the campaign by the lima group and paid by outside countries supporting. i think the. president maduro certainly feels he's got the momentum now that the wind has been taken out of the opposition's sails and i think the opposition have tended to underestimate his determination to to hang on to power come what may. right through right from the very beginning i think the plan a was that the military would go over to the opposition right away plan b. was that the. the humanitarian aid would force the military's happened and that would lead to a determination and doesn't really appear to be a plan c. except to really having to accept the view expressed by the lim a group that. tightening the diplomatic political cordon against venezuela is the way forward and i think this the united states for the present anyway accepts that this is this this is the thing to do and this u.n. security council meeting that is due later on tuesday i mean let's be honest it's really have much to fear from that does it because he he has the backing of russia and as a backing of china both of th

the campaign by the lima group and paid by outside countries supporting. i think the. president maduro certainly feels he's got the momentum now that the wind has been taken out of the opposition's sails and i think the opposition have tended to underestimate his determination to to hang on to power come what may. right through right from the very beginning i think the plan a was that the military would go over to the opposition right away plan b. was that the you know the humanitarian aid would force the militaries happened and that would lead to a determination and doesn't really appear to be a plan c. except to really having to accept the view expressed by the lim a group that. tightening the diplomatic political cordon against venezuela is the way forward and i think this is the united states for the present anyway accepts that this is this this is the thing to do and this u.n. security council meeting that is due later on tuesday i mean let's be honest it's really have much to fear from that does it because he he has the backing of russia and as a backing of china

i am convinced that what the lima group has been doing by recognizing president juan guaido as interim president as -- of venezuela and the national assembly as legitimate body administering democracy --ressed >> we apologize. we are having technical issues ,ith our signal from columbia where vice president mike pence was scheduled to speak about the political and humanitarian situation in venezuela. we will leave it at this point. we are recording the event. we hope to bring it to you later on c-span. a look now at some of our live programming coming up today on the c-span networks. join us at noon for a conversation with rob rosenstein on the role of law norms in the united states compared with legal systems abroad, including in china. the center for strategic and international studies is the host of that discussion. live coverage starting at noon on c-span. looking at congress, the house and senate will be back today. this week the house will take up a joint resolution determining national trump's emergency declaration allowing him to build a southern border wall with money congress

international criminal court asking it to consider the humanitarian situation in venezuela the lima group consists of fourteen countries including peru argentina brazil chile colombia mexico all of them except mexico recognize the opposition leader who is venezuela's president let's cross live now to our correspondent in morpeth who's in new york for us take us through the latest please. well the lima group at this point is making an appeal to the international criminal court for an assessment regarding the situation in venezuela now this comes on the heels of a speech we just heard from mike pence the vice president of united states who addressed the lima group earlier and in his remarks he gave one hundred percent backing on behalf of donald trump and the u.s. government to juan guede oh the individual who calls himself the president of venezuela he calls himself the interim president after taking an oath and self proclaiming himself to be leaving as wayland president furthermore mike pence made an appeal to venezuela's military saying it wouldn't offer amnesty to forces that switch sid

the lima group of countries has sent a request to the international criminal court to look at the manager and situation in venezuela that comes as the us finds president pledges an additional fifty six million dollars to support the opposition. iran's foreign minister mohammad. announces his resignation he made the statement on social media on monday the reason for the resignation remains unclear so far. and prepares for his second meeting with north korean leader kim jong un we look at how the host nation vietnam is getting ready for the summit. are broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow and whether you're watching in new york or greenwich village we're glad to have you. all right we start with the latest pictures from the bridge on the venezuela colombia border clashes have erupted there between police and protesters after hundreds arrived to support a humanitarian aid convoy that failed to enter the. protesters also denounced to president nicolas maduro and you can see people hurling rocks towards the police officers there was also some gray smoke which might have been tea

the lima group is asking for the international criminal court to make an assessment of the situation in venezuela as to whether or not international law was violated with the burning of the aid convoy whether or not venezuelan leaders are in violation of international law they are asking the international criminal court to make that assessment now this comes on the heels of a speech we just heard from mike pence the vice president of united states who addressed the lima group earlier and in his remarks he gave one hundred percent backing on behalf of donald trump and the u.s. government to juan guede oh the individual who calls himself the president of venezuela he calls himself the interim president after taking an oath and self proclaiming himself to be the venezuelan president furthermore mike pence made an appeal to venezuela's military saying it would offer amnesty to forces that switch sides and began supporting wedo and furthermore my friends offered a kind of a financial incentive for countries throughout the region to join with washington's efforts to topple the venezuelan g

