the latin america youth center helped me get on the right track. also helped me build a better relationship with my family. i owe a lot to the latin america youth center and helped me with the resources. i have gotten a chance go back to college and won a scholarship with them and also they gave me a job. and that -- all ties up to me being a homeowner and -- now that i am a homeowner, i'm successful, i enjoy what i do, give back to the community. >> that's a wonderful story. success story. lori, there are many young people like elmer who have come to the center. and many of them you are servicing now. pell us about the specific needs for the holidays here. >> with the holidays one of the things we do is serve meals to thousands of people. our kitchen could use new appliances. that's one thing specifically that we could use during the holidays we also give gifts to many, many of our young people. we are always looking for gifts for teenagers and for children. and there are so many ways that we support our young people. we have a gym in the youth ce

linking iran and latin america is very convenient. the fact that it's not credible comes from you know if you watch the documentary they're saying that a team of student hackers was led by their leftist professor to make an offer to hack into the white house computer system and presented this to iran and this is somehow credible evidence of you know iranian terror plot. it's not credible at all and the state has commented on these things before and basically said it's much that this is not this is not legitimate but it's still being used by u.s. lawmakers as an example. iran being a nuclear threats so would you say that this is another weapon to go to war with iran another justification to go to war with iran yeah absolutely right now i think that a lot of these folks are on a quest for cost especially to go to war with iran and to say that iran is right there on our border is a very compelling way to ratchet up for your about iran and to make this case that we need to do something militarily to to address it but. i just you know we'r

showing latin america has become the new front line. washington to run and if. possible. global. spent. we should add that univision that produced the documentary we just saw is owned by israeli american media mogul hamm saban but this documentary is being taken quite seriously by some right wing u.s. lawmakers it's being used as yet another weapon against the country providing justification for going to war with the country so what is behind the documentary and is this another attempt to keep the drums of war beating against iran to talk about this i was joined earlier by jamal of the policy director of the national iranian american council i started the conversation by asking how credible is this documentary. not credible at all it's it's completely ludicrous it's based on very. substantial evidence and i think that it's part of the war propaganda machine that we're seeing ramping up right now when it comes to iran. what is you're saying it's not credible so what is the agenda behind it. and who is behind it well there has been this campaign sort of the perfect marriage for haw

when you think about countries along the pacific rim of the -- of latin america, they may connect more to the economies of asia. i was always struck when i would go to something called the summit of the americas, which was really about latin america and the caribbean, and we would have discussions and chavez would take off and everybody would close their ears and -- whatever. but then almost a week or two weeks later we would go to the asia pacific economic council, and there it's the pacific rim countries of chile, and all the way to canada and all the way out through japan and china and korea, and the conversation was completely different. it was about global trade. it was about free trade. and so i actually always thought that in that sense the countries had more in common with their asian counterparts than the latin american counterparts. >> is how they perceive themselves and they're state of development? >> when you look at places like chile, now quite developed. colombia getting there in terms of development, a country like brazil -- it's interesting because on the one hand it i

but when you think about countries look -- along the pacific rim of latin america, they may connect more to the economies of asia. i was always struck when i went to something called the summit of americas which is about latin america ask the caribbean, and we would have discussions and chavez would take off and everybody would close their ears and whatever. but then almost a week or two weeks later we would go to the asia-pacific economic council, atec, and there it's the pacific rim countries of chile and -- of the pacific rim, all the way to canada and all the way out through japan and china and korea, and the conversation was different. about global trade and free trade, and i actually always thought in that sense the countries had more in common with their asian counterparts than their latin american counterparts. >> is it how they see themselves in their stage of development? >> i think it is. you look at places like chile, now quite developed, colombia getting there. a country click brazil is interesting because on the one hand it's leading the -- one of the leaders in the global

states has a global role but when you think even about couldn't tries along the pacific rim of latin america, they may connect more to the economies of asia. i was always struck when i would go to something called the summit of the americas which woos really about latin america and the caribbean and, you know, we would have these discussions and hugo chavez would take off and everybody would sort of close and whatever and almost a week or two weeks later we would go to the asia-pacific economic council, apec and there it is the pacific rim countries of chile and, up the pacific rim, all the way to canada and all the way out through japan and china and korea and the conversation was completely different. it was about global trade t was about freeing trade and so i actually always thought in that sense the countries had more in common with their asian counterparts than they had with their latin american counterparts. >> how they perceive themselves the stage of development significant there? >> i think it is. if you look at places like chile quite developed in many ways, colombia getting there

showing latin america has become the new front line in. washington tehran and its sound bites. the global. we should add that univision who produced that documentary is owned by israeli american media mogul him say bad but this documentary is being taken quite seriously by some right when law u.s. lawmakers it's being used as yet another weapon against iran providing justification for going to war with the countries so what is behind the documentary and is this another attempt to keep the drums of war beating against iran to get some insight i spoke earlier to lawyer and author eva golinger she joined me earlier today from new york to start things off i asked her how much credibility does this documentary have. so far it has zero credibility because none of the accusations presented in the documentary have been corroborated by any kind of other evidence in fact the state department commented on the documentary and also said that they had no evidence to back up any of the claims made in that report and again these are accusations that we have seen reiterated over the past few ye

