and i love latin america. wanted to continue writing about it but not about myself, and my father had told me stories when i was a kid about latin america. that's one of the places he was based as a navy officer. and my agent, who shall remain nameless -- yay! told me, this isn't going to be a book but your father, is it? no. my father's not anywhere in it, but those stories that he told me really sparked my interest and my imagination about latin america during world war ii, about which i could find no book in english that looked at the overall picture, and so i decided to write the book i wanted to read. >> i want to ask about the style of the book. what i really like is every chapter tells a story that is really vivid, and you made some decisions. it's not a history book that begins in a certain place and goes through time. describe how you came to that decision. >> she's worse than you. you know, it seemed as if the stories -- seemed as if tellingg the stories chronologically didn't work, as easy at that i

no one speaks latin anymore, no one needs latin anymor yet here we are. i am, watching my favor sitcom, mentally translating the dialogue-- noli,eandra dulcis, meretrix ebriat pugnax esse! and remembering that nothing is permanent. not emperors. not gods. not even me. so that's how studying latin will change yo life. you might never get a chance to use what you've learned, but it will live in your memoryr. fore and in that sense-- here's the latin-- it's not really a dead language at all. >> nawaz: and that's the newshour for tonight. i'm amna nawaz. for all of us at the pbs newshour, have a safe and happy new year. thank you and see you soon. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: b bel. a language app that teaches real-life conversations in a new language, like spanich, german, italian, and more. babbel's 10-15 minute lessons are available as an app, or online. more information on babbel.com.s >> brailway. >> consumer cellular >> and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance

intervention in latin america.ooking at latin america as its backyard, and in panama, of course, we know it was the united states that helped even create the country. the hannah montana that created treatyntry -- ththe panamama that created thehe country did t even -- mccook the inter-american commission decision that just took place, what doeoes it mean for papanamanianans echo will reparations be paid with -- will the u.s. is in respect -- >> i recall distinctly the victims s telling me, one of the things we need is an authoritative d decision by an internationally respected body that could say, yes, the united states has violated the human rights of civilians in this invasion. i thought that was the most imimportant thing. they knew from the very beginning, any reparations from the united states -- getting reparations from the united be very unlikely. now we have a decision. amy: greg grandin, i want to ask about mexico and what is happening today. the new president andres manuel lopez obrador was sworn in satur

-latin american relations.hey havee heard, partnered together on some of the most important pieces of legislation affecting this region in a very long time. from different sides of the i/o, working to do what is important. as a former member of congress, i know it is difficult to pass legislation, and yet they have joined together to pass key legislation at key moments in time. we will also hear from kyle gershwin, president of the national endowment for democracy. it has been a lifeline for key groups and individuals in very difficult places. he has provided hope to those who truly thought all was lost. today is an opportunity to hear from them and from you. say that iwill understand why some may fret about the challenges facing democratic values and the region , but we must remind ourselves, these authoritarians are not motivated by courage, they are driven by fear. quite simply, authoritarians are afraid. they are afraid of their own people. they are afraid of democracy. they are afraid of freedom. they fear

-backed dictatorships in latin america. he wants to throw the country open to investors and turn brazil into kind of a caricature of a country. this includes opening up the amazon to his agribusiness supporters. that would be a serious blow, if not a death knell, virtual genocide for the indigenous population. according to bolsonaro, they don't deserve a square centimeter. but by and large, he is the kind of guy that bolton would admire. nermeen: among the cabinet ministers that bolsonaro is likely to appoint is one who -- could you say something about his background. he i is going to be bolsonaro's chief financncial advisor, the head of the so-called super ministry, combining the current planning, finance, anand induststry ministrieies. what is this person's background? noam: he is an ultra-right wing chicago economist. he has spent time in pinochet's chile. he has been very frank and open in interviews with the brazilian press about his plans. it's very simple. as he puts it, privatize everything, everything, infrastructu

