you want to talk about latin america stuff, get someone who was a latin america last name and you check the box. i do not think it is like that anymore. i think it is getting less and less like that. ideally what we would like to see is these issues are part of the critical mass of issues that the candidates would have to deal with. >> dan is correct that when you pull -- poll the hispanics for the most important issues, by and large hispanic americans are no different than others. you care about jobs and health care and education. the immigration issue is important to them for social reasons. it is what i said earlier, you feel in terms of party identification, you ask yourself, what party do i feel more comfortable with and what party if i vote for i will be most welcome? i think the immigration issue is the canon to the civil rights issues for americans in the 1960's and 1970's. it is not by coincidence that the vast majority are democratic because they saw what happened in the debate's in the 1960's and 1970's. as a democrat, i am stunned the republican party has not done a better j

a lot of the mile she longed were to latin america. secretary kerry has not been as focused on not america and that is felt inside the state department and latin america. the first question i often get is why doesn't the united states care about that america? and i went to kershner's speech -- >> and took the headphones off. big news in argentina. >> we are going to take the microphone and pass it into the audience so they can ask you those wings and some of the other things. >> i do not blame president obama for having taken the headphones off. >> who wants to go first? yes. >> hello. chris christie was not the only governor who went to mexico. it was also governor jerry brown in california. nietoent opinion yet also met with him. does this mean at the local level we can trust more business development between governments will occur or will we have to do that through major application? >> california is one of the best example of having a strong relationship with mexico and some of the other border states where they recognize the mutual

latin america is uniquely relevant to the united states. and of course the evolving demographic makeup. in terms of prosperity, the numbers speak for themselves. the numbers are 180 billion from 160n america and 2013 and in exports. natural resources element and energy reform improves energy security as well. production chains are deep we integrated as well. containede in mexico labels manufactured in the united states. the u.s.-mexico border is 2000 miles long. vying to venezuela takes about three point five hours. cuba is 90 miles from florida. that should give you an idea of how truly close we are. because of the close list violence and drug trafficking reverberate. in flying that maintaining security on the border is a shared responsibility. as a result, most u.s. foreign-policy in the region is channeled into corporate security framework. cooperative security arrangements, which is a cooperative security arrangement with mexico. these issues of drug trafficking and violence are connected to our own security. is key to u.s. interests, ev

foreign policy in latin america. among the panelists was luis miranda and relations with mexico and cuba were among the topics. this was just over one hour. [inaudible conversations] , live. >> morning, everyone, and welcome. i would like you to join us, carl meacham and i are the directors of the program and i want to welcome you to what i think is probably one of the most interesting events that we are going to be having this fall. as you know today we will be talking about latin america in the context of the u.s. and midterm elections. i imagine that some of your not entirely sure why this region is relevant. but i get that most of you assumed the majority of the event will be about immigration reform and sure, some of it will be about immigration reform. we will be talking about it today pressure in the discussion. but what we are hoping to impart is a different message, not that immigration is the only issue that makes it relevant to u.s. elections, but it's one of many. there are a series of issues that are ins

, what other possibility for latin america really joining or following the path that the u.n. states are at the moment following in terms of cannabis legalization. i would start by saying that they conversation on drugs and drug policy started already. although that particular conversation has found it's difficult to actually be translated into specific and concrete reforms at the domestic level. so most latin american countries are engaged in this debate, are more engaged at the state level than the historical level than they are in modifying their national drug policy there are there are a couple of examples that are very useful to illustrate the impact the cannabis legalization in the united states has in some of the countries of the southern border, and that is for example, the creation of political space for countries have a real debate at home and then potentially change some of the laws, the drug laws in latin america are particularly draconian. so the first example evidently is uruguay. as you know, uruguay became the first country to legalize cannabis from production

repopulate latin america with germans.ritish, italians, you had everybody. >> yeah. >> i had a great, great, great grandfather come over to paraguay around the 1850s. >> right. >> might have been, myself, a seeker of some kind of utopian dreams. >> originally from france? >> from france, yes. >> what city? do you know? >> my great, great, grandfather was from near bourdeax. so i'm curious about this settlement. >> the paraguay river still as it was 150 years ago the country's main artery. a thoroughfare for transporting people and goods. >> who lives out there? >> of all the people we see fishing on the river banks. >> are they fishing for dinner? >> most of them are fishing for dinner. they decide by themselves to live here. they could go and start working on a construction place tomorrow. >> peter organized a trip up river to see new bourdeaux. what was hoped would be a new france. >> the fish today 14 kilo that's half a month's salary and you get with a bit of good luck in one night. >> right. >> outside of the cities p

