in south america, we are seeing recovery.rica is where we have a strong chevrolet franchise. when you look at our key markets, we think we are well-positioned not only with where we think the markets will be but the strength of our products. david: you mentioned trade. in q2, you had to take down projections. a some concerns about tariffs. as you look into 2019, are your projections based on status quo? things getting better, things getting worse? u projecting? mary: we are looking at the current macro environment and what we are seeing and what outside analysts are looking at from a macro perspective. and looking and lying on where general motors position is. that is built into the guidance we provided. predictionsave made for 2019. an important part for gm is china. of yourimportant part business. there has been a lot of reporting on china. they have had a downturn for the first time in 20 years in vehicle sales. how do you see the chinese auto market? mary: with everything that we know now and our assessment, we think it w

especially concerned about the turmoil in venezuela it's regarded as china's staunchest ally in south america a friendship that's been underpinned by huge loans investments and weapons china correspondent adrian brown. they were jumping for joy when president nicolas maduro was lost in china four months ago but today the leadership here is not excited about the prospect of venezuela without him at the helm. china is venezuela's biggest creditor has invested heavily in its oil industry and regards president maduro as its strongest ally in south america china has lent more money to venezuela upwards of sixty billion dollars than it has to any other country in the world it's probably been repaid up to two thirds of that but that leaves anywhere in the neighborhood of twenty to thirty billion dollars venezuela china analysts say china's leaders are concerned about whether the deals will be honored if the opposition party takes power but for now china continues to voice support from the duros coupled with veiled warnings to the united states. china opposes for interference in the internal affair o

and europe is hot for a whopping trade deal with south america but some of the countries are distracted with problems at home. i'm been physical and let's do business twenty eighteen is history but briggs it isn't twenty nineteen will be telling here are the key dates to look out for or avoid this year the first comes up in mid january when m.p.'s vote on prime minister to resign may's controversial breaks a deal that will determine what kind of breaks it it will be come march twenty ninth the date britain leaves the e.u. the american ambassador to the u.k. says a quick and massive trade deal with the u.s. would only be possible in the event of a no deal breaks it that's what would happen if parliament rejects mase deal and no deal breaks it would be a nightmare for european businesses well if parliament accepts mase deal it would mean an orderly breaks it with a transition period starting after march twenty ninth to allow britain and the block to sort out that you trade relations the transition would end on december thirty one twenty twenty and breaks it would then be complete plenty o

by the president of the south americas in fact latin america's largest country. the president of brazil said that he too would no longer recognize his neighbor venezuela and that he would lend all the of brazil's support for a political and economic transition in that country but the vice president said just a short while ago that that did not close to any military help or military intervention and you could sort of read the subtext at least until now this was quickly followed by a recognition of why dog as the interim president. just about every single country in south america except for bolivia the ally of president also very significant mexico's president says that he continues to recognize me as the legitimate president but he is appealing to allow mexico to serve as a mediator between the opposition and the government for a rapid for rapid negotiations to take place to try to resolve this peacefully and given all this what does or don't actually have now. some would say he has the moral authority but he has very little political strength that's clear because

0ur south america correspondent, katy watson, sent this from the country's capital brasilia. a historic day for brazil, one that even bolsonaro and his fans probably never expected could happen. but he made it, and for the next four years, this will be the man in charge of latin america's biggest economy. a man who's promised to lead brazil down a very different political path to that of his predecessors. thousands came to see mr bolsonaro take power. dressed in the colours of the brazilian flag, they shouted support for the man they call a legend. after 13 years of a very corrupt government in brazil, so now we have a hope that with bolsonaro, he will clean up. he wants to unite families, not divide. we are not black, white, poor or rich, we are a nation. jair bolsonaro campaigned as an outsider, promising to drain the swamp of corrupt politicians. for several years now,

