now an anti— maduro dissident. can maduro al asked his enemies? —— at last.dina, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. thank you so much. i would like to express my gratitude not only to you personally but to hardtalk and the bbc for representing a jet of leith hardships the venezuelan people are living in right now. —— objectively the hardships. we would do that in detail. let's start with a simple explanation, if you like. why did you change sides? for the last couple of years you have been a diplomat at the un representing venezuela and the venezuelan government. and a month ago he decided to jump ship. government. and a month ago he decided tojump ship. why government. and a month ago he decided to jump ship. why was decided tojump ship. why? government. and a month ago he decided to jump ship. why? to begin with, corruption, drug trafficking, terrorist ties, or the illegal attainment of political prisoners and even less murders of students in the street. and as we have said silence is the biggest partner of impunity andi silence is the biggest partner of impun

maduro: estamos ahora juntos con todo el poder.rotestas. y hoy denunciÓ el fraude electoral. maduro: nosotros vamos a seguir como nos corresponde, al frente de la lucha que todo el pueblo venezolano merece y tiene derecho. frrancisco: tambiÉn una fiscal general dispuesta a seguir dando batalla. >> desconocer el origen, proceso y presunto resultado de la inmoral constituyente presidencial. francisco: una jornada electoral que resultÓ ser la mÁs sangrienta. 16 muertos en protestas cerca del centro de votaciÓn, que el gobierno no reconoce. maduro: no tenemos hasta ahora, querido pueblo de venezuela, un muerto, un fallecido, atribuible a la fuerza armada nacional bolivariana. francisco: dos de los fallecidos son menores de edad. hoy, sus familiares, estÁn llorando su muerte. >> justicia, y no sÓlo por mi papÁ, sino por todos los muertos que han habido. la verdad es que es lamentable, es lamentable y hay gente que sigue apoyando esto y piensa que todo esto estÁ bien. francisco: entre las fuerzas armadas estÁ repartida la autorÍa de las

now an anti—maduro dissident. can maduro outlast his enemies? isaias medina, welcome to hardtalk.nk you. thank you so much, stephen. i would like to express my gratitude not only to you personally but to hardtalk and the bbc for representing objectively the hardships that the venezuelan people are living in right now in my country. well, let's examine the situation in your country in some detail. let's start with a simple explanation, if you like. why did you change sides? cos, for the last couple of years you've been a diplomat at the united nations, representing venezuela and the venezuelan government. and a month ago you decided to jump ship. why? to begin with, i do not endorse corruption, drug trafficking, terrorist ties, or the illegal detain of political prisoners, and, even less, murders of students in the street. and as almagro has said, silence is the biggest partner of impunity, and i'm a fighter against impunity. and in the last 100... acutally, four months, it has become undeniable that maduro‘s regime is violating human rights, and also has compromised the crimes...

la casa blanca indicÓ que el presidente se negÓ a sostener una conversiÓn telefónica con nicolÁs maduro el presidente venezolano. se evalÚa cÓmo serÍa una guerra contra corea del norte, las armas, los blancos y las consecuencias. se deban al presidente trump por el arresto-- se demanda el presidente donna trump por el arresto de jÓvenes sin pruebas de que pertenece a una pandilla. comienza la ediciÓn nocturna. ♪ locutor: este es su "noticiero univisiÓn" edición nocturnal cor ilia calderon y enrique acevedo. presentador: buenas noches, el presidente donna trump dijo esta tarde que no descarta una acciÓn militar contra venezuela en una conferencia de prensa improvisada en su club de golf en new jersey. trump mencionÓ en el -2 ocasiones la posibilidad de tomar acciÓn militar en contra de nicolÁs maduro. la casa blanca emitiÓ un comunicado en el que explica que hoy le fue negada una solicitud de llamada telefÓnica a nicolÁs maduro con el presidente trump, esto ante la falta de condiciones democrÁticas en venezuela, desde donde llega el reporte de francisco urreztieta. francisco: el presiden