his words come as members of the so-called lima group gathered in colombia with opposition leader one to discuss the venice will in crisis the bloc of fourteen countries is sending an appeal to the international criminal court demanding it consider the humanitarian situation in venezuela with another what they called criminal violence against his own people the vast majority of the lima group. the u.s. vice president was also among the attendees killam up and has more on his role in the meeting. well mike pence was speaking to the lima group in bogota colombia about the crisis in venezuela now when he addressed the grouping he gave his full support on behalf of the united states to juan guede o. who proclaimed himself to be the interim president of venezuela furthermore he said that new sanctions against venezuela were in the works for individuals in the venezuelan government already been named by the u.s. treasury mike pence who offered amnesty to any folks in the military venezuela who would switch sides and come over to the side and he then offered additional funding to countries i

i don't know there was there was a government of abba i mean it was a meeting of the lima group it was true the minister to canada's government there will receive this mail and so far this is the only answer that we have. how do you feel about being bound at the very last moment for this. well i've been covering in all of these group of last moments i mean it's not a surprise not for me at least. it is not a zipper that police are afraid some have been created to dismantle these demonic not to show the mass what the weather what must media isn't showing so it is not a surprise that they are now they don't like us and they've been trying to balance every single voice that it's against this a narrative against venezuela and i mean david this is only exposing the contradictions of this group that have been created in. anti-democratic in an anti-democratic way they've been trying to solve the situation that is going on in better soil or. they couldn't approve any resolution of it by the a government so they create this group we've been reporting about at i mean it's not a surprise of teles

what additional actions could be taken by the lima group?what may be under consideration right now that could be tools out of disposal of this incredibly important group in the americas. >> thank you very much. [inaudible] and they are working on a statement with measures with pressure on the regime and of course also diplomatic ordination that will focus on talkback being the group of countries that is still spinning to provide support to the administration of president guiado. i won't go further because this is to be announced after the meeting. >> ambassador, the statement of the lima group was fundamental in helping to get in motion where we are today. also, a significant concern is the increased violence, repression that could very well be forthcoming from even beginning in a couple hours when venezuelans go into the streets at 11:00 a.m. washington time, 12:00 p.m. in caracas to voice support for the policies that have come out of the national assembly and 40 people have died in the last week. how should countries be prepared to respon

the different points of view there is ecuador who have recognized the without being part of the lima group the my group is the group that tries to solve its alien crisis for the last two years canada exactly exactly and costa rica is also part of the contact group which is a member of the lima group and has recognized. and then there are believe you and your wife who are not part of the lima group and are on the side of nicolas maduro so there can be quite a good negotiation with eleven american countries on the table with different points of view and they have to talk about the wait to the next presidential elections and that's what european union has to do you know when you've got all of these latin american and south american countries with interests and that its way there and doing something about the situation there why then is this in germany's interest i mean this whale a seems like a world away from let's not let's not forget that the biggest group of refugees in spain right now is from the line in spain as part of the schengen area so there are many refugees from that you know tha

and canada is ramping up pressure on the door oh they need to drive him from power the so-called lima group is throwing its support behind opposition leader and self-proclaimed interim president. however the group's latest meeting on monday was disrupted by a protest. the lima group has called for the suspension of military cooperation with the duras government bad high level venezuelan officials from entering their territories but canada's foreign minister is also merge the local military to get behind something to do it over labeled a sick joke. this statement is disgusting and laughable it's difficult to know whether to laugh or vomit or both when i read it i wanted to be sick in love similar cheney asli one request is crazier than the other on behalf of all the people of venezuela we say yes to dialogue a thousand times dialogue. russian in venezuela media have been banned from attending a crunch meeting of the lima group on the crisis we cannot in foreign ministry emailed russian agencies sputnik and ria novosti telling them that their accreditation had been refused but gave no reason

that lima group has called for the suspension of military cooperation with the daughter's government barred high level venezuelan officials from entering their territories canada's foreign minister has also words the local women are free to get behind required something labeled a sick joke. this statement is disgusting and laughable it's difficult to know whether to laugh or vomit or both when i read it i wanted to be sick in love similar cheney asli one request is crazier than the other on behalf of all the people of venezuela we say yes to dialogue a thousand times dialogue we more russian in venezuela media have been banned from attending a crunch meeting of the lima group on the crisis the canadian foreign ministry emailed russian agencies but they can remain of the state telling them that their accreditation had been refused but gave no reason and is while a base t.v. network telesur was also denied access without explanation its correspondent alina duarte who was meant to attend the talks not of her says it's to prevent non-mainstream voices from being heard. it's not a surpris