it is a lawless jungle area in the middle of south america, the place where argentina, brazil and peri- grey meet and it is this town, which is a total no- man's land, no government takes responsibility for anything there, but it's in this town where there happens to be, this is important, and it relates back to what the president is talking about, the biggest source of fundraising for hezbollah outside of iran. now when i reported on this story an estimated $100 million was being sent from the border to hezbollah. one i reported on had even received a thank you note from the head of hezbollah himself. you know, it was a region that continues to be a real problem. in fact this region was the place where those attacks on the israeli embassy in argentina in the 1990s two of them was actually staged. in other words, a bad place with some very bad actors and i mentioned all of this why? because some out there on the left are rolling their eyes saying the administration is exaggerating when they complain about the potential terror threat from south america. i can tell you, from my own repor

and i consider that is a very important group because most of the countries in south america and central america are the one who have more contact with venezuela and this group is taking a lead. the lead that this group has taken is to express that the only valuable power in the democratic sense in venezuela is the national assembly. it was expressed in january. and then this lima group was the group that came to the oas a couple of days ago and expressed publicly that that should be the same line of action that the interamerican system should follow in order to protect it and the democratic charter. this lima group is the precursor of this movement expanded oas that has become a hemispheric effort. i hope in the next hours and the next days we'll have some countries of europe also recognizing juan guaido as a legitimate president of venezuela. >> as we speak, great britain has done so. we'll see how the ball gets rolling. of course, what happens in venezuela has a big impact on the united states. all of that hemts fehemisphere central america has a big impact north of the border as well

he was born in scotland and spent some of his childhood in south america where his father worked in the oil industry. the fifth district elected lance gooden who served in the state legislature, he was insurance broker for energy companies prior to his election. chip roy is a former senate staffer having worked for senator cornyn, and the ch chief of staff for senator cruz. he worked for rick perry and writer. a ghost previously a member of the texas state legislature, serving terms in the state house and senate before his political career he saw combat in iraq. ,nd in the sixth district

will be increasingly isolated and you'll have china making trade deals with japan and south america with with europe canada so the u.s. will just become a minor you know we can take on the entire global economy in terms of fighting so hard so many experts say that. you know whatever is going on right now in the u.s. the country will be locked in a partisan bickering for two years to come at least you feel like this is just a taste and you know it's going to be getting i think everything that's wrong has done and all his associates. will be. brought back up by the democrats in the house in hearings so you'll have. because the republicans were running the judiciary committee and now the democrats are and also the oversight committee so the democrats are going to subpoena people and put them under oath and get them to say things that trump probably doesn't want to have said so obviously this is all seen by traumas trump as bulwark against illegal immigration is a focal point of this. motion earlier however i remember i heard you say that illegal immigration should also occur right well i th

governments in south america and the u.s. is playing a very bad rule in this. yes possibly in the moment turkey anyway it is in between the. only answer with all of the nato states and an audience with russia you somehow in between i think this will not be the decisive moment and turkey will go but of course if. it were a superpower like the united states of provides in other countries there's always cautious reactions and to my mind it is very dangerous in the moment it's very necessary to keep to international law to respect democratic decisions of populations to see that it's maybe not a good way off to have a lock in the world by the situation in. other countries. so paul people in doing coups this is. a way which leads into chaos i think we should come back cling to international law and cling to the respect of democratic decisions of populations and we not. digital made others with some kind of lice when i look at the speech of on bail in front of the whole a.s. the organization of american states he's talking of torture and human rights violations and co

as in africa chinese influence in south america is expanding fast especially in venezuela besides money china has also been helping the mature regime in another important way it's now venezuela's biggest provider of arms including weapons for crowd control which have been proving so effective joining the current unrest adrian brown al jazeera beijing. well china is not the only key ally of venezuela and speak now to mr cool to see in the moscow he's a partner at bruce energy an oil and gas consulting firm based in russia good to have you with us what's at stake for russia or in venezuela particularly maduro survival yes i think mainly this is the gas that russia has invested in ministerial or it is an estimated two top all over seventeen billion dollars and i believe this some might be even higher and the problem is is that with the change in the regime and even if my dearest stays in power there is very little hold over recovery in that money back. how far do you think russia would be willing to go you know to to ensure that we're doing a stays in power keeping in mind that the there h