endowment for democracy and the specifically on latin america they're a lifeline. you always bring hope. i think the way congresswoman ileana put it, you guys are putting flowers in the region, flowers of freedom and democracy so thank you miriam. i think the work you're doing is crucial and i hope it continues in the coming time. tell us about nicaragua, miriam. you also have the big picture. what lessons learn dodd you see from these three regimes, where are the key similarities we need to keep in mind? and tell us your thoughts on how youu see -- how can we best prepare to articulate better the response? >> thank you very much moises and for carrying out this event. i feel very honor ed and humble to share the panel with such prominent and bright and brave leaders.ed unfortunately, we don't have a nicaraguan here. we invited several but the situation in the country has deteriorated in the last month but including this last week so whose who were willing to come couldn't because of intimidation, surveillance so as mow w moises says, we wanted to have a real voice

intervention throughout latin america and the world. there are over one million american military personnel stationed in one hundred seventy five countries the us government has increased its military budget play nearly ninety percent since two thousand and one that budget now stands at seven hundred billion dollars per year. add in health costs plus interest for more than one point five million veterans and the us is paying one trillion dollars per year for war and preparation for. our government spends ten times more for citizens on average for military costs than most of the. realized. this increased military spending has not made the us more secure home or abroad. well you know let's face it the weapons corporations in america always love the enemy and they always log new instability because they're able to sell more weapons that way the pentagon says our role in america under corporate globalization will be security export which means endless war to benefit the corporations so we can extract oil. and minerals from africa or whateve

el salvador has the highest rate of femicide and latin america. and the third highest in the world. 18 hours one woman here is killed. every three hours one woman is sexually assaulted. he came up to me with a knife and said i'm going to kill you, i'm going to kill you, you whore. a herbicide is a hate crime were a woman 01’ a herbicide is a hate crime were a woman orgirl a herbicide is a hate crime were a woman or girl was murdered because they are female. —— femicide. i am in el salvador to understand why the violence against women here is so extreme. on april 1a this year, journalist karla turcio was found murdered. her death was highly publicised and marked a tipping point in el salvador. at the time it was the 152nd femicide this year. today that number has grown to over 300 femicides in 2018. unlike most homicides in el salvador which are usually gang—related femicides are often perpetrated by a partner, husband or family member. soon after karla turcios‘ death the president declared a national crisis due to the high number of femicides and extreme violence against women. karl

relates to latin america having unique challenges. what are peace corps's top initiatives in latin america. and in any two countries in the region, there are basic challenges. one of the things that is new over the past 30 to 40 years is the existence of society. i know that peace corps has begun to have peace corps volunteers working with some civil society organizations. i am wondering if that has been done more often in latin america. mr. schneider: i -- ms. olsen: i am not as real burst on that whole topic as i should be. versed on that whole topic is i should be. it is very dependent on our relationships with the ministries. was in at the door when i was talking to a volunteer who was working with a n ngo, having to do with help and hiv in the schools and with the schoolteachers. she was working with the offices inthat ngo even when she was the schools, but it was with the full permission of the local government. thegoing to spear off specific answer, but to say what our relationships can be our -- dependent on our goodwill that

he is taking over much of latin america. indeed, the world.rry about the american sphere of influence which is, this hemisphere. >> clearly, you see the chinese all over latin america, especially venezuela. they are promoting an awful form a bottle of development. of course third dead trap diplomacy. >> lou: when you talk about the death trap people don't understand what that means. they have a lots of money. these developing nations need a lot of infrastructure. >> they make payoffs to leaders of the country. they extend loans at a very low rates, making it easy to take on debt. a lot of the countries end up owing money to china not being able to pay back. >> lou: and then what happens then? suddenly chinese owes owns a lot of infrastructure whether it be in latin america or wherever. >> china has the first overseas military base in djibouti. earlier this year the chinese use lasers, i think it is the first time since the end of fighting in the korean war where we see china injure america's service personnel. >> lou: we ought to explain somet

i used to governor latin america. i have seen it happen in little countries in latin america.hina came to into nicaragua, made deals with all these corrupt official, paid out the cash in bribes. then took all kinds of precious resources, brought it home and left without any canal being built. they are kind of like locusts, moving into countries, taking what they need and moving on. >> the big picture is important to understand what happened in kenya and the other countries you mentioned. while the united states is super busy with four active wars in the middle east, with iran, north korea and russia and our southern borderers. china is moving to the southern belt of the globe. that would be all of latin america, strike, kenya, and south asia. in addition with russia they are interested in the arctic. first of all, they have a lot of cash, a lot of money. spend on countries that need that money to pay off their debts. second also technology. they can offer a cheap technology to those countries. and it's a super power that high school legal power. china is use all of this to be

