president of paraguay fernando man the man who took over from a controversial circumstances federico franco is coming right. but as he and mr president welcome to the program how do you feel about recent events what are people saying b. and. i would first like to say hello to your audience i'm happy to see the international press interested in the events in paraguay the parliamentary koon the paraguayan people who resist it we have all lost here this parliamentary cooed disrupted the democratic process in the country and made it lose as well as the whole region it distressed mercosur and illness or the paraguayans around raged some say there was no coup because of zero violence and no tanks on the streets indeed it was nothing like a military coup of the one nine hundred seventy s. and one thousand nine hundred but it was a grave violation of law a president who was elected constitutionally by a majority of votes gets illegally ousted that really made the people angry but if you. look at mr president right after you were voted out of office you spoke as if you were resigning of your own acc

countries such as spin germany and france when they are recognised federico franco is take over almost immediately and gore says restraint fact is that most nearby states in the region don't recognize it i believe it's much more important as there are such countries as vatican city and taiwan but what's the political weight of places like vatican city or thai well how can you compare twenty three foreign state with the political weight of argentina brazil or euro quietly our neighbors and brotherly states with whom we've been maintaining commercial diplomatic and political relations you know what is the position of the church in this matter mean for you as a bill of rights. i believe that in politics reality is the most important aspect of the vatican's decision may well be symbolic but as i've said it has no real weight from the diplomatic commercial cultural and political viewpoints even compared to a country as small as euro quite euro gries recognition is much more significant than that of any other country including the e.u. but for that i look at that so what are the media doing

our country now with as you mentioned the regional blocs who are america so even though federico franco who are you please to declare that he was going to rebut paraguayans expulsion from microsoft it looks like those groups leaders who we agree on this will make their difficult for him what consequences of the long term expulsion from their original blocks you were foreseen or. we wouldn't want to see those consequences there's a widespread saying that innocent people pay for the transgressions of sinners and isn't that true we wouldn't want to see economic sanctions or economic blockade have a negative impact on the lives of common people who export their bananas pineapples and oranges to europe why and argentina they will be the ones who end up hurt the most and therefore we disagree with the economic blockade of paraguayan but we do support sanctions against these serious violations and that's why paraguay is expulsion from mirka sort of that and even if so it was a sanction against the political forces that staged the coup i'd like to ask you first what do you think about the role

was the straw that broke the camel's back on the door but one last question mr president and also franco promised he would not run for presidency in the april elections now he says he will step down by the scenes of august well president will go seek a comeback for a democratic election and can you picture yourself as a two thousand and thirteen candidate in the i mean there are a number of ways at work including legal and political giving up and as for the legal track we've initiated proceedings on the constitutional violations the court has handed it over to the prosecutor's office or should the court rule i return i will immediately take office and the but this scenario is unlikely i believe i will have to take the political track and run for the presidency on the go where they can tell me i've already been president and can only be reelected after one term in power in accordance with the constitution got. you know where there's a will there's a way if you want to keep a person from running for office because he's a people's favorite and therefore a serious rival there are lots of leg

and of course franco no we're taking it to another level and intimating that he may be happy to take paraguay out of memphis or altogether and to open up direct negotiations with the united states for example on free trade agreements direct bilateral trade free trade agreements so so we'll have to see what plays out of this but certainly it doesn't seem like this will be a good thing for any of paraguay's neighbors who are obviously concerned with the destabilization that tie. happening there in the the retrogression that this represents in terms of paraguay sliding back into the type of oligarchy call rule that's been in place for much of its political history latin america has seen. some allegedly engineered by the cia is it a trend we might see continue. it's certainly always a possibility and and whether or not this particular cool coup or any particular coup was engineered for by outside interests i think we have to be aware of the outside interests that do have economic incentives and political incentives for making sure that these types of coups happen and that the political e

and of course franco no we're taking it to another level and intimating that he may be happy to take paraguay out of the markets or altogether and to open up direct negotiations with the united states for example and free trade agreements direct bilateral trade free trade agreements certainly it doesn't seem like this will be a good thing for any of paraguay's neighbors who are obviously concerned with the destabilization that's happening there in the retrogression that this represents in terms of paraguay sliding back into the type of all of our coal rule that's been in place for much of its political history. still to come this hour selective hearing over saudi arabia since turnout activates you're all but their closest ally turning a blind eye to the violence of our country. and also later this hour taking matters into their own hands why russian citizens are organizing aid and action to the devastated south after last week's floods. there have been clashes in madrid as police. started to demonstrators marching across the city security forces fired rubber bullets at thousands of p

