a battle of the bands groups from the opposing political camps have organized rival concerts near kuta a colombian city on the venezuelan border british billionaire richard branson is backing the opposition concert. which is underway with an audience of tens of thousands grants and is hoping to raise one hundred million dollars for food and medical aim the other concert meanwhile is backed by venezuela's embattled president nicolas maduro who says the aid is a pretext for u.s. military intervention he has closed venezuela's border with brazil to prevent the delivery of aid at least one civilian has been killed after government troops opened fire on our correspondent javier are with us in kuta close to the colombian border where both concerts are taking place cover the concert dubbed venezuela aid live is now well under way the rival government sponsored event appears to have far fewer spectators what message is this sending. well it's very difficult to tell exactly how many visitors a concert has so far what we can tell you from here the concert is just in the back here's a dad we had

the us military has lifted tons of aid to the colombian town of kuta on the venezuelan president nicolas maduro is blocking the shipments accusing washington lives and to give a crumbs whilst waging an economic war venezuela food and medicine from the u.s. has become a key issue in the power struggle between the president needs a one. hundred reports. massood us c. seventeen cargo planes bearing aid made the journey from florida's homestead air force base to colombia but the hardest part of the journey lies ahead the short trip over the border to venezuela venezuelan president nicolas maduro has ordered the army not to let it in he says the aid comes with strings from the u.s. which he says plans to use it as a trojan horse to overthrow his regime. opposition leader won by dole who proclaimed himself interim president held a rally in caracas before supporters or you double hockey today were here saying to the world dressed in white that our movement is profoundly peaceful but our movement is also profoundly determined it's not foolish for being peaceful nor is it going to stay stalled no

rubio visited the colombia venezuela border a day off to tons of american aid arrived in the city of kuta it's the second shipment of american humanitarian supplies that's been sent this month paid a major role in convincing the trumpet ministration to increase pressure on president maduro and aid is also being delivered to neighboring brazil mohamad john june reports from. the venezuelan border. while brazil's government continues to indicate that they will soon begin attempting to deliver aid from brazil into neighboring venezuela it's still unclear exactly when that is going to start meanwhile migrants who cross the border from going as whaler into brazil well they come to this facility this isn't pocket i'm a in the northern state of the i'm a right on the border with venezuela the migrants that are here many of them are applying for asylum many of the children are getting vaccinated and inoculated and there are many pregnant women that are here that are trying to get medical care before they are taken to a city about two hundred kilometers to the south where they will be able to be h

journalist a brahmin he was stringing us tonight from kuta colombia there at the border with minutes away la. thank you very much. well there is more trouble for facebook here in europe germany's competition watchdog has ruled that the social media giant can only gather user data from other sides if it gets their explicit consent that means facebook would have to ask users if it can pool data from the different apps that it own like what's app in instagram the decision represents a major threat to the company's business model in an era where data has become the world's most valuable resource. it is a long awaited decision three years that's how long it took germany's federal cartel office to decide to clamp down on facebook's data collection the question was whether obtaining data from activity on social media widgets on third party sites could be considered untie competitive behavior is being used as a given is. the whole conclusion is that facebook can still collect data on its platform invited. facebook facebook can also continue to gather data on its other services like what's up

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we suffer though you know why because our customers they are not from colombia they don't come from kutaor pump lonna record on our go summers are the venezuelan people there barbara not going to now go grab another market trader list kano was wounded in the weekend clashes at the border. they said ok we live on the border and because of his clothes that there are no sales no customers but it affects us a lot of time which. nobody knows when the border will reopen meaning more hardship for traders and their customers on the other side. so have your what is the situation at the border right now. well sarah the border has been quite calm and quiet because it has a lot of military and police presence from the colombian army and the colombian police forces that being said we don't know how sustainable the situation is because you already saw the desperation of the people who depend on these sales and on top of that we have we have thousands of it as well and who cross the border to come and support why do but you couldn't get back in there and they are now facing a close border they can't se

i guess in kuta thank you. i mean how an island of sardinia goes to the polls on sunday in a closely watched regional election commentators believe the photo will serve as an indicator of the growing popularity and in some ways far right likud party the party is needed deputy prime minister matteo salvini has been campaigning on the island the w.c. last showed sick reports. looks like we can't bring about reform let's look ahead to next week when we'll be covering the second summit between president donald trump of the united states and north korea's leader kim jong un those talks will be taking place in vietnam preparations are already under white. house big hopes for the meeting thank you joe . a handle a cafe. is busy on his latest collection a series of what he's calling peace portraits the self-proclaimed trump obsessive has painted the american president dozens of times now he's together with north korea's kim jong un in a message of love. my wish is that after the summit. could have a vietnamese coffee t

