but strangely enough it's the colombian government that opposes frontino being given to the workers it appeals and manages to overturn all the decisions in favor of the trade unionists and the government at the time is led by president alvaro. he becomes personally involved in the case of the frontier no company is overindebted he places it under direct control of the state. able to see him down. gaith day the president. that was from this region was very preoccupied with nationality he had managed to resolve the major problems of the country but not those of his own regions. and this was like a thorn in his side for him it's been and for all. of our a rebate has to deal with macaco the local paramilitary leader he names a commission of four experts to advise him on frontino his future according to our investigation three of them have ties with macaco and one of them is even his financial advisor role in day or maybe he no business man so here's a man who at the same time advises both the colombian president and a mafia leader as these documents from the chamber of commerce prove at th

but strangely enough it's the colombian government that opposes frontino being given to the workers it appeals and manages to overturn all the decisions in favor of the trade unionists and the government at the time is led by president alvaro. he becomes personally involved in the case the frontier no company is overindebted he places it under direct control of the state . to see him down but already. gaith day the president alvero rebate from this regional was very preoccupied and. nationality he had managed to resolve the major problems of the country but not those of his own regions. and this was like a thorn in his side for him. been and should fall. over a rebate has to deal with macaco the local paramilitary leader he names a commission of four experts to advise him on frontino his future according to our investigation three of them have ties with macaco one of them is even his financial advisor rolin day i'm a businessman so here's a man who at the same time advises both the colombian president and a mafia leader as these documents from the chamber of commerce prove at the time

colombian mario gallino, ex-pat, are to be my guide for this traditional and very colombian sport.that's how it's done. what do you call this object? >> el tejo. >> hence the name. >> exactly. >> i should good at this. i've been throwing things into -- >> you win more points in the middle if you don't hit anything. >> oh. but that doesn't sound like any fun. >> everyone has a different style. you have to do one and another, and swing. >> i don't think that style is going to work for me. it turns out we all pretty much suck at this. >> not enough beer. that's my problem. time to bring in some outside muscle. >> we're going to mix in now the experts. [ speaking foreign language ] >> who am i with this i'm over here with these guys. whoa! [ speaking foreign language ] >> holy crap, two in a row? no, one of those guys had to be on my team, right? >> the guy in the white striped shirt. his name is el pollo viejo, which is -- >> the old chicken. >> i need a poultry name. he's calling himself the old chicken. i should be the enormous cock! the chicken dude is killing it. every time. ♪ >>

a true colombian far west that has been brought to life again with a new gold rush. during the weekend alcohol flows freely. and. the girls wait at the bar. in one night the miners spend their entire week's earnings. on here gold is sold in small stones. this potters a bit pale yes it's pale. ale and i give you two forty for it. to forty but it hit me and. this is to pay my debts with. and i have a few drinks. most of the miners have just arrived in the region they are former cocoa plant growers now it's money they've earned from gold that they bet on the cock fights. it always finishes bad before the cocks and sometimes for the miners to. go but i don't watch the headlights they had be careful i saw this man an excavator driver got into a machete fight over money the old his adversary for euro's. the closest hospital is a two day mule ride away while the bar owner takes on the role of dr. don't get me a pair of scissors austinite his wife i think she has them at the minute there in the central core of the yet and richest land in the world and we don't even have a pa

in this way the small scale miners are considered illegal by the colombian government they live under fark rule most of the time the guerrilla fighters are invisible but they come here regularly to collect their war tax. in order to work you have to pay the guerrillas. everyone pays the entire region of the moco and southern pay. this is the infernal trap the small scale miners were caught had been subjected to paying extortion money as a result they're accused of supporting the guerrillas. dad it's an injustice. if we didn't pay the fox they close down the mine. i don't at this work and they kick us out of the region. for decades there were just these galleries dug out in the mountain but not far from here our guide wants to show us some new forms of land exploitation much more destructive. in the heart of the jumbo excavators dig up the river bed and eat away at the forest little by little. the machines dig up thousands of tons of earth which they unload into giant sifters where the gold is extracted using large quantities of mercury. after their passage nothing grows here again and