we started this with africa and latin america. gone tod me china had the asset management company of isc and said we would like to do more investment in mexico. rather than bilaterally, maybe we could do it with the mexicans through isc so it has a different shape. that is a creative use of multilateral institutions. it does not require a new one. the management company is interesting. it is the first subsidiary of a multinational that has ever been created. no one paid attention to it, but it is working well. we are looking toward evolutionary models in a provide a way -- pragmatic way. >> in the back. >> thank you. i want to get to something not directly addressed in the report that that we have touched on a little bit. cnn. with as far as common security threats, he talked about the threat posed by foreign fighters going to and returning from syria. aboutestimated there are 100 foreign fighters from the united states in the region, about the same from canada. what can be done between north american allies to keep people from go

up next, we look at the latin america report with the election in brazil just a few days away.d the scenes of the push for the presidency. ♪ >> welcome back. it's time for today's latin america report. brazil's elections are just a couple of days away. the two candidates are campaigning all over latin america's largest country at a frantic pace. that is also true with the biggest city where willem marx has been examining what it takes to compete in brazil's presidential politics. >> the largest city. -- jose has worked at six banks. it's been six months since he last had a job. he is campaigning for a new brazilian president. years, thanks need to change. -- things need to change. the workers party dominated congress and is led by dilma rousseff. she has been ahead in most national polls. during the first round of voting, aecio neves beat her comfortably in sao paulo. he knows how important sao paulo is. people from sao paulo are satisfied about that. is no name recognition guarantee that a candidate's message will travel successfully to the far reaches of the amazon rain fores

sha, la, la, la, la, la, la, la ♪ >>> for most people, paraguay is an empty space on a map of latin americamillion, where a vast percentage of the land is steaming hot jungle or a huge scrub desert known simply as the chaco. only a few large cities offer a respite from the oppressive heat. ♪ [ singing in foreign language ] >> 1,000 miles upriver from the atlantic ocean sits paraguay's remote capital city. known largely for being a post-war refuge for fleeing nazis and a long line of extremely unpleasant dictators, this place of all the places in the world is where my great, great, great-grandfather disappeared without explanation sometime in the 1850s. i'm told you are a man who can help me. how do you do? >> you are for the first time in the country? >> first time in paraguay, yes. >> ledo bar in asunsion has always been like the central switch board, a gathering place. ladies in orange vests cook and serve old-school, working class food to people from all walks of life. >> this place is very unique. it's been here for more than 50 years. >> all right. let's get something to eat. i'm hungr

latin america report. ♪ >> it is time for today's latin america or -- more on brazil's election resultsdent will be facing a pro-business candidate in the october 26 runoff will stop -- runoff. he surged in the final week from number three. surprise second-place showing for him. what happened to the other --llenger bastion mark >> other challenger? x during the last week or two, we saw those numbers dropped dramatically. that may be due in large part to television attack ads from the incumbent president who realized she was the main challenger early october or late september. there were at talking about her being in collusion with the bank and the fact they would be giving authority to the central bank would mean ordinary brazilians losing food from the table. attacke quite critical ads and that seems to make a big difference for her showing. >> how have investors been reacting to those results? >> today has been a great way for the market. the stock index opened up over 8% higher and state-owned companies are searching more than 15%. todayrrency is rallying and it's set to be the best

but that we have forgotten the importance of the relationship the united states of america to latin america. present cheered and his efforts under the alliance for progress -- it was president kennedy's vision that we would form an alliance with all of the americas in the western hemisphere. and yet somehow time after time, president after president, republican and democrat, somehow we have failed to do. so much of the discord and poison that we see around immigration reform, in my view, reflects the failed policy by the united states of america with respect to our neighbors to the south. and we need to re-examine that as we move forward with immigration reform. to those, lease in my view, central elements that contribute to the impasse that we see today. so now as a look at it, because i know elections are approaching, i know that there will be a time between this november and the end of the obama administration where there may be additional action that will be taken, i know this issue will be debated and universities across the country like here at fordham, and in many states, texas, ariz

