you are going to start with the reelection of nicholas maduro. nick: one of the venezuelan leading on maduro's whim, talking about a great national dialogue. you can see the headline. is, every day bolivian forces, chavez forces, are more united. if all the opposition had been united and taken part, i would still be celebrating, as i am today. maduro triumphant. there is actually a newsfeed online for bolivarian views.. there you can see it. there was a tweet that stood out for me which gives you the bolivarian message directly. in a totally legitimate election free of fraud, without the slightest hint of vote rigging, commendante nicholas maduro has won and will continue the revolution. that is the message from caracas , from madero. let's go to ecuador, or there is a -- where there is a cartoon in "el universo," with maduro pouring the blood of the venezuelan people into the ballot box. you see people on the ground, being bled dry. genie: what have papers been saying outside south america? nick: i looked at "the miami herald." it is asking, can

what is nicholas maduro 's motive? >> the timing. it was considered pretty much a fraud on the international space. very few people can walk to vote and nicholas maduro secure in this six-year term in a very undemocratic way. i think he was in some sense, looking to try and earn more respect on a national stage. perhaps more importantly, try to establish a better relationship with the united states. right after the election, the s cracked down with more financial sanctions on the country and then the venezuelans kicked out our diplomats good that we kick out some of their diplomats. things were really devolving. but i think ultimately, the motive from the president of venezuela to try and ease up financial sanctions against some of his current and former government officials. the internal support network. it was really important for him to get some sanctions lifted. the question is, did he? it does not appear to be a conditional release. it seems to be they were let go and as far as any of us know, there was nothing given in exchange

the cuban president has thrown his weight behind nicholas maduro, warmly welcomed in havana.f the cuban leader is the first -- it is the cuban leader's first foreign trip since taking over last month, taking up to caracas to show solidarity with maduro after his recent reelection was dismissed as a sham by the u.s. and the eu. , the death toll from antigovernment protests has risen to 90 killed in the past month. at least five more died last night. conflict and reports of pro-and antigovernment demonstrators firing on each other in the capital since thousands running for cover. rights groups say the deaths are links to president daniel ortega's crackdown on protesters. they had initially targeted his now aborted pension reforms. as julia kim explains, they now want the president to leave. reporter: violence erupts on the street of the nicaraguan capital of managua, pointing the finger of blame at antigovernment protesters who shot at a rally. but there are allegations the president's supporters opened fire at a mother's day march. >> i ask that those who murdered our children

global reaction pouring in after nicholas maduro wins a second term >>> and the united states of oil,e're drilling down on the one state that is behind the big boom, and it's not texas it is monday, may 21st and you're watching "worldwide exchange" on cnbc. >>> welcome back thank you for being with us on this monday morning. i promise you, you're in one for one of the best shows this week. italy is waiting to find out who its next prime minister will be. the country's 5-star movement and lega party have reportedly already agreed on who it should be local media now speculating that conte could be the next pick for their prime minister >>> ge reportedly near a deal to merge its transportation unit with royal partmaker wabtec. the deal may value the combined company at $20 billion could be announced as early as this week. elon musk is out with new details on tesla had's new model three. he notes there will be two versions, both of them with dual motors but get this the performance version is going to sell for $78,000. this was supposed to be the cheaper option, remember go from zero to 6

venezuela gets six more years of nicholas maduro.n six more years of a disastrous economy and mass protests? ♪ shery:

on sunday may 20 the venezuelan regime led by nicholas maduro reelected itself in elections that were rejected by unanimity by the international community for subsequent the united states and other nations have imposed further sanctions against the leaders of that regime in an effort to encourage venezuela to return to its democratic back. in response venezuela determined to u.s. diplomats and i safe have retaliated in kind they venezuela wants the wealthiest nation with the world's largest proven reserves of oil now experiences hyperinflation, shortages of good and medicine gross personal insecurity and increasing repression is the government uses all toolsets its disposal to maintain its control. desperate people are leaving venezuela and a gathering humanitarian crisis with some estimates suggesting fully one tenth of venezuelans population resides outside of the country. meanwhile other actors from outside the region are increasingly active in the country and they have developed deep relations with the regime which continues to grow. the united states has clearly indicated that th

