around the world latin america asia and the u.s. we are seeing signs of protectionism and economic populism which has has reasons for all of us to fear from the middle east to turkey to argentina. if any one nation should have benefitted from this trade war between the u.s. and china it should have been brazil as a as a brick nation but also nora doesn't exactly have the best of relations with that with president xi to see. well i mean i think we don't really know yet what the relationship is not because obviously the rhetoric during the election campaign was very negative towards china but you know the reality of campaigning and governing her very different and coming to government and president also narrow has to you know take into account that china remains one of brazil's main trading partners and that the export of soft commodities namely soya is dependent on chinese demand and so i think you know the announcement a couple of weeks ago that he will be traveling to china at the end of the year to seek new trade agreements new ne

trade and economic ties between the united states and latin america are changing with china recently surpassing the united states as the main destination for exports from several latin american countries. china is also deepening military and technological ties in the region. for example, we have seen deep and space related cooperation in brazil, venezuela, and argentina. china has increased arms sales in a manner that violates u.s. and eu restrictions. and hinders our ability to integrate with our strategic learners. meanwhile, russia is also working to expand its influence in the region. the putin regime seeks to railroad u.s. influence in the south com area of responsibility and had double down on its efforts to prop a corrupt authoritarian regime in venezuela, cuba, and nicaragua through economic and military assistance. for many years, putin has viewed latin america as a natural link in the chain making up a multipolar world in recent visits by russian missiles any deployment of a long-range bomber to the region highlight russia's efforts to strengthen its global reach in an age o

economy a latin america edited lucianne human reports from the capital santiago. for nearly 3 months 55 year old recite you at a new era has been going out every day looking for a job. she joins the queue of disemployment agency hoping like the rest to secure work as a housemaid a job that used to be easy to find but no longer nothing call all about on me if i don't work i can pay for my rent my bills my food without a salary how can i survive for me it's essential to the director of the agency says the number of chileans looking for work is skyrocketing but you know. last week i was that employment fair before 85 percent of candidates were immigrants now it's 5050 that means that a lot more people are working for this kind of work for the 1st time so we are trying to train and place them with. the sharp rise in unemployment is just one of the direct consequences of the escalating trade dispute between the u.s. and china. the price of copper chillies main export has fallen 17 percent this year the value of the chilean piss or regarded as one of the most stable in

around the world latin america and the u.s. we are seeing signs of protectionism and economic populism which has has reasons for all of us to fear from the middle east to turkey to argentina. if any one nation should have benefited from this trade war between the u.s. and china it should have been brazil as a as a brick nation but also nora doesn't exactly have the best of relations with that with president cheaters. well i mean i think we don't really know yet what the relationship is not because obviously the rhetoric during the election campaign was very negative towards china but you know the reality of campaigning and governing her very different and coming to government and president also narrow has to you know take into account that china remains one of brazil's main trading partners and that the export of soft commodities namely soya is dependent on chinese demand and so i think you know the announcement a couple of weeks ago that he will be traveling to china at the end of the year to seek new trade agreements new nego

with his counterpart also calling on brazil sends in the all me to battle forest fires and across latin america demands a growing one multimission to protect the brain. plus riot police confront purchases in hong kong once again as the date of longs to protect the territories independence from china. i have on the home free you could join me leaders of a deeply divided group of 7 leading industrial countries a meeting in the french resort of barrett's have been arriving in the seaside town where french president emanuel is the host expectations are low for this summit broad disagreements on issues such as global trade climate change are wrong nuclear program a consensus unlikely divisions a so deep that for the 1st time in more than 4 decades there will be no joint statement at the end of the g. 7 summit. and from orange. now biden. is in berets and for the 1st time in 45 years they'll be no communique whatsoever at the end of this summit why is that. the french president hellenized really here is in damage control mode at the g. 7 b. or is he wants this meeting this this important summit to be

