down with nicolae ceausescu! the army was very cruel, very violent. 50 people were killed in a day. that was the bloodiest day in timisoara. in very short time, the demonstrations spread into the neighbouring cities. nicolae ceausescu is fighting for his political life in the only way he knows how, the viola nt suppression of any kind of protest. in the morning of the 17th of december we were taken by the secritate in a very brutal way. it was clear for us that we are to be executed or imprisoned. my wife was pregnant with our second child. my little daughter which was later born. i think it was an angel in that time and protected us when we were prepared for the worst. romanians went on anti—nicolae ceausescu rampage as the army joined the revolution. thanks to god, we had a little radio and were informed that nicolae ceausescu couple were on the run. translate: romanian brothers, we come here to the romanian broadcast company to tell you that the dictator has fallen! to let you know that the country is free! with an angry rooftop mob closing in on t

nicola: it has changed us a lot.t in a whole new process in terms of making sure that people were aware of the information that was being collected from them, who they were sharing it with. giving them options as to what they wanted to do. that is something we are continuing to evolve with. we didn't just do it in europe where it was regulated. we thought it was a useful way of thinking about things so we rolled it around the world as well. francine: we are in a political election year in the u.s. has facebook changed the way that some of these things get pushed through? nicola: definitely. i think we have changed fundamentally in the way we approach elections. thinking back to the 2016 election, the threats were different to what we understand and could have been imagined back then. it was not just us, governments around the world misted it. intelligence agencies around the world missed it. what we have done is the investments we have made, we have had units, probably over 100 different elections around the world. e

nicola: it has changed us a lot.in a whole new process in terms of making sure that people were aware of the information that was being collected from them, who they were sharing it with. giving them options as to what they wanted to do. that is something we are continuing to evolve with. and we didn't just do it in europe where it was regulated. we thought it was a useful way of thinking about things so we rolled it around the world as well. francine: we are in a political election year in the u.s. has facebook changed the way that some of these things get pushed through? nicola: definitely. i think we have changed fundamentally in the way we approach elections. thinking back to the 2016 election, the threats were different to what we understand could have been imagined back then. not just us, governments around the world missed it, intelligence agencies around the world missed it. what we have done is the investments we have made, we have had units, probably over 100 different elections around the world. every time

so that letter from borisjohnson to nicola sturgeon, rejecting the appealfor another nicola sturgeon, referendum. appealfor another independence referendum. greater manchester police is to reopen historic child sex abuse cases including that of 15—year—old victoria agoglia. victoria was in local authority care in rochdale and died in 2005 of a heroine overdose administered to her by a 50—year—old man who had been paying her for sex. victoria became the subject of a bbc drama series and a subsequent documentary the betrayed girls . a report published today, found significant shortcomings in the original investigations into her death and the abuse of other vulnerable children — concluding that fears over race relations were a factor in the way police tackled the crimes, and that an investigation into the grooming of vulnerable teenage girls — predominantly by asian men — was under—resourced. andy burnham, the mayor of greater mancherster said in a press conference in the last half hour, "i am truly sorry that the victims were let down in the way they were" and confirmed the reopening of

nicolÁs maduro: tuvimos un dilema, entrar y capturarlos, y traerlos.ro de venezuela acusÓ al gobierno de brasil, colombia y perÚ de apoyar operaciones desÉrtico va. >> nos gobierno de ivÁn duque, los gobiernos de perÚ, ecuador o brasil. los utilizan para centrar violencia, destrucciÓn y muerte en venezuela. francisco: por la sublevaciÓn, el militar entre fusiles se lanzan cohetes, granadas y municiones. aunque las autoridades dicen haber recuperado parte de ese material de guerra. han anunciado redoblar la vigilancia y tener seguridad en todas las dependencias militares para evitar nuevos asaltos. presentadora: la onu estima que por lo menos 5 billones de bolsas plÁsticas se utilizan cada aÑo en el mundo. quizÁ por esta razÓn, la ciudad de mÉxico se uniÓ a la campaÑa global de un . prohibirlas en los supermercados. aunque la nueva ley es beneficiosa, otros piensan lo contrario. alberto garcÍa nos tienen los detalles. alberto: a partir del primer dÍa del 2020, los habitantes de la ciudad de mÉxico deberÁn recuperar la vieja costumbre de comprar y llevar