his interest in latin america and the u.s. leadership and u.s. leadership was fostered when he first worked as a staff member for ted kennedy on capitol hill. i would say his career began when he was a peace corps volunteer. mark, over to you. [applause] mr. schneider: obviously i want to thank kimberly for that kind introduction. as she mentioned when she served in bulgaria, i visited her country as peace corps director and her program was exceptional. it was partly because her director was a remarkable woman who believed that women's empowerment was fundamental to development and democracy. and who inspired countless others throughout her life. i should also note that just looking around the audience, we have another former director of the peace corps, aaron williams. [applause] and we have many former and current staff from the peace corps and usaid and former ambassadors as well. to some degree that is what the peace corps has done. it has given a start to many of us who wanted to do something, contribute to u.s. foreign policy in a fundament

out and monitor elections in countries where the democratic process is a still fragile in africa and latin america they've been on the ground for years and years. i'm a huge supporter of the work that they do to make thoos susu elections are free and fair. i don't think there has been a moment since the end of the second world war where the west and liberal model has been this under threat. we've had the cold war, but we are under threat internally now, as with well. >> john mccain, kofi annen, two people honored. was a bipartisan event. >> it was beautiful. and so many friends of my father who i've known all my life and my family members, jenny and sophie were there. my best friend. >> we don't go out a lot. >> no, we don't. no, we don't. >> we felt like this was worth it. >> we set plans. >> and then you're in bed at

la, ♪ sha, la, la, la, la ♪ >> anthony: for most people, paraguay is an empty space on the map of latinsix million, where a vast percentage of the land is steamy hot jungle, or a huge scrub desert known simply as the chaco. only a few large cities offer a respite from the oppressive heat. a thousand miles upriver from the atlantic ocean sits asunción, paraguay's remote capital city. known largely for being a post-war refuge for fleeing nazis and a long line of extremely unpleasant dictators, this place, of all the places in the world, is where my great-great-great-grandfather jean bourdain disappeared without explanation sometime in the 1850s. i'm told you're a man who can help me. >> pedro: hi. >> anthony: how do you do? pedro? >> pedro: how do you do, tony? >> anthony: how do you do? >> pedro: may i call you tony? >> anthony: please. >> pedro: you are, for the first time, in the country? >> anthony: first time in paraguay, yes. lido-bar in asunción has always been like the central switchboard, a gathering place. ladies in orange vests cook and serve old-school paraguayan working-class

aid for latin america and the caribbean. sarah-ann lynch to be ambassador to guyana, and , lynne tracy to be ambassador to armenia.. first of all, we have a very distinguished guest. one of my best friends in the senate, if not the best. he has served our state with distinction in many ways. he is here to introduce a great friend of both of hours, and out of respect for him, so he can go on about other business today. we welcome the great lamar alexander from tennessee. >>> thank you senator corker. it's good to be in your committee, senator menendez, senator cardin, senator barrasso. it is my privilege today to introduce the committee to mr. arthur b. culvahouse, jr.. i'm going to do that by saying a few words about him and a few words about the country that president trump has nominated him to be the ambassador too. first more about mr. arthur b. culvahouse, jr. . he is the most accomplished lawyer i know and i do not know of many public servants were accomplished and he is. that may sound like an extravagant claim but i m

happening over and over and it's a very dangerous for the moment you've written a great deal about latin america and a few years back leaders such as cha vez in venice were more or less in bolivia the kirshner's in argentina in ecuador they were all pushing for some form of media reform to spread ownership to limit the power of conglomerates in latin america their critics then accuse them of basically trying to usurp the powers from the political right and drag them off to the left did the critics of those leaders who were trying to reform the media in latin america actually have a point in fact the problem of in all of the countries you mentioned is they didn't do any were near enough to try to set up alternative independent public publicly controlled media that would counter the high concentration of all to write media love america which has been a scandal for years manufacturing consent is considered a seminal work it's not an easy read for people it's and it's a difficult area to explore and dissect on television in particular because of its limitations and the limited attention span

