throwing out the international monetary fund. in brazil you have a trade union leader. an amazing cast of characters. they have all grown their economies. from the reagan years, the economies have not grown. in 2000 there are some parts from all of these countries. there has been a letdown because of the recession, cutting poverty 78 -- 60%. extreme criticism comes from the top, those that control the country before. people working for multinational corporations. taking the wealth out of the country and giving it to their own countries. that is where america stands guilty. >> is it the bush administration or the obama administration? everyone seems to have a beef or issue with hugo chavez. why is that? >> bolivia, they took their natural gas back. >> why hugo chavez? >> he was the leader of the pack. from the 1970's it was run by corrupt technocrats. hugo chavez made sure that the profits from the oil went to the people. " there is a lot of corruption in venezuela. there still is. there is a system that comes from colonialism. it was a courtly run country. profits were

the international monetary fund says it will cancel the debt haiti accumulated in the wake of january's dems to earthquakes the plan to write off the two hundred million dollars owed as part of a strategy to help rebuild the island the i.m.f. is also going to lend more money for the reconstruction but disaster claimed over two hundred thirty thousand lives destroyed the country's infrastructure. southern china is bracing for its second typhoon in a week as the country continues to battle its worst wasn't a worry decade typhoon chan two was upgraded from a tropical storm after gathering strength over the south china sea shipping between iran and the mainland has already been suspended and dozens of flights canceled more than seven hundred people have died since the start of the year as a result of. rental rains in southern and central china. the international court of justice is set to decide whether possibles declaration of a panels from serbia in two thousand and eight was legal while sixty nine countries have recognized possible as an independent state which serves living there still

the international monetary fund says it will cancel the debt haiti accumulated in the wake of january's devastating earthquake the plan to write off a two hundred million dollars owed is part of a strategy to help rebuild the island the i.m.f. is also going to lend more money for the reconstruction the disaster claimed more than two hundred thirty thousand lives and destroyed the country's infrastructure. newspaper mobile connor black has been released on bail from prison in florida after forking out two million dollars he served two of his six and a half year sentence for fraud and two thousand and seven black was found guilty of cheating shareholders out of over six million dollars along with three accomplices he plans to appeal the conviction and the bail conditions prevent a tycoon from leaving the u.s. but in a. possible former prime minister. hard to know used to be rich try at the united nations tribunals for war crimes against the serbs the court concluded that witnesses were intimidated during the original trial he now faces charges of abuse against civilians during possible wa

concerns of the greek national debt and potential loan defaults led the european union and international monetary fundos kouvelis, talks about the status of his nation's economy and how they're using green technology as part of the recovery effort. from the woodrow wilson center for scholars, this is just over one hour. >> the morning. welcome to the woodrow wilson center for scholars. this project is especially pleased to welcome back to the woodrow wilson center, spyros kouvelis, who is -- who was here in march of 2009 as a member of the greek parliament. he was in charge of the environmental policy coordination and was here to address the topic of protection of the mediterranean the ecosystem. today, we are even more honored and pleased to welcome him back as the deputy foreign minister of greece to discuss greening the mediterranean, greek foreign policy against the backdrop of the financial crisis. as many of you know, the government of the prime minister of greece has turned toward the development of energy efficiency and the application of innovative systems in the field of alternative and rene

. >>> the international monetary fund is lending a big helping hand to haiti. they've cancelled haiti's $268 million debt. it will lend them another $60 million to help with reconstruction after yarn's devastating -- after january's devastating earth. they are hoping this will encourage international donors who promised aid to haiti to deliver on the promises so the pace of reconstruction can be increased. >>> there are more lawsuits filed against bp. the latest from new york and ohio pension funds. government leaders in the two states say pension funds there have lost almost $200 million and claim investors have been misled by the oil company. three california pension funds already filed claims saying they've lost nearly $11 million and asked for lead plaintiff status but new york officials say they should have that position since they've lost more money. lead plaintiffs handle negotiations and settlements for the group. >>> the double lin hills regional park is opening this evening. it's about two miles west of san ramon in dublin. a dedication ceremony is se

at a meeting today in beijing, the international monetary fund says the global economy is recoveringfidence. toyota plans to open six offices in north america to gather information about vehicle problems. it has been trying to improve safety and quality since recalling over 8.5 million cars and trucks starting last october. finally, a french surgeon said today his patient is doing well after getting a full face transplant including eyelids and tear ducts. the doctor says the operation took place at the end of june at a hospital near paris. the patient is a 35-year-old man with a genetic disorder. those are some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. >> before the senate judiciary committee votes up or down, what's the entire confirmation hearings for supreme court nominee elena kagan, including her testimony, if senators' questions and comments, and witnesses, online at the c-span video library. to purchase a copy of any part of the hearing, click on the buy now button. >> prime-time "book tv" continues with politics. president obama, year one. newt gingrich on stopping obama's soc

