mentioned it's a very very kind of change in tone it's a shift in the way that europe is approaching latin america and it's you can compare this it's night and day between five years ago and today and what we're seeing this is kind of a signal that you're. is ready to beulah america more as a partner in ways that it didn't before and why i mean i have to do is look at europe you can look at spain sixty percent uppers of sixty percent unemployment or you can look at germany europe's largest economy dealing with. struggling with that with the public debt crisis and last year the eurozone nearly collapsed in on it so if you compare that to latin america who's going through this great economic boom and it's kind of a no brainer who has the upper hand there but back to the question as to why latin america's experiencing this growth you can look at latin america for the last fifteen years and there's a great economist and her name's escaping the north nor listed she's from tulane university and what she points to is that narrowing in the wealth disparity in latin america and this is because we have to l

that is very, very important context of latin america and his latin american relations. bush administration policies under connelly's the rise was to inoculate from a venezuela -- under condoleezza rice was to inoculate from venezuela. the obama administration promised a lot, but delivered little. we've seen very much a continuity between bush and obama. one is heartened to hear in november the u.s. and venezuela opened up back channels and began a conversation about the possibility of establishing new relationships and exchanging ambassadors. i think that is positive. >> miguel tinker salas, in the next few days and weeks, what will you be looking for in terms of signs of what is going to happen in venezuela? clearly, the government has taken the position only if president chÁvez is out of commission for 90 days and then they can renew that for another 90 days, so basically 180 dayperiod for he to be incapacitated where it would then be forced to take action in terms of new elections. talk about what you're looking for. >> i think we will see the opposition continue the

so for latinos, whose life is turned upside down by our own government actions and latin america that many times we are unaware of, what happens is there is this tremendous disconnect. i believe this is one of the reasons why some to the big rhetoric about immigrants takes hold in our country because we don't know. so here is junot diaz whose life is completely changed because of our actions, yet all of us as american citizens, no nothing of what we did in the dominican republic. i think that is one of the key parts of this dilma. >> the significance of the invasion of 1965? >> i think that sent a message throughout latin america and that timeframe with the united states coming out of the kennedy era, the alliance for progress era, that the united states now was the enemy of change because, obviously, juan bosch was not a revolutionary by any stretch of the imagination. he was a liberal democrat who wanted to have land reform and wanted to have basic changes in the lives of the dominican people. so when the u.s. government basically pack the coup against him, isn't the message through

it is a chance for latin america and caribbean to work together. host country chile also says developing closer ties to the european union would benefit both sides. >> europe's higher level of development can be a huge boon to latin america, and latin america can help european countries and companies. >> there's pressure on europeans to ensure that deals are socially and ecologically responsible. >> i know this is a very important summit, particularly because there are big issues around sustainable development, economic growth. >> the latin american and caribbean countries came to present a road map for future cooperation. many are pushing for agreement but will also provide protection for indigenous peoples and environmental safeguards and help produce income inequality in the region. >> latin america wants more balance to relations, and it wants to be part of the solution of the problem. in santiago, the european union has to find answers to this. >> the people of the czech republic have been going to the polls today for the second round of a pre

by the end of the century, a majority of the people trace their origins not to europe, but to latin america. >> we all have the same potential. >> america has always been a nation in the process of change is in immigrant nation. >> an excerpt of "harvest of empire" premiering this week based on the book "harvest of empire: history of latinos in america" by the award winning journalist and "democracy now!" co-host juan gonzÁlez. he is author of three other books including "news for all the people." he is founder and past president of the national association of hispanic journalists. we're very pleased that he is with us here in the new york studio, not in his usual guest chair -- not in his usual host chair, but as a guest along with the film's co-director. we welcome you both. >> this is a different perspective. you wrote this book years ago and it came out again updated. now it is aa film. >> the producers came to me several years ago. they've been working on this film for about seven years now. they came to me several years ago that they really were excited about the perspective that my b

the problem is that you have in latin america today. norma's level of violence and killing that people believe is related to the drug war whether it is or not whether kevin is right that legalizing marijuana in a few states is not going to have any effect i think he's probably right but the fact is that the latin americans for a long time have been calling for a real conversation with the united states to talk about how drugs are for now how we frame and implemented anti drug policies and there's been very little response from washington and in the united states. we seem to have brought the problem under control by. basically. cocaine use is down marijuana use is increasing heroin use is down but the violence associated with drugs has been controlled now the costs are very very high. the drug violations the numbers of people in jail the use of our police forces going to a criminal court in any small town anywhere in the united states and i big majority of cases are drug related cases the damage is enormous one cannot talk about. either

