at this point we've got a minor opposition figure one kwaito declaring himself to be the interim president and at this point he's got the united states and britain backing him he was then banned from traveling by the supreme court so what did he do he then went on a speaking tour of latin american countries rallying support from those who want to violently overthrow the venezuelan government after that what did he do he stayed in exile fearing for his life knowing that if he returned the harsh regime would kill him right well no he actually felt safe enough to get on a commercial flight and go back to venezuela he still has not been arrested and the united states itself forbids people from doing this kind of thing who have insights sent some foot assists or engages in any rebellion against you authority of the u.s. she'll be fined or imprisoned no more than ten years both imagine that some kind of fringe activist pulled a grade zero in america and declared himself to be the president with say venezuela or iran backing him well wait a hasn't been arrested and he's walking around giving spee

one way though will need argentinean president maurizio my career after visiting paraguayan friday kwaito is seeking international backing for a transition of power in venezuela the us is also imposing new sanctions and revoking visas of senior venezuelan officials over maduro's crackdown on western aid. in france yellow vests demonstrators are marching for the sixteenth weekend in a row calling for president about all my crawl to resign the protest began in november over a proposal to raise fuel taxes the movement has since grown into anti-government rallies my callers been holding what he calls a grand debate nationwide to provide a forum for people to voice their concerns. support for those rallies this fall and recently though as frozen by crawling gauges people across the country in that great debate the strategy is to gather ideas for to form a more inclusive government as david chaytor reports from the city of. it's gaining support from one of the toughest crowds. when the gate closes behind you and number twenty three boulevard robert spear in rants you might lose your freedom but

strengthening their military presence david as weyler political analyst because colonel believes kwaito his decision to defy the travel ban was deliberately staged. i think that it's clearly another media spectacle the stage to further the legitimize a democratically elected government i mean that's not what i invite your viewer to think you know i thought experiment if not nancy pelosi the house speaker and then i would have declared herself and current president of united states and with the middle east recognized by the kremlin and then when they left the country despite a travel ban and procedure to go on an international or accompanied by a top russian diplomat and then returned to the country without an arrest and then go to not a anti-government rally and it would she would she be allowed to do this or would she be in jail i think dancers rather on a day to it yet very the is a constitutional grounds with regard to what the united states and the opposite doing here despite the john bolton at first to invoke a new coalition of the willing what we're seeing changes in a. u.s. natio

national security adviser john bolton has warned against any attempt to prevent kwaito his return on twitter he said there would be a significant response from washington should quite a safety threatens in a recent interview both in the international community to round on but as well as elected leader. i'd like to see as broad a coalition as we can put together to replace me to replace the whole corrupt regime work in this administration we're not afraid to use the phrase monroe doctrine this is a country in our hemisphere it's been the objective of american presidents going back to ronald reagan to have a completely democratic hemisphere the monro doctrine just mentioned by bolton was formulated by president james monroe in the nineteenth century its purpose was to stop any european interference in the affairs of nations in the americas that many interpret the doctrine as a justification for america's own interventions in the region russia's chief diplomat has been blunt about his issues with it. since the creation of the united nations in one thousand nine hundred five internationa

considers new measures against countries that support president madeira after something clear leader one kwaito returned to caracas. a british born aid worker who once was a western media darling is deprived of his u.s. citizenship you get new cases the ship or the alleged links to al qaeda the money grounds the accusations on other places. under u.k. primary school reportedly caves into pressure and suspends its lessons on homosexuality after hundreds of angry parents keep their children at home in protest. a very warm welcome to you you're watching r.t. international with meaning. in the u.s. the senior u.s. democrats are demanding access to all communications between donald trump and saddam may appear ten thousand amid claims the u.s. president can seal details of what he spoke about with his russian counterparts the following request has been sent to the white house. the committee's requests the by march the fifteenth twenty nineteen the department produce all documents communications regardless of form and classification the referral relate to any communications between president trump and

home from work so it was an act of sabotage by through squalid treacherous thank to their president kwaito. the uncertainty that currently exists makes you question what you buy as you just don't know whether what you are buying will be a waste without electricity. communications minister who has loaded pictures and videos of a damaged power station saying that opposition linked criminals intentionally started a fire to sabotage the system. you may remember at the end of february billionaire richard branson organized a benefit concert on the venezuela colombia border that was to raise money for aid for venezuela but a month on and it's not clear where the money's gone. well it is needed. to strike the right players. but that is what. our goal is on the million dollars in sixty days to. an interview with one point zero who was asking for that for the well to help i decided to pick up the phone and speak with them my. i believe that the live eight concert that was announced in sponsored by richard branson was a complete failure they had claimed that they would raise one hundred million dolla