i want to ask you about latin america. on the way to you met the president of brazil, i wonder what you can tell us what's going on in latin america. you have a new government in mexico, the misery and chaos and tyranny of venezuela and cuba, but you have these interesting electoral phenomena driving latin america in different directions. what did you talk about with mro achieve with in the hemisphere? >> sen. bolton: i think there are hopeful signs. president lopez and president trump have spoken several times. we've had progress with him on the immigration questions going on right now. that will be a high priority trafficking and drugs, trafficking persons will be important but even though he comes from the mexican left the stranger things have happened in finding ways of working together with him. i have to say even under outgoing president -- i think there was an excellent working relationship between the two governments. but in south america in particular, president boles narrow in bruintril is a huge change in the pa

yet latin america has the highest homicide rates in the world. you wouldn't believe it, would you?nk about how much coverage latin america gets, in terms of its murder rate in the violence there. you are saying that that doesn't actually look at the global — doesn't match the global picture of terrorism. no, well, there's only two countries we would say have moderate rates of terrorism, and that's colombia and mexico, and both of them are well under 100 deaths. so i think, from memory, colombia is about 40, mexico is about in the 20s. speaking earlier to babita sharma about the global terrorism index. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: the dangerous levels of air pollution in india. doctors say it's causing a lung cancer epidemic. also on the programme: a record—breaking amount for a remarkable letter hand—written by albert einstein. it's quite clear that the worst victims of this disaster are the poor people living in the slums which have sprung up around the factory. i am feeling so helpless that the children are dying in front of me and i can't d

happening over and over and it's a very dangerous for the moment you've written a great deal about latin america and a few years back leaders such as cha vez in venezuela morales in bolivia the kirshner's in argentina in ecuador they were all pushing for some form of media reform to spread ownership to limit the power of conglomerates in latin america their critics then accuse them of basically trying to usurp the powers from the political right and drag them off to the left did the critics of those leaders who were trying to reform media in latin america actually have a point in fact the problem of in all of the countries you mentioned is they didn't do any were near enough to try to set up alternative independent public publicly controlled media that would counter the high concentration of all to write media love america which has been a scandal for years manufacturing consent is considered a seminal work it's not an easy read for people it's and it's a difficult area to explore and dissect on television in particular because of its limitations and the limited attention spans of some o

john barsa to be assistant administrator for usaid for latin america and the caribbean. sarah ann lynch to be ambassador to guyana, and lynn tracy to be ambassador to armenia. first, however, we have a very distinguished guest. one of my best friends in the senate, if not the. served our state with distinction in many ways. he's here to introduce a great friend of both of ours, and out of respect for him, so he can go on about other business today, we'll call on him first before we make opening comments. with that, we welcome the great lamar alexander from tennessee. >> thank you, senator corker. it's good to be in your committee. senator menendez, senator cardin, senator barrasso. it's my privilege today to introduce to the committee arthur b. kuld ahouse jr., and i'm doing to do that by saying a few words about him and a few words about the country that president trump has nominated him to be the ambassador to. first, about a.b. kuldahouse jr. he's the most accomplished lawyer i know. and i do not know many of any public servants more accomplished than he is. that may

look at the world of business and economics as leaders from the world's richest countries meet in latin america we'll ask if the g. twenty could be facing an identity crisis also this week petrol food and medicine shortages what's changed for zimbabweans since the fall of robert mugabe. plus motoring blues why general motors restructuring plans make u.s. president donald trump unhappy. who runs the world well when it comes to the economy it could be argued the g twenty does these are the group of countries that generate eighty percent of world output they also burned more fossil fuels than the rest of the world they are in fact the dirty rich and if you want to change the world surely it starts here the group was formed in one thousand nine hundred ninety nine but took on greater importance in the wake of the global financial crisis of two thousand and eight its purpose to develop global policies to address today's most pressing challenges these days the g twenty finds it hard to agree on almost anything let alone trade disputes migration and climate change but this week's summit was in

