and troubles also want his venezuelan counterpart to further action unless he was stores democracy he accused president maduro of inflicting terrible misery and suffering on his people and called on other leaders for increased pressure. let's get more now on our top story the pending addressed by man miles de facto leader sujit let's talk to james gomez he's the amnesty international regional director for southeast asia he joins us live from bangkok. he's come under growing criticism for failing to condemn the violence against the rangers so why do you think she's making the speech today that. well i mean it's centrally a statement. to the memories people so i think she wants to lay out. her position visibly her support base in me in mind also bearing in mind the fact that the military is watching her every move so this is one reason another reason is also to respond to the global criticism. over her silence not speaking up for the rowing communities so i think these two things will weigh heavily in terms of you know the actual content of the speech you know later today and it is quit

government and indeed the venezuelan solidarity committee to promote the concept but it is an interesting fact the idea that. suddenly we're supposed to believe the right wing press in the u.k. that the united states for that right wing but talk about human rights so mike so you're quite happy to quote when sober mind you with so one might and that's why we will continue to quote them but what we won't do you won't post on venezuela yes absolutely will yes absolutely we don't see you quoting well if i was looted we will see you quoting on the stands and a will of the un high commissioner for human rights watch or the european parliament i don't see you working any longer to is jump on the bandwagon that's being whipped up by the hysteria of the right wing totally un high commissioner for human rights does no one on the eight ball are going to stand aborted attempts and we condemn him we condemn any hue where it's fire where did you connect them with the widespread and systematic now widespread and systematic use of excessive force in the next against salman's you know you as in going as w

military intervention might be needed if the venezuelan government does not change course? do you support that? would you be an advocate inside that you we -- e.u. for tougher sanctions? spanish] ng a proposal to impose ,anctions within venezuelan venezuela traditionally was a democratic country and at this time they are no longer am a credit country. they are prisoners. people are in jail only because they differently than mr. maduro. -- one wasirst to jailed because mr. maduro did not like him. others were sent to jail. and locala parliament government has another parliament which has they have created the commission which only serves to judge minimum human rights standards. then as leila is on the road to is on the roada to a dictatorship. those who share the values of democracy and human rights have to be something. sanctions are important. it is important there be an international coalition putting so democracyaduro is restored, because this violation of human rights and freedoms are in conjunction with economic -- terrible economic situations, with inflation, problem

and the new york times accepted no less than two hundred thousand dollars for it according to a venezuelan news outlet the ad was entitled open letter to the people in government of the united states of america by the people of venezuela as if that is the women's vote the letter not the government and the letter basically just says hey americans we hate your president and we think he's being a total jerk the letter talks about how president trump's policies and venezuela could lead to higher gas prices and worse unnecessary military action to the letter mentions iraq is a case study that america entered and unfair and baseless military intervention in their overall while and that could be exactly what trumps trying to do now with venezuela and the poor venezuelans want to avoid that at all costs they even ended the ad by quoting john they need saying let us not miss this opportunity. in the words of john lennon let's give peace a chance. now you can be a communist or socialist and believe that gosh this time it's going to work like all those other times you can believe only capitalism brin

for tougher sanctions against the venezuelan overnment? prime minister rajoy: -- [inaudible] -- european union, a proposal to impose sanctions on venezuela. what is happening is unacceptable. venezuela traditionally was a democratic country and this climate it's no longer a democratic country. there are political prisoners in venezuela. there are people in jail only because they think differently than mr. maduro. and i was the first to -- prime minister to -- [inaudible] -- who is the wife who was jailed because mr. maduro didn't like him. but there were many others who were sent to jail. in venezuela, there was a parliament and the government has made up this other parliament, which has its meetings next to the other parliament. [inaudible] -- they've created a commission for the truth, which is an anti-democratic tool which only serves to judge people without respecting minimum human rights standards. venezuela is on the road to dictatorship. unless that can be stopped. so all of us who share values such as democracy, freedom and human r

for tougher sanctions against the venezuelan government? prime minister rajoy:[inaudible] -- european union, a proposal to impose sanctions on venezuela. what is happening is unacceptable. venezuela traditionally was a democratic country and this climate it's no longer a democratic country. there are political prisoners in venezuela. there are people in jail only because they think differently than mr. maduro. and i was the first to -- prime minister to -- [indiscernible] -- who is the wife who was jailed because mr. maduro didn't like him. but there were many others who were sent to jail. in venezuela, there was a parliament and the government has made up this other parliament, which has its meetings next to the other parliament. [indiscernible] -- they've created a commission for the truth, which is an anti-democratic tool which only serves to judge people without respecting minimum human rights standards. venezuela is on the road to dictatorship. unless that can be stopped. so all of us who share values such as democracy, freedom and hum

