the venezuelan people... the political system venezuelan people...ezuelan people... the political system got control of the oil and that was heavily invested in education and healthcare, in housing. the hospitals can't even afford medicines. but you know as well as me, you don't ignore it, one thing is what you can do, what you have invested already in the country, but you need a flow to sustain that model. the country has gone again through a very, very difficult economic crisis and doesn't have the means to keep sustaining that rate... what you are saying is all of the money sent during the —— spent during the chavista years was spent in a way that wasn't sustaining the economy? that's not what i'm saying. i am saying that when you have an external shock, like my country is suffering, you need to add that. you need to adapt your policy. when the oil price was at $100, you don't need exactly the same policies as today. that's what has happened. in syd ney today. that's what has happened. in sydney economic or is making haven't changed —— things in t

millions of venezuelans are queueing, not working.as is encircled by sprawling slums, barrios, which cling to the hills. this one is home to a couple of hundred thousand people, hit hard by the shortages and rampant inflation. i am in one of thejeeps which specialises in transporting people up and down the mountain, and the principle here in the slum is pretty straightforward. the higher up the hill you live, well, the poorer you are. the irony here in caracas is that the poor have some of the best views, and much of the housing here really isn't too bad. hugo chavez poured an awful lot of money into the slums like this. but the problem for people living here right now is simply making enough money to eat. leo's family have three daughters. both of them work, but they are still struggling to survive. give me the reality of life today, living here. you talk about despair, leo, but are you also angry? you have a picture of hugo chavez and nicolas maduro here in the house. do you still believe in the revolution? thanks to the highest inf

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the venezuelan people are up in arms.e are massacres in the use of the army, then i think we will have a role, but up until then, our best role is to give them encouragement, support, and watch venezuela liberate itself from socialism. >> bret: will watch that closely. next up, what is the state of the democratic party here in the >> i would rather be jon ossoff in karen handel right now and we have a lot of wind at our back at the progress of energy out there is palpable. >> i think this is a big loss for them. at the bottom line is they went all in on it. they said that their goal was to get over 50%, they came up shor short. speak with the reaction to the special election in georgia, district six, runoff in june. the president tweeting despite major outside money, fake media support and 11 republican candidates, big r win. is failed in kansas, now failing in georgia, great job karen handel, who came in second. it is not hollywood versus georgia on june 20th. here is the latest democratic party favorability as it stands

the venezuelan people are up in arms.there are massacres in the use of the army, then i think we will have a role, but up until then, our best role is to give them encouragement, support, and watch venezuela liberate itself from socialism. >> bret: will watch that closely. next up, what is the state of the democratic party here in the u.s.? you do all this research on a perfect car, then smash it into a tree. your insurance company raises your rates... maybe you should've done more research on them. for drivers with accident forgiveness, liberty mutual won't raise your rates due to your first accident. liberty mutual insurance. >> i would rather be jon ossoff in karen handel right now and we have a lot of wind at our back at the progress of energy out there is palpable. >> i think thiss for them. at the bottom line is they went all in on it. they said that their goal was to get over 50%, they came up shor short. speak with the reaction to the special election in georgia, district six, runoff in june. the president tweetin

venezuelans can do things that the international community has not been fair enough with venezuelansriticise the government. daniel, we have played your reports on the protests all week. have they carried on today? they have not carried on today that the tension is really high still and more protests are likely to come up in the following days. in fact, likely to come up in the following days. infact, i likely to come up in the following days. in fact, i was speaking today with an opposition leader and he told me the opposition is looking to protest massively on monday. tensions are still up and what remains to be seen really is what the government does in order to lower down the tension and start negotiating with the opposition to look for a solution, not only for the current political tension but also to the massive crisis venezuelans have to deal with everyday. we will turn back to venezuela next week, i am sure. in a few minutes we will look at the north american free trade agreement, nafta, and how mexico and canada are trying to make the case that for donald trump to abandon it