to let you know, this is the first crop of medical cannabis authorized in latin america, that's to sayday we're making history. >> reporter: some doctors warn against using cannabis as a medicine. the world health organization says it impairs learning ability and can worsen schizophrenia, but accepts it can have positive therapeutic effects. if this project is successful, it could be widened, and other nations will no doubt be watching its progress closely. ben bland, bbc news. >>> the u.s. state of louisiana is slowly disappearing into the gulf of mexico. its fragile wetlands are being eroded by rising sea levels. the way of life for some communities which live on a remote network of islands in the south louisiana bayous is under threat. bbc pop-up spent time with two families there. >> out here was mostly land. originally there was a little bayou that ran through here. it's not here anymore. and if you look behind us here, these are the pipelines that they dug. that's a lot of when the erosion started coming a lot. >> this island right here, so much of it's gone because of coastal er

foreign policy in latin america affects the hispanic vote in the midterm elections. enter for from the strategic and international studies, looks at issues including immigration, cuba, and trade with mexico and central america. it is just over an hour. >> welcome. i think were going to get started. good morning, everybody. and welcome to csis. i'm glad you could join us. i'm the director of the americas program. i want to welcome you to what i think is probably one of the most interesting events we are going to be having this fall. today, we will be talking about latin america in the context of the u.s. midterm elections. i imagine that some of you are not entirely sure why this region is relevant to the midterms. you assume that the majority of this event will be about immigration reform. sure, some of it will be. we will be talking about it today for sure. what we are hoping to impart is a different message. not that immigration is the only issue that makes latin america relevant to u.s. elections, that it is one of many. issuesre a series of that are relevant both

committed to 2017 at the latest in russia and in latin america.st to do that sooner if we can. >> is that a promise that you will deliver? >> no. it is the expression of our competitive spirit. >> what is the forecast for europe? how do you see the market evolving? >> we can see the trend is around 2% or 3% improvement. we like to see growth. it does not have to be very big growth. we would like to steve -- see steady growth, something that is stable to create tailwind for the company. we still have significant work to be done to implement our plans. having this small tailwind will help. we are the second most competitive group in europe. we are now growing fast and strong in china. this year, we are going to deliver north of 700,000 sales compared to 550,000 must year. we expect to continue to the rede this and fix ink issues we have in russia and latin america. you're will you return to precrisis levels in europe? >> we are still far as a market. to be at precrisis levels. we expect in three or four years that that may happen. what is most impor

. ♪ >> it is time for today's latin america report. dilma rousseff wins a second term.he closest run off the country since 1995. her pullrs that helped this election off, what were they? >> she had a fantastic campaign strategist. but she used the talking points against her opponent very effectively. they went after him, saying he away from money ordinary, hard-working brazilians. when she targeted those ads, she thought very carefully about most.ey would in facmpact her opponent to win. he is a very western style of thinking. ing?has markets been react >> very negatively. the worst day since 2011. state-run companies are falling. we have had some rebound as the ex porters are benefiting from the currency drop them of the lowest since 2005. initial market reaction, if they -- as expected, they are not happy. >> throughout her campaign she has talked about change. she really emphasized that she was going to make sweeping fiscal reform. one of the main sticks she has politicalith his corruption, she said she will work through that and be the best residency can be -- presi

we are not competing with them in china, latin america or other places.e where we are right now in new york equal in terms of financing. we have enough financing to offer -- we offer something people are happy about and gives for people to use us in new york. >> are you going to continue with next year? >> we will consider that. we will see. >> we like to see consolidation here. is that something we're likely to see? >> i don't know. there are 250 public telecom companies. in transport, only three. i don't know. it's big enough for all three to be super big. >> are you going to need to raise more money to compete? rates and with the the growth we have, we want to --tinue to the growth >> it is time for today's latin america report. brazilian stocks rallied after president -- the president's reelection. strengthening from a nine-year low. assets plunged yesterday on concern that the president of currency lost the 12% in the three months. a group of italian investors seeking payment of their default bonds lost a bid to collect a portion of $539 million. a j