trump mencionÓ en el -2 ocasiones la posibilidad de tomar acciÓn militar en contra de nicolÁs maduro.blanca emitiÓ un comunicado en el que explica que hoy le fue negada una solicitud de llamada telefÓnica a nicolÁs maduro con el presidente trump, esto ante la falta de condiciones democrÁticas en venezuela, desde donde llega el reporte de francisco urreztieta. francisco: el presidente donald trump se enfoca en la situaciÓn venezolana azotada por una grave crisis econÓmica y olÍtica, donde no descarta una opciÓn militar--, polÍtica donde no descarta una opciÓn militar. >> una opciÓn militar es ciertamente algo que podrÍamos seguir. francisco: el gobierno estadounidense ha venido sancionando a decenas de funcionarios del gobierno de nicolÁs maduro, incluyendo al propio gobernante y un hermano del fallecido presidente chÁvez. la afirmaciÓn del presidente trump ha parecido sorprender a los dirigentes venezolanos, especialmente ministro de la defensa. una opciÓn militar estadounidense que surge en medio de la agudizaciÓn del conflicto polÍtico interno, con la contitÚyente que ha impuesto ma

maduro's rating has fallen..ut.venezuelans want him that happens when you have economic deterioration. constitutionalal procedures by which you could have -- early elections, whahate call referendums. some courts are controlled by the government and they stopped the recall referendum last year. the opposition has been calling for early elections. the government decided to press ahead with the constituent assembly. decides its own rules to elect a candidate. it is very biased in their favor. municipality with the same number of representatives as rural municipalities. delegatesthird of the are elected from lists and it was not clear where those lists were coming from. the opposition boycott the election. the turnout was an indicator of the government's strength. we did some individual pulling. had,ast election you uncontested, it would be difficult to believe he has regained 2.5 million votes. venezuelan gdp is set to shrink by 35% to 40%. that is the -- in latin america and it is typically seen in countries that

for president maduro, this was a big win. at length but for the millions of people who boycotted the vote, it was a hollow victory - if that. this morning, caracas felt like a normal city, people getting back to work after a difficult weekend, but still venezuelans are divided. luis voted because he says he's had enough of the protests, but adelaida didn't. as a venezuelan, she says she feels so hurt, she's worried about her family. agustin has been managing this taxi rank for 17 years. he says people here are fed up with food shortages and spiralling inflation. he didn't want to be identified but he said he voted out of fear. i had to vote, he tells me, worried about rumours the government would remove his subsidised food if he didn't. the late hugo chavez is still an icon here, his face a constant reminder that he was the leader who started venezuela's socialist revolution, but high oil prices helped support him. with an economy now in crisis, president maduro is losing friends at home and abroad, not least in the us which

but maduro is defiant.nald trump, has taken decisions against the president. this shows his weakness, desperation, and hate. it shows the qualities of a madman, one who is president of the united states. hector rodriguez is a rising figure in the government and the man who led the campaign for the new assembly. he, like maduro, blames the opposition for the violence in the past few months, but says foreign powers have meddled in venezuela too. translation: we said before that the problems of venezuela are venezuela's alone. it's for our people to choose what happens in their country. but that's the problem — millions of people boycotted this vote. president maduro said turnout was 8 million but many doubt this figure and accuse the government of voterfraud. they want to show they are powerful but the only thing they have is fear, is repression and is violence, and when a government has only fear, repression and violence, it's very weak. but as the political wrangling continues, people try and live their liv

a show of strength from nicolas maduro. after the un votes for new sanctions, china urges north korea to get smart and stop its nuclear missile tests. a warning that too much time online is as bad for children as junk food. how worried should parents be? american runnerjustin gatlin receives his gold medal in the 100m world championships. but the reception is only lukewarm. venezuelan president nicolas maduro says the army has successfully foiled what he says was a ‘terror‘ plot in the country's third largest city, valencia. the uprising comes two days after venezuela's controversial — and internationally condemned — new assembly was inaugurated. a group of men in military uniform who led the uprising released this video online — in it they say they wanted to restore democracy in the country. hundreds of anti—government protesters also took to the streets of valencia — supporting the uprising. they were met with rounds of tear gas when they tried to barricade the streets. then, hours later, in a televised address and surrou

