and with latin american studies to maintain the best archives also the first hispanic american to receivecal education from the university of texas austin. also served as a member of the national council of the arts. it's an honor to have you in a great privilege to present to you the national humanities metal. ♪ [applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ >> thank you very much. next i have the honor to recognize not just one but 6000, 656 tremendous artist and patriots, they musicians of the united states military. that is really something the job you do. thank you very much. and then to have over 72000 times each year of concert halls to war zones. and touch the hearts of servicemembers and gold star families and military funerals and americans everywhere for go not just magnificent performance but really the finest anywhere in the world and also warriors we are joined this afternoon by the premier band commanders and accepting the national medal of arts on behalf of all military musicians is a now a 21 -year-old that 19 -year-old staff sergeant i appreciate that you are here and i will say i had the privilege t

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and cultural organizations in texas bring they created the teresa lozano long institute of latin american studiesxas in austin. which helps maintain one of the best archives online and making history anywhere in the world. tresa was also the first hispanic american to receive a doctorate in health and physical education from the university of texas, and austin. she has also served as a member of the national council on the arts. tresa, we are so honored to have you, and it's a great privilege to present to you the national humanities metal. thank you very much, tresa. [applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ thank you very much. so, next, i have the honor to recognize not just one, but 6656 tremendous artist and patriots, the ms musicians of the united states military. that is really something, the job you do. thank you very much. forming 136 bands worldwide, these awe-inspiring men and women in uniform perform over 35000 times each year from concert halls to war zones. they touch the hearts of service members of the front lines, wounded veterans and hospitals, goldstar families military funerals, and americans everywhe

and i'm sure a professor of latin american studies told us more about the roots of the mass protests in colombia. the columbian says this country of 40000000 compazine or sitting in workers an indigenous who would say they are marching in flying the y. father flag in solidarity with the people of bolivia ecuador chile haiti everywhere that there are things not just to go up against the colombian state. they're up against the u.s. sponsored colombian state the $265000000.00 in u.s. military aid that was sent this year under trial even more in past years with colombia so we shouldn't forget that there's 9 u.s. military bases over a 1000 u.s. military soldiers stationed in colombia 12 u.s. military bases and panama where they're out there where there's also protests scheduled for later today against the same meal liberal agenda so the colombian people are fighting back not just for their interests but for the interests of humble people across the world. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu has been indicted on charges of bribery fraud and breach of trust this comes amid an ongoing

daniel shaw a professor of latin american studies tell us more about the roots of the mass protest. the colombian masses this country of 40000000 compazine own sin in workers and indigenous who would say they marching in flying the wife allah flag in solidarity with the people of bolivia ecuador chile haiti everywhere that there are things not just to go up against the colombian state. they're up against the u.s. sponsored colombian state the $265000000.00 in u.s. military aid that was sent this year under trump even more in past years with a plan colombia so we shouldn't forget that there's 9 u.s. military bases over a 1000 u.s. military soldiers stationed in colombia 12 u.s. military bases in panama with the way there's also protests scheduled for later today against the same you know liberal agenda so the colombian people are fighting back not just for their interests but for the interests of humble people across the world that are global news update for this hour but don't forget you can always had to our website r.t. dot com for the details on all those stories and many more. h

and canada is calling for a new election and will sure professor of latin american studies at the city university of new york says the removal of morale is a victory for neo liberal forces. who beats are firing who it's our. this is. a jury for your liberalism it's for the forces in bolivia. want to push back this it's ended this favor in the scene or the workers so this court record a new president. it remains to be seen but it sure seems like she will up for the agenda of the rich of those forces based in santa cruz as we know bolivia is a very divided country racially and class was and as it will says the struggle will continue. the syrian president bashar assad has denied accusations that government forces have been targeting civilians in exclusive interview with the said the war in syria was about winning hearts and minds and he also touched on to the recent u.s. operation against the isolator. our baghdad well the u.k. stave mandated b.b.c. amnesty international they're alleging your government killed 11000 people using so-called barrel bombs from 20 or 12 it would be a violation

professor of latin american studies done told us about the rallies for its columbian masses this country of 40000000 compazine known singing in workers in indigenous who are today marching in flying the y. follow flag in solidarity with the people of bolivia ecuador chile haiti everywhere that there are things not just to go up against the colombian state. they're up against the u.s. sponsored colombian state the $265000000.00 in u.s. military aid that was sent this year under trump even more in past years with colombia so we shouldn't forget that there's 9 u.s. military bases over a 1000 u.s. military soldiers stationed in colombia 12 u.s. military bases in panama with the way there's also protests scheduled for later today against the same neo liberal agenda so the colombian people are fighting back not just for their interest but for the interests of humble people across the world . but with more often i see them. a little bit ago a. lot of today's it is essential plugs support during the filming of the cabin right. welcome to sophie shevardnadze genetics and biology are promising to

and canada is calling for a new election that will sure professor of latin american studies at the city university of new york says the removal of morale is a victory fanie a liberal forces. who are still firing who it's our. this is. the jury for your liberalism it's for the forces in bolivia. who want to push back this itch and it is favoring the scenery or the workers so this cortical new president. it remains to be seen but it sure seems like she will up for the agenda of the rich of those forces based in something as we know bolivia is a very divided country racially and class was and as it will says the struggle will continue. ok well let's move to spain which is just held a general election in which no party is going to majority there the whole point of the vote was to break the country's political deadlock it was the 2nd general election this year and the 4th since 2015 so more details now from our correspondents following events for us in barcelona good morning charlotte as we said there this whole event was meant to sort of solve stalemate was in it but that hasn't happened. t