in the next hour we'll bring you an exclusive interview with parv wise new president federico franco who gave us his reaction to the claims. political campaigns everywhere are supposed to highlight a kind of the strengths a base same time their devices to attack opponents and the possible lives to get their votes his view on whether samir toxics out fair game all go too far has the president. this is the year of important elections the world around and many of them involve dirty negative campaigning are you ok with that this week let's talk about that john of kerry would never get elected. today with his lifestyle a womanizing enormous yes absolutely absolutely is that a good thing that politicians go there or is it better we just don't know it's very don't know because it's going to do with being a politician i don't think we have to mix politics with personal. life yet but if it helps someone get elected is that ok. i don't think so if one candidate is doing towards another i think that's a little unfair but if both are going back and forth which they normally are i think it's comp

and you can watch that full interview with frederico franco in two hours time here on our t.v. we also spoke to the man he replaced fernando lugo on his views about the coup you can find out what he had to say on our website r t dot com. we get leaks have struck back with a spectacular victory in its first battle against major u.s. financial companies which blocked payments to the online whistleblower a court in iceland has ruled visa and master card's local partner broke the law by refusing to process public donations to the web now the credit card giants were among several u.s. payment services that stopped accepting money transfers intended for weiqi leaks in twenty ten it came after the websites release of hundreds of thousands of classified american cables and data bigger leaks founder julian assange remains in ecuador's embassy in london where he's seeking political asylum in the south american country he's wanted in sweden for questioning over alleged sex crimes he denies but believes his extradition there could see him handed over to the u.s. or he fears the death penal

they're going to the full interview with federico franco next hour here on r t. but look at the latest from katie out the business that hi katie russian oil becoming more expensive than brand what's that about that's right and he's so west and all companies they started buying the so-called year as a must do to the ball go on a rainy and oil it so they are always price so weighing a run or output sliding as you can see just that with many of to run as customers turning to rock as a replacement all these take agrees he's got the details. are scarce the price is so weak and the spike in euros. joined by alexander and as our of all and gas analysts from gas from. now nice to meet you how long do you think this good fortune for us can last. one so you wouldn't last long like it was before but i think this time it could be different because the reason for that is different and what's the reason for. well unlikely last times when it was some one offs like shadow seaboard because of some stall the stanleys embargo for iran which will last for months maybe years but soon

meanwhile parent wise new president federico franco has given his reaction to those claims and we'll bring them to you in our exclusive interview later this hour. and less than a day to go before a before a new international space station crew of three blasts off to that final frontier. say has been to the launch site speaking to those whole sort of the stars. there's a national gallery that is expecting it to lift off but the s.s. on sunday has now become hurrying to meet and as you can see just behind us right now which is having made the last one of the one just before that may day for them on sunday they said that their theme song for now is let's get this party started they seem to be relaxed and happy to be doing this mission i caught up earlier on with them but i tell you that the last two days yeah i have to buy cannot and this is what they had to tell us with the world's media watching and photographers clicking the shot as a way to get the perfect shot one wonders how the three people on the spot like today feel about their next mission to the international space station ex

and you watch the full interview with fredricka franco in three hours time you're an arterial suspect. the man who replaced as well fernando lugo on his views of the coup you can find out what he had to say about it on our web site right now. wiki leaks has struck back with a spectacular victory in its first battle against major u.s. financial companies which blocked payments to the on my whistleblower accord in iceland has ruled visa and master card local partner their broke the law by refusing to process public donations to the website the credit card giants or most several u.s. payment services that stopped accepting money transfers intended for wiki leaks in twenty ten came after the websites release of hundreds of thousands of classified american cables and data wiki leaks founder julian assange remains in ecuador's embassy in london right now where he's seeking political asylum in the south american country he's wanted in sweden for questioning over alleged sex crimes he denies i spoke to human rights activist peter tatchell who told me the wiki leaks blockade is an assault on f

hour straight after as well be hearing from the man who replaced him the new president frederica franco to give his side of it his reaction to the can claims. it's less than a day to go before a new international space station crew three blasts off for the final frontier. into the launch site speaking to those who will sort of the star. in the scorching heat of kazakstan right there in the distance lies the rocket launcher that will be propelling the thought used here may outdo the eye is that from by cannot cause but now the team have had a very very busy weekend they've had press conferences with cameras and photographers all of the celebrity like lifestyle for them just before their big day friends and family have been gathered here. at baikonur cosmodrome just giving them support and saying that we're all behind you on your important mission what will they be doing up there well as always a research and scientific research is on the agenda they'll be looking at looking at how humans can live in orbit with the world's media watching and photographers clicking this shot as a way to ge

