are more cars sounds are live from doha also coming up syria dominates the summit of the americas in peru with the u.s. vice president defending the military action. does the island and senegal rising sea levels are creating some of the world's first climate migrant. the u.s. says it's locked and loaded for another military strike if the syrian government uses chemical weapons again that warning follows the most significant western allied attack against president bashar assad's government since the start of the seven year war the u.s. u.k. and france launched more than one hundred missiles on sites they say were linked to syria's chemical weapons program it was in retaliation for last saturday's suspected chemical attack on the town of duma and the smoke was still rising from those sites as the reaction came in from leaders across the region turkey expresses support for the strikes the syrian government and iran called them criminal well russia drafted a un security council resolution to condemn what it called the aggression it was voted down and more on that shortly but first this report

esta vez, además de la favores personales mucho le rezaron para que el perú le vaya bien con su nuevonquila semana santa. posterior a ello daremos a conocer las otras actividades >> aunque muchos hayan aprovechado el feriado largo para viajar, las ancestrales previsiones de semana santa siguen alimentando la fe de la gente en peru >> el banco central desmintió afectar el sistema monetario. personas accedieron a los bancos para deshacerse de la moneda que iba a desaparecer >> es momento de conocer el tiempo la bahía. vamos con el tiempo >> tú eres el reflejo ve la primavera con esas flores. este fin de semana estamos notando las temperaturas el cambio el tiempo. para este domingo el termómetro ha subido bastante en comparación con lo que tuvimos en las horas de la tarde. vemos que se incorporan algunas nubes según imagen del radar. para el desde mañana no se tener el regreso de la neblina. en san francisco abren los los cielos con luna llena, la segunda de este mes. en este momento las temperaturas están en los 50 integrados. al norte la máxima se mantienen en los 78°. es importante el

peru, downstream to colombia.lenty of american currency. the us dollar is king in latin america. what you are going budget backpacking or wanting to live the high life, the bbc‘s travel show is here to help. so email the travel show. from me, simon calder, the global bureau, goodbye phone now, and see you next time. —— global guru. to finish this week we've got the first ina to finish this week we've got the first in a series of films from china. a country that has undergone massive change over recent decades as it moves to modernise. but if you know where to look, some glimpses of the past remain, and we headed to the past remain, and we headed to the sichuan province to take a step backin the sichuan province to take a step back in time. well, that's all we've got time for four this week. but do join us next week, when henry heads to australia to meet the people behind the world—famous to meet the people behind the world —famous royal flying to meet the people behind the world—famous royal flying doctor service

if we travel deep into the rain force of peru these illegal mining operations except for miles and miles away from the main highway to uncover a gold rush that's turning lush jungle into utter devastation high pressure water hoses and blasted out and it's not just the layers people are stepping into i'm filled tourism i'm in and to mold us i've conducted extensive research in this rain forest so this story is personal really pains me to see this breed today vicinities a biologist specializing in ecology and evolution now she shows us the high tech tools that are exposing what even the i can't see so where it's blood red that's where the mercury pollution is most intense we will share our findings with lindsay she's an ex cia analyst that's our team everything we've been saying it's for this you know it's do some science. hey guys welcome to techno i'm joined by lindsay moran emirates davis said this upcoming episode is an important one to me takes place in true have done a lot of my research and it is a tale of contrasts we will see rain forest full of new species and then we will see th

vice president mike pence there in peru. lima, peru, for the summit of the americas. right off the top using a lot of language, harsh words and declarations as it pertains to syria. strong leadership from trump and the u.s. allies. successful military strike on chemical weapons. degrade and crippled. elise labbot with me now. you were listening to him, too. he talked about the extraordinary success, really underscoring, perhaps, the message incoming from the president of the united states, mission accomplished. but the vice president also said, you know, this is an indicator that we're prepared to sustain this effort. there will be a price to pay for chemical weapons are used again. he repeated that message to syria. that, he said, this has been a crippling mission, that it has degraded even the chemical weapons capability in syria. >> well, i mean, look, degraded and crippled are two different things. did it degrade it? it had to because it struck three chemical weapons sites and that's three less than they have right now. it also went against the research facilities

