so does that mean that latin america is fairly polarised?ge swathe of the population... i mean, in chile, the conservative candidate got 46% of the vote, which is quite substantial. are you seeing an increasing polarisation between left and right? yes. yes, absolutely. in chile, there were two extremes, almost, during the election. and the candidate of the right played to the fear of people, the fear of immigration, the fact that security — to be safe in the streets — is very important, and the fear of communism, which nowadays seems a little ridiculous because there are very few communists left. but in chile, the communist party, which is very small, is very well organised and people are still afraid of the word. but you've got... i mean, ingrid betancourt, who of course is a former congresswoman in colombia, and of course was famously held hostage for six years by the farc guerrillas in colombia, is standing in the elections, the presidential elections. and she says that, you know, "you need the centre to hold a lot more in latin america."

we have people living in brazil, mexico, miami focused on latin america.perating team is focused on helping them to be better, achieve specific goals. none of that is going to change. softbank continues to invest around the world and latin america is representing a larger component of that. we have seen every brand name investor intact -- in tech come into latin america in 2020 and 2021. the region is as exciting as ever. we jumpstarted our own efforts there but i think they can stand alone for the foreseeable future. emily: talking about the opportunity fund specifically, how will you measure success? >> we measure success just like many other venture funds. we generate returns just like every other venture fund. success for us is also the values that we create in the communities are founders come from. we have a value creation team dedicated working directly with all of the founders in our portfolio to not just give them capital and validate their business model but to create a community so that they can support each other. ultimately we went to change t

and the law mention also impacted latin america feeding into inflation. not only because of the expansionary measures that most central banks are so during the initial response to the pandemic. but also because it was very hard to maintain logistical okay into the region. i'm russia, let me bring you in quickly here, just a, just a thought on china again, because china says it will focus on stabilizing its economy for 2022 county to achieve that, or would it struggle to achieve any sort of meaningful economic growth for 2022 will absolutely. i mean, if you look at all the economic indicators they've been, you know, showing a stored on or the last couple of quarters. and even the, you know, some of the comments made by policy makers have been that there will be for fiscal and monetary policy support. busy you know, sort of go to close in 22. and also if you, if you remember that, you know, china went through the band and we're going to pretty sorry for that and, and look at the end of it very well. so they didn't really have to come up, come up with any ma

the opportunities are much broader and latin america than we presumed at first.g in, we thought it would be the usual e-commerce, it has been incredibly broad and deep across these types of markets and industries, there are software companies in brazil giving the american ones the ones -- a run for their money. there is a resilient e-commerce enablement company. you are seeing a lot more high-quality global under been worship coming from these markets that are often much more difficult to do business in. so the founders that built there are really battle tested for the world. >> we see the ceo -- as much as softbank international about what the priorities were then. listen to what he had to say. >> we will continue to invest in companies that utilize data on artificial intelligence to disrupt traditional business models. we like companies that like making the world a better place. >> i believe he did that interview from miami. i am curious, that was at a time and we did not think the pandemic was going to go on this long. i am curious how the strategy or philosop

yeah, him and what about latin america? how is the pandemic impacting economies there? do you think? well, i mean, i think with latin america, there's very few tools left to be used tried because the region responded in such a draconian manner during 2020 and early 2021. that actually implementing many of the same measures that western europe is, is taking, would be socially, economically and politically very difficult. i mean, economically, the region was the hardest hit of any region in the world and recovery prospects are slimming down. so if we think about, you know, some economies will return to pre plan that make g d p levels in 2023. but that's the best case scenario. we have economies that are looking at a potential another last decade. so that has huge social impacts. governments aren't able to dictate quarantine and school closures, like they did in 2020. and also we have crucial elections in 2022 with some of the, the biggest democracies in the region going to the paul's. so thinking about how pandemic measures can impact incumbents or traditional politically

