our commitment to every person in latin america -- we want you to have the opportunity to live under the rule of law and we want america to be your closest friend in your closest ally in giving you a chance for your family to pursue a better future. and that message and a human level will be received by people across all latin america and could help us break out. i was deeply influenced in the 1980's and how you break through. i would like us to have that kind of program that gives hope to everybody. hugo chavez says he is our enemy. i am prepared to accept at. [laughter] [applause] there have been a few occasions in an administration filled with embarrassments that when president obama met with hugo chavez and he smiled and handed him an anti american book as an active delivered contempt. we do understand that what we get together and they say they want to ha the united states, they mean it. we should take an aggressive strategy of replacing hugo chavez and giving the people of venice well the opportunity to live in freedom -- the people of venezuela. [applause] i come to you as some

that will open new opportunities for latin america. the channel will be a bridge to europe and especially to germany. >> in just a few days, tv viewers in mexico and across latin america will have their first chance to see dw's all new spanish-language channel. >> and the wait is nearly over. >> how many more days? 8, 6, 7? >> there we go. next week, you can have a sneak preview. stay with us. i will be right back. >> this is anna. to make sure she does not start smoking, she uses a rather unique tip. nice try, but for advice that really works, ,help-eu.com where you can also leave your own tips. help for a life without tobacco. >> welcome back. it has been a day of intense diplomacy as the west, led by the u.s. and britain, pushes for international intervention in syria. after 10 months of violence, the government remains firmly in power, but the fighting has brought the country to the verge of civil war. how is that affecting the people in syria? today, we can bring you a report from one of the opposition strongholds. it includes ima

well iranian leader mahmoud ahmadinejad now in latin america and has some worried some in the west worried about what he is up to worry that he is making new friends forming a new group that doesn't like america this as timothy geithner takes a trip to china to talk about u.s. sanctions with iran and to figure out what this all means lawyer and author eva golinger joins us now from new york hi eva so awkward he is in latin america now he and this much that is to the dismay of the west what is the worry. well a lot of the worry is really just hype and it's what we've been hearing out of washington now for some time in terms of you know washington classifying iran as a threat against the united states but also classifying countries in latin america such as venezuela cuba for now over fifty years as some kind of a threat to u.s. security something that honestly has never been proven and frankly is just not true we also have to remember that iran and venezuela particularly have had a very long term relationship they're both founding members of opec of the organization of petroleum exporting co

what is happening in latin america whether it is from mexico, the caribbean, through central america and south america is such extraordinary growth economically not to mention demographically. there is a huge economic, political, and military opportunity and series of challenges and obligations right here in this hemisphere. while china is important and europe is important, right here is an enormously important aspect of american foreign policy. [applause] i think there has been the perception for way too long that economic ties with latin america are somehow charitable endeavors by american business. that is simply out of date. there are enormous opportunities for american enterprise to become involved in latin america and vice versa. palle as we know, trade between two nations where they each trade the products and services at which they excel, raises the standard of living of both nations. it is one of the remarkable aspects of free trade we have that opportunity right here in this hemisphere it is astonishing that more businesses have not become aware of that but some are. i have

they pay a visit to latin ameri america. we sit down with the ceo of asia latin american middle east partners. >>> after trading threats and counter threats with washington for weeks, iran seems determined to push ahead with its controversial nuclear program. this week's the u.n.'s watchdog agency has confirmed that iran has begun enriching uranium at its facility. it's situated in the mountains south of tehran. the government says it needs the fuel for medical purposes, not to build weapons, something western nations don't believe. >>> as iran fights for a nuclear autonomy, the country is lobbying its allies. the president was in latin america this week on a four nation tour to venezuela, anything car walk wa, ecuador and cuba. cnn's rafael romo has the story. >> reporter: this is the sixth time mack mud ahmadinejad has visited latin america. he paid visit to four countries in his five-day tour. venezuela, anything car walk wa, ecuador and cuba. the main reason for his visit is attending the swearing in ceremony of the comma

against the united states these are legitimate relationships taking place this is happening in latin america with other countries such as china such as russia as well where latin american nations are reaching out beyond just the u.s. which has been their principal trade partner now for for a century basically and are finding new partners that are willing to diversify the type of trade share technology and engage in a much more respectful relationship and so you know they obviously it causes alarm to washington because iran is an adversary a declared open adversary but in reality the this is not a threat to any to the u.s. security it may be a threat to u.s. influence and domination in the region so you think that this is being blown out of proportion and his visit over there is really not such a big deal. it's really not such a big deal i mean first of all he's participating in assisting. ration of president daniel ortega nicaragua they've had bilateral meetings he was in medicine yesterday meeting with president chavez they signed some new agreements they are consolidating different agreeme