i met this morning with the president of peru. i also spoke with the president of colombia, and the prime minister of canada. we had meaningful dialogue about our relationships with each country. the focus of this summit is on the tyranny and humanitarian catastrophe that is venezuela. we appreciate the strong leadership of the new president of peru, and their country, in formulating this summit around this principle, first organized around the issue of corruption, which i will speak about, an issue of great significance. nevertheless, the united states indicated we will support a declaration today that will have many signatories here, condemning the repression, the collapse of democracy and the humanitarian crisis in venezuela. i have just completed a meeting with president santos of colombia. he expressed appreciation for additional resources we announced yesterday that will be flowing into colombia to assist their efforts to deal with nearly one million refugees from venezuela. there are sham elections approaching in the weeks

now the biggest gathering of heads of state in the western hemisphere is taking place in peru heads of states from across the americas are looking to tackle corruption and overcome differences on trade the political crisis in venezuela is also expected to be a main focus of the meeting but there are several notable absentees including the us president donald trump who pulled out at the last moment john heilemann joining us from lima to tell us what more we expect at that summit. yes the summit has now got underway the meeting of today the plenary is now in action but there's a lot of things to discuss today at this summit the official main theme is corruption and that's certainly very relevant here in latin america the host country peru actually lost its president a couple of weeks ago to a bribery scandal that's really rocked the entire region the question is whether they can really clear the opera provide any concrete solutions over just two days of talks of course another issue here is going to be syria vice president pence who's come in place of president trump is going to address

the summit the americas in lima peru is now underway but with a few notable absence is possibly top of the list president donald trump of the united states he decided that he needed to stay home and concentrate on syria rather than coming here he's not a president that's popular in latin america but his presence would have lent weight i'm christy to this summit so it's cast a bit of a cloud over it that he's not coming also not coming is president nicolas maduro of venezuela but he's not turning up because he was uninvited by the host country group lots of countries in the region disapproving of venezuela because of the financial and humanitarian problems there and the upcoming elections that many other countries regard as that they won't be fair so also we've now heard that raul castro the president of cuba will also not be coming to the summit that's significant because it was going to be his last regional appearance before stepping down as the president of cuba now the remaining leaders many of them that have turned up going to be discussing corruption that's the official theme of t

. >> pero en perÚ fieles a sus tradiciones algunos pueblos revivieron la pasiÓn y muerte de jesÚs en> lo que yo busco que la gente conozca mucho mÁs el lado humano de jesÚs, fue un hombre que sufriÓ en carne propia humillaciÓn, castigos, incluso la misma muerte. >> este profesor asegura que con los sacrificios que hace se siente renovado en su fe a pesar de algunas crÍticas. >> me han considerado fanÁtico pero creo que las cosas hay que hacerlas con mucha entrega, con mucha pasiÓn, como lo hizo cristo. >> en lima cientos de fieles acompaÑaron al seÑor de los milagros que salen en procesiÓn desde 1688. >> esta vez ademÁs de los favores personales muchos le rezaron para que al perÚ le vaya bien con su nuevo presidente. >> esta semana santa le pedimos por nuestro paÍs que todo vuelve en orden y que de verdad necesitamos un gobernante que sea honesto. >> yo estoy seguro que van a pasar todos una tranquila semana santa y posterior a ella daremos a conocer el gabinete completo. >> el 76% de los peruanos profesa la religiÓn catolica aunque muchos hayan aprovechado el feriado largo para viaj

the issue of venezuela is going to feature on the agenda but the host country peru has already sent a message but an inviting venezuelan president nicolas maduro is going to be another leader who isn't going to be attending the summit and that's the united states president donald trump he's decided to stay at home to deal with the syria crisis and a lot of people here are feeling the message that sends is that latin america priority for him without president trump the rest of the leaders who are left to deal with the summit central theme and that's corruption especially in latin america probably very scandal has unfolded this for the sake of the return of some countries a prosecutor politicians for other countries have failed to do so the question is if she faces will they be able to come up with concrete solutions to what is an age old problem here. a teacher's strike in the u.s. state of oklahoma has and is off to nearly two weeks the state's largest teachers' union says it secures his sorry gains in education funding after a decade of cuts to school education budget cuts. and a new

i met this morning with the president of peru. i also spoke with the president of colombia and with the prime minister of canada and the president of mexico. we had in each case a substantive and meaningful dialogue about our relationships with each country. the focus of this overall summit is on the tierney and humanitarian catastrophe that is venezuela. we appreciate the strong leadership of the new president of peru and their country in formulating this summit around that principle. first organized around dealing with corruption, which is an issue i'll speak about before the plenary session today, an issue of great importance and significance. effort ins wil nevertheless, the united states will be supporting a declaration today that will have many signatories here at the submit of americas, condemning the repression, the collapse of democracy and the humanitarian crisis in venezuela. i just completed a meeting with president santos of colombia, and he expressed appreciation for the additional resources that we announced yesterd