he has that experience in latin america and is a fluent spanish speaker as you can tell i am not. [laughter] i believe he will be an asset to usaid in furthering its mission in latin america and the caribbean. -ann, we have sarah in guyana.rk i believe she has the experience and management skills necessary to serve as head of mission in georgetown. have lynn tracy. i believe she will be an asset to the united states in the caucuses. our thanks to all of you for being here. and with that, i will turn to my friend, the ranking member bob menendez for any opening comments. secretary menendez: there is no more room at the table to have the hearings so we have maxed out on the number of nominees who are here but we congratulate you all to the pretty extremely impressive and distinguished panel of nominees. among others, we have a u.s. ambassador, a former counsel to the president of the u.s., and a holder of the award for heroism. while we have serious challenges all over the world, i expect you may receive more attention than your calix. as our deputy chief of mission in riyadh for th

in latin america as europe has come to fill a void that needed to be filled. zero . zero zero am fully back to go this is a news hour live for my headquarters in doha coming up in the next sixty minutes another voting delay throws new dollars over elections in the democratic republic of congo. doctors joined protests against the dons president has denounced the movement against him as treasonous own so this solid. rush accuses israel of putting passenger flights at risk with misidentified into syria and the deaths of two guatemalan children in u.s. immigration custody put more pressure on donald trump's odd line on the seats installed liverpool beat new calls for noll to go six points clear at the top of the english premier league. wins these foods total games as much as two markets you manager. thank you for joining us non delayed elections in the democratic republic of congo have been dealt a new blow with people in three opposition strongholds told they won't be voting on sunday the government says polling in beni and you'll be will be delayed until march due to a

latin america to zero as have to fill a void that needed to be filled. well come back remind of the top story on al-jazeera al-jazeera has obtained footage from outside the saudi consul general's residence in istanbul that shows the suspects in the killing of jamal khashoggi carrying large bags around the time he disappeared a well known journalist was last seen alive entering the building on october the. unofficial results in bangladesh is general election show that prime minister shaikh a seen as party is heading for a decisive victory the opposition has already rejected the poll on the day mob by the deaths of eighteen people and reports of widespread vote rigging. and there have been scenes of chaos at some polling stations in the democratic republic of congo this vote is trying to cast that ballots in the country's long delay presidential election voters have been frustrated by the rain broken voting machines and missing ballot lists voting has been extended into the night. when we can now speak to fred from the activist group struggle for change wh

on latin america you were down in buenos aires and on the way there you met the new president or. can you tell us what's going on latin america you have a new government taking over opposite of mexico, you've got the misery and chaos and tyranny have venezuela and cuba, but you've got these i in what is your hope and what did you talk about and what are you trying to w achiev? >> i think there are a lot of hopeful signs. the presidents have spoken several times that we've had progress on the immigration question going on right now that will obviously be a high priority trafficking in drugs andd trafficking person but even though l it comes from the mexin left, stranger things have happened finding ways of working together with them and even the outgoing president i think there was an excellent working relationship between the two governments of south america in particular it's a huge change from the past. the newly elected did president in argentina i feel very optimistic about the prospects for enhanced relationships in the key countries in ways we haven't seen since the collapse

years of the regime, we are talking about 60 years of [indiscernible] >> in the social movement in latin america. and when the money appears to of the e collapse soviet union, well they created with the help of -- [indiscernible] >> the first president was chavez. -- ith the platform resources of the venezuelan party. we see it -- [indiscernible] silent. so was they are silent about the realities. the good point in all this is that silence changed. that situation changed. what the position of the minds in venezuela wail an. when we are head of the ock to pus is in havana. so we need to address this in order to eliminate this threat. e are seeing a regime that present tend themselves as -- indiscernible] also in the crisis in venezuela. -- idea and the regime [indiscernible] >> there is a constitutional reform. l the human rights that were entioned by our by senator menendez. forever as ing role he unique -- [indiscernible] >> and also right to use weapons against anyone that wants to change. anybody that is embolden should -- all the cuban pposition. the real challenge here to address th

this is latin america. it is the corruption and the security., go ahead. >> you know, we call this 10 billion dollars in aid, but everything i see about this money, it sounds more like financing to me. they talk about a public private partnership. they say the projects have to be commercially viable. and they have to serve the interest of the united states. i'm not sure i quite know exactly what those are now, but if it's reducing immigration or illegal immigration, what have you, where do we find something that turns a profit and does that? where is the money going to be spent? i'm not aware of projects like that. >> well, hey, public private partnerships are the way of the future. what are the key performance indicators on this? i don't know. i think we would like to see that. unfortunately, the u.s. has a very complicated relationship with all of latin america. i do think that if the u.s. money is going to be spent on it, then it's very a reasonable for the u.s. to demand results, to demand that these governments share intelligence, that thes