many venezuelans say the country is on the verge of collapselj many venezuelans say the country is on this protest. this is the second independence of venezuela. this is the day we have been waiting for, lobbying for. the confrontation quickly chooses conflict with security forces. in caracas, they fired at protesters. the violence wasn't restricted to the capital. this was the scene in san cristobal in the west of the country, where protesters also clashed with riot police. but the president remained defiant, speaking at a rally of his supporters, he accused the opposition of plotting a coup and the protesters of attacking the police and looting shops. translation: we have captured people, violent terrorists. we have caught more than 30 today, firmly identified. venezuela, an oil-rich country, seems to be locked in a political stalemate, while its economy collapses and violence flares up again. a hoard of gold coins found in a piano has been declared as treasure — by a shrewsbury coroner. the british museum say it's the largest gold sovereign hoard ever found, consisting of 913 gold

the venezuelan government doesn't want the world to see the mess it's in.. the european union is threatening legal action against the hungarian government's crackdown on higher education and asylum—seekers. thousands of hungarians have been protesting on the streets of the capital, budapest, against laws which could close a prestigious university. sarah corker reports. for the fourth time in ten days, thousands of hungarians took part in anti—government protests in budapest. there were minor scuffles with police as demonstrators gathered in hero square. they're angry about what they see as a crackdown on free thought and education. translation: every day, something happens that somehow damages democracy. this sometimes accelerates, sometimes slows down. recently it has accelerated again. i don't know how far things can go. in the centre of this political storm is the central european university. a new law signed earlier this week could force the prestigious institution to close. its founder is hungarian—born billionaire george soros, a sworn enemy of the ri

whether this is a coup, as the venezuelan opposition claim, or a legimitimate move by thejudiciary, ittitutional crisis is getting worse in venezuela with each passing hour, and it is likely to continue to spill over into the streets. will grant, bbc news. president trump has signed orders to tackle the dumping of cheap foreign goods in the us market and reduce the country's trade deficit. this comes after news that his former national security advisor, mike flynn, might be prepared to talk about russia's meddling in the election. jon sopel reports. the allegations that just won't go away — that there was collusion between the russian government and the trump team during last year's election. and much of the attention is now focused on this man, general michael flynn. until a few weeks ago, he was the national security adviser, and one of those closest to the president. but his fall from grace has been swift, after he was found to have lied to the vice president over his contacts with the russians. michael flynn held conversations with the russian ambassador in washington, which, among

the venezuelan government doesn't want the world to see the mess it's in.rt from venezuela on hardtalk on the road on the bbc news channel and the bbc iplayer tomorrow. tomorrow, the education secretary, justine greening, is expected to give a speech outlining her vision for a school system in england "that puts ordinary working families at its heart." it follows criticism of theresa may's controversial plans to expand the number of grammar schools in england, which some believe will damage social mobility. 0ur education editor, branwenjeffreys, joins me now. this idea of a system with ordinary working families at the heart can the government make work? families in work but finding it difficult to make end meet are her political priority. the problem is that there is no definition of what an ordinary working family is. and that's what they've been trying to address with analysis they've published. they need to do this yore wise they have a problem in justifying need to do this yore wise they have a problem injustifying their grammar plans. they say in a gra

the venezuelan government doesn't want the world to see the mess it's in.xtraordinary changes. born 100 years ago in the chaos of the fall of china's empire, he joined the communist party and became a secretary to chairman mao. then the fervent communist became a dissident and spoke out in favour of democratic reform. as our china editor carrie gracie found out in one of those trickier interviews, lee ray remains a very independent voice. uh—oh, i'm in trouble. a failing cameraman, too. born in 1917 and growing up mid—civil war and famine, li rui dreamed of becoming a communist. the 18—year—old did not listen, but did not get killed either. soon, the communists were ruling china, and he was secretary to chairman mao, who he later described as terrifying and inhumane. but it's dangerous to talk like that now. i think i do understand. when he dared spoke out about mao's mistakes, he was expelled from the party and spent eight years in solitary confinement. after mao's death, the party let him back in. but then came the tiananmen square democracy protests. li