the lima group is calling for a peaceful change of government, and immediate deliveries of humanitarian. i do also want address the issue of outside military intervention and an important point in our communique is point 17, where we have agreed and i quote, finally, they, this is the countries of the lima group, re—iterate their support for a process of peaceful transition through political and diplomatic means without the use of force. revelation that now is the time to act. —— revelation that now is the time to act. -- translation: the revelation that now is the time to act. —— translation: the one free, transparent and fair elections in venezuela with the participation of all venezuelans and political actors. we have also urged the national armed forces of venezuela to recognise that commander—in—chief juan guaido. the president of venezuela. nicholas maduro has suggested the political and economic crisis could lead to civil war — depending, he said, on the "madness" of washington and its allies. mr guido has dismissed that. orla guerin reports from caracas: all eyes now on venezuel

humanitarian situation in venezuela kellett maupin's got the latest well mike pence was speaking to the lima group in bogota colombia about the crisis in venezuela now when he addressed the group inc he gave his full support on behalf of the united states to juan guede o. who proclaimed himself to be the interim president of venezuela furthermore he said that new sanctions against venezuela were in the works for individuals in the venezuelan government already been named by the u.s. treasury mike pence who offered amnesty to any folks in the military venezuela who would switch sides and come over to his side and he then offered additional funding to countries in the region that would go along with washington in its efforts to remove the duros today also it's my privilege to announce that the united states will provide an additional fifty six million dollars to support our partners in the region as you come to the aid of the venezuelan people fleeing from the deprivation and oppression of them to the old regime it's good people of venezuela she cure freedom we will go with you you go but go. now at

meanwhile the so-called lima group gathered in colombia with opposition leader to discuss the crisis the bloc of fourteen countries is sending an appeal to the international criminal court demanding it consider the humanitarian situation in venezuela with an eye on what they call materials criminal violence against his own people the vast majority of the lima group a back to the u.s. vice president was also among the attendees to pledge additional funding for those who side with washington today also it's my privilege to announce that the united states will provide an additional thirty six million dollars to support our partners in the region as you come to the aid of the venezuelan people fleeing from the deprivation and oppression of the dual regime it's good people of venezuela should your freedom we will go with you. hugo would grow. pens has also had a message for the self-proclaimed interim president that the u.s. is one hundred percent behind him he also called on the venezuelan military to accept an offer of amnesty or face being held accountable for the weekend's border viol

gale welcome to the program venezuela's opposition leader quite there is missing leaders of the lima group of latin american countries today in the colombian capital but the top u.s. vice president mike pence is also after mr himself as well as interim president washington because they want. he's back as the standoff with president nicolas maduro four people were killed and hundreds wounded along venezuela's border at the weekend but why those supporters clashed with the door open security forces in a failed attempt to bring international aid into the country. let's get the latest from danger because what and how do i get this season the colombian city of kuta on the border with welcome have it what can we expect from this emergency conference in bogota. well phil what we are likely to expect is to see them as well in a position trying to step up their efforts and to get a more aggressive tone by of this group of countries the so-called lima group and we've heard the representative of one way go to the lima group say that he wants to leave all options on the table all options open and that

the lima group is calling for a peaceful change of government, and immediate deliveries of humanitarian. it's reaffirmed its support for venezuela's national assembly, which is led by the opposition — and says the rest of the world should follow the us in preventing president maduro‘s government conducting financial transactions abroad. i want it address the issue of outside military intervention and oui’ outside military intervention and our other point where we have agreed andi our other point where we have agreed and i quote, finally, vague, this is the countries of the lima group, redirect the support through peaceful transition through political and diplomatic means without the use of force. mr maduro has suggested the political and economic crisis could lead to civil war, depending, he said, on the "madness" of washington and its allies. mr guaido has dismissed that. orla guerin reports from caracas: all eyes now on venezuela, where it's not hard to find scenes like this. the embattled president, nicolas maduro, insists his people are not paupers. 19—year—old anders would beg to d