our commitment to every person in latin america -- we want you to have the opportunity to live under the rule of law and we want america to be your closest friend in your closest ally in giving you a chance for your family to pursue a better future. and that message and a human level will be received by people across all latin america and could help us break out. i was deeply influenced in the 1980's and how you break through. i would like us to have that kind of program that gives hope to everybody. hugo chavez says he is our enemy. i am prepared to accept that. [laughter] [applause] there have been a few occasions in an administration filled with embarrassments that when president obama met with hugo chavez and he smiled and handed him an anti american book as an active delivered contempt. we do understand that what we get together and they say they want to harm the united states, they mean it. we should take an aggressive strategy of replacing hugo chavez and giving the people of venice well the opportunity to live in freedom -- the people of venezuela. [applause] i come to you as

in latin america, there will be spanish and german language channels. in asia, the german language channel will be accompanied by continued this -- continuous english language programming. >> it all boils down to providing viewers with the best possible access to deutsche welle and its programming. >> the web site will offer more multimedia content. from next monday on, the address is dw.de. dw is also our new logo. for television, radio, and internets. we will be back with an in-depth look about how vladimir putin's attend to become president of russia again is dividing the country. do not go away. >> when i organize a party, it is a real party. everyone writes their name on the cup and a party, and the great thing is you already know their name. >> democracy and free and fair elections. that has been the major demand not only in the arab world but in russia as well. prime minister vladimir putin saw his image tarnished after last year's election was marred by accusations of election rigging. as we see in our first report, putin still enjoys the suppor

and we have immigration from latin america and they fit in here as good as anyone else. the language, the faith, the western values, the family. ity -- it is what this country is. latins are what this country is. so that another advantage. given the growth in mexico, there's going to come a time, in 30 or 40 years where mexico will say, sorry, but we don't have anymore people to send. our population is not growing fast enough and we need them to stay here. again, it's a reason for acting now because the future is so clear, you do not have to see the future to see it coming. >> we will open it up to questions to the audience, before we to, given that we have an enormous range of problems in our immigration system, if you could do one thing, what is the one thing you would work on tomorrow to improve the outlook for u.s. immigration? >> the one thing i would do is try to foster a rational conversation about this issue, what it means to everyone, what it means to our economy and our country -- >> that is what i'm supposed to be doing. >> and i think that the president of the

this is a way for the church to replenish the flock. >> we don't have a campaign in latin america to get as many catholics over the border. people are here. they profess our faith. we need to care for them. >> reporter: the bill called the trust act was put on hold last year after passing through the senate. he's hoping gatherings like this will help push it through all the way to the governor's desk. anne makovec, cbs 5. >>> a star rookie facing a criminal charge. what the 49ers say about the arrest. >>> the troubling discoveries made by police right outside this bay area home. >>> and a lovely spring weather pattern across the bay this weekend. it will be cooling down, though, just in time for the beginning of the week. look for clear and mild tonight, with a cooler pattern headed our way with more clouds through the day tomorrow. i'll have the details, coming up next. bodies of a husband and wif. inside their car. officers had already gone te lake merritt- area home earr in the day. they came to check on the couple after receiving a call from a concerned co-worker. at the time, no

we are going to become like the miami for latin america. more people who come to panama shopping like they already do. we can farm all year round in our country because of the temperature. a lot of the american chain stores will also farm in panama to export to some of the other stores. i have been doing this work for foreign investment. an average of 1.4 billion a year. >> we are at the end of our time, ambassador. i want to thank you for coming on and educating us. but i also want to leave you with 30 seconds or so -- what one thing which you like people to take away from our conversation that they should know about panama? >> right now in the last 80 years, more than 200,000 americans have picked panama to retire. the same figure with canadians and europeans. we are the security and panama is very good, is no problem with security right now in panama. we also have a big fight against drugs with great results. we have been the first country in the world to seize more than 100 tons of cocaine in the last 12 months. we are the country with

has been largely away in its foreign and trade policy with latin america.n the meantime, iran and china have been increasing their influence over an involvement in latin america through the leftist and left-leaning governments. what would each of you do as president to more deeply engage in latin america and importantly to support the governments and the political parties that support democracy and free markets? >> congressman paul? >> i think free trade is the answer, free trade is an answer to a lot of conflicts around the world so i'm always promoting pretrade. y might add cuba. we'd be a lot better trading with cuba. i think the more can you do to promote free trade, the better off we'll be, but as far as us having an obligation, a military or financial obligation to go down and dictate to them what government they should have, i don't like that idea. i would work with the people, encourage free trade, and try to set a standard here where countries in central america or south america or any place in the world would want to emulate us and set the standar

