thinking in latin america. i think it's harder to know exactly what's right watch left in latin america i also think there can be a bit of an exaggeration of the amount of. transformation that's taken place i think there has been a lot of pride. aggress made don't get me wrong i mean i started living in latin america in the one nine hundred sixty s. when the dictatorships were beginning to take power where the economies were really boom and bust economies inflation was rampant and no one seemed to care much about inequality and that's changed dramatically since then but on the other hand there's still all along a long way to go before we could really see latin america as sort of leading the world or a latin america transformed that still a region with very high inequality very high poverty. very sort of erratic political institutions now all this is changing and it's moving in the right direction and that gives enormous hope and optimism but i think that a let's wait another ten fifteen years no one talked abou

i'm very glad to hear laura particularly so upbeat about latin america and particularly latin america's economic and social progress. because she is cheering a. economic a set of economic and social policies that are also being warmly applauded welcomed by the world bank i.m.f. and u.s. treasury this is an enormous conversion that's taken place and i must admit if really the left and. the. world bank i.m.f. and u.s. treasury are all on the same path right now that's tremendous new news that we really do have a consensus about economic policies as far as the u.s. goes yes i think there is a. disappointment in latin america with the u.s. there is a lowered expectation from the us latin america has become more assertive it's the versified it's international policies countries like china and india are gaining a real share of of the market they're becoming. part of the the region in and i think the countries of the region are taking many more decisions into their own he n yes i think the united states is backing away somewhat i think also though with a condom ia fifteen trillion dollars whic

to what extent do you think latin american countries make and control their own policies today a year after the events in honduras the idea of unbreakable democracy was again put in doubt this time in ecuador what's the problem is it not the latin american region has not managed or did not want to draw conclusions from the experience with honduras. latin america is in the middle of a process a layman i'm an optimist even if sometimes you have to be a realist to see things the way they really are i have been president for the last eleven years so you want a bit longer off oil prison in one thousand nine hundred four i travel to different countries in latin america and in america has changed a lot if you compare it to ten years ago when i first came to latin american summits i was an old bird on a grass and other participant at the end of one summit video gave me a piece of paper let it go he had written chavez now i feel that i am not the only devil at the summit that saw him not in america was eliminated unanimously heading towards neo liberalism the washington consensus towards the u

latin america is in the middle of a process a layman i'm an optimist even if sometimes you have to be a realist to see things the way they really are i have been president for the last eleven years so you had a bit longer offshore left prison in one thousand nine hundred four i travel to different countries in latin america and in america has changed a lot if you compare it to ten years ago when i first came to latin american summits i was an old bird on a grass and other participants at the end of one summit video gave me a piece of paper he had written chavez now i feel that i am not the only devil at least some of that so i'm not in america was a limousine anonymously heading towards neo liberalism the washington consensus towards the u.s. proposal to create a united three american trait it was a very illustrative offer from the imperialist point of view in the period just habits related to the idea if i created a unique trade saying in the entire latin america dollar would have been a unique currency and where there would have been an end to seventeen latin american countries stra

role in latin american affairs and how he believes the western media is trying to demonize him coming your way next on r.t. . today i'm talking to the president of what has whalen chavez thank you very much for this opportunity. you once called former us president george w. bush the devil what would you call the current president. or less so for did not call him the devil when i said there was a smell of sulfur i mean been there maybe he was a company called the devil like other than it was him who left behind the smell of socialist no matter what bush and his era his village are an aggressive imperialist policy greatly harm the world look at the legacy he left was intention he said we will punish terrorists he was not referring to real terrorists he was referring to those who disagree with america's imperialistic policy that i feel questioned about the incumbent president when i can see two people in obama the first obama is the one i met in trinidad and tobago is a smiling man who gave many promises he promised to respect other nations sovereignty i remember his speech in cairo but

