a flagrant violation of the united nations charter, the sacred document of multilateralism.at ait possible president that threatened the use of force -- it was not marco rubio or mike pence at donald trump that threatened the use of against force directly the republic of venezuela. how was it that he was not challenged or questioned by the entities of multilateralism? , you sat in the place of the accused because it's government has fully complied with its constitution and upheld and respected international law. how is that possible? 1911 in mexico and invasion. 1912, u.s. marines invade nicaragua. my neighbor. occupied that country until 1933. 1914, mexico. 1915, haiti. 1960, the dominican republic. 1918, panama. 1924, honduras. 1925, panama. 1926, nicaragua. 1930, dominican republic. 1933, nicaragua. 1941, panama. americas.hool of the in cuba in 1952. overthrow in guatemala. 1960, the authorization to remove fidel castro and the bay of pigs. we can go on with this. 1964, brazil. of the security council, how many people died in the dominican republic as a result of the inva

announce a number of measures against venezuela in flagrant violation of the united nations charter sacred document of multilateralism. how is it possible that. a president that threatened the use of force when he wasn't mike boettcher did it was mike pence it was marco rubio it was donald trump. who threaten the use of military force directly against a rebel of our inner public of his will how is that he wasn't even challenge your question by the. entities of multilateralism and instead that you said in the place of the accused in the republic of venezuela because its government has fully complied with its constitution and up held and respected international law i was a possible i moved speak for a long time nine hundred eleven in mexico invasion nine hundred twelve us marines invade nicaragua with my neighbor here and they occupy the country that continued almost till nine thousand nine hundred thirty three. nine hundred fourteen mexico nine hundred fifteen haiti nineteen sixteen dominican republic one nine hundred eighteen panama one nine hundred twenty four hundred one nine hundred twe

and since the international community on the basis of the united nations charter and united nations decisions. should look great who knows any government which does not have its consent to people. so that was pending additional position need to come out of the saints speaking to the new mission so bangladesh has a history of contested elections but how angry are people about reports of irregularities after this latest election. for christine the people are definitely angry but more importantly they are scared the water's the d.w. itself spoke to who experienced intimidation at the polling booth one of them agreed to speak to us anonymously on camera but the other must not even willing to come on camera anonymously because she was so afraid for her safety now this of course comes from a month off intimidation that observers have already stated that bond with issues have been facing that has been a crackdown on free speech the digital security act that the government passed all your tracks on an investigative journalism so of course there is a climate over here when locals feel like even when t

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because venezuela is supporting its constitution and the charter of the united nations. we will continuing following the paths of our democracy. we will not allow anyone to impose on us any decision or order. and the secretary general said this individual has proclaimed himself self-proclaimed. where in our constitution is that allowed? show me where this is authorized and we can debate it. the name of the president is president maduro. in the name of president maduro on behalf of the people and of their institutions, venezuela is free and independent and no power, no matter how powerful, can dictate to our people and to our nation its destiny or its future. thank you very much. >> my thanks to his excellence same, and i now give the floor to the representative of the united states of america. >> mr. president, i had not seems to speak but it to me it's worthwhile and indeed ecessary to respond to the statements on behalf of the i cannot respond to every attack that was made on every country here. the insults that were made by calling many countries here satellites. fact

indefinite community will take notice and since the international community on the basis of the united nations charter and united nations decisions. should not recognize any government which does not have the same concern to people. so that was beneficial position need to come out of the saints speaking to the new mission so bangladesh has a history of contested elections but how angry are people about reports of irregularities off to this latest election. for christine the people are definitely angry but more importantly they are scared to walk towards the deed of new itself spoke to who experience intimidation at the polling booth one of them agreed to speak to us anonymously on camera but the other one.

the united nations charter is clear.on the promotion of international peace, and the respect for serenity, the thater also makes it clear the member states should refrain from threats or use of force. unilateral declaration of support for one side or the uninvited influence in the internal affairs of the republic of venezuela does nothing but undermine peace building process that requires our full attention and urgency and focus. my government, mr. president, therefore, rejects any external force that interferes with the internal matters of the government of the bolivian republic of venezuela. and further rejects any attempt by any political units within in aountry to take power manner other than by the constitutional process to which they are allowed. my region and my government in -- and thean caribbean, experiences relative peace. we continue to emphasize our zone of peace. we promote in our region of brotherhood and sisterhood, and thus, the government and people of antigua and by view to along --h the government of

for example, the signature of our secretary of state to the united nations charter had to be approvedy a two thirds majority of the senate. a clause in the constitution states that treaties are made by the president that only with the advice and consent of the senate. bill: we went down pennsylvania avenue for a look at the white house, that's where the president lives. the white house represents the executive branch of the government. before we got through, i could understand why uncle jim said the president has the biggest and toughest job in the world. uncle jim: yes, the white house is both the home and office of the president. the president is chosen either -- by the people through the electoral college. some of the president's duties are set by the constitution. others are established by laws, treaties, president, and public opinion. -- precedent and public opinion. the president's main job is that the law should be faithfully executed. he must decide whether to sign or veto every congressional bill, and when a bill becomes law, he is responsible for putting that law into effect

