amy: over the weekend, the league of united latin american citizens, lulac, joined a coalition of iowaarmers, activists, workers, elected officials, and community groups to announce the meaeaess may monday's campaign. today, lulac, which is more than 60,000 members worldwide, is joining to host our virtual town hall -- joining univision to host a virtual town hall on food worker safety with democratic presidential candidate joe biden and members of congress. we are joined by a guest in washington, d.c., is sindy benavides, ceo of the league of united latin american citizens, lulac. in des moines, iowa, we're joined by alejandro, a local organizer whose immediate and extended family members work in meatpacking plants across iowa, south dakota, and nebraska, including in smithfield, tyson, and other meat plants. alejandra has asked us to use his first name only out of concern for retaliation against his family. we welcome you both to democracy now! sindy benavides come it we begin with you, ceo of lulac. i watched her news conference on friday were your joining with this coalition of gro

the groups that's mostly writing about are groups like lulac, the league of united latin american citizens, that kind of mutual aid society, early civil rights organization founded in corpus christi in 1929. so that's politics. but none of these books talk about their actors in political terms as members of the republican party or the democratic party. they're engaged in politics, but they're -- you know, lulac as a good example. i don't know that there has been an historian that has written about the political history of lulac. lulac has been engaged in all kind of things, but among lulac's leadership, some are republicans, some are democrats. they're often taken by historians to be a kind of conservative democratic organization where, you know, they -- at least it was an early requirement that all of their, you know, members speak english, that they be american citizens, that they pledge allegiance to the flag. so lulac is a good example of a group whose identity in political terms has been debated as, well, their politics are conservative or they're moderate democrats. but we don't know

the groups he is writing about groups like- are the league of united latin american citizens. it is politics but none of these books talk about their actors in political terms as members of the republican party or the democratic party. they are engaged in politics but lulac is a good example. i don't know there has been a historian that has written about the political history of lulac. lulac has been engaged in all kinds of things about among lulac's leadership, some are republicans, some are democrats. they are often taken by historians to be a kind of conservative democratic organization where -- at least it was an early requirement that all their members speak english, that they be american citizens, that they pledge allegiance to the flag. lulac is a good example of a group whose identity and political terms have been debated as well, there politics -- their politics are conservative or they are moderate democrats. we don't know about the political leanings of their individual members. i look at all of the books out there as examples of histories of latino politics have be

americans accused of mexican immigration. that is politics but he doesn't frame it as political history. the groups he is mostly writing about our groups like glue lack, the league of united latin latin american citizens. early civil rights organization founder corpus crispy christy in 1949. that is politics but none of these books talk about their actors in political terms as members of the republican party or the democratic party. they are engaged in politics but lou lack is a good example. i do not know that there's been a historian that has written about the political history of lulac, it has been engaged in all kinds of things but among the leadership of lulac, some are republicans and democrats. they are often taken by historians to be a kind a of conservative democrat organization where at least it was an early requirement in all of their members that they speak english, be american citizens, that they pledge allegiance to the flag. lulac is a good example of a group whose identity and political terms have been debated, well there are politics or conservative, or they are moderate democrats. we do not know about the political leanings of their individual members. all of

cases in latin america, central america and the caribbean have begun outpacing those in the united states and europe. it's a mixed picture across the u.s. as americans are set to mark the memorial day holiday. new york, new jersey, connecticut, delaware are among the states that will reopen their beaches but with rules to avoid crowding. health experts continue to warn of a possible resurgence if people are not careful. we get the latest now from cnn's

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arrested two american citizens among a group of mercenaries, claiming that the group wanted to overthrow president nicolas maduro. the e united nations says overcrowded and unhygienic prisons in latinmerica are a major concern during this pandemic. one official said some jails have f five timeses as many inms as they were designed to hold. the fear of infection has triggered rioting in several countries. ordinary people have been paying tribute to doctors and nurses working on the front lines to save lives during this pandemic. many have done so by applauding health workers at night or by raising funds to support their health systems, but for one couple in bolivia, the best way to thank essential workers is with a home-cooked meal. correspondent: cooking meals as a family together under lockdown food he and his wife have found a new calling, along with their mother. movement restrictions came into force in mid-march. inststead of his job as a marketing manager, he spends his day in the kitchen, preparing food, and this is what is cooking. 100 portions of roast chicken and french fries for essential workers, doctors, nurses, disinfection teams, and the police. >> we tell them that t

