there is a real domino affect if latin america becomes a problem.t is the effect to the rest of us? >> it's probably pretty contained. i think argentina, the reason why we're concerned about brazil is we think argentina is really going to go down. in its economy, and in its politics. and argentina buys a lot from brazil and chile, so both of those countries are going to suffer in their economy. brazil has other problems. you put it together, and you got a chunk of latin america in trouble, and that will touch mexico some. now all of that together will be somewhat of a problem for china because china exports into latin america and collectively those countries make a difference to china's experts and china is the second largest economy in the world. and that will effect asia and will effect europe. it's not as big of a deal as the eurozone and the euro crisis, but it is enough of a problem that markets pay attention to it, stock market gets nervous, traders bid the price of crude oil up and that price shows up in higher gasoline prices and energy cost

again they hate the fact that latin america has gone capitalist and without the u.s. getting a major play doesn't help them going to re-establish a beachhead in latin america well i think the united states has a bunch of problems i think there's no chance that they can pay back and my book explains that the two hundred twenty trillion that they have in debt and entitlement social welfare entitlement programs venezuela as an example going to south america as their currency has declined seventy four percent you see that that's a big problem argentina had to raise prices thirty percent but it's a big problem because we're going to end up being rolled by the cia again because as they were before the fact that they were a minute we got to go we've got to go we're going to cut to come back what we read in the clocks is not a time mistress' time thanks for being once again the kaiser report thanks mike that's going to do it for this edition of the kaiser report with me max kaiser and stacy herbert of like to thank our guest misfires stein of planet ponzi dot com if you'd lik

effort venezuela is crucial to a block of countries in latin america that have broken free of total u.s. domination after decades of military dictatorship and impoverishment and this these popular movements in latin america have made a dramatic change for the people of so many countries venezuela is key to this and the u.s. is making an all out effort through creating what you say a dramatic change a dramatic change over the years of those chavez government now we have to endure a government that did very little apparently to curb crime or to bring up the standard of living in the country that people appear to be frustrated with you don't think that's a factor. the standard of living for poor and working people has changed dramatically the standard of health care of education of and transcend to university on so many levels that the wealth that used to be absolutely hoarded by the super rich in venezuela and go also directly to u.s. corporate power. that has changed and changed in big ways and there's been real opposition to this ever since in two thousand and one president chavez passe

director of foreign policy, the latin america initiative at brooking institution. joining us from wabz d.c. >> work is resuming on a large construction project. workers returned to finish building the panama canal expansion. it shut down over a disputed overrun. it's not clear who will pay the money. workers were busy on a project that will allow bigger ships to use the canal. >> just a few hours left for the sochi winter olympics, and al jazeera's mark morgan joins us with a live look at sports. >> that's right. the countdown begins. the americans cashing in. it will be a busy day. ted ligety shooting for a medal in the slalom. the 4-men bobsled. the u.s. hopeful for ner medal. the u.s. men's hockey team facing finland in the bronze medal game because in the semifinals canada shut down on offensive producing 19 goals. jamie benn scored the only goal. 31 shots for the goal keeper. ryan suter said, "hey, we didn't turn up to play, we were passive." >> last year he had a successful een so the l.a. dodgers considered bringing up jock petersen, the second-ranked in the

and in latin america and the ways it ended.k melville had his boat -- pulse on something with amasa delano. channelsm was rooted in slavery but outlived chattel slavery. it was not justified by philosophy or religion but almost in the psychic need to reaffirm once absolute freedom and relationship to another's lavishness and this supremacy that galvanizes the right has its roots in slavery. >> and the reason for the title? >> it is a melville quote. it is an epigram from a short story that people think melville wrote himself that i think is this denial of the obligation that people have to one another, the dependencies that justice being human they have -- again, going back to this fetish of individualism that is the united states. >> thank you for being with us, greg grandin. [captioning made possible by democracy now!]

. >> this is one of six new cardinals from latin america and the caribbean named by pope francis. >> this priest co-wrote a book when archbishop and says it is not surprising. >> translation: there's a lot of room for latin america. that's the big message from the pope. that's the antagonism. in the last three decades latin america and brazil saw a mass exodus of disenchanted catholics, a trend that many believe is being reversed. >> i think the pope's visit to brazil reanimated us. many like me returned to the church. >> beyond his charisma and distain for wealth and privilege, it is perhaps pope francis's unprecedent efforts to change the power structure that captured the world's imagination. to assure that his efforts will outlive him, the pope is counting on his new card analyse to share his vision. >> let's cross over to rome. that's where pope francis is appointing 19 cardinals. the appointment - always an important event for a pope. this has a particularly important meaning. >> it is important for a couple of reasons. first of all, the choice of cardinals by any pope speaks vo