brazil sent into the army to battle forest fires in across latin america demands are growing for the action to protect the rain forest. class riot police confront protesters in hong kong once again over the damage among the 2 protected territories independent from china. i'm helena humphrey good to have you with us leaders of a deeply divided group of 7 leading industrial countries all me sitting in the french resort of ferrets have been arriving in the seaside town where french president emanuel is the host expectations although this summit brought disagreements on issues such as global trade climate change and wrongs nuclear program a consensus on likely deficients all so deep that for the 1st time in more than 4 decades there will be no joint statement at the end of the g. 7 summit. and for more i'm joined now by georg matches in berets for the 1st time in 45 years they'll be no communique whatsoever at the end of this summit why is that. well the french president hellenized really here is in damage control mode at the g 7 b. or it's he wants this meeting this this important summi

latin america not doing as well. >> latin america is bad, big loss latin america has been challengingverybody. that's why i say take out the b in brick because everything you do in latin america is a loss. gm, ford, and it just doesn't work i wish they weren't in latin america. i got to ask them what they're doing there. >> do you really have to lose money everywhere can't you lose money in certain -- >> again, i don't -- mr. khosrowshahi will join us. he did say on the conference call there are trade-offs to be made in life i think somewhat deep. and i think we can make the trade-offs where we can scale expenses or get far more efficient in our marketing and incentive spend while improving the bottom line and went on to say, we're confident this company at maturity can be cash flow positive. that's reassuring. >> the big issue is did he do -- is he underpromising and can he overdeliver or is it impossible to deliver i don't know i have my thinking it is upod. this is an interview that we better find out. >> don't be mistaken that's not him walking to our set right now. he's in san fr

it's always there coming up brazil's tended to be on the scene of battle forest fires and across latin america demands are growing the more action to protect the red. cross riot police confront protested in hong kong once again over their demands to protect the territory to independence from china get the latest from our correspondent. i'm headed home free good to have you with us leaders of a deeply divided group of 7 leading industrial countries all meeting in the french resort of berets they've been a writhing in the seaside town where french president ammonia way back or is the host expectations alert for this summit for disagreements on issues such as global trade climate change and iran's nuclear program a consensus unlikely divisions as so deep that for the 1st time in more than 4 decades they'll be no joint statement at the end of the g. 7 song. it's. and for more i'm joined now by georg matches in berets for the 1st time in 45 years they'll be no communique what so as a at the end of this summit why is that. well the french president hellenized really here is in damage control mode at

brazil sends in the army to battle those forest fires and across latin america demands are growing louder for more action to protect the rain forest. plus riots was again confront protesters in hong kong over their demands to protect the territories independence from china we'll get the latest from our correspondent in the territory. i'm nick spicer thanks for joining us leaders of a deeply divided group of leading industrial countries are meeting in the french resort town of its u.s. president donald trump is out of step with the rest efforts to reach consensus looks set to founder over thorny issues including global trade climate change and iran's nuclear program divisions are so deep that for the 1st time in more than 40 years there's to be no joint statement at the end of the g. 7 summit. i'm joined now by d.j. abuse garrick mattis in jerry it's york it's the 1st time in 45 years that there's going to be no communique at this summit why is that. it really is a precaution airy measure the french president and host of the cheese 7 meeting here in b. a is has taken bear in mind that it a

brazil sends in the army to battle forest fires and across latin america demands are growing louder for more action to protect the rain forest. plus dr police again confront protesters in hong kong over their demands to protect the territories independence from china look at the latest from our correspondent if the tears. are thanks for joining us leaders of a deeply divided group of 7 leading industrial countries are meeting in the french resort of its french president emmanuel mccall has been welcoming global leaders in the picture a seaside town but efforts to reach consensus looks set to founder over thorny issues including global trade climate change and iran's nuclear program divisions are so deep that for the 1st time in more than 40 years there is to be no joint communique at the end of this g. 7 summit. meanwhile thousands of people marched in mt g. 7 summit protest some 30 kilometers away from various environmental groups took to the streets with french antigovernment protesters and basque separatists the demonstrators called for more action on a range of issues including clim

a lot of it this is the voice of all of us from all over latin america. we have to do something and unite all of you yes you know it shouldn't just be us simply because this is what is causing so much fear and anger wildfires have been exacerbated by accelerating deforestation experts say there's a direct link between the cleared areas and the focus points of the heat this year some places are believed to have been started by farmers to create new grazing areas after brazil's president pledged to open up more of the rain forest to agriculture if you're going to market a young beautiful commodity a lot of animals died in the fire. of the jungle the forest is burnt. it's complicated i don't even know what to say it's difficult. president jet your pulse not true initially blamed n.g.o.s for starting the fires but with no evidence he nice says he'll send soldiers to help but there's no sign of that yet either this as the rain forest continues to burn and protesters continue to send their distress signals. let's take a look now at some of the other stories mak

