for decades migrant workers from nicaragua have been crossing the border into costa rica to earn money on farms but the krona virus pandemic has worsened the situation for many of them with border closures and exploitation. a blue steel fence is all that separates costa rica from nicaragua you are here elsewhere concrete posts mark the border. every morning nicaraguans cross the frontier to work on farms in costa rica they are brought by truck to work illegally on fruit rice and beans plantations. they earn less than half the official minimum wage they've been doing it for decades but now the border is closed because of the global health emergency gustava from nicaragua accounts himself is one of the lucky ones he's officially resident in costa rica his wife is not but officials tested them both for the coronavirus. 'd the situation is worrying i've been tested twice thank god both results were negative but 2 of my colleagues got infected so now we have to be tested again and. dozens of undocumented workers tested positive at this border pineapple farm only around a 5th are registered

gustavo from nicaragua counts himself as one of the lucky ones.is officially resident in costa rica. his wife is not, but officials tested them both for the coronavirus. >> the situation is worrying. i have been tested twice. both results were negative. but two of my colleagues got infected. so now we have to be tested again. >> dozens of undocumented workers tested positive at this border pineapple farm. only offense are registetered in the costa rica social security system. -- only 1/5 are registered in the costa rica social scaredy system, and they are 12 dollars per month working 12 hours a day, the old way to feed families in nicaragua were conditions can be worse. the costa rican foundation, areas for peace, as can trip -- is critical of portrait of nicaraguan migrant workers and says exportation is widespread. >> everybody knows about the smuggling networks. everyone knows the woman who rents her garden hoesse to the migrants so they can wash their feet. they all know how much it costs. they all know about the taxi driver who will tell them

a blue steel fences or separates costa rica from nicaragua you are here. elsewhere concrete posts mark the border. every morning nicaraguans cross the frontier to work on farms in costa rica they have brought by truck to work illegally on fruit rice and beans plantations. they earn less than half the official minimum wage they've been doing it for decades but now the border is closed because of the global health emergency gustava from nicaragua accounts himself is one of the lucky ones he's officially resident in costa rica his wife is not but officials tested them both for the coronavirus. 'd the situation is worrying i've been tested twice thank god both results were negative but 2 of my colleagues got infected so now we have to be tested again and . dozens of undocumented workers tested positive at this border pineapple farm only around a 5th are registered in the costa rican social security system. they earn less than $400.00 a month working 12 hours a day for many it's the only way they can feed their families back home in nicaragua where conditions c

from venezuela -- and venezuela to nicaragua marketed as nicaraguan gold. problem dealing with russia is that we are all playing soccer and we think our yellow card will slow down the game, the red card and you are expelled, and russia is not playing soccer, they are playing polo on the same field and don't care about yellow cards and don't care about any of that stuff. that is the way for a long time how we treated venezuela, as if they were playing the same game on the same yield as we were, not realizing they had a different name going on. and the traditional rules for ways that getting at them were not viable. threateningfarc criminal enterprises because it is a criminal enterprise. i greatly appreciate the atlantic council giving me the opportunity to publish the paper to help us understand the magnitude of what the net did as well -- as opposed to being a venezuela-specific threat. southcom thank you -- diego: thank you. u.s. foreign policy has made extensive use of pressure on the maduro regime with sanctions. this sanctions, maduro is still the defe

vamos a nicaragua donde hoy hubo un ataque a un templo catÓlico, estallo una bomba en la catedral dende las verdaderas razones que pudo tener un hombre que segÚn testigos entrÓ encapuchad encapuchado, no se sabe cuÁl fue el aparato que detonÓ y causo el siniestro, pero lo cierto es que segÚn autoridades de la iglesia catÓlica este orificio del que hace unos dÍas se robÓ la reja pudo ser el lugar por el cual el atacante logrÓ escapar, estas imÁgenes publicadas por testigos en redes sociales muestran el momento en que las llamas consumÍan la a capilla de la sangre de cristo en la capital metropolitana de managuas, asÍ quedÓ la imagen de jesÚs tallada en madera en minutos, 382 aÑos de historia borrados por lo que jerarcas catÓlicos lo consideran un sacrilegio planificado. >> un acto terrorista para amedrentar a la iglesia en su misiÓn evangelizdora. >> segÚn el cardenal el sujeto estuvo al menos 20 minutos estudiando entradas y salidas. >> ¿por quÉ hicieron esto, seÑor?. >> el ataque afecta a la comunidad catÓlica. >> la Última semana hemos contado mÁs de 4 ataques a diferentes iglesias

a blue steel fence is all that separates costa rica from nicaragua you are here. elsewhere concrete posts mark the border. 5 every morning nicaraguans cross the frontier to work on farms in costa rica they have brought by truck to work illegally on fruit rice and beans plantations they earn less than half the official minimum wage they've been doing it for decades but now the border is closed because of the global health emergency to start over from nicaragua accounts himself is one of the lucky ones he's officially resident in costa rica his wife is not but officials tested them both for the coronavirus. 'd the situation is worrying i've been tested twice thank god both results were negative but 2 of my colleagues got infected so now we have to be tested again and. dozens of undocumented workers tested positive at this border pineapple farm near around a 5th are registered in the costa rican social security system. they earn less than $400.00 a month working 12 hours a day for many it's the only way they can feed their families back home in nicaragua where condit