in bolivia as well but the issues that are going on with the magnitude of the illegal activity in peru has been spilling over into bolivia so there's a lot of gold contraband that's going through people to get water and we're getting export it kind of under the radar which is really really crazy it's a huge issue about cars about three billion dollars an ounce of gold going through believe you shoojit is this similar to or more complicated than say blood diamonds like as a consumer what can i do to make sure i'm not contributing to the problem if i wear gold jewelry you know the advantage of the diamond problem it is just this dress to go on the ground but you can actually track it down and you can figure out based on its chemistry where it came from with gold it's a lot more difficult to do because a lot of the gold gets exported it gets all melted together so you could have gold from prove mixed with gold from croatia and all of that could make a necklace found that story really opened my eyes so thank you for that really sobering but important be sure to check us out next time durin

elusive charismatic cause or undeniably stars of the rain forest and there's a special place in peru where it's still possible to see macaws and all the while glory that is if you don't mind a little travel. and we're heading to the tumble part to research center a place so deep in the proving amazon it's taken us two days on this boat just to get there. there are sixteen species of macaws left in the wild down from more than twenty the populations of all of the species remaining are on the decline . seven such as the blue throated macaw in danger of becoming extinct. because of deforestation close to three hundred thousand square miles of the amazon rain forest gone since one thousand nine hundred seventy eight. timber and were culture and mining. then there is the illegal pet trade it's not easy being one of the world's most beautiful birds pack these these juvenile cars and to bang to smuggle than and more than half of the an individual dying during this process. any hawkinson is the fuel leader for the macall project at the tumbled pata national reserve she's one of a team of res

president trump is skipping the summit of america's which starts today in peru.n business correspondent explains why he is surprised by trump's latest comments about the tpp. there was a meeting in the white house with president trump and a few senators from the midwest. one of the senators came out of the meeting and said that president trump now wants the us to look at options after rejoining the tpp. a lot of this has to do from what the senator said as a response to the china us trade war. not so much that the us enjoys the idea of going back to the tpp but in the words of the senator, that maybe the us should look at doing trade with countries that believe in free trade. this could be an answer to china more than enthusiasm for the us side of joining the tpp. you spoke about the us china spat and president trump skipping the summer in baru. —— summit in peru. once the news emerged in march about the steel ta riffs emerged in march about the steel tariffs people thought that brazil, argentina and these countries would be affected. and then they had temporary

of the americas in peru including u.s. vice president penn's have said they're rejects elections in venezuela next month they're calling for a free and transparent voce in which all political parties are led to his base and it's where the socialist president nicolas maduro has been excluded from the regional gatherings. peasants have turned asian rio de janeiro to demand answers in the killing of a popular city councillor. franco was and i have spoken critic of police brutality she was shot dead last month no arrests have been made. an emergency warning has been reissued for a bushfire that's raging across parts of sydney australia around five hundred firefighters are trying to control the blaze passengers in this train filmed the flames as it drove through the blaze so far no homes or lives have been lost in the fire which began on saturday. all that hungry thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of the capital budapest organizers say that the country's election system has unfairly given prime minister viktor or

en perÚ, el presidente le resta importancia a la situaciÓn.ta al ataque con armas quÍmicas en siria. patricia: el congreso de argentina comenzÓ las audiencias sobre un proyecto de ley para legalizar el aborto. cientos de personas a favor y en contra de la propuesta realizaron manifestaciones frente al edificio legislativo. la propuesta que podrÍa legalizar el aborto en las primeras 14 semanas de embarazo ha provocado gran polÉmica en ese paÍs. enrique: un intento de fuga masiva dejÓ 19 prisioneros y un guardia muerto en una cÁrcel en brasil. fueron ayudados por un grupo armado desde las afueras de la prisiÓn que usó explosivos para derribar una pared los integrantes de este grupo tambiÉn murieron en un violento enfrentamiento o con vigilantes. otros cuatro guardias resultaron heridos. patricia: el lÍder de las farc continÚa preso pendiente de una posible extradiciÓn a estados unidos. pruebas de la fiscalÍa colombiana indican que recibiÓ 5 millones de dÓlares por la venta de cocaÍna. segÚn el diario colombiano "el tiempo " la transacciÓn la hic

