him for activities of wikileaks. >>> thousands of enthusiasts have gathered in belgium to reenact the battle of waterloo napoleon against british and german force he. >> the future of france and all of europe depends on what happens next. but as the great man once said, an army marches on his stomach and his soldiers seem more interested in food than the looming battle. some like pierre have a premonition that things won't turn out well. >> waterloo was the end of a dream, the dream of a great french empire. france has never been as powerful as it was at that moment. it's not had a i'm nostalgic but i'm glad to recreate that portion of history. >> they are putting forth their final drills. some of these brave soldiers now suspect that a ferocious bat

adam rainey reports from the town of nuevo leone people have seen little of either. despite reforms in education and sectors of oil and telecommunications the poverty remains deep rooted. massacres involving security forces and corruption scandals have made pena nieto the most unpopular president in 20 years. against this backdrop, mid term elections a referendum of sorts on the president the first time independent candidates have been allowed to run. the results could show that traditional parties have lost their strangle hold on the electorate. >> if the electoral sends a clear cut nefnlg that the society's fed up with construction it would do wonders for the economy. >> mexico has its success stories for sure and rich industrial nuevo leone state plants pump out products mainly for the united states. business leaders here say the country's never met its full potential and they hope after this election some consensus will be reached that will push the economy forward. this plant owner says reforms are not enough. >> we need to make sure some of the reforms passed i

let's go live to al jazeera's adam rainey in mexico city for us. we won't know for sure no.wednesday but it does look like the president's party will retain a slim majority but anger has caused him to lose significant support hasn't it? >> reporter: yes personally he's the most unpopular president right now in 20 years in mexico and although his party with its two other party alliances are going to maintain this workable coalition that's not necessarily due to any success on their part. they actually lost some seats. but the p rferi inri has been working very closely with the green party which overspent by millions of dollars its campaign financing rules. the green party many see as a shell party created by people allied with the pri but fcc that of course that is not provable at this point. there is going to be a lot of fraying of this coalition because pena nieto is extremely unpopular now many see him low pressure as a lame duck president with shafl his about half of his term left. there will be a workable coalition but it is not easy for he and his party or these other p

let's go live to dpoorm what is adam rainey. >> despite the perry prie pri winning the story is the independentcandidate jamie rodriguez a he bellwether state this man who is known as el bronco, known for tough straight talk and profanity in his speeches, is considered an outsider insider mayor of a town outside monterey this business hub in orleons state. independent nonaffiliated candidate and that's important mainly because we're just three years out there a presidential election in which people who are operatives in these political parties are going to look at this man's victory and be a worried that an independent could register and have a strong showing and b that he's also going to be this model that whether you're inside or outside, the party's where instead of cronyistic way of doing politics in mexico he has breathe fresh air into the party. >> is it a sign that mexican democracy is healthy? >> well, it's kind of a sign that there is positive evolution happening in mexican democracy. but at the same time he created this political earthquake that we called in the center of the country,

adam rainey talks to a man on the u.s. mexican border who says his life is on the line. >> reporter: the stories in this soup kitchen are all about abuse at the hands of smugglers and the police. this man says he and 30 other migrants were robbed and beaten by federal police. most bear their mistreatment silently, afraid of what might hatch if they speak out. but after years of repeated beatings and kidnappings, juan has had enough. he wants to apply for asylum in the united states. once deported from there he says he was forced to dig tunnels like thesehe managed to escape but he can't escape his fears. >> i haven't been able to sleep well. my nerves are shot. i'm afraid they're going to kill me. >> reporter: lieu extent jerry castillo can't confirm if migrants built the tunnels but he has seen many over the years. >> we have found many drugs many tunnels had a have been connecting from mexico into the u.s. >> his boss says there's only one way to describe the way migrants are treated by cartels. >> ists slavery definitel

adam rainey has more from the haitian dominican border. >> this is the friendship bridge that connectsominican republic and haiti. officials say they are going to build a detention center here in dahabon and the other side the haitian government says it's going to build a reception center. only to deport so-called haitian migrants to certain areas, here in dahabon and the other in the south near to santo domingo. it relies so much on the workforce of the haitian and descendants of haitians. we are seeing sporadic individual cases of deportation but nothing on the scale that's possible at this time. >> adam rainey reporting. >>> just ahead cuba could soon be open to tourists. hoping u.s. vacationers steer clear. >>> plus, u.s. government and leaders from china in our week ahead segment we will take a closer look at the intriguing talks and explain the controversy over the dispute right there in the south china sea. >> welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm david schuster in new york. here is a look at our top stories. charleston emanuel ame church reopened today. first services since n