south america welcome to conflict. you're a reluctant peace negotiator these days how many times have you tried to resign the post you said a few years ago and times but it's probably more now isn't it i don't have a job since two thousand and fourteen. some states are now stop the negotiations so i am i mean busy with my house but the palestinians are closing doors as well. well i think i was with the americans. well nobody benefits more from opening doors with america last time you know the know what it was more. honest and well that's why it's why president abbas told donald trump damn your money and your house be destroyed you know that's the present time said. and myself met with the president crump and his team and two thousand seven hundred thirty seven times i think we hold the record and then you came out with that and then all of a sudden resign from decided to take you know a lot of the question missteps rather than negotiation he declared drawstring as israel's capital moved the embassy to jerusalem then yo

south america welcome to conflict so. you're a reluctant peace negotiator these days how many times have you tried to resign the post you said a few years ago and times but it's probably more now since i don't have a job since two thousand and fourteen happiness. something negotiations so i mean busy with myself but the palestinians are closing doors as well. well i think it was with the americans. well nobody benefits more from opening doors with america no one it was a smaller. palestine well that's why it's such why president abbas told donald trump damn your money and your house feed destroy it that's present our set. and myself met with the president crump and his team and two thousand seven hundred thirty seven. i think we hold the record and then you came out with that and then all of a sudden resigned from decided. to take unilaterally to get the question the steps throw out of the negotiation you declare your cynicism as capital of the embassy to jerusalem then you look to say it couldn't be your capital as well

as in africa chinese influence in south america is expanding fast especially in venezuela. besides money china has also been helping the majeure regime in another important way it's now venezuela's biggest provider of alms including weapons for crowd control which have been proving so effective joining the current unrest adrian brown al jazeera beijing writes that is china don't forget russia or is well in fact this article from al-jazeera dot com today is a good reminder of that crucial strategic partnership in fact that's what vladimir putin said as well strategic partner it's called what russia stands to lose in venezuela and it vladimir rivlin ski was a foreign policy expert at the university in columbia says if i can find it here venezuela is russia's last asset in latin america clearly that is not something it will just walk away from or indeed take lightly so let's discuss that and more with latin american affairs specialist robert valencia joining us on skype from new york hi robert this feels phil india russia and china on one side and the west slash everyone else

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as in africa chinese influence in south america is expanding fast especially in venezuela besides money china has also been helping the mature regime in another important way its no venezuela's biggest provider of arms including weapons for crowd control which have been proving so effective joining the current unrest adrian brown al jazeera beijing china's vice premier league here is in washington for trade talks with a trumpet ministration trying to resolve a dispute that seen the two countries imposed trade tariffs on each other relations soured further on monday when u.s. prosecutors filed new criminal charges against tech chinese tech company while away and its chief financial officer. one joe is appeared in court in the canadian city of vancouver where she's been under house arrest since last month the u.s. is seeking to extradition to extradite her for allegedly violating sanctions on iran as well as accusations of theft food and conspiracy. complaining how joins us now live from washington d.c. and kimberly regardless of what u.s. officials say one imagines this whole while weigh

common president reagan turned his focus to the resource rich countries of central and south america central america do directly affect the security and it will be. and central america is much closer to the united states than many of the trouble spots the concerns we knew. in the country. in the system because for one hundred years two hundred years. three dollars. for every dollar we've invested so it's been tremendous source oh then go for the. for forty years the united states received first choice on the ninety percent of nicaraguan exports in return the u.s. government supported the dictatorship of the some most of dynasty the family used land confiscation and political repression to rule over the nicaraguan people. in one thousand nine hundred seventy nine the samosa as were driven out after a long war waged by the. popular sandinista party led by daniel ortega. one nine hundred eighty two. to president reagan's plans to overthrow the nicaraguan government congress passed the boland amendment which prohibited u.s. military aid to the contras in one thousand nine hundred four dan

has invested heavily in its oil industry and regards president maduro as its strongest ally in south america china has lent more money to venezuela upwards of sixty billion dollars than it has to any other country in the world it's probably been repaid up to two thirds of that but that leaves anywhere in the neighborhood of twenty to thirty billion dollars venezuela china analysts say china's leaders are concerned about whether the deals will be honored if the opposition party takes power.