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the venezuelan opposition have called for fresh protest to pressurise the government, they have asked attempt to re m ove centre as it continues its attempt to remove the president from office. previous attempts to go to the city centre, have resulted in clashes between the opposition and authorities. the protests have entered the third week and have shown no sign of abating. the opposition blames president... 16 countries have called for an emergency meeting at the organisation of american states, but venezuelan says it will withdraw from the group if the meeting goes on. let's turn to donald trump's new tax reform plans that have been unveiled today. lots of detail but this is the headline move, the slashing of corporation tax... the tax codes will also be simplified. they will be taxed at ten, 2535%. also, and repatriated tax... we have also been told the president has no intention of releasing his personal tax returns which is in line with his position over the last few months. let's talk about penetration tax, pelissie this is aimed at. -- tell us who this is aimed at. -- tell us

yesterday general motors plant in venezuelan, an american plant, was basically requisitioned by the venezuelanpots do when they are feeling desperate, they turn against foreigners and foreign entities. are they feeling the pressure?” foreigners and foreign entities. are they feeling the pressure? i think he is feeling increased pressure from the international community and his own citizens. this was a one—time thing. this is what people in venezuela have done for a long time, nationalising foreign companies, domestic companies, a full—scale assault on the private sector. this is a concern in terms of the recovery of the country, if and when there is an opportunity to do that, the energy sector which energy venezuelan relies on will not be sufficient. you need a vibrant unproductive time private sector which has been strangled by the government. this is the continuation of clearly an approach they have used for over 17 years and it is very worrisome. i would imagine the sort of things will continue because you are right, the government is consolidating its power and it is radicalising and it is

our venezuelan is so pretty, so knees.e government want all the people to kneel before them. the origins of this controversy dates back to the legislative elections which handed control of the national assembly to the opposition. however, it is a very current crisis with the very concept of democracy in venezuela itself played out internationally as one as a time. country after country urged the government to examine the paffett was taking. it is not clear whether this reversal was based on that or on internal pressures or a combination of the two. so, for now, the supreme court has stepped back from the brink but several key questions remain. will national assembly be able to carry out its work without further judicial interference? and many venezuelans are asking what it says about the separation of powers in the country that the supreme court would first make this ruling and then overrule it, apparently on the president's orders. at least the immediate crisis seems to have been averted and, the government hopes, the thr

since hugo chavez took power, venezuelan has had elections. the problem was chavez was pretty popular and so he won those elections. now the situation has changed and the opposition is saying let's have elections. they have not had the local elections that were supposed to , and there arer supposed to be presidential elections next october, 2018, so ist the opposition is saying they want the government to honor its own electoral calendar and hold elections, and that, i think, is a pretty reasonable negotiating position. even though the main candidate is banned from running again, he is still very active, very vocal and has been very involved in these protests. there are active leaders who have come together. >> to be clear, you think if there were elections now, the opposition would win, but who would they be led by? >> i think there are other leaders of the opposition -- i think it would be such an overwhelming anti-majuro vote -- anti-maduro vote. the opposition has other leaders .rom different parties i mean, there are a number of parties t

john: once it became clear chavez's socialism wasn't working out as hoped and venezuelans were protestingsts would at least be embarrassed by their early enthusiasm. but, no, i think they're immune to embarrassment. after the tyrant chavez died, washington post leftist eugene levinson found all kinds of nice things to say about him. >> he was very smart, obviously, and tenacious and determined. was he a tyrant? we should remember he was democratically elected. why didn't he have popular support? because for many decades the poor of venezuela had been ignored. he provided medical attention that the poor in venezuela hadn't received before. john john he cared about the poor. capitalists don't. >> it breaks my heart to see the people who are suffering in venezuela and all these hollywood types don't seem to care or are blind to it. people like oliver stone, they don't want to see the truth. john: oliver stone called him a great hero. >> no. it's true that he was democratically elected the first time, but he rigged the system. they had total control over the media, they had total control of t

