the standing of venezuela's future.this refers to of course the 2019 norway-sponsored negotiations, which were the most serious, the most structured, and the most productive of any negotiations that have taken place with maduro, and yet they ultimately failed, just like the ones that preceded them. the report concludes that the time and circumstances are not right at the present to return to the negotiating table, but if and when that time comes, and we very much hope it does, it will be crucial to salvage the things that worked in oslo as well as to correct the things that did not work. the final theme is venezuelans first. the report is clear-ite about the fact that the complex humanitarian emergency in venezuela will not end until the maduro dictatorship is gone from power. the report is also clear right about the fact that none of us predict exactly when that political transition will happen. in the meantime, millions of people, perhaps tens of millions of people, need help, and the working group argued that the pol

first in venezuela, no, that's not going to happen in venezuela. venezuela is not cuba. how many times we heard that 15 years ago. i was in high school when chavez send member of the army to teach kids how to behave as soldiers. i am against that in my conscious. even in my house that was part of the core values, being against those things. when i was 13 years old. i was a crazy kid and a lot of old-school guys say it's only a member of the army in the school, not that bad. a little discipline, it's not that bad. after they took over institutions and we heard venezuela is not cuba, maybe they have control of the justice system, part of the electoral system, but it will not become cuba at the end and that approach of a saying that is not going to happen, we are living proof it's not the right approach. if you think it can happen in countries like venezuela and cuba it will happen. and we have to stop that kind of damage before they grow because in the moment they take control of all the institutions and all the ways of the society to interact, it becomes harder and harder

-- prosperous venezuela? >> yeah. i agree with ambassador brownfield in the sense that all the possibilities opened by the treaty must be on the table. as ambassador simas saying, the discussions we have in new york and then in ball that -- balt the ark, the majority around the table were against the use of military force. but what i think is that the military force as it is stated in the treaty is a -- [inaudible] conventional use of military force and what i tried to say in my first intervention is that there is no way of war. the war is not the same today as it was 70 years ago. [inaudible] there is a cyber command. the cyber commanding is acting right now. there is a war. in this cyber command, they are fighting against hackers, against the use of misinformation about any kind of new pools that are opened by the newest technology in order to have a country. and this kind of war cannot be excluded from -- [inaudible] we have to think about that. it's a new field, but this is, in my sense, is open. the second way th

especially when we discuss venezuela, we like to focus how the various crises in venezuela affect men and women differently and it's important for how solutions can be beneficial to all venezuelans. we're discussing today a very timely topic, the implications of invoking the entire american treaty of reciprocal assistance, known as the -- tr for its initials in spanish. just for a quick background, the united states and 11 other western nations invoke the tr, the real treaty to facilitate a regional response to the crisis in venezuela. as the first step on september 23rd of 2019, 16 out of the 19 member countries voted and agreed to impose targeted sanctions on individuals and entities associated with the government of nicolas maduro. they also pledged to meet again within two months to discuss additional measures. i think these deliberations have potential implications for u.s. policy. this is why we're here to walk us through all of these implications and what the real treaty means and how this affects the crisis, right? so -- and this is not only a timely issue, because interim pre

also this hour of venezuela slams u.s. sanctions as a weapon of mass destruction and a mass form of warfare with president donald trump threatening to impose further restrictions on the country's oil sector. and u.k. athletics officials come under fire after a b.b.c. documentary claims they took part in a dopping scandal involving a limp dick champion mo farah. good morning and welcome to the program this is our 2 international coming to you live from the russian capital let's get started with your live news update. and they say that good fences make good neighbors but that proverb seems not to apply to france whose north eastern border is suffering from illegally dumped waste apparently originating from belgium charlotte devinsky reports. this may look like part of a landfill site but it's not all of this waste has been dumped here illegally we're just a few miles from the border with belgium and luxembourg and the french town of all core mu 9 is one of many struggling to cope with what you can see mountains and to mounta

