lucio newman, al jazeera, sent iago.afghanistan's banking system is at risk of collapse if urgent and decisive action is not taken. that is the warning from the united nations. development agencies say the situation is at a near standstill. deposits to keep banks operating are shrinking due to a cash liquidity crunch and a spike in unpaid loans. the government wants its assets abroad to be unfrozen. the economy plunged into deeper crisis after the taliban took over in august. a security forces in uganda have increased patrols after recent suicide attacks that killed four people in the capital. at least 100 people have been arrested since tuesday and six have been killed. police say the allied democratic forces in neighboring democratic republic of congo carried out the attacks. reporter: police and soldiers income polymer -- in kampala prepared to go out for night patrols. the patrols are now frequent and thorough following attacks by three men who detonated explosive devices, killing themselves and others near a police

our latin america editor lucio newman, was at the festivities there in bridgetown. ah, the declaration of the world newest republic was marked by celebrations ah, with the music song and dance that barbados is so well known for ah, but above all, it was time for solemnity. prince charles arrived for the last time as the representative of the queen by businesses head of state, marking the end of the british monarchies, ties with the island once known as britons caribbean, crown jewel, the creation of this republic of the new beginning. but it also marks a point on a continuum, a milestone on the long road. you have not only travelled, but which you have built. then the british military flag was lowered, replaced by one that represents only barbados, which now has a new president, sandra mason. we now turn our vessels bow towards the new republic. redo this so that we may seize the full substance. all were sovereignty. barbados was britton's 1st and most important slave colony, whose sugar feels produced vast wealth for the empire. it gained independence only 55 years

a latin america editor lucio newman, is following the story from the capital san jose. the closer closed in nicaragua, amid a very low voter turnout and an apparent response to paul's in my, the opposition and, and the nicaraguan catholic church for citizens to stay at home and not legitimize a fraudulent election. president daniel taylor did make a speech after he and his wife rosario rodeo was also the vice president cast their ballots. he called. * the election, free and democratic as always, to quote him and he had in the united states and accusing it of terrorism and of financing and attempting against his government. and however, he did not offer any concrete evidence of these charges, as you know, the and all of the main screen of the candidates are, he's a competition. we're unable to take part in the selection 7 of these candidates, which would be candidates, are imprisoned. the rest have been borrowed from running or have gone into exile here in neighboring costa regional, where there are also thousands of other exiles. they demonstrated throughout the day, ca

it could be a solution to replace fossil fuels at a competitive price or latin america. edison lucio newman reports now from colina. it's colorless, odorless, and tasteless and its everywhere. hydrogen is one of the world's most abundant elements. a plentiful source of energy, lighter and more powerful than lithium and oil. can be used to fuel large vehicles like airplanes, and ships or to power heavy industry like mining. but the challenge is to replace conventional fossil fuels with hydrogen without using contaminating energy sources to make it. this is no ordinary forklift. it's the was 1st to be run on green hydrogen produced right here at the last thought. the last copper plant in your chillies capital, if the movers deal with us in the city, so this is very similar to a petrol station. and the time it takes to fill the vehicles very similar as well. green hydrogen is produced by separating hydrogen molecules from h 2. 0, in other words, water through a process of electrolysis. it only emits water vapor, no c o 2. and this is the 2nd part of the equation, the ability to generate enough

international observers have also been prevented from overseeing the votes or latin america. editor lucio newman. reports from san jose and neighbor in costa rica, after al jazeera was denied entry into nicaragua. as usual, dick rob was armed forces distributed and guarded ballots ahead of sundays. presidential elections, but there's nothing usual about this one. most noteworthy is who was not on the ballot, not a single competitive candidate from nicaragua, mean opposition to parties. in the lead up to the poll president, daniel ortega, who's running for a 4th consecutive term imprisoned 7 mainstream opposition candidates, and disqualified the rest, accusing them of everything from money laundering to treason, or is it that who's gone though? what we are doing is trying criminals with bloated, again, as the country, the security of our country by trying to organize another uprising. another could deter it and not known the crackdown on opposition. candidates and activists ahead of the elections, forced architect maria ankle is still gallo to seek refuge in neighboring costa rica gong a lincoln.

our latin america editor lucio newman, is in santiago with her story. oh me tabula come p. i has found a way to get about me thinking about a but i yeah, i have to follow the rogue. see? i feel the rug and then i know there's the chair. and i know that this is the way to the bedroom. see in actual fact, she's the only one here who can't see the 37 year old mother of 3 was shot in the face at point blank range by police with a tear gas canister. while walking to the bus stop to go to work 2 years ago. she suffered multiples. facial fractures lost both her eyes and her sense of smell and taste. but not her determination to go on living. she says, oh yeah, now after multiple reconstructive surgeries, she is on the campaign trail as a candidate for the senate. oh yeah. it is here to day i've decided to run for a c in the center in order to legislate for my people so that the laws will benefit them. because so far the law is only for a few in america. cut b, i is still waiting for her attacker to be sentenced while she's recognized everywhere she goes, a symbol of police brutali