sees an opportunity or a danger for latin america? you think? i think it provides an opportunity for countries, governments that want to use them with a politically motivated goal and i think that's you know, we're seeing that clearly without salvatore. we have seen other moves in the region with intention to adopt the cryptic currencies to avoid transactions in us dollars . and of course, you know, i think this is very much linked to the political changes that seeing in the region and the return of governments that are potentially trying to use, you know, the us china competition to move away from us influence. and so i think that is that will be key and determining how crypt currencies behave in latin american, the future, it will be ideologically motivated yet. and bill, our regulators have been trying to re encrypt. so we're looking to launch their own centralized digital currencies. tech companies like amazon and facebook are talking about launching their own virtual occurrences. how do you think briefly this 3 way fight will play out in 20

in latin america. david: just to follow up on that, one way in which the united states might combat this attempt to draw countries into the belt and road initiative and into china's economic agenda, is greater sharing of technology, ideas, relationships, there's an interesting component of aukus that i want to talk about further which is really about broad technology sharing. but we have a u.s.-e.u. council that met in pittsburgh where technology discussions were a big part of it. same thing with a quoted. we don't have anything like that that i know of with our own hemisphere. and whether that's a missing piece. brazil is pretty technologically advanced country. it's got a lot of things that we probably ought to be talking with them about. would that be a good idea, do you think? >> i think it would be a good idea. and you know, if you don't mind, i would -- talk briefly about one the proximity of this. david, you said back yard. i would like to use neighborhood because neighborhood resonates with our

you have 31% of the world's freshwater is in latin america. you have the lithium, 60% of the lithium and the world is in the lithium triangle. argentina, bolivia, chile. you have got a lot of rare earth minerals, resources, and capabilities that in my mind go hand-in-hand with what the chinese are doing with the initiative, and expanding their reach into latin america, just like they did in africa. a lot of folks do not understand that all of the rich resources that are really there in latin america, in our western hemisphere. in terms of trade, i will just talk about trade. if i talk about western hemisphere, add canada and mexico to it. 1.9 trillion -- western hemisphere it is u.s.'s number one trading partner, with 1.9 trillion. so, it is off the charts wet this aor offers. i want to share that because as i have learned, all of the great things about this region, i think it is very vulnerable. so that goes to the point of why we have to be president all of the time, working really closely, using all of the levers available to work with our

you have 31% of the world's fresh water is in latin america. you have the lithium, 60% of the lithium in the world is in the lithium triangle, argentina, bolivia, chile, you've got a lot of rare earth minerals, resources, and capabilities that in my mind go hand in hand with what the chinese are doing with the belt and road initiative and expanding their reach into latin america just like they did in africa. so a lot of folks don't understand all of the rich resources that are really there in latin america, in our western hemisphere. in terms of trade, i'll just talk about trade, if i talk about western hemisphere, add canada and mexico to it, 1.9 trillion. western hemisphere is u.s.'s number one trading partner with 1.9 trillion. it's off the charts, what this aor offers. and so i want to share that, because as i've learned, all of the great things about this region, i think it's very vulnerable. and so that goes to the point of why we have to be present all the time, working really closely, using all the levers available to work with our part

they're also seeing a rise in new infections elsewhere in latin america. as the ami kron very, it spreads panama, costa rica, and honduras are you watching. the highest number of new cars and cases in central america was case is more than doubling over the last week. infections in mexico have also, spite hospitalizations, have doubled in the past 2 weeks. origin. tina is seeing new cases at a record high as well, placing the country just behind brazil for the highest infection rate in all of latin america. as governments scramble to meet the challenges of this latest wave of corona, virus infections, health officials say testing is still a major problem. demand for testing is higher than ever, especially as many countries in our region are also experiencing an active flu season. so it is critical that country is used tests smart though several latin american countries have managed to vaccinate a large percentage of their populations. many poor nations, like honduras and guatemala, have fallen behind. international health experts say equal access to back sce

a latin america, it had to say a newman reports from southern chile. this is the magellan street that separates the south american continent from b. r rather foible. it's often referred to as the end of the world, but also as the gateway to antartica less than a 1000 kilometers south of here. we are on an expedition with chillies science minister to inspect one of a $180.00 climate change stations. on the way we find the remains of a beached whale. this is just a fraction of what is covered by the southern hemispheres. longest climate change observatory just launched by chile. so we have sensors all the way from the public peninsula, all the way to the other, come a desert, and we'll use a single platform to provide access to the data ah, in the open axis for months until now. data from the southern cone has been scarce . climate signed to say the new observatory will provide badly needed data to track changes in temperatures. radiation, precipitation the direction and strength of winds and sea levels. in real time, that includes antartica, which is a