they are changing governments in latin america. they never know if they are going to have so they want to try to grow coca in the united states. so they could have better access to it and also to get i think the code was the one to have greater agricultural knowledge of the plant basically to be able to tinker with levels of cocaine, with the different flavors so they asked the federal government after this convention as retired from the commission he retired at the end nd and we had a new commissioner and the coca-cola company asked him we wanted to grow in the united states now can we work something out here? and so as long allies for the coca-cola company they said yeah, sure, what do you want? what you think of the u.s. virgin islands? yeah, sounds great so they went to the university of hawaii and contacted the president and the university of hawaii and said we want to start a pilot program to grow on the u.s. soil. we worked out of the legalities even though it is technically not legal this is a matter of scientific research.

that is a significant change, latin america is more confident, independent. they just contributed to that. >> hundreds of thousands of supporters rallied today, the first such gathering since day ousted forces 5 1/2 years ago. we have this report. >> tens of thousands of supporters came for the unprecedented rally in the heart of the city. it has been years since anything like this was allowed to be staged, some injured in the crush. they traveled for the first time since they were violently ousted in 2007. addressing the crowd through a video link, the president said there could be no substitute for national unity. >> we should work together in unity to reach the national goals and reach a victory. >> status for the palestinian authority, they say reconciliation is essential. the goal of a palestinian state is to be realized. since the recent conflict between israel and her boss, there has been allegiances revealed between the factions. the western nations are wary of the group. many countries regard that as a terrorist organization. earlier this week, the i

this is an issue i work a lot on in latin america. we have created a system where we put in jail primarily small scale drug dealers, the guys -- the girls and boys selling the drugs on the street corner or running drugs back and forth or the people in the andean countries who are transporting drugs. these people aren't making a lot of money off of it, and the day you arrest them, they are replaced by the drug trafficking organizations. yet they go to jail, and in this country and in particularly in latin america which has adopted across-the-board in many countries harsh u.s. drug laws, they can end up with 20 years in jail. just one example, ecuador which really has, you know, is a minor player in international drug trafficking networks. the maximum sentence for murder in that country is 16 years. the sentence for drug trafficking is a minimum of 12, maximum of 25 years, and it doesn't distinguish between your level of involvement in the drug trade. so you go to jails in ecuador, and you find people who were selling drugs on the stree

that is a significant change, latin america is more confident, independent. they just contributed to that. >> hundreds of thousands of supporters rallied today, the first such gathering since day ousted forces 5 1/2 years ago. we have this report. >> tens of thousands of supporters came for the unprecedented rally in the heart of the city. it has been years since anything like this was allowed to be staged, some injured in the crush. they traveled for the first time since they were violently ousted in 2007. addressing the crowd through a video link, the president said there could be no substitute for national unity. >> we should work together in unity to reach the national goals and reach a victory. >> status for the palestinian authority, they say reconciliation is essential. the goal of a palestinian state is to be realized. since the recent conflict between israel and her boss, there has been allegiances revealed between the factions. the western nations are wary of the group. many countries regard that as a terrorist organization. earlier this week, the i

his aggressive foreign policy toward latin america and its allies like columbia has fostered regional pride and assertiveness across latin america. >> if the yankee imperialists promoted and armed aggression against venezuela, i updated it from colombian territory or from wherever, we would simply suspend oil deliveries to the united states. we would do that even if we have to eat stones. than not oil plays a key role in venezuelas foreign policy. chavez maintains a close strategic relationship with his neighbors and is hailed as a benefactor by the countries to which he sells oil at discount rates. problems remain on the domestic front. venezuela still imports more than 2/3 of the foodstuffs it requires. in 2011, inflation was at 27%, and the country's foreign debt has risen from $35 billion in 2002 to more than $66 billion today. after his latest election -- reelection, hugo chavez vowed to continue his socialist revolution, but it is uncertain weather his health will allow him to return to office. >> for more on this now, we are joined by a representative from the iberian institute