a true colombian far west that has been brought to life again with a new gold rush. during the weekend alcohol flows freely. and. the girls wait at the bar. in one night the miners spend their entire week's earnings. on here gold is sold in small stones. this potters a bit pale yes it's pale. ale and i give you two forty for it. to forty but it hit me and. this is to pay my debts with. and i have a few drinks. most of the miners have just arrived in the region they are former cocoa plant growers now it's money they've earned from gold that they bet on the cock fights. it always finishes bad before the cocks and sometimes for the miners to. go but i still watch the head once they had be careful i saw this man an excavator driver got into a machete fight over money the old his adversary for euro was. the closest hospital is a two day mule ride away while the bar owner takes on the role of dr. don't get me a pair of scissors the neighbor's wife i think she has them. there in the central core of the yet and richest land in the world and we don't even have a pair of sciss

mountains where the revolutionary armed forces of colombia the fark operate at war with the colombian government for over fifty years no one can penetrate this region without their authorization with the help of divers go betweens we've established contact with the four guerrilla fighters they've authorized us to travel through their zone while waiting to receive us. the local economy is based on coca plant growing these small green leaves are the raw material of cocaine. after years of anti drug enforcement cocoa farming is going through a crisis more and more pickers are leaving the fields to work in the gold mines. we penetrate into the mining zone in the far controlled mountains we get there by mule a two day journey with a good guide. marie c.e.o. is the president of a local small scale miners association. with it for all that used to be cocoa plantations. and the government has eradicated all the coke on the region. each day dozens of mules amble up and down these paths loaded up with cans of cyanide like mercury it's used to extract the gold from the or. we're in the heart of a

but strangely enough it's the colombian government that opposes frontino being given to the workers it appeals and manages to overturn all the decisions in favor of the trade unionists. the government at the time is led by president alvaro. he becomes personally involved in the case the frontier no company is overindebted he places it under direct control of the state . i've been seeing down. ghaith date the president alvero re big away from this region was very preoccupied and. nationality he had managed to resolve the major problems of the country but not those of his own regions. and this was like a thorn in his side for him. been in full all. has to deal with macaco the local paramilitary leader he names a commission of four experts to advise him on frontino his future according to our investigation three of them have ties with macaco one of them is even his financial advisor role in day amid the heene businessman so here's a man who at the same time advises both the colombian president and a mafia leader as these documents from the chamber of commerce prove at the time the lindy r

and fourteen hundred dollars a pair ounce of gold is helping feel the colombian civil war if you minutes are takes you to the roots of the run. on know who lazy bureaucratic and trivial censorship strikes again but this time in russia a bill has been signed into law that will put fines of individuals or legal into these for using vulgar already in the media one major flaw of many with this is that they really don't know which words are going to be considered vulgar i guess these words are so awful that they cannot even write them down i'm not naive there has always been and will always be censorship but this where would list is just silly there is a common expression on the russian internet that russian mainstream media could accept more and i was asian of society russian t.v. does have all the bloody violent action movies. as well as scandalous talk shows which are kind of like freak shows and plenty of reality t.v. where young people pretty much act like subhuman animals in a cage they've got all that so the government is basically saying that if some guy on t.v. because there are twen

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cordillera mountains where the revolutionary armed forces of colombia the fark operate at war with the colombian government for over fifty years no one can penetrate this region without their authorisation with the help of divers go betweens we've established contact with the four guerrilla fighters they've authorized us to travel through their zone while waiting to receive us. and. the local economy is based on coca plant growing. these small green leaves are the raw material of cocaine. after years of anti drug enforcement cocoa farming is going through a crisis more and more pickers are leaving the fields to work in the gold mines. we penetrate into the mining zone in the far controlled mountains we get there by mule a two day journey with a good guide. is the president of a local small scale miners association. with us for all that used to be cocoa plantations. and the governor.

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he organized colombian waste pickers in bogata.espite blatent discrimination, health hazards and poor wages, the pickers provided a much-needed service to the city. but he organized the waste pickers into unions and made recycling a legitimate part of urban waste management. she also got recyclers on board, inspiring a national movement that keeps tons of waste out of dumps. >> her visit to the san francisco recycling center showed her more could be done. the city diverts 80% of its waste from landfills, the highest amount of any city in the united states. >> both said to me during the tour they see san francisco as a model and an inspiration for what they have done in their own communities so it's will be really, really great to have them here. >> they both received $150,000 prizes for their work. >>> straight ahead, helping a hero. how people on social media want to reward the man who helped police track down the boston bombing suspect. >> boston remembers the victims of the bombings and manhunt, as life starts to return to norma