and as of central america ever since then south america has been america's backyard it's back garden these hawks back to the more narrow doctrine of course you sound a bit specialist the scandals have been enormous the bay of pigs for one u.s. invasion of panama are there with. nerd or in chile the involvement of united fruit company i.t.t. henry kissinger proven the terrible scandal to do with nicaragua when the us was secretly financing the contras extreme right wing torturers with them to keep or to go out with the illegal money. by selling drugs the hypocrisy is enormous well you have any more questions i have more to say but i don't want to go on like you and bubble i have read plenty more where you have something that surprised me maybe not you as a former diplomat and a u.s. diplomats refusing to leave the country despite being ordered to leave by the president said they're effectively squatting at this point does that suggest what they think they're going to have a new leader there soon so there's no point leaving just to return the how would you explain that remark away. it'

you the list of international observers coming from eastern europe from france from america from south america. had libya issued their report as a refer mendham observer i did not release a formal report but they made a formal statement saying that for me it was. an example. in the mushroom of storm. after the referendum however the iraqi government in baghdad delivered its own response to the overwhelming vote. for the previous decade the iraqi kurds had been trying to gain control of the oil rich region around the city of kirkuk ninety five kilometer south of it. they had even raised the kurdish flag. to weeks after the referendum the iraqi army decides to be recaptured control of the city after the surprise withdrawal of kurdish peshmerga forces. that had the. sort of. jim our. mind has it. wrong on the water well you can't. change. what. tom the national the target was. bad. more than. that. i would be numb to it could be done to cause a noble the. deed. do you mean iraq which adama model me to destroy work on you have for you will be done by the love i never see or see what is as clear no

as in africa chinese influence in south america is expanding fast especially in venezuela besides money china has also been helping the mature regime in another important way it's now venezuela's biggest provider of arms including weapons for crowd control which have been proving so effective during the current unrest adrian brown al jazeera beijing. well joining us now via skype from caracas in venezuela is political analyst and commentator demetrius and tuneless thanks for being with us sir as we reported earlier there both sides in venezuela are talking saying that they are willing to talk to each other what should we make of president ma duros offer of negotiations is this a genuine effort to find a solution or is he just playing for time given that he has this history's critics say of of just sort of stringing people along and dragging things out well there is a man who will say the very or he has repeated the but he's planning chorus he's willing to take part in a new course it's a process but if we see that your what he said today i think this is an unacceptable for the oppositio

at the time i had never been to south america.h america, and some of the southern states of the usa, and i had never met before. i got it from the school of tropical medicine in london. and every monday morning, i kept it in a test tube, i let it have a feed from me, it's a very slow feeder. and so i could follow the whole process of this insect in me, what happens. and the first time it had its mealfrom me — all these insects, just before they take their blood from you, they put in a tiny bit of their own saliva, this is what causes the trouble. anyway, the first bite that it had from me — no response at all. and that's what one would expect, because i ‘d never met it before. second bite, yes, a delayed response. and that got more and more, larger and larger every week, until my arm was, on the fifth bite, swollen for three days from the bite. and so by the eighth bite the question was, i was hoping i might be desensitised and nothing would happen, but to be absolutely certain i went into the side ward of the hospital to see what

and a new year brings a new president in south america's largest country we'll explore what. may mean for brazil.

and other governments in south america are supporting the opposition leader. so if the u.s. starts shutting off funds to the venezuelan government and how could this affect the already critical situation in the country well i certainly think it will make things more difficult if you shut down the u.s. dollar trade between venezuela and elsewhere around the world what i would say the conditions in venice well are already quite dire we've seen a significant amount of the population go to other countries in south america and i think that's one reason that you do see other countries such as colombia argentina brazil looking to support the opposition leader because the see they see this as a real a major refugee crisis from the population leaving ben as well as other locations it's been this way and then suffer even great hardship to to the c.e.o.'s meshes and could they stopped attending again squat and why the. well i think that. the life on the streets in venezuela is really causing anger against majority and they're blaming him for the deterioration in the living conditions a