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around the world latin america asia and the u.s. we are seeing signs of protectionism and economic populism which has has reasons for all of us to fear from the middle east to turkey to argentina. if any one nation should have benefited from this trade war between the u.s. and china it should have been brazil as a as a brick nation but also nora doesn't exactly have the best of relations with that with president sheen a-z. . well i mean i think we don't really know yet what the relationship is like because obviously the rhetoric during the election campaign was very negative towards china but you know the reality of campaigning and governing her very different and coming to government and president also narrow has to you know take into account that china remains one of brazil's main trading partners and that the export of soft commodities namely soya is dependent on chinese demand and so i think you know the announcement a couple of weeks ago that he will be traveling to china at the end of the year to seek new trade agreements new

it sparked a campaign across latin america and in february, her sentence was an old pending a retrialvidence was produced at showed her baby had died of natural causes. the judge said there was no way to prove the crime and that's why he released jump the crime and that's why he released jump on michael stop he said it was a collocated birth like that of many of the women who are still in prison. women who have been in prison. women who have been in prison ten years for something that isn't a crime. women like this who called an ambulance at ever canvassed her sentence was commuted last year after she spent a decade behind bars. at least 17 women are still injail under the behind bars. at least 17 women are still in jail under the abortion behind bars. at least 17 women are still injail under the abortion ban and rights organisations hope that the hernandez case will mark a turning point but change in conservative el salvador not come easily. lets go to new york now and speak to paula avila guillen is a human rights lawyer and the director of the latin america initiatives at the women

salad embassy a piece of sunny latin america in the heart of berlin. and if you are interested in learning the stories of other entrepreneurs in our series then just head to our website and finally we were out of the show on a call an area with an exclusive group of food lovers known as the shanda. the world's oldest gourmet club it was originally only open to men but now women make up a large portion of the membership while we want to find out more about what these call an airy connoisseurs do when they get together so we attended a regional meeting in the principality stein. the continued election they're hard to sell is an international gastronomical society. new members are sworn in at a ceremony with rituals which date back to the middle ages. good in the castle and liechtenstein provides the perfect backdrop. this endeavor to sell was founded in $1248.00 as the guild of this prestigious in france which makes it the oldest goal make worldwide it was banned after the french revolution seemed to be too decadent and re founded in the 1950. this is th

launched a nationwide effort to increase on a 3 controls containers the arrival of the fungus in latin america the world's largest exporter of bananas is a major threat colombia is one of the world's leading but on a exporters after ecuador costa rica honduras and guatemala. most of the banana sold in western supermarkets are of the cavendish variety which have traditionally produced a solid gildea under easy to transport as a result they've become somewhat of an export sensation. but because of mass cultivation of this one kind of banana many plantations lack genetic diversity diminishing the chances of a strain that is resistant to the disease that has led many farmers to fear for their livelihoods in columbia alone banana plantations occupies some $50000.00 hectares the country exports some $100000000.00 boxes of the manually at a value of $860000000.00 tens of thousands of jobs are lie in the industry and. the worry now is a lot of people are being left without work banana plantations have closed several have already shut they're closing them as there are a lot of disease and it's damaging

banana plantations diffuse their e m organism has already destroyed crops in asia now it's in latin america. that it presents of the fuse area and fungus continues to be contained in the area on $432.00 acres 6 banana plantations are affected there are national. colombia has declared a national emergency and the country's agricultural institute has launched a nationwide effort to increase on a 3 controls containers the arrival of the fungus in latin america the world's largest exporter of bananas is a major threat. colombia is one of the world's leading banana exporters after ecuador costa rica 100 euro's panama and guatemala. most of the banana sold in western supermarkets are of the cavendish variety which have traditionally produced a solid gildea under easy to transport as a result they've become somewhat of an export sensation. but because of mass cultivation of this one kind of banana many plantations lack genetic diversity diminishing the chances of a strain that is resistant to the disease that has led many farmers to fear for their livelihoods in columbia alone banana plantations o