. >> you are watching "bbc news," still to come -- there will be an end to one of latin america's blogger controversies. a doctor in pakistan testifies that the country's security forces killed a group of unarmed foreigners. dr. baqir shah contradicted official police versions which said that the individuals had been bombers. >> baqir shah was a surgeon. on thursday, doctors pulled up beside his car and sprayed with bullets. dr. shah died of his wounds. he did the post mortem in a case which implicated the pakistani security forces. hear, already badly injured, two women can be seen holding hands lying close to a checkpoint. one raises her arm and security forces respond with a prolonged burst of gunfire. the autopsy revealed one of the women had been heavily pregnant. the police insisted that the three women and two men, all foreigners, had been suicide bombers. and that they had died while debt and explosives. dr. shah corroborated what many had seen, that they had in fact died of gunshot wounds. also the five had been unarmed. after he filed his testimony, he was beaten up by unidentif

grew to the churches in latin america and the churches are fuel. the protestants are in brazil and central america. catholicism is full in mexico and the villages of south america. the mormon church's world population is spanish speaking. it may be that somehow i swallowed something of you and i have become the bird list of nature and you have become me. do you think that's possible? >> sure. but at it important to remember that native societies, again, aren't the -- >> that's right. >> they certainly have the kind of agriculture they practice, certainly things we can learn from them and they're studying them. but -- when you talk about the casinos and so forth, it's important to remember this is actual federal policy. we passed the indian gaming act with the idea these guys were going to seat these up. so at it amazing to me -- i'm in a state that doesn't have this, so we have this sort of lofty perspective, right? and i think like, wow, the whole purpose of this was to give indians money, and here in california it becomes this huge issue, indians

we're doing a project with six editors in latin america to look at how wikileaks has played a role in their politics. >> the media got distracted by the personality issues with julian assange. it is a fascinating, dark, twisted story, whatever is true. " people got obsessed with it. >> that is what happens. >> we have a cover story on the kim kardashian wedding now. [laughter] >> you have to pay the bills. the serious side of kim kardashian. >> i do think it is a problem. we are undertaking a project next year, the kind of project inspired by the works project to have the team across the country of writers, artists, documentarians, photographers to document poverty in this country. it is the 40th anniversary of the book "the other america." we have this human-resources, people who want to do the project. they can do it in a way to tell the human stories. human stories are key. we can use the human stories to tell the story about the structural problems of poverty in the country so it has more than just a human interest quality. it could lead to change. it could lead to hearings. polit

. >>> still ahead, could there be an end to one of latin america's longest controversies. a judge has ruled on the fate. >>> a doctor in pakistan who testified the country's security forces had killed a group of unarmed foreigners has himself been shot dead. he was gunned down and the west. he contradicted police reports earlier this year that had suggested that five russian victims had been suicide bombers. our correspondent reports from the pakistani capital. >> thursday, gunmen pulled out along side of his car and sprayed it with bullets. he died of his wounds. back in may, she had done a post-mortem and a controversial case that implicated pakistani security forces. part of the incident related to caught on tape. hear, badly injured, these two women are seen holding hands, lying close to a pakistani check post. one raises her arm. the security forces respond with a prolonged burst of gunfire. the doctors autopsy revealed one of the women had been heavily pregnant. the police insisted that three women and two men, all foreigners, had been suicide bombers and that they d

by 2010, the proportion was 80% from asia and latin america. so, again, what's happening is not so much the change in the size of the european foreign-born population but really the foreign-born from latin america and asia. host: so by twitter -- guest: yes. that's it right there. host: it was at about 6%? guest: yes. host: question for you. we talked about one contributor to the latin american up tick, the border question. but what about asians, the jump in asians, coming here? how are they coming, legally or illegally mostly? guest: well that really is a mix. there does tend to be a large legal immigrant population from asia. and, again, i'm a broken record here, but it really does come down to the economy when you look at those percentages, when you look at the countries that are sort of economically stable, offer a the lot of opportunities versus in asia, latin america, we have a lot of people who we live in a global economy, they're look for opportunities, they're increasingly better educated. and it makes sense, immigration makes sense fo