you watch the full interview with frederica franco next hour on r.t. we also spoke to the man who replaced as well fernando his views about the coup he made all too plain you can find out what hear the say about that on our website it streaming at r.t. dot com right now if you want to catch up with there are some other international news had. in spring of today with at least five people have been killed in the suicide bombing a mosque in northeast nigeria six were injured in the blast in the town of met a group which is the spiritual home of the radical islamists. the attackers suspected of being a member of the group the extremist group killed twenty one people when it bombed a christian church last month. washington's imposing sanctions on iran over the state's nuclear and ballistic missile programs and eleven companies affiliated with the defense ministry and the other assets frozen under be blacklisted here's the latest american move against individuals in firms accused of breaching the european ban on buying oil from the country meantime the u.s.

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down without a fight by the threat of widespread violence being provoked in the country frederico franco will now lead a transitional government until elections in april next year and explains now why he believes the impeachment took place. what raises most doubts about the impeachment of fernando lugo is how quickly it all happened that this is why the regional stakeholders are questioning the extent to which this event was democratic do you agree it all happened very quickly i agree it all happened so quickly i even don't have the relevant card for a president we've yet to finalize all the formal stuff on my presidency we only had two days to prepare for my new office and i guess it was unusually quick for all of us both at home and abroad for them as i talked to parliament on the need to extend the transfer of power and given an international dimension as you have just mentioned they told me the main thing is that the regime change should be one hundred percent peaceful and the fact that one hundred twenty out of one hundred twenty five m.p.'s voted for the impeachment clearly indicat

will bring you charles interview with the new president federico franco get out he also talked explicit or they deposed president lugo and his last major interview since being forced out they said he says the people will not forget the salt on their doctors most of. them but of the main thing is that nothing has happened according to the immediate order and all is quiet going to move me dad because the president and the legitimately elected government don't want to see. it for its important for the media to reflect the truth of what's going on here when i was in this region of the democratic process and the people who think it is in their mind their personal history and the history of civil society if they can because they say that if nothing is happening no one has america still expelled york if nothing's happened why has you know builders but if the if nothing's happened and everything's all right why is the european union sending you're going to that country so it can't be so good nothing at all as something very serious and below is a serious violation within the parliamentary coupe

public picasso said the painting could never come home to spain until franco, the fascist leader, fellaintings sits in madrid. the people want it to rest here and which is based. in the u.s., we know because the tapestry productions made by picasso hung in front of the u.n. security council in new york for decades. the i talked about this yesterday. but it was not lost on the higher-ups' at the u.n. when the u.s. was about to go to war in iraq, the irony of this anti-war symbol in the backdrop of the u.s. leaders making pro-war announcements, so they shrouded the guernica with a blue curtain but i think it is our job as citizens of the world to pull back the curtain and show the reality of war, poverty, inequality. it is certainly what is seen all over and my the people of guernica and people of spain care so much about reclaiming their history. instead of being a symbol of war and destruction, being a symbol of peace, culture, and resistance. >> amy, in terms of the conference being held, is this a conference of people from all over spain or europeans from other parts of the continent

investigation into the disappearance of one hundred thousand people in spain under the regime of franco now that was found to be illegal by the spanish authorities and amnesty has been declared on the time that franco was in charge in spain in relation to julian assange says that there seems to be a worrying lack of safeguards and transparency as far as his case is concerned so what it really means globally for julian assange is that he's got another big hitter in the world if human rights protection on his side. it's tried tax incentives bonuses steep discounts but europe's car making industry is still hurtling into the red nonetheless losing business faster stalling sales even french giant persia is laying off thousands of workers and shutting down one of its plants in paris as our europe correspondent test for solar explains now it's not over the economic slowdown is putting a spoke in the wheels either. anger among workers eight thousand jobs across france will be slashed by their employer p.s.e. usual situation more than three thousand in this plant alone a blow to the new presiden

investigation into the disappearance of one hundred thousand people in spain under the regime of franco now that was found to be illegal by the spanish authorities and amnesty has been declared on the time that franco was in charge in spain in relation to julian assange says that there seems to be a worrying lack of safeguards and transparency as far as his case is concerned so what it really means globally for julian assad is that he's got another big hitter in the world if human rights protection on his side. more on all our stories that are t. dot com also their agreements turning scientists cold that's after the worrying discovery that almost all of the island's ice shield melted away on the surface this month read all about it on the line. to find out why it sounds like was has already been coming to a place near copenhagen but this father christmas feast is no work and play all the details in our t.v. dot com. the debt crisis is driving car makers right off the road when it comes to sales across europe and it's resulting in major job cuts that now the continent's second biggest ma