which spends all year going through media reports, reports of places like the world bank, international monetary fund, anderson international human rights watch, places that have people on the ground and are reporting back. they combine a bunch of different indicators, 12 indicators, and come up with a ranking each year. we are not saying by the way that every state on the index has failed. it is just different degrees of stability basically. host: how do you define failed? you have separate criteria. what are they? guest: we are looking mainly at economic factors, refugee flows, how they treat their own citizens in terms of human rights. how much control the government has over its own territory. there are 12 different factors. i won't belabor the readers with all of them. but when you add them up these are the countries that should be at the top of the list, they should be blinking red and we should worry about the outbreak of conflict, genocide, that sort of thing. host: in the article you have somalia. two decades later the u.s. has no plans and they have been very much involved there on and off

recently opened itself to the most intense scrutiny yet by the international monetary fund, and on thursday was offered a bitter pill when the agency criticized some well-defended aspects of american culture. cheap fuel, sub deciding housing and a government retirement check. >> we want to get your reaction to the imf calling for the u.s. to make lifestyle changes. call the numbers on the screen. you can also tweet us at twitter.com/cspanwj or send an email to journal@c-span.org here are the numbers again to call in. this is back to the "washington post" article on the imf report calling for the u.s. lifestyle changes. the risks are tilted to the downside david robinson of the western hemisphere said as he presented the annual assessment of the u.s. economy in its first-ever review of the financial sector. host: now we got the imf report that just came out yesterday, and here's what it said -- in part of this report, and this is at imf.org if you want to read it for yourself. the obama administration's intention to freeze non-security discretionary spending is welcome. however, measures to

which spends all year going through media reports, reports of places like the world bank, international monetary fund, anderson international human rights watch, places that have people on the ground and are reporting back. they combine a bunch of different indicators, 12 indicators, and come up with a ranking each year. we are not saying by the way that every state on the index has failed. it is just different degrees of stability basically. host: how do you define failed? you have separate criteria. what are they? guest: we are looking mainly at economic factors, refugee flows, how they treat their own citizens in terms of human rights. how much control the government has over its own territory. there are 12 different factors. i won't belabor the readers with all of them. but when you add them up these are the countries that should be at the top of the list, they should be blinking red and we should worry about the outbreak of conflict, genocide, that sort of thing. host: in the article you have somalia. two decades later the u.s. has no plans and they have been very much involved there on and off

in addition, loans worth 250 billion euros were available by the imf, the international monetary fund. in spite of the success of these short-term measures, recovery will be slow and painful. the financial and euro crisis made it clear that both the financial system and the european monetary union need to be reformed last week, the u.s. congress adopted president obama's reform package bringing the biggest changes in banking regulations since the world financial crisis in the 1920's. what is being done in europe to reform the financial markets? the democratic party in the european parliament has requested the reform of financial markets and regulations with financial supervision calling for guidelines and principles. there has to be more transparency on the markets. to many credit default swaps are traded over-the-counter and not in the public trade market. the second is responsibility. all markets must take responsibility for their actions and take corrective measures. third is the sustainability, market stability must be restored in a sustainable and long term basis to allow growth

international school heavyweights strongly think for a moment the country and. local security forces russia is committed to support un efforts to stabilize the country volunteer monetary assistance its. funding of the battle against a riot sounds it is called for more money to the disease that science is the divided on prevention and treatment this comes as delegates meant as an international aids conference in vienna and providing universal head to pitch its. protecting the people president obama says the senate to approve an extension on the point benefits accusing republicans of favoring the rich and refusing to help the bill would help millions struggling to survive off the financial crisis that will cost the government billions of dollars. next all she talks to his rainy member of parliament a dog to him that the will to discuss israel's position as attack on an aid for terror and may prospects for the middle east.

the international market, but on the european market, and why the competitive is one of the issues we need. we need the direct crisis mechanism in cases like greece. european monetary stability fund could work as at last resource to stabilize the european monetary system. the objective is not to be allowed which would be a contradiction to the european critics and would not be in aaccord with the german constitution. that is the main problem, and it is our problem too. financial support by the monetary stability fund would not mean to take over the debt, but to take a temporary credit. however, the idea to set up the lender as last resort which has found support of the government has attracted critics from the european federal bank and also from the french government. many questions are still open including who would pay into the fund and how independently it would be from the commission. that's the -- how the economic should be organized in the future. the french president was in favor for permanent directory european countries and inclusion of other member states. as a compromise only emergency situations, the euro zone countries are meet on an exclusive basis. although the eur