for building schools, and the same thing applied in colombia for that matter and he can apply in latin americain central america said that young people do not get involved with the drug cartels so they don't have a steady improvement as they do now because of the fact there was nowhere, no education, all of the things lacking in their respective countries. i think along with the trade and commerce, you have to incorporate some assisted for social change in the communities in order to lessen the threat of the cartels. >> and it doesn't have to be government money. we can get private investment to go to latin america with a lot of countries. a lot of businesses want to open up new markets for their business in latin america and we can help create those markets. >> time for one last question. >> but i vertebroplasty minutes it seems this is the diversity of the foreign-born population in the united states to the inaccuracy of these overblown by the reports of communities and to the importance and complexity of the economic relationship between the united states and mexico. so i wonder for all the

before the war, they put a lot of emphasis on asia but during the war, oni put effort into latin americaere was a great deal of concern that there might be a secret german submarine base in mexico or central america. it would allow german submarines to wreak havoc on ship transports going to europe. or maybe concerned the german radio stations are in mexico or latin america. oni began hiring anthropologists as agents to conduct anthropological reconnaissance. as you might imagine, the navy was not particularly interested in mayan ruins but they were really interested in german submarines. there was a wonderful book written about sylvanus morley. ultimately there was not a german submarine base, and the work they did was pretty irrelevant but pretty interesting. i also think he looks like a whole lot of young indiana jones. [laughter] the work of morley and others like him for the navy in mexico and central america -- the debate that really continues as reverberated to this day. when the war was over, one of morley's colleagues who is now generally recognized as one of the founding father

they were born and bred entrepreneurs and in in latin america they hope to find business opportunities that they might pursue after college and then they established this on the east coast of nicaragua. so the bench only lasted a couple of years but it was the first of many that has been making them the tories. so if they got into the drone business after the blue brothers brought her from chevron in 1936. they had a number reasons for thinking uavs might be a good investment. but among the motives was a desire to help this in nicaragua. they overturned one of their former business partners and the blue brothers first attempt at a uav with a kit plane and the idea was that the ally of it, i'm guessing the cia, could pass the plane's nose and use it as a poor man's cruise missile. he also.such a weapon could help in western germany to close the gap. neil wanted to call it the birdie since he said that it was going to be priced cheap cheap cheap. [laughter] and i was surprised to learn aside that into the history that demand that he had used to run this unmanned aircraft operation was a

that is your latin america report this friday. coming up, a look ahead of the earnings to come.th us. ♪ ♪ >> first. bloomberg. >> welcome back. this is "bottom line" on bloomberg television and cheating on your tablet, phone, and bloomberg.com. next week, earnings -- yang yang has a preview. >> apple will be back in the news monday, first with the launch of its apple pay mobile payment system, followed by the kickoff of another big week of earnings releases. the world largest company by market value is expected to report an increase in fiscal fourth-quarter net income and earnings of $1.30 per share according to a bloomberg survey. the iphone maker sold more than 10 million of its new larger models in their debut weekend alone. some of the other companies reporting monday -- ibm, hasbro, and texas instruments. verizon, andald's, coca-cola are among the big names to report earnings tuesday. willtuesday, jamie dimon speak out on his battle with throat cancer. ceo isive jpmorgan chase scheduled to address the personal topic at the urban land institute fall meeting in new york. the

voters there looking forward to a very important election. ♪ >> it is time for today's latin america brazilians will be heading to the polls on sunday to pick up president. we have a preview. last night, the last televised debate. how did the leading candidates fare? >> the big focus was corruption. both of the challengers really went after the incumbent president about corruption during heard ministration. she fired back, saying i have been stronger on corruption than anyone in history. investigators say this is not something people need to worry about. shellout last night says has a very commanding lead by about 40%. 21 for her first challenger, 21 for the other challenger. those are similar numbers to a couple of days earlier. command 50% of the ballot votes on sunday, there will be a runoff later in october. in the runoff, she looks to have a lead of about 48-41%. >> how do the markets respond to this? >> not very well. they do not like her. when the polls show she is up, the markets of gone down very dramatically. in the context of her presidency, we have seen the brazilian curr