she's the regional director and save the children for latin america and the caribbean. is ward welcome to d w. we saw in our report just how important it is to have highly engaged teachers when it comes to getting students back into the classroom. what do you believe, what else is needed? hello, thank you very much for inviting us to be part of this reporting. we live really needs to be greater understanding among policy makers that children are better off in schools than out of school. and consistent effort to ensure that teachers and school administrators have what they need to be able to teach, safely, that teachers need to be back in aided. and they need to have the personal protection equipment to be able to teach safely. that should help give parents the confidence that they can send their children back to school with and that they'll be safe within the school system. now obviously brazil is not the only country in the world that's had long school closures. what kind of an impact have all these school closures had on this generation of children across the world? w

as a region latin america has the highest rates of violence against women and girls in the world.his is been exacerbated by the covid-19 pandemic and exacerbated in venezuela where we see women and girls flee backcountry and be subject to sexual assault and other means of gender-based violence. can you talk about what the ministrations policy to help support venezuelan women and girls? >> our goal is to combat sexual and gender-based violence throughout the atmosphere but migrants in particular venezuelan migrants are exceptionally vulnerable to gender-based violence. we work to provide training to first responders. we partner with international organizations for migration and the high commissioner for refugees to provide support and combat gender-based violence. we fund shelters along the migrant route as well in a variety of countries in the hemisphere. we work with gender champions and when i was the ambassador peru i was honored who won the international courage award while i was there. >> thank you, we have more work to do. can you speak to the challenges that we face because

our latin america editor lucio newman reports. ah, this was daniel ortega's 4th consecutive swearing in ceremony flanked by his wife, reciting moody you his vice president. he vowed to improve conditions in nicaragua, the 2nd poor's country in the americas, after haiti, red won't resort. we are here again with a clean slate, to build peace, to assure that nicaraguans have a dignified life to eradicate property in this country with sovereignty and freedom . the presidents of cuba and venezuela were there and also delegations from iran, bolivia, russia, and china. but ortega was snubbed by almost every one else. november's presidential elections have been dismissed as illegitimate by much of the international community. the majority of ortega's competitors were imprisoned, so they could not run, and thousands of others have gone into exile and legitimacy. it's not an issue for ortega and he managed to essentially consummate. ah, he so he saw his plan to establish star. i'm a fool and, and classic latin american dictatorship in nicar

t coming out of latin america, coming out of the caribbean. so i d just urge you to continu to i elevate it as an issue, to drive it at the national security council, as an issue that has to be addressed, and factored into all of the resultant issues that are a consequence of our long-term ignoring of the climate crisis. >> absolutely, senator. >> senator, i would just add, it's even more broad than that. thee environmental degradation from narcotics trafficking throughout the w region is also major problem. and we're both working very closely with our partners in te region. we have seen the effects of illegal mining, we have seen the effects of run-off from waste, from drug trafficking or drug production areas in mexico. and inat colombia, and we're working to raiseal that as well. >> thank you. thank you both foror your great work. thank you.h >> thank you. i may have some final closing questions.ou let me start off with haiti. a lot has been discussed here, but here's the one thing i don't understand. haiti obviously is a challenge, number

one of my favorite, you got your finger on the pulse in mexico or latin america. they were just in the great event down in el salvador lab because that was your to take away from that you get the impression. i mean, it's one of my favorite events in the world. i mean, for everyone that's in the us, north america, europe, you have to come to come to the latin american beacon conference besides getting greater speakers. it's also like all this experience coming and getting to know countries that you would normally not go like this time. it was an insult and well with felon land and with blood. and then we help roberto who has been good friends is various years being organizers of the event. and we also the, the live streaming. so we use all the channels of land to get a bigger reach. so we reached over 300000 people. wow. now the big story, of course, is that the president of l salvador naive kelly may been going legal tender not long ago, off a firestorm all over latin america. got a lot of attention from central banks around the world is just the beginning of a re