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they are saying the government of nicolas maduro is sheltering as assisting groups dissidents from themer rebel group -- also accusing maduro of hezbollah,ells of iranian proxies operating in south america. that is why he prays to governments such as columbia and a number of governments in the caribbean and latin america have lah aed to label hezbol terrorist organization. >> me know the iranian regime's top terrorist proxy has found a home in venezuela under maduro and that this is unacceptable. correspondent: one surprise was the arrival of juan guaido, the leader of the venezuelan opposition, who arrived in columbia, defining a travel ban imposed by the government of nicolas maduro. he met with pompeo on the sidelines of the conference. talking to journalists, he announced there will be new actions taken by the united states to put more pressure on the government of nicolas maduro , but no concrete sanctions have been announced. towe undertook this tour take action against the dictatorship and to continue backing the years long struggle of the venezuelan people. correspondent: he al

nicolÁs maduro gobernar con violencia e intimidaciÓn es una desgracia. encargado de venezuela durante una improvisada sesiÓn realizada en las instalaciones del diario el nacional y por ahora se discute quiÉn gobierna en venezuela. ahora vamos a pasar a colombia con el asesinato de lÍderes sociales que no tuvo freno durante el 2019 y las cifras oficiales del gobierno no coinciden con las de las organizaciones no gubernamentales. >> desde el 19 de diciembre hasta hoy fueron asesinados ocho lÍderes sociales en colombia y otros dos sufrieron atentados. >> en colombia ser lÍder acarrea un peligro muy grande y lo lleva uno a estar en permanente tensiÓn. >> los lÍderes siguen en pie de lucha en sus comunidades reclamando protecciÓn. >> si protegen a un congresista, por quÉ a no uno de nosotros Íbamos la pelea por el sueldo. los jÓvenes no tienen una oportunidad de un estudio, no tienen una oportunidad laboral, entonces llegan los grupos y los incitan a que se vayan nuevamente para esos grupos. para alejarlos de la tentaciÓn la mÚsica se convirtiÓ en la respuest

nicola sturgeon wrote to the prime minister after the westminster elections in december.ad one 48 out of 59 westminster seats and she saw this as a mandate for a second independence referendum. boris johnson obviously disagrees. he said this was meant to be the last referendum, was meant to be a once ina referendum, was meant to be a once in a generation, a once—in—a—lifetime, but the prime minister, sorry, i havejust dropped my notes, this was meant to be a once ina my notes, this was meant to be a once in a referendum thank you very much. that was meant to be once ina very much. that was meant to be once in a generation, but nicola sturgeon has disagreed and i do have her tweet, that she had on social media. she said, the tories are terrified of scotland's right to choose, because they know when given the choice, scotland would choose independence. the tories have no positive power for the union, independence. the tories have no positive powerfor the union, so all they can do is deny democracy. and that will not stand. so nicola sturgeon still very much want to have tha

and it's time nicola sturgeon and the snp accepted that and move on.ght to conintue making the case for independence and to do so with passion and with force. but what they do not have the right to do is to keep dragging the people of scotland and scottish business around the same mountain time and time again to try to get the answer that they did not get the first time. you are watching wednesday in parliament with me, david cornock. still to come up on this programme: why a cup of tea is a political issue. an mp has accused a member of the house of lords for abusing security staff at westminster. the snp's hannah bardell raised the alleged behaviour of lord maginnis, a former ulster unionist mp, with the commons' speaker. yesterday, on re—entering the building for the first time after christmas, i witnessed one of the worst cases of abuse of security staff that i have seen in my time here. one of the members of the other place who i will name so as not to incriminate anybody else — lord ken maginnis — had forgotten his pass, something that we have al

nicolás maduro.s here go there quite a start to the move how the quickly gained backing across the world especially from the united states. the might of but that may euros per structure his health. in as well as economy is a free fall people short of places products and food. this is being blamed on the jurors. economic planning though he says he was democratically e elected. misses the both the us and europe with holding down as well and capital. for gang. guadalupe missus majerus claims and he's calling for more support. when we accomplish that and you know when is a is. a con. there was anyone facing addict. it is not a problem of the right and left in venezueuela it is a problem f having it. to ship having citizens pointing for that democracy for that dignity. so the important thing in this case is not to see this as an ideological bias. but a very clear to monde for free elections with the- extremists. this it's getting aus a six said john us from the law school of that. a thanks program should