it is time for today's latin america report.nd natural has offered as as they seekllion to expand in a new market with its against acquisition in three years. they have agreed to acquire 54% controllingcome the stakeholders. the acquisition will make it chile's largest electricity distributor as well as the country's biggest power transmission line operator. in third in brazil's presidential elections. his opposition candidate has a runoff set for october 26. came from -- nieves behind and beat silva. he needs to capture most of silva's votes to win. that is according to two separate polls published last week. rose," ian"charlie bremmer. he had this to say when asked about the recent cyberattacks. --the conventional is him the conventional wisdom in russia is that the attackers have links to the russian government and the conventional whether the idea russian government is behind it. at >> you can see the entire interview tonight on bloomberg at 7:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. new york time. the state of iowa propelled obama to the whi

next, the latin america report.residential runoff and a focus on campaign contributions and the desperate need for infrastructure improvements. we will continue in just a moment. ♪ today's latinfor america report. this week, more than 100 million resilience will elect a president who will preside over the 2016 olympics. in the state has created a cash bonanza for big construction firms. campaign finance firms allow those companies to fund the campaigns of politicians who will award them the most lucrative contracts. >> winning the bid for the 2016 olympics -- that is something all brazilian's celebrate. but winning the construction bid to build the infrastructure is proving profitable for just a small number of resilient construction companies. from a verying complicated phase. >> mario lopez is the man was fossil for enormous u.s. village. less a lot of pressure. >> our company is in a lot of pressure. >> that company is latin america's to get builder and has partnered with a local developer to finance these severa

. ♪ >> it is time for today's latin america report.l's inflation last month accelerated faster than forecast, pushing annual inflation to the fastest in three years. the report comes less than three weeks before presidential elections. the challenger says the president has mismanaged the country and is promising to bring everything into place in two years. that is your latin america report for this wednesday. breaking news from carl icahn -- he sent out a tweet saying he will send an open letter to cook , apple ceo tim cook. apple shares are rising. trish regan is trying to get carl icahn on the phone. as wel get to her as soon can. stay with us. "bottom line" continues in just a moment. ♪ >> the sure to catch bloomberg coverage of the vanity fair summit today and tomorrow. emily chang and stephanie ruhle will be live on site at vanity fair with a great lineup of guests, including shane smith, ceo and cofounder of vice media, and the former ceo of viacom. 3:30 newrview is that york time right here on bloomberg television. american bank

business makers and they hoped to find business opportunities they might pursue after college in latin america. as al result of the trip, after graduating from jail, they established a banana plantation on the east coast of nicaragu. it only lasted a couple years but it was the first of many that by the 1980s had made them uncommonally wealthy. as the name suggests, general atomics started as a nuclear energy company and it still is. but the blue's brothers brought it from chevron in 1986 and switched over to drones then. among the motives were a desire to help the rebles overthrow the people who had overthrown there blue brother's former business partners. their first attempt was a modified aluminum plane they tried to guess with a gps guided pilot. their idea was the contrast or an ally could pack the plane's nose with missiles and use it against the enemy. he thought they could deter the soviet invasion in western germany as well. he wanted to call it the birdie because it was going to be priced cheap cheap cheap. but i was surprised and not amused to learn as i dug in the history that the

we see strength and latin america and asia.ence is pretty high. >> your stocks at a record high. >> thanks to the power of being on bloomberg. >> obviously. >> the consumer is healthy. i don't think they are afraid of losing their jobs. they are heading into the christmas season with a better attitude. consumer confidence is high. i think all things are good. consumer saying today that is different from two ago?ree years >> you've seen a return of 401(k) balances, i don't think people have a fear of losing jobs. that gives them confidence. clearly the fed feels that way. we've talked about it being a , a gradualcovery recovery as opposed to revolutionary change and that is what we've seen. >> i love skiing. >> he loves fishing. >> we can get to that in a moment. , in many cases, it starts on thanksgiving. what is the outlook for ski season? you have got a great portfolio but fewer and fewer americans are skiing. >> why? what are we doing? snowboarding? , a publicly traded company, they say that fewer and fewer americans are ski