launched a nationwide effort to increase on a 3 controls to contain it the arrival of the fungus in latin america the world's largest exporter of bananas is a major threat. colombia's one of the world's leading but on exporters after ecuador costa rica hung jury us panama and guatemala. most of the banana sold in western supermarkets are of the cavendish variety which have traditionally produced a solid gildea under easy to transport as a result they've become somewhat of an export sensation. but because of mass culture of a sheen of this one kind of phenomena many foundations lack genetic diversity diminishing the chances of a strain that is resistant to the disease that has led many farmers to fear for their livelihoods in colombia alone banana plantations occupies some $50000.00 hectares the country exports some $100000000.00 boxes of the manually at a value of $860000000.00 tens of thousands of jobs are lie in the industry. and that's it for me and the business team you can find out more about these and other stories online at www dot com slash business i'm saying there's a villain let's watc

mexico city's chippie depict park is the largest urban forest in latin america. it's a massive area nearly twice the size of new york city's central park there's a manmade lake zoo there's even an 18th century castle sitting atop a hill one of 8 museums located within the park complex. is the park's administrator and is especially proud of the diversity of attractions the park has to offer the local community to keep in the move this that is the thought this park has everything from archaeological ruins to contemporary art we have an entire section devoted to sports and another section focused on conservation and capturing valuable rainwater for the city's aqua fairs. one of the park's many hidden gems is a quiet reading space nestled among the trees there we met them goggles a caretaker here of more than 33 years he says the forest is rich in history but also has a unique effect on its visitors. is sort of the who sometimes people arrive here emotionally charged but the energy in the forest removes all the negativity and stores it in the earth people always leav

paula avila guillen is a human rights lawyer and the director of the latin america initiatives at the equality center. she also acted as a legal advisor for ms. hernadez‘s legal team. she explains the significance of this ruling. not it is not very often we see justice in el salvador. this is the second case in a row, we have the first one in september. this helps us first one in september. this helps us to send a precedent of what really we have been seeing for yea rs. really we have been seeing for years. the miscarriage or stillbirth cannot be a crime and we hope this will free the other women who remain in prison. it doesn't seem to herald a change in the law, does it? it may seem that the courts are being more lenient, more understanding, but it doesn't seem the prosecutors have got the message. they want to put this women injailfor a0 years. yes, that is absolutely right. the thing we have been able to — build international attention to these cases, thejudges are reviewing international attention to these cases, the judges are reviewing very carefully. however, it seems the pros

latin america al-jazeera has come to fill a void that needed to be filled. welcome back time for sports his speech. thank you very much 23 time grand slam champion serena williams has stormed into the u.s. open 4th round with a resoundingly treat on friday in new york. the 37 year old world number 8 was up against caroline of the czech republic but she showed very little resistance as williams swept her aside in straight sets 6362 the american faces petra martin of croatia next. second seed ashley barty was also a winner on friday the french open champion defeated greek 30th seed akari in straight sets 7563 although the former world number one did need some help from hawkeye right at the end to confirm the victory there is so kerry's challenge ultimately more in hope than anything else elsewhere czech food seed catalina push cover is also through to the 4th round her match on friday was not a straight forward of that of williams robotic to his ears on. pushed pushed over to 3 sets the czech eventually triumphing 614664 she will meet britain's you had a conce

would have been eastern europe, china, and latin america. started, we had six markets in which to invest. it was hong kong, philippines, init was hong kong, philippines, thailand, malaysia, singapore, and mexico. that was it. then we started the work to invest. very difficult to find a way to put the money away. david: as you describe it, you had a good position in taiwan. you were happy there, successful. you had a great future. how difficult was it to say, "i will give it all up and go with john templeton"? you [laughter] mark: it was really curiosity. again, i am a perennial student. i thought to myself, taiwan is great. i am living like a mandarin. it is a very comfortable existence, but if i went out, i would get exposure not only to asia but other parts of the world. that piqued my interest. i thought, "this is a great opportunity." interestingly enough, templeton was a very frugal man. he did not like to spend money. when i had said, look, if we are in emerging markets, we have got to be in emerging markets, and we have got to open an