his aggressive foreign policy toward latin america and its allies like columbia has fostered regional pride and assertiveness across latin america. >> if the yankee imperialists promoted and armed aggression against venezuela, i updated it from colombian territory or from wherever, we would simply suspend oil deliveries to the united states. we would do that even if we have to eat stones. than not oil plays a key role in venezuelas foreign policy. chavez maintains a close strategic relationship with his neighbors and is hailed as a benefactor by the countries to which he sells oil at discount rates. problems remain on the domestic front. venezuela still imports more than 2/3 of the foodstuffs it requires. in 2011, inflation was at 27%, and the country's foreign debt has risen from $35 billion in 2002 to more than $66 billion today. after his latest election -- reelection, hugo chavez vowed to continue his socialist revolution, but it is uncertain weather his health will allow him to return to office. >> for more on this now, we are joined by a representative from the iberian institute

his aggressive foreign policy toward latin america and its allies like columbia has fostered regional pride and assertiveness across latin america. >> if the yankee imperialists promoted and armed aggression against venezuela, i updated it from colombian territory or from wherever, we would simply suspend oil deliveries to the united states. we would do that even if we have to eat stones. than not oil plays a key role in venezuelas foreign policy. chavez maintains a close strategic relationship with his neighbors and is hailed as a benefactor by the countries to which he sells oil at discount rates. problems remain on the domestic front. venezuela still imports more than 2/3 of the foodstuffs it requires. in 2011, inflation was at 27%, and the country's foreign debt has risen from $35 billion in 2002 to more than $66 billion today. after his latest election -- reelection, hugo chavez vowed to continue his socialist revolution, but it is uncertain weather his health will allow him to return to office. >> for more on this now, we are joined by a representative from the iberian institute

has invested all his efforts and energy into his country into fighting for the independence of latin america how he has persevered in his and he in perilous struggle for social justice worldwide it was president chavez who went vocal about global warming so that everyone could find out the truth it was he who championed the struggle against global plunder and the neoliberal policies that it killing europe it was president chavez who adamantly raised the banner of protecting the palestinian people when they were attacked when so many in the hour we'll chose to keep silent out of fear president chavez raised that banner and the arab people cheered him and. so president chavez is that helm of great kind of pains for the sake of humanity and today his role in the world is recognized by millions it is why their sanity interview is so important for all the viewers in the us russia and the world we know we are speaking to the hearts of millions on the planet those who believe in president chavez admire him follow him and love him deeply. we tell them that the president is fighting the onus that we

i think they now -- the eurozone was made up of so-called developed countries, unlike latin america in the '80s and '90s, and asia in the asian financial crisis in the late 1990s, that any of the lessons a lot of people in this audience learned, you know, from those two crises, and other ones, turkey, i could run on, were not valid for them. because they were so-called developed economies. and so what i thought i would do here is just run through some of the lessons that we learned there that i think, unfortunately, shut up and looked at by the europeans. and they are only now starting to realize that they could have cut down the present negative situation because let's face it, europe as a whole, with a few exceptions, is in either a recession or stagnation. first, each country is unique. this is something they didn't want to see. greece adding the situation by longtime mismanagement on the fiscal side and raid the banks. in the case of ireland, it was the banks the drag the sovereign is -- sovereign as. in the case of portugal, with some portuguese in the audience here, it was basica

but as a result of a deficit today the nations of latin america and the caribbean a winning independence once will do just as they did back in the nineteenth century and venezuela we run our own country thanks to hugo chavez and the victorious people's revolution and in choosing with the other nations got continental yeah a government has conveyed a message to president obama on behalf of president chavez during a recent ministerial meeting saying that we wouldn't mind approving all relations with the us and restoring mutual respect between our nations as far as possible but whenever we would attempt to not approach me with the obama administration i would always face sabotage from the conservatives who built the core of the us military industrial economy. the complex which impressively controls the entire nation is same way as it depresses the rest of the world. that say we wouldn't mind restoring a fully functional relationship with the us based on mutual respect if it eventually works out we would be happy with that but we will not be dominated by the us is the only country in the wor

and it's been, it was a long, difficult battle on korea and latin america and all the others, but at the end of the day, i think it's worthwhile. i hope we're going to be seeing a new dawn in korea in in the regard. so we have new leadership in china, new leadership in korea and new leadership in japan. so hopefully, they will be able to see some of these things through, because i think it's very important not just for asia, not just for these countries but, frankly, for the world given what's happening elsewhere particularly in europe. so having said that, terry, i think we should go and have our little conversation. thank you very much. [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> here's the book in japanese. [laughter] >> and the book, bill, is in portuguese, it's in simplified chinese, korean and now japanese. as well. um, i think that, you know, the dissertation we just heard from bill, you know, is so lucid and so straightforward that you sort of, you know, grab this notion of why didn't we start to implement on some of these things quicker in all that? and we seem to get into such