the bbc‘s south america correspondent, katy watson is in lima, in neighbouring peru.he flew back to ecuador last night cutting short his stay in lima. is there for the summit of the americas. he gave an emotional speech, at some point thomas crying about the fact that the country was in mourning and also saying there was a need for uniting in peace —— at some point almost crying. the board a long ecuador and colombia is a difficult one ever since the peace deal in 2016 between the fast gorillas in the governed. they had been some dissident groups who did not take part in that. that area of drug trafficking is a sensitive part of the region. you mentioned about the deal between the colombian government and the rebels. there was much made of that peace deal battlers made after several decades. if people are still being kidnapped and murdered, has it actually made any difference? well, it has made a difference in the fact that it has ended 50 years of conflict. the majority of farc rebels have disarmed. it is only a very small minority who decided not to go along with th

we appreciate the strong leadership of the new president of perÚ and their country in formulating thismmit around that principle. first organized around dealing with corruption which is an issue i will speak about before the plannery session today and nevertheless also the united states indicated that will be supporting a declaration today that will have many signatories condemning the oppression, collapse of democracy and humanitarian crisis in venezuela. identify just -- i've just completed a meeting with president santos of colombia and expressed appreciation for additional resource that is we announced yesterday that will be flowing into colombia to assist their efforts to deal with nearly a million refugees from venezuela. there are sham elections approaching in the week ahead in venezuela, but as the opposition leaders expressed to me yesterday, the world is not deceived. leaders across the region are not deceived. democracy has collapsed and dictatorship has risen and to have in maduro a leader that will not allow humanitarian aid into his own country as people are starving and

patricia: en perÚ ya fue inaugurada la cumbre de las amÉricas.s. marÍa luisareporta desde lima. marÍa: apenas se sentÓ los problemas comenzaron . secretario nacional de la oea, segundo orador, comenzÓ a hablar al mismo momento la delegaciÓn cubana se retiró del salÓn para no escuchar a luis almagro. quien dijo que no se puede permitir que el pueblo cubano siga subyugado. mientras adriÁn, ellos mismos grabaron con un celular la escena. >> no tienen ninguna moral, ninguna autoridad para emitir juicios o juzgar a los paÍses de la regiÓn y a cuba. marÍa: el vicepresidente de los es dado sonidos se reuniÓ con miembros de la oposiciÓn de cuba y venezuela. rosa palla fue invitada a dar su postura sobre lo que espera de la diplomacia de la regiÓn. que ayuden a recuperar la democracia cuba. >> Ésos son los derechos y eso es lo que deberÍa estar apoyando cada presidente que viene a esta organizaciÓn. marÍa: poco antes, el vicepresidente de los estados unidos se reuniÓ con miembros de la oposiciÓn de venezuela. anunciÓ que su gobierno darÁ $16,000,000 en en

the issue of venezuela is going to feature on the agenda but the host country peru has already sent a message but uninviting venezuelan president nicolas maduro is going to be another leader who isn't going to be attending the summit and that's the united states president donald trump he's decided to stay at home to deal with the syria crisis and a lot of people here feeling the message that sends is that latin america priority for him without president trump the rest of the leaders here a left to do with the summit a central theme and that's to write sure especially in latin america really very scandal has unfolded that's already the return of some countries have prosecuted politicians for other countries have failed to do so the question is if the two things are true they'll be able to come up with concrete solutions to what is an age old problem here that japan has welcomed a decision by the u.s. to explore the possibility of rejoining the transpacific trade partnership well donald trump has often wisest to see if a better deal could be negotiated the president previously described

leaders at the summit of the americas in peru according to venezuela to hold a free and for presidential election next month they say the vote should be illegitimate if the country didn't to store democratic standards. the funeral of anti-apartheid activist when he made his element has been held in south africa thousands of people gathered in her hometown of so waited to pay tribute to the woman many know as the mother of the nation she died two weeks ago in johannesburg . at the age of eighty one off to a long illness and so reforms. we need to give dennis kaskade his boss into their land a stadium. welcomed by the. tens of thousands of south africans came to be how goodbye and the best way they know through song and dance i need them because of different political parties sat side by side with dominating collars and grinning yelling for the african national congress a spot of and red for economic freedom fighters whose ideology shaped president cyril ramaphosa described as a b.s. revolutionary still lives on in that nation that's called have mama. as it strives each day to fulfill its