why should the united states put more emphasis on the asia- pacific region, and less on europe, latin america, africa? >> this is the 21st century for asia, and 60% of the world's population is there. thethirds of world's -- of world trade travels through their waters, and the u.s. knows the security is in asia and that is what we're focused there. >> is it all about china and their threat to regional security, in particular dispute in the islands and their close alliance with north korea? >> actually, it is a big factor, but it is not a negative. i think the countries are worried about what china's growth means. on the upside, it is great, but how it affects their neighbors, what the the one in terms of sovereignty in the south china sea. but that their neighbors do not know the answer to that question and they have asked the united states to get more visibly engaged in regional security. i think that is part of the american motives. they want to send a message to the chinese, to let them know we are still there. we have been there since world war ii, and we will remain at a very strong and

this is a way for the church to replenish the flock. >> we don't have a campaign in latin america to get as many catholics over the border. people are here. they profess our faith. we need to care for them. >> reporter: the bill called the trust act was put on hold last year after passing through the senate. he's hoping gatherings like this will help push it through all the way to the governor's desk. in san francisco, anne makovec, cbs 5. >>> well, a close race with all eyes on florida. republicans pull out all the stops in the sunshine state. their last-minute push and how voters are responding. >>> san jose leaders are washing their hands. why the city will stop regulating medical marijuana dispensaries. >>> balmy temperatures outside right now, as a spring weather pattern settles in around the bay. we'll continue clear and mild through the evening. high and dry through the week. details, coming up in just a few minutes. were killed in a crash invog an s-u-v and . >>> new video tonight from sacramento. three people were killed in a crash involving an suv and a light rail train. at

go to the churches of europe and their empty and go to latin america and they are full. the evangelical protestantism is spreading through brazil and central america. catholicism is still in mexico and the villages of south america. mormon church and its moral majority and it is spanish speaking. it may be that somehow i have swallowed something of you and i have become the brittle list in nature while you have become me. do you think that is possible? >> sure. it is important to remember that native societies are not -- [talking over each other] >> they certainly -- the kind of agriculture they practice are things we can learn from. they're sending them to this. but me talk about the casinos and so forth. important to remember this is federal policy. the indian gaming act with the idea that these guys -- [talking over each other] >> always amazing to me. i am in a state that doesn't have this. we have this sort of lofty perspective. the whole purpose of this was to give indians money and in california it becomes -- all the indians have money. which is not taken as a suc

but that's first flaw, ignoring latin america.ber two is reaching out with accommodations to the world's worst actors, whether it was putin in russia, giving him what he wanted or castro, saying, we're going to let you have rerimtances from the u.s. to fund your future, or relaxed trade restrictions, throughout the world, with ahmadinejad, tyrants look for weakness to take advantage. that's the wrong course. the right course for cuba is to continue to honor it. if i'm president of the united states, i will use every resource we have, short of invasion and military action, congressman paul, i'll use every resource we can to make sure that when fidel castro finally leaves this planet that we are able to help the people of cuba enjoy freedom. they want it. it's a god-given right and it is our responsibility to help share the gift of freedom with people throughout the world who are seeking it. >> are you open -- mr. speaker? are you open to improving relations with cuba? >> well, let me start with where the governor correctly pointed

this does not affect latin america so much in terms of putting pressure on latin american leaders as it does to put pressure on us -- we have got to do much better job communicating to our children in this country whether they are hispanic or non-hispanics, that drugs are causing death around the world. [applause] our young people have a great deal of concern they are a humanitarian people and are concerned about issues like global warming and things of that nature. they are concerned about humanity. how can they understand that if they take one of these drugs being smuggled into this country that they are partially responsible for deaths. i want them to understand the tens of thousands of people who are being killed by virtue of drug use in this country. it is time for the united states of america to take responsibility for the pain and suffering and torture and murder that is going on throughout latin america. we're not a good example in this regard and that -- i will campaign in a very aggressive way to our young people if i become president, stopped taking drugs the your killing

in latin america we will use low cost and small foot print approaches to maintain stability and build partner capacity. strength reductions will occur. we will follow a draw down ramp that allows us to take care of soldiers and families while maintaining a force to meet any requirements including our operations in afghanistan. we will also continue to look at the optimum design of our brigade combat teams leveraging the lessons learned in combat. we do not expect decisions for several months but could lead to reduction of additional brigades if we decide to increase the capability of our current structure. the national defense authorization act and the budget request of 2013 reflects the modernization priorities that includes the network, a replacement for entry fighting vehicle, and our soldier systems. as force requiremented continue to decrease in afghanistan we will reshape the force generation model. we will implement a model that meets combat or command requirements and takes advantage of our combat experience. this requires continual balancing between structure. this will ensur