so this is a very big change for venezuelans.nomic war against imperialist forces. big words, what does he mean by that? he tends to talk about economic war, which he says is an imperialist war, which is usually governed, in his words, by the united states and by big business and by the opposition, who he says represents big business. so he argues that these forces are trying to usurp his government by creating, by destroying economic lead his country, by raising prices, by withdrawing food —— destroying economic lead his country. the opposition says this is the governments economic mismanagement, thatis governments economic mismanagement, that is responsible for the economic and food crisis that venezuelan outhouse. remember, now there is almost three quarters of all venezuelans. this year a survey found out that they have lost nine kilos in weight. that‘s how much there is a lack of food in the country. let's has some good news, shall we? the giant flurry and the tortoise has come back from the brink of extinction. for the past

we think we have an obligation to have solidarity with venezuelans.se this is a matter of concern. that's why we are so interested in solving the problem in venezuela against venezuela is a very rich country. it has the largest reserves of oil and the whole world. bigger than saudi arabia. to be in this situation is really something very unique and i think the venezuelan situation could very easily be improved if they have a good government. we have seen new sanctions. if things haven't changed that much do have a sense of what needs to change for the situation to improve? when you talk to president trump tonight what will you advise him to do? more sanctioning still? >> i'm going to hear what president trump has in mind. we told president trump that military intervention is in theng that was not agenda of any country in latin america. that would create a worse situation. by putting pressure in a collective way and showing the venezuelans that the whole is withional community the venezuelan people and showing the regime they have no support whatsoever

i meant free reign to intimidate censor and prosecuted venezuelans who criticize the president and you were absolutely silent on that but what i'm saying to you is what you have to look writes our coach annoys you how your adventures what you mean right after a lot of what you have to look at is venezuela before shafiq is what you have for starters you were working at a porter and what have you actually what you have to look at is the immense poverty the attacks on trade unions the the rip off of ordinary working people before shall face came along what you are trying to present now is that certainly venezuela as fallen apart and their own doubted problems problems that will be exasperated by what the americans of gone with their embargo and what people are attempting to whip up again another example internally in the really can't you or the high can you told one single protesting thing although people are watching what i've just said to you i condemn actions by the venezuelan government and by opposition figures on your website we won't be given lessons by people who have been against

and the venezuelan citizens forced to scavenge for food in what was once south america's richest capital city. and over to being counted in a controversial kurdish referendum on secession in northern iraq with a reported turnout of seventy two percent a comfortable yes result as expected but the outcome won't be binding how dr hamid reports from abil. it's a day iraq's kurds say they had hoped to see in their lifetime so eager to be the first to cast their ballots suzanne was so excited about the referendum she had a restless night that is the first time she's been able to vote. i am so happy i wanted to be one of the first ones here i only slept for three hours this is a historic day for us it's not the first time idris has voted but he too was in early he does his blue ink finger was pride. i have voted in presidential and parliamentary elections before but this is the most important one because it's about independence i hope that you could say will be a state for everyone arabs assyrians you know everyone who needs safety wants to live in freedom. similar scenes were being repeated ar

ramping our own we are in favor of human rights and we've calling pong and we've called upon the venezuelan government and indeed the venezuelan solidarity committee to promote the concept but here is an interesting fact the idea that. suddenly we're supposed to believe the right wing press in the u.k. that the united states that right wing talk about human rights hurts so mike so you're quite happy to quote when sober mind you with so one might and that's why we will continue to quote them but what we won't do you won't post on venezuela yes absolutely will yes absolutely we don't see you quoting well vans were looted we will see you quoting amnesty international a will the un high commissioner for human rights watch or the european parliament i don't see you working any longer to is jump on the bandwagon that's being whipped up by the hysteria of the right wing totally un high commissioner for human rights does no one on the eight ball i'm going to stand aborted attempts i weakened tim we condemn any huge where it's fire where did you connect them with the widespread and systematic now wi

