our new liberalism born of western business schools has led to revolution wherever the people of latin america have sought freedom and justice plus the director of moscow winning film still alice wash westmoreland on the class fold lines at the core of his new film for netflix. only small coming up at today's going on the ground 0 1st it was 49 years ago this month that salvador allende was inaugurated as president of chile latin american country today is not only in the midst of an uprising against the liberal president sebastian pinera but witnessing solidarity protests for palestine after more u.k. armed violence in the middle east involving serial u.n. resolution violates israel in the past 24 hours i into would die in office overthrown and replaced by anglo american backed dictator augusto pinochet and according to some leaders fighting global neoliberalism the legacy of pinochet lives on. board they don't want to lecture they want to and wipe us away in a pinochet style. sometimes we say these hard things and in europe and other places they see it as an exaggeration or extremist and it's

china's number 2 for latin america right in the u.s. is run out of countries that they can and they are turned internally. as been reported recently phones like call center are destroying american towns the same way that they did. help destroy greece or help destroy other argentina right there are destroying themselves now so the stake is eating itself so we talked about job of the global insurrection against banker occupation we see it around nations around the world especially those that cannot print their own us dollars everywhere but the us so here's a final headline looking at 2019 and looking ahead to 2020 i don't think it could possibly happen in 2020 but one day americans might join the global insurrection because owns half of all americans work in low wage jobs this is a brookings institute study america's unemployment rate is that a half century low but it also has a job quality problem that affects nearly half the population with the study finding 44 percent of u.s. workers are employed in low wage jobs that pay median annual

and european companies to grab the resources of latin america they do it under the cover of free markets democracy which oddly doesn't involve respecting elections so i've seen this i was you know reporting on the ground out of venezuela out of peru out of argentina out of chile and so i've seen this again and again where then you have popular uprisings you know you have popular elections putting in people like john is you have a home or alephs you had to kitchener's in argentina you had progressive in like battle it in. in chile and of course the neo cons the banks the big companies cannot stand it so they have so-called popular uprisings which are very popular because they can actually win elections and basically seize power gets a coup d'etat because you have a trump administration there obviously fueled by a feeling that they have complete backing of the u.s. state department and government you mentioned morale is the media here and you know their interests overseas is talking not about resources b.b.c.'s said he resigned amid turmoil cook caused by his reelection widely seen as 41 b

my clothes were not why i was straight lines from the feminists and dance making waves across latin america and beyond. in we are angry we want to encourage and we want to be recognized as women a little people and citizen like almost. it was created by a chilean collective ford in the vendor 21st global day protesting violence against women and has spread to spain france and to mexico the rhythm and universal lyrics make the song easy to repeat its message to transcends borders. but like in america and everywhere in latin america there are very high rates of femicide rate of infertility for rapists and murderers for the disappearance and women. who are stuck with this chant and their fury the fight for women's safety can maintain today's momentum. up next is german soccer action with the bonus latest a change for that there's more now website d w i'm jarred about. the. earth. home to moons of species. a home we're seeing. here those are big changes and most start with small steps global interiors tell stories of creative people and innovative projects around the world bodies to protect the

what does the new year hold for latin america?er onbalance of bloomberg television and radio. ♪ david: from new york, this is "balance of power" on bloomberg television and radio. i'm david westin. news,oomberg first word we go to ritika gupta. ritika: the united states launched airstrikes on five bases in iraq and syria. the move comes after several recent attacks on the american-led coalition operating in the region. secretary of state mike pompeo weighed in on the strikes. today, when we did was take a decisive response that makes clear what president trump has said for months and months, which is we will not stand for the islamic republic to take actions that puts american men and women in jeopardy. iranian and iraqi officials have condemned the airstrike. in ohio, more than 100 thousand homes and businesses lost power after a winter storm. the storm is making its way to the northeast. winter weather mornings are in effect from new york city on the way up to the canadian border. hasl rights icon john lewis been diagnosed with

below that in america in it everywhere in latin america there are very high rates of femicide rates of infertility for rapists murderers for the disappearance of women for many. the hope to start with the sand and their fury the fight for women's safety can maintain today's momentum and. well for me to one world champion lewis hamilton has claimed pole position at the final grown previous season in abu dhabi hamilton wrapped up the world title 2 races ago but he under ninety's dominance this season by easily handling the rest of the field in qualifying it could have been different had ferrari's charlotte clare not been slowed down by his teammate sebastian vettel it is the latest mishap to hit for the day off to the pair collided in the last race. well the draw for the euro 2020 group stage has taken place with germany given a very tough assignment the german side will have to face both the reigning world champions france and the reigning european champions portugal that's agree path the outlook appears slightly less troublesome for fellow tournament hosts england who face croatia and