nicolÁs maduro, evidentemente, estÁ muy maduro. lo que estÁ pasando en venezuela. incluso, mÉxico, fue uno de los paÍses que propuso una mociÓn bastante fuerte. sancionada a venezuela la que no tuvo mayor cantidad de votos. por eso no se pudo hacer. carolina: ha causado reacciones hasta de la santa sede. el mismo padre dijo que estaba triste por lo que pasaba en venezuela. justamente, en venezuela, es un dÍa de mucha atenciÓn polÍtica. son algunos principales titulares que resumen la situaciÓn. javier: el ex alcalde de caracas fue llevado a su casa para continuar con su arresto domiciliario. carolina: la fiscalÍa pidiÓ la suspensiÓn inmediata de la integraciÓn de la asamblea constituyente. la asamblea nacional constituyente va a comenzar accionar desde hoy. javier: la esposa del alcalde ledezma dijo no entender quÉ estaba pasando. otra cosa importante para que la gente tenga claro es que esto no es una liberaciÓn y sigue preso en su casa. lo que estamos revisando son imÁgenes en vivo de la atenciÓn en venezuela y de la que ocurran

reportera: varios paÍses de amÉrica latina se negaron a reconocer la constituyente de maduro.seguran que las sanciones de estados unidos tendrÁn mayor impacto en la medida en que tambiÉn impongan sanciones otras naciones del hemisferio y de la uniÓn

the opposition says maduro didn't hold up opposition says maduro didn't hold up his end of the deal duringt dialogue process injanuary. recently there were attempts at dialogue with the former prime minister of spain, he was in venezuela to try to start another dialogue process to prevent this election, but they weren't able to reach an agreement to even start another process. for now maduro is forging ahead with this assembly and with this new constitution and it doesn't appear he has any plans to let up on that. cody, a freelance journalist from caracas, thanks for that analysis. the united states has officially confirmed that it will pull out of the paris climate agreement. washington has informed the united nations, implementing a decision by president trump injune. but the state department said the us would continue to participate in climate change meetings until the withdrawal process was completed. us vice president mike pence made the announcement: this president's been putting america first, like when he announced the united states of america officially today notified the united n

responsabilizamos al rÉgimen de maduro de cualquier cosa que le pudiera suceder. las autoridades, si se puede llamar asÍ, han dicho que tu padre habÍa incumplido las normas que le habÍan entregado. no podÍa comunicarse con nadie y que por eso habrÍa sido detenido. cuÁl es tu apreciaciÓn? >> bueno, la fuga es algo infundado. es falso como la totalidad de las cosas que se le han imputado a Él. Él no tenÍa planes de fuga. estaba cumpliendo su arresto domiciliario. Él ha cumplido lo que se le indicÓ de momento. Él sabiendo que existÍa un riesgo permanente como siempre ha estado, Él tomÓ la decision de hacer pÚblico un vÍdeo. lo que estamos viviendo son momentos muy graves. mÁs de 100 dÍas de resistencia. han habido mÁs de 100 asesinatos. hay casi 500 presos polÍticos. con una situaciÓn peligrosa para venezuela. Él tomÓ la decision. sabemos que son decisiones polÍticas. lo que priva es razÓn polÍtica, no legal. por eso estÁ preso hace mas de dos aÑos. carolina: gracias por esa conexiÓn vÍa telefÓnica. hija de ledesma desde caracas. justamente, hablando con el tema de v