well the lima group is the bedrock of the opposition global strategy to oust my guru and they are a group of latin american countries and canada that joined together after mother made the power grab the power grab when he made the a national assembly illegitimate and and they wanted a solution because two things were happening then as well was becoming destabilized politically and economically and the refugees were flowing to their countries so these were countries that were very much concerned about peace and stability in the region and their own countries as well and they have been the drivers of this process it's very one can say that without group this would not be happening right now. and the jennifer despite all the international pressure phrasings nicolas maduro he is still hanging on to power when you see this going. well this is also not surprising does have a lot of power because he has the military behind it and the top brass are not letting go and that makes sense because they are very heavily invested in this in this government they have they are essentially a part of it and

but as well as opposition leader who is meeting the leaders of the lima group of mostly latin american countries and the colombian capital bachata us vice president of my parents has arrived here with mr white there on the left and colombia's foreign minister at a news conference washington has become one of quieter keep back as the standoff with president of dora four people killed hundreds wounded along the country's border at the weekend and over security forces blocked out of supporters attempts to bring international aid into the country. from data because violent behavior i gave this season the colombian city of kuta on the border with welcome have it what can we expect from this emergency conference in bogota. well phil what we are likely to expect is to see the minister on a position trying to step up their efforts and to get a more aggressive tone by of this group of countries the so-called lima group and we've heard the representative of one way bill to the lima group say that he wants to leave all options on the table all options open and that that might include the use of f

at least that is the request that we've already heard from the representative of one way to the lima groupas this summit participants called themselves but the problem is that the use of force is a matter of finish and we do not know what exactly they mean by that and of course many here in cook with where we stand think it could mean a military intervention that is not going to be easy though because the lima group has members like mexico for example did not recognize one way to go as interim president of venezuela or costa rica for example that cannot accept or support a military intervention for constitutional issues so having an unanimous in this lima group conference to support an actual like that that might be supported by the united states will be hard to reach and this trip i mean it is also coming after those severe clashes over the weekend that we saw as supporters they were unable to deliver those those truckloads of humanitarian aid from colombia and brazil i just want to get a closer look at that situation there on the border for thousands of vendors and then get your reaction

the international community to keep all options open we have that meeting on monday tomorrow the lima group meeting involve attack in colombia a group for posed to a doer of neighboring nations and beyond what do you think why do is asking for if not military intervention. call concrete steps. to come after the a bloke at the border yesterday missed the boat as a person the united states pains will be there in that meeting port. what they're looking for the full options are on the table but they need now to lay out a new. route to put the aid to human to human terry into women who are. so i mean what one guy do himself it sort of created this day of the twenty third of february in the sense that that was the day he said the aid was going to flow into venezuela i guess he was trying to to shame the government perhaps to get more defections from the military and bring aid into the people who are suffering venezuela but he failed in all those fronts and in a frank effectively was a huge miscalculation on behalf of one who was in it yes it is but if the news that when he said that he thought it

and lima a group of nations accusing them of waging a ferocious campaign to unseat president nicolas maduro. he has more from the colombian capital but what top. here in bogota the vice president of the united states mike pence announced a series of new measures against the venezuelan president nicolas maduro starting with new sanctions against a number of in a swell officials in this case for governors of border states which the u.s. consider responsible for the violence that broke out there over the weekend he also called on the other nations of the lima group to immediately freeze the assets of. the venezuelan national oil company at this to further limit the ability of president nicolas maduro to access much needed cash to continue operating its government this of course will also produce consequences for the people. of course but this is what the u.s. and the opposition considers the best move forward after they failed to. the aid sent by the united states over the weekend the leader of the venezuelan opposition also insisted on asking more international pressure to house the pr

juan: i want to ask you about the lima group.would have been inconceivable 10 years ago that so many latin american countries would have lined up with the united states condemning venezuela because there was taking tied throughout pink titieca of -- a throughout latin american america. we have a conservative tide now with bolsonaro in brazil and duque. can you talk about the changes in latin america on venezuela's ability to reach withstand this type of aggression? this was not for free. the united states, ca, suddenly i believe that everything was concentrated in the middle east when barack obama turn his face ad saw what they considered backyard he said, hey, look at what is happening. this chavez fellow and lula and people in argentina and nicaragua, we have to do something about this. and they began to send resources to support candidates to do -wingigns against the leftft candidates, and they regained government -- which respond exclusively to the orders of the united states. that is why the lima group exists. but this will