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the prime minister has written to the first minister of scotland, nicola sturgeon to formally rejectht to hold a second referendum on independence. in the letter, borisjohnson says that nicola sturgeon and her predecessor, alex salmond, had made a personal promise that the independence referendum in 2014 would be a once in a generation event. 0ur scotland editor, sarah smith, is in downing street. not so surprising decision. nicola sturgeon knew before she even asked the question about another referendum that it would be a flat from the prime minister. but that does not mean these arguments are not important, this is a constitutional battle that will rage on and on. the prime minister thinks that he can refuse to allow another referendum without provoking a major backlash in scotland where voters are split around 50—50 on whether they support independence. at the moment there is no widespread demand for another vote. 0n the other hand you have nicola sturgeon who thinks that she can win voters over to her side by continuing to make the argument about a democratic deficit and sang sco

nicola sturgeon obviously disagrees with all of that. of the 59 seats at the westminster election in december. —— snp148 out of 59. she said she has a mandate for this referendum and people in scotla nd for this referendum and people in scotland should have a choice to be able to decide their future. she has put out a statement today and in that statement nicola sturgeon said the scottish government will respond in full towards the end of the month setting out their next steps. so we have not seen the end of this story. she has also said she would not hold an unofficial referendum but she said the definitely will be of second referendum and it is only a matter of time. in that statement today, she said that westminster government is blocking democracy and she said she believes the longer westminster stops the referendum, the more support for independence there will be. thank you very much, alexandra, with the latest on the debate on a possible second independence referendum in scotland. after a difficult week two to the least for the roy

you, an nicolas: thank speaker. investor confidence and market integrity is to ensure markets are fair and transparent. this bill will ensure this is the case by preventing corporate taking advantage of significant corporate events before they disclose to the public. supported by investor groups, by the council as nstitutional investors well as our state security regulators. of my colleagues to join me in their support of h.r. 4335. i thank my colleagues from the other side of the aisle for support. no one should have an advantage over the public. thank you, madam speaker. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the the house will suspend the rules and pass the bill h.r. 4335, as amended. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. chair, 2/3ion of the having responded in the affirmative -- mr. san nicolas: madam speaker, on that i request the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. those in favor of taking this vote by the yooins will ise and remain standing unt

nicola sturgeon's plans to address this?the uk, and to scotland in particular, an additional way of applying, so in addition to being able to apply through existing uk routes, they could apply for a scottish visa. that would mean they would be required to work in scotland, and we can do that because we already have a scottish tax code, so we can we already have a scottish tax code, so we can tie visas to employment here in scotland, and it is an additional route, recognising that scotland has more of a need for migration than other parts of the uk. a separate scottish visa could involve powers coming from westminster to hear at holyrood, but is that something uk government ministers would consider, given they wa nt to ministers would consider, given they want to get overall migration numbers down? the uk government's immigration minister was at glasgow university today, looking forward to a brexit with fast track to visas for scientists and mathematicians. he insists immigration will remain reserved. there needs to be a syst

declared himself interim president the justification was that president nicolas maduro was not a legitimately elected leader but a usurper and a dictator. venezuelans desperate for economic and political change rushed to show their support with the united states leading the charge nearly 60 countries followed suit. but 12 months later the promise of political change seems to have a vast freighted with help from china russia iran and others model has circumvented a far she can all make sanctions meant to force him out negotiations to allow the new presidential elections have failed miserably. as as why those appealed to the army to support regime change. model has retaliated by arresting or exile in scores of opponents driven by worsening poverty and hyperinflation disheartened venezuelans have joined the president today exodus of millions of their compatriots to neighboring countries. on january 5th the conflict took a bizarre twist. soldiers surrounded parliament to block by those reelection the speaker of the house. while the pro-government minority named some. one of its choosing i'm to se