the plaza is venezuelan.giant hamburger and this one, this one is something special. >> women: this is the deal. this is all venezuelan, which means everything is protein on protein on protein and it is all absolutely, right? okay. >> anthony: what is this neighborhood? >> women: some people call it petite venezuela, and yeah, you're way west. you'll pretty much hear everybody speaking spanish. there's almost no english spoken. >> anthony: most people in miami speak spanish at home. >> women: yeah. >> women: even if they are not latin. you have to speak spanish. >> anthony: meat on meat is something of a venezuelan specialty and this one has a lot. a beef patty, ham, egg, six varieties of sauces, potatoes and cheese. it's big. big i tells ya. you got to demolish it in stages, you have to enjoy it in stages. >> i'm going to start crying. all right. i'm going in. good god. >> women: yes or no? >> anthony: it's delicious, but -- >> women: it's a little much, right? >> anthony: there's no way this thing is holdin

venezuelan police have clashed with protesters during a mass demonstration against a decision to banitics. nearly three and a half tons of explosives and dozens of guns, have been found at eight sites, belonging to the basque separatist group eta. that's according to the french authorities. it follows the group's decision to hand over all their weapons in their bid to end more than four decades of violence, which has killed more than 850 people. our chief international correspondent lyse doucet, reports from the french basque city of bayonne. arms caches uncovered. french police carry the weapons away. eight hidden dumps surrendered by eta. three tonnes of explosives, 120 guns. today, in the basque region in south—west france, a peace rally. they also want to see proof on the big screen. a video of an arms dump encircled by volunteers. basque civil society played a key role, persuading eta to give up its guns. there were decades of car bombings, assassinations. in eta's bloody campaign for basque independence. eta's file was finally handed over at city hall from civil society to inte

of its powers obligates us to lift our protest voices as well as our voices of solidarity with venezuelan. the bodies, such as organisation of american states, and the united nations, must address the situation and propose ways to get out of it. our latin america correspondent will grantjoins us from havana in cuba. has president maduro actually outlined how he will result is? not by the looks of things, no. he just made it seemed that he was very competent at this impasse, as he put it, could be resolved within a matter of hours. but obviously, that lacks detail. it lacks any kind of coherence from the opposition‘s point of view. unless, of course, this was ordered by him, and it is simplya this was ordered by him, and it is simply a question of reversing that order. what i think is interesting was the way it that the country's attorney general came out so quickly to criticise the situation. but this isa to criticise the situation. but this is a woman who was a staunch chavez supported throughout a career. so this is highly unusual and shows how controversial decision was. and potentiall

despite the announcement, hundreds of venezuelans marched in the capital caracas to protest against theon. whether it was a risky game of brinkmanship or an embarrassing u—turn, the controversial power grab by the supreme court in venezuela has been reversed. following a late—night session of the state security council president maduro said a resolution to the crisis had been found. translation: we have reached an important agreement to solve this controversy and i can tell you by reading the statement and by the publication of the corrections of sentences, 155 and 156, this controversy has been overcome. and not a moment too soon. tempers in caracas already frayed after years of economic chaos and food shortages had begun to flare over this latest political crisis. translation: i am protesting because i do not have freedom. i am protesting for fear of what is happening in my country. and i am protesting for my children. i have two children and i want freedom for has our country cut off, a country in which we are practically on our knees. our venezuela is so pretty, so beautiful and yet