this group of countries are called the lima group. himself will be there on monday and the vice president of the united states mike pence will also be at this meeting and he will also sit down with a white door to discuss what the next steps could be we've heard last night from those saying that he will formally ask the countries the international coalition that support him supports him to leave all the options on the table all the options available. so the question is if we will see hardening of the position in the position of the group put towards a venezuela there's also discussion of more sanctions that the u.s. could impose in venezuela and people here are worried about the consequences the humanitarian consequences inside of venezuela also consider that with the bridges close with the border closed it makes it more difficult for a lot of people on the other side to survive because they depend on entering into gear to find the food in the medicines that they so desperately need some that amputee there with the latest from the bor

the vice president of the united states flying into bogota, colombia to meet with leaders of the lima groupcluding the president of colombia and the it rim president, the man the united states of america and most of of the free world recognizes as the president of venezuela, juan guaido. both juan guaido and vice president mike pence met with families, venezuelans today living in exile here in colombia. i was in the room and it got very emotional with some women sobbing. they are desperate they said to go home. they waited long enough and they are so hopeful for change. but it's challenging. and nicolas maduro has really not made things any easier. over the weekend we learned five people have died. hundreds have been injured in all kinds of skirmishes along the border. specifically on the venezuela-colombia border. that's where we are seeing these violent outbreaks. as nicolas maduro prevents this'-needed food and medicine from getting to his people. he's refusing them that opportunity of humanitarian aid, not just from the united states, but from all over the world. it's being sent in, and

a european countries and a country that is also part of the lima group with mexico who decided not to come to this meeting here in bogota and this group is hoping to travel to a caracas and start a conversation with my daughter they are hoping to open a dialogue but they're saying that that dialogue needs to bring in the end to free elections in been this way on a sounder thank you very much for that for now that is honest. with the very latest live in both but i would of course be going back to him for any developments on the story let's move on to other news now and the u.s. special envoy. has arrived in qatar for talks with the afghan taliban is co-founder and political chief. was among several senior senior taliban members who attended the four day summit aimed at ending the seventeen year war. other's presence is seen as a significant boost for the discussions in a tweet. said arrived in the heart to meet with a more authoritative delegation and this could be a significant moment appreciate the hosting and pakistan and facilitating travel now the work begins in earnest stephanie

the iii—nation lima group has called for a change of government without the use of force, and for president maduro‘s administration to lose access to venezuela's international assets. i do also want address the issue of outside military intervention and an important point in our communique is point 17, where we have agreed and i quote, finally, they, this is the countries of the lima group, re—iterate their support for a process of peaceful transition through political and diplomatic means without the use of force. translation: now is the time to act. nicolas maduro has again made clear that he will not bow to pressure from the us and its allies and insisted that he had the support of the military. across venezuela, there are severe shortages of basic items such as medicine and food. many people have been voting with their feet and leaving the country. our correspondent, orla guerin reports from caracas. all eyes now on venezuela, where it's not hard to find scenes like this. the embattled president, nicolas maduro, insists his people are not paupers. 19—year—old anders would beg to differ.

yeah they have for a while this has been they they are the ones actually canada that started the lima group two thousand and seventeen it was the declaration signed of lima peru they've been strong behind this from the very beginning it's all part of prime minister justin trudeau those foreign policy in the region they're very strongly from the beginning even long before the united states in many ways taking a strong stand not only on sanctions but also leading this really regional effort that now is turned into a global effort trying to pressure nicolas maduro that pressure is only increased now as canada's the one that called this urgent meeting here in ottawa summoning people together to try to to try to bring it into this crisis is going on there we heard from justin trudeau he made that announcement as you mentioned forty million dollars there of aid he goes that's just the first step but he also in this meeting did recognize what he says is. gordo's ambassador here to canada as well so canada taking a very strong leadership role so far on supporting what thank you for that gave for us

pressure on the president of venezuela aiming to drive nicholas my daughter from power the so-called lima group is throwing its support behind opposition leader and self-proclaimed interim leader one quite doe however the group's latest meeting on monday was disrupted by a protest. the lima group has called for the suspension of military cooperation with my daughter's government and by high level venezuelan officials from entering their territories a kind that as foreign minister has urged the local military to get behind mr why dole something president my daughter labeled a sick joke. this statement is disgusting and laughable it's difficult to know whether to laugh or vomit or both when i read it i wanted to be sick and asleep one request is crazier than the other. on behalf of all the people of venezuela we see yes to dialogue thousand times dialogue and dialogue or not a dozen e.u. states have now recognize one why don't was the interim president at least until new elections were held however a source and italy's ruling coalition has confirmed to watty that rome actually vetoed the e.u. wid