to support him as well as opposition to one after meeting with him in colombia call for president nicolas maduro to be removed from office describing his rule is tearing me under m.p.'s he has more now from this summit in bogota the issue of venezuela was front and center in this regional conference against terrorism where the u.s. secretary of state mike pale accused of being a swell of being a failed state in a supporter of terrorism saying that the government of nicolas maduro is sheltering and assisting groups as the land the last active rebel group from colombia or dissidents of the former rebel group the far and also accusing them i do it of assisting cells of its ball or the iranian proxies operating or he said in latin america tanks to nicolas maduro and that's why he praised the government such as colombia and another a number of governments in the caribbean and latin america that have decided to label is a terrorist organization. we. the really regimes talk to. this isn't acceptable. one of the surprises here was the arrival of the dog the leader of the ministers well an opposit

rival marches of being held in venezuela before the president's annual state of the union speech nicolas maduro supporters of rallying in the capital caracas account of boxes being killed in the eastern city of buckie cement to back opposition leader one why though he was prevented from entering the national assembly last week at the majeure loyalists was installed as simply president instead let's go to our american editor of the scene for us in caracas tell us more about these rallies. but we are indeed let's have more leave our back to exactly in front of the national assembly or the net just late of the palace as it's called and the interesting thing about that is that bulge in the constituent assembly and the parliament function in that same palace in the same area just a couple of minutes ago president nicolas maduro went in there. is curiously enough he did not walk through the honor guard section a sickness normally the case which he normally likes to do but rather in a car got off and he's in there about to start the state of the union address which by the constitution of being

the 2 men met in antiterrorism summits in colombia called unwillingness to help remove president nicolas maduro from describing his role as a terror regime several countries including the united states recognize quite a finance weight is needed when other signs around p s he has more from the summit in bogota. the issue of venezuela was front and center in this regional conference against terrorism where the u.s. secretary of state mike compel accused venice well of being a failed state and a supporter of terrorism saying that the government of nicholas about bhutto is sheltering and assisting groups as the land the last active rebel group from colombia or dissidents of the former rebel group are far and also accusing my daughter of assisting cells of its ball or the iranian proxies operating he said in latin america tanks to nicolas maduro and that's why he praised the government such as colombia and another a number of governments in the caribbean and latin america that have decided to label a terrorist organization. the really regime. this is an acceptable one of the surprises here wa

rival barges are being held in venezuela as president nicolas maduro gives his annual state of the union speech but euro is giving that address now the years since he's last address venezuela has been rocked by political and economic crises his supporters are rallying in the capital caracas account of march is being held in the eastern city of bucky's and nato to back opposition leader one. well let's go live now to our editor the scene human in caracas to tell us about where you are and how this this rally there in support of majeure 0 is shaping up. hello there well 1st let me clarify that the march or the activities that are taking part in a place rather in back you seen it all is actually an annual religious procession that going to get there venezuelans from all over are not necessarily supporters of one why law however the bishop who gave the homily had very very harsh words for the government of president nicholas and have a little and he said that venezuelan should pray and practice peaceful resistance against the quote merchants of politics who are oppressing the people so here

of assisting cells of its ball or the iranian proxies operating he said in latin america tanks to nicolas maduro and that's why he praised the government such as colombia and another a number of governments in the caribbean and latin america that have decided to label a terrorist organization. the really regime. this is an acceptable. one of the surprise this year was the arrival of a dog the leader of the venezuelan opposition who arrived here in colombia defying a travel ban imposed by the government of nicolas maduro he met with pompei on the sidelines of the conference and talking to journalists he announced that there will be new actions that will be taken by the united states to put more pressure on the government of nicolas maduro but no concrete new sanctions have been announced. we undertook this tour precisely to find the tools to take action against the dictatorship and to continue back in the years long struggle of the venezuelan people quite also announced that on wednesday he will travel to brussels to meet with the chief diplomat of the european union joseph burrell and wil