i want more of that throughout latin america. but that's the first flaw ignoring latin america. and number two is reaching out with accommodations to some of the world's worst actors whether it was putin in russia giving him what he wanted, or castro, saying we're going to let you have remittances coming from the u.s. to fund your future, or relaxed trade restrictions. throughout the world with ahmadinejad opening an open hand, tyrants look for weakness to take advantage. that's the wrong course. the right course for cuba is to continue to honor helms-burton. and if i'm president of the united states, i will use every resource we have, short of invasion and military action congressman paul. i'll use every resource we can to make sure that when fidel castro finally leaves this planet, that we are able to help the people of cuba enjoy freedom. they want it. it's a god-given right. and it is our responsibility to help share the gift of freedom with people throughout the world that are seeking it. [applause] blitzer: are you open -- mr. speaker, are you open to improving relations w

every kiloand every gram is paid for in blood in latin america and central america. >> joining us, andound thank goodness. all cleaned up. >> we see so many stories out of mexico, but to see these images out of guatemala and honduras, what led you to this story? >> there has been a lot of focus on mexico and the news and the violence has been disturbing and it has been visible because they are our nearest neighbor, but the corridor in central america has been a major trafficking route. four years ago, less than 1% of the drugs moved up through the corridor and you fast forward over 60% are moving via land and with that has become an increase in violence in places like honduras and guatemala. even this month the peace corps is pulling out of the operations. >> you got the demand as you point out and supply, but it is stopping the drugs moving along that route. what's being done for that? >> the right question because it's such a critical choke point for narcotics. over 90% of the cocaine is making their first stop in honduras. law enforcement is beginning to pay attention to this area,

let me also take a minute because you are concerned about latin america. really want to see a strategy which dramatically expands miami's role in reaching ought to all of latin america. one of the things i want to do is take mexico, which is currently under the north american command in i think it's now in omaha, i want to move it from there back to southern command, which is right here near the airport. it seems to me the southern command should, in fact, be responsible for all of latin america. i also want to dramatically increase resourcing for the southern command. if you lack at how thin we are in terms of the number of people we commit to latin america and you compare it to bahrain, uae, kuwait, after began stand, germany, or japan, i mean, we really totally ne glegt latin america. the results are a major drug war. >> newt gingrich speaking live there. we will continue to monitor all the live events, of course, as we get ready for the florida primary. gingrich there speaking to latin builders association in miami. >>> well, if you missed the debate i

every kilo, every gram is paid for in blood in latin america and central america. >> and kaj larsen joins us, safe and sound, thankfully. you look good, all cleaned up, here in the studio. >> no flack jacket or anything. >> it's nice to see you this way. and we see so many narco trafficking stories out of mexico, but to see these images coming out of both gout mallla and honduras, what led you to this story? >> well, i think, like you said, there has been a lot of focus on mexico in the news, and the violence there has been very disturbing and it's been very visible, because they're our nearest neighbor. but increasingly, the corridor in central america has become a major trafficking route for narcotics. just four years ago, less than 1% of the drugs moved up through that corridor. and you fast forward to today, over 60% are moving via land. and with that has become an exponential increase in violence in places like honduras and guatemala. so much so that even this month peace corps is pulling out of their operations in honduras. >> you've got the demand, as you point out in the piece, bu

san francisco is uniquely positioned to be the preeminent gateway for goods and visitors from latin america and beyond. growing our international trade and tourism generates jobs for san franciscans at home and abroad. with organizations like sfmade, from bike messenger bags to ceramic tiles, a new market is being created around the world for local goods made right here in san francisco. [applause] clearly, i can go on and on about jobs. i will. jobs will remain the top priority of the administration. you should care about jobs, the economy, and innovation. if you care about muni, like i do, you should care about jobs, our community, and innovation. whether it is parks, health care, the arts, public safety, the environment, where schools, our ability is directly connected to giving every family the ability of a paycheck and willingness to embrace innovation. through all of this, we are partnering with a new generation of community oriented business people, joining a long time neighborhood and community activists to help san francisco realize its goals. whether it is the great new economy, l