inside the helicopter two members of a notorious crime family from latin america. the brothers luis and miguel are accused of being leaders of the lost bios gang. the government describes them as a top drug cartel, controlling a significant part of the cocaine trade in honduras. >> this is a special forces operation, with the collaboration that captured the brothers. >> reporter: honduras is a smuggling point between north and south mebbiamerica. drugs from columbia pass through honduras to reach bias in the united states. police say it's likely smuggled which the loss bias gang. deena, a sister of those arrested, was arrested in the u.s. in july. the brothers were wanted by the u.s. and likely will be extradited. >> the arrests comply with arrests by the honduran government. >> most of the 7,000 murders that took place in 2013 have been connected to the coke trade. that is an average of 20 murders a day. honduras has the highest murder rate in the world. the arrest has been described as a blow to cartel operations in honduras. 80% of all cocaine in latin america i

our latin america editor reports from the capitol brasilia. she is calling on brazilians to unite. >> i would like oh greet and thank all brazilians with no exceptions i urge you to unite for the future of our future and our people. i do not feel that these elections have divided the country into two halfs. the elections mobilize ideas and emotions that have at times been contradictory, but they have been driven by a shared feeling, the search for a better future for our country. >> let's go live to rousseffs hometown. she may have won but how is it being received in brazil? >> reporter: that's absolutely right, the day after this historic and most unpredictable election in brazil history. they're going to be talking about this for decades to come. at no other time was there an election this close. i can tell you that rousseff supporters have a relief that she'll get another four years, and 29% did not vote or voted for nobody, so she has got lots of challenges ahead. now tell me first of all what is their biggest challenge after this? >> she

our latin america editor lucia newman is there in la paz. >> this must be the only country in the world where transportation and public transportation are forbid oden n election day. that means that people have to walk to their polling stations. entire families even the dog are here. now there are five presidential candidates, but very little mystery about the likely outcome. president evo morales mix of pragmatic mainstream economics have won him wide support. even the business sector that fought to have him ousted in 2009,ing knowledge. >> being part of the international election observer team told me that the system is not perfect but that there are no signs of significant irregularities that could alter the outcome. he also said that the high participation in politics of the indigenous majority in this country including women is an inspiration. in fact, starting this election for the very first time, 50% of all the candidates to the senate and to the lower house must be women. and that means that at least in theory, bolivia could be the country with the largest participation of wome

latin america has become unstable. the sales are hideous. china because of a weakness in europe and decision to crack down on consumerism, not great if you are selling expense chb. all this makes people feel that even ford's 3.5% yield can't protect you from a big capital loss. the only bond market equivalence working are those with dividends have little chance of being adjusted down. utilities even though they don't have much growth. a market that thirsts for growth suddenly craves safety. who needs to be a hero? who needs to find the next bill oil stock? gives you a safe dividend. the rally shows when we get oversold buyers come back. they buy growth tech and drugs. bet that rates have gone higher and commodity prices going higher throw in the towel because they are wrong and cover the humongous s&p 500 shorts. that is what happened today. that is the reason for the rally. cap capitulation by bears. betting there would be more like the ford motor guy. the bulls have to hope the rally came because we discounted the negatives are big decline

that is your latin america report for this friday., about 50,000 runners for more than 175 countries are expected to participate in the new york city marathon. runners will be women. for more on the growth of the running industry, molly o'keefe joins me here in studio. welcome to bottom line. thanks for your time. why so many women? look back even 15 years ago, a lot of charity drove women into the sport. nowadays, social media to women wanting to encourage friends, family getting involved. we see that social media is really driving a lot of they -- >> would this growth have happened without social media? >> i think so. you are able to track it more. running is such a community sports anyway. women turn to it a little bit more. they are really into the half marathons right now. they're finishing really strong with marathons and outnumbering men in a lot of areas. ofhow is the retail side running changed? >> a lot of the larger big-box out areas forving women so they can have a special experience. a lot of us are moms and shopping for

time for today's latin america report. 6.3% to $2 billion. pepsi is among beverage makers struggling to keep consumers from abandoning soft drinks because of high calories and health risks. a kohler uses in natural sweetener to cut the calories by more than a third. it will be sold exclusively on amazon.com winner this month and has $60 per can. in 2015.gin that is your latin america report for this thursday. coming up, the cofounder and ceo of 23 and me. we continue in just a moment. ♪ >> be sure to check out the latest addition of bloomberg is this week. you can read it on the go with our new business we cap. tonight on our new bloomberg politics broadcast, with all due the.ct, tonight's guest is go -- arizona republican senator john mccain. that is tonight at 5:00 and 8:00 p.m. new york time. check out the new bloomberg politics for articles and videos every day. withemember, taking stock pimm fox is now at 5:30 p.m. new -- new york time. the tel aviv stock exchange has there was annce upgrade back in 2010. the move sparked an outflow of f