we have noted that there is a need to sustain international pressure on the venezuelan government sogotiations which will enable us to find a democratic negotiated and peaceful solution to the current crisis is to buy have reminded president trump that spain has spearheaded the adoption of sanctions which were first individually targeted. we have gone through the political and economic situation of both our countries, spain and the united states are two democracies, friends and allies with many common values and interests and we have agreed to work together in the area of defence of those values with a comprehensive and corporative vision. i would like to thank the warm welcome that was extended to us by president trump and his team at the white house and i would also like to underscore the friendship that exists between the united states and spain. thank you. steve holland, reuters. i wasn't preoccupied with the nfl, i was ashamed of what was taking place because to me that was an important moment. i do not think you could disrespect our country, our flag a national anthem, to me th

president also warned his venezuelan counterpart of further action unless he restores democracy in the nation he accused president maduro of inflicting terrible misery and suffering on his people. this corrupt regime destroyed a thriving nation by imposing a failed ideology that has produced poverty and despair everywhere it has been tried to make matters worse madeira has defied his own people stealing power from their elected representatives to preserve his disastrous rule. the venezuelan people are starving the united states has taken important steps to hold the regime accountable we are prepared to take further action if the government of venezuela persist on a path to imposing authoritarian rule on the venezuelan people lots more still to come here not just here including angry scenes in haiti where unions are opposing unpopular new taxes more that stay with us. from the clear blue sky. to the fresh autumn breeze in the city of snow. welcome back we'll start with the levant western parts of asia in this forecast and temperature wise all looking very good very warm very pleasant co

katy: 25,000 venezuelans crossed the border here every day.hile many return, an increasing number are choosing to stay. authorities are feeling the pressure. >> they say, ok, we're going to help you. and when the situation gets worse, we see tons of people, and they say, weight, stop, we can't receive anymore, and we can't help anymore. katy: her father was killed by paramilitaries. her family fled to venezuela when she was a child. now a single mother of 2 little boys who are venezuelan, she has had to return. she is desperate. >> i need to find food for my kids and find a job that will allow me to look after my boys. , some partsht become dormitories. 300 people, families included, sleep on this roundabout every night, and some have been here for months. increasing numbers turned to prostitution to earn some money, desperate to move forward any way they can. katy watson, bbc news, on the colombian border. laura: you are watching "bbc world news america." still to come on tonight's program, scholar, diplomat, architect of the nuclear age. how

we are rule on the venezuelan people. we a re fortu nate rule on the venezuelan people.erican countries gathered here today. we want to advance peace and prosperity for all of our neighbours. i ask every country represented here today to be prepared to do more to address this very real crisis. we call for the full restoration of democracy and political freedoms in venezuela. full restoration of democracy and politicalfreedoms in venezuela. the problem in venezuela is not that socialism has been poorly implemented, but that socialism has been faithfully implemented. from the soviet union to cuba to venezuela, wherever true socialism or communism has been adopted, it has delivered anguish and devastation. those who preach the te na nts of devastation. those who preach the tenants of these discredited ideology is only contribute to the continued suffering of the people who live under these cruel systems. america stands with every person living under a brutal regime. 0ur respect for sovereignty is also a call for action. all people deserve a government that cares for their s

>> do you share president trump's hostility towards the venezuelan iwo ji venezuelan's regime and what is your that u.s. military intervention might be required? do you support that and would you be an advocate? >> a proposal to impose sanctions on venezuela for what is happening, it was a democratic country and at this time, is no longer. there are political prisoners of venezuela. people who are in jail only because they think differently than mr. maduro and i was the first to prime minister, the wife of the -- who was jailed because mr. maduro didn't like him. but there were many others who were sent to swral. in venezuela, there was a parliament and a local government has made up this other parliament, which has its meet next to the other parliament and that's legislation. they've created a commission for the truth, which is an antidemocratic tool, which only serves to judge people without respecting minimum human rights standards. venezuela is on the road to the dictatorship, unless that can be stopped, so those who shared values such as democracy, freedom and human rights have to

for tougher sanctions against the venezuelan government? >> translator: we're spearheading in the european union a proposal to impose sanctions on venezuela on what is happening in venezuela is unacceptable. venezuela traditionally was a democratic country. at this time, it's no longer a democratic country. there are political prisoners in venezuela. there are people in jail, only because they think differently than mr. maduro. i was the first prime minister, the wife of a man jailed because mr. maduro didn't like him. but there were many others who were sent to jail. in venezuela, there was a parliament. the government has made up this other parliament, which is -- has its meeting next to the other parliament. and that legislation, they've created a commission for the truth, which is an anti-democratic tool, which on serves to judge people without respecting the minimum human rights standards. venezuela is on the road to dictatorship unless that can be stopped. so all of us who share values such as democracy, freedom and human rights have