time for where in the world, nicholas maduro giving the chief of mission todd robinson 48 hour to leave the country. maduro claims robinson tried to sabotage the nation's presidential election. the white house called the election a sham. voters head to the polls to consider repealing ireland's long-standing ban on abortion. island is one of the few western nations that recognizes the right to be unborn in its constitution but they vote to change that. in the streets of paris, pres. macr macron's promised to cut spending jobs. labor unions, hospital staff and other state employees to stop work and join nationwide protests. the white house thinking paraguay for being the first to follow the us's lead moving into the israeli apathy from tel aviv to jerusalem. do you want to build the border wall? you could if one member of congress gets her way, the unique way she is proposing to pay for it. >> if someone wants to send bend money to the federal government to build the wall they can do so but don't have a dedicated fund for it. when the money is sent in, it would be in that fund and specifi

expelling two venezuelan diplomat and a tit-for-tat retaliation following nicholas maduro's reelectionxiled to americans, south americans -- sorry, to top american diplomat from caracas that the response came after washington criticized venezuelan elections and impose new sanctions. senate minority leader chuck schumer is casting the blame for higher gas prices on president trump. >> whatever benefits they might have seen from president trump tax scam for the rich is being ripped out by the gas hike president trump is responsible for. to make the decision to reimpose on a grand. the average u.s. price for gas said that it was about $2.94 a gallon. road rage in the philadelphia parking lot sparks a vicious sledgehammer attack. take a look at these pictures as security footage shows a man taking a hammer to a window before hitting the passenger who fell out. the men chasing after the car with a sledgehammer breaking the rear window. police are still looking for the suspect and the victims this morning. this is why you don't have a sledgehammer in your trunk. cheryl: what is wrong with pe

gerri: nicholas maduro with a second six-year term. opposition leaders accuse them of buying those in using boost turnout among poor voters. the disputed victory is expected to increase pressure. u.s. secretary of state mike pompeo saint sham elections change nothing. cheryl: secretary pompeo set to unveil the new strategy on iran this morning. the secretary tweeting, looking forward to taking a terra cage on monday, may 1st about the road ahead on iran. since of course after the president withdrew from the 2015th iran nuclear deal this month. policy chief brian hooks in the u.s. hopes economic pressure from her new sanctions of leading them back to the negotiating table. france, germany and the u.k. have pledged to remain in the iran deal. texas governor greg abbott calling for a moment of silence today at 10:00 a.m. to honor the 10 people killed in a school shooting in santa fe, texas on friday. the first funeral to place yesterday at a mosque for a city to sheik who was an exchange student from pakistan. her father, host father and

venezuela gets six more years of nicholas maduro. does that mean six more years of a disastrous economy and mass protests? ♪ shery: steven mnuchin has said the u.s. has the proposed tariffs on hold while negotiations are going on. we are joined by mike mcdonnell, at chief economist bloomberg. reporter: i don't know what to think of these headlines. i don't think the calm will last. i think negotiations will continue and you will see rhetoric heat up by both sides, but obviously it is in everyone's best interest to avoid this trade war, so maybe it is a sign that there is recognition by both sides that this is in fact the case. david: what is it going to take to avoid a trade war? they walked it back a little bit. how could you get to $200 billion reduction? reporter: that is a good question. i think the epicenter of this trade war wasn't with the tariffs. i think it was with the zte thing where u.s. policy could have potentially bankrupted chinese companies. president trump of the tweet out about how we are going to try to prevent th