also this hour venezuela slams u.s. sanctions as a weapon of mass destruction and a mouse form of warfare was present threatening to impose further restrictions on the country's oil sector. and u.k. athletics officials come under fire after a b.b.c. documentary claims they took part in a doping scandal involving a live picture farah. it's now 11 am here in moscow on this lovely wednesday morning we're very glad you decided to join us for your world news update this hour. residents in northeastern france are creating a stink by trash talking their belgian neighbors they can use them cross border fly tipping are to charlotte n.c. visited the region. this may look like part of a landfill site but it's not all of this waste has been dumped here illegally we're just a few miles from the border with belgium and luxembourg and the french town of all core mu 9 is one of many struggling to cope with what you can see mountains and to mountains of garbage that have appeared since october in nearby red it's a similar story trash bo

formally recognized venezuela's opposition leader. as the country's interim president showing the door to the legitimate government of nicholas and the u.n. meanwhile has raised the alarm over devastating food shortages in the country are often looks at america's role in venezuela's continuing political upheaval. when it comes to venezuela the trumpet ministration lives in a kind of alternate universe. sample when the country faces a food crisis donald trump says there can be only one cause venezuela's president nicolas maduro people are starving here's a case where a country was wealthy 15 years ago and very wealthy 20 years ago very very wealthy the wealthiest in all of latin south america the wealthiest and by far not even a contest and when you look today they don't have water they don't have basic food they have no medicine it's incredible what's happened it is well know we're watching very closely we don't like it we don't like it not at all he fails to mention that u.s. sanctions have been wreaking havoc on venezuela for years

venezuela slums u.s. sanctions as a weapon of mass destruction and a mask form of warfare with donald trump threaten to give a more restrictions on the country's oil sector. good evening and welcome this is anti international. residents of towns in northeastern france are creating a stink by trash talking the belgian neighbors they're accusing them of some serious cross border flying tipping. visited the region. this may look like part of a landfill site but it's not all of this waste has been dumped here illegally we're just a few miles from the border with belgium and luxembourg and the french town of all core mu 9 is one of many struggling to cope with what you can see mountains and mountains of garbage that have appeared since october in nearby red it's a similar story trash both household and commercial has been dumped under the cover of darkness city. at 1st we thought it was regular waste but it turns out people are illegally dumping their washing machines. they're throwing everything away. yes but

venezuela was one. south america's richest nation now it's a colony has collapsed sparking one of the worst migrant crises of recent years. poverty has always been a fact of life here but when oil prices were high then president chavez launched and vicious social programs awash in petro dollars the country also continue to take on debt corruption further drain the public coffers the oil crash of 2014 was the final blow. it's the most vulnerable who have suffered the most. her. nearly lives with her 7 children in a slum on venezuela's caribbean coast. her. reinforcer it's a. battle my husband went to peru because of a crisis where you know he went there to send us help directly and said that. if he hadn't gone there we would have died of hunger. then they were one of them we would have starved to death that sentimental one of them. venezuelans hoping leaving and drugs we've got a collapse of the health care system and soaring child mortality goes without travel documents across the border to colombia ill

most people in venezuela knows. it's a joke. you can't just declare that somebody is the elected president when he isn't the electorate. the the us is making this. person into the government and then saying that the embassy doesn't belong to venezuela we now have a coalition of the willing who are saying that kwaito is the government edition of any other option and really hasn't been able to push dura out. a new b.b.c. documentary claims that u.k. athletics officials are implicated in a doping controversy and dumping britain's 4 time olympic champion and top and durrance runner up mo farah alexia chefs he has mark. this summer the whole of great britain will be glued to their screens rooting for the nation's prize athlete 4 time olympic champion run out more or will they and you plan around a documentary by the b.b.c. has cost further doubt on whether more farah success was cleanly won the don't for back to salazar costs or move to. choose what to do to win at all costs the main sticking point is the role of former coach alberto