like to thank leaders in this room for condemning the regime and providing vital support to the venezuelan people the united states has taken important steps to hold the regime accountable we are prepared to take further action if the government of venezuela persists on its path to impose authoritarian rule on the venezuelan people we are fortunate to have incredibly strong and healthy trade relationships with many of the latin american countries gathered here today our economic bond forms a critical foundation for advancing peace and prosperity for all of our people and all of our neighbors i ask every country represented here today to be prepared to do more to address this very real crisis we call for the full restoration of democracy and political freedoms in venezuela. the problem in venezuela is not that socialism has been poorly implemented but that socialism has been faithfully implemented. from the soviet union to cuba to venezuela where ever true socialism or communism has been adopted it has delivered anguish and devastation and failure those who preach the tenants of these discr

the venezuelan people are starving and their country is collapsing.he wealthiest countries in the world for a long period of time and now the people are starving in the country is collapsing. who would think that's possible? their democratic institutions are being destroyed. the situation is completely unacceptable. as responsible neighbors and friends of the venezuelan people our goal must be to help them regain their freedom, recover their country and restore their democracy. i would like to thank the leaders in this room. we have some great leaders in this room. i want to thank them for condemning the regime and providing the vital support to the venezuelan people. most of the media, the press, a lot of other leaders have no idea the tremendous people without exception in this room are doing as leaders of their country and helping the people of venezuela. i can tell you we really appreciate it and the world really appreciates it. thank you all very much. we appreciate that so much for the united states has taken important steps to hold the regime a

i used to be healthy and strong. 25,000 venezuelans crossed the border every day.order every day. while many of the time, an increasing number are choosing to stay. authorities are feeling the pressure. at first we said we are going to help you and the situation got worse. they start receiving tonnes of people and the government says, stop, we can't receive any more. her father was killed by pa ramilitaries. receive any more. her father was killed by paramilitaries. their family fed to venezuela when she was a child. now a single mother of two little boys she has had to return and is desperate. i need to find food for my kids and find a job that will allow me to look after my boys. at night, some parts become dormitories. abbott 300 people sleep on this roundabout every night. some been here four months. the increasing numbers turn to prostitution to earn money, desperate to move forward they can. next, let's update ourselves on the situation with the england cricketer ben stokes. he has been ruled out of international cricket indefinitely. the england and wales cr

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military intervention might be required if the venezuelan government doesn't change course. do you support that and would you be an advocate within the eu for tougher sanctions against the venezuelan government? >> translator: we're spearheading in the european union a proposal to impose sanctions on venezuela. what is happening in venezuela is unacceptable. venezuela traditionally was a democratic country and at this time, it's no longer a democratic country. there are political prisoners in venezuela, there are people who are in jail only because they think differently than mr. maduro. i was the first, prime minister, the wife of a man who was jailed because mr. maduro didn't like him. but there were many others who were sent to jail in swevenezue. there was a parliament and the government has made up this other parliament which has its meeting next to the other parliament. and enacts legislation. they've created a commission for the truth which is an anti-democratic tool which only serves to judge people without respecting minimum human rights standards. venezuela is on t

the venezuelan people are starving and their country is collapsing. their democratic institutions are being destroyed. this situation is completely unacceptable and we cannot stand by and watch as a responsible neighbor and friend. we, and all others, have a goal and that goal is to help them regain their freedom, recover their country and restore their democracy. i would like to thank leaders in this room for condemning the regime and providing vital support to the venezuelan people. the united states has taken an important step to hold the regime accountable. we are prepared to take further action if the government of venezuela persist on its path to impose authoritarian rule on the venezuelan people. we are fortunate to have incredibly strong and healthy trade relationships with many of the latin american countries gathered here today. our economic bond forms a critical foundation for advancing peace and prosperity and for all of our people and all of our neighbors. i asked every country represented here today to be prepared to do more to address t

