five churches vandalized in recent days security for the papal visit was ramped up as a result a latin america editor listen human has been following the visit from santiago. pope francis is finally here in chile and he's making his way right now to some travels main far affair with these people are waiting to see him pass in the popemobile but the reception is not exactly what the catholic church here would have hoped for there are people here of course as you can see but not nearly as many as one would have expected and certainly a lot less than in the other latin american countries that pope francis has visited this is likely to be the most challenging in latin america his home region because of widespread disillusionment with the church and its origin tiny leader this used to be one of the most painful countries in the world now less than fifty percent of chileans call themselves catholic and one of the reasons is the number of children

big election year for latin america.nes will be the most crucial that we need to keep an eye on? susan: two out of three latin americans will choose a new president or parliamentarian members during the course of the year. 50% of latin america's population are in brazil and mexico. i would say those elections are pretty important. tendency to is a reduce it appeared north of the border, to say they all go left, they all go right. are they all individual? susan: they are all individual and i also think that they are all about oil left or right. there are three or four very important issues that latin americans care about. andt of all, growth socially inclusive growth continues to be a theme. when you think about the recession that brazil had, mexico with only 2% growth, generally latin america with 2% growth. so growth with inclusive growth remains important. the second thing, it is really on the mind of latin american, corruption and impunity. i think latin americans are tired of corruption and they are tired of impunity

questions were raised about china's relationship with latin america.ring in the editor of the economic team in washington. this was from the undersecretary of international affairs. he was calling them out. the idb is hosting its annual meeting next year in beijing and he was asking why you guys are holding it there. this is a regional bank of the americas and we are the biggest shareholder. maybe that's not appropriate and he called them out for some meetings they have been holding with china in the region to heighten business ties. he is calling them out on that and saying we want a stake in this, too. david: any developments? what is the response likely to say? >> they have not responded yet. they hope to draft a response and send it to the treasury soon. the meeting in beijing next year, the u.s. agreed to it so they say some of the points that treasury made might not be valid. idb will try to improve ties with the united states and soft and this controversy little bit because they do want good relations with united states. is china'sextensive infl

pope francis has wrapped up his two of latin america and being the most contentious and violent tripof his of his papa see the pope's comments that sex abuse victims in chile slandered a bishop have cast a shadow over the trip there's been widespread outcry over the vatican's and actions over similar scandals in peru but pope francis tried to move beyond the controversy on the last day of his visit. everywhere francisco's people cheer and asked for his blessings some even asked the pope to perform their wedding. but this time despite the usual jubilation pope francis six two and that's in america has attracted unprecedented anger. at least a dozen churches in chile have been burned to the ground in protest of the papal visit scuffles also broke out between police and protesters as to pope sat must nearby. these demonstrators in chile were protesting the church's handling of a clerical sex abuse scandal they accused the pope himself of being an accomplice to these crimes although francis apologized to the victims he provoked outrage when he called their allegation against a bishop gro

chinese about this i mean welcome to invest in latin america if you want to welcome to increase our trading patterns but. let's move to areas of innovation to provide value added. one of those areas is renewable energy especially solar latin american leaders want china to become a partner in technology and science not just an importer of raw materials. of gold they believe will make economic development in latin america less reliant on good luck to improve the region's fortunes you see in human i'm just. chilling. because i must go on our website address at the bottom of your screens out to sarah . to go and take a look. there without is there are these are our top stories in the u.s. government shutdown will continue on monday after a senate vote on the government spending bill was delayed by several hours money for federal agencies was cut off when the bill failed to pass on saturday. has more from washington d.c. . the shutdown of the u.s. government will stretch into a third day this is after the faint glimmer of hope to achieve an overnight compromise was dashed when senate dem

foreign ministers from latin america and china a meeting in chile for a two day summit that will focus on trade the leaders of the thirty three member latin american and caribbean community want to make sure relations with china go beyond its appetite for commodities you see in human reports. chilean cherries juicy sweet and above all red intensely red in china it's believed the color brings good luck especially when marking the chinese new year next month hence the insatiable demand it's a tradition that's bringing good fortune here to. this is the largest production in history exports to china have allowed food producers to grow substantially all the way from central to southern chile. this is the very last shipment of chilean cherries which will soon be going to the port of san antonio to board a ship with a thousand containers of cherries all going to china more than ninety percent of this country's cherries are exported to that country for a very simple reason no one pays more than the chinese. and china's appetite isn't limited to cherries other fruits meat angriness that it can