was woke up south americans with his head so was home alone i think so ho almost descriptions of latin america where so vivid and so beautiful he gave the colonists the confidence to fight their fight of independence. the soldier and statesman simone boulevard was instrumental in liberation latin american countries from spanish control. alexander from home is the true discoverer of america his studies did more for america than the action of all the conquerors before his expedition to south america bumbled had asked for travel permission from the spanish king and received a passport for the colonies but he was shocked by how arrogant and brutal the colonial rulers were towards the indigenous peoples was he aware of his own privileges as a wealthy european. i don't know if he would see it as we see it today we have to always bear in mind with these historic figures that they live in their times what i can say is that he was unlike other europeans who travel through south america unlike other. europeans who did not see the indigenous people for example as savages or as barbarians quite the opposi

that caused so much economic instability and chaos in latin america there be repeated now in latin america by the i.m.f. in ecuador and elsewhere racially and we're seeing people fight back because people have lived through something better you know for 10 years 15 years depending on which country that american ecuador was for 10 years during the presidency of i 5 corridor where we had very healthy growth rates with a lot of redistribution reduction of poverty reduction of inequality without the disaster recipe book of the i.m.f. in fact without the those nearly broadstairs the policies so people have been through some experience something different and now that the i.m.f. has come back with this kind of age old fundamentalism of of you know slashing wages and making people poor and all that the balance the books people are fighting back so we just had a wave of protest. an equitable in the month of october i think the largest protest possibly in ecuador in history certainly in my generation. president having to flee the capital city to where you are keen you know and basically being rescu

already in america and it everywhere in latin america there are very high rates of femicide rates of infertility from rapists murderers for the disappearance of women i mean. the whole thing starts with the sand and their fury the fight for women's safety can maintain today's momentum in. their mind and at the top story we're following for you want to alter is well history for you can finish has been accused of being an accomplice to mean murder of an investigative journalist his connections to top government officials have added pressure on the prime minister to step down immediately. it watching t.v. news from bahrain coming up next your front row seat with german football endings would just make it i'm going to hungary or see you again at the top of the act. where i come from we have to fight for a free press i was born and raised in a military dictatorship with just one to the shadow and a few newspapers one official information as a journalist i have worked on the streets of many cameras and the problems are always the same 14 the social inequality a lack of the freedom of the p

across continents from the protests in france to lebanon's cash crunch right now a rebellion in latin america against the politics of more of the same in chile the rise of triumph led to street protests which morphed into calls for an end to near liberalism or freewheeling capitalism in america you see a new been reports. chile is accustomed to frequent and strong 1st. what an unprecedented social outburst that exploded 3 weeks ago sending much deeper shock waves throughout what was seen as latin america's most stable and prosperous democracy. it was sparked off by a relatively small increase in the metro fare but millions of chileans sought as the last straw and took to the streets to show that they've had enough of an economic system that they say hasn't delivered its promise of prosperity except for an increasingly wealthy few 57 year old dross an orthodox has worked as a maid all her life her eldest son and husband work in construction and became unemployed this week like millions of middle and lower middle class chileans they're deep in debt and struggling just to feed themselves and we

there is right now a rebellion in latin america against inequality austerity and the politics of more of the same it's not dissimilar to uprisings elsewhere springing from what looked like the most innocuous of changes think about chile and we looked at it a few weeks ago in fact where the rise of train fares led to street protests which then morphed into calls for an end to neo liberalism the idea of leaving everything to the markets and then there were the countries who went looking for help in argentina a sitting president was voted out of power in a protest over all sterile measures imposed by the international monetary fund it was a condition of a 50 $7000000000.00 bailout and in ecuador it was the i.m.f. said. volman which force the president and cabinet to escape the capital quito ecuador is a fascinating case it requested a $4200000000.00 loan from the i.m.f. and a condition of that was to cut the budget deficit so the government decided to cut the fuel subsidies which were costing $1300000000.00 a year now by the numbers it makes sense but when you cut subsidies people genera

we continue our review of the past year look at some of the key events including the unrest in latin america we'll have that after this short break. it is a long held tradition on cross talk to take stock of the year that is about to pass we have a look at what moved us what changed and what gave us concern 2019 the good the bad and the other. is your media a reflection of reality. in a world transformed. what will make you feel safe from. high salacious community. are you going the right way or are you being that. direct. what is true what is faith. in the world corrupted you need to descend. to join us in the depths. or a maybe in the shallowness. welcome back now with 2020 just around the corner let's continue our look back at some of the key news events of the year that was. well today's top picks that we're putting in the spotlight here are streets of rage and the mysteriously titled mind games let's see what stories the 1st of these topics has for us if we can work it out they get latin america hong kong yellow vests and friends violent protests were prevalent the world over in $29000.