military intervention might be required if the venezuelan government doesn't change course? do you support that? would you be advocate within the eu for tougher sanctions against the venezuelan government? >> we're spear heeding in the european union a proposal to impose sanctions on venezuela. what is happening in venezuela is unacceptable. venezuela traditionally was a democratic country and at this time it is no longer a democratic country. there are political prisoners in venezuela. they are in jail only because they think differently than mr. maduro. i was the first, prime minister to, who is the wife of the lopez, who was jailed because mr. maduro didn't like him but there were many others who were sent to jail in venezuela. there was a parliament and the government has made up this other parliament which has meeting next to the other parliament and enacts legislation. they have created a commission for the trying which is anti-democratic tool which only serves to judge people without respecting minimum human rights standards. venezuela is on the road to dictatorship,

president also warned his venezuelan counterpart of further action unless he restores democracy to the nation he accused president nicolas maduro of inflicting terrible misery and suffering on his people. this corrupt regime destroyed a thriving nation by imposing a failed ideology that has produced poverty and despair everywhere it has been tried to make matters worse magaro has defied his own people stealing power from their elected representatives to preserve his disastrous rule. the venezuelan people are starving the united states has taken important steps to hold the regime accountable we are prepared to take further action if the government of venezuela persist on a path to imposing authoritarian rule on the venezuelan people now the fourth major atlantic hurricane of the year has hit the small caribbean island of bimini co as a category five storm hurricane maria has maximum winds of two hundred sixty kilometers an hour prime minister roosevelt skerrick took to facebook to report on the storm as it happened he said the winds amiss elice we shall survive by the grace of god he we

myself halfsider venezuelan. i am married to a venezuelan woman. a lot of it was hard to read.n the transcripts came in from the reporters on the ground, it is so raw. i will tell you that we identified any number of people to participate in this project. they said yes, yes, yes i will go. at the last moment one after another backed out. i think there are a number of reasons that was happening. it became clear to me as material came in is it is just too raw, too emotional. many people broke down during the interviews. it is really hard to talk about these things, and about how you physically change. we wrote in the piece , when they see themselves, the new versions of themselves, it is a constant reminder of how their lives have fallen apart. julia: for us looking at those pictures, they look pretty healthy. but when you look at the before picture, the change in them. david: there is gallows humor that calls the weight loss the maduro diet. just think about it this way conceptually. if we were to randomly sample americans, half a dozen americans and we had gone to a similar cri

. >> it certainly came out awkwardly from the venezuelans and what their government is doing to theireople is horrifying, they deserve better but the military option will do nothing to undermine the venezuelan government and there is no will in the united states for military option in venezuela. on iran with all due respect we need our inspectors in iran and even french president emmanuel macron argued ending the deal ends our ability to see what they are doing and the international inspectors do see that and we need with as well a to work with our allies, not push them away. >> the venezuelan issue we don't need military force, it will collapse on its own. we need to worry about helping the un get into stabilize the country. we are seeing venezuela on the road to being a failed state like libya. that is a good way to take it seriously. on the iranian issue we have had the ability to monitor with the iranians are doing and that is part of the problem, we see too many people helping the iranians move this down the road. it is only happening, helping the iranians become more aggressive.

the venezuelan people are --rting, and their country are starving, and the country is collapsing.heir democratic institutions are being destroyed. this situation is unacceptable and we cannot stand by and watch as a responsible neighbor and friend, we and all the others have a goal. that goal is to help them regain their freedom, recover their country, and restore their democracy. i would like to thank leaders in this room for condemning the regime and providing vital support to the venezuelan people. the united states has taken important steps to hold the regime accountable. we are prepared to take further action if the government of venezuela persists on its path to impose authoritarian rule on the venezuelan people. we are fortunate to have incredibly strong and healthy trade relationships with many of the latin american countries gathered here today. ar economic bond forms critical foundation for advancing peace and prosperity for all of our people, and all of our neighbors. i ask every country represented here today to be prepared to do very realdress this crisis. we call her

president also warned his venezuelan counterpart to further action as he was told democracy you accuse president maduro of inflicting terrible misery and suffering on his people this corrupt regime destroyed a thriving nation by imposing a failed ideology that has produced poverty and despair everywhere it has been tried to make matters worse. has defied his own people stealing power from their elected representatives to preserve his disastrous rule. the venezuelan people are starving the united states has taken important steps to hold the regime accountable we are prepared to take further action if the government of venezuela persist on a path to imposing authoritarian rule on the venezuelan people the fourth major atlantic hurricane of the year has plowed into the small caribbean island of dominique as a category five storm hurricane maria had maximum sustained winds of two hundred sixty kilometers an hour when it made landfall dominic as prime minister was one of those who had to be rescued one man's been killed off a shot so far during a pro kurdish independence event in quetta cru