to latin america standards, that is actually good. there has been a reduction in poverty.ernible] there has been some stability. they have been skillful in developing international networks. for example, he closed relationships with taiwan and established one with china. that came with lots of aid and commercial trade with china, which is now buying lots of nicaraguan products. given -- [indiscernible] the other base of power that ortega has is since the sandinista revolution, the ortegas never relinquished power. even when an opponent won elections in 1990, ortega's brother stayed as the head of the armed forces. that group of the sandinistas over the armed forces has competed today. he governs in the same way that maduro does. which is why don't think the sanctions will be that effective. host: you heard talk about the alliances between president ortega and the venezuelan and cuban president. the venezuelan and cuban president were at the inauguration to show support. china, russia, iran also sent delegations. there is talk about international isolation, but ortega still

in recent years, tens of thousands of migrants from latin america have crossed the border of guatemala into southern mexico. sometimes joining into caravans for safety, they continue on a long and dangerous journey north to the u.s. border. woman: a caravan of thousands of migrants from central america trying to make their way through mexico and head toward the u.s. man: footsore and weary, migrants straggled on under a merciless sun. second man: the caravan began earlier this month in honduras, then plowed through guatemala, now mexico. it's planning to eventually reach the u.s. third man: they've attracted international attention and the anger of president donald trump. trump: a big, fairly big percentage of those people are criminals. [man speaking spanish] [woman speaking spanish] [man speaking spanish] [abigail speaking spanish] [victor speaking spanish] palacios: this is what we call the "plastic sea." in the eighties, when spain entered the european union, migrants started coming from the other side of the mediterranean. and they were welcomed here because they helped to expand

taunting a number of high profile political prisoners and in the grips of the mega draft, but could latin america's 13 year dry spell become a new normal? ah hey there. good to see you. it's the weekend. here's your forecast for the americas that north easter barreling up. the atlantic now impacting newfoundland and labrador on saturday. when warnings in play, we're going to have blizzard conditions for some to be expected. vancouver, picking up about 12 centimeters of snow that then changed over to rain and some pretty fierce wind. so power outages to be expected. temperatures, of course have popped up now in vancouver with the height of 4 degrees. it's com across california, san francisco high 14 degrees since snow around the rockies in denver, with a high of 8, a south facing wind pumping up those temperatures. once again, across the southern us gulf states could see some storms flare up toward eastern texas into arkansas on saturday after central american, i think we've got some showers in brain pretty much along that caribbean coastline in the forecast for you on saturday after the top end of

policy and democracy in latin america will come to order. in march this committee hosted the organization of state secretary-general to review the state of democracy in the region. we heard concerns about the uptick in fraudulent election, shrinking space for civil society and independent media, efforts to politicize judicial institutions and the loss of hope in a region plagued by insecurity. while the intraamerican democratic kmarter marked its 20th anniversary in september, the harsh reality is that we are witnessing a fraying of democratic consensus in the americas. given the secretary-general's diagnosis, it is critical the biden administration continue efforts to restore the defense of democracy as a central pillar of u.s. foreign policy. in his june memorandum the president made it clear that combating kleptocracy is a u.s. national security priority. and american diplomats are again using the language of human rights. after four years of the trump administration failing to stand up for our fundamental values, we have acutely felt the

and also it's interesting to see, allow the corruption, one associates with latin america, nasty and washington d. c. politicians like nasty, closely, openly, corruptly trading information and robbing and public coppers is right shocking, but everyone loves it. so let's talk about your role and bitcoin in terms of mexico . tell us about your events built around educating the people. you get tens of thousands of people come into your vent, the talent. tell us about more about it. well, actually 2022 is going to be my 10 year. no invest going. i knew about bit going around the time that you did, but i didn't started investing or getting started being an entropy nor so next year is going to be actually my 10th year that i started and started doing this full time and something that i started doing since since i began here was creating not only companies and not only different opportunities, but also creating community. so that has been part of my, my, my road and right now, like you said, i'm, i'm part of talent, which is the biggest science innovation business event in latin america in