donald trump some of questioned if the event itself is still relevant as evidence to the contrary post peru pointed to a written commitment from countries to fight corruption that was the summit's official theme and a relevant one that's in america's been shaken by region wide bribery scandal. but the document has no influence from measures and the sum ended with little evidence it's done much to clean up that reputation don't homan now does it a lima. that's more still to come no appetite for a trade war we look at our china's middle class as reacting to threats of war tiresome famine the us. cantonese opera for a new generation children in hong kong given all the art form a new lease of life. it rained a lot over the last week in spain particularly more recently in the northeast this is the result of the overtopping of the banks of the river in the north east of spain's more cloud come in the same direction still feeding much moisture into that area now elsewhere in europe with pressure has been nice and warm and despite the amount of cloud that has run through and the fact we've got fron

i'll go a little bit off of that to peru. i think there's some linkages. one of the things i did in the margins of the summit of the americas was go to take a look at are so -- some of our eradication programs. so we went into the jungles and peru and first, i had the chance to allow cocaine plans, which was an interesting experience in and of itself. but what i watched was how we are encouraging farmers to plant alternative crops. chocolate, coffee, and also helping to build the capacity of local communities to create opportunities, you can eight -- educational economic for their young people and it's a very successful program by a number of measures in those places where we do both the eradication and the economic livelihoods. we've seen a reduction of something like 90% more cicada -- individually -- significantly, the program we have in peru, while a few years ago, it was almost entirely u.s. funded, it's -- we are now the minority funders, two thirds funded by the government of peru, which is the right answer, as we show them these programs. they are

en lima perÚ, marÍa luisa martÍnez, univisiÓn.ue participaron mÁs de 4500 otra fue de todo el mundo. desde caracas nos hablan de fotÓgrafo ganador y protagonista de esa dolorosa imagen. reportero: el fragor de una batalla en el-- en las calles de caracas contra entre siete maduro. las llamas alcanzaron a josefa salazar de 28 aÑos y lo convirtieron en una antorcha humana. los precisos instantes en que ronaldo es 1000, una fotÓgrafo de la agencia de prensa francesa captÓ con su lente. la dramÁtica imagen de un paÍs en llamas que resultÓ premiada, la foto del aÑo, por parte de una de prestigiosos premios de perÍmetro nacional. >> fue sorpresivo para mÍ porque no sabÍa que iba tener toda la secuencia de fotos. y sabÍa que era una foto fuerte, sabÍa que era un momento importante de la cobertura. >> el fotÓgrafo, quien trabaja para la fp en mÉxico fue enviado venezuela refuerza la cobertura de las protestas antigubernamentales durante 2017 que dejar mÁs de 120 muertos y 17 heridos. >> nunca pensÉ que fuera a tener tanta repercusiÓn. sig

i just returned from peru. directorre, acting secretary sullivan and i had an opportunity to meet with activists from cuba. they shared with us this is a critical moment in cuban history. they urged us to support democracy not only for cuba but venezuela and elsewhere. much of the recent summit on venezuela. the vice president and i announced 15 my dollars for our humanitarian response. -- $15 million for our humanitarian response. moremakes the tragedy even painful is it is entirely man-made caused by the regime's continued mismanagement and corruption. similar issues are causing humanitarian crises in nearly every corner of the globe. nigeria, somalia, all man-made. in order to fully respond to the crises we must address underlying causes. also lead and our commitment to democracy, human rights, and governance. our fiscal year 2019 request includes funding for venezuela, supporting civil society, -- lastically elected year i addressed the council on the humanitarian crisis. to holdthe government credible and

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in peru, there is not much of an economic agenda at the summit of the americas, not the trade agendave are used to. -- we are used to. hopefully they will find their way back to the table to talk about trade in the hemisphere context. lighthizer is not going to the summit and will not meet with his counterparts in canada and mexico. they have technical negotiations involving things like rules of origin. will we know whether nafta will work in a week or so? >> not in that timeframe specifically, something under negotiations since august and they were trying to concluded by the end of the calendar year and then by the end of march, etc.. they will have to decide at some point. not sure the timeline. i would say that there were political concerns, mexico has a presidential election on july 1, clearly the intent and the desire to conclude an agreement in principle prior to that, an important signal of the viability of nafta, no matter who is elected president of mexico. chairman will ask the of the mexican business council who we have in a minute on the program. great to have you in new

