this was to stop the election of nicholas maduro. is anelieve he illegitimate ruler.d been planning for more than a year. the idea was to get him and put him on trial and start over with a new democratic system. it is a little unclear how many. we think it may have been several hundred. the number of people arrested was over 30. >> arrested before they could execute. >> the plan was either they arrested a participant who spilled the beans and the second was that one of the people was a cuban infiltrated. -- infiltrater. >> how many countries outside to about it -- knew about it? >> both colombian, american and u.s. officials were aware of it. i think the people who were carrying out the coup, were hoping they would get money and support. they got a nod and a wink. no real support. jason: you have been following this story for a long time. put this in context. where is venezuela right now? especially given where it was. venezuela was probably the 20th richest country in the world. it has more oil than saudi arabia. it has never been a deeply democratic society but it w

not only did the un like the regime of nicholas maduro to the human rights council, but, the council rolled out the red carpet for maduro to address them in a special assembly. his propaganda speech was met with a standing ovation. we don't even meet to talk about israel to conclude that the human rights council is a sham. [applause] what we should talk about israel is because israel is a special state that proves the moral bankruptcy of the organization there is only one country in the world that has its own permanent agenda item at the human council. it's not north korea, iran, or syria. countries that enslave and torture their own people. it is the free country of israel. [applause] it's even worse than that. agenda items seven doesn't it just single out israel for consideration, you pre-judges israel's guilt. it is a political weapon used against israel, regardless of the actions it takes it is meant to condemn israel's existence as a human rights abuser. it's a moral abomination. a little more than a year ago, i went to geneva. i told the human rights council that we expected ch

venezuela is in a economic crisis and nicholas maduro has consolidated power and the united states continues to sanction that regime. >> rich, thank you. more on president trump putting nato allies on notice ahead of their meeting next week. let's bring in john bussey, the associate editor from the "wall street journal" and a fox news contributor and happens to be working for the journal in a nato country right now. he joins us live from madrid. hope you're having fun. the question is anybody at all surprised that president trump is 16edding out these letters, telling the nato allies that they need to get more skin in the game? he doesn't like nato, he doesn't like nafta. none of this is surprising anybody, correct? >> yeah, that's probably right. it's not surprising, but that doesn't mean the europeans are not bristling at it. the letters are frank, to the point. they're not really bullying. they're not unreasonable. if you read michael gordon's piece. he goes through the language being used. it's the president getting more intemperate about how much the nato nations are contributing to the

countries like venezuela where nicholas maduro routinely imprisons and murders those who dare speak out against him. or nicaragua, where the corrupt ortega regime desperately clings to power by persecuting journalists and violently putting down protesters. last year, i introduced legislation to commemorate oswaldo's legacy by naming the street in front of the embassy of cuba, located right here in washington, as oswalda paya way. it would send a powerful statement that here in the united states of america, we stand with freedom fighters like oswaldo paya, who were working to bring hope and liberty to oppressed nations. who are working to make a better cuba free of the horrors of communist rule. madam president, i've never been to my father's homeland. i've never been to cuba. my father has not returned to cuba in over 60 years. i look forward to one day visiting cuba. hopefully with my dad, with my dee sonia, my whole family, my two girls, and seeing a free cuba where people can live according to their beliefs without fear of imprisonment, violence, or oppression. but today is not that

circumstance and other authoritarian leaders, one of the allies of daniel or tai gas, and this is nicholas maduro , he uses the same tactics against the venezuelan people. and the people deserve better than this. and this resolution shows that this body's commitment to standing shoulder-to-should we are those without a voice, seeking freedom from those authoritarians who are becoming dictators. the administration was correct earl injury this month in sanctioning three senior nicaraguan officials for human rights abuses and corruption under the u.s. global mag nitsky act -- magnitsky act, a measure we passed out of our committee. that's something this resolution affirms. but more can be done. this resolution encourages the administration to continue to pressure ortega to stop the violence and move forward with free and fair elections. i urge my colleagues to support this measure. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california reserves. the gentleman from new jersey is ecognized. >> i rise in support of this measure and yield myself such time as i may consu

the imf predicted the inflation rate of venezuela will soar from .,000,000% the government of nicholas maduro says venezuela's economy will shrink 18% in 2018. verizon wants to partner with google or apple when it rolls out sir -- the first superfast 5g service in california. verizon wants one of those companies to provide television when the services offered in homes in los angeles and sacramento. the wireless giant came up short in trying to develop its own tv service. global news 24 hours a day on air and on tik tok on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm taylor riggs, this is bloomberg. thanks so much. let's get back to earnings. results all the returns to sale growth in brazil. the company said it could emerge in a stronger financial position if one of china's largest oil companies takes control. that is according to the cfo who joins us now on the phone from switzerland. thanks for joining us this morning. on possible take trade wars? and willmpact syngenta it impact the shaky recovery to the agricultural? mark: i think the trade wa

over 300 people killed under the direction of daniel ortega and his henchmen and in venezuela, nicholas maduro continues to rule with impunity. ignoring the pleas of the venezuela for new leadership. and in cuba, raul castro continues to call the shots, while hiding behind the veil of the so-called transition of power. under diaz-canal nada has changed for the people of cuba. activists are being held for days at a time. they're still being beaten and arrested and the regime continues to rule with an iron fist, more worrisome, mr. chairman, is that cooperation between these rogue regimes has actually increased. just last week there were reports indicating that maduro had sent a shipment of weapons to ortega, to help him further suppress and silence the nicaraguan people. instead of using the country's resources to alleviate the venezuelan people suffering, suffering he caused for his failed policies. he sends weapons to his crony, making him complicit in the deaths of so many in the nicaragua. but this u.s. administration has shown a willingness to lead and hold those abusers accountable. and s