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visit to china a the first stop of his latin america papal tour lucien human latin america correspondent she joins us in santiago chile. the pope's message we heard a message of forgiveness today during mass in santiago how was that received by the people there. i'm speaking to you now from they have told me where the masses first mile spiritually has just ended up people applauded when they heard what the pope had to say he actually made this speech over earlier we could hear it go from here at the presidential palace it was actually the first thing he said after arriving in this country where the issue of sex abuse by the church has really been taking center stage he of many people say the base that yes the church has to be forgiven but the book has to go. apologies for that we have lost our connection to lucien newman who was speaking to us there from santiago in chile where pope francis has arrived the first stop of his latin america tour the pope as lucy it was saying. the poor asked for forgiveness for the catholic abuse scandal as he arrived in santiago but the pro quo was greeted

good for the land i've heard more than eighty five percent of the globally threatened birds in latin america have been impacted by large scale logging and cultural operations what was

pope francis is wrapping up his tour of latin america with a mass in the peruvian capital lima the pope addressing some one million peruvians at a military air base asked them to look into their hearts for genuine happiness and love the pontiff trip to latin america has been the most contentious of his papacy after he defended a bishop who faces sexual abuse allegations in two lay. there has also been widespread outcry over the vatican's in action over similar scandals and pope francis tried to move beyond the controversy on the last day of his visit. samoan people gathered here in peru to bid farewell to the pontiff. at his final mess francis once again voiced his support for the poor and weak. a society that doesn't accept those who suffer and is not capable of sharing and easing their suffering through compassion is a cruel and inhumane society is. the royal. francis words coming after a challenging and contentious visit his sixth two inlets in america triggered unprecedented anger. at least a dozen churches in chile have been burned to the ground in protest of the papal visit scuffl

economic commission for latin america and the caribbean in american countries talking to the about i mean welcome to america if you want. to increase our trading patterns but let's move to areas of innovation. one of those areas is renewable energy especially solar latin american leaders want china to become a partner in technology and science not just an importer of raw materials. of gold they believe will make economic development in latin america less reliant on good luck to improve the region's fortunes. you see in human loss leaders chile. they all spilled from the sunken iranian tanker in the east china sea has tripled in size has expanded to three hundred thirty two square kilometers in one week scientists have warned of a math of environmental catastrophe iranian tanker was carrying a million barrels of oil when it collided with another ship earlier this month the vessel burned for eight days before it sank three bodies of the ships mainly iranian crude have been recovered. to china and the country invests more each year and went hydro and solar power than any other well as t

pope francis is wrapping up his tour of latin america where the mass in the peruvian capital lima the pope addressing some one million peruvians at a military air base asked them to look into their hearts for genuine happiness and love the pontiff trip to latin america has been the most contentious of his papacy after he defended a bishop who faces sexual abuse allegations in two l.a. . there has also been widespread outcry over the vatican's an accident over similar scandals and pope francis tried to move beyond the controversy on the last day of his visit. everywhere francisco's people cheer and asked for his blessings some even the pope to perform their wedding. but this time despite the usual jubilation pope francis six two and that's in america has attracted unprecedented anger. at least a dozen churches in chile have been burned to the ground in protest of the papal visit scuffles also broke out between police and protesters as to pope's i must nearby. these demonstrators in chile were protesting the church's handling of a clerical sex abuse scandal they accused the pope himself