. >>> nicholas maduro won last night's election in a land slide in the vote the u.s. calls a sham.he 55-year-old was re-elected for another 6-year term with 68% of the votes. he is accused of buying votes and, quote, dirty tricks to boost turnout among poor voters hurt by food shortages and hyper inflation. >>> the mayors of the bay area's three largest city are getting behind a plan to raise the toll on three of the biggest bridges. tough sell, jessica. >> reporter: yep. good morning, and that's right, because if you are going to use a bay bridge, the bay bridge or any bay bridge or any bridges kroo the bay, any -- across the bay, any of the seven state-run bridges, you're going to pay more if you vote and it's approved. regional measure 3, that would be $9 by 2025. and mayors in oakland and san francisco and san jose, they're making their pitch to voters to head to the polls and vote on june 5th for regional measure 3. if it passes, again, we're talking about a raising -- about raising tolls on the bay bridge and seven state-run bridge, a $3 would be phased in over six years. the

last weekend, senator orrin hatch of utah called nicholas maduro and made the case that it was time toy will help you two years without a court appearance. last week a riot broke out in the prison. the centers of the situation had become too dangerous. watch this cell phone video taken by joshua during the prison riot. >> i need, i need help. they have taken the entire prison right on. people are taking the entire prison. there outside trying to break in. they want to kill me. they're saying that. >> he is asking for help. now he is coming home. corker and the family are scheduled to arrive at 7 pm at the white house. >> branyan s, will bring you the latest and that will be at 7 pm. >> 7 pm eastern. that will be breaking. >>> a surge of illegal crossings along the southern border for the president is not happy as you know. the "washington post" reporting in recent oval office meeting, the question questioned kiersten nelson quite sharply asking why this is happening. and that congress needs to start passing comprehensive immigration. joining me now we have a washington reporter. i nels

. >>> elsewhere, nicholas maduro has been re-elected as president of venezuela in an election that has been dismissed by rivals as a coronation of a dictator officials say maduro claimed 5.8 million votes with his nearest challenger henry falcone claiming 1.8 million speaking after the vote, falcone claims the vote lacked legitimacy turnout was 46.1%, down from 80% at the last presidential vote in 2013 speaking during the vote on sunday, maduro took aim at washington, stressing venezuela's independence sf sflt. >> translator: the usa can't think they are the rulers of the world. venezuela is governed by a constitution, by national laws, and is governed by solid public institutions, solid public powers like the electoral authority. so venezuelans are governed by our own conscious. >> meanwhile, iran's foreign minister says the european union's support for its nuclear deal is not enough eu leaders have prejudiced to honor the deal but speaking in iran, mohammed zarif said the party is not sufficient >>> french finance minister bruno le mair referred back to rules from 1996 which could al

there is indications that president nicholas maduro is dropping a little bit in the polls, losing controlf his military this is his achilles heel the wall street journal did a story about a thousand lower- level soldiers have deflected, have left the militarynd dan the way it is it's this pyramid of corption the high-rankingommanders in the military run the oil and they run the gold and mining operations, right? >> well that's right. they benefit from it but the country is really not producing much revenue any more. venezuela is one of the saddest stories in the world and it's our southern neighbor people are starving down there. bear in mind though, liz, about 3 million people have fled from venezuela. now that would be the best people they've got that's the middle class, the upper middle class, professionals, people with brains they've left the poorest most desperate people behind. venezuelan government they've got the guns and also you've got a lot of cuban intelligence in there, holding down, suppressing anybody that speaks up. liz: do you think the trump white house slaps even toughe

david: venezuela has nicholas maduro as their president for the next six years which is not a big surpriseg to see if his new term will bring changes. we welcome jay newman, former per fully on management with -- former portfolio manager with elliott management. also with us is katia porzecanski. great to have you with us. i will pull up a chart that shows a difference in the spread between the bonds and venezuela bonds. you just corrected me and said that blue line is one bond that is secured and they are paying on. the white line is the venezuelan debt, the sovereign debt. is this an opportunity for investors? jay: if investors have a long-term view, i think venezuela is an opportunity but in the short term, there is little to do. no one can negotiate with maduro , in part because he is under international sanctions. no restructuring you could ever engage in. not only that, they are pretty much running out of money. in the short term, nothing for investors to do. in a medium-term, if there is change, when there is change, it will be an opportunity for investors to engage. this withpare a