hundreds of thousands of venezuelans are marching in silence — to remember those killed in the threet of president maduro. opposition leaders have blamed the deaths of about 20 people on a heavy—handed response to their protests by the security forces. a united nations report on south sudan accuses the government of responsibility for the majority of the fighting in the country's three year old civil war — and for creating the famine which was declared in february. the un experts are calling for an arms embargo. emergency teams are trying to contain an oil spill on one of spain's canary islands, after a ferry crashed into underwater fuel pipes late on friday. a three—kilometre slick is threatening the coast around las palmas, the main town on gran canaria. the regional government said a plant had been shut down to avoid contamination of drinking water. let's go to afghanistan now where an attack by the taliban has killed and wounded more than 100 soldiers. the president — ashraf ghani said the assault was contrary to human values and islamic teachings. the attack happened on friday —

of its powers obligates us to lift our protest voices as well as our voices of solidarity with venezuelanbodies, such as organisation of american states, and the united states, must address the situation and propose ways to get out of it. will grantjoined us on the line to give us the latest. he has been addressing the nation on state television, he sort of suggested that he could turn this situation around. he said he believed in dialogue and the use of the shoe shin to resolve controversy. and apparently he has called a meeting of the state's security council to discuss the situation further. specifically, that coming off the scathing criticism by the attorney general, which we heard a moment ago. bear in mind that she is traditionally a staunch supporter of chavez. and there was no sign that she was anything but loyal to nicolas maduro. it was clearly a very controversial move by the supreme court for her to come out against it. it sounds like her comments might have gotten through. the supreme court has essentially taken on congress' powers, can you expand what that means on congress'

over the last three weeks, 20 venezuelans have vote. ns have died vote. over the last three weeks, 20 venezuelans have died during the unrest, and there are plans for new protests for saturday, and to a wrecked roadblocks on monday, to grind the country to a halt. —— to erect roadblocks. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: turning blue. the british city that went naked in the name of art finally sees the results, as a new exhibition opens. the stars and stripes at half—mast outside columbine high. the school sealed off, the bodies of the dead still inside. i never thought they would actually go through with it. some places have already had nearly as much rain as they would normally expect in an entire year. for millions of americans, the death of richard nixon in a new york hospital has meant conflicting emotions. a national day of mourning next wednesday sitting somehow uneasily with the abiding memories of the shame of watergate. and lift—off of the space shuttle discovery with the hubble space telescope, our window on the univer

these are just, you know, venezuelans who want democracy, who want peaceful transparent elections.they are marching in the streets and the tools of millions and millions of venezuelans day after day taking their lives at risk in order to fight for democracy and take their country back. >> there is a lot of disturbing scenes playing out as we are continuing to watch some of these pictures, but another thing we've learned recently is venezuela's state-run oil company through a subsidiary donated $500,000 to president trump's inauguration committee in december of last year, that equals what pepsi, verizon and walmart donated combined. why do you think they made this giant donation? what's the possible explanation? >> reporter: buying access, you know, trying to buy the idea that they will not be condemned for human rights violations. look, i'm so old i remember when it used to be a bad thing in a republican primary to have any connection with sit co and venezuela state-run operations because we all recognize them as corrupt oppressive dictators. frankly i wish president trump and his

tens of thousands of venezuelans took to the streets. started -- stripped of its powers. storm of international criticism. live now where -- has been monitoring those protests for us. doubles the total -- what is going on? intense. all across the city. mostly hitting the foreign neighborhoods on the west side of towns. eight of them died while trying to loot a bakery. we are seeing political crosses being mixed with common violence and a very deep economic crisis. it does look like the situation is getting out of hand. given these protests have been hijacked by people who aren't as protesting against the government, is the opposition going to be carrying on? >> they have called another rally for saturday. they are calling for a silence march to remember the fallen victims. they are at a critical juncture right now. they need the protest to reach this critical mass, they need them to get to the point of no return. this is an recently -- this is increasingly beginning to look like the week of -- in 1999 where hundreds of people died. a very tighting line between keeping pre