medicines and that is kind of quite the critical issue in fact in sankey stole a city that is near kuta a group of doctors got together to denounce the situation and say that they want the humanitarian aid to come in because this is very dire but it's also a shortage of food it is really really difficult for people right now so that is the question are people going to see mother are closing off the borders those aid and say no we want this aid and then rise up that is what a long way there was hoping how much support does he have quite oh. well international support he has plenty in venezuela of course what the opposition is session is completely behind him and we know that some elements of the army some some higher in these not so many higher ranking officers have gone to him but some support has broken but the needle has really not pushed enough and so he really needs to build more support he needs that rather population but is difficult is there to go because i army is still standing behind them and so we shall see what happens if that can change this weekend jennifer communal gonzal

ago i spoke to deal with his latin america correspondent javier i get us he's in town in the town of kuta right now and i asked him to tell us what's happening around him. pilot i will we are located at the cmon believe it a bridge is one of the bridges connecting colombia and venezuela back there what you can see is venezuela colombia at the border is just a few steps in the front and what you're seeing here is the face of the crisis in venezuela people going back and forth crossing the border into colombia to get food and medicine that they can either not afford or simply not find in their home country authorities here have reported that in the last few days there has been an increased influx of migrants that are trying to get these products they are stockpiling afraid of what could happen during the weekend and dad has let the authorities to declare yellow alert here in the city and of course also to try and reinforce the security with at least one thousand five hundred or more personnel that is going to try and keep people safe right and as all of this is unfolding right behind you th

and we've got reporters in either side of the venezuela colombia border on the sun to jump yetis in kuta we're going to be speaking to him in just a few minutes first let's go to the sea and human who's in tin dss on the venezuelan side see it tell me more about what's been happening with the concert where you are. yes or no rog we are in that on that the indeed that's our binational bridge right directly behind me is the stage that die in this battle of the bands it if the top of out if you can gauge its success or not by the number of people haven't turned out by the infield yeah some of the crowds and very clearly president not little hands off venezuela concert is losing that battle and quite dismally i would say there are very very few people here are in the case are all day long i would say less than a thousand although a short while ago a clash load of people a lot of supporters from a cadillac ass frame design something like a fourteen hour trip here if more than eight hundred kilometers to try to fill the ranks here but a disappointing turnout indeed here for president my little

sender amputee now he is in kuta on the colombian side of the border a lot of developments on the stand and tell us exactly what's happening where you are. absolutely barbara the main thing here is that the convoy of trucks loaded with the aid sent by the united states and or on the move and the convoy is led by the leader of the venezuelan opposition. the trucks are going to the four different bridges that legally could next be out with this and a number of people but we don't know how many exactly on the colombian side are also following these trucks and others are gathering at the entrance of the colombian side of the bridges expecting ford trucks to arrive it's clear if they will try to bring the boxes of food and maybe go into business where walking on foot or if they will try to open a korean door and then move. on the trucks inside the been this way there will probably be a confrontation on each of these bridges as we know that they've been stolen national guard is waiting for the arrival of the supporters of the opposition there has been a least for defections on saturday member

colombia but while the aid is kept out a steady stream of venezuelans pour into the colombian city of kuta over the nearby cmon believe our bridge. leaving behind hyperinflation and empty supermarket shelves these people exit by an official border crossing many others have not been able to obtain a passport and are forced to leave the country via smuggling routes cutting through the dry riverbed. known a stretch as they are controlled by criminal gangs who extract a heavy transit fee from the migrants it's a price they are willing to pay in the hope of finding work and a better life in colombia. i'm going to marrying. because i have family there and we will work because there is nothing in venezuela the more you wait the worse the situation in venezuela will get. since neighboring countries demand that venezuelans show a passport more and more people are using the truck just to leave with no money for any trans when. sometimes the shoes of a people as a come by are really damaged for falling apart with the sole missing i saw the fishing is back together for anyone that needs it i charge fi

