us firm is now facing millions of dollars in fines after it was caught bribing officials in brazil venezuela and ecuador over the last decade this as the u.s. ramps up sanctions targeting venezuela and some of its closest allies are rachel 11 joins me now to discuss rachel what do we know about this company and the deals that it's actually being accused of well there are a lot of serious claims of corruption here and it's all surrounding this asphalt making company out of florida called sergeant marine incorporated now the reason that we're talking about this case right now is because the department of justice has actually released new details after the company agreed to a plea deal so we now know that they stand accused of paying millions of dollars in bribes to government officials in brazil venezuela and ecuador to win contracts from state controlled oil companies in those countries so as a result now sergeant ryan incorporated has agreed to pay $16600000.00 after it's estimated that they made around $38000000.00 from those deals big. 2010 and 2018 so we're talking about nearly a decade o

the governments of the continent to organize themselves in a war against venezuela a great friend of the message of america brazil colombia and several other governments in the region support the us stance on venezuela others condemn what they see as interference by washington. the people that have to take care of my dear are the people of venezuela not the united states might promptly or doesn't have to take care of more during the venezuelan voters does all the ideological battle rages the humanitarian crisis continues in northern brazil pompei you visited some of the hundreds of thousands of venezuela migrants who have crossed the border to escape economic and political turmoil then a swale or won't take them back while it tries to contain the coronavirus pandemic . of the doura has made it clear he doesn't plan to go anywhere either. than you shriner al-jazeera the latest and the government protests in argentina brought traffic to a standstill in the capital one of cyrus the economic crisis the pandemic response and proposed judicial reforms all angered demonstrators are also questioning the removal of 3 judg

governments of the continent to organize themselves in a war against venezuela the great friend of the united states of america brazil colombia and several other governments in the region support the us stance on venezuela others condemn what they see as interference by washington and. the people that have to take care of my dear are the people of venezuela not the united states might prompt doesn't have to take care of more during the venezuelan voters does. all the ideological battle rages the humanitarian crisis continues in northern brazil pompei or visited some of the hundreds of thousands of venezuela migrants who have crossed the border to escape economic and political turmoil when a swale or won't take them back when he tries to contain the coronavirus pandemic. because of the dura has made it clear he doesn't plan to go anywhere either. al-jazeera. police in belarus have detained more than 300 people at a women's protest that defied a crackdown to march against the government in minsk likely to need to demand for the resignation of president alexander lukashenko after last month's disputed election his step

the governments of the continent to organize themselves in a war against venezuela a great friend of the notice it's of america brazil colombia and several other governments in the region support the us stance on venezuela others condemn what they see as interference by washington and. the people that have to take care of my dear are the people of venezuela not the united states might prompt doesn't have to take care of more during the venezuelan voters does. all the ideological battle rages the humanitarian crisis continues in northern brazil pompei i visited some of the hundreds of thousands of venice weyler migrants who have crossed the border to escape economic and political turmoil then a swale or won't take them back while it tries to contain the coronavirus pandemic . because of the dura has made it clear he doesn't plan to go anywhere either. that or al jazeera. the revolutionary guard in iran is warning it will target anyone who is involved in the killing of their commander qassam silliman he died in a us air raid in iraq in january donald trump responded to recent reports of iranians planning to target the

the governments of the continent to organize themselves in a war against venezuela a great friend of the message of america brazil colombia and several other governments in the region support the us stance on venezuela others condemn what they see as interference by washington and. the people that have to take care of my dear are the people of venezuela not the united states my property doesn't have to take care of more during the venezuelan voters does. all the ideological battle rages the humanitarian crisis continues in northern brazil pompei you visited some of the hundreds of thousands of venezuela migrants who have crossed the border to escape economic and political turmoil then a swale or won't take them back while it tries to contain the coronavirus pandemic . dura has made it clear he doesn't plan to go anywhere either. than usual i'ma al-jazeera. and u.s. judges temporarily blocked an attempt by the white house to ban downloads of a chinese messaging app the ruling on we came just hours before the ban was due to take effect the judge cited concerns about free speech and said the app is the only option f

in a similar area plenty of sunshine there as you can see through much of brazil up tools the northwest towards colombia venezuelawe have got the big downpours which run into the western side of the caribbean further east it's lost fine and dry at least for the time being say the east not as they are in quite nicely trinidad and tobago could catch a shower or 2 maybe a shatter for barbados as we go on into saturday a scattering of showers across the greater antilles jamaica haiti cuba could see some wet weather jorja attention to this circulation just around southern parts of florida that is likely to turn into a tropical storm over the next 24 hours or so as is certainly one to watch out for as you can see it is making its way across the gulf of mexico that will push up into southern parts of the u.s. later next week. image can change the way we see the world. serve the interests of the powerful it can obscure truth narratives and rewrite them to listening post gives you the fruit picture. this is al-jazeera. hello again i'm peter watching the news from our global headquarters here in doha coming up in the next

believe all of us in south america are concerned that this should not be new venezuela's in the region the tension between brazil and argentina has been building for some time sonora didn't attend fernandez's inauguration last december. despite the argentine leaders efforts to extricate himself from a dispute between the 2 men the ones who now know balsall now is the president chosen by the brazilian people so with all the differences we have i must work to improve relations between brazil and argentina the rivalry and friendship between brazil and argentina stretches back centuries to the spanish and portuguese colonial roots i. think it can be it is most intense on the football pitch brazil 5 times world champions argentina twice here in argentina the foreign ministry is doing its best to defuse the tension saying the paulson hours later statements don't truly reflect the economic and commercial harmony that exists between the 2 countries brazil is now argentina's leading trading partner they share a 1200 kilometer long border movement across it severely restricted or both countries in their own ways fight the