most of the opposition and latin america editor lucio newman reports now from neighboring costa rica, nicaraguan soldiers, police, and sandinista party supporters came out bright and early to vote. but in most of the country, the streets and the usually bustling polling stations were empty. this was in response to a call to boycott, an election in which all the competitive opposition candidates were imprisoned, or disqualified from running. foreign journalists were barred from entering the country to cover the voting president, daniel ortega and his wife, sally moody, you the vice president. nevertheless, hale the election as fair free and democratic ortega then described opponents and their alleged foreign backers as terrorists. soon, the more you see our demons, demons who do not want peace, who do not want tranquillity for our country. they upped for violence, for war, for slander, for campaigns, for what, so that nicaragua is once again plunged into violent confrontations. o la lily lopez is one of the many who did not vote still in mourning for her 21 year old son died than whom

as bringing our latin america editor lucio newman, whose live in costa rica for as you're in costa rica, lucy, because foreign journalists are not being allowed in nicaragua. so we've had opponents of ortega urging nicaraguans to stay at home and not go to the polls to day. is that call being heated? what are you hearing about? turn out the, the hose will be closing very shortly. and from what we've been hearing from people we forces we have inside of nicaragua, there has been a very, very low turn out throughout the day, particularly in what are usually the most, the most busy holding stations. very early in the morning, soldiers and police and send denise, the party affiliates and supervise has went out to vote very early. but after that they were very, very few people outdoors. most of the streets were empty. so it does seem that the call for one to void caught this foliage. they are because what they say is a vote, but not an election because they have really no one to elect. they have no choice. they said he'd be good mind that the most competitive candidates, all of them, were eit

jose antonio cast latin america. editor lucio newman reports from santiago next to the when 35 year old former student leader gabrielle bought each stops to ask for this man support his told that all politicians are liars, newly williamson, to which he answers. not all politicians are alike. live bought each a congressman is undoubtedly non traditional. he doesn't look like a presidential candidate and is the youngest one in chile in history. and he represents with some called the new left part of a wave of politicians who aim to transform chillies, political and economic structure. a tree is his campaign symbol. what did you say? well, you know, i can give you a cd that represents an idea. but for it to grow, you have to water it for a new chilly to whitish. we must work collecting all go. he has support from many progresses, but it is achilles heel is not only his youth, but the fact that he's running in a coalition with the communist party. and that frightens many jillions. it's given an impressive boost to his main rival for sam to in your class, he represents the most socially and

country will still be a member of the commonwealth group of nations or latin america. editor lucio newman . was that the festivities in bridgetown. it is quite an extraordinary occasion to become a republic. doesn't ever really most public since so long ago. but in the case of islands, many of them considered 16 of them to be exact. wellness of great britain, between the queen is the head of state. barbados has had a long and complete history wanting to become what it says is independent nation. in fact, back in the 1600s when great britain turned to be just into really the, the capital or the crushed major calling to become a snake slave colony on the porch. since then, it's many people had to fight was on to become the truly independent nation. wanted to become in 55 years ago today. money tried to push for the public staff is no longer to be a constitutional monarchy, as it was up to just about an hour ago. so there were a lot of mixed feelings here not, but i would say compared to relationship, a good strong. this was received warmly by the public at the same time, there is a sense of

now our latin america editor lucio newman, says gabriel bar, which is supporters. are still optimistic about the outcome. i'm a give me a body just campaign headquarters where hundreds of his supporters and advisors are here and they're all saying the same thing. they have a battle ahead of them, but they believe that they will win. as you see here, people are saying know log has no more, right wing bar. it will be the president of chile. no more going back to the nursing over and over again. and then, because nobody i wanted to present for them a future, a different future for this country of social political any can only concede that one to make to lead a far more equal society. but they know that they are confronting a very, very important rival, a very strong rival, much stronger than they could have expected. and it's very uncertain right now which way the vote that did not go to either one or the tuning candidates will go in the 2nd round. so as of tomorrow, they say they will go out and fight for every single mode. it did not go to that, but he had bought ea

to lucio newman has been following developments from san jose in neighboring costa rica. the government has already put out what it says are the initial results, which will probably be the final result says saying that president daniel ortega won by nearly 75 percent of the votes. no surprise there. but the, what is interesting is what the opposition coalition that has that monitored the elections from inside nicaragua says it says that between 79 and 84 percent of nicaraguans abstained in that election. and that is pretty consistent with what we've been hearing from gallup polls. that, that indicate that president ortega's popularity is below 19 percent. now, the reaction, the international reaction has been swift and harsh. world leader is the same. this was not a matter of who would win about whether daniel ortega has won the election, but rather were there he has stolen and grabbed the election. the united, the european union has just put out a statement saying that it does not recognize the legitimacy of elections which were not competitive and that it will consider