a reporter is in the venezuelan capital of caracas.tefano, what's the late on the ground where you are? >> reporter: hello, jake, yes. latest word on the ground is the before. both those in power and the opposition will have massive marches and protests on the case of the opposition. it's interesting to look at the vocabulary where the opposition is calling for the mother of all march while just a couple of hours ago the vice president of the socialist party, the chavista have called for a mega march on wednesday. most movements are gathering strength a march on the streets of caracas on wednesday and see what will happen if they manage to oust president maduro from office. >> how big a factor is the economic and humanitarian crisis playing into the excitement and the energy behind these protests? >> it's a huge factor. it cannot be understated. these people have been suffering from the greatest economic crisis venezuela has gone through in its history in the last three, four years. of course, the oil prices have had much to do with it

and all is in violence -- venezuelans are proud of our people and our freedom. amy: venezuela's move to withdraw came as opposition parties continued to lead mass street protests across venezuela. on wednesday, three more demonstrators were killed in clashes with police, including a 20-year-old student who died after he was shot with a tear gas canister. at the united nations, saudi arabia will begin a four-year term in 2018 on the u.n. commission on the status of women following a secret-ballot election this week. the move drew swift condemnation critics, including hillel neuer, the executive director of un watch, who said -- "electing saudi arabia to protect women's rights is like making an arsonist into the town fire chief." saudi women are required to be accompanied at all times by male guardians, who make decisions on marriage, travel, employment and health care. saudi women are barred from holding many jobs and are prohibited from driving cars. in the united states in nevada police arrested seven people , wednesday at a nonviolent protest against u.s. dron

despite the announcement, hundreds of venezuelans marched in the capital caracas to protest against thecision. whether it was a risky game of british it or a u—turn, controversy at the supreme court in venezuela has been reversed. following a late—night session, president nicolas maduro said a solution to the crisis had been found. translation: we've reached an agreement to all this controversy andi agreement to all this controversy and i can tell you by reading the statement and by the publication of the corrections of sentences, 155 and 156, this controversy has been overcome. not a moment too soon. tempers in caracas already frayed after yea rs of tempers in caracas already frayed after years of economic chaos and food shortages had begun to flare over this latest political crisis. translation: au protesting because i do not have freedom. translation: au protesting because i do not have freedomlj translation: au protesting because i do not have freedom. i am protesting forfear do not have freedom. i am protesting for fear of what is happening do not have freedom. i am protesting forf

the venezuela is coming -- the venezuelans are not coming out well.ure but they did overspend. oreano andon between m corvaia, -- there's probably a lot more corruption then there was 5-10 years ago in ecuador but in terms of servicing the debt, ecuador stands out as being a child -- a high yield whennd people forget that he defaulted on the debt, he defaulted on the bonds he was not involved in. eno does not have a lot of latitude to default on the bonds because of the guy who test them to take over issued them. ecuador is dependent on foreign initiatives. if you are creditor it is going to be ok but the dispute is the legitimacy of the election. scarlet: he says he does not accept the federal board resolved. is a former lasso banker turned politician, as he have any interesting ideas about how he would pursue policy? >> most of the things he talked about was how the president of peru, heap was a previous banker -- it isn't trying to improve the business environment to help jumpstart the economy. joe: if you look at recent decades, one of the stories

coming up on the newshour: a failing state-- venezuelans' protests spill out onto the streets; and in u.s., scientists take to the streets, protesting cuts in federal science funding; and, inside america's militias. but first, back in washington, the u.s. supreme court grappled once again with the relationship between church and state. at the center of today's legal fight? a school playground. jeffrey brown has more. >> brown: can the state of missouri give money to repair the playground of a church-run day care? and what have we learned in the first days of justice neil gorsuch on the bench? marcia coyle, chief washington correspondent for the "national law journal," was in the courtroom today. hello again, marcia. >> hi, jeff. >> brown: let's get right to it, the case is "trinity lutheran versus comber." >> trinity luther church in missouri operates a daycare center and it has a playground. it applied for a state grant in a program that funds the refurbishing of playgrounds by the use of recycled tires. now, it complied-- >> brown: a good project, right, to help all kinds of-- >> it