economic commission for latin america and the caribbean and latin american countries have been talking to the chinese about this i mean welcome to invest in latin america if you want to welcome to increase our trading patterns but let's move to areas of innovation to provide value added. one of those areas is renewable energy especially solar latin american leaders want china to become a partner in technology and science not just an importer of raw materials. of gold they believe will make economic development in latin america less reliant on good luck to improve the region's fortunes you see in human i'll just see the most lidia's chile. still ahead in al-jazeera germany's social democrats vote for talks about forming a coalition with anglo-american but their leader faces criticism plus. i'm rob mcbride and avoid problems with the solar panels that are helping china float to the top of the green and it's only found in sports says your garcia gets his golf season off to a winning sargeant singapore dittos come up with peter. from the waves of the sales. to the contours of the east. hel

of this pope to repair some of the relations and some of the damage done to its public image in latin america so in a way this spoke is the first one to be said to live since john paul the second visited for it in one hundred eighty seven essentially offering what were seen then correctly in my in my in my assumption as support for the region even given the knowledge of the mound or for some knowledge of the amount of human rights violations so the vatican was seen by the latin american left by a large and she listened particular as a very close ally of very unsavory political figures i think that deceased the one first trip into one of these areas which actually tries to mend that so so that is the the background to the church is the catholic church is status within chile and a poem that is this is that is the problem of sexual abuse and a bishop who was appointed by the pope who may have shielded an abuser absolutely so on top of this which is sort of a story called the start of the story grievances in relation to the vatican and now we have also over the last ten years or so in latin ameri

>> we've had ten years of growth in the u.s spain has been growing for four, five years latin america is a bit behind. yes, there's a chance that as we get out of qe, there will be turbulence that's something difficult to predict. in our case we expect our ten markets to grow again this year. is it possible one will not grow i think that's hard. if you look 12 months ahead, we're end of january, that's more for 2019 we're encouraged by what we see in the underlying economy. our customers want more loans. consumers have more confidence market turbulence could happen, yes. that's a risk for this year. for us it looks like a pretty good year. >> i think the key word there was confidence clearly she's confident about growth coming through 2018 the bank is well on track to hit many of its 2018 targets at this point, difficult to know what may be around the corner that could prevent that from happening given that both latin america and the european markets, that san tanner operate in are showing improved momentum back to you guys >> geoff, thank you very much. we're joined by neil bates i w

they're thinking about international issues and specifically latin america. do to try to build prosperity and economic growth in latin america? their lead witness is this guy, james k. glassman, this silver-haired, washington wise man who's a former top ranking u.s. diplomat. he founded a think tank. he has this incredible resume. he published in, "the new republic" and, "the atlantic" in the old days, so really incredible guy. he comes in and has these very specific points to make about latin america. he says argentina is mistreating its bondholders and it needs to change. he says now puerto rico is threatening to do the same thing to investors in this public utility that it had. and by the way, there's also this tax dispute with this bank in puerto rico, and the government is wrong there. they need to fix that. oh, and isn't that what happened to the general motors bond owners? carol: but very specific. reporter: yes. and at the same time he is speaking -- and this doesn't come up at the hearing -- he is working for this company that is essentially a kind o

latin america's high skyscrapers can be found here international trading houses banks and hotels. panama city at the pacific end of the canal is the seat of government as speculators paradise money laundering center and a destination for migrants it's a cosmopolitan city undergoing rapid growth the capital is home to one and a half million panamanians that's more than a third of the country's entire population that number swells every day with the influx of commuters the public transport system is largely serviced by buses these are often wildly painted vehicles are known as the able author office red devils hat and metro opened in panama city in april two thousand and fourteen the city's very proud of it its central america's only underground railway. is sixteen kilometers long and traverses the city's south to know a second line is under construction and a third one is in planning. act. the operator of the state run metro says two hundred fifty thousand passengers use line one every day there are nineteen trains with three carriages each on the line they were built in spain they