and inhibition dispute that saw seventeen people killed he was appointed as former deputy frederico franco who will now lead a transitional government until elections next april now in an interview with r t the deposed leader says what he thinks was behind his removal of the young that parliament this parliament is dominated by traditionalists conservatives and right wingers and even if jesus christ shows up out of the blue and tells them to change their mind they were in the right we were sabotaged all the way parliament gave us a budget with a deficit of eight hundred billion dollars so firms were in short supply for everything and when the truck propelled a deep crisis they asked us for fifty billion dollars for their politicians mind you these politicians are members of political parties who get paid for nothing so we said no that was the straw that broke the camel's back it was a politically charged trial disguised as a constitutional process as one m.p. said it all looked like a circus designed to depose a democratically elected president. and you can watch the rest of this interview

home and later today we'll bring you an exclusive interview with paraguay's new president federico franco and gives his reaction to the play. and where if you look at some other stories making headlines across the globe a suicide attacker has blown himself up during a wedding in northern afghanistan killing more than twenty people including a top afghan military commander more than forty others have been wounded in the blast the explosion happened at the entrance to whole way gas was being welcomed to the wedding of the commandos daughter. record rains in southwestern japan have claimed at least twenty lives and left two hundred forty thousand people displaced three days of continues downpours triggered landslides and flooding which led to the deaths child has are taking and those forced to evacuate stricken areas as transportation in the region is cut off eleven centimeters of rain per hour on saturday. political campaigns everywhere are supposed to highlight a candidate strengths get out of this same time their devices to target opponents and their personal lives so to get the voters' v

president's ousting violates democracy hernando lugar was replaced by his former deputy federico franco who will now lead a transitional government until elections next april the deposed leader says the media is turning a blind eye and what essentially was a coup d'etat reporting to the media all is quiet that there are no rallies no death no blood of the president and the legitimately elected government don't want violence or blood therefore it is important for the media to reflect the truth of what is going on here now is a disruption of the democratic process and the people forget this because there was nothing has happened here why is marcos or. if nothing has happened why is yunus or expelled us if nothing is happening and everything is all right really why is the european union sending a commission to our country so it can't be so that nothing is happening on something very serious has happened very serious violation parliamentary a coup d'etat you know when the president elected according to the constitution by a majority of us was impeached overnight let me go and you can watch

an investigation into the disappearance of a hundred thousand people in spain under the regime of franco now that was found to be illegal by the spanish authorities and amnesty has been declared on the time that franco was in charge in spain in relation to judy last summer says that there's seems to be a worrying lack of safeguards and transparency as far as his case is concerned so what it really means. is that he's got another big case in the world if human rights protection on his side. and more all of our stories at r.c. dot com and also there are greenland standing scientists called they were in discovery that almost all of the island's ice showed melted away on the surface this month so read all about it online. and find out why santa claus has already been coming to a place near copenhagen but this father christmas feast is no work and play all the details for you. the u. debt crisis is driving can they cause a riot over the road when it comes to sales across europe and it's resulting in major job cuts now the continent's second biggest manufacturer and a symbol of french industry

an investigation into the disappearance of a hundred thousand people in spain under the regime of franco now that was found to be illegal by the spanish authorities and amnesty has been declared on the time that franco was in charge in spain in relation to julian assange says that there seems to be a worrying lack of safeguards and transparency as far as his case is concerned so what it really means globally for julian assange is that he's got another big hitter in the world of human rights protection on his side. well look no more of the world's main news this hour riot police carrying shop comes out firing pepper spray have clashed with protesters for a fourth night running in the predominantly hispanic city of anaheim in california there have been five arrest last saturday's police shootings our man is blamed for the growing racial tension there police shootings in the city have left five people dead this year alone. admits it was behind monday's wave of bomb blasts across iraq that killed at least one hundred sixteen people it was the deadliest day in the country in the last two year

investigation into the disappearance of one hundred thousand people in spain under the regime of franco now that was found to be illegal by the spanish authorities and amnesty has been declared on the time that franco was in charge in spain in relation to julian assange says that there seems to be a worrying lack of safeguards and transparency as far as his case is concerned so what it really means globally for julian assault is that he's got another big hitter in the world of human rights protection on his side. source me for you care correspondent down british rock star staying who's in moscow right now for the first leg of his world tour has expressed his support for the jailed members of the russian punk group pussy riot he called for the release of the three women who currently face up to seven years for inciting religious hatred they were placed in custody in march after performing a politically charged protest chill at the altar of the country's biggest cathedral but the stunt turned out to be highly controversial protests quickly erupted around the case with many condemning the