even if so let's take a minute the venezuelan has become for the us a kind of an obsession and it's not the first time the same happened during bush's tenure and back then the usa got no where it was the same during obama's time and they got nowhere again and now sadly president donald trump has not paid attention to president maduro as readiness to cooperate by diplomatic means such corporation would respect the sovereignty of both countries i meant they were not less important political forces that call for military intervention into the domestic affairs of their own country must be condemned their actions are actually criminal those are put forward such demands betray their country political forces that demand a blockade of their country that would affect all its citizens betray the values of the republic i open pose the question imagine that the opposition party in any european country see friends called for the usa for her example spain or germany to intervene militarily in the times to overthrow the government in office or likewise imagine the us opposition to the administration o

the plaza is venezuelan.ere else, mutant versions of the 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 about a lot of sauces. all right. okay. >> anthony: what is this neighborhood? , women: some people call it 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. >> absolutely. >> a lot over half >> women: even if they are not latin. you can't get a job if you're in the service industry. 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, like you have imploding a casino or like a hyena grabbing an antelope on the hoop. you try to tunnel through the soft parts first. this is part

the venezuelan people are starving and their country is collapsing. their democratic institutions are being destroyed. the situation is completely unacceptable, and we cannot stand by and watch. as a responsible neighbor and friend, we and all others have a goal -- that goal is to help them regain their freedom, recover their country, and restore their democracy. i would like to thank leaders in this room for condemning the regime and providing vital support to the venezuelan people. the united states has taken important steps to hold the regime accountable. we are prepared to take further action if the government of venezuela persists on its path to impose authoritarian rule on the venezuelan people. we are fortunate to have incredibly strong and healthy trade relationships with many of the latin american countries gathered here today. our economic bond forms a critical foundation for advancing peace and prosperity for all of our people and all of our neighbors. i ask every country represented here today to be prepared to do more to address this very

like to thank leaders in this room for condemning the regime and providing vital support to the venezuelan people. the united states has taken important steps to hold the regime accountable. we are prepared to take further action if the government of venezuela persists on its path to impose authoritarian rule on the venezuelan people. we are fortunate to have incredibly strong and healthy trade relationships with many of the latin america countries gathered here today. our economic bond forms a critical advancement of peace and prosperity for all our people and all our neighbors. i ask every country represented here today to be prepared to do more to address this very real crisis. we call for the full restoration of democracy and political freedoms in venezuela. call call [ applause ] the problem is not that socialism has been properly implemented but that it has been faithfully implemented. from the soviet union to cuba to venezuela, wherever true socialism or communism has been adopted, it has delivered anguish and devastation and failure. those who preach the tenants of these ideologies

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the venezuelan people are starving and their country is collapsing. their democratic institutions are being destroyed. this situation is completely unacceptable and we cannot stand by and watch as a responsible neighbor and friend. we and all others have a goal. that goal is to help them regain their freedom, recover their country and restore their democracy. i would like to thank leaders in this room for condemning the regime and providing vital support to the venezuelan people. the united states has taken important steps to hold the regime accountable. we are prepared to take further action if the government of venezuela persists on its path to impose authoritarian rule on the venezuelan people. we are fortunate to have incredibly strong and healthy trade relationships with many of the latin-american countries gathered here today. our economic bond forms a critical foundation for advancing peace and prosperity for all of our people and all of our neighbors. i ask every country represented here today to be prepared to do more to address this very rea

many venezuelans are coming to columbia. we're opening our arms. we have an obligation. a matter of concern. that is why we are so interested in solving the problem in venezuela. it is a very rich country. it has the largest reserves of oil in the whole world, bigger than saudi arabia. think the venezuelan situation ,ould very easily be improved if they have a good government. david: we have seen new sanctions levied by the u.s. against venezuela. things haven't changed that much. do you have a sense of what needs to change for the situation to improve? when you talk to president trump tonight, what will you advise him to do? >> i'm going to hear what president trump has in mind. we told him that military intervention is something that was not in the agenda of any .ountry in latin america pressure in a collective way, and showing the communities oft venezuelan people, and showing the regime that there will be the support whatsoever, hopefully this will bring a change. said: the white house president trump stressed the importance of columbia doing its utmost to eliminate