to delay a correspondent and out of there this is following the story for us and kuta city at the colombian venezuelan border. the surprise appearance of one by doing colombian territory changes things a lot here at the border between colombia and venezuela where do is taking mclean not allowed to leave his country and it's hard to imagine how he will get back in that means that according to the plan two elements will have to enter been as well in territory by force this saturday the humanitarian aid and why do himself thousands of volunteers prepare for a dangerous journey. a top roman catholic cardinal has acknowledged that the church destroyed records on priests who sexually abused children i not mox made the statements in a speech at the vatican conference on preventing sexual abuse by clergy and friday marks met with some of the victims and heard first hand testimony of their traumatic experiences. starting point millions of bad starts to move my legs that's my sex. i had no idea it was what this is about. my whole life. it will never be the same. people have told me jesus saves the wo

whole situation and that also is one of the most important concerns of people living right here in kuta they know that a military conflict where the u.s. for example confronts russia over venezuela could turn this region into a complete crisis zone something that everyone here is hoping the government can avoid. and briefly. isn't. this this meeting how likely is it actually return to venezuela when it's finished. he will probably return to it as well because he needs to talk to people let's not forget that the opposition is under immense pressure to show that they can move things that they can make things happen now getting into venezuela that is important to say is not difficult you can do it here very easily and very cheaply he already made up matter managed to come to colombian territory despite the fact that he had a prohibition to leave the country but the problem is what will happen once he gets to venezuela things could get very ugly for him there till i get a say in colombia thank you. president doris closure of the borders also causing hardship on the colombian side traders in

food medicine and big sticks appliance have been piling up across the border in the colombian city of kuta now quite a once venezuelans who fled the country to bring the eight back across the frontier thousands have volunteered to do so even if that means confronting venezuelan soldiers guarding the border and we have to talk to them because we are the people but we are unarmed and without weapons we can't do anything we have to talk to the military but it's the military that should be helping the people not the other way around. i'm ira flatow but if we have to face the military of course we will but peacefully there are lots of people that do need this medicine i'm healthy i can manage to get something to eat but children and the elderly khans remember nonzero no no no they don't look at some of the military is always persecuting people instead of helping they just fire on ordinary citizens the government orders them to fire to kill people it shouldn't be that way. though has been urging venezuela's military to abandon model and let the supplies into the country but the armed forces have

reports from kuta the image of oil tankers in shipping containers blocking this bridge on the colombian border has become the symbol of the standoff for control of venezuela. president nicolas maduro remains firm in his opposition to allowing the food and medical supplies from the united states into his country but the reality of the border is more complex than the blocking of a single bridge. every night at eight o'clock the last venezuelans hastily make their way home over two other bridges in the city of. their open to foot traffic during the day and as they shut down at night trucks filled with projects appear what do you carry at that sugar is the answer. that september venezuela halted experts to colombia they kept importing much needed goods shipping agents say they've been a swale and government to use its corporate thieves to buy food from colombia and then distribute it in food boxes for the four. weeks count to ten trucks lined up on this bridge they carry maybe sand so chemicals among other things and exporters tell us that. if they're going to venezuela as a being blocked h

country's border a convoy with desperately needed aid remains stuck at the colombian border city of kuta now venezuela's government led by nicholas my. do it o. has ordered the army not to allow this aid in it has been organized by the united states and venezuela's opposition who want to see me do it over move from power now venezuela's military has to choose whether to obey government orders or let the a pass we have to support. venezuelan soldiers keep watch at the barricades of the t.n.t. does bridge border crossing president nicolas maduro has called aid supplies offered by the united states a form of foreign intervention he's ordered the soldiers to turn the assistance away but the soldiers have also been given another order by one the opposition leader who last month declared himself venezuela's interim president. and. i give a direct order to the armed forces allow the necessary humanitarian aid to enter to take care of your family. that is put the focus on the military personnel at the border and their commanders which president will they obey. pedestrian bridges at the border re

been closed down the main entry point is the same on international bridge it connects the city of kuta with san antonio in venezuela do as also shut the border with brazil there was violence on saturday at the gateway and packard i'm on the brazilian side as trucks carrying aid try to cross into venezuela momma john jr has more from that that was on brazil's border with venezuela desperation turned to reach and the fuse was finally lit as rocks were hurled so were accusations. some alleged venezuelan migrants started it all by setting this vehicle ablaze while others claimed venezuelan security forces were really to blame. the thought that if you let their throwing tear gas grenades into brazilian territory said this man who appeared both angry and panicked by eventually the injured were carried away and brazil's army stepped in that notable result of others are ordering these men. first to put down their rocks then to move away. brazil's army has cleared its border with venezuela all the people that were up there are now here in the center of the town of pocket i'm a for now the mood