entering the country if they visited the latin american nation in the past 2 weeks brazil has the 2nd highest number of infections in the world only behind the united states. and there's been a lobbying spike in the number of virus related deaths in yemen on friday the united nations announced the health system that effectively collapsed grave diggers in the port city of aden have been working around the clock to keep cemeteries from overflowing the u.n. envoy to yemen says the health system is ill equipped to protect diagnose and treat people defectively those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera to talk to us as it states with them so what. we want impacts we called it 19 and a drop in the oil price problem the race to the white house can download from the family of these he story setbacks and does job only have what it takes to beat. special coverage just a. little to. see. the coronavirus pandemic has changed the way we live our lives nearly every country in the world has been affected millions of infections hundreds of thousands of deaths and most scientists work on developing a vaccine governments are focusing on reducing t

that spike so alarmed officials here in the united states they decided to take action quite soon. as to whether it will apply to other latin american countries or countries in the southern hemisphere as the weather patterns shift that will be seen and evaluated in the come days. >> nbc's monica alba at the house with the breaking news for us. thanks. >>> back in this country, what we are seeing is the virus causing a political divide. let's begin with the politics of the pandemic emanating from the white house. let me bring in my panel, robert costa, national political reporter for the "washington post." former rnc chairman, michael steele. and dr. amesh adalia, senior scholar at the john hopkins center for health security. good to see all of you. the clear message from the president is that the country has to get back open. he signalled it not wearing a mask at the ford plant earlier in the week. not social distancing this weekend at the golf course. we saw him shaking hands and being closer to people than it would seem to be indicated by the cdc regulations. robert, politically, what's his calculation here? >> chris, you mentione

entering the country if they visited the latin american nation in the past 2 weeks brazil has the 2nd highest number of infections in the world only behind the united states. and there's been a lobbying spike in the number of virus related deaths in yemen on friday the united nations announced the health system that effectively collapsed grave diggers in the port city of aden have been working around the clock to keep cemeteries from overflowing the u.n. envoy to yemen says the health system is ill equipped to protect diagnose and treat people defectively those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera the talk to us as it states with them so what you. want to impact will call big 19 and a drop in the oil price problem the race to the white house can download from survive these his story setbacks and does joe probably have what it takes to beat. special coverage on al-jazeera. to. see. the coronavirus pandemic has changed the way we live our lives nearly every country in the world has been affected millions of infections hundreds of thousands of deaths and most scientists work on developing a vaccine governments are focusing on reduci

arrested 2 american citizens among a group of alleged mercenaries they claim the group wanted to overthrow president nicolas maduro. the united nations says overcrowded and unhygenic prisons in latin america are a major concern during this pandemic one official said some jails have up to 5 times as many inmates as they were designed to hold fear of infection has triggered rioting in prisons in several countries. around the world ordinary people have been paying tribute to the doctors and nurses working on the front lines to save lives during this pandemic many have done so by applauding health workers at night or by raising funds to support their hope systems but for one couple in bolivia's la paz the best way to think essential workers is with a home cooked meal. cooking meals as a family together under lockdown and nestor tech arena and his wife geraldine also naga have found a new cooling along with geraldine's mother movement restrictions came into force in mid march so instead of clocking in for his job as a marketing manager father of 3 and has to spends his day in the kitchen preparing food and this is what's cooking. $100.00 portions of roast chicken and french fries for e

united states. we have ours in san antonio now and by bringing that in here and the latin american influence that the culinary institute focuses on, it has opened up so much in san antonio. just the options and the diversity, not just tex-mex. we call it tex-next because all of the different things that have happened here in san antonio. around the city the diversity of culinary options has expanded so much but our commitment has always been to the diversity of cuisine that we have here in town. just a couple of years ago, unesco gave us a creative city of gastronomy and it's a commitment to the heritage that we have as far as our culinary and how it is an authentic representation of our area and people. unesco honored that and designated the city in that regard and we were so proud to have that happen. >> we include the look at san antonio with a tour of one of the earliest structures in the city, the spanish governor's palace. >> welcome to the spanish governor's palace. what you're looking at is the last visual remnants. the original facility was built in the 1720s and it was really the residence