. >> peace talks between the colombian government and rebels have been going on for more than year, but the rebel group will lay down its weapons if it wants a democratic voice. in the past, leftist politicians would dumbest have been killed. -- who have done this have been killed. ,> remembering carlos pizarro once the head of the rebel group and 19. he was running for president after signing a peace deal with the clumping government in 1990, but he was killed. father was assassinated by carolyn militaries just 45 days after being mobilized. an isolated was not case. in little more than a decade, ofe 4000 leaders and members legal leftist political parties have been systematically killed in colombia. now there is a new peace process, and with it, comes a new political movement. any fear that history could repeat itself. -- many fear that history could repeat itself. ,he new movement born last year a few months before the start of thes between -- with government. farming and indigenous associations, labor unions, student groups, and leftist politicians across the country and together un

she organized colombian waste pickers in bogata.espite blatent discrimination, health hazards and poor wages, the pickers provided a much-needed service to the city. but she organized the waste pickers into unions and made recycling a legitimate part of urban waste management. she also got recyclers on board, inspiring a national movement that keeps tons of waste out of dumps. >> her visit to the san francisco recycling center showed her more could be done. the city diverts 80% of its waste from landfills, the highest amount of any city in the united states. >> both said to me during the tour that they see san francisco as a model and an inspiration for what they have done in their own communities so it's will be really, really great to have them here. >> they both received $150,000 prizes for their work. >>> straight ahead, helping a hero. how people on social media want to reward the man who helped police track down the boston bombing suspect. >> boston remembers the victims of the bombings and manhunt, as >> we are starting this

if you've ever clicked on a video report showing colombian beast y beastiality. >> we're trying to figurehich of these guys, both 14, has [ bleep ] more donkeys. >> if you seek out instructions how to cook your own napalm or wonder what it's like to attend the westminster dog show on acid. >> that dog is crazy. >> reporter: chances are, you helped one of the vice videos go viral. and if you like your foreign correspondents to get drunk on a train and then shoot at mutant bores among radioactive ruins, then you're definitely familiar with vice founder shane smith. when did you know this wasn't just a little rinky dink thing? you've got more than we do. >> reporter: smith took over a free magazine in canada called "voice of montreal." >> no one else is going to give us any job. we're relatively unemployable out there. we've got to find a way to make this work. >> reporter:less than 20 years later, that magazine has editions in over 30 countries. they have book, film and advertising units. >> we want to be able to tell the story in any country and not be afraid of anything. >> reporter: even

is normal the colombians would be skeptical, but the truth is that the process is going well.ore.ever been done it is a difficult and complex process. if the rhythm of the last weeks is maintained, it is possible within the next month. >> those of the major issues for voters in the election, unless the poll is being influenced by memories of the former president. >> the esoteric shops that and have sold out of a figure that has now been transformed into more than an idol. a bust of always sold president chavez, but since his death there is a much bigger demand. people want to adore him as a saint. they want his image so that they can keep asking for his help from the other life. >> in a poor neighborhood where the president was a political idol, thousands visit a shrine and st. you a shot as. president give us site -- "the president gave us site." >> venezuela has a history of mixing if, religion, and politics, but never like this. it is a crucial part of his hand-picked successors election campaign. at public rallies he tells followers that he feels that hugo chavez appeared

coming up at fourteen hundred dollars per ounce gold is helping fill the colombian civil war in a few minutes r.t. takes you to the route on the right. i reckon cardiologist dr omar our. he c. claims that the war in iraq destroyed iraq's environment even worse than dropping the bomb on hiroshima did dr al kooper he see puts to data that the number of pressed cancer cases has grown in the country from fifteen to thirty times cases of congenital heart disease have become fifteen times more frequent and cases of leukemia have increased thirty fold the doctor puts the blame on the weapons used in the one thousand nine hundred one and two thousand and three invasions of iraq and which nato forces used white phosphorus depleted uranium rounds and other toxic gases and poisonous substances human rights watch and the world health organization have measured radiation levels in iraq and consider many places in iraq even some very far from the fighting to be contaminated naturally radiation is not racist and foreign soldiers in iraq are not immune usa today even published research results that f