they'll tell you that a lot of it has to do with the high levels of vaccinations across much of latin america, which is now the highest. the vaccination vaccinated the region in a, in, in the world. several indian cities including the capitol, new delhi, of going into a strict weekend lockdown in an effort to control a surgeon infections. india reported maybe 270000 new cases on saturday. that's the highest number since last may, a spike is being fueled by the omicron, and the delta variance, all shops are shot except for essential businesses. what is it? i don't know what i do. monmouth jacqueline, if you go to other states, there is election campaigning going on without any covert. 19 protocols is the no virus at election release value. sorry, god, is it getting that away? i have to go to work, but there is no bus. it's very problematic. i don't understand what to do or i'll just hear us pumping. the towel reports now from the indian capital. and once again, the streets in the national capital are empty. this is the 2nd weekend of you here in you jelly. which means that on saturday and sund

and after the 1st cases of the armico invariant were discovered in december throughout much of latin america. there was this expectation that in january and probably throughout this month and in february would have seen a rapid spread of this variant across latin america is what we're seeing. that happening now with the doubling of the numbers of daily infections in most countries. but fortunately so far with the exception in part of peru in brazil, the rest in the rest of the region, the consequences of that so far at been a mild at the main issue as being a lack of testing that many countries have seen with the rise of request of people looking for a test that has been the case in mexico for example, argentina, partly here, but not as the as much. the other issue has been with airlines. so many flights being canceled. bailey, here in columbia, for example, 40 flights are being cancelled every every day, but so far. and the majority of the countries hospitals are not a fool. this is obviously a very good. and if you ask experts, they'll tell you that a lot of it has to do with the high leve

and latin america editor and say a newman reports from co criminal. the snow that once kept the andes mountains above chiles, capital and central valley is conspicuously absent. for centuries, melting ice nourished rivers below 400 kilometers to the north. la paloma south, america's largest irrigation reservoir has only 20 percent left of the water that once made this valley flourish. further, north, the deficit is 100 percent. 13 years of relentless drought, the longest on record is transforming chile and not for the better than him while real it hillary. okay, we're standing on the river which will depend on to watch ra crops, but look at the state. it's it used to carry loads of water, but it so dried up this year practically didn't rain at all. women. mr. richie, leah and his sole employee are trying to revive the vimes that survived last year's dismal harvest. gay mucho hung a bit awkward, disagree. those years of work sacrificed investment here and it's sad to see our livelihood and that had so many families lost. i used to have 50 workers here

they'll tell you that a lot of it has to do with the high levels of vaccinations across much of latin america, which is now the highest vaccination vaccinated the region. in, in, in the world a prominent sudanese pro democracy group has conditionally accepted the u. n's offered to broke her an end to the political deadlock protests as have been marching against the military since it over through the civilian led government in october. members of the forces for freedom and change will meet you in officials on sunday to present their terms. another group, the sudanese professionals association, has rejected the you and mediation, legalist and magazine, where atlanta for real. at the year, the center console of the forces of freedom and change decided to accept the invitation i made by the united nations, a delegation from the center console with me to the u. n. mission on signed it and deliver a written document, wireless diplomatic efforts to deescalate tensions between russia and ukraine and gathering pace. the foreign ministers of germany in canada are expected in the region in the coming da

they'll tell you that a lot of it has to do with the high levels of vaccinations across much of latin america, which is now the highest the vaccination vaccinated the region in a, in, in the world u. k. prime minister bars. johnson's facing growing calls to step down, including from within his own conservative party. more revelations, had emerged about drinks gatherings at johnston's official restaurants during corona virus knocked down the daily mirror. a newspaper says these took place weekly, more than a dozen such occasions have now come to light. when the lead of the opposition lay the party says, bonds, johnson is not fit for office. he says the prime minister has lost the trust of the public. rather than concentrating on getting through the pandemic, a brilliant are waiting list. this self indulgent tory party is having a fight about a leader who they should have known from the start is not for office. where we're witnessing every day. the broken spectacle of a prime minister minded to see to the suction and unable to lead, but was the tories bricker and fight each other on what's up.