on the 2019 latin america wasn't the only continent that went through a tumultuous period will be anotherrecap of this year's protests on tuesday. for now though let's take a look at more highlights and we've already seen streets of races this delve into mine goes on this is talking in particular about the role of social media and what influence it has upon people's lives because particular facebook which i've made a point of not being on because of the concerns about the influence it has so it's easily put trying to those taken an in-depth look at the tech that he myth which is said by some to be the censor in chief when it comes to what we can and can't say. i'll tell you what having this job for 6 years is maybe a report on censorship quite a few times look at this freshman giorno trying go asking about facebook censorship at a press briefing hey young man you have no idea what awaits you in 29. by the end of the decade look at it the evolution of online platforms has gone all the way towards 0 tolerance for offenders even though it all one started down there with pretty much 0 regulat

over from the yellow vests in paris to the and in beijing right in hong kong and of course in latin america so let's focus on that. the continent has had more than its fair share of to morrow in 2090 protests of range of rage from venezuela and bolivia to chile and also ecuador one quarter that. it started as a spark the next thing you know the inferno of revolution is all around you and can't be extinguished that is the south america of 2019. i. i. i. what's crucial if that's your aim is to find just the right moment to stir up dissent. venezuela's chaos was the epicenter right after the country reelected president nicolas maduro washington pounced challenging the government's legitimacy and trying to provoke a coup. by mike pence nicolas maduro is a dictator with no legitimate claim to power and it gracefully and doubt the legitimacy to run venezuela upon the leader of the opposition to me i swear to formally assume the duties of the national executive as president of venezuela president trump officially recognize the president of the venezuelan national assembly one going to do is the in

can do there's no there's no real tech in latin america in the closest city is really monterrey and that really doesn't doesn't cut it there's no silicon valley in latin america there's that because lack of capital or lack of enterprise or lack of or a mental shift is needed i think it's all 3 i mean i think it's a you know it's a conjunction obviously part of it has to do too with university infrastructure how much we're producing in terms of human capital. but you know i think that the future for the country is largely tech and science driven and that's probably where it's weakest in terms of industry sectors is the education system how is it about all is it free or is what's going on there you can go through the educational system for free or for very little in terms of cost of its public education but even public education has what amounts to be a barrier in terms of testing so most of the wealthy here in brazil go to a very well and private schools get very well trained and lower school and high school then graduate and go to public university because it's so cheap needless to

peruse labor watchdog has fined mcdonald's corporation's latin america franchisee are guilty of 6 lie elations of local health and safety laws the company will be fined $254000.00 after 2 deaths in the kitchen of one of the company's outlets 2 teenage employees were electrocuted by a faulty drinks machine. which owns and operates mcdonald's restaurants throughout latin america has shot all $29.00 of its debts in for room for safety inspections. chinese imports of soybeans more than doubled in november after the announcement of an interim trade deal with the united states over all imports of projects rose more than 50 percent china purchases of american soybeans after the united states raised import duties on chinese goods as part of their trade just news and agreement of a phase one deal could be signed next month. now the mega city of mumbai in india has seen a string of building collapses earlier this year a 4 story building caved in killing more than a dozen people despite the tragedies many citizens continue to live in old buildings at risk of collapse landlords often have no ince

and in 29000 latin america wasn't the only continent the went through some ultras period we'll bringyou another recap of this year's protests on choose day 'd. well that is your update for now i'm rise on a low could not be bank a with the rest of the team at the top of the hour with more news from around the world see that. wow feel it 2020 should be a whopper. the world is driven by dreamers shaped by one person and those with. no dares thinks. we dare to ask. thousands of american men and women shoes to serve in the country's military and their decision little sheltered lives every one came to a complete. the day that i was raped be instructed you know told to shut up while they kill me and i see how it destroyed my life any screamed at me and he made me come in and you grab my arm and he write me with his birth and if you take into account that women don't report because of the extreme retaliation it's probably somewhere near about half a 1000000 women have now been sexually assaulted in the us. military rape is a very very traumatizing have happened but i've never seen trauma li

other vests in paris to the anti beijing rights of hong kong and of course what's happening in latin america so let's focus on that in particular and the picture speaks a 1000 words there the continent had its fair share of turmoil protests the race from venezuela and bolivia to chile in ecuador i think it all quarter breaks it all down for us. it started as a spark the next thing you know the inferno of revolution is all around you and can't be extinguished that is the south america of 2019. what's crucial if that's your aim is to find just the right moment to stir up the scent. venezuela's chaos was the epicenter right after the country reelected president nicolas maduro washington pounced challenging the government's legitimacy and trying to provoke a coup. by mike pence nicolas maduro is a dictator with no legitimate claim to power and it gracefully in doubt the legitimacy to run venezuela upon the leader of the opposition to me i swear to formally seen the duties of the national executive as president of venezuela president trump officially recognize the president of the venezuelan nati

to lead we continue our review of the past year and look at some of the kid living unrest in latin america that's after this short break. join me every thursday on the alex simon chill and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics. i'm showbusiness i'll see if there. is a long held tradition on cross talk to take stock of the year that is about to pass we have a look at what moved us what changed and what gave us concern us 2019 the good the bad and the up. a lot of it here is economy where china has caught up or surpassed us you know the mobile payments market 50 times the size of the u.s. or over here still writing checks our banking system is not innovated. kind of recently woken up the last couple years and go wow we don't even have a company that can make 5 g. equipment it's been a win win for china and it's been a lose lose for the u.s. that's. welcome back now with 2020 just around the corner let's continue our look back at some of the key events of the year. ok so lots to choose from today's topics although let's find out. ok we've got streets of rage and the mysteriously