in response president nicholas maduro clamped down on dissent. and imprisoned those who were against him. including the mayor of caracas beinging antonio ledez ma. ledezma. grk what would you have for the message of the president panama? >> we want oreally democracy in our country. i tell couple if it keeps like this, it will be march much worse because venezuelan people we can't stand any more, because when you go out in venezuela from home, you don't know if you are going to be back. >> now your husband was arrested about a month and a half ago. ithe was only charged the past week, he's been in prison this whole time. how does that make you feel, how are you coping with that? >> we are suffering so much. i can't tell you anything different. my family, our daughters. >> the venezuelan government didn't immediately return our calls for comments. but like hugo chavez before him being maduro has long accused the u.s. of conspiring against them. it's a move to likely rally support of venezuela's neighbors who rely on the country's cheap subsidized o

has slapped sanction he against venezuela and president nicholas maduro is likely to be a thorn in the side of president obama, expect all of this to play out at this year's summit of the americas. >> president cristina kirchner last been friends with cuba, but what most concerns argentina is their diplomatic push to try get britain to the negotiating table over the future of what they call the malvenas islands what britain called the falkland islands, very tense relations between britain and argentina. she didn't get what she wanted at the last summit of the americas in cartajena. whether the rest of latin america is concerned we'll have to see. they will certainly be expecting solidarity with argentina whether that amounts to very much in the long term is very unlikely. >> mexico city philanthropic penaenrique penanieto will be looking to show mexico as an example for the rest of the region. what he'll be less keen on talking about is a difficult last few months for him and his government, chief among the scandals and problems he has encountered is the disappears ever 43 students, th

. >> but the president met some confrontation from the venezuelan president nicholas maduro says he does not trust the u.s. david air ariosto joins us. david. >> when we talk about meetings and historical proportions it doesn't really get any bigger than this. between bautista and dwight d. eisenhower. the details are short on coming. when president obama announced the normalizations back in december series of steps one that he alluded to was lifting cuba from the states two sponsor terrorism. that hasn't come off yet. obviously this is a politically hot button issue with a potential presidential contender marco rubio coming out with his bid, but when you drill down on what actually has transpired here regardless of the circumstances, the scenery and the core choreography of a sitting president of the united states shaking the hand of a castro here in panama city. ironically this is where the last meeting took place between bautista and eisenhower. that in civility itself marks a sea change. let's listen to what obama had to say. >> we have very different views with how society should be

president nicholas maduro made the announcement on live tv he said they were giving vice ministerialt month washington posed sanctions against seven venezuelan officials accused of human rights violations. >>> thousands of patients in peru are hoping the courts will allow them to have access to nonbranded generic drugs, they are supposed to produce the same results as more expensive versions a report from the peruvian capital leam 56789 carlos' life is on a countdown his colon cancer has expand today his liver. doctors tell him the only channels to live longer than two years may be with a biologic medicine treatment. >> translator: the problem is that i am being treated in a public hospital and, they are telling me that they can't give me the treatment because it's too expensive. >> reporter: the 50 doses of biologic medicine he needs cost more than $20,000. but the bio similars, mainly produced in india china or south korea on cost at least 30% less carlos and thousands of cancer patients like him can't get them either because many bio similars can't be sold in peru. a group of inte

press nicholas maduro announced they will be given vice ministerial positions last month washington imposedns against seven venezuelan officials accusing them of human rights violations and corruption. >>> now greece is due to make a loan repayment of $501 million to the international monetary fund. that's according to the bail-out agreement's terms. and that comes hours off the greek prime minister visited russia. moscow is offering what it terms long-term cooperation but no financial aid on the table. rory challands has the latest from moscow. >> reporter: alexis paid his respects at moscow's tomb of the unknown soldier well aware that europe is watching his visit closely. this is useful geopolitical theatre for both greece and russia. greece shows europe it has options beyond the euro zone. russia shows the even u. its unity is fragile. vladimir putin denied a greek bailout was on the cards though assistance in other forms was discussed. >> translator: the greek side has not addressed us with any requests for aid. we discussed cooperation in various soak tours the sectors of the he tonig

this region and in particular venezuela earlier on, i was at a protest which was attended by nicholas maduro the president of venezuela. this is one of the banners that they were holding up there they are referring to the executive order that president obama introduced about a month ago. it's sanctioning some senior venezuelan officials so that really is the cloud on the horizon. and some leaders here with left of center views still attacking the united states barbara. >> james bays in panama city, thank you. >> chair of the ackerman law school, joins us from miami. good to have you with us augusto. we have secretary kerry meeting with cuba's foreign minister for hours, and let's take president obama takes cuba off the list of state sponsors of terrorism how quickly are we likely to see reestablishment of relations? >> you could see that very quickly thereafter, both the cuban government and the u.s. state department have had a series of meetings in havana and in the united states. and they've begun to work out a lot of the technical issues that are associated with opening embassies. and i b