the church he's traveled to places in dire humanitarian need from africa to central europe to latin america to act as a human rights advocate. he's here to give us his unique perspective on social issues and faith in america today. since it is "meet the press," the role of religious season. >> nice to be back. families are gathering. but across the country people are really hurting. we always had that great american dream that your children were going to do better than you would. there was always a progression upward. now a lot of families who say no. i'm worried about my daughters and sons and what's going to happen to them. because they are not going to have the opportunities that i've had. and that, of course, is very depressing for people and in a world like that, you don't need depressing things. >> as all of us work at our relationship with god, i always wonder how difficult it is for people who are going through real trials in their lives to rely upon that relationship. maybe it's automatically a source of strength, but aren't there times when working your faith becomes a real challe

ambassador liliana ayalde is administered for latin america in the caribbean and served as ambassadorto paraguay and before that was posted in numerous countries in latin america with usaid in bolivia and colombia. we look forward to your testimony particularly how usaid plans to continue its cbs eye and other development programs in the region during a difficult budget environment we find ourselves in. with that let me ask ambassador brownfield to begin the testimony and mr. benson, we ask you to summarize your testimony in five minute. your full statements will be included in the record without objection. ambassador brownfield, welcome to the committee. >> i thank you very much, mr. chairman, i thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today to discuss the u.s./caribbean shared security partnership. and i do indeed thank you for the opportunity to enter my written statement into the record. mr. chairman, i want to start by telling a story and it is the story of a crisis foretold. begins in the year 2000 when the international community began to apply pressure on the drug ca

latin america was almost accepting these programs and went through several decades of sharp economic decline. it's now cast out the programs and there's a lot of quite successful growth. we see the same thing here. it's not as rigid here as it is in the poor countries, but the wealthy protect themselves, but it's part of the reason why over the past essentially 30 years the u.s. has been in kind of a vicious cycle of sharp concentration of wealth really in one-tenth of 1% of the population as hedge fund managers and ceos that don't do anything constructive for the society of harm where the economy gaining enormous wealth and with that comes political power and that makes it possible to accelerate the cycle so we have the situation in which we are in the richest country in the world with 30 years of stagnation or decline and in come for the majority of the population while a small group is getting a fabulously wealthy and the country is seriously declining. so, that -- i should say about the imf more than the other global institutions they've recognized this and effect is quite striki

there are protests, latin america also very, very popular about neoliberalism. it generally can be seen as the ideas if we think of ronald reagan's ideas, the ideas of being pro-market and anti-state, people l generally identify that with ronald reagan or margaret thatcher. and so these ideas are pro-market, anti-state. they also have oh qualities -- other qualities that are slightly different than what people expect. >> such as? it's a smaller state, a state like -- that protects thing like private property. and also neoliberalism also is often related to capitalism as opposed to any other economic system. >> where did the term neoliberalism come from? >> the term neoliberalism is often seen as coming from right around the end of world war ii. there were a lot of people in europe talking about an idea of rethinking liberalism. they needed to rethink liberalism and make a new kind, so it came out of their ideas at that time. famous people like hayek was involve with the this rethinking of liberalism. >> and was it to make governments less powerful, was that part

he grew up in the mission during the 1970's and 1980's during the struggles were happening in latin america. that is what led to his engagement and solidarity with people throughout the world in his struggle for social justice. he studied at chico state where he had a scholarship for soccer. he studied international relations and latin american studies. after school, he came back to the mission. he worked in many places including housing. he helped to organize and found people organizing for environmental justice. he was one of the co-founders of the mission and the displacement coalition in the 1990's when many families were being displaced out of the mission. he also was one of the founders of the grassroots democratic club. he is a great friend stu so many of you her -- is a great friend to many viewers here tonight. we will greatly miss him. we're very thankful to you for raising the son that you raised and gave to us. thank you. [applause] >> now, we would like to welcome back to the stage diana before we begin the next portion of our program. [applause] i think they just took your gui

that's one of the reasons why latin america has a substantial improvement over the past decade also. but it's not a scam by any means. >> i'd like to say before him a question, if you haven't been down to wall street, the occupy wall street, please go down and say hello. [cheers and applause] >> to me it's really inspiring. i was down to the other day and what wonderful people and i think we should all support them in every way we can. >> what way? [inaudible] >> i think you better wait for the mic. >> so i have a question. >> we have to get the mic's. >> the way that we continue to fight our wars have pretty devastating effects for the countries that we're fighting with with, or occupy. as well as members of the military that are coming home. so i'm wondering if you can speak a bit about what lessons we should take away from what you know about the struggle for justice, agent orange both members of the military and people in vietnam. and what lessons can we take away from that, those of us that want to make sure that there is justice for those who are returning, for the people who a