reports now from kuta the image of oil tankers in shipping containers blocking this bridge on the colombian border has become the symbol of the standoff for control of venezuela. president nicolas maduro remains firm in his opposition to allowing the food and medical supplies from the united states into his country but the reality of the border is more complex than the blocking of a single bridge almost every night at eight o'clock the last venezuelans hastily make their way home over two other bridges in the city of. their open to foot traffic during the day and as they shut down at night trucks filled with projects appear what do you carry i think that sugar is the answer. last september venezuela halted experts to colombia they kept importing much needed goods shipping agents say they've been a swale and government uses corporate thieves to buy food from colombia and then distribute it in food boxes for the four. weeks count to ten trucks lining up on this bridge they carry food medicine and so chemicals among other things and exporters tell us that i have been here to venezuela as a bei

in helping trucks carrying usaid across several border bridges in colombia asunder and yet he is in kuta on the colombian side of the border let's get the latest from him now so alessandro what is happening there. well the tension is palpable here on the border with venezuela we're right in front of the boliver bridge one of four different bridges that the volunteers and the supporters of the venezuelan position are hoping to use to form a human chain and cross this inside the country we also know that fourteen trucks have been loaded with. food and medical supplies sent by the united states and the chillis so far that has been stored here for for many days at the border has been loaded on these trucks and we expect these trucks to reach these four different bridges in the coming hours people are gathering here at the entrance on the colombian side many of them dressed in white these are all the people who are volunteering to work together with the opposition the leader of the opposition is at the warehouse in a meeting a last minute meeting with the president. and the president. peña th

declared interim leader is skeptical so let's talk about this now daniel is in montevideo and he is in kuta that's in colombia just across the border from venezuela will be with you in a moment a son daniel to you first of all who is involved in this missing and what might come out of this. welcome all there are thirteen nations involved eight from the european union five from latin america their idea is that they're representing a wide spread from. of ideas on solutions to this crisis in venezuela seven of the eight countries from the european union authority expressed their support for that interim leader on the way to all the latin american nations bolivia is very firmly behind nicolas maduro while you're requiring mexico to express their neutrality in this in this crisis they're all hoping but their way of presenting a wide spectrum of ideas representing all the different views they will be able to find an exit a way out a path forward in this crisis acceptable to both sides and what has become a very polemics situation as you mentioned one way though skeptical of the situation of the t

s he is in the colombian border town of kuta in america editor lucien newman has been monitoring developments across the border in san cristobal trees a bow is in northern venezuela where she's had exclusive access to a hospital there and is in montevideo uruguay where european and latin american leaders have been meeting about the crisis first where trucks carrying food and aid from the u.s. have arrived but it's not clear yet how that aid will enter venezuela without the support of the military which still backs president maduro out of sunday has the latest. honking their horns to larger t.q. later lorries in six moller trucks arrived in the border city. carrying the aids relief elements same by the united states relief agency usa this is part of a larger plan by the opposition together with its international supporters to try and start a humanitarian corridor. but it will not be easy given the fact that president. remains steadfast and its refusal to aid in the bridge called last year. should become a humanitarian corridor is blocked on the side with barriers and large trucks the aid will

military aircraft will be bringing some two hundred tons of emergency food and medicine to kuta colombia which is on the border with it is swear that this is part of the supplies that the opposition leader one bible says he will bring into venezuela unfriendly the twenty third defying a prohibition by president nicolas maduro originally while also that it would be some twenty million dollars worth of emergency food and medicine now he says that he will probably be able to collect as much as two hundred million dollars worth this as he sends yet another appeal to venezuela's military which supports president nicolas maduro telling them they have eight more days to quote decide on whether to defend or or support the people in the constitution of in his way a law or defend a dictatorship. time for a short break here and al-jazeera when we come back india bourne's of a strong response that mourns the victims of a deadly bomb blast in tasmania. and defiant nurses in kenya walk out of wards and onto the streets despite threats from the president more nice things. hello we've got more wet weath