they have control of data cables all over latin america where they can get data into and out of latinca. they presumably have that system happening in africa and virtually everywhere in the world. who do you view as a bigger threat, russia or china? >> well, clearly china is the more formidable threat. they have an economy sustaining them. they have worldwide ambitions. president xi said many times he plans to replace the united states as the preeminent world power. he has the most of rapid growing military in the world. a think tank published a report that if the u.s. military had to fight china in the pacific, we could lose and would be challenged to win. we concluded that ourselves after playing war games, classified war games. david: do they have an achilles heel. >> yes, and you see sit on display in hong kong. it's the repression of their people. they want to control these people, the chinese communist party, and they know that could unravel on them. that's what's going on with the muslims out west, the uighur *s. and our viewers should know the chinese have several public unres

most stable economy has actually seen a sharp rise in unemployment and latin america editor listen newman has been looking at the impact from santiago. for nearly 3 months 55 year old assad you at a news has been going out every day looking for a job the she joins the queue of disemployment agency hoping like the rest to secure work as a housemaid a job that used to be easy to find but no longer they would call about on me if i don't work i can't pay for my rent my bills my food without a salary how can i survive for me it's essential to the director of the agency says the number of chileans looking for work is skyrocketing but you know when. last week i was that employment fair before 85 percent of candidates were immigrants now it's 5050 that means that a lot more people are looking for this kind of work for the 1st time so we are trying to train in places with. the sharp rise in unemployment is just one of the direct consequences of the escalating trade dispute between the u.s. and china. the price of copper chin's main export has fallen 17 percent this year the value of the chilean pi

and he says they simply can't repay them under these conditions and argentina is latin america's 3rd largest economy the peso currency is struggling annual inflation has climbed about 50 percent and after the election that didn't help the peso plunged 20 percent in argentina stocks lost 30 percent investors had put their faith in the craze efforts to start tighten spending which was part of the deal when you got that loan but the people it seems are disillusioned by the country's economy under mccrae's leadership so it looks as if they are throwing their support behind his challenger fernandez and in terms of explaining the crisis right now friend of the show mark was booked for the some sort of for economic and policy research as an op ed today in the new york times. on the question of how do we explain this crisis there but he points to something very much in the front of the minds of argentina voters which is the as you mention the role of the i.m.f. here the biggest. bailout agreement in their history what wall did the agreement play in mr current political troubles and consequen

the result has resulted across latin america the right wing presidents of neighboring brazil warn that the return of a left wing government in argentina could lead to another venice wait no we don't want our rajan time brothers. that would happen if the results of the elections held yesterday are confirmed in the october. that the size of the argentine government defeats is still being analyzed it is a difficult situation the voters' votes was a pocket and the best of votes was runs with the expectation of a konami policy with a little over 2 months until presidential elections the argentine electorate must now consider which of 2 start clear opposing economic models will best result of the dire economic difficulties than shwe i know how to 01 osiris. well still ahead on al-jazeera and their politics have saved millions of lives but we'll tell you why they're becoming less attractive. and we'll examine the reasons behind venezuela's high rates of teenage pregnancies. hello there it is a dry season across much of indonesia but there are few showers further to the north but for the most

the country has the highest rate of teenage pregnancies in latin america. the country's political and economic crisis has cost reproductive health standards to deteriorate even more powerless neighbor jennifer is $17.00 she has an 18 month old son when they. got pregnant because we grew up without the means to take care of ourselves i did not know i could have a baby and contraceptives are too expensive and we cannot afford them caring for our children is difficult i don't want my child to be undernourished like so many others. hyperinflation makes it difficult to buy food and medicines contraceptives are out of reach that's why people line up in front of this and deal every day clinics like this one we see lots of donations from abroad and that's why they can provide accessible contraceptives to the population this device for example is about $150.00 on the street while here it costs only for the problem is that sometimes they don't have enough dr embry says that prices is having an impact and that more and more young people are coming here looking for hel