in front of ontario's parliament and what just like in canada hundreds of farmers in peru and latin america are sent to jail for defending their right to a healthy life. then d.m. people's struggle to defend their land and water continues. in two thousand and six yannick coaches shut down by another blockade america was called in to mediate but this time a farmer is killed by police. you're not on your mind you they called my sister and my niece answered we got home and we saw that in that. they knew she was an adolescent and they said we'll tell your uncle to stop interfering with mining issues you know because we're going to put two bullets in his head because as for that they waited until my niece was confused and hung up the phone call that i'm going to you know for someone to look at your studio and i said they wanted to hear my niece cry live from on this. level people i don't understand their perverse logic says to threaten my sister or my niece. d.r. than us up with you. on your mind or me so do you know. i come up with the one that got. my father marco isn't the only one receiving

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it's posted on a facebook page in latin america and asked who do you think was responsible for the delth of jesus. -- death of jesus. fox international channel issued an apology and took the question down. >>> claims of animal abuse at butter ball. that's coming up. >>> plus, a brutal attack against two miniature horses. we'll tell you how they're doing tonight. and did your child's make it to the list o to have absolute worse names of the year? we'll tell that you and much more coming up. . >>> an animal abuse investigation is in full swing at a turkey plant ner charlotte north carolina. the group has released an edited video showing workers kicking and dragging turkeys. >> some of these jurors and illnesses that were suffered are so severe that they should have been humanely put down long ago. >> the video prompted authorities to trade plant and butter ball released a statement saying they're working with the police in the investigation and they have a no tolerance policy for mistreatment of birds. >>> authorities say two dogs escaped a yard and went into a neighbor's property in texas

uproar.icaused an large queues have formed outside spanish embassies in latin america on the final day that the sentence of spanish textiles can apply for citizenship. more than 200,000 people whose parents or grandparents fled spain and not during the civil war have been recognized as spanish the lines are long as in cuba. the court in switzerland has ordered the documents relating to a scandal on world football are to be made public record an agreement was reached in 2010 were officials repaid when then $6 million -- repaid more than $6 million in bribes. residents in a shantytown in colombia have been given an outdoor escalator system to help get around. >> for some residents, life is more down than up, but in the shantytown, that may now have changed with the opening of a giant new outdoor escalator. the town clings to the side of a steep hillside. before the escalator, residents had to use hundreds of steps to get to and from the city center. now the half-hour height of the hillside takes just five minutes, and it is philippe. -- it is free. >> it is a dream come true, and i it wa

a big problem of rural migration people from africa going to be trying to get into people from latin america going to cities are going to states looking for work so as these farmers leave the countryside the varieties that they grow rice will disappear. well into the. science technology innovation all the latest developments from around russia we've got the future covered. breaking news now on r.c. an oil rig has capsized into the freezing waters off russia's far east four people are dead and vote forty missing. following that for us tom is there any information now about those who are missing. well alice at the moment conditions in the rescue sites two hundred kilometers off russia's far east coast all very difficult indeed it's nighttime there and there is a.

performed at over 100 colleges and correctional facilities in the united states, africa, asia, latin america, and europe. he has released two albums to critical acclaim, taught at brooklyn college, new york university, the new school in columbia university, and is now touring lyrics for lockdown. one of those is sponsored by the naacp. i learned that he is beginning rehearsals for the remakes of "the wiz." let's welcome him. [applause] our moderator for this afternoon, world renowned anti- racist, multicultural educator. [applause] yes. as many of you in the audience know, she is an accomplished front line teacher. a teacher, educators, researchers, writers, consultant, speaker. she is like a mother, auntie, big sister, all in one, for me. she has taught in canada, the caribbean, and the u.s. and has been involved in the development of teachers for two decades. she consults on anti-racist inclusion very and equitable education. she assists school districts and schools to continually restructure themselves for equitable outcomes for all students. the initiative put that puts race -- she desig