nicola sturgeon tweeted tweet @nicolasturgeon this response is "predictable — but also unsustainableond referendum. and just weeks ago, voters in scotland backed nicola sturgeon again sending snp candidates to westminster in 48 of scotland's 59 seats. the party says brexit provides another reason justifying a second referendum. in the 2016 brexit referendum 62% of scottish voters voted remain. despite that, scotland will leave the eu at the end of this month. the conservatives are hammering their own argument pretty hard too — pointing out that during the first scottish independence referendum in 2014 nicola sturgeon told voters again and again that it was in effect a one—off event. the scottish conservatives put this ad on facebook we have a once and a generation opportunity. these are once in a generation of events. this will be a once—in—a—lifetime opportunity. before our once—in—a—lifetime opportunity. you get the idea. it's obviously something the scottish national party need to have an answer for. here's their leader at westminster, speaking on politics the smith commission whi

from seeking reelection speaker both and his rival a dissident deputy backed by the government of nicolas maduro have pledged to lead the next parliamentary session a latin america editor on the scene human reports from caracas. the headline reads congress wakes to 2 speakers of the house in a country which already has 2 men claiming the presidency venezuelans are understandably confused and frustrated when you think you know muslim but i have a thing as the saying gars we lift as if we were lost in space. on sending national guardsmen prevented opposition majority leader one by law another deputies from entering parliament to initiate the use session as the constitution stipulates. in his place the pro-government minority sworn in as speaker and deputy

only thing the country has a surplus in is presidents until sunday there were 2 climb and socialist nicolas maduro are an opposition leader. now there are 2 men claiming to be palm in tree president a majority supporter took the oath of office while go i don't know and his supporters were kept outside but later on lawmakers held a virus in a nearby newspaper pyper office and said that they have lawfully elected quieter i was on his way list parliament on sunday amid extraordinary scenes will make a luis posada is sworn in as new parliamentary president i wonder why those. new as we all did that he needed to be here no one stopped me from coming in. he didn't have enough votes that's why he decided to stay outside the parliamentary palace. he was going to go and his supporters could clearly not get in the man who calls himself into him president even tried to climb the railings members of the national guard stopped them entering the building. because people feel the constitution has to be respected today every member of parliament must have the right to vote but we're going to stay here unti

in the americas can better coordinate efforts against on groups they accuse venezuela's president nicolas maduro and his allies in cuba of sheltering fight is live. in bogota so tell us more for us alexandra about the regional corporation and what the message from this conference is. as we are speaking the. leader of the opposition to president. holding up press conference and he's once again talking to the country that has been firmly at the center of the accusations of. the secretary of state of the united states mike

president nicolas maduro was beginning his 2nd term amid a ruined economy wrecked by years of plummeting oil prices fundamentals such as food and medicine were in short supply one by doe was leader of the opposition controlled national assembly he set matures reelection was illegitimate and swore himself in as interim president claim was swiftly recognized by the u.s. and several latin american countries. but duro retained the backing of the powerful military despite quite ohs appeals for their support the generals largely remain loyal to mud duro the power struggle then shifted to humanitarian aid maduro wish fuse to let us sponsored aid into the country arguing it was foreign interference and in any case not needed. why don't has been fighting to keep his revolution momentum going but hope has turned to disappointment for many. millions have left and the country seems stuck in a stalemate. for more now let's bring in our journalist oscar schleicher who is in caracas. seeking reelection as president of the national assembly but what is going to go on now that the vote has been delayed i

the situation worse so it really depends on the population or to your addressing in that context nicolas is the region capable of handling this effectively well i think the other groups natalie i think china is trying to deal with this is best it can but to a certain extent i mean it's winter in china they're already different viruses different flus in circulation and so people's immune systems are already going to be challenged now as we have seen we are getting 2nd and their reports from the w.h.o. of 3rd generation transmission which means we're no longer thinking just about the people who are initially exposed to the infected wildlife we're thinking about the people that have infected and then the people next to the people that they're infected as well this is going to make the job of the authorities to actually bring this to a halt that much more difficult especially because it is coming up to chinese new. a year as well and we are looking at hundreds of millions of people about to be going on the move so beyond beyond the 10 shutdown cities we are going to have a lot of people who