the one that they've enjoyed in latin america artesia one half years has the report . was that it was a moment that ignited latin america once again was the attempted coup against a democratically elected president of ecuador rafael correa seem to remain lessons of previous coups that destabilized once functioning democracies. of the last one happens here last year in hundred us ok the coup mongers they call them the natural allies of the united states and why are they natural allies because this coup is there because it corresponds to the interests of the united states almost immediately the u.s. was implicated in the one doing coup the right wing military generals who carried out the ousting of the democratically elected president of honduras one was the liar were trained in the united states u.s. state department was the first to support the right wing government in an election that countries in the world deemed as illegitimate as for the former president of honduras he was in the midst of implementing leftist reforms similar to those in venezuela brazil bolivia and

it's an ideological shift in latin america the u.s. is up against socialist leaders from bolivia been a swell and ecuador to emerging world power brazil are operating participatory democracy is where the poor people of their countries are intimately involved in the direction of their political future. the pull from right to left is distinct obvious and very much alive in latin america. the organization of american states is supposed to represent the general consensus in latin america but leaders argue that the oas based in this building behind me here in washington d.c. does not reflect the idea that most countries are struggling to get out of the shadows of their north american neighbor it is because of this there is a left turn that is sweeping the continent and hopes of staking out decades of u.s. dominance in the region to have office r.t. it wasn't in d.c. . well our web site r t v dot com has many more stories for you including features and blogs here's a taste of what's online at the moment afghan police officers get the sack ra

links to uprisings in latin america. and the former pakistani president plans a ground returned to office and the militant attacks on nato forces in the country . five suspected militants holed up in an apartment block are shooting at police in a standoff in russia's southern republic of dagestan the area in the city of my heart has been sealed off and thereby buildings have been evacuated so far there are no reports of casualties the volatile region has seen a series of militant attacks in the past several weeks or by extensive security rails. that finns are voting in a parliamentary election as the baltic state battles the recession and its ten billion dollar international bailout led six out of thirteen parties are expected to win seats in the parliament with confidence in the country's leaders are meeting pinion polls suggest the opposition candidate could be a surprise front runner at the harmony center party is rooted in the state's russian ethnic minority and protects their rights including those who don't have ci

links to other problems in latin america. and the former pakistani president plans of ground return to office and then to the attacks on nato forces in the country. imagine your life to the big city. the friendly. crystal clear water. organic food. living in harmony with nature. sounds impossible. some people have already killed. a place. on our team. that koreans are voting in a parliamentary election as the baltic state battles the recession and its ten billion dollar international bailout like six out of thirteen parties are expected to win seats in the parliament with confidence in the country's leaders plummeting the opinion poll say the opposition candidate could be a surprise front runner the harmony center party is rooted in the state's russian minority taking their rights including those who don't. citizenship. politics is very popular in that here these days everyone's talking about it even the catholic church is saying it would be a sin not to vote in the upcoming elections. if we don't care about what's going on i

and thanks to uprisings in latin america. and the former pakistani president plans a grand return to office amid militant attacks on nato forces in the country. suspected militants holed up in two apartment blocks are shooting at police in standoffs in russia's southern republican dogstar on one of the apartments is on fire the areas in the city have been sealed off and thereby buildings have been evacuated russia's antiterrorist committee says regular to hide until the volatile region has seen a series of militant attacks in the past several weeks for by extensive security raids. that finns are voting in a parliamentary election as the baltic state battles the recession and its ten billion dollar international bailout leg six out of thirteen parties are expected to win seats in the parliament with confidence in the country's leaders plummeting peepin polls suggest the opposition candidate could be a surprise front runner the harmony center party is rooted in the state's russian ethnic minority and protects their rights inclu

travel around latin america we've all over it and i'm going to latin america that we have now has changed the laws if you compare ensue for example the last america ten years ago when i became president one of the first summits were very strange ones and i fidel castro and i were president of the. moment and we were writing down some words and we could be. and he wrote to me i feel that i'm not the only devil on. this nominee i'm mentally but i mean that's. that's something about this washington about you know liberalism and wickedness of american about the free commerce of the market for the americas. but listen did not allow that is now we have finally as to rebrand zone of commerce. and him but i said that at the end we privatized all the. companies and we now have this free and unique zone of the working. people look at you now now it's not working you know gunboat but i'm mostly now a little removed where singing a different song and where you're dancing a different dance along with what you're hearing now where dancing our own accord and star own rhythms and where giving ourselves o