canada is edging a 2nd election to be held in the country daniel schorr is a professor of latin american studies at the city university of new york and he says the removal of morales is a victory for near liberal forces. are. who it's are. this is. a jury for your liberalism for the forces in bolivia. want to push back this ijebu this favorite scene or the workers so this quarter called new president. it remains to be seen but it sure seems like she will of the agenda of the rich of those forces basically. as we know bolivia is a very divided country racially and class while as it will says the struggle . well with almost all of the votes now counted in spain's general election the country looks no closer to ending months of political deadlock and their party is now predicted to win an overall majority and it is the 2nd general election this year and the 4th in as many years is charlotte you can ski with more from barcelona. well it does feel a little bit like deja vu as those final votes on now are being counted what we do know is that no one party has been able to gain a majority here to be ab

daniel schorr a professor of latin american studies told us more about the roots of the mass protests in colombia. the colombian masses this country of 40000000 compazine olsen in workers and indigenous who'd say they marching in flying the y. follow flag in solidarity with the people of bolivia will go a chilly haiti everywhere that there are things not just to go up against the colombian state. they're up against the u.s. sponsored colombian state the $265000000.00 in u.s. military aid that was sent this year under trump even more in past years with a plan colombia so we shouldn't forget that these 9 u.s. military bases over a 1000 u.s. military soldiers stationed in colombia 12 u.s. military bases in panama with the way there's also protests scheduled for later today against the same you know liberal agenda so the colombian people are fighting back not just for their interests but for the interests of humble people across the world. which a company join me from texas. tough in finding another one of the. way or both the food. bank itself moved to. closing this way got to dog throug

well for a bit more on this joining us live now is daniel schorr his press of latin american and caribbean studies at the city university of new york daniel thanks for joining us let's start here as mara just said that a 2nd vice president of the bolivian senate jeanine and years has become interim president what do we know about her what actions might she take now. well 1st i think it's very important. it will. ever not resign. lawrence perry way this is cool it's are violent who it's our. this is. a jury for your liberalism it's for the forces in bolivia. who want to push back this ijebu the disfavor in the scenery or the workers so this court record new president. it remains to be seen but it sure seems like she will up for the agenda of the rich of those forces based in santa cruz as we know bolivia is a very divided country racially and class was and as it will says the struggle will continue. let's talk a little bit more about those kind of macro things going on in latin america latin america because we've seen a lot of unrest recently in other countries as well. this was one of the leaders

this image is drown from my friend steven dudley at insight crime, latin american studies at latin university. it details the connections between one of the lead narco traffickers until his capture five, six years ago in the western part of kwaut ma la. it details the level of his interaction and involvement and filtration of the various levels of government, civil society, evangelical churches, as well as local politics and local businesses. another example, this is the cachiros, one of the major organizations in honduras, also captured and the leaders extradited. the kingpin strategy doesn't work. we can talk more about that if we want to. it only leads to more violence and competition between the surviving groups that are still there. this is a multi-billion dollar industry. taking out the leaders only makes the underlings more ambitio ambitious. this details the circulation of power and influence between drug trafficking organizations and the powers that be in those particular countries. particularly, an example of this is one orlando hernandez, the president of whonduras. u.s. partner an

and ending wars i'm joined by i guess daniel shaw in new york he is a professor of latin american and caribbean studies at city university of new york and because that we have peter because nick he is a professor of history and director of the nuclear studies institute at american university as well as co-author with all of her stone of the untold history of the united states and in washington we cross to camp he is the host and head writer of the comedy new show redacted tonight on our t.v. america all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can. but anytime you want to always appreciate let's go to protests to peter i think that all of us would agree and our audience that it's unlikely that we would ever compared to donald trump ok they're very very different but they do have one commonality and it's an attitude towards foreign adventures now donald trump has not been able to do much about his rhetoric of the campaign while he's been in office but keeps going both of them are.

and ending wars i'm joined by my guest daniel shaw in new york he is a professor of latin american and caribbean studies at city university of new york and but that is that we have peter because nick he is a professor of history and director of the nuclear studies institute at american university as well as co-author with all of her stone of the untold history of the united states and in washington we cross to camp he is the host and head writer of the comedy new show redacted tonight on our t.v. america all right so i mean crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want i always appreciate let's go to bethesda peter i think that all of us would agree and our audience that it's why. unlikely that we would ever compared to donald trump ok they're very very different but they do have one commonality and it's an attitude towards foreign adventures now donald trump has not been able to do much about his rhetoric of the campaign while he's been in office but telsey gabbert keeps going both of them are slammed every time they go outside the the borders or the perimeters of the bipartisan

pro quo, david stewart, unless you were born studying latin for four years in high school like myself is not something that rolls off the tongue of most americans. but bribery, one, it's cited in the constitution. to carl's point, can you as a lawyer, constitutional lawyer, explain this dangling as a political favor, as it were, as bribery? >> well absolutely -- it's a pretty simple thing to see it as an abuse of power. and i think that's a simpler way to get at it. and it's important to keep in mind that the parts of this case that are coming together all converge on the president. and that's the issue that i think the american people and the senators and the congressman are going to have to try to figure out. they're trying to build a firewall around him and i just -- and i'm going to be fascinated to see how that sorts out. frankly, some of the -- like mr. mulvaney's testimony or statement has suggested that that firewall really -- it doesn't exist. >> david, given that you wrote the book on impeachment and andrew johnson, he escaped by one vote but he was so tainted by the process that he didn't win his party's support for nomination the ne