and a clear violation of international laws and in particular, the united nations charter, which calls on nations to abide by the principle of noninterference of the internal affairs of others. across the middle east, we have iranian proxy groups spreading hatred, division and violence. and working with their allies overseas as they try to undermine and delegitimize the states of the region. to take the tragic example of yemen, no one seriously doubts that the militias are closely aligned and assisted by iran, and proxies like hezbollah. we know for a fact, for example, that the hundreds of missiles they have rained down on yemen civilians and cities and saudi arabia are manufactured in iran. they are operated by hezbollah personnel. so there is no choice but to push back robustly against iran efforts in human. for what is the alternative? to allow expansion lists, secretary militia to control part of the arabian peninsula. the heart of the region and to hold ransom international shipping through such this area. such a scenario should be unacceptable to the international community, and

the venezuelan people one of you can tell me in which article and which provision of the united nations charter you can find the legal basis for this program nation and was it just this meeting which we've been forced to attend is yet another element of us regime change strategy either you stand with the forces of freedom or you're in league with material and his mayhem the united states is not. the could it it is in advance it's in the guide that could get to it is dictating the orders how indeed can any self respecting government possibly justifies supporting the poisonous regime of the nation destroying missed in the doura if anything does represent a threat to peace it is the shameless and aggressive actions of the united states and their allies this discussion in the council is about the right of the venezuelan people to direct their own internal affairs and choose the future of their own country democratically speaking out and there was donald trump's controversial new special envoy for venezuela. and foreign policy roles on the presidents reagan and bush he was twice convicted of deceivi

the venezuelan people one of you can tell me in which article and which provision of the united nations charter you can find the legal basis for this program nation it was just this meeting which we've been forced to attend is the. regime change strategy either you stand with the forces of freedom or you're in league with his male united states is that. the. it is in advance it's in the. it is in the order how indeed can any self respecting government possibly justifies supporting the poisonous regime of the nation destroying missed in the doura if anything goes represents a threat to peace the shameless and aggressive actions of the united states and their allies this discussion in the council is about the right of the venezuelan people to direct their own internal affairs and choose the future of their own country democratically. while for further analysis on this i'm very happy to say we're joined live on the program by alfred desires a former un special rapporteur and we're very happy to have you sir how would you assess just firstly the un security council meeting on venice and u.s. secret

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questionable and on saturday the united nations secretary general and turning to terry said as much reiterating that all countries must act in line with the united nations charter luckily for tourism a compliance press over u.k. aerial bombardment i mean it's a civil war was never really legally questioned even if historic giving his briefing today will likely not mention it well stories i'm a responsible for escalating the syrian catastrophe that killed hundreds of thousands and that involved u.k. taxpayer funded militias opposing president assad even the media doesn't listen to corbin perhaps they should go back and listen to donald trump before the arguable u.s. deep state got to him he has aligned with russia and with the rest they don't want to isis but they have other things because we're back in we're back in rebels we don't know who the rebels are we're giving them lots of money lots of everything we don't know who they're. rebels are and when and if and it's not going to happen because you have russian you have a right now but if they ever did overthrow you might end up with as bad as assad and he's a bad guy but you may very well end up with worse tha

country yet to be good one of you can tell me in which article and which i provision of the united nations charter you can find a legal basis that is cell phone program a shadow of an individual who wasn't elected by anyone as the president of the bill of our new republic and. then we can open. a discussion on the legal aspects but i don't think that will happen if the united states is not be time did the. is in advance it's in the vanguard of the good it it is the order and it's not only to them and it's with an oppositional but also to the satellite you know governments in the region but as you know throughout the meeting there were many back and forth exchanges leaders responding to comments from other leaders at one point we actually saw a debut appearance by the newly appointed envoy for venezuela elliott abrams this is what he had to say democracy never needs to be imposed it is tyranny that has to be imposed this discussion in the council is about the right of the venezuelan people to direct their own internal affairs and choose the future of their own country democratically elliott abrams

questionable and on saturday the united nations secretary general i'm turning to terry said as much reiterating that all countries must act in line with the united nations charter luckily for tourism a compliance press over u.k. aerial bombardment i mean it's a civil war was never really legally questions even of historic giving his briefing today will likely not mention it was to raise i'm a responsible for escalating the syrian catastrophe that killed hundreds of thousands and that involved u.k. taxpayer funded militias opposing president assad even the media doesn't listen to . corbin perhaps they should go back and listen to donald trump before the arguable u.s. deep state got to him he has aligned with russia and with the rain they don't want to isis but they have other things because we're back in.

questionable and on saturday the united nations secretary general and turn to good terry said as much reiterating that all countries must act in line with the united nations charter luckily for tourism a press over u.k. aerial bombardment.

are not susana it's all the same kind of health the same when they have no respect for the united nations charter that they have no respect for international law and i think you know the democrats have proven their action it months to all over the last twenty years and ok well i mean you know i want to go back and we came we can take a look our viewers can take a look at the article the root of the point is that polling data shows that the democrats are more pro war then republicans though i suppose you know it's to one degree or another both are interventionist both support american exceptionalism marco hey yeah so the numbers show that as of right now some forty nine to thirty three percent the majority of americans support trump's withdrawal of u.s. troops from syria and the vast majority of that thirty three percent is democrats. and the sick if it all. almost identical we see very similar numbers with the withdrawal from afghanistan here's the problem just a few years ago when it was obama campaigning on withdrawing troops from afghanistan which he ran on and then actually surge troops into