for tougher sanctions against the venezuelan government? >> translator: we're spearheading in the european union a proposal to impose sanctions in venezuela. what is happening in venezuela is unacceptable. traditionally it was a democratic country and at this time it is no longer a democratic country. they're political prisoners. there are people in jail only because they think differently from mr. maduro. the wife of the person who was jailed because mr. maduro didn't like him. there were many others who were sent to jail. there was a parliament and the government has made up this other parliament chflt has its meeting next to the other par amount and that's legislation. they've created an anti-democratic tour which seeks the judge people without respecting minimum high school rights standards. venezuela is on the road to dictatorship unless it can be shared. so we have to do something at this point. sanctions are important. it is important there is an international coalition so democracy is restored. this lack of democracy and the attack

the venezuelan people are starving.ountry is collapsing, was one of the wealthiest countries in the world, for a long period of time, and now are the people are starving and the country is collapsing. who would think that's possible. the democratic institutions are being destroyed. the situation is completely unacceptable. as responsible neighbors and friends, our goal must be to help them regain their freedom, recover their country and restore their democracy, i would like to thank the leaders in this room -- we have some great leaders in this room. i want to thank them for condemning the regime and providing the vital support to the venezuelan people. most of the media, the press, other leaders have no idea the tremendous job that the people -- without exception in this room -- are doing as leaders of this country, and helping the people of venezuela, and i can tell you, we really appreciate it and the world really appreciates it. thank you all very much, the world appreciates it so much. the united states is taking s

general assembly the venezuelan foreign minister jorge out of hossa said that the u.s. should think twice about trying to invade his country given its ongoing political crisis one input on the on a as if he were the world's emperor president donald trump used this room built for peace to announce from your and the total destruction of member states he uses threatening unilateral and illegal measures as if he had dictatorial absolute power over the sovereign members of this organization from out he also also spoke with reporters after his speech before the un general assembly he said that the u.s. is too fixated on venezuela's socialist economy and that it should be looking for a closer relationship with god all of us however it's not clear whether the foreign ministers called for a more dialogue will actually resonate with the trumpet ministration. well as the crisis deepens in venice when our hunger continues to grip the country a survey by a top university has found the average for this well and has lost nine kilograms in weight in the past year many families are now

general assembly the venezuelan foreign minister jorge out it hasa said that the us should think twice about trying to invade his country given its ongoing political crisis one impediment down to see him as if he were the world's emperor president donald trump used this room built for peace to announce your and the total destruction of member states he uses threatening unilateral and illegal measures as if he had dictatorial absolute power over the sovereign members of this organization for. out it also also spoke with reporters after his speech before the un general assembly he said that the u.s. is too fixated on venezuela's socialist economy and that it should be looking for a closer relationship with august however it's not clear whether the foreign ministers call for more dialogue will actually resonate with the trumpet ministration. the eventual nicole economic and political process is having a severe effect on people's health a survey by three of the nation's top universities found that the average venezuelan has lost nine kilograms in the past year many families and are forced

trumps trying to do now with venezuela and the poor venezuelans want to avoid that at all costs they even end the ad by john they need saying let us not miss this opportunity in the words of john lennon let's give peace a chance. now you can be a communist or socialist and believe that gosh this time it's going to work like all those other times you can believe only capitalism brings out greed in people and that giving more control to the government somehow will equal more freedom and utopia go ahead believe that or you can also believe the un's report about how venezuela's socialist government is committing lots of human rights offenses and is trashing their own country right now i am not venezuelan i do not live there so i am not going to try to say what's right or wrong for them i'm just saying where's the outrage over this meddling by venezuela and the new york times seriously the new york times just took two hundred thousand dollars from the socialist then as well and government to run a giant ad against their own government and nobody bats an eye at the same time they're losing

north korea be he named and shamed the bad guys the iranians the north koreans the syrians the venezuelans for killing their own people running concentration camps doing terrible things both internally and externally and then three he challenged the member states of the u.n. because he said look you can't blame the u.n. if things are going wrong it's the actual member states the u.n. that have to get together and make a difference so i thought it was a hard hitting speech you alluded to the issue with iran and he came out and was pretty tough on the iranians i'm glad he did it he also praised nationalism said he puts america first and that every nation through should put themselves first. if you follow up on that if iran puts itself first it will want to build nuclear bombs if both korea puts itself first it will want to be more powerful can that be contradictory well look i think what he was saying is that we have to have strong he was talking about leaders building up their own countries and doing it in a positive way he was talking about building up our. families building up our economi