and china is affecting latin america's most stable economy. hello pro-democracy protesters in hong kong have clashed with police at the city's international airport as the escalating political crisis shows no sign of letting up hundreds of flights were canceled for a 2nd day after thousands of demonstrators flooded the terminal out of that homemade reports from hong kong. it was late in the evening when heels broke out at hong kong's international airport hours before protesters had detained and roughed up a man they suspected of being an undercover agent from mainland china paramedics tried to save him in vain sue police were sent to help them that's when the scuffles broke out even though fish oils have clearly said their mission wasn't to disperse the sit in now in its 5th day hundreds of flies have been cancelled at one of the world's busiest airports hong kong government is continuing to stand behind a tougher police tactics after security forces said they were facing increasing violence anger at what protestors say is police brutality in

most stable economy has actually seen a shop rise in unemployment latin america editor to see a new man has been looking at the impact from santiago. for nearly 3 months 55 year old assad you at a news has been going out every day looking for a job the she joins the queue at this employment agency hoping like the rest to secure work as a housemaid a job that used to be easy to find but no longer nothing call about on me if i don't work i can't pay for my rent my bills my food without a salary how can i survive for me it's essential that the director of the agency says the number of chileans looking for work is skyrocketing you know in. last week i was that employment fair before 85 percent of candidates were immigrants now it's 5050 that means that a lot more people are looking for this kind of work for the 1st time so we are trying to train in places with. the sharp rise in unemployment is just one of the direct consequences of the escalating trade dispute between the u.s. and china. the price of copper chillies main export has fallen 17 percent this year the value of the chilean p

welcome any cooperation since wednesday we begin managing our response the development bank of latin america says it will donate about half a $1000000.00. in the region of cheeky tonia families including mothers carrying their children evacuate their village holding the flame school spirit their homes they packed a few bags knowing everything may burn to the ground but where were the fires are moving toward the community this is a risk they're facing especially children and women who can't run when the fire gets too close that was. the wildfires have led to protests critics say bolivia's government was slow to respond the government's policies they say have contributed to the problem illegal deforestation is on the rise and fires are commonly said by farmers to clear land for cattle and crops just like what has been done has been done too late so much land has been destroyed how will this affect the world legislation that allows farmers to burn land needs to be repealed those. who approved the legislation need to be punished. for libya's military has been called in adding to our response tea

most stable economy has actually seen a shop rise in unemployment latin america editor listen newman has been looking at the impact from santiago. for nearly 3 months 55 year old. has been going out every day looking for a job the joins the queue of disemployment agency hoping like the rest to secure work as a house meet a job that used to be easy to find but no longer nothing call about on me if i don't work i can't pay for my rent my bills my food without a salary how can i survive for me it's essential that the director of the agency says the number of chileans looking for work is skyrocketing. last week i was that employment fair before 85 percent of candidates were immigrants now it's 5050 that means that a lot more people are looking for this kind of work for the 1st time so we are trying to train in places with. the sharp rise in unemployment is just one of the direct consequences of the escalating trade dispute between the u.s. and china. the price of copper chillies main export has fallen 17 percent this year the value of the chilean piss off regarded as one of the most stab

that means in africa, and latin america, we have to show you the truth about this society. what are people going to decide about the relative value of the two systems when they get a rounded exposure to the united states, with all of our division , with all of our flaws, and c 2 million people of the muslim minority uighur ethnicity in shin jong province sitting in concentration camps, purely because of their ethnicity. most people don't know that and we need to make sure they do, and we have evidence to show them. >> i am really struck by the echoes of the cold war. >> that's your word, not mine. >> the kennedy administration's efforts to counter soviet propaganda, you take us back there, and i want to turns back to hr. there is a sense that we are moving towards a cold war two. two, we will have to have a more coherent sense of the need to combat the other side's propaganda. when you were in government, how did you think about this, and has review changed? changed?s your view >> you know that we are skeptical about fast i'll uses of historical analogies. what will they le