but still ahead on the bulletin put francis condemns while it's against women and latin america. and why these bicycle graveyards have got china's moving bike sharing industry in trouble. welcome back we'll stop by look at the weather across southeastern parts of asia nothing remarkable here at the moment for a few showers around much as you'd expect the forecast given. some heavy showers across parts of the southern philippines otherwise for bourne are not looking too bad a fair amount of sunshine here for java and we're going to see some heavy showers to consulate's west at times but through them in a pinch the just the usual scattered showers much as you'd expect for bangkok in thailand it should be fine for much of the day and fair amount of dry weather across cambodia now as you head down into wards straight here you can see all this shower activity across north an heiress are seeing some significant rainfall here southeastern are still looking pretty hot wagga wagga has seen some very impressive temperatures of us twenty four hours temperatures in excess of forty degrees pe

latin america political calendar hot as nine countries hold elections and for constitutional referendumswe will assess the impact on the region's economic recovery. tepid u.s. growth for last quarter adding to pressure on the greenback to resume is march. where will be right take the u.s. dollar next? four years after going private, dell considering going public again. new details. first, halfway into the u.s. trading session, the friday one. we are seeing records. abigail doolittle is here with more. >> major averages trading higher and record high for the dow and s&p 500, not yet for the nasdaq but the three major averages on pace for weekly gains, the fourth of week in a row. nasdaq is leading despite the fact it has not put in a record high, much to do with the chip space. up 2.2% after its worst two days of the year, helped today by intel, up 9%, the highest level since 2008. they beat fourth-quarter estimates. optimistic for the current quarter, especially there could be released around the design flaw is not weighing on the outlook to -- outlook. 3.8%, helped by the intel forecast

pope francis has condemned the killing of women which he says has turned latin america into the world's most violent place of females the leader of the catholic church also spoke out against drug violence during mass in the northern city of trujillo. those are your headlines are back with more news here on al-jazeera after counting the cost. every. hello i'm sam is a than this is counting the cost on al-jazeera your weekly look at the world of business and economics this week wall street's happy but is the us recovery all down to trump a nomics what does it mean for the rest of the world. also this week official figures show the first acceleration in china's growth since two thousand and ten. plus how companies hit with a huge negative brand publicist he can win back consumers trust. now and donald trump officially became the u.s. president a year ago he promised economic protection will lead to great prosperity and strength he also vowed to change course on a number of international policies and agreements that prompted warnings he might boost the u.s. economy in the short term but tri

latin america because your eyes have to fill a void that needed to be filled. unbelievable it sounds like an agreement between criminal busts just like trading in stolen goods that have been taken by the place if anyone ever comes to ask the question is for throw their hands up in the air and say i don't know i was just nominee director we're doing a investigation into. ukraine could you have a bribes you've been corrupt i'll be corrupt i did just the president say al-jazeera investigation was the only go at this time when the news breaks it was an announcement if you were expecting to hear by announce my resignation as prime minister from the lebanese government and the story builds i can't stop thinking about the bullets my life when people need to behead a mass exodus hundreds of thousands of rolled in just have fled ethnic cleansing imeem are for bangladesh al jazeera has teams on the ground to bring you more award winning documentaries and live news on air and online. this is al-jazeera. and i'm jane dutton this is the news live from doha coming up in the

nonprofit that is making life-changing differences in the health of the poorest people in peru and latin americainvited to visit peru with vida usa to see how it works. vida usa ships surplus medical equipment, supplies, and medicine to peru and more than a dozen other latin american countries. this helps provide free clinics to people who might otherwise never see a doctor. this searing poverty is in a country that is better known for its stunning beauty. let me take you on a tour. [ chimes clinking ] just hearing the name of the country peru makes many people think of its rich history, and it's the location of one of the seven wonders of the world. this is what people think of when they think of peru, the beautiful machu picchu area, and it is absolutely spectacular to be here in person. tourists can see traditional methods of cleaning and dyeing wool from llamas or alpacas out in the country. [ flute playing ] they can enjoy authentic peruvian music, or in the big city of lima, capital of peru, visitors can see museums with incredible artifacts. [ marching music playing ] or they can try and