joke that most people in venezuela know that it's a joke. you can't just declare that somebody is the elected president when he isn't the elected. so the us is making this this farce a person into the government and then saying that the embassy doesn't belong to venezuela we now have a coalition of the willing who are saying that quite 0 is the government it doesn't have any other option i mean he hasn't been able to push madeira out. of. the british sporting communities being rocked by fresh allegations in an ongoing doping control the b.b.c. documentaries claim the u.k. athletics officials are implicated in a scandal involving the country's for time a limb champion and top insurance for mo farah. has details. this summer the whole of great britain will be glued to their screens rooting for the nation's prize athlete 4 time olympic champion run out more or will they and you panorama documentary by the b.b.c. has cost further doubt on whether more farah success was cleanly won the don't fall back to salazar who costs are moved to the court t

venezuela has become a bargaining chip in a global game of poker. the geo political terrain is shifting and in this new cold war new countries are becoming a battleground for competing interests. the citizens of those countries are being left to fend for themselves millions of people will continue to find themselves displaced forced to flee for their survival. around 15000 u.n. blue helmets stationed in mali their main task is to stabilize the country in 201220 insurgents and jihadist groups took control of northern mali they were pushed back but there are still sporadic terrorist attacks climate change and poverty make the situation worse particularly in rural communities. our reporter niger and his team traveled to southern mali and met 2 people who have managed to bring more than just light into a small community. residence in the village of syria kaoru in southwestern mali are getting ready to welcome visitors the village has never heard electricity now that's about to change thanks to thorsten schreiber and his wife aida. they're the founders o

venezuela slams u.s. sanctions as a weapon of mass destruction and a master form of warfare president donald trump threatening to impose further restrictions on the country's oil sector. also this hour towns in northeastern france accuse their belgian neighbors of illegally dumping waste across the border our correspondent charlotte devinsky investigates. being described as being one of the scales and you can see why. and britain's 4 time olympic champion mo farah comes under fire after a b.b.c. documentary claims he lied to doping officials about taking a controversial supplement. a very warm welcome to the program from all of us here at our teacher in moscow thanks for joining us this hour. the u.s. president donald trump has threatened further sanctions against venezuela targeting the country's oil sector caracas accuses washington of using sanctions as a weapon of mass destruction and a master form of warfare it's now been a year since the u.s. formally recognized but as well as opposition leader one

basta de tu obsesiÓn enfermiza con venezuela.mentos tensos, uno cuando el presidente donald trump decide no estrechar la mano de la presidenta de congreso nancy pelosi. y el otro cuando nancy pelosi rompe el la copia del discurso tan pronto como termina de pronunciarlo,lourdes del rÍo muestra los momentos mÁs tensos de la noche. lourdes: mÁs de un recinto sagrado esta noche se convirtiÓ en una especie de campo de batalla una muestra inequÍvoca de la polarizaciÓn polÍtica que vive el paÍs la controversia arrancÓ incluso antes de que el presidente donald trump iniciarÁ su discurso sobre el estado de la uniÓn. el presidente le entregÓ copia de su alocuciÓn al presidente de la cÁmara nancy pelosiÉsta lo recibiÓ intentó darle la mano por mandatario la ignorÓ esto sentÓ el tono de la noche, lo que hizo nancy pelosi final del discurso dejÓ al descubierto la animosidad que existe entre ambos lÍderes la presidenta cameral rompiÓ el discurso que le entregÓ al inicio pero aunque el saludo ignorado y el discurso roto fueron los mÁs evidentes

dos a joke most people in venezuela know that it's a joke. you can't just declare that somebody is the elected president when he isn't the elected. so the the us is making this this farce a person into the government and then saying that the embassy doesn't belong to venezuela we now have a coalition of the willing who are saying that kwaito is the government it doesn't have any other option i mean he hasn't been able to push that mud euro note. the 2020 democrats hopefuls in the race for the white house have clashed again in another t.v. debates the last before super tuesday which is seen as decisive for the party's presidential nomination the front runner bernie sanders face more attacks from his rivals for remarks that he made earlier defending the literacy programs of fidel castro's cuba the self-styled socialist words were initially made in a c.b.s. interview and his opponents were quick to pounce. we're very opposed to believe or 3rd theory nature of cuba but you know you know it's unfair to simply say everything is but you know when fi