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for more than two centuries in an april fool's-like tradition, spain and lot lot latin america have been holding a mock war, throwing flour and eggs at each other in front of city hall. dressed in military and old-fashioned clothes, they also parade around imposing random fines on local businesses but all the money goes to charity. >>> and finally, in the uk the crowd goes wild for crash landings. the seventh annual british car-jumping championship took place yesterday. drivers tried to fly over a row of old clunkers and land safely on the other side. not that that's happened all that often. actually spectators cheered louder when the cars didn't quite make the landing. they preferred action to accuracy, i suppose. that's why you go and watch clunkers pound into one another. >> i've always wanted to do a demolition derby. >> have you? >> i've always wanted to get an old station wagon and just -- >> i've always wanted to do the monster truck, bill, so maybe we have some new year's resolutions. we'll see. >>> time for an early look at stories we'll follow throughout the day here on nbc. sa

inscents unravelling in a stream toward the water stain on the seceiling that looks like a map of latin america. this is not mexico city where indian families wrapped in newspapers huddel uppered the monument of the revolution. this is not where girls peddle chicklets on street corners no this is lamission. land of palm trees and skyscrapers where there is dollars enough for cell phones, sports cars and [inaudible] by the trunk full. where a suitcase of cocaine is as easy to buy as a broken stemmed rose from his white bucket. how much for that hand full of rose buds? for fingers go up. he makes change for a 20, returns clefrjed winched with b. you tip him a couple of dollars, so what. every love struck couple stairing into each other's eyes. every loner with a half empty beer even a waitress after a shift receives a visit from john nitto. he returns to the faces above the steaming plates before he's out into the neon lit street leaving behind a trail of rose petals bark as sacrificial hearts. thank you. [applause]. >> whenever i had writer's block i do research so i thought i would redo a secti

long lines outside spanish embassies in latin america. people tried to beat the deadline for applying for stennis -- for spanish citizenship. more than three and a thousand have been agiven the right to become thousands. you are watching "bbc world news." i am david eades. a lot more still to come. is the english premier league becoming a three horserace? >> soldiers from ireland fought across europe during world war ii, landing on normandy beaches and fighting in the battle of the bulge. when the campbell, they were treated as traders -- when they came home again, they were treated as traitors. >> once more, the people of dublin turnout. >> the leaders of the republic of ireland decided their country should remain neutral. over the next few years, more than 10% of the irish army deserted to join the fight against fascism. on the return from war, they were harshly punished for serving in the armed forces of the old enemy, britain. dismissed without pay and pension, they were placed on the blacklist, banning them from any job paid for by g

other sons-in-law marketed sentry in latin america and the middle east.their annual christmas card chronicles their rise. >> the unofficial motto was, "if we act rich, we will become rich." this was about being able to finance a lifestyle that people only... that some people only dream about. they read about these things in w and in town and country, and they wanted that sort of lifestyle. they wanted to be in society. >> walter noel was making an extraordinary amount of money, and all he had to do was market. and there were many people that just looked at what fairfield sentry was doing and said, "hey, this is free money." >> smith: fund managers everywhere wanted in on it-- latin america, asia and europe. and they went to major banks looking for clients, nowhere more than in the world's capital of discretion and secrecy, geneva. >> these guys were going around to all banks, really, doing road shows and saying, "here it is. we have a 2% management fee on this fund, but we give you back 1% of it if you buy the fund." >> smith: so, "you bring the clients t

china says it will shift its focus on latin america and asia. the stability facility must be doubled in size. the chief economist said financial markets wanted more details on the european rescue fund. >> we are in the heart of the crisis at the moment. the financial markets and politicians in other countries really want to see at least some sort of road map in place as to how the crisis will be resolved. everyone acknowledges that nothing can be resolved fundamentally overnight or this week. what they are planning to do with this measure is -- they are going to bring forward the launch of a permanent rescue fund, which was originally planned for mid 2013. they are bringing that forward now to the middle of next year. what they are also going to do is to not get rid of the temporary facility that was in place. they will keep that running alongside it, as well. in effect, it doubles the size of the firepower they have got to deal with the sovereign debt crisis. >> india's parliament has confirmed it is suspending a plan to open up their retail ma

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they are from latin america. representation is so key. that doesn't invalidate any of your stories. on the contrary, it makes us unified. whether it was logistics, or whether no mexican was available or whatever, but they are not here. so i really -- but again, i do appreciate your work. i think it is time for you go the next step. i appreciate the panel issue. thank you very much. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker. >> good evening honorable chair person and members of the board. my name is carl cruz, i am with the american immigration lawyers and the national lawyers guild. i want to shed some light and go further than due process deprivation and explain what it is we are looking at in terms of the proposals we saw in 2007 and 2008. evans involved in some minor lobbying efforts. we need to take all this in keeping with what the office could be. on the one hand, we might get comprehensive immigration reform. on the other hand, we might get nothing at all. i know no one wants to consider this possibility, but what does san francisco do if we don't get comprehensive immigra