for using the term self-proclaimed while referring to kwaito suppose that interim presidency is that the phrase was used by russia to undermine the legitimacy of dos claim will be zero even jokingly hinted at possible collusion between c.n.n. and moscow let's gauge the state of world opinion on the matter of quiet legitimacy fifty four countries recognize him as venezuela's leader the rest of the world either supports nicolas maduro is neutral or backs the opposition or run national assembly without recognizing go i don't choose day migiro took part in a ceremony commemorating the sixth anniversary of the death of his predecessor hugo chavez matures rival quiet on meanwhile met with public sector unions in them to take strike action to help bring down the government's journalist max blumenthal gave us his views on the latest u.s. measures against caracas. seventy seven new officials having their visas revoked is not necessarily going to change the situation in venezuela however there is a concern within the venezuelan foreign ministry that this could affect their ability to represent

considering it's been one every month since one kwaito dickhead declared himself president and the country that mature it was still in power of course so let's have take a listen to what the state department spokesperson had to say about what's happened since then let's remind ourselves. fifty four countries have now recognized. as interim president so we're going to continue pushing. we're going to continue pushing since you just mentioned the number again robert fifty four that's a that's only about a quarter of the u.s. of countries in the world that right if you go the number of countries but we've got a major supports in the western hemisphere and i would just point that out as well as europe. and. if we look at the mocker seas we're doing pretty well as well ok all right. i was robert palladino that saying that their us was doing pretty well in getting recognition for. do you think washington ready does view this as a big success so far. or should just the world proclaim it the us to its supporters in the united states but those just indicated three quarters of the world's countries

that countries could be sanctioned for refusing to recognize the country's opposition leader won kwaito as interim president elliott abrams also threatened new measures against president nicolas maduro. we are using sanctions and diplomatic actions to pressure the madeira regime are hopeful that other countries will use these and other tools at their disposal to secondary sanctions you know it's always it's out there it's always a possibility we have not done it yet. and i wouldn't want to speculate as to whether. real or what would lead us to make that additional decision. battle over the venezuelan presidency which has dragged on since january appears stuck in a stalemate president nicolas maduro is still in power and it seems washington has no backup plan to force him out as r.t.c. was out of comments the us is back to square one on venezuela and an ambiguous confession by vice president pence how much language you have a timeline but there's no timeline now rewind of just a little over a month ago and here's mike pence the same mike pence announcing venezuela was on washington's lau

things that is new measures against countries that support president off the self declared leader one kwaito return to current.

after a failed us drive attempt to bring aid into venezuela president of duras threatened to arrest kwaito for breaking a travel ban of the un his wall then the action against him will have consequences . floods in pakistan and afghanistan have killed at least fifty feet for the afghan government says flooding in kandahar province is the worst in at least seven years it's the stream now stay with us. talk to. you personally one of the main beneficiaries is that the case listen if you want to be a solution of it in new york that's not exactly my point we meet with global newsmakers and talk about the stories that matter. and i really could be here in the stream today in afghanistan's peace process where were the voices a women to afghan women who want a bigger say in the. war in their country online our community is already talking about how afghan women's rights might be affected by a peace deal with the taliban share your thoughts with us live via you tube and on twitter. on saturday u.s. officials continue the negotiations with the taliban attempting to end its.

led attempt to bring aid into venezuela president maduro threatened to arrest kwaito for breaking a travel ban but the u.s. has warned any action against him will have consequences somali president mohamed fadel marjoe is in this avatar for bilateral talks he's expected to discuss peace and economic integration with ethiopia and prime minister i may add my two nations have been a longer heads in recent years with mogadishu accusing it of being behind instabilities mali algeria student demonstrators a back on the streets to vent their anger at the government the protests against president denies these beautifully because decision to run for a fifth term with a flake has shown signs of compromising promising not to serve a full term in power if elected he's been in power for more than twenty years there's the headlines the news continues after battlefield washington stay with us here on al-jazeera. ah donald trump do solemnly swear. trump do solemnly swear that i will faithfully execute i will faithfully execute the office of president of the united states office of president of the united s