sanctions target 40 aircraft of venezuela's national carrier that comes on top of existing penalties on that as well in state companies including the main oil company under the sanctions u.s. companies are barred from directly importing venezuelan crude and have seen financial transactions between the 2 countries severely restricted early this week the trump of ministration threaten to sanction 2 companies to whose activities helped the venezuelan government including russia's biggest oil producer ross next meanwhile the venezuelan opposition leader was warm and welcomed in washington's capital and received fresh pledges of support in his so-called fight for democracy we will of stay with you mr president in that fight here this evening so a very brave man. who carries with him the hopes dreams and aspirations of all that is well and joining us in the gallery is the true illegitimate president of venezuela one me. ok let's get reaction now with poor dobbs and he's a journalist for the independent new site venezuela analysis dot com he's with us now good evening to you paul 1st let's

it is still pretty active, venezuela, syria, libya. so russia is returning to the type of foreign-policy i saw growing up in the 70s and 80s, that's not good for the russian people, depression people like everyone else once great jobs, schools for their kids, want to have a future. i don't think they want to be spending money and national treasure and the blood of russian soldiers were coming home from places like syria and libya, not venezuela to yet but they have troops in venezuela, that's not good for russia or the russian people, we are hoping through engagement with the russians they will realize those adventures aren't good for them in the long term and the people of libya, syria, and venezuela to determine their own future without mercenaries propping up one side or the other or dictators like bashar al-assad or madero. we will reach out to the russians. 75 years ago russia and american troops met after having thought the struggle of the century, maybe the struggle of history and russian american troops worked together, they sh

venezuela's political decline began under president hugo chavez. his economic policies pave the way to a morass of corruption. in the industrial hub of mother most factories lie abandoned less than 20 percent of factories in venezuela are still in operation industry has been driven into ruin. and the charge is numerous companies were expropriated or nationalized and then were driven into the ground by mismanagement rather than support private industry chavez used petro dollars to import goods from abroad this help to redistribute wealth and power away from the old business elite and increase ordinary people's dependency on the government a system of state sponsored terror is maintaining my daughter's hold on power but our paramilitary gangs who help quell any signs of popular dissent. like syria and ukraine venezuela has a global strategic significance the united states and russia are jockeying for influence without russian intervention my daughter's regime would likely have collapsed. china has maintained its economic and trade ties to venezuela h

oh i'll be down with the venezuelan kids i'm ready for venezuela i want to go there for this edition of the kaiser report with me because i don't think you have and i think because peter mccormack of what bitcoin did podcast super if you want to catch us on twitter it's kaiser report. nuclear power become a battleground in the us in vermont people love demanding the shutdown of a local plant from my yankee is right now my focus because it's a very dangerous oh no prayer power plant the owner is attempting to run the reactor beyond its operational limits this case just sort of puts a magnifying glass on where's the power in this country where's it going is it moving more towards corporate interests or is it more in the idea of a traditional participatory democracy as are powerline with the people this case demonstrates that struggle in the very real ways a struggle going on see. the russian state television propaganda machine propaganda outlet propaganda tools we are in an information war . we can change the world tomorrow. you tube videos the sleepless nights you they still monsters

when it comes to venezuela the trumpet ministration lives in a kind of alternate universe for example when the country faces a food crisis donald trump says there can be only one cause venezuela's president nicolas maduro people are starving here's a case worker who was wealthy 15 years ago and very wealthy 20 years ago very very well when you look today they don't have water they're on a basic food they have no medicine it's incredible what's happened it is we're no we're watching very closely we don't like it we don't like it now that he fails to mention that u.s. sanctions have been wreaking havoc on venezuela for years or that opposition groups have actually been caught torching food warehouses in the narrative of the u.s. government these things simply don't exist not an access almost element using the blockade of food medicine and weapons to politically coworkers were private entire countries and their own needs to sustain and develop themselves our actions there. completely criminal these unilateral curse or criminal actions are equivalent in scope and effect to weapons of mass

