and the venezuelan government. venezuelan