no one was shocked to here that nicholas maduro was re-elected as president the government says maduroa margin of victory independent polls leading up to the election suggest he was behind by 8% treasury has been explicit stating that venezuela should not hold this election which has been labeled a sham by many institutions and on friday, treasury fired a warning shot sanctioning more venezuelans there's a lot of expectation until the market that has some point there's going to be sanctions on the oil sector itself strokest sanctions would be an embargo. they supply roughly 600,000 barrels a day to the u.s could be lower because their production is collapsing >> a 47% margin ofvictory. >> open sigposition called for boycott. it wasn't 90 plus percent. like cuba is 99% >> russia. >> with some of these elections. but i guess is there a full oil embargo that could potentially come from venezuela oil? >> i think eventually, yes nobody expect it today danny of andean capital was on cnbc on friday and he thinks the way it goes is this. more individual sanctions today against members of the r

. >>> we have nicholas maduro elected to a new term in venezuela.ur response going to be? oil embargo? liz: that would be the remaining step because the administration has done everything short of that. they have sanctioned the vice president. they have sanctioned, more than 50 individuals in maduro's inner circle. so the next step would be an oil embargo. it has already been declared, venezuela has already been declared a national security threat to the u.s. because of its ties to iran, syria and cuba. that is the next step, blockade the oil. stuart: if we did blockade our oil they utterly collapse? they are close to collapse now. liz: the other player china lent them $60 billion. oil for loan deals. we're we don't know how much china is due and owing from venezuela. stuart: i think they lost their shirt. >>> joshua holt is a in a prison in venezuela. he is making a plea to people back home. watch this. >> i'm going on the people of america, i need your help to get out of this place. i've been begging my government for two years. i'm still here. no

maduro has promised to turn around the flailing economy, but having fallen so far into poverty, prosperity is a long way off. genie: you can watch that interview with nicholaso in its entirety in just about 10 minutes time -- with nicol as maduro is just about 10 minutes time. testicular that the markets now. -- let's take a look at the markets now. reporter: in europe it has been a fairly quiet day. the euro up 4/10 of a percentage point. of the paris, shares parent company of internet service provider free have gained since falling 20% on tuesday. the yield on the tenure u.s. treasury bond rose to the years, point in seven adding pressure on government bonds. let's take a look at some other business headlines at this hour. japan's economy shrunk in the first three months of this year at an annualized rate at .6%. it puts pressure on prime minister shin soave at a time when his a desk shin so i -- shinzo abe at a time when his approval ratings are at rock-bottom. wto on tuesday ruled the european union had failed to remove subsidized government develop and loans -- development loans, causing losses to boeing. it dismissed claims that similar claims for oth

nicholas witchell, bbc news, windsor. this weekend, the voters of venezuela will take part in a presidential election. 0pposition parties are calling for a boycot, so president maduronezuela should be one of the richest countries in the world, but a collapse in oil prices, and economic mismanagement, has caused a crisis, and food and medicines are in short supply. as the situation worsens, its estimated that 5,000 people a day are fleeing the country. among them are many pregnant women looking for somewhere safer to give birth. 0ur south america correspondent katy watson has been to boa vista near venezuela's border with brazil, where many of the women are arriving. meet baby max, a brand—new life and, for his mum, a brand—new start. back home in venezuela she rarely ate more than one meal a day. and with a packet of nappies costing four months‘ wages, she had little choice but to leave. "there's nothing like my country, i really miss it," she tells me, but admits with the prices in venezuela decent medical help was hard to come by. so there's 64 beds in this hospital, and they say that every day they are full. it's the only maternity hospital in the state. later i