to what extent do you think latin american countries make and control their own policies today. but the one above says latin america is in the middle of a process i'm an optimist even if sometimes you have to be a realist to see things the way they really are. latin america has changed a lot if you compare it to what was there ten years ago today we finally have a free trade zone we privatized all the companies and we have a free and unique zone now we're dancing our own down to our own rhythm we're following our own advice and defending our independence within the union of a latin america it would have been impossible to imagine the sort of thing before next july we'll be celebrating two hundred years since our declaration of independence when the first summit of all let in american states took place without the us latin american countries have now formed an alliance so i'm optimistic we're in transition to a real independence collapse a little hard to imagine of russia's role in the future. i think russia will play one of the greatest roles for the balance of the whole world w

the pull from right to left is distinct obvious and very much alive in latin america. the organization of american states is supposed to represent the general consensus in latin america but leaders argue that the oas based in this building behind me here in washington d.c. does not reflect the idea that most countries are struggling to get out of the shadows of their north american neighbor it is because of this there is a left turn that is sweeping the continent and hopes of taking on decades of u.s. dominance in the region to have office r.t. washington d.c. . another raid on a nato convoy in pakistan has left two people dead it happened hours after suspected militants torched twenty seven tankers carrying fuel for nato troops stationed in afghanistan the attacks come to a party standing naivety alliance access vital border crossing the move was seen as a response to a nato air strike that killed three pakistani soldiers better than by accident and some are bad says it will consider harsher measures if nato forces continuing coercions into its territory u.s. that str

sister spanish channel we spoke about the present and future of latin america russia and the entire world here are some of the highlights of that interview. lies are one of the reasons for the many conflicts going on in the world today but take a look at the war in iraq thousands of people are died women and children were killed that's what but the whole war was based on the lie that the iraqi government had weapons of mass destruction that's the only reason the yankee empire invaded the country but then they learned that no there hadn't been any such weapons so they designed that lie to bring the war into iraq already that's the politics of the nk empire there are one hundred and one lies even today they claim we hide and train terrorists so they claim we enrich here remember we got it so all they have to do now is accuse us of trying to build an atomic bomb that's the web of lies they create us a justify whatever they need to be just a variety leftists to what extent do you think latin american countries meet and control their own policies today. in that process let in america is in the

latin america has come of age. as well as asia and africa. latin america there are people involved from every country. we have theologians talking at lausanne presenting their papers. the excitement is rising. there are a lot of centers watching videos from lausanne. there are television stations all over going to be showing news clips from lausanne. it is going to be a tremendous time. >> in fact, you are intri kately involved behindthe scenes working for the spanish-speaking wld folks scattered across the world as an access to cape town, south africa? >> absolutely. the idea is not to have a conference located in cape town, south africa but to involve people in a global conversation. to do that we are producing videos, video reports, news clips airing around latin america. global link sites in churches and seminaries and bible schos where people will come to watch videos of what is going on in lausanne. the idea is to get everyone engage >> terrific terrific. my man stan jeter here. i hope you'll enjoy us for the next exciting 10 days, i am

right now, in our times, it is important to honor latin america again. literature from latin america is some of the most important work we have in the world. >> the choice was welcomed by german experts, including the country's most eminent literary critic. >> he is a good, serious writer, not difficult to read. it is good news. readers enjoy his work. >> most of his stories take place in his country of birth, peru, and explore things such as corruption, revolution, and injustice across latin american. he ran as a reform-minded center-right candidate for the presidency in 1990. he won spain's 7 disprized -- spain's seventh thicervantes pr. >> red sludge has reached the danube. the hungarian prime minister visited the area and called it an unprecedented ecological disaster. it is now likely that some areas will have to be abandoned and residents resettled. >> read my force far as the eye can see. it is unclear whether anyone will be able to -- red mud for as far as the eye can see. it is unclear whether anyone will be able to live here again. there are re