, particularly in latin america that was not the case a few years ago. it is a no-brainer. absolutely no reason it should be prohibited in international law. no reason that countries like bolivia, peru, and columbia should not be allowed to market coca products internationally. there is no reason that coca-cola should not be allowed to use their flavoring. of course, other countries should be allowed to do the same the amount of cocaine alkaloids in the coca leaf is minuscule, tiny. it is very small. it does not pose any kind of danger when used in its natural form. i do think that there is an issue with the people who grow coca, some of the poorest people and let america. these are poor farmers with small plots of land. i think we have an obligation to help those countries bring those people out of poverty. that means comprehensive equitable, liberal developed economic development programs in areas like the bolivian shikari. with regard to cocaine at think that is where it is trickier. there are people who would advocate for complete legalization of dru

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

is a shift from a decade ago when 37% were from asia, and 42% from latin america. primarily, mexico. >> next time you check a restaurant review on ayelp something new may pop up. the service says the ratings from the san francisco health department. users can see what score they got and what violations are on record. programmers worked with the health department to get it activated. >> you would have known where to seek information out. and now that audience will be able to access the information quickly. >> san francisco is the first city in the country to list ratings, new york going on line soon from what we understand. >> a major airline made a second attempt to raise air fare autos there is a warning about thieves stealing your gift cards. >> if first you don't suck side, try, try again. united tried to raise ticket prisz for the second time this year. first attempt on january 3 when they were paid up to $5 each way. other carrier dz not follow suit. united brought it fares back down, well, today, it's trying again this, time raising fares up $5 but $10 each w

coke is concentrated exactly where you want to be which is latin america.the mexican stock market hit an all-time high. the latin america market for coke is bigger than the united states, twice as big as europe. between these two companies you want to bet on latin america and coke, not europe and mcdonald's. >> well, i'll tell you, the entire trend and industry is moving away from the sugary drinks, and you saw that beverage sales in the u.s. were down 2.8% last year. we need to start moving towards the healthier drinks. that's what the consumer wants. now mcdonald's, albeit not the healthiest restaurant, but look what they are doing. they already were in the business of soft drinks. now they are moving. mr. fields, when he stepped down, he was an innovator and kept bringing new products to market and that's what mcdonald's is doing. 2013 is full of new products and it's the new products that will take the chart higher. >> you're right about the developed world and the u.s. but that's not true in latin america, betting on the thirsty mexican consumer and ag

they became the symbol and latin america. in fact, it would back in certain parts of brazil, you find the issue has even been elevated to the supreme dat, simply because that was the symbol that was there, the protagonists for freedom. and so we find the transportation of deity across the atlantic, certainly a dat became not only the symbol of resistance in the new world, but the supreme dat in certain parts of brazil. on the contrary, the heartland in brazil and you go to the shower trying, the hairy key is quite plain. now consider today and africa, and this goes back a couple of centuries. imagine that today to be a follower of the religion is virtually to earn the death sentence in certain parts of nigeria. christians also earned the death sentence in certain parts of nigeria and christians respond in kind and set upon the muslim colleagues, usually in reprisal. but the level of intolerance based on ignorance has reached such that the papers any time in nigeria by ms. church has been burned down. a mosque has just been bu

instead, it's immigrants from asia. 42% of immigrants coming to the state were from latin america, 37 from asia. a decade later, 57% from asia, more than two times the 22% that come from latin america. >>> well, it's green and a bit extreme. a new garbage collection program may be in store for palo alto, with fewer bins and more sorting for residents. cbs 5 reporter elissa harrington explains how it all works. >> reporter: it's garbage day in this palo alto neighborhood. in front of every house, these three bins. the blue bin for recyclables, green for garden trimmings and black for waste. but taking out the trash in this city could soon change. assistant public works director tells us about a pilot program voted on by the city council and starting in april. it will eliminate the black garbage can. >> trying to head towards zero waste. >> reporter: compostable items will be mixed two in this two- bin system. >> on a pilot basis, we'll have residents bag their kitchen scraps and put them in with the yard trimmings in their green cart. >> reporter: everything else will go in the blue ca