>> if it spreads to nigeria and indian and latin america, that's the nightmare scenario, what people are worried about. >> gerri? gerri: yes. >> scott is right about that, and i pray he is wrong. even 50 cases i think would cause a real panic, and i think this is a financial show and an economics show. health implications but what ic that would mean for shutting down our economy in a lot of ways, people wouldn't fly, they wouldn't get on airplanes. gerri: they wouldn't go to the grocery store, are you kidding me? people would shut down entirely. >> so fortunate control the epidemic in africa and snuff this out. we're not getting control of it. that's the problem. gerri: i have to get back to the issue of the borders. republicans and even democrats say you have to shut down flights from west africa where passengers end up coming to the country, do you agree? >> i'm sympathetic to you because there is no drugs, no vaccine and having said that, if you do close the borders, close the flights coming in from the countries, you're not reducing the risk to zero. someone can fly to france and

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latin america, the middle east. they are looking for content ferreri -- they are looking for contemporary art. collectors would like to go to certain places where they have the chance to see a lot in a short time. this is important. it is important to be there, to be present to show your art, and to get the chance to meet the collectors and curators, museum directors. >> speaking of -- we spoke to joseph. he told us how he buys art, falls in love with the pieces he invests in and how he is wary of trends. >> collecting is accumulating. people look at the california art scene a lot. it is trendy. it does not mean that it is not interesting. as you focus on a scene, you forget something that can be interesting and what i do is i try -- >> the recession has not affected the art market as bad as it has done, but can you buy according to taste or do you see collectors being strategic? >> you have every kind of collector in today's artworld. it is a diverse market. collectors want masterpieces. some have a museum in mind.

eradicated and it made those efforts -- those efforts made panama city the healthiest city in latin america you could say. the largest group of workers came from the west indies, about perhaps 25,000 to 35,000. the second largest group was comprised of spanish workers. and they were almost 12,000. well, the workers, when they got to panama, they, it was not exactly how they were told. first, they were housed. they lived more or less ok, but the flyer that was distributed in galicia, the picture that was shown was the picture of a hotel for american workers. so there was a division -- american workers were on one side and everybody else was on the other. the spanish workers were housed in a barrack-style building with cots. those were the lucky ones. there were others -- they had to sleep in railroad cars. others, they had to sleep in tents. the west indians, they suffer the most because they were basically left to fend off by themselves. and oh, they also kept nationalities apart. spanish on one side, italians on one side. there were 1200 italians, greeks. they try to keep nationalities apa

they tend to think latin america.da moved back and forth from the european bureau to the western hemisphere bureau reflecting different attitudes of security and other topics. what we're saying if you create north american bureau, create an internal advocate. when people talk about negotiating with the european union, someone says, what about our north american lodgic? re we missing this issue? we try to drive it with that point. frankly we had a bit after discussion that also said where should central america fit in this? my own sense central america is key part of our security, you see with children, narcotics and other issues. that is debatable point. if we avoid this pendulum of kind of ignoring some of these regions until fires break out and burning our fingers we need to add central america and north america in more strategic way. i have to say, this is couldly meant to mexico. when i was working with the augustine, the central bankhead, three central bankers in north america are world class, he was finance mini

in mexico and the same thing applied in colombia for that but at the and they can apply in of latin america and central america. so begin people when i get involved with the drug cartel so that i stated recruit message and because of the factors that were, or so education, that there's all of these things lacking in their country. along with the trade and commerce you have to incorporate some assistance for social change in the communities in order to lessen the threat of the cartels. >> and it doesn't have to be government money. we can get private investment to go to let america with a lot of country to want to, a lot of businesses that want to open up new markets for the business in latin america. we can help create those markets. >> time for one last question. >> what i've heard isn't like this panel is particularly sensitive to the diversity of the foreign-born population in the united states to the inaccuracy of these overblown violent reports of border committees. and to the importance and complexity of economic relationship to the united states and mexico. and so i wonder for all of