of that has been true with latin america as long as they except the programs going through several decades of a sharp economic decline it has now cast doubt the programs for quite successful growth that we see the same thing here. it is not as rigid here as in the four countries but the wealthy protect themselves. part of the reason why over the last 30 years the u.s. has been in a vicious cycle with a sharp concentration of wealth one-tenth of 1% of the population hedge fund managers and ceos that don't do anything constructive for the society or economy but gained enormous wealth and with that comes political power to make it possible to excel the rate the cycle so we have this situation we are with 30 years of stagnation and decline the small tiny group getting fabulously wealthy and the country is seriously declining. i should say about the imf imf, more than the other global institutions they have begun to recognize this and it is striking the imf and chief economies are criticizing europe for carrying out those policies that they advocate. europe is in a recession carrying out auster

and latin america voters here.sonal battle between the two. romney's commented about deportation have come up and they tried to talk about that the but it's become a personal battle. >> we might hear the same kind of attack line from both of these candidates tonight in this latest debate. i'm sure newt gingrich will pick up again on the self-deportation line. none of the real big names are coming out for candidate one way or the other. you have marco rubio willing to criticize newt gingrich, but he's not come out in favor or backed a candidate yet. what's the holdup there? >> marco rubio has said he's going to remain neutral in this race. i will point out that mitt romney does have the support of a number of latino leaders in florida. he's also been campaigning with them. a senator from florida was campaigning with mitt romney yesterday. they're not ready to declare a candidate of choice. you do see a lot of elected leaders starting to go in the direction of mitt romney. >> i know you're on the road. we thank you f

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every kilo, every gram is paid for in blood in latin america and central america. >> and kaj larsen joins and sound in the studio, all cleaned up. >> no flak jacket. >> we see so many narco stories out of new mexico. but to see these images out of guatemala and honduras, what led to you this story? >> there has been a lot of focus on mexico in the news. and the violence there has been very disturbing and very visible because they're our nearest neighbor. increasingly the corridor has become a major trafficking route for narcotics. just four years ago, less than 1 hernandez of the drugs moved up through that corridor. today over 60% are moving via land. with that has become an exponential increase in violence in places like honduras and guatemala. so much so that even this month the peace corps is pulling out of their operations in honduras. >> the peace corps is leaving. >> you got the demand as you pointed out in the piece and supply. but sort of stopping the drugs moving along that route, what's being done for that? >> it's the right question because it's such a critical choke point for

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latin america feels because of the trade with china we're not overly dependent on the u.s. e great links now with china particularly for natural resources. it's an evolving story. the damage on the downside is much more limited than it would have been in cycles, say, ten years ago. >> so overwhelmingly speaking they tend to think that they're still shackled together but it depentsds where in the world you come from because as you say some people in latin america are saying they have broken free. many thanks for that insight. >> i like it, nina. john's literally gone back to the drawing board. i guess that's what they're having to do in davos, particularly on europe. finally, chinese people have a custom in the lunar luck. they have a wish for prosperity in the year ahead. for one man that saying has an extra special meaning. this jockey and his horse won their first race in 15 starts on wednesday here in hong kong. if that's not enough of an omen, the jockey was born in 1976, also a year of the dragon like the one that's just begun. might be a safe option for a bet in the fu

the majority of people here illegally are from latin america and primarily catholic. this is the way for the church to punch the clock. >> people are here, they professed our faith and we need to care for them. >> the trust act was put on hold last year after passing through the senate. he's hoping the gatherings like this will push it through to the governor's desk. >>> christina aguilera paying tribute to etta james. hundreds gathered for the memorial service. she died last week of complications of leukemia. she was 73. hundreds came out in the layout to honor the life of avon officer. they hit the road for about 29- mile trek from alejo through vacaville. teesside was killed in november. the walk was to raise money for his wife and three daughters. he was the great officer and the great person. >> the walk was followed by dinner at the mission church. if you are out and about be prepared for some delays. there are series of closures in the market and church area due to the rail replacement project. part of church street is putting drivers on short lines following t

iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad is in venezuela this morning, the first leg through latin america. he'll meet today with hugo chavez. >>> breaking news. state news is reporting that an american born in arizona is sentenced to death after being reported of working with the cia. he once wovged in the marine corps was also convicted of trying to accuse iran of being involved in terrorism. >>> a container ship broke in half sunday after being stuck on a reef last fall. they tried to recover its cargo but hundreds of containers remain aboard. >> a hart-stopping moment for a woman after her bungee cord failed during the jump. the 22-year-old plunged into a river along the border of zambia and zimbabwe, she was able to swim to safety despite a broken collar bone and her legs being entangled by a court. >>> happy birthday to the duchess of cambridge. she turns 30 years old today. buckingham palace says her birthday will be low key and private. >>> now here's an early look at one of your top health headlines on msnbc.com. sunday novartis issued a nationwide voluntary recall of certain bott