here in venezuela and across the cities there is a significant amount of international support for nicolas maduro one why though when he was declared himself interim president last year was recognized by around 50 governments meaning that around $150.00 government continue to do normal diplomatic relations with the a little with the government of nicolas maduro in this context i think it's fairly easy to see that miller has have certain pillars on which he can he can support themselves over the last year. internal support of the support of the military also international support from certain sectors and i think that is often overlooked by the international media when evaluating the reasons why the current constitutional government which you point out continues to be in the presidential policy or pull solves and john this independent venezuela analysis dot com appreciate your insight from on the ground there in venezuela my pleasure of well that is your updates and now i am or is on a lot could not be back here with the rest of the team in just over 30 minutes time with more news from aroun

declared himself interim president of the country he cited doubts over the reelection of president nicolas maduro the constitution says where there was a power vacuum the parliamentary president should take over quite those declared mission to end madieu is rain and hold new elections but he's failed to get the military's backing meet in a country with 2 supposed presidents and in chaos. maduro recently said that the opposition dominated parliament which backs quite oh had only damage the country model do you sell us something on us you know how much is being abused as a place where conspirators work to damage from as well or financially to create a coup and enable a foreign military invasion but i'm here i'm a bit out of nowhere now why job is also talking about a coup against parliamentary democracy for you in the present day that the rule of law was wrecked the republic was killed that if. the question of who is president is just the 1st of many that urgently needs an answer. on the criminal trial against former film producer harvey weinstein is set to open in new he'll weinstein is fac

presidencial de la asamblea nacional, una acciÓn audaz para contrarrestar la acciÓn del rÉgimen de nicolÁsonteriza refuerzan su sistema de vigilancia para evitar que viajeros con visa de no inmigrante se queden en el paÍs. un trÁgico accidente de trÁnsito en sonora acabÓ con la vida de al menos cuatro jornaleros y dejÓ en estado crÍtico a 15 mÁs. les tendremos lo Último de la ofensiva militar iranÍ contra bases militares estadounidenses en irak. los esperamos mÁs tarde en la visiÓn nocturna. enrique: eran ♪ enrique: esta noche el presidente donald trump ha publicado un tweet, "todo bien, los misiles que se enviaron a las bases estadounidenses en irak no han provocado ninguna baja en las fuerzas estadounidenses. tenemos a las fuerzas militares mejor equipadas y mÁs poderosas del mundo". como les decÍamos, el jefe de la policÍa de los Ángeles dijo que no hay lugar en ese departamento para agentes que falsifican informaciÓn en reportes policiacos. lo declarÓ luego que la fiscalÍa del condado investigara varios elementos por supuestamente hacer reportes falsos contra hispanos. reportera: un gr

regime change here seems like a very distant possibility did you underestimate the resilience of nicolas maduro when you really book. you know. in minutes when i'm in the. us or if you want to that was what i want to say i said about. the law but out of. control is he now the. us. that control it that it includes a percentage. but i. base that was. elected and secondly when i make it including me a minute well. enough where they could. be out of. place or talking to those in this over me and a bonus for them i might seem community me your. data us. us 6 when you consider going there are going to be you know. as i said been the bulgarian don't say yes a been fostering the. dogs and yes that is the bit. of the middle initial on it all you're talking about the suffering of the venezuelan people but one year ago i asked you you're asking for economic sanctions you're asking for the for the. bank accounts for the of the government to be frozen by the countries that happened and you knew that that was going to also cause more suffering and when i asked you if you were willing to assume that re