trucks carrying humanitarian aid bound for but it's way low arrived in the colombian border city of kuta officials there are awaiting instructions now on how to distribute the food and medicine in defiance of opposition leader one. president nicolas maduro his government has blocked the highway to stop aid shipments from entering the country so we're still a fluid situation we want to take the story now to cut to in colombia near the minutes where the border to talk to journalist brom skid even to you brah so talk to me a little bit about what is happening now and what's going to happen so you've got this convoy of trucks with aid they've arrived at the border and they're waiting for instructions right. there even if. it interests. you some of the journalists could make an extra. three days or eight but if i may go there bear in mind this is only the first aired. over the next ace this first really. and what will happen to all of this humanitarian aid if it's not allowed to cross the border. one under. me you've been asking this for a few days about it because. you want to say. what is s

s he has more from kuta on colombia's border with venezuela after a call morning clashes broke out again here on the border between colombia and venezuela on this morning believe a bridge that you see behind me one of the main illegal crossings here when a group of men started to this man saw a truck used by you live in a swollen forces to barricade the bridge very sorry to throw the pieces down to other people that they were hoping to a studio in a cell as scrap metal they were confronted by when this went on forces the story throwing tear gas in also by armed civilians in support of nicolas maduro known as the calling the rose or collective in the sense of the revolution the situation seems to be calming down again but this just show how volatile the situation remains here on the border a day after the incident opposition failed to move the aid sent by the united states inside been a swell of. staying in the region polls have closed in cuba where millions of people have been voting on whether to approve a new constitution it recognizes the free market but still embraces communism as th

i did because for them have a arcade as in the colombian city of kuta on the border with venezuela welcome have a how important and indeed divert divisive is that support from the united states. well phil it depends on what type of support we're talking about of course the united states needless to say is a very important very heavy country in the american continent and it has a lot of influence in latin america particularly so when we speak about sanctions for example or that have just been increased the united states today announced that four more governors of it as well it will be subject of sanctions people who are very close to equalise my little well of course that type of support is very welcome and that's not forget that the united states still buys quite a lot of oil from venezuela so of course the u.s. has a power to. pressure a little and its government that probably no other latin american country could have but once we hear words and the rhetoric that we've just heard from mike pence and things like don't mess with the united states or we're decided to end the government of ni

days we suffer oh you know why because our customers they are not from colombia they don't come from kutaor pump lono who work or own our go summers are the venezuelan people there barbara not going to now go grab another market trader but list kano was wounded in the weekend clashes at the border. they said ok we live off the border and because of his clothes that there are no sales no customers but it affects us a lot a fifth time which. nobody knows when the border will reopen meaning more hardship for traders and their customers on the other side. now ending the wars in syria and yemen and restarting the mideast peace process those are some of the discussions now underway at the first ever joint summit of the arab league and the year. pene union. president. in the egyptian resort of sharm el sheikh the goal of strengthening trade ties between the arab nations and tackling challenges like terrorism and migration the e.u. is reliant on arab league governments like egypt to prevent migrants and refugees from crossing the mediterranean from north africa to europe before we speak to our co

is a wonderful lineup of international and regional artists will perform in the colombian city of kuta near at the even as welland border on february twenty second at the opposition's request. because dora's regime was responsible for this crisis is currently refusing to allow any humanitarian aid into the country we must break this impasse many venezuelans will be on the verge of starvation would he go and media analysts the line told me earlier that foreign celebrities would do bass to keep out of an s.o.s. politics is a version gary say of perhaps a celebrity based color revolution is just another example of somebody of note trying to do bolster public opinion involving something they know nothing about let me just tell you this if you ask anybody in this country what is the venezuelan issue about people don't know anything about this and i can only speak here what people are saying is this is somehow a statement about socialism and this is about a bad dictator and when ever you have somebody who was told when the media left or right or otherwise tell people this is a bad person thi

its side the main entry point is the seam on one of our international bridge it connects the city of kutawith san antonio in venezuela my daughter has also shot the border with brazil there was violence on saturday at the gateway in parker i'm on the brazilian side as trucks carrying aid trying to cross in to venezuela our sons are n.p.r. t. is live for us in cupertino on the colombian side of the border so.