united states. we have ours here in san antonio now. and by bringing that in here and the latin american influence of that that they culinary institute really focuses on, it has opened up so much in san antonio. just the options and the diversity not just tex mex, in fact, we call it tex next because of all the things that happened around here. the diversity of culinary options has expanded so much but our commitment has always been to that kind of diversity of cuisine that we have here in town and just a couple years ago u necessa we got a creative city of astronomy in united states. what it is is commitment to the heritage that we have as far as our culinary and how it is an authentic representation of our area and people. unesco honored that and designated this city in that regard. we were so proud to have that happen. >> c-span cities tour concludes its look at san an dwrotonio wi tour of the spanish governor's palace. >> welcome to spanish governor's palace. what you're looking sat actually the last visual remnants of the house that we v the original facility was built in the 1720s.

cases in latin america, central america and the caribbean have begun outpacing those in the united states and europe. it's a mixed picture across the u.s. as americans are set to mark the memorial day holiday. new york, new jersey, connecticut, delaware are among the states that will reopen their beaches but with rules to avoid crowding. health experts continue to warn of a possible resurgence if people are not careful. we get the latest now from cnn's anderson cooper. >> there have now been more than 1.5 million positive cases of the coronavirus in the u.s. more than 94,000 people have died. the u.s. continues to lift restrictions. for the first time in two months all 50 states have partially reopened. 12 states are now reporting a drop in the numbers. last week at this time there were 24 states that saw their cases declining. 17 states are now seeing the number of cases rising. >> if we see dramatic increases then, yes, the way we're doing it can pause. >> the university of washington is now projecting fewer defts. last week it was at 147,000. they now predict 143,000. this drop may be explained by one simple factor. face coverings. >> 40% of the

united states for another failed coup attempt while waving the passports to american citizens so joining us now to discuss this a little further is miguel tinker solace he's an author and professor of latin american history at pomona college me thank you for being with us so 1st as well as government confirmed the arrest of 13 mercenaries among them 2 u.s. citizens president maduro in a speech last night was waving around their passports and then president trump responded today let's listen i just got information nothing to do with our government but i just got information on that so wolf well we'll find out which is sort of about it but whatever it is will let you know but it has nothing to do with our government. our what do you make of the u.s. government claiming not to be any part of this. well you know i don't have the intelligence to be able to say the impotence report to say where their truck nor did not we do know that u.s. intelligence knew about this there is no going to get an activity happening in colombia on the border which in venezuela and colombia that u.s. intelligence did not have information about we know to the colombians according to the report of april may 1st from

latin american editor has more. sayespondent: prosecutors quite a bit. they wanted public opinion to know that unlike the way the unitedhad treated arab prisoners in abu ghraib during the iraqi war, venezuela treated its prisoners well. captivesthe two u.s. have not been tortured or mistreated in any way. remember, there have been ample charges against the venezuelan government about the way it treats its own political prisoners, but he didn't get into that. at least 30hat people are being charged with treason, with mercenary activities with attempts to kill innocent people. he did not specify whether this also included president nicolas maduro, who earlier said this whole incursion was aimed at killing him, but later the testimonies by the two americans, at least the ones that were published or put on television by the venezuelan authorities, both of them said the idea was to kidnap maduro and take him to another country to get him out of power. in the meantime, an international arrest warrant has been issued, according to the prosecutor general, for j.j. rendon, and the head of the american group that organized this

pandemic in the united states and that will be checking back in with you when that announcement is made from now complete thank you grown a virus has infected people in every latin american country but the response varies brazil has the highest number of cases on the continent with more than 200000 positive tests but despite that president jaya both in our continues to push state governors to ease knock downs and reopen the largest economy in south america and mexico just recorded its highest number of new data infections just as many hospitals are almost full chippies capital santiago is reimposing quarantine restrictions off to a resurgence of cases there but the government in colombia has allowed some essential businesses to reopen that's after a forum in fiction right following a 7 week knock down. well take a look at our team covering the region john heilemann is in mexico city we have that america editor there to see a new man who is insults jago chile's capital city is standing by in bogota the latest for us from colombia but let's begin with terry's a bow who is covering brazil for us though to reason as we were saying brazil is the worst hit country in the regio