so for her, the choice isot simple, ifasy. >> ( translated ): i'm indebted to venezuela, because venezuelaerything. it's given me it all: a family,. my daughte it's the least i can do. staying at home, watching what's happening and blaming someone because he tried but couldn't do it? no! i prefer to go out and fight by the si of the person that is trying to do something. and every time guaidÓ calls me, or whoever is there the time, they can call me to go out to the streets to support democracy; i'm going to be there. i'm going to go out. >> reporter: for the pbs newshour, i'm marciaiggs in caracas. >> woodruff: stay with us.on still to comhe newshour: too young to retire, but too old to find a well-paying job?e" "making sef a fragile workforce. more than half a million americans are homeless on a given night, but on the west coast, the problem has grown worse in recent years. and as john yang explains, that is especially pronounced in califoia. >> yang: judy, the federal government says more than a quarter of america's homifess are in cnia. while homelessness fell in most states last year,

you know, not venezuela yet. but they do have troops in venezuela.hat's not good for russia or the russian people. and so we're hoping through engagement with the russians that they'll realize that those adventures aren't good for them in the long term. and that the people of libya, the people of syria the people venezuela ought to determine their own future without mercenaries there propping up one side of dictators like assad or maduro. look, we want to the have good relations with the russians. we'll be reaching out to the russians. it wasn't 75 years ago that the russian and american troops met at the elb river. and american and russian troops worked together. they shook hands across the river. and we had a great victory with russia as our ally. look, we'll do everything we can to have great relations with russia, but at the same time, we're not going to let down our allies around the world inclu including ukraine. one thing i'll point out what's ironic about the talk about ukraine lately, i was in ukraine in 2014 for the parliamentary elections.

some some toilet tissue so this is the same so it is it's no different than what's happening in venezuela a different cause perhaps but at the end of the day we're in the same situation and at the end of the day for the ordinary person you know i hearken back to famous essay written by dmitri orloff back must be now 12 or 13 years ago 20062006 he wrote something called the collapse gap and you saying the soviet union and united states are similar they both bankrupt of themselves with military budgets the soviet union collapsed and we know the story of that and. in the us would collapse at some point well i would say you know it's basically true except that instead of the us collapsing it's really the globe the globe collapsing everyone has followed this neoliberal capitals model of money printing but no profits no jobs no growth no health. mortality death rates you know that's the collapse that we're suffering now for the same reason we've bankrupted ourselves with the energy industry to feed the pentagon which is now running out of energy just like the roman roman legions essential when

this all part of the simulation in the 2nd half we speak to peter mccormack who is just recently in venezuela and you might find shelves empty there you're also finding shelves empty here but the fact is you know stock markets are are continue to be at all time highs it seems like everything is booming in singapore and hong kong and china they have no toilet issue there was a story of somebody robbing a shop a supermarket in order to just get some some toilet tissue so this is the same so it is it's no different than what's happening in venezuela a different cause perhaps but at the end of the day we're in the same situation and at the end of the day for the ordinary person you know i hearken back to famous essay written by dmitri orloff back must be now 12 or 13 years ago 20062006 he wrote something called the collapse gap and you saying the soviet union and united states are similar they both bankrupt of themselves with military budgets the soviet union collapsed and we know the story of that and the us would collapse at some point well i would say you know it's basically true except that i

guaido told supporters democracy will return to venezuela and that he will replace socia pliresidenturo. >> ( translated ): in every place where there is a venezuelan, there is a flame >> sreenivasan: the u.s. and many other countries backed guaido after he disputed elecion results last year and proclaimed himself president. yesterday, guaido said he plans to return to venezuela in the next several days and still hopes to meet with president donald motrump. fo on the situation in venezuela, cynthia arnson, the director of the latin america program at the woodrow wilson center, joins us now from washington, d.c. first, let's talk about juan guaido and his k md of world toting different leaders. what's it accomplishing for him? >> it's certainly accomplished keeping venezuela in the bternational eye, especially in europe, whicheen for the most part reluctant to adopt the same kind of harsh and comprehensive sanctions that the u. government has so he met with a number of world leaders, with the chancellor in germany, with macron ice, with trudeau in canada, boris johnson in the u.k., an