united states, adding more pressure to an already unprecedented migration crisis in the region. lucio newman al jazeera san jose costa rica, protested his. according for armine as prime minister to resign, the year after, he signed an unpopular ceasefire with as a by john thousands joined, a rally in the capital yerevan to mark the anniversary. the agreement ended fighting over the disputed nagondo kara back region, but it surrendered control of large areas of land tobacco. nicole passion. yeah, i'm has since one election, former george and president miguel soc, is really as in transferred to a prison hospital. he's been on the hunger strike, will it more than a month? one in jail? software video support has that been holding rallies, calling for his release. he was arrested last month when he returned from exile, love to been convicted in absentia of abuse. power u. s. investigators of see $6000000.00 in ransomware, payments and charged to alleged hackers in relation to major attacks. ukrainian mans and custody authorities are still searching for the other suspect who's a russian citizen. i

a while him winning is the expected result, latin america lucio newman joins us live now from the costa. lisa, capital san jose. at the see a good to see you ortega actually has just spoken. what does he have to say? yes, he has. he addressed the nation after voting very early by. ortega standards. he usually is one of the last people to vote in the country. but the turn out has been extremely low. presumably because our campaign has gone on the way by o. pony of the government, asking people to stay home and not legitimize a vote by going to the polls he or take a said that nicaragua has free and democratic elections. this is despite the fact that as you already mentioned, he jailed his main contenders and the fuel for were not in prison and went into exile or were barred from running at all. so he's pretty much, he's virtually running unopposed they. he also blamed the united states he called united states terrorists for that it was financing terrorism body, offered no proof of his allegations, which have been ongoing now to justify the unrest and the decline in his popularity in nica

a latin american, the editor lucio newman, joins us live now from san jose in neighboring costa rica. when nicaraguans in exile are protesting the election at lucy at what can you tell us about protest is in the mood of nicaraguans, where you are ah, well, they are certainly angry, but at the same time, feeling very emboldened, there are hundreds and hundreds of them here we have recognized quite a few because they come from the order the border, but very close to reagan and nicaragua, where they took buses overnight to get here to take part in this protest. some of them had actually crossed over into costa rica through illegal border passes so that they say they will not be forced to vote in today's elections, which they don't call elections. they say that nicaraguans will only be able to both what not to have more suspect whom they would want as their next president because of the vast majority of the mainstream. what was it candidates? her are either imprison or i had been or have gone into exile a very, very consolation here in nicaragua. and so we are hearing that at least 8 posi

a latin america editor lucio newman, is falling the story from neighboring costa rica, the close of closed in nicaragua, amid a very low voter turnout and an apparent response to called by the opposition and in the mineral catholic church for citizens to stay at home and quote, not legitimize a fraudulent election president daniel or treat, or did make a speech, an after he and his wife rosario rodeo, was also the vice president. cast their ballots. he called at the election, free and democratic as always, to co, him, and he attacked the united states and accusing him of terrorism and of financing and attending against his government. however, he did not offer any concrete evidence of these charges, as you know, the and all of the main 3 candidates or his competition were unable to take part in the selection seminar of these candidates or would be candidates, are imprisoned. arrests have been borrowed from running or have gone into exile here in neighbor, in costa rica, whether also thousands of other exiles they demonstrated throughout the day rolling on the international community. does

now, with the imprisonment of nearly all opposition leaders, a latin america editor lucio newman. reports are from costa rica this row region in costa rica, near the border with nicaragua, is to day home to 70 nicaraguan farmers who had to flee their own land. they were lucky to be able to rent this farm, to raise and sell pigs in order to feed their families. there among the thousands of poor nicaraguan farmers who began protesting in 2013 against president daniel ortega's plan to expropriate their land and build a multi $1000000000.00 trans atlantic canal. by doing so, they became enemies of the state, along with tens of thousands of other nicaraguans who crossed into costa rica in the last 3 years to escape reprisals for taking part in anti government protests. no miracle nicaraguans are emigrating as never before because the repression is continuing. and so does the migration to costa rica span the united states. people can't live with the psychosis, the fear that they'll be in prison, beaten, and tortured. and then there's the economic situation, phone record numbers of nicaraguans a

let's bring in our latin american edison now lucy newman, who joins us from san jose in neighboring costa rica. hello, there. lucio nicaraguans have been protesting their against the election. what has been the tyrant among them and what they want there had, there are hundreds and hundreds of nicaraguan exiles who are here. you can see some of them behind me. it's been raining a lot. so some have taken a bit of cover. but they are here from the border areas. we're talking about nicaraguan farmers. people are politicians from coming to it would be gone into exile and neighboring costa rica more recently. and others who left the country 3 years ago when a, an uprising against president ortega began, they are all united in their call for the president ortega to step down or at the very least hold would, they would regard and what most international human rights and political groups would consider free and fair elections. why do i say this? because the opposition candidates? certainly the competitive opposition candidates have all been barred from running at least 7 of them are imprisoned, in fact, and others have gon