let's go live to adam rainey in mexico city. it's no secret, pena nieto is fantastically unpopular.did the voters vote for somebody they know instead of the alternative? >> it may be a little bit of that but it also is there are not so many options that people found that much more appealing and despite his unpopularity enrique pena nieto sits atop an established party. it's just his party but an loirnz with aalliance with a couple of other parties. his party actually lost a couple of seats. in this multiparty system where it's not necessarily over the 50% mark and the winner takes or you have another vote, if you can cobble together a simple majority you can keep together your party. his party has been very smart to have a coalition of sorts with the green party, it is quite a conservative party it pushes for some draconian measures, such as death penalty anden harsh treatment of prisoners it runs a line between the perry andpri andto some voters a very cynical one. >> an independent candidate actually win one of the 9 state governorships, how much does that change the dynamic of me

adam rainey. >> hurricane blanca is headed towards california's baja peninsula. hurricane rated category 4 but was down graded on wednesday. packing winds of 200 miles an hour. and make landfall on monday near a small fishing village. >>> activists have taken to the streets in rio de rio de janeiro accusing authorities of much of the sewage and refuse is swept into the city's beaches. >>> hundreds of people under quarantine to prevent the spread of missouri middle east respiratory syndrome. total number of people infected with the virus to 64. caroline malone reports. >> many have begun wearing masks. >> we should not go near place wrest mers patients have been. also is the virus airborne and is it contractible? >> no understanding that it can be transported through air but through moisture. one man was diagnosed on may 20. >> i urge the cooperation of the government by further spread of mers. >> mers can cause a fever die reand in the worst cases knew moan ya andpneumonia and diarrhea. the virus was traced back to people in jordan but it's thought to have origin

adam rainey, al jazeera honduras. >> on his way to vienna, u.s.ry of state john kerry arrived in the capital on wednesday night. iran wants economic sanction he lifted. >>> the u.n. is asking for political election in burundi to be delayed. after pierre nkurunziza announced he's running for a third term. which is against the constitution. >>> in pakistan, residents in karachi have staged a protest outside the city's electric company. a heat wave has killed more than a thousand people. severe electricity cuts have left many without air conditioning water and light. be patients continue to pour in to the hospitals. >>> beijing insists it's doing nothing wrong away from the diplomatic tensions, more friendly relation he. marta ortigas reports. >> reporter: broadcasting from beijing in filipino . this service from choing radio international is 50 years old but it's facing challenging times. >> the filipino service aims to bridge cultural divide among chinese and filipino people. and to enhance their friendship and mutual understanding. >> reporter: th

adam rainey are reports. >> the capital of honduras, all in the wake of a corruption constantly at thesystem, a social security system that had been robbed of some $350 million by officials charged with running that organization. the president admitted that his party received donations from corporations tied to that scandal but he has now said he wants to negotiate with those people who are really calling for his resignation and for officials to come in here and investigate, but people here have no desire to negotiate with the president who they say is a criminal and a member of the corrupt political class and they will keep marching until he steps down and until the commission is convened here. (v) floria phillipo, says he doesn't recognize the charges filed against him. qatar filed the lawsuit after phillipo publicly accused them of corruption in the charlie hebdo attack. >>> fifth night near the presidential palace hoping to pressure the government to try oreverse the rate increase. controlled by russian electricity company. >>> the united nations is calling for elections in burundi

. >> i am adam rainey in a heyatian neighborhood. many struggle to go decide whether they should stay or go. >>> brim minister alexis tsipras has made a last minute offer. if greece doesn't repay a $1.8 billion loan by the end of the month, it could lead to a disastrous exit from the eurozone. john psaropolus. >> after years of aust air tee, these people believe they have a government that's on their side weighing in at more than 600 people greece's public servants represent one in six greeks still in work. >> our government is negotiating an honorable compromise. it wants europe divided. we want to stay in europe as an equal member. >> reporter: is some are from the private sector. >> we came here to support our government's efforts and to tell europeans that numbers aren't everything. there are people here they are suffering. we don't want the same social classes to continue to lift this weight. >> century old laws have begin state laws tenure for light. the state she had 300 since it began. deals not available in the private secto

. >> al jazeera's adam rainey is in mexico city, he has more on violence that marred today's voting. >> reporter: according to exit polls, an independent candidate for governor in the rich independent state of nueva leone, has pearnld won compared apparently won compared to second place winner, that's exit polling we can't confirm that yet but perhaps a groundbreaking result in that northern state first time ever an independent candidate has beat someone for office such as governor. in the south of the country we saw protests, vote-burning, protesters trying to disrupt voting in four southern states. they weren't that successful although there were precincts and polling stations closed in certain areas of the state overall it was a peaceful day of voting these radical areas led by teachers, this was their way to try to exert pressure on the president enrique pena nieto who passed that measure as a signature policy of his presidency. old style politics of the ruling pri party but what we do know is they didn't have the impact some were expecting leading into this election. but regardl