venezuela's interim president juan guaido returned to venezuela yesterday to scenes of chaos after he union address, he was the president's guest there. loyalists of the communist dictator nicolas maduro chased after guaido. journalists, opposition lawmakers said they were pursued and struck by pro-communist loyalists. we have new details emerging from the united nations human rights committee on the torture and murder of venezuelan citizens. now this, the media increasingly asking why is bernie sanders still silent on these human rights violations? welcome my next guest, fox news foreign policy contributor, chiron skinner. love having you on. your reaction to this? >> there is so much going on in venezuela and the president's powerful statement at the state of the union recognizing the opposition leader so to speak in venezuela, guaido, really speaks to how difficult it will be to put the pieces in place to have a representative and free government in that country. we can recognize him nearly 60 other countries have done so the support for guaido is both bipartisan in the united stat

in latin american history with a focus on political economies and venezuela. welcome to you both thank you and rick i will actually start with you here because this report. is coming out of the new york times so we already have to preface it with that but it's talking about the fact that in rural areas we're certainly still seeing a lot of poverty lack of water basic resources but in the city of caracas specifically there is this kind of surge that's happening here is there a gap reforming between super wealthy kind of capitalist people in the cities and the poor people who are the socialists in the rural communities what's true and what's not well as you said this is the new york times and so there's a great deal of misinformation going around regarding been a swell and the economy is no different just real quick i mean as far as the water is concerned i mean that problem really surfaced last march when the business well as electrical grid was hacked and soon after a declared himself president and that's where you had that water crisis but thankfully that has

were not born in venezuela and are not venezuelan. how about this their threat to target russian companies over their role in venezuela do you think it washington will follow through or not. this is this is this is very i wouldn't know what what is what is the what what does the going to be the future of these sanctions if the russian government is going to to accept as you know when when donald trump the threats mexico is not the same thing. i guess that russia is going to who is going to respond in a way or the other one but let's see let's see how how this is going to play out and as i said this is more of just political issue and and 2 countries that are powerful might be you know showing that there is their power even in these in these in this in this time and i only expect a strong response from the russian government to the sanctions that we saw. receive a very warm welcome in washington this week what moves could we see from the trump administration to get in power given that effort so far failed. that's another very good ques

venezuela, syria, libya. so russia is returning to the type of foreign policy that i saw growing up in the '70s and '80s when the soviet bear was all over the world. .. so we're hoping that through engagement with the russians that they'll realize that those adventures don't-- aren't good in the long-term and the people of libya and venezuela ought to determine their own future without the wagner mercenaries with one side or the other or dictators like assad or maduro. we'll reach out to the russians, it wasn't 70, 75 years ago that russia and american troops met at the river after having fought the struggle of the century, maybe the struggle of history and russian american troops shook hands across the river and we had a great victory with russia as our ally. we're going to do this, but not going to let down allies in the world including ukraine and one thingle' point out, what's ironic about the talk about ukraine lately. i was in ukraine in 2014 for the parliamentary elections and the ukrainians begged me,

respected respected let's talk about that as well oh yes richard tweeting from venezuela and you're a guy who actually goes places and talks to people in real time and does the job a journalist you know that you're actually gathering information and reporting on it and so let's talk about this you 1st of all just to the question was it tough to get into venezuela there was a lot of logistics planning so my producer keeps is still calling yourself a journalist because it comes with too many responsibilities here yeah that's why a lot of people say you know yourself funny because identifies a satirist because satirists get more slack in terms of free speech yeah yeah that's true he said the problem with journalism is that you need multiple sources fact checking and said you don't have the infrastructure for that so you're just the man on the street telling people what you see but you know a lot of planning just. only there for 2 days i've been june 2018 i 1st looked into venezuelan i've been following what's been going there are really going to be a guy i used to write for. so we went t