economic commission for latin america and the caribbean and latin american countries have been talking to the chinese about this i mean welcome to invest in latin america if you want to welcome to increase our trading patterns but let's move to areas of innovation and to provide value added. one of those areas is renewable energy especially solar latin american leaders want china to become a partner in technology and science not just an importer of raw materials. of gold they believe will make economic development in latin america less reliant on good luck to improve the region's fortunes you see in human loss lidia's chile. probably more to come in this hour of news. of the. new england patriots and. have the details. business updates. going places to get the. business updates to you by. going places together. and again the oil spill from a sunken iranian tanker in these china sea has tripled in size the slick has expanded to three hundred thirty two square kilometers in just a week scientists have warned of a massive environmental catastrophe the sun she was carrying one million barr

well i think it's going to sway his increasing isolation not just in latin america but right across the world the venezuelan the authorities the president nicolas maduro accuse the spanish. interfering in venezuela is internal affairs of the spanish government has. said they will continue to criticize to comment on what is going on in venezuela that has not unduly interfered in a so it's really a question of interpretation and then we get this. expulsions and as you mentioned the european union has already sanctions have been leading venezuelan officials has given them a charter travel ban of frozen and all this follows from a similar situation a similar conflict with both brazil and canada last month or so they say but this way they're increasingly isolated often criticized by the neighboring the president of neighboring colombia president santos and we've always elections throughout latin america which you see right of center governments moving in in argentina in chile where a venezuela could previously count on friends in the region and daniel airlink presidential elections being cal

latin america a zero has come to fill a void that needed to be filled.there were over forty charges as i recall but primarily it was material support to terrorism the holy land foundation was the biggest muslim charity in the us i definitely said that this was a political trial and that these were political prisoners because we weren't able to see the secret of it and we were unable to tell it in a two part series al-jazeera world examines one of the most controversial court cases of the so-called war on terror the holy land falling at this time on al jazeera world. meet. our jews in iran. where every. un report cites war crimes in yemen and condemns iran saudi arabia and the u.a.e. .

he comes in and has these very specific points to make about latin america.rgentina is mistreating its bondholders and it needs to change. he says now puerto rico is threatening to do the same thing to investors in this public utility that it had. and by the way, there's also this tax dispute with this bank in puerto rico, and the government is wrong there. they need to fix that. oh, and isn't that what happened to the general motors bond owners? all these general topics -- carol: but very specific. reporter: yes. and at the same time he is speaking -- and this doesn't come up at the hearing -- he is working for this company that is essentially a kind of affiliate or front group almost four a public affairs firm that represents people in all four of those cases. carol: this company is called dci. it sounds like somebody we in the media would want to talk to when it comes to latin america because he sounds very informed. why does he have access? just because lawmakers reach out to him? reporter: that's a good question about how that hearing up together. i don'

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that's why we are lagging way behind in latin america because we believed this kind of dictators, thosepopulous. we believed because they say don't worry >> what is the danger there >> they tell you, if you are afraid, don't worry. if you don't have a job, don't worry. or if you lost your job, don't worry, i will get you a job. sit down, have your beer, watch tv and wait for me too perform. i'm going to perform for you >> let me just go back to one thing because since you have been so clear about your feelings of donald trump, a surprising minute ago they said in a way you would like him, you are a populist. in what way are you like him. he might be interested to know what you have in common >> most of my life has been private-sector. learn a lot of things, work hard, my grandfather taught me how to work hard and how to dedicate my life in politics and i gave to politics because i believe in compassion and i believe that you have to do something when things are not running well so i decided to jump into politics and believe me, there are so many experiences making mistakes like he is do