hold in the case now latin america banks central america banks of venezuela argentina these these countries are now in flames yes so how much responsibility does the fed take or should take or might take or in your opinion should take four in getting these countries burning as they are with riots but by this yoyo approach of money you know what if i had in thing to do that we wouldn't go into the situation in the first place the problem i think the fed faces is that having embarks on the post lehman strategy over we will rescue the system or whatever happens we will rescue it we will produce enough money to do it then seeing the downside of that because if they are going to restrict the production of money as you quite rightly point out. keeping the euro zone afloat for example if you were to let me just jump in for a second because of course the u.s. is not happy with geo political trends in latin america venezuela under chavez accent are. they by pulling in this money turning off the spigot they have a double they have a benefit and that these countries are now for political grab and us i

why did we get to this point in the first place why isn't latin america especially the mexico a first world nation why isn't it and then you say well because the people who live there don't want to change it no that isn't true it's the powers that be they don't want to change in the powers that be are people who are under the influence and under the understanding of the how they got to be powers that be out of the what was happening here in the united states of america less soon the senate pass comprehensive reform that would provide a path to citizenship for eleven million undocumented in the measure stalled in the house it's right the path to citizenship you see that coming is that is that a road here. i can't even see them stopping the immigrant the return let alone making a way for them to be here and legally that's i have a big problem with this it's going to be something that can become very destructive to a country that already is i'm praying that they can be i'm praying that there is a possibility of causing people to have been here when the in the senate made sense they did i

i am talking particularly about africa, asia-pacific, and latin america. he caught up with the chief financial officer a little earlier today and he was talking mergers and acquisitions in latin america. that is helping growth. also, organic growth. they are moving into a new , ethiopia.e myanmar speaking of africa, he was positive generally on the continent. >> we have made big acquisitions in latin america. the beer business and more recently, the big move in asia-pacific by getting full control of asia-pacific breweries. only large is not consolidation. it is also about organic growth. buildingee that we are wheatfields. we are entering myanmar. we are expanding in countries like ethiopia. >> the other area which is slightly optimistic is the fact that they are on track with their 629 million euro cost-saving program. that is a program that could easily boost their bottom line. another reason to perhaps buy the shares. >> we will leave it there. thank you very much indeed. we will carry on the conversation that david had started. we will get more on hei

it's the most welcoming country in latin america where i've been. >> salud, salud, salud. ♪ >>> i leaveity 600 miles northeast of cali on the la caribbean borders the venezuela. it's home to the natives called the wayuu. the wayuu are a tough tribe that's never taken a side with the government, the farc or the paramilitaries. as a result they remain independent politically and live pretty much by their own code. i'm meeting juan pablo majorca, a chef that comes to this spot regularly. >> it's a very different part of colombia. >> it's rugged terrain, there's not that much water, so that's part of why the spanish weren't able to colonize it. >> you've been coming here for some time. >> i became interested, because i began dealing with fresh fish, fresh lobster, fresh shrimp and for me to take back to bogota. >> is it good? >> it's very good. >> goats are important to the wayuu, they're used for food, bartering, even for dowry payments. rancho owners come to the old market in riohacha to sell, barter and cook goat in the mornings. today we're having frichi. >> it's a traditional fish from

is not happy with geo political trends in latin america venezuela under chávez accent are.they by pulling in this money turning off the spigot they have a double they have a benefit and that these countries are now for political crap and us i'm sure would not mind if they had to step in as they've done before and take control i mean this is what the history of this region has bent. but let's just. look on more on a global basis here because as you point out the key the key counterpart in all this is really china because china is really vying with the u.s. for economic global supremacy at this point and as you describe it the money's being pulled back to china shadow banking system has been revealed they're scrambling to conver what looks like a huge gap in their books. by any by any description so we also know that the same time china has been very aggressively accumulating. gold so the question is did they see this coming that's why they've been buying it all and now that it's here at their worst nightmare perhaps i do they have enough gold to cover their butts put it in a

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it wasn't in latin america. it was then canada. it was in alberta. there's a long history of overseas chinese investment in this area. these countries have well-developed policies and each has its own quirks. i think the characters are of them the australians are much more willing to try to make reciprocal deals and much more willing to talk about trading access to this or that piece of australian resource for reciprocal access to the chinese market. .. >> the u.s. is becoming a much more attractive destination for chinese investments in resources, particularly in oil and gas. the u.s. is going to have to grapple with the. >> i think actually what i found interesting is that the chinese companies look at canada and australia and the united states as the golden apple. the most desired. and the access is sort of the highest of priorities and in many respects they understand the practices that they have brought to the higher order. and it's a good way of forcing change on chinese companies. this part of the investment value change that has proved to be