well let's go live now to alice son who is in kuta on the colombia venezuela border sila sandra how is continued position that this this aid is not going to go through to to venice we're not going to go into venezuela how is that going down with venezuelans there so many of whom of course have have fled the country because of the desperate economic conditions there. well as i am we're standing in front of the warehouse where. the food and medical supplies sent by the united states are being stored right here on the border and we are on the bridge where the showdown between the government seventy collapsed my duty and the opposition led by kwon white though is expected to happen next saturday a week from now saturday february twenty third when the opposition is promising that one way or the other day will manage to get inside the country and speaking to venezuelans here there is a great expectation for that day. in tomorrow saturday. volunteers have signed up to help the opposition to move the aid in are organizing meetings in towns and cities on the venezuelan side and also here in kut

started hearing the news about the container and carville trucks that have already started arriving in kuta by the bridge it's called last in the tests that is where the aid that is supposed to be brought here to venezuela is being gathered and being put in warehouses at least one of the trucks was carrying we're told about five tons of medicine other trucks were carrying diapers food whole array of humanitarian aid this as president. underscores his determination not to allow it to pass the red cross here in here in venezuela has said that they will cooperate with the distribution of that aid now the united states in the meantime as you've heard has been trying to entice the venezuelan military into the deserving president nicolas maduro but at the same time the defense minister here got on television today and was shown distributing some two thousand refrigerators air conditioners beds all sorts of other goodies for the military telling them that the government will take care of them and make sure that they are comfortable and amid all this event israel and people are becoming increasingl

sunday an american delegation including senator marco rubio arrived at the colombian border city of kuta rubio has condemned the situation in venezuela as a manmade crisis of epic proportions created by a criminal regime and says the u.s. will stand with the venezuelan people he also called for free and fair elections in the country. at a minimum enduros regime is not a government it is a mafia it is an organized crime syndicate similar to the mafia's that existed in the forty's and fifty's in all parts of the world and the united states it's a mafia it is nothing like your government. just a few days ago. that he wanted to gather an army of volunteers at the border to receive the aid supplies bund president nicolas maduro says he considers u.s. efforts to be interference in his country's domestic affairs and ordered the military to prepare for a permanent deployment on the border with colombia to avoid provocations. and it is not only majority who has doubts about the u.s. shipments the international committee of the red cross in colombia has no plans to participate in any deliveries of

humanitarian aid be let in venezuelan migrants in colombia also took to the streets in the border city of kuta where the supplies are currently being stored demonstrators marched to protest against president nicolas maduro he claims the aid is fake and this blocking its entry into venezuela german president is visiting venezuela's neighboring colombia for talks with the country's leaders colombia has seen a massive influx of migrants due to the crisis over the border. yes colleen by a show arrived in bogota only a few weeks ago but already she's out on the streets from morning to evening selling sweets she's desperate to earn a little cash so she can feed her baby boy. i left them as well because i couldn't buy anything that no food no diapers. escalating story is typical for the many venezuelans who have fled hardship at home and who live a hand to mouth existence in colombia there are no migrant camps to shelter them often the only help they receive comes from the generosity of the locals. the government can afford to offer only limited aid with so many colombians living in poverty themselve

arrived in the colombian border city of kuta but it's not clear yet how that aid will enter venezuela without the support of the military which backs president nicolas maduro one area which desperately needs aid is venezuela's crumbling public health system in the coastal city of bosler fourteen children have died this week alone from contaminated food and water hospital workers say there's a dire need for medicine al-jazeera to risible as our exclusive report. this is the producer tricks emergency room at the hospital in the venezuelan city of. about three hundred kilometers east of us here dozens of children are in desperate need of proper treatment most of them have been diagnosed with a more b.s. is a form of dysentery transmitted by contaminated food or water lady check on stall to reality is three months old she suffers while her mother says she has been abandoned the abear my daughter has diarrhea she almost had a heart attack we have nothing you arrive here and there is nothing i was in a crisis because i thought i was losing her children here have diarrhea with blood in it an

from data because violent behavior i gave this season the colombian city of kuta on the border with welcome have it what can we expect from this emergency conference in bogota. well phil what we are likely to expect is to see the minister on a position trying to step up their efforts and to get a more aggressive tone by of this group of countries the so-called lima group and we've heard the representative of one way bill to the lima group say that he wants to leave all options on the table all options open and that that might include the use of force now of course that raises the question what does he mean by that and does he contemplate the possibility of military intervention something that no leader of colombia the united states or one day to himself has actually discarded as a possibility trying to reach that today in this conference is going to be difficult because we have countries like mexico who don't recognize one way to go as interim president of venezuela yet or countries like peru or kosar rica or even the european union that have already said even before this conference began t