his vice president mike pence says he will meet venezuelan opposition leaders in peru during friday's summit of the americas the meeting as part of efforts five u.s. to increase regional pressure on the government of venezuela president nicolas maduro pence is leading the u.s. delegation after president donald trump canceled his visit after a suspected chemical attack in syria. well as well as were among several groups of protesters rallying improves capsule lima ahead of the summit town hall and reports . the summit of the americas the biggest gathering of heads of state in the western hemisphere has yet to begin but already people are protesting here in lima peru the people here a finnish whalen's and they're protesting against the venezuelan government which is currently presiding over a humanitarian and financial crisis among them is the exiled ex mayor of caracas who told us what he hopes the heads of state will do in the summit of the americas because then we're muslims jani they should declare the sanctions against those guilty of corruption and crimes against humanity and thos

peru condemns any use of chemical weapons, which is an appalling crime. for that reason, we have reported the urgent appointment to syria of an opcw fact-finding mission, as well as the establishment of an education mechanism, which is dedicated, independent objective, and impartial. we regret stalemate in the council and our inability to take a decision on this issue. peru encourages the you went secretary-general to redouble his efforts entrusted to him in the charter in order to help resolve the stalemate in the security council and establish the aforementioned attribution mechanism. peru believes that any response to the crimes committed in syria, as well as a solution in syria, must be persistent with the u.n. charter with international law and with this council's resolution. as the secretary-general has party has thehis primary responsibility of international peace and security and it is up to its members to act immunity and uphold the responsibility. peru joins the secretary-general of urgent appeal to all member states to act with restraint in the

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my personal highlights include lake titicaca, divided by bolivia and peru, the ancient inca capital cuzcoossibly manage it, a river trip from iquitos in peru, downstream to leticia in colombia. by an open—jaw ticket into la paz and out of cartagena, and get plenty of american currency. the us dollar is king in latin america. whether you are going budget backpacking or wanting to live the high life, the bbc‘s travel show is here to help. so email: from me, simon calder, the global guru, bye for now, and see you next time. to finish this week we've got the first in a series of films from china — a country that has undergone massive change over recent decades as it moves to modernise. but, if you know where to look, some glimpses of the past remain, and we've headed to the sichuan province to take a step back in time. well, that's all we've got time for for on this week's show. but do join us next week, when henry heads to australia to meet the people behind the world—famous royal flying doctor service as they celebrate an important anniversary. what a remarkable bit of kit you've got here.

i'll go a little bit south of that to peru, but i think there's some linkages. one of the things i did at the summit of americas was to take a look at eradication and alternative livelihood programs. we run into the jungles in peru and first have the chance to pull out plants, which was an interesting mix. and another valve. what i watched was how we are encouraging farmers to plant alternative crops. a cow, chocolate and coffee and also helping to build the capacity of local communities to create opportunities, educational for their young people. it's a very successful program where we do both the eradication and the economic livelihood. we've seen a reduction of something like 91st and. more significantly, the program that we have in peru while a few years ago it was almost entirely u.s. funded. we are now the minority funder. it is two thirds of the government of peru, which is the right answer is to show them on the programs work and build up capacity, they are taking over the funding side of it, which is also a great measure of success. that is very much in

that, for example, me as someone who was born in peru, when i go back to peru, i know i don't have the same experience, and does that make me less peruvian or less american? actually, it makes me like these two parts -- it's not like a half and half kind of thing, it's actually i am a whole person, and these are both whole parts of my identity. so i don't know if that explains it. [laughter] >> yeah. you know, i think in the case of the twins anyway, and in addition to writing i work at a high school for immigrant youth in oakland, california, and so i see this among a lot of students that sometimes what they're looking for in relation, in their relationships is an exit strategy or, you know, moment to moment from, like, the struggles and the secrets and the kind of trauma that they've been experiencing. and i think that for these young men a lot of the relationships that they made were, like, temporary kind of escape hatches or like exit strategies from what they were experiencing. and they were trying to just feel like, you know, normal kids. like, that's what they were looking for i

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it's become a big concern in peru, and people are fighting back.m elaine reyes here in washington, d.c., and this is "americas now." first up, animals in the amazon rainforest are being captured and sold at an alarming rate. police conduct raids to stop the trade, but bribery is widespread. woman: some people have in their house a monkey. this is common. selling hundreds of animals a year, and you're saying... collecting sometimes hundreds of animals, and people from outside are coming and picking them up, this is not common. reyes: correspondent dan collyns reports from peru on the multi-billion-dollar business of wildlife trafficking. next, a newspaper in central america published in braille.

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