can gett sample, maduro away with doing these.st, every time, let's face it, this economy has been in shambles. the politics of the administration are disaster but they have been blaming the imperialists for that problem and the war against venezuela. every objective proves that they can give that the world is against venezuela, it bolsters the argument. it is bizarre but it is the case. julia: do you think sanctions rise to oil sanctions in the future? what is the trade for investors? >> there is a trade. papersht some of these in the mid-70's, two weeks ago. sanctions is even when you talk to venezuela, venezuelans see it as a sanction against venezuela and not against maduro. that is why the u.s. has been smart and measured with the sanctions because they have made tom there he directly linked corrupt public officials from venezuela and now with the ability to raise new money but nobody can portray the sanctions against the people of venezuela. that is what oil sanctions would be deemed by a lot of people. julia: the administra

and it's one in which maduro cheated. he was only playing against himself and he inflated the number of people who turned out to vote. >> it's a matter of timing now isn't it? we know that the president of venezuela, maduro has hailed this election a victory and intends to go forward and rewrite the constitution. what would be the consequences of that? >> the main consequence would be for him to stay in power. he doesn't want to hold an election for the national assembly election should be coming up. governors and mayors should have been last year and was not. there is supposed to be a presidential election in 2018. that's what he doesn't want to have happen. he would lose all of those. by rewriting the constitution they can postpone or eliminate the elections, extend his man date in officer and he has to be praying oil prices go up. that's the only thing that venezuela exports and he has to be bet for i can put this off long enough the oil prices will go up. and somehow he will get through all this. >> that's the problem

quÉ harÁ maduro? no sabemos.an desconocido el proceso. incluso, antes de este escÁndalo. javier: muchas gracias por estar con nosotros. siguiendo en venezuela, centenares de heridos e inumerables arrestos, sumado a la enorme inestabilidad polÍtica y econÓmica, surgen en twitter diferentes opiniones. carolina: miren este. un mensaje de amor y respaldo entre paÍses. dos comidas tÍpicas de venezuela y mÉxico para animar a los venezolanos. me encanta. javier: al volver, te vamos a contar acerca de un experimento cientÍfico. carolina: nacional geogrÁfica premia a un fotÓgrafo mexicano por una explosiva imagen. ♪ hay una nueva esencia en el nuevo herbal essences es bio renew. una mezcla de algas marinas, áloe y antioxidantes que ayudan a darle vida... a tu cabello. nuevo herbal essences dale vida ¿se puede lavar tanto amor con un poco de dawn ultra? oh, sí una botella tiene el poder desengrasante de tres... ...botellas de este otro líquido. una gota de dawn y adiós a la grasa. así que encuentra la venusiel, que se ajus

government to prevent the flow of fund to maduro's regime. on my first day in office i was here with you at this podium where the treasury department designated the venezuelan vice president under the kingpin act, this year alone, we have sanctioned 30 venezuelan officials including maduro himself. we urge those within the regime, including those who have been sanctioned to distance themselves from the violence and the dictatorship. president trump made it clear the status quo is unacceptable. today's actions is the next step towards freedom for the venezuela people. we will continue working to achieve this goal with allies around the world who widely condemned venezuela's dictatorship. with that i would be happy to take some questions. >> can you describe the carveout for debt on secondary markets? do you have a sense how long this carveout will last and what -- >> there will be a general license thatcarves out specific debt instruments that we know are held by u.s. entities so we want to make sure that u.s. pensions or u.s. fiduciaries are

only cuba is standing four square behind president maduro.lowing us sanctions imposed yesterday the un secretary general antonio guterres called for urgent political negotiations between the government and the opposition to curb the escalating tension and violence. vladimir hernandez is a venezuelan correspondent for the bbc and has this report on the crisis in his home country. in the middle of last night, in pyjamas, in front of family members, a venezuelan opposition politician is bundled into a vehicle belonging to the intelligence services. help, said antonio ledezma, who has been kept under house arrest for two years for allegedly plotting against president maduro. this is a dictatorship, says this woman, while he is taken away. at the same time, another opposition politician, leopoldo lopez, is also arrested. he is a well—known politician who was recently put under house arrest after being imprisoned since 2015 for supposedly inciting violent acts. for half a century, venezuela was seen as one of the most stable countries in latin amer