to listen in latin america appears in canada. alberta. there's a long history of chinese overseas investment in these countries. if you look at australia, plenty of experience not just in china, but the japanese direct investment influx. these countries have well developed policies. each has its own quirks. the character of that master that much going to try and make reciprocal deals. much more willing to talk about trading, access to this or that piece of us truly resource for reciprocal access to the chinese market. in canada, they've been very hands-off, but until things have kind of come to a head. this has been the last year overnight towns to take over drove a very big national debate. at the end of it, the canadian government that we are proving this, but this is basically it. unless they're special circumstances, we are proving further chinese investment in this one particular canadian oil sector. whether that will hold or not. the united states hasn't been challenged as much yet, but the u.s. is becoming a much more attractive de

it's the most welcoming country in latin america where i've been. >> salud, salud, salud.mers are really liking your flat rate shipping. fedex one rate. really makes my life easier. maybe a promotion is in order. good news. i got a new title. and a raise? management couldn't make that happen. [ male announcer ] introducing fedex one rate. simple, flat rate shipping with the reliability of fedex. ♪ >>> i leave the subtropics for more extreme climates. riohacha is a city 600 miles northeast of cali on the caribbean sea. it borders venezuela in the east. it's home to the natives called the wayuu. the wayuu are a tough, autonomous tribe who have never taken sides with either the government, the farc or the paramilitaries. as a result they remain independent politically and live pretty much by their own code. i'm meeting juan pablo majorca, a chef that comes to this spot on a regular basis. >> this is not a regular country. this is colombia, but it's a very different part of colombia. >> it's a very rugged terrain. it's desert. there is not that much water. so that's part of wh

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. >> so the first overseas chinese touring investment wasn't in africa three at it wasn't in latin america and it wasn't in canada. there's a long history of chinese overseas resource investment in these countries. if you look at australia it has plenty of experience not just with china but with the japanese for an american investments of these countries have well-developed policies. each has its own quirks. i think you caricature them the australians are much more willing to try to make reciprocal deals. there are much more willing to talk about trading access to this or that piece of australian resource for reciprocal access to the chinese market. in canada they have been very hands-off but until things have kind of come to a head. this happened last year over an attempt by the chinese to take over -- drove a very big national debate and at the end of it the canadian government said we are proving this but this is basically at and is less there are certain circumstances we are going to be approving further chinese investments in this one particular strategic sector in the canadian oil se

guinea is the shortest point between the continent and latin america.hich is why it's attractive to drug smuggers. it's hurting the president's mission to curb it. the government received pledges for investment, but the break down of law and order associated with the drugs trade could affect that. >> fire officers, structural engineers and experts hired by western retailers are beginning inspections of 1500 bangladesh garment factories, finding out what needs to be done to increase safety. many injured survivors have not received examination -- compensation. >> a year after the fire, this woman can't walk properly. desperate to escape, she jumped from the third floor and broke her foot. >> translation: i can't say who took me to the hospital. my husband was looking for me. i was pregnant. i miscarried at the hospital. >> this is a makeshift camp at a school near the site. the doctors offer low-cost treatment for survivors. many like this woman can't work and can't afford proper care. the disaster may be in the past, but the health problems are not. >> t

he worked with the bbc for more than a decade, reporting from latin america, the middle east and latin america. >> peter is scrupulous. he wants to name down the story, he wants both sides of a story covered. he'll take risks, go places others won't. he'll spend a lot of time on a story. that sort of determination to tell the story and tell it fairly marks him out. >> peter greste joined al jazeera in 2011, the same year he won the pae body award for a report on somalia whilst at the bbc. >> peter greste is an old friend and colleague. a good man, a great journalist. we worked on many big stories of our time. i found him to be very careful, considerate, compassionate and good company. then he went to africa and fell in love with the doinent. after he -- continent. after joining another network, he kept in touch with his bbc colleagues. we marvelled how he found the stories no one else d. we watched him and learnt from him. free peter greste, we miss him, we miss his work. >> his friends, family and colleagues record him highly for his compassion, adventure us parliamentary and strong b

it's an honor to be here to moderate our latin america panel we've got 15 minutes. i'm recordings this because i'm going to a share it. but i'm going to start with you mayor ed lee. the board of supervisors designated mission bay as a development district in 1998. if you came here you would have seen parking lots and train tracks. the transformation has been credible. for a long time there wasn't a call place. how does the transformation here fit into our vision so far the high tech in san francisco and how did the health incubator fit into the plan >> first of all, i wish everybody a happy new year. it's a wonderful time to be here in 0 san francisco. to personally congratulate haley and joel for your wonderful work. there's one more site missing when willie brown offered the site and my predecessors naumd took over and put stem down here in signaled some hard things there's one more vision besides the railroads that was my driving rank rage you i range you would have seen me there i'm imperfect my golf shot. willie came and said we've got to change mission bay you