. -- nicaragua? and if so, is this racial? [laughter] mr. baldwin: let's be blunt. i don't think the administration is concerned with nicaragua. it is concerned with its interest. africacaragua and south are expected to remain the pawns of the so-called free world forever. of course we are against the becauseof south africa, that means communism, or so they say. same with nicaragua. i do not have the slightest notion in either case. and it is racial. [laughter] movie,ave you seen the she's gotta have it? know what you think about the movie. mr. baldwin: i have not seen it. [laughter] host: we will go to another question. writers of black male who have criticized the portrayal of black men as addicts,rapists, and one drawn by black women, do you feel the image of black men is being falsely portrayed? mr. baldwin: i think it has always been false. you cannot blame it on black women. the most contravention -- controversial of the books and movies, well, i thought the toie was awful and i thought give me

so what we're seeing now in our research is a lot of the gold from venezuela going to nicaragua, and as nicaragua gold, avoiding where the criminal activity is viewed as a necessary support for state functions. and i think a few years ago when i was addressing nato for ndu, one of the speakers said that the problem dealing with russia, we think we're playing soccer and we think a yellow card makes, will slow down the game, a red card you're expelled and what the general said at the time, russia is not playing soccer, they're playing polo on the same field. they don't care about yellow cards, red cards, don't care about any of that stuff. i think for a long time we treated venezuela, as if they were playing the same game on the same field we were, not realizing they had an entirely different game going on and traditional rules and ways at getting at them were not viable. so you have them directly supporting a criminal enterprise, because they are criminal enterprises and it spreads to the state. so i think that what the paper is doing, i greatly appreciate the council giving the oppor

human rights observers say nicaragua's government has downplayed a worsening health crisis nationwide and also failed to provide assistance to its citizens stranded beyond the country's borders. below al jazeera. has registered the worst economic contraction in its history caused by the longest coronavirus restrictions anywhere in the world on employment has more than doubled since last year and economists say the pandemic has devastated thousands of businesses across the country erasing gains made over the past 2 decades alessandra reports now from bogota. it's the end of the line for the poise hair salon until recently a successful endeavor of hairdressers and grace in his partner but almost 5 months of coronavirus restrictions and a lack of promise government assistance left them with no other option but to close its doors. we were doing very well i sold a car and a motorcycle to further invest in the shop we built it with much effort savings and especially love it's very sad to see your dreams come to an end like many other countries the pandemic a stake in a heavy toll in colombi

nicaragua has one of the region's lowest death tolls with the country's president. who rarely makes public appearances faces many criticisms over a lack of transparency in his government's containment policy why no medical professionals in the country say the government is hiding the truth scope of the health crisis and retaliating against any voices of dissent in that book. they never gave their real they don't defend them on the deceased dr forbidden to put go over the. human rights observers say nicaragua's government has downplayed a worsening health crisis nationwide and also failed to provide assistance to its citizens stranded beyond the country's borders. al-jazeera. for the 1st time in 6 months passengers from mainland china are being allowed to transit through hong kong's international airports the city is gradually relaxing its coronavirus travel restrictions it is a much needed boost to its flagship carrier cathay pacific on wednesday the airline reported a loss of more than a $1000000000.00 as more from hong kong. i'm in hong kong international airport

nicaragua has one of the region's lowest death tolls with the country's president. who rarely makes public appearances faces many criticisms over a lack of transparency in his government's containment policy why no medical professionals in the country say the government is hiding the truth scope of the health crisis and retaliating against any voices of dissent in that book. they never gave their real they don't depend on the deceased dr forbidden to put go over them better defeat kate. human rights observers say nicaragua's government has downplayed a worsening health crisis nationwide and also failed to provide assistance to its citizens stranded beyond the country's borders. al-jazeera. what you have to say with me said holroyd a reminder of our top stories u.s. efforts to extend and definite hobbs' in bargo on iran have been overwhelmingly rejected at the united nations that means unless further action is taken iran will be able to purchase conventional weapons from mid october the u.s. says it will seek to trigger return of all u.n. sanctions on iran in the com

same with nicaragua. i do not have the slightest notion in either case. and it is racial. [laughter] host: have you seen the movie, she's gotta have it? if not, i will tell you about it after the luncheon. they are not interested in my opinion. they want to know what you think about the movie. mr. baldwin: i have not seen it. [laughter] host: we will go to another question. a number of black male writers who have criticized the portrayal of black men as abusers, rapists, and addicts, a portrait often drawn by black women, do you feel the image of black men is being falsely portrayed? mr. baldwin: i think it has always been false. you cannot blame it on black women. controversial of these books and movies, well, i thought the movie was awful and i thought to give me that black man, then you have to tell me more about him. black men can do all of those things. but then there has to be something wrong with them. you have to let me know something more than the catalog of this man's brutality. if he were white, then he would be, he would be portrayed as sick and you would hope

he played an interpol part in trying to overthrow the governments of el salvador and nicaragua i'm quite amala for ronald reagan's administration.