many venezuelans who could flee the country have left for other countries, because they see it as being is leading with, here, on this front page, is that democracy is crumbling. this is essentially because president maduro has got tough on the judicial in the last week. the financial times stunned to say that the opposition started to feel stronger, which is a good thing. —— starting to. and this situation could get some metal into the opposition. let us hope so, because it is a fantastic country. the market section of the financial times taking stock at the end of the first quarter of this year. it is interesting how we have ended, because i don't think many of us would have predicted to be where we are now given the political uncertainty that has been hanging over the global economy since june of last year, into november, april in france and then in germany. of last year, into november, april in france and then in germanym of last year, into november, april in france and then in germany. it is interesting... can be coming through with strong earnings. they are delivering regardless.

the venezuelan people are greatly suffering. as argentina has dropped its support of these authoritarians and stands with the rest of the region in strong condemnation of authoritarianism in venezuela, the venezuelan government is now more isolated before. this resolution reflects our relationship with argentina and reflects our support in their economic reform. i reserve the balance of my time and, again, i thank mr. sires for this resolution. the speaker pro tempore: mr. royce reserves the balance of his time. the chair recognizes the gentleman from new jersey, mr. sires. mr. sires: mr. speaker, i rise in support of this resolution and yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. sires: i'd like to thank by thanking chairman royce, ranking member engel and their staffs for working with me to bring house resolution 54 to the floor. i like to thank my friend from south carolina, chairman jeff duncan, who's in charge of the western hemisphere subcommittee and led a delegation to arg

as the economic crisis deepens, the venezuelans who claim they have

if they say watch, the venezuelan market is -- i have serious things i am dealing with in the venezuelanarket -- make sure you talk about the assets. that is when you say, got it. a lot of things get discussed, everything from like i said, what temperature is the water versus whether we should go into a market. invest capital in certain ways. you have to be able to sort through all of this, then do that with times eight or nine people. charlie: here you are, the former ceo hanging around. ursula: not for long. charlie: how long will you be gone? ursula: annual meeting of 2017. i am out of there. i am chairman of the board. by the way, i have on unbelievable set of examples for me on how to do this, and i am not -- i am a go-forward person, not necessarily the best planner in the world, but a go forward person, and i don't like hanging on. the great example was when i was made ceo -- the person who stayed before me was honest chairman. she said you will see me for a while, the first couple weeks, months, then you will see me a little less, then i'm out of here. her point was, and she told

we have venezuelan immigrants that join us right now. they have lived through this. they have witnessed it. joanna, i imagine there is just uncontrollable anger over this? >> absolutely. well, first off, thank you so much for having me on. what i've seen recently and in the past couple of years with venezuela people are increasingly getting more and more frustrated the way the government is running the country. neil: do they blame nicholas ma during he row the president? many said he is making hugo chavez look like the pope in retrospect but what do you make of it? >> yeah, absolutely. i think it has taken a little bit of time for some of the venezuelans to get ahold of what is happening. i've seen about 70% of venezuelans oppose nicolas maduro and i think the opposition is growing. and especially like we've seen in the past couple of days with the protests, it will continue to grow until venezuelans get their freedom. neil: and their food, right, eric? that is the big issue here. unlike prior up ridings, people are there because they can't get food. >> absolutely so

the venezuelan capital. tear gas and also water tanks to fight the protesters. this is not only happening in the capital but in some other cities throughout the country. just to make a little bit of history, venezuela has been suffering from shortages of the most basic food products and medicines and people are very angry and they demand a change in government. but the president -- the government of president nicolai says they are democratcally elected and they are not about to go anywhere anytime soon. >> all right. i want to bring in stefano who is a tremendous lance journalist on the ground in venezuela now. thank you for spending time with us. it looks a little more quiet in your picture. describe for us what you have witnessed. >> yes. so today was again as just before me the first time in less than ten days that people took to the street. today was the biggest and most violent protest so far. we have seen huge oppression from tear gas and wide use of pepper spray and water cannon. the protesters nornll