second time the russian was awarded the title and successfully defended it last december against colombian sent on the sill god here in moscow so let it go in reach for the stars and they're here for the encapsulation he's got to be there where the warning you know me but i love live it up because he's a family man he always speaks about his family he's not reaching for something that is ostentatious of his you know he's happy what is going to have been here do whatever's necessary to promote better family union and to be able to deal with taking care of curity and help for his family i respect admire and love dennis babbitt up for that two weeks before the liberty versus jones fourteen months will be another big battle in frankfurt with built hold of lead to me peach coach is scheduled to take on twenty eight year old francesca p and they're undefeated in twenty eight fights and klitschko school my sparring partner the ukrainian is nine years older than them beaten in seventeen straight foot but king says both keach go but there's plenty of money over serious contenders for the klitschko

and in the latest exchange the government's accused the opposition is bringing in the colombian military's i should say to soak the lection day a challenge that's been of a man played tonight the opposition in turn claims to be the victim of a government smear campaign and on occasion there's been ridiculed by the else who are chinese test so see that now reports on the faces of the venezuelan elections on that chances. important elections for the venezuelan people certainly snap elections after the death of will go to this about a month ago it has been a short campaign for everyone who has been told and there are two top contenders in these elections on the one hand you have a nicolas maduro he's the acting interim president of the country he was the vice president during that childlessness time and on the other hand you but because this happened run against a good thomas and options in october two thousand and twelve and he's a rivalry with talking about bringing change to the country now there's been a lot of name calling during this campaign period you have a model accusing us of being

force or be unable to maintain stability in the region by itself investigative journalist michelle colombian said keeping africa unstable is in america and france is best interest but the vast resources to be exploited if you want to establish it in your region first you have to get rid of friendship there are chiles and you have to ask why this region you have to consider that africa. twenty percent of all raw materials crude good for the economy grows up many countries especially china brazil india and so on. would have to go sooner that truly united states very active in the region we africa and styling military bases and trying fuels armies in somalia i. mean all the area out there you have to consider that for trying to keep the prevalence of the companies so there is actually they don't want that mali. be antonymous. with the results as you have to consider the. war and also the next country in the area very important we know you are in your group and they are poor because of the kind of neo colonialism of the west and you have to go there we. grow seen great history i believe where. t

independent expert coolio hero denounces an incestuous relationship between the multinationals and the colombian political class. no i thought about it it isn't just an impression it's a reality there exists a very strong link between these companies and the political elite that they serve the interests of the big multinationals that marked in red on the map of the country the land requested for mining concessions a vast area the multinationals bag the major part of the mining rights about seventy percent of the andes is tenured or covered by requests from mining concessions well you know if they when we see that it's easy to imagine that we're all going to find ourselves expropriated that's where we're going to grow the economy and people's food yet what's going to happen to our regions if that's so that it's a completely irrational gamble that. the mining permits are already allocated but the big companies aren't yet mining the n.d.s. gold. the largest reserves lie in the heart of the caribbean.

independent expert cleo farrow denounces an incest race relationship between the multinationals and the colombianpolitical class.

second time the russian was awarded the title and successfully defended it last december against colombian sent on the sill garden here in moscow so let it go in reach for the stars and they're here for the encapsulation he's got to be there where they're warning you know me but i love live it up because he's a family man he always speaks about his ramming he's not reaching for something that is ostentatious of his you know he's happy what is going to have been here do whatever's necessary to promote bad family union and to be able to deal with taking care of purity and help for his family i respect admire and love going is there but up for that two weeks before the liberty versus jones fourteen months will be another big battle in frankfurt with built hold of lead to me peach coach is scheduled to take on twenty eight year old francesca p and they're undefeated in twenty eight fights and klitschko school my sparring partner the ukrainian is nine years older than them beaten in seventeen straight floods but king says both keech go but there's plenty money over serious contenders for the kl

twist of the government announced it are for all the plot to disrupt the upcoming vote and arrested colombians posing as venezuelan military officials authorities earlier claimed they exposed plans to assassinate nicolas maduro while the opposition says the government was planning to arrest its he figures but finger pointing aside let's take a look at the two candidates and their chances are reports from the venezuelan capital. important elections for the venezuelan people certainly snap elections. this is about a month ago it has been a short campaign for everyone who has been unfolding there are two top contenders in these elections on the one hand you have a nicolas maduro he's the acting interim president of the country he was the vice president during the thomases time and on the other hand you have become this run i guess and options in october two thousand and twelve and he's a rival was talking about bringing change to the country now there's been a lot of name calling during this campaign period you have a little accusing us of being at the prince of the bourgeoisie not representing t