recognised by washington and many others but not by president nicolas maduro. i say you can believe what i think imperialist came out to say they would not recognize the result of the boat today in the national assembly i say to mike pompei o the u.s. envoy to venezuela elliott abrams and the assistant secretary of state that they should explain why they lost the leadership of the national assembly. was clearly the battle for that national assembly until now venezuela's only independent institution is far from over and it really intensify even further why though attempts to reclaim what he says is his rightful place inside the legislative palace on tuesday. see a new an al-jazeera caucus who has a new president elect leftist former prime minister. has defeated the conservative incumbent kalinda grab our kids in a runoff folds the conservatives hold a majority in parliament but milan of it's focused his presidency would be one of we conciliation and unity vote is seen as an important test before legislative elections in may to this. year for nearly $24000000.00

that's been a boon for president nicolas maduro. his government needs hard cash. all accounts belonging to the state owned oil company gave a son in the united states have been frozen deep to sanctions. them without the remittances sent by migrants the state would be unable to import even basic foodstuffs and medicines. that. venezuelans hoping leaving and drugs leave home got a collapse of the health care system and soaring child mortality those with. travel documents across the border to colombia illegally the brain drain is an especially better blow many of those fleeing are doctors lawyers and teachers highly educated people that are badly needed at home. by june 2019 some 4000000 venezuelans have left the country out of a total population of just 30000000. venezuela was once considered a beacon of prosperity because it's a glittering modern capital. corruption didn't begin with president chavez who died in 20 for teen but in the 20 years since chavez 1st took office corruption and mismanagement have spiraled out of control. one of the linchpins of this system

he was an opponent of nicolas maduro and was plotting to overthrow him.as i don't buy that that's why he was officially designated a terrorist then we know that already. you know sadly. this was a former police officer who commandeered a military helicopter and dropped 2 stun grenades over the supreme court in caracas no one was injured perez had hoped to spark a military coup and free the country from corruption but his call for an uprising went nowhere. that everyone was looking for us got paris so that we received information that he was somewhere near el cerrito. we went to his hideout. then we began our raid. saying at 3 in the morning on january 14th 2018 the torso then nato and then bombing this you. you're all. ok. as a member of many i'm sorry i witnessed what happened when paris was tracked down. we're going to go into a no no again really i'm going to bring in a get out of the. whole thing so they finally know this scene oh ok that was the day when i realized i didn't belong there you know why i had a nervous breakdown. and i cried all the time

al volver, civiles armados vinculados al rÉgimen de nicolÁs maduro atacaron a diputados opositores queculos con arma de fuego. el presidente de juan guaidÓ convocÓ a la sesión legislativa en una sede alterna. francisco: es el vehÍculo donde venÍa una comisiÓn parlamentaria de la sede de la asamblea nacional. varios diputados venÍan a verificar si el palacio legislativo estÁ militarizado, y si era posible ingresar. no solo no pudieron hacerlo, sino que fueron atacados por chavistas armados con objetos contundentes y hasta con armas de fuego. >> con mÁs de 200 paramilitares, terroristas, armados. francisco: no solo esos vehÍculos son atacados, sino tambiÉn las de los equipos de prensa y medios de comunicaciÓn, que sufrieron la fuerza agresiones. tuvieron que huir del lugar.hÍ amanecido rodeada por cientos de efectivos militares de la guardia nacional y banda de civiles armados en los alrededores, dispuestos a impedir el ingreso de los diputados opositores y supuestamente defender el palacio legislativo. >> si nos hubiera tocado defender la asamblea, la vamos a defender. francisco: diosda

but nicola sturgeon accused the conservatives of attempting to "deny democracy," a point reinforced byr leader who went on to widen the attack. the prime minister is a democracy denier. can i say to the prime minister, as his colleagues privately admit, this position is undemocratic, unacceptable and completely unsustainable. the prime minister has shown utter contempt for scottish democracy, for scotland's parliament and for scotland's people. does the prime minister accept that by ignoring scotland, imposing brexit with his pursuance of cruel and punishing policies, that he is strengthening the case for scottish independence? mr speaker, it was not only the right honourable gentleman who leads the snp of this house, it was also alex salmond and his protege nicola sturgeon, who said at the time of the referendum, that it was a once in a generation event. he said it, they said it, they were right then, why they changed their mind? he is the denier, he is the denier of democracy. mr speaker, the prime minister's party, the conservative party, signed up to the smith commission, that reco