president maduro did, though, hold a rally with delegates of the new constituent assembly.ents say it's only been created to give him unlimited powers. and now the company that provided the voting system for sunday's election says the machines were tampered with and the government inflated the number of voters. from caracas, the bbc‘s katy watson. more criticism of the vote, this time from the company that provided the voting system. they said the government inflated the numbers of people who turned out by overi million, although many believe it to be more. based on the robustness of our system, we know without any doubt that the turnout of the recent election for a national constituent assembly was manipulated. opposition politicians have called for a criminal investigation to be open. they have criticised the new assembly from the start, arguing that a body designed to rewrite the country's constitution was undemocratic, a power grab. the head of venezuela's electoral authorities say that the voting company's comments are "irresponsible and baseless." the maduro administr

and it's controlled by the faction of president maduro.maduro wanted to set the constituent assembly up? the short answer is that he could not control the logistical branch of congress, or the opposition, since 2015 he has gradually moved to take away powers from the assembly. but even that was an affront to his power. it was a sign that he didn't have complete control over the country, a sign of dissent. so he established this constituent assembly to supersede and supplant congress and also to show opposition supporters that he can do what he wa nts. supporters that he can do what he wants. as you can see, the move among the opposition is very deflated. many opposition supporters stayed home because they felt betrayed by the leadership. they can't believe this assembly actually took power after months of protest and over 100 deaths. you said that president maduro thinks he can do what he wants and he can, can't he? absolutely. we can. —— we can. he a cts m ostly absolutely. we can. —— we can. he acts mostly via the constitution. so we hav

quÉ sostiene a maduro y por quÉ no cae?pertos que tiene que ver con venezuela y vamos a hablar de todo lo que sucede en nuestro paÍs hermano. lourdes: hablando de debate tambiÉn tendremos a sin rollo hoy porque es jueves. vamos directamente con satcha y las noticias que tambiÉn tiene mucha informaciÓn. satcha: muy buenos dÍas para ustedes. vamos a informarles de lo siguiente en el segmento de noticias: contra el odio y la violencia cientos de personas participaron en una vigilia para condenar el atropello registrado en charlottesville, virginia. la multitud avanzÓ entonando cantos religiosos por las mismas calles que recorrieron supremacistas blancos con antorchas el fin de semana. tambiÉn se llevÓ a cabo la ceremonia por la mujer que fue elegida por una supremacista blanco. se dan a conocer mÁs detalles del sospechoso de este atropello. llamadas al servicio de emergencia revelan un historial de violencia de james alex ville jrs. su madre en silla de rueda habÍa solicitado ayuda en dos ocasiones en 2010 y 2011 luego de que

demandarÁ luis fonsi a maduro? >> deberÍa. >> pasarÁ no pasara?su programa de todas las maÑanas "un nuevo dÍa" ya estamos mÁs que listos familia. >> sÍ, claro que si. >> hoy un poquito mÁs adelante vamos a estar hablando acerca de luis fonsi, si de mandara o no a maduro por haber utilizado "despacito." >> usted se preguntara adamari lÓpez donde estÁ? >> ella se despidiÓ porque hoy alaÏa es su primer dÍa de clases y ella como madre querÍa estar ahÍ presente y adamari lÓpez nos estarÁ mandando videos. >> los productores le dieron permiso a adamari lÓpez de salir, pero sigue trabajando. >> ve como funciona la cosa (risas) >> queremos estar ahÍ los tios es nuestra sobrina. >> mi hijo no estÁ yendo a la escuela por estar yo acÁ. >> miren lo que si les tengo un anuncio que hacer hace un ratito estaba hablando en redes sociales con el pÚblico les decÍa vamos a hacer un gran anuncio, llegÓ el momento para anunciar quienes serÁn los anfitriones de la noche en premios tu mundo. >> acaba de decirlo rashel. >> ¿estÁn listos para conocer? >> sÍ. >> me da tanto