venezuelan president nicholas maduro has been cracking down on dissidents as his country faces a deepening economic crisis. >>> new del delhi what india is doing to change its environmental status. and shopkeepers protest against a tax like in afghanistan. >> even though they support the protest, some shop shopkeepers like these, have opened anyway, they say they can't afford to lose the income in an economy already struggling to make a profit. profit. >> greece says it is set to pay a big part of its debt back to the international monetary fund on time. at a meeting in washington d.c greece's finance minister pledged to hand over the $505 million payment to the imf on thursday. greece is still in ongoing negotiations with its european creditors about how to fully repay its multibillion dollar bailout. >>> in today's off the radar segment, shop keepers in afghanistan have closinged their doors to protest tax hikes. jennifer glasse last the story from kabul. >> shops are closed across kabul. kabul's central market is like a ghost town. the reason is clear. the central kabul looks like this

just before leaving he chatted briefly with venezuelan president nicholas maduro. the white house said mr. obama told him the white house isn't in threatening venezuela. he had a meeting with raul castro. it was the first meeting in more than 50 years. senior white house correspondent jim acosta had more from panama. >> reporter: it's a cold war no more as the president and raul castro came face to face. the first exchange since before mr. obama was born. >> it was time to try something new. >> translator: we are willing to discuss everything but we need to be patient. >> reporter: the president told the leaders gathered at the summit of the americas in panama, he wants to turn the page with cuba. >> the united states will not be imprisoned by the past. we're looking to the future. >> reporter: though he conceded the long-time adversaries will still have their differences. >> we will continue to speak out on universal values that we consider are important. i'm sure president castro will speak out on issues he thinks are important. >> reporter: castro did speak out.

president nicholas maduro announced vice ministerial positions. the white house accused them of human rights violations and also corruption. >> more on one of our top stories now the greek government giving the go ahead to the bank of greece to repay around $501 million to the international monetary fund. ali velshi is live for us from the greek capitol athens. ok ali greece tried renegotiating the terms seeking aid from russia, nothing seems to be working. what else is there for greece to do? >> let's put this in context. greece has received more than 280 billion euros in loans and some is coming due in terms of repayment. they had to make this payment by today, $501 million u.s. dollars, going to the i.m.f. last week greece said it doesn't have the money and is going to prioritize pensions of salaries overpaying back this loan, but they haven't got all the money that they were going to get. there's still another $7 billion installment. greece wants that money and the lenders said not until you pay the installment due and you work on real structu

nicholas maduro, venezuelan president, may cause a hitch in the plans if you will between the leaders. what more have you learn good that? >> that's really true. the white house is wanting the storyline to be the u.s. and cuba, but venezuela may have other plans. the last several weeks, the president of venezuela has been engaged in trying to come up with some stockton ten million soiths a petition that denounces the obama administration for some limited sanctions that were announced in early march. it's possible that he, the president of venezuela, will choose the stoumt try to present the petition to president obama. it's very much in line with what his mentor, hugo chavez of venezuela, did in 2009 presenting a book to president obama. it's common for the venezuelaial president to try to steal the show. he might try do that again. >> now for a flashback in history. it was april, 1959, that the meeting, the first big high-level meeting took place between the united states and cuba. that was the last time when then-vice president richard nixon and then-prime minister fidel castro met

promises to dominate the summit, president nicholas maduro is attending. >> this in many ways is what happens in venezuela. oil, venezuela has among the largest proven oil reserves in the world but because it doesn't have enough domestic refineries a relationship has developed with the u.s. which release on gasoline and crude imports for its economy. venezuela is the third largest supplier of crude oil to the united states. >> years ago even under hugo chavez when he's talking about our president being the devil or some of these rhetorical positions, the bottom line is the united states is the closest largest market for venezuela. >> the u.s. is still thirsty for oil. the u.s. imports 44% of oil needs, roughly 800,000-barrels a day come from venezuela. u.s. based refineries churn out sins crude in places like texas and illinois before sending the refined products or gasoline back to venezuela. >> some venezuelan officials say their country should pump more of its oil revenue by investing in refineries and infrastructure. >> the government has neglected infrastructure and left our nati

however, undoubtedly nicholas maduro will rally his allies against the measures.aduro. once discussion about these measures comes on to the table, the conversationin evident bli will lead to the corruption in venezuela and that could also bring tension to the summit jose. >> and julio, also ahead of the summit the daughter of the late cuban dissident reported on twitter she was detained at panama's airport and threatened. what happened? >> that's right. she's 26 years old, jose. she's probably one of the most outstanding dissidents in cuba and she announced on twitter she was detained when she was leaving the airplane. she also claimed that a police officer told her she was going to be deported to cuba if she caused any trouble at the summit. now, the panamanian authorities also said they have already released her and that this was a mistake, a bureaucratic mistake. but it seems it's not an isolated case because there's another arjgentinan dissident said she suffered the same way. >> julio, thank you. >>> the new relationship with cuba's also impacting american sp