right now, in our times, it is important to honor latin america again. literature from latin america is some of the most important work we have in the world. >> the choice was welcomed by german experts, including the country's most eminent literary critic. >> he is a good, serious writer, not difficult to read. it is good news. readers enjoy his work. >> most of his stories take place in his country of birth, peru, and explore things such as corruption, revolution, and injustice across latin american. he ran as a reform-minded center-right candidate for the presidency in 1990. he won spain's 7 disprized -- spain's seventh thicervantes pr. >> red sludge has reached the danube. the hungarian prime minister visited the area and calleleit an unprecedented ecological disaster. it is now likely that some areas will have to be abandoned and residents resettled. >> read my force far as the eye can see. it is unclear whether anyone will be able to -- red mud for as far as the eye can see. it is unclear whether anyone will be able to live here again. there are re

to discuss the future of latin america i'm joined by peter how come in washington he's the president of the interim american dialogue in london we go to oscar got to be better he is a senior lecturer in law at birth.

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going up to one thirty one of the moscow time next the rapid development of latin american countries is the focus of debate in today's edition of crosstalk it's coming right up here on out. player. if you still. listen to. the plane. hello and welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle going its own way in a relatively short amount of time latin america has transformed itself both politically and economically greater popular participation and pragmatic economic policies have given this vast region a new voice in world affairs what can the world learn from latin america's successes and failures play if you still lives.

but all that it just haven't is time people of his guest tonight what can the world learn from latin america well we'll find out shortly crosstalk so we have very soon but it's monday night business from moscow for us. hello and a very warm welcome to the business program the governor of california our nor sauce the mega is a most gorgeous visit silicon valley is russian namesake it's called his spot of a delegation of venture capitalists and investors taking part in the global in the patient partnership forum which began on monday the event aims to raise the profile of the government's flagship innovation for checked archie correspondent daniel bushnell now brings us an update from the forum. first thing i did when he arrived into russia was to tweet to rosa's lee did mr medvedev say how excited he is to be in the country it was all very symbolic california's governor is in town to help transform russia's economy into a. world innovation so that one day these tools can create world leading brands such as twitter the head of the u.s. chamber of commerce here believes it can happen th

when you know that many are going to swallow was the first latin american country that's. created the nuclear reactor there was the one nine hundred fifty two nine hundred fifty four to us and then we had to dismantle it but it was something order to extremely important for it not just for that as well but in terms of technology for the future of the red requires you to remember to be able to diversify of this progress and we were talking to the flower portuguese called. recently i'm going to go there soon to this boy. are you on the we are developing or energy projects are going to turn into vanity projects together with. your goal of solar energy something very important and it's extremely interesting and important for the world not just for us just for this so we need to as all of this thing that we are being defied by and another thing that i'd like to say is i mean we're talking about the mining industry was said about we have great reserves of go. all the other minerals. and precious stones diamonds. we have uranium was well operated than any of the important. things

that this was an attempt to destabilize the situation the thing is that classic couetise at least in latin america with troops overturn of a president and appointment of a new military dictator as president are impossible the twenty first century their new ways to destruct the work of a government presumably a certain part of society in this case armed people national police expressed their discontent with the new law they haven't even read to the end the law is a good one all this has happened because of misleading information this discontent serve as a basis for intrusion of political groups of corrupted groups from the police itself of people violating human rights and resorting to torture thus these groups are taking advantage of a general discontent not to have their salaries raised but to insult the president to hold him hostage to threaten him and to finally make an assassination attempt that's clear from video recordings they were not acting on their own their actions were coordinated by political groups that's what i would like to stress those groups stayed in the shadow waiting f

in latin america, it is not too far-fetched for latinos to go to college. every person who goes to college in latin america is a latino, so the notion that a member of that minority group, go to college was something that you grew up with. a lot of our kids do not have that here. we need to make it clear, in this land of opportunity, that opportunity is available to you. and what a better way of making that statement clear, and then by the government saying we are willing to make that investment, because we believe in you? i think that is powerful. if that is going to change the lives of not only these kids, but the lives of their families. so it is really amazing for me to be a part of this. i want to thank everyone who has made it possible. [applause] >> thank you, supervisor campos. as you heard, we have a number of strong partners here, on the first day that we are announcing the program, to make this program a success. one of our longstanding partners, an organization that is helping low income families become more successful with their money -- earned