[indiscernible] other democracies in latin america to create even a more horrendous system of control that goes beyond venezuela's borders. investment in venezuela has come to zero. war production in december was declining steadily from when president chavez came into power. 1/3 is for domestic consumption. when much of the rest goes to pay china for loans the governor of venezuela has spent already. at some point the governor of the israeli -- of venezuela will run out of money and go into economic collapse. costeconomic collapse will pollutant that causes political dissent, and this is what they are paying for. tobrutal repression in order be able to continue their role. in the meantime the israeli -- the venezuela financial support is critical to cuba. -- ine 15% of the cuban comes from venezuela. continue to hold ond nail to the government of venezuela. there are supposed to be $21 billion in operative in nonoperative resale. or $14 billion are in cuba. oversight.cise close the

all through africa and latin america and asia and europe and america.e all have very similar problems. some of them are different magnitudes. some involve different diseases. but you don't have to go very far from right where we are sitting. just go to haiti and look at the terrible tragedy that has taken place there. there are people like george soros who has done really innovative work. we get to meet the scientists working on this stuff. maybe the most amazing are the people out in the field who spend big parts of their life in africa taking these tools that we help back and making sure they get out there. >> also, you have to separate peoples' political interest from their willingness to help. there are some -- soros is clearly a liberal, i think is a fair way to say it. but the koch brothers are clearly conservative but they give enormous amounts of money to hospitals. >> and you say give them credit for that. >> yes. you don't have to agree with everythinge everybody does. i don't know if i agree with either side, but i think they all deserve cred

problem for chavez, but funding left wing radical groups, trying to destabilize the groups in latin americato cement his popularity in venezuela, but if he is able to do that, that threat will repair. >> is this the kind of movement we should get behind? these student protesters? >> well, the obama administration even more than the bush administration tries to stay out of this, i wouldn't hesitate, i think american interests here would be better served with the hugo chavez movement out of power. and i think if you had truly free and fair elections where the press was not suppressed. where business was not being kicked out of the country, the sanche chavez followers would fall. >> maduro announced that he has given the order for them to be kicked out. he wanted them to be declared as persona non grata. >> we usually say png, where the government is saying you're objectionable, get out of here, in other words, yankees go home, blame it on the united states is historically a convenient way to deal with trouble in latin america. and maduro is trying to pin the label on them to discredit them. >

month whole world will join in brazil's national passion, and then foot all will be coming home to latin america. and this is how many latin americans leave their house in their free time. today, we ask how they feel how they feel about hosting the world cup and whether they think it will be worth their country's heavy investment. welcome to global 3000. here's what we have coming up for you today. reporting to what brazil's a establishment would rather not talk about, new media on the move. brazil's middle-class, why more and more are locked into a vicious cycle of debt. and the face-off between european and asian bees. be keeping -- beekeeping, nepalese style. it was a surprise that in night it weeks of riots across several brazilian cities late last year, but this was not just about public transport. something had been building up. soon, all sides realized that this was a wider risk in a society that would not just go away. not in time for the football confederations cup that was going on at the time, and not for the world cup to getting this june either. at the forefront of this challenge to

all through africa and latin america and asia and europe and america.all have very similar problems. some of them are different magnitudes. some involve different diseases. but you don't have to go very far from right where we are sitting. just go to haiti and look at the terrible tragedy that has taken place there. the world pledged all this money and yet they are still there with diseases that i thought were eradicated and they are still living in tents and not having the ability to be in charge of their own destiny and feed their families. we have to get together and do things about it. >> many people watching this interview are big admirers of your work. i am curious to know who you admire. are there thought leaders that you look up to? >> well, we learn from each other. we are both early members of a group called the giving pledge. we sit and share mistakes. there are people like george soros who has done really innovative work. we get to meet the scientists working on this stuff. maybe the most amazing are the people out in the field who spend big

gateway to latin america. we have five million multilingual speakers. brand new university doing science technology, engineering and math. we're talking to companies every day and they are clearly moving. people are moving here but companies are expanding. yesterday i was with a technology company that is adding over 100 jobs just in technology. but even the non-technology companies are moving here because of our technology. hertz, 700 jobs. average income, $100,000. people want to be here. melissa: they do, but you're doing something different recently because florida has had those tremendous assets for a while, yet, when you took office the unemployment rate was 11.4%. it is down to 6. so all those things were in place. >> you're right, we changed. >> what have you changed recently because other states should follow your example i would think? >> four years before i came into office, state lost 832,000 jobs. unemployment went from 3.5 to 11.1%. right after i got elected i sat down with site selecttores from around the country and said here is why you