you are watching dancers from various different countries in south america.on welcomes the world. does it feel like that today? of course. we are so excited to be sharing our traditions and our colours. the best city to be in today is london. fernando, have a great day. happy new year. we are going to introduce you to another part of the parade today. here are of the cherokee indians who have come all the way from north carolina, who are going to do a war dance. i will have it explained to me by the chief, richard. good morning. what are we about to see? the lead warrior is setting a challenge down, the other warriors are saying they have his back as they go into battle. they will now tell their war story through dance. this is a warning to other tribes, to anyone else around that these guys mean business when they come to war. how does it feel to be in london today? amazing. wonderful. talk me through some of the costumes. this looks like a british army uniform to me. the cherokee travelled to london in 1762 as emissaries representing the tribe and got to me

bit apprehensive not knowing what exactly is going to happen and what is the biggest economy in south america now one leader that didn't make it but the bill so not it will have especially in mind is president trump in the us he did send his congratulations and president bush sent a message back they cool balsa not always been nicknamed the trump of the tropics and there is a strange sort of parallel between the two campaigns they both dislike the press they both light to connect with people directly through social media there was a lot of talk especially in president but also not his campaign about fake news about still muddying the waters and about a sort of parallel reality that was being peddled so now that he's the president the two biggest economies in the americas are run by far by right wing populists as part of a new wave globally so we'll have to see how this pans out in the next four years of president bill so noddles time in charge of the country out of there is down home and speaking to us that from brazil yet thanks john. well let's speak to brian winter he's the editor in chief

he spent some of his childhood in south america, where his father worked in the oil industry. voters in the fifth district elected lance gooden, an insurance broker for energy companies prior to his election. the former u.s. senate staffer having worked for senator john taffyn, and as first ste for senator ted cruz. mr. roy has also been a federal prosecutor. dan taylor represents the state's third district, previously serving terms in both the state house and senate in this texas legislature before representative taylor saw combat in iraq as a member of the u.s. marine corps. succeeding joe barton. earlier in his career he was on the city council of arlington, texas. new congress, new leaders. watch it all on c-span. house republicans were briefed about security on the southern border by homeland security secretary kirstjen nielsen and vice president mike pence. here are gop leaders. >> hi, everybody. we just had a good meeting with the vice president, secretary of homeland security. the main focus is we have a crisis at the southern border. no one denies we have a crisis at

he was born in scotland and spent some of his childhood in south america. voters in the fifth district elected lance gooden, who has also served in the state legislature. he was an insurance broker for energy companies prior to his election. checkpoint is a former u.s. senate staffer, having worked for john cornyn, and senator ted cruz. he also worked for then governor rick perry. mr. roy has also been a federal prosecutor. dan taylor represents the state's fourth district. he was previously a member of the texas state legislature. before his political career, taylor saw combat in iraq as a member of the u.s. marine corps. in the sixth district, ron wright succeeded joe barton, for whom he had once worked

for years he was a low profile congressman now he's been catapulted into power as the leader of south america's biggest economy but the far right populist has polarized brazil supporters love his plain speaking style and hard stance from crime opponents fear his intolerance of activists minorities and then bid lence to the environment but bilson otto's main promise beating corruption appeals to brazil's political class has been engulfed by scandal. void is full it is about those charges of political favors force trading that needs to be left in the past we want the whole nation to benefit everything that we do henceforward has an undeniable purpose that is to put first and foremost the interests of brazilians. he's also promised to crack down on crime and revive a sluggish economy many believe that he can and not just his supporters leaving his inauguration in a poll just out sixty five percent of people said that they think he'll do a great or a good job but this is a man who's admitted he knows a little about the economy and whose security plan has revolved around giving people great the acce

for most of south america. eleven members of the region's lima group including brazil colombia argentina and canada recognize gedo as the country's legitimate presidents. off his declaration on wednesday during mass protests in venezuela and several of the latin american countries. the united nations called for more talks to avoid the fiscal crisis spiraling out of control. but we hope is s that -- didialogue. n be posossible and thahat e avoid an escalation that couldd lead to the kindd of conflict that would be a total disaster for them as well and for that is a venezuelan people and for the region. cels and european nations also stopped short of recognizing gay die instead schooling for new elections. it's not a case t that was something's happened yesterday and we have to keep working in the european union to see what we do. but it is obvious that that will be contact with the venezuelan regime. do you think this can be done ignororing thehe reali. and the reality is what it is and i am hungry. a message th