. >>> and the brazilians are also voting, the senator and former state governor, a latin america editor lucia newman has more. >> even buying or selling a coconut at this busy market is a chance to show allegiance. in brazil's most fiercely fought elections in decades. a former e left wing gur guerila leader. ung like her immensely popular pred says, she's seen as an iron lady, who nonetheless represents the political party who in the fast years, neves who promises business friendly policies. married to a model, now, technically the economy is in recession. brazil's capital away built in 1960, literally in the shape of an airplane. and in the cockpit is the presidential palace you see here. taken off under the prevention government but under the president gilma roussef, has been losing altitude. >> there is a roman god called janus. he has two faces, looks to the future, looks to the past. and the middle class, look to the future and they're not sure juma will give them the extra mile they want. >> roussef's strongesting support is from the middle class, that's not case for much of the

so our concern is if the disease appears in latin america or in the caribbean, places like haiti, or her island in the caribbean -- gerri: what a nightmare. >> then we have a real problem. gerri: what is the state of medical technology in south america generally? >> in some of the developed countries like argentina has has already been on high alert and brazil the technology is fairly good. countries in central america, guatemala, honduras, not that great. gerri: today, cabin cleaners here in the u.s. today walking off the job because they're nervous, they're worried about getting ebola. they say they come into contact with all kind of disgusting things. vomit, blood, as they clean up airline cabins. hard to blame them. >> yes. gerri: what are we going to do? these airlines planes are not clean. >> knows most of us are not away of what goes on in the seats and tray tables that we sit at. we don't realize that these planes are not scoured but maybe once every 60 flights. you're sitting in a bowl of germs. the kicker here is, that for the most part we have fairly good immune systems. we

very much with the same communities i considered myself lucky from getting to know the latin america through the process i was able to seek remedy in u.s. courts with civil actions and spanish courts through civil actions for those abuses that were committed in the civil wars and the times of oppression. so it was, i guess, you know always the story about that i will go back to immigration and i guess every single time off that i had which hasn't been a lot in the last 5 years, but it haeb coming down quite a bit i was able to do volunteer work with the immigrant community in san francisco. and very strong with that and finding people who from different platforms from the catholic church, different nominations and with the mission district been able to work for immigration. for years being an immigrants it's i understand the language and able to catch up with american lawyers. getting involved in a more civic way, understanding the processes and understanding the services for this commission took a while. it is for the first time that i through friends and colleagues that i understan

representative from all over the united states, latin america and canada of various ports will be attending. port commission would like to delegate peter daily the director of maritime to participate in this annual convention in houston texas november 9th-13th and he'll represent the crew committee and will represent at the general meeting and an important time for mr. daily to represent the san francisco bay area and our james herman crew here. we'll be delegating and approving peter daily to attend this conference. >> commissioners, is there, commissioner adams? >> i support peter daily but also i would like to for my fellow commissioners and for the public, saturday, the star frances was in and when we have one of our first crew ships in, it didn't turnout too well and director moyer got very nasty e-mails. the crews terminal was 6 hours leaving and some people missed the bertha call. i find that highly unacceptable. but there were also other issues to have to be worked out. i spent four 4 hours down at the terminal and i talked to the iow which was my union, i talked to the m it -- metr

whirlpool had a huge quarter in latin america thanks to very strong operating margins and the company also increased its cash flow output. in short, a company that was supposed to screw it up, didn't, and voila, the stock rallied six points. 6.77%. or how about buffalo wild wings? yeah, b.w. this is a total battleground stock. bulls like to think of it as a national expansion with a likable simple formula that works all over the country, and leave it to sports and beer, two great american pastimes. the bears like to think of it as a play on wings. wing prices have skyrocketed this quarter, which caused many to expect the company to report a dramatic shortfall. whoops. buffalo wild wings announced a terrific guide-out, not guide-down, coupled with a 3% menu increase. wow, demand must be pretty good. there goes the bear case. a bumper chicken crop in 2015, which should indicate crater increase t. no wonder a 13% gain. might have more on "squawk on the street." you never heard a good word about china these days, do you? there's a perception that the people's republic is slowing down than