after round the clock effort because of bound to be inoculated 1st though i want to turn now to nicaragua where the pandemic is making it even more difficult for some of the country's poorest people to make ends meet the situation is particularly hard for the nation's migrant workers when they used to cross the border daily to work on farms in neighboring costa rica but with the border now closed they're being forced to turn to smugglers critics say the migrants are now being exploited. by a blue steel fences or separates costa rica from the correct us here. elsewhere concrete posts marked the border. every morning nick correct humans cross the frontier to work on farms in costa rica they have brought by truck to work in legally on fruit rice and beans plantations. they earn less than half the official minimum wage they've been doing it for decades but now the border is closed because of the global health emergency gustava from nicaragua counts himself as one of the lucky ones he's officially resident in costa rica his wife is not but officials tested them both for the coronavirus. 'd the

we found after i made that one speech on nicaragua on the air, there was a great turnaround. but that was one speech. the disinformation kept on and on. and just like advertising, constantly, it wore it away and gradually it went back again to the people thinking, oh, maybe we're doing the wrong thing in nicaragua. >> what's the significance of -- >> last question? pardon me? >> well -- >> two questions. make them good, all right? >> i'll make them good. mr. president f we could do what we did when we interviewed you in '81, is there still some more questions, if i can leave them with pat, and if he can get to you in the next couple of days to -- >> yes, fine. >> do those, that would be -- >> be very happy to do. >> fine. let me see. >> being a reader of reader's digest. >> well, thank you. your first accomplishment in 1981 was to push through a huge tax cut. now you're fighting for revamping of the entire tax code. when did you first start thinking about what you call the disgraceful inequities of the tax system? >> well, i've always believed in those -- always, for a lot of

we found a friendly that one speech on nicaragua, in the air, that there was a great turnaround. but that was one speech. the disinformation kept on and on. just like advertising, constantly, it worried away and it gradually went back again to the people. thinking that maybe we're doing the wrong thing and nicaragua. >> what is significance, >> okay there's just two questions so left. >> making. good >> ok. >> so if i could leave a couple questions also and you could do those questions that would be great. >> a yes i'd be very happy to. >> your first accomplishment, in 1981 was to push through, a huge text. but now you are fighting for revamping the entire tax code, when did you for start thinking about what you call the disgraceful inequities of the tax system. >> i have always believed in those all the years, it has gotten so complicated i thought that most of our people are many of our people, walk are discuss with the tax system there discussed wasn't based on the size of the tax, but on the complication. the confusion of it. and, in 1981 we are faced with the emergency, we f

he played an enter gold part in trying to overthrow the governments of el salvador and nicaragua and guatemala for ronald reagan's administration. it appears to be an incident which is at least being significantly misused at the very best by the guerrillas. last but definitely not least a twist the iran contra affair when the us government facilitated the sale of weapons to iran and hoped to use the profits to fund drug smuggling concert rebels fighting the socialist government and nicaragua although the reagan administration was able to skirt the borders of legality abrams admittedly guilty. to lying to congress about it and was given a free pass by president george h.w. bush i fail to understand why members of this committee or the american people should find any testimony that you give today to be truthful washington says abrams as its new envoy but for turan it's anything but new. no difference between john bolton and brian who elliott abrams when it comes to the u.s. iran policy american officials have bitten off more than they could chew same applies to my pump a 0 donald trump

we have got some difficulties in venezuela, cuba, nicaragua. there are plenty of challenges around the world. people,ne, the american and our continued ingenuity, creativity, innovation. we have been having a tough time in space prior to the president taking office because of cuts to nasa and lack of commitment to space. what happened during that time period? all of these great american private sector committees, whether it was bezos's company, together with, our traditional defense contractors, and our private sector has led the way in space. we recently celebrate it the first -- celebrated the first launch of a space capsule from american soil and a market -- american astronauts with its recovery here and bring those astronauts back to the united states. that is exciting. i returned from a trip to latin america. we have a tremendous renaissance going on in the western hemisphere. the countries in the western hemisphere are struggling with covid, but with the exception of the countries i mentioned, nicaragua, venezuela, cuba, we have a hemisph

socialist government in nicaragua although the reagan administration was able to skirt the borders of legality abrams admitted guilty to lying to congress about it and was given a free pass by president george h.w. bush i fail to understand why members of this committee or the american people should find any testimony that you give today to be truthful washington says abrams is it's new on voight but for to rahm it's anything but new . no difference between john bolton and bryan hook or elliott abrams when it comes to the u.s. iran policy american officials have bitten off more than they could chew same applies to my pompei o'donnell trump and successes in addition to promising to suffocate iran with maximum pressure of sanctions trump still hasn't provided a better nuclear deal than the one he took the us out of 2 years ago but who knows given another 4 years and maybe it'll get done if and when we win. we will make deals with the rand very quickly washington's been slapping sanctions and embargoes on iran for decades and you know what the country still kicking but don't worry throwi