venezuela last year. there's a parallel there because the good one you were doing it is recognized by you know states brazil and most of the e.u. states including britain which runs germany as rigid had been president of venezuela. is still in power in caracas ledoux and knows that if he has enough money to pay for his security services he can keep going and we will then look at the door and say well he's still in power he's got the money he can get international loans china russia and other countries and loan him a lot of money russia oh no no need money i can pay the security services and the military and there's no reason why they should change the words. he's being called on for frequently making gaffes on the campaign trail and joe biden is confused around on iraq when talking to veterans about where they had fought in pottle. u.s. troops died in a room in afghanistan. parliament iran's parliament voted to reject all americans and coalition forces from the country we tried to do in iraq is not working so now we're going to try and i mean in iran and scuse me we tried to ukraine i mean i know someone wh

venezuela. an american citizen who wins elections based on fake news like trump. has no moral fortitude to talk about democracy. likewise balsa naro in brazil certainly i may have being naive as well as dilma. in believing in democracy and believing in the conduct of the brazilian elite and we are paying the price for that books nevertheless i think that the solution is a democratic one involves democracy. freedom of the press freedom of labor unions freedom of association respect to human rights. this is what motivates me and this is what i will fight for. because it is only with democracy that we will be able to improve the quality of life of the poor. of the workers and of the excluded people in our country. it is true that the americans may hate snowden because he was a state department employee and he leaked information. but the fact is that a song should be considered a hero by all democratic countries around the world. because he was the one who use code in the leaks to expose us espionage. competitor bras in brazil. germany in argentina in france. that is science cannot be handed over to the us. a son should win the nobel peace priz

believe all of us in south america are concerned that this should not be new venezuela's in the region. the tension between brazil and argentina has been building for some time all sonora didn't attend fernandez's inauguration last december thanks despite the arch in china leaders efforts to extricate himself from a dispute between the 2 men the ones who now know balsall now is the president chosen by the brazilian people so with all the differences we have i must work to improve relations between brazil and argentina the roi for and friendship between brazil and argentina stretches back centuries to the spanish and portuguese colonial roots i. think it can be this most intense on the football pitch brazil 5 times world champions twice here in argentina the foreign ministry is doing its best to defuse the tension saying the paulson hours latest statements don't truly reflect the economic and commercial harmony that exists between the 2 countries brazil is now argentina's leading trading partner they share a 1200 kilometer long border movements across it severely restricted or both countries in their own ways figh

increase in showers in peru still it's a lousy dry picture throughout brazil well that's a good thing and the fenty shouted in venezuela and colombia but the thing to watch is probably where this massive cloud here now it could be a proper circulation in the making certainly has been a very wet weather to jamaica and it's forecast takes it generally speaking across jamaica and heading towards yucatan in the next day or so doesn't seem to form into a proper circulation but we will watch it a little sight has been some useful rain not just dry thunderstorms but i have to our reserves attempted to come down little bit and that's probably welcome but these are dangerous storms now running slowly through arkansas and just to the north. i care about how the u.s. engages with the rest of the world i cover foreign policy national security is very much a political impounds here's the conflict how do we illustrate it are we telling a good story will people get what we're trying to teach here in their living outside and make towns this is not the way any family wants to raise their children we're willing to get in taking you into

we go with some heavier pulses of rain pushing into central brazil little further north which in west was as well up towards colombia venezuela seeing some showers this is quite an active cold front this one that's going to make its way through the rio on sunday going into monday say $33.00 celsius on sunday will see the temperatures now higher than around $22.00 degrees and a fair amount of rain on the system at that stage as well fam out of right into the western side of the caribbean but for many it a lot of dry the usual showers the thing to watch of course further north where we do have trouble storm making its way towards a southern texas slow moving feature this it's staggering away as we go through sunday and on into monday that will start to bring some very heavy rain into southern parts of texas is a real rainmaker not as concerned about the winds but we are like to say the threat of life threatening floods coming through. this is a picture of the market when it was still the market is about 982 and that's me when i was younger i guess i was 42 and you can see the obviously the focus. the old ways of carrying the ba

we have applauded venezuela's neighbors, including colombia, ecuador, peru, brazil, for welcoming venezuelans refugees and migrants despite having far fewer resources than the united states. yet the trump administration failed to ensure america lives up to its history as a beacon of freedom and hope around the world. today many venezuelans in the united states who would be eligible for t.p.s. are stuck in immigration detention. the trump administration and the republican-led senate have failed to grant them t.p.s., leaving them facing uncertainty and fear of deportation. and many others who have come, venezuelans who have come to seek political asylum have been turned back and deported back to countries like mexico, with all the risks that those border cities present, not even given a chance to make their political asylum claim. so make no mistake, the trump administration has all the authority it needs to designate venezuela immediately. it doesn't need this legislation. but the president has chosen not to. that's why we introduced legislation that would grant t.p.s. to our venezuelan brothe

go over some heavier pulses of rain pushing into central brazil a little further north woods and west was as well up towards colombia venezuela seeing some showers this is quite an active cold front this one that's going to make its way through the rio on sunday going on into monday say 33 celsius on sunday will see the temperatures no higher than around 22 degrees and a fair amount of rain on the system at that stage as well fam out of right into the western side of the caribbean but for many it is the far to dry the usual showers the thing to watch of course further north where we do have trouble storm beta making its way towards a southern texas slow moving feature this is staggering away as we go through sunday and on into monday that will start to bring some very heavy rain into southern parts of texas is a real rain maker not as concerned about the winds but we are like to see the threats of life threatening floods coming through. this is a picture of the market when it was still the market is about 1982 and that's me when i was younger i guess i was 42 and you can see the obviously the. the old ways of carrying the bar