since maduro came into office, things have gone downhill rapidly. maduro, had to stand for after chavez died and he almost lost that was ion, so i think it close and it was clear he didn't have the political power and kills and that's been demonstrated eversince. host: just how bad is the economy in venezuela? on t: well, estimate 1200%tion between $700 and annually. rapidly approaching hyper 1200%tion, basic annually. rapidly approaching hyper inflation, basic goods are not available, people have to leave the country to try to get ahold goods.c so it is in a shambles, i would say. it hasn't collapsed quite yet, but it's very near that point. host: as you write about the want to put on the screen something you wrote for herold this past june f. we focus on intra dikting and extraditing drugs while capturing the drug lords, we run he risk of missing the bigger picture, the deeper problems that undermine democracy in the it became a central judgment shipment point. central america has weak government and endimmic corruption, not the other way around.

otra injusticia mÁs por parte del dictador nicolÁs maduro.ibertad. satcha: antonieta, sabemos que horas antes de la llegada de los uniformados a la residencia de su padre, Él habÍa colocado un vÍdeo en las redes sociales. quizÁs, algunos dicen que fue por estas imÁgenes. ustedes saben, por quÉ se lo habrÍan llevado? han tenido informaciÓn? antonieta ledezma: no sabemos los motivos precisos por lo que celos llevan. el vÍdeo era por responsabilidad moral dirigirse al pueblo venezolano. pedir cuidado. antonio ledezma es un gran paso fascista -- pacifista. de lo Único que han luchado ha sido por la unidad y porque venezuela vivamos en democracia. no tengo idea de los motivos por los que se lo llevaron. antonio ledezma no se iba a quedar callado. satcha: antonieta, muchas gracias por su tiempo. gracias por dejarnos saber lo Último con respecto a este caso. uno nuevo en este capÍtulo tan difÍcil que atraviesa venezuela. antonieta ledezma: muchas gracias a todos ustedes y por mantener a venezuela siempre presente. satcha: gracias. continuamos con mÁ

diputados de las constituyentes de maduro que sacan el hacha de la guerra en respuesta al mandatarioÓ escaldar una solución militar. >> contra las pretensiones de uso de la violencia para imponer por la fuerza, el criterio Único y el sistema Único por parte del imperio norteamericano en pleno siglo xxi. francisco: este sÁbado convocaron una marcha de protesta en contra de la instituciÓn de los alcaldes opositores de la capital. es la primera marcha que convocan en la elecciÓn de la constituyente. >> nosotros somos conscientes de que los problemas de los venezolanos los vamos a resolver nosotros y por eso nos mantenemos en la calle. francisco: el gobierno logrÓ la captura de los dos cabecillas-- se trata del capitÁn de la guardia nacional y el teniente del ejÉrcito. la situaciÓn de venezuela causa una preocupaciÓn en los gobiernos de la regiÓn pero no al punto de avalar una intervenciÓn militar estadounidense en venezuela. el consenso latinoamericano gira en la bÚsqueda de una soluciÓn a travÉs del diÁlogo o la negociaciÓn polÍtica. fÉlix: a propÓsito del hijo de nicolÁs maduro, ddesd

donald trump has condemned that is the actions of the maduro dictatorship, and he has added...s holds maduro personally responsible for the health and safety of mr lopez, mr ledezma and any others seized." and this is the us secretary of state. what we want to see is for venezuela to return to its constitution, returned to scheduled elections and allow the people of venezuela to have the voice in the government that they deserve. we are evaluating all our policy options as to what we can do to create a change of conditions where either maduro decides he doesn't have a future and wa nts to decides he doesn't have a future and wants to leave of his own accord, or we can return the government processes back to their constitution. the problem for america is the more it criticises venezuela, the more it plays into the narrative of mr maduro and the narrative originally promoted by hugo chavez. definitely. and the more they put sanctions on the top leadership and president maduro personally, and many venezuelans fear on venezuela as a country, the idea that there would be some kind o