in 2011, 57 percent of new immigrants to california were from asia. 22 percent were from latin america. that is a dramatic shift from a decade ago when 42 percent of california immigrants came from latin america and 37 percent came from asia. the drop in immigration from latin america is partly tied to the tough committee and the demand if more highly educated workers. >> and a lot of the jobs are high-tech-related. >> with the traffic and weather next on abc7 morning news and a live look outside at a shaky look at the bay bridge where we still have some problems. big delays. sue will cover that next. >> also, two -- too hot to scare, the heat scare during the middle of the australian so if you have a flat tire, dead battery, need a tow or lock your keys in the car, geico's emergency roadside assistance is there 24/7. oh dear, i got a flat tire. hmmm. uh... yeah, can you find a take where it's a bit more dramatic on that last line, yeah? yeah i got it right here. someone help me!!! i have a flat tire!!! well it's good... good for me. what do you think? geico. fifteen minutes could save

where's poverty dropping in latin america? and if you, if you do a overlay of the map of latin america and the caribbean, between which countries have investment, are investment grade and which countries follow sound economic policy, i mean, it's a complete overlap. it's a one for one correlation. and so people have to be looking and say, oh, my gosh. look at what's happening in brazil and peru with left-of-center governments, chile with a right-of-center government. you know, mexico is on the verge of a huge takeoff. and so do you want to be stuck arguing about these issues of the past and looking for charismatic leaders, the same ones -- some are less charismatic than others, the ones who gathered in caracas, or do you want to figure out how to move your countries and your political system and your economic system forward? and i think that's the real issue. and i think that's where it serbs the united states to be playing -- it serves the united states to be playing in that field n that argument. >> well said. i know chris m

they have that biotech corn seed which is doing very well in latin america.ike in the charts? > > just about everything. you talk about blow-out earnings here. the street number was 37¢ a share. there was a whisper number at 39¢. they come in at 62¢, with great guidance. the product that you talked about in latin america, gangbusters. it is going phenomenally. this chart has been just on a steady upward climb, and there is just no reason to think that it is going to pull back whatsoever. going into earnings, there was an expected move of about $2.50 a share, based on that option volatility and where the front- month options were trading. the stock opened up yesterday almost up $4, settled into about that $2.50 range. but i want to keep something in mind that is really interesting. 75% of the time monsanto has beaten the whisper number, which they did this time. 50% of that time - so we're looking at basically 37-38% of the time - monsanto was up 8-9% in the 30 days following their earnings report. > it sounds like this is a stock that people might want to act

. >> tom: you mentioned latin-america. within latin-america, brazil has been a big engine for a long, long time. and we've seen chile come along recently. argentina, not so much. is there an area that you like specifically? >> i do like brazil because it is an economy that has been actually a little bit down, and i think it's starting to look a little brighter there. but what i really like on a longer term basis is the potential for change in mexico, for structural change in mexico. they've already moved forward on education reform. penn yetta, the new president is a big proponent of energy reform. mexico has a lot of potential it is not tapping at present. >> tom: we mentioned the price performance that the exchange rate had, outperformed the united states, and you think it can still continue to build on those gains. >> i think the u.s. needs to be there for mexico to outperform. as long as the u.s. economy keeps growing, mexico should keep growing. >> tom: so it is really the united states helping to pull mexico up? >> a

. >> tom: you mentioned latin-america. within latin-america, brazil has been a big engine for a long long time. and we've seen chile come along recently. argentina, not so much. is there an area that you like specifically? >> i do like brazil because it is an economy that has been actually a little bit down, and i think it's starting to look a little brighter there. but what i really like on a longer term basis is the potential for change in mexico, for structural change in mexico. they've already moved forward on education reform. penn yetta, the new president is a big proponent of energy reform. mexico has a lot of potential it is not tapping at present. >> tom: we mentioned the price performance that the exchange rate had, outperformed the united states, and you think it can still continue to build on those gains. >> i think the u.s. needs to be there for mexico to outperform. as long as the u.s. economy keeps growing mexico should keep growing. >> tom: so it is really the united states helping to pull mexico up? >> and

>> yeah, i mean, you know, i've seen this not just in latin america. i teach creative writing classes. and in the past i've sometimes seen, you know, all the work i have to do to get the female students in the class to speak up, while the kind of boys sit there and sort of dominate with their... you know, it's funny with their raunchy jokes and everything. but often the most talented girls in the class, they'll sit over there in a row, they're doing the best writing, and they're terrified, right? and it's somehow... i don't know why it is, but so often, like every... so many young male students who decide they want to write think they're geniuses the minute they write, like, their first sentence. and fiction... >> hinojosa: i've never expericed that, ever. >> and the women, you know, are just sometimes the most, you know... something... are much shyer about their voice, and much more insecure about their voice, and much more... and it's especially compounded, i think, sometimes for latin american women, especially from a culture like mexico. and so...