of people fleeing poverty from all across latin america expected to attend. on the program and look at how foreign aid pouring into the. good. you're watching international. hundreds of medics have joined the wave of protests that have gripped the french capital and we can show you some of the latest pictures from the medics on. the twenty nine hundred. calls it comes off the most violent riots in decades. what started as a protest against fuel prices spiraled out of control with windows smashed and the . president. was met with simmering anger. oh. on sunday president held crisis talks with security officials though he stopped short of declaring a state of emergency. reports from central powers. the arctic behind me a symbol of republican pride was one of the symbols that was attacked during that protest with the tea placed all across the bottom of the some of it saying the yellow vests will triumph also inside one of the statues of the famous french symbol was also smashed and that was just some of the violence that we saw. including buildings being cars an

i was a correspondent in latin america for eight years when i used to talk to many of the folks in this room including eric, it's nice to be back and not communicating over electronic means. so looking forward to this panel and we are going to start with a brief introduction. i will get over here with alejandro aleman he is at the center for hemispheric defense studies he has got 15 years of experience in latin america. and he has been a prox ss professor of practice in the central american progress. he is also retired air force colonel, welcome it's nice to meet you. >> thank you. great to be here. >>, kristin tennyson is the director of foreign service institute she also brings years of working on latin american issues. her experience has been issues related to the rule of law and violent crime. and with the department of experience dashes to defense also worked a nato mission where she led a task force overseeing military operations. and eric olson has been working as many of you know has been working on latin american issues for more than 20 years he grew up in venezuela and he was

in latin america, there is a historical tradition of "whitening," in which they attempted to improve the inferior byonsider mixing, that they would improve and move up the scale of civilization. i hope that is clear to you that that is a deeply racist and it alsoe action, but shows you that just mixing together is not necessarily antiracist. i would encourage people -- one of the things i talk about in that chapter is i encourage people to think about things in terms of gender and sexism. very few people believe, as far as i know, that the way to end sexism is just for people, men and women to have sex with each other and love each other, like that will end patriarchy. that does not make any sense. a letter people who do, particularly whites who have married in racially or people who have color in their family, sometimes they perpetuate the means they are antiracist, and that is not enough. the other thing i do in that chapter is i talk about my own relationship. i am in an interracial know you are and i probably surprise because of your own racist assumptions, but that is something

it is great news for the middle east, russia, latin america in general.em doing better than developed markets in the equity front. [indiscernible] hold that thought come a we will talk about the fed yield curves and e.on. enter martins, he is from jpmorgan. yvonne: let's get the first word news. paul allen joining us with the latest from sydney. paul? paul: the wto told bloomberg criticism of its performance is justified and the system must be reformed. criticsazevedo said it are fair and will be addressed when he meets members of congress and stephen mnuchin. lossdo said it would be a all around if the u.s. were to quit the wto. >> the u.s. leaving would be a loss for everyone. at the same time, i would rather actuallywhat is happening. what is happening is the united states is engaging in the wto, even in a dispute settlement. the u.s.cent months, was the country that brought more cases to the wto than anybody else. paul: congress is said to be landing a stopgap spending beal to keep the u.s. government in funds through december 21. lawmakers want to po

this was once the highist per capita income of all of latin america.ow people are leaving in droves. and they are going through columbia. and we have a lot of people coming up through latin america right to our southern border. >> if we don't deal with it now. the same vedges *sians -- the same convenienc -- the same conn will be at our borders. trish: i was look for common dialogue with delcy rodriguez. but she insisted venezuela is the kind of government everyone should aspire to. i said wait a second. not the venezuela i know. is it because the sense of socialism is so prevalent. people in the government there do not see it the way an american would? >> they don't see it the way we do. but they understand the effect the sanctions are having. this is one of the richest countries in the world. it has over 1/4 the reservoirs in the world. trish: why are we letting russia get it. >> we have to deal with the country and build dialogue. diplomacy is what we are going to have to start with. we have to have one-on-one. our leadership and their leadership to