do you think maduro is ready to give in? >> maduro is a dictatorship. he needs to go. >> reporter: are you prepared for confrontation if it needs to -- if it has to happen? >> i don't want confrontation. >> reporter: she's taken those messages right to the white house, meeting with president trump earlier this year. the descent into chaos is now accelerating. caracas is the murder capital of the world. that's not all. its inflation is well above a thousand percent. and what was once the richest country in south america, one that still sits atop the world's largest oil reserves, is now the world's worst performing economy. we met up with second grade teacher vanessa, and she invited us into her class. she tells us that some of her students have fainted from hunger. [ speaking spanish ] >> reporter: but it's not just the students. [ speaking foreign language ] >> reporter: more than a third  of the country's teachers miss school every day, so they can stand in lines like these. hoping to buy the staples they need for their own children at a much cheaper

is maduro trying to take total control?the opposition national assembly was the upon thing standing in his way of total control. he began to try to get rid of them back in march by out and out firing him. venezuela has not had a free, fair and transparent election since 2004 when the country tried to recall hugo chavez from power. that was completely rigged and unfortunately the u.s. state department recognized that and it's been down hill every since. paul: maduro wanted to referendum last year. >> there is a lot of talk about how getting rid of the national assembly will make it into a dictatorship. it has been a dictatorship but it's a slow, consolidation of power. this would be the final straw. but last year his ability to block that recall vote is an example how they are not going to leave. he dug in there and support and held in power by cuba. so they are not going anywhere. paul: step back and tell americans -- apart from the human suffering which is horrendous -- why should americans care what goes on in venezuela?

began, but maduro is now at 20%.ple who opposed the government or who think that another path might be better, they have gotten more numerous. the government has turned inwards. it has become far more authoritarian thanit has become far more authoritarian than it was previously. we are essentially seeing a clash between the unstoppable force of public opinion and the immovable object of the venezuelan government. where it goes from here is difficult to tell. venezuela is in uncharted territory in modern history right now. at the same time, there is a sense that until the government or opposition do something drastic, tensions are going to become higher. the possibilities for a democratic exit, rather than an undemocratic and potentially bloody one, is what we will see. a lot of people on the outside of this must be wondering how the situation became so different under president maduro. just briefly, what is your best guess on where this will go? my best guess on where this will go? my best guess on where this will go

treasuries put sanctions on maduro's personal assets. >> all assets of maduro subject to u.s.t oil consumer, so sanctions would almost certainly be devastating. here is the argument, maduro's critics say that he has watched his presidency so badly that he should resign immediately. however some say that the alternative would not be better. the opposition alliance is still made up of more than 12 parties with no unified plans for the economy and no single leader to do it. venezuela owes almost $90 billion in foreign debt and oil prices are not likely to hit the previous highs that kept the nation's economy afloat, which raises the chances that the economy could default. for now, citizens are stuck with a field economy and a leader focused largely on staying in power. ♪ rishaad: that was just one of the many quick takes that you can find on the bloomberg. you can also find them on bloomberg.com along with all of the latest is this news and analysis, 24 hours a day. that will be offer "bloomberg best" this week, thank you for watching. i am rishaad salamat, this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪

el vaticano le insiste al presidente maduro la instalaciÓn de la contituye t.o, la contituye en manos de la oposiciÓn. jorge: del gobierno de donald trump ha calificado de dictador a nicolÁs maduro por estados unidos estÁ preparado para imponer una nueva serie de sanciones en contra del gobierno de venezuela. cuÁles serÁn? se lo pregunte al asesor del presidente trump. >> todo tipo de sanciones estÁn sobre la mesa. el presidente no ha eliminado ninguna sanciÓn sobre otra porque piense que es mÁs adecuada. en otro trabajo es presentar un menÚ de opciones y va escoger cuÁl es la adecuada. jorge: estamos incluyendo esas opciones una posible intervenciÓn militar de estados unidos? >> toda las observes estÁn sobre la mesa, no quiere decir que todas sean igualmente viables. pero el presidente no va a descartar una opciÓn, el presidente ha dicho que no le va a decir a sus aliados o enemigos lo que vamos a hacer. jorge: el objetivo de la investigaciÓn en venezuela el cambio de rÉgimen? >> todavÍa no hemos llegado a ese punto, es una decisiÓn que solamente se ha tomado

varios dicen que lucharÁn hasta el final en venezuela, una gran amenaza a maduro. ♪ amenaza a maduro. y televisión en vivo. el huracan "franklin" con ♪ ♪ ♪ enrique: el huracÁn "franklin" visitara las costas de veracruz. la protecciÓn civil se ha movilizado y tambiÉn se ha emitido una alerta para la capital de mÉxico, que se encuentra en la trayectoria de este fenÓmeno. jessica: los pescadores mexicanos que viven el estado de veracruz, tuvieron un dÍa muy ocupado, se dedicaron a proteger sus lanchas del huracÁn "franklin" . hoy en el puerto, todo se organizaron para sacar sus embarcaciones y que el mar no se lleven lo Único que tienen. >> una lancha de estas puede alimentar a tres familias. tenemos que protegerlas, cuidarlas. jessica: es una fortuna de mÁs de $16,000. es algo imposible de tener con lo que ganan estos hombres al dÍa. >> todos nos echamos la mano. jessica: espera que "franklin", toque tierra en el norte de veracruz esta maÑana. las lluvias ya llegaron . sus vientos tienen a todos preocupados. las clases se suspendieron, los comercios se han rodeado de barricadas para res

aranza: la cancillerÍa del rÉgimen de nicolÁs maduro convocaron su rechazo y el ministro de defensa enn acto de locura por parte del presidente trump que dijo el viernes que serÍa una opciÓn para ayudar a resolver la crisis en ese paÍs. la casa blanca dijo que rechazÓ la solicitud de maduro afirmando que con gusto se vana comunicar cuando la democracia sea destituida de nuevo en venezuela. vamos con lo mÁs reciente del caso. >> discursos inflamados de retÓrica nacionalista. >> sacaremos la espada, y serÁ definitivamente entre la lengua del imperialismo yankee. como enterramos al imperio espaÑol. >> con esta advertencia al presidente de los estados unidos. >> ¡si usted se atreve a invadirnos, ¡vietnam se quedarÁ pequeÑo! ¡para el sacrificio heroico de nuestro pueblo! >> hasta el hijo del presidente nicolÁs maduro, diputado contituyante. >> ¡los fusiles llegarÍan a nueva york seÑor trump' ¡y tomarÍamos la casa blanca! >> afirmÓ rivas cartas de acciÓn militar. la cancillerÍa en un comunicado se uniÓ al coro de rechazos a las declaraciones del presidente trump. >> contra las pretensiones d

is maduro trying to take total control? thing standing in his way of total control. he began to try to get rid of them back in march by out and out firing him. venezuela has not had a free, fair and transparent election since 2004 when the country tried to recall hugo chavez from power. that was completely rigged and unfortunately the u.s. state department recognized that and it's been down hill every since. paul: maduro wanted to referendum last year. >> there is a lot of talk about how getting rid of the national assembly will make it into a dictatorship. it has been a dictatorship but it's a slow, consolidation of power. this would be the final straw. but last year his ability to block that recall vote is an example how they are not going to leave. he dug in there and support and held in power by cuba. so they are not going anywhere. paul: step back and tell americans -- apart from the human suffering which is horrendous -- why should americans care what goes on in venezuela? >> venezuela is trafficking drugs aggressivel