about overthrowing the close missouri but there is an untold story about what's happening inside venezuela as the nation's economy is quickly improving we'll break it down in a report you won't see anywhere else a lot to get to on this very busy day so let's get started. and we begin with news that china will cut in half additional tariffs levied against over $700.00 u.s. goods last year now on one hand this announcement reciprocates the u.s. commitment under phase one of the deal but here's the thing analysts also see it as a move by beijing to boost confidence in the midst of the corona virus outbreak interestingly the chinese finance ministry stated that the number of goods being affected they told us how many 717 but did not state the value of those again that's strange we do know that the products been a 15 from the new rule or part of that 75000000000 in goods that china announced last year would have 5 to 10 percent tariffs imposed on them the reductions will cut tariffs on soybeans from 30 percent to 27.5 percent also tariffs on crude oil will fall from 5 percent to 2.5 percent. we

decision to recognize one of why go as the rightful president of venezuela over mitt doro u.s. special representative for venezuela elliott abrams spoke about the decision on tuesday this is a campaign of pressure and it began. 5 weeks ago. and with over a year ago continues to mount. i would not see that any individual step. can be calculated to bring it into the crisis but i think this is a very significant step and i think you will see. companies all over the world you will see here now. from dealing with rosneft trading. and venezuelan foreign minister jorge said the action was unilateral claiming that the u.s. continues quote attacking the venezuelan people. and joining us now to break this down as professor richard wolfe author of understanding socialism and host of economic update 1st of all thank you so much for being here i want to get right to it what do you make of these sanctions that are affecting rosneft. well i think in an earlier program of this of our show here we talked about this ever since the sanctions put on russia after its activities in the crimea and wi

a major city in western venezuela.e h saysused to sell coffee and cigarettesn the street, but because of hyperinflation projected thisear to be as high as 500,000%, he kept losing money. now he spends his days searching for plastic to sell so he can buy food for his family. >> befor people could work. there was cash in the street. sthere oney to be made. now it is the opposite. >> many neighbors in venezuela have always been poor, but people say they got by with help from the government. they say things have changed. gutierrez says the free food enfrom the govert only comes once a month and only lasts around two days. in a nearby slum, edward and his brother told me they forgo school every day to go to the dump to look for food. 12-year-old edward tells me, but it didn't sit well. i had a st >> he says the food that he got that time was bad, but most of the time the food is good, so he gkeepsng back to the same place. >> we saw signs of malnutrition everywhere. distended bellies from a lack of protein. stunted growth.

i' a'm so attached to ando thankful to venezuela.s: this country gave her a life and a family. nelly's three able to go to school, and her eldest, marielena, became a lawyer and a professor. bu for years, they have been struggling to get by, living in one ofsuhe many slums ounding the sprawling capital of caracas. do you have running water? nelly larco (through translator): no. marcia biggs: there's never enorgh water, enough propane cooking, enough food to eat. for more than two decades, nelly has watched her adopted country slip away, and, with it, her herm of a better life f family.nelly larco (through translator): i'm veryrustrated and very angry to think that, because of a few people, we have lostenezuela. marcia biggs: for her, the decline began with hugo chavez, the former soldier who in 1999 became president, and it has continued under hicosuccessor, nis maduro. since 2013, the country has en in freall by nearly every available metric, a cratering economy, skyrocketing taolence, ing oil production, a crippling gas shortage. m

so these sanctions or another step in the policy of pressuring the dura regime to allow venezuela to escape from its terrible crisis through free and fair presidential elections there will be more steps and further pressure in the coming weeks and months. rolls nafta's it condemns the latest sanctions calling them unjustified and unlawful the state controlled russian firm denied having riaa lated any u.s. restrictions on venezuelan oil trade ins that it has no political goals well meanwhile russia's foreign ministry has accused washington of disrupting international trade the destructive us policy of sanctions undermines more and more the freedom of global trade which america claims to protect but also escalates tensions worldwide it's time for washington's lawmakers to realize that they're achieving nothing with the economic and military pressure on russia the worsening the crisis in bilateral relations and sanctions are the latest round in a long running u.s. pressure campaign against venezuela's president nicolas maduro and january 19th in january 2019 the u.s. formally recognized