corruption scandals have also tainted argentina's labor unions which are among the strongest in latin america several union leaders have been arrested although some believe it's a ploy by the government to pressure the unions to support its policies traceable reports from neighboring europe quite where the latest arrest took place. this house in the small city of new y e has raised a lot of questions over the years its size and opulence intrigue people like unborn u.t.s. who has been living here for ten years he has just found out that he's leeward is a fugitive argentinian labor union leader when a person in a unit or you know there was something strange because of the amount of money and i believe that maybe it was money laundering but he was good with the community and it was none of our business the owner of the land this matter is still the leader of an important labor union in neighboring argentina he was arrested here last week and he's awaiting extradition to his home country police say he found at least five hundred thousand dollars in cash and weapons the also seized luxury cars lik

these latest tit for tat expulsions really symbolize venezuela's growing isolation not just in latin america but in the whole world they this week expelled the spanish ambassador in caracas accusing him of interfering in venezuela as internal affairs the spanish government has now responded denying that it's doing that but saying it will continue to criticize what it perceives as human rights abuses in venezuela it also comes in the wake of the european union applying sanctions freezing assets and prohibiting travel for seven senior venezuelan officials all of this comes in the aftermath of the constituent assembly the government controlled constituent assembly in venezuela saying it's going to organize elections presidential elections before the end of april the opposition is very much excluded from that it's either splintered its leaders have gone into war position or they're choosing to boycott the elections so despite the huge jump popularity of president nicolas maduro of venezuela it does look he is confident he will win those elections saying he's called them to fight what he says is

really firing up you've got asia firing up your start to get some positive news coming out of latin america as well so what was just a global growth u.s. growth story is becoming much more global and i think that offers some real positive news flow for employments and economic prospects for the next year year and a half or so or you mention latin america those are let's talk we have to talk about immigration don't we how as stance on immigration thus far impacted countries like el salvador honduras each of which rely on eight percent of its g.d.p. coming in from the remittances of undocumented workers in the u.s. that's right there's only see donald trump has there's been a lot of concern about some of the comments that have been attributed to donald trump in recent weeks about immigration and of course you've got these these dreamers this eight hundred thousand people which are the sons and daughters of immigrants that came to the u.s. illegally or they're still being threatened with deportation so that factor is adding to concerns for these these countries in particular as you mention tha

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ah didn't seem as though billions are among the strongest in latin america but their standing has been damaged after several union leaders were arrested for corruption some however believe the arrests are a way for the government to pressure unions to support its policies trees about reports from neighboring europe why. this house in the small city of new y. has raised a lot of questions over the years its size and opulence intrigue people like and on your ts who has been living here for ten years he has just found out that his neighbor is a fugitive argentinian labor union leader. there was something strange because of the amount of money and i believe that maybe it was money laundering but he was good with the community and it was none of our business the owner of the land this matter is still the leader of an important labor union in neighboring argentina he was arrested here last week and is awaiting extradition to his home country police say they found at least five hundred thousand dollars in cash and weapons they also ceased luxury cars like mercedes and ferrari's worth at least

american countries that pope francis has visited this is likely to be the most challenging in latin america his home region because of widespread disillusionment with the church and its origin tiny leader this used to be one of the most. faithful countries in the world now less than fifty percent of chileans call themselves catholic and one of the reasons is the number of children who have been sexually abused by priests and even a nun these catholics came all the way from southern chile they wanted to be here when the pope passed so that he would see how upset they are with him for appointing a bishop to their city who is accused of covering up abuses. we have to do something we have to clean up the church we are angry at the heads of the church who have closed all doors to us indeed the pope's visit to chile has brought survivors of clerical sex abuse from all over the world to pressure the pope to make good on promises of zero tolerance of predators there are priests in this country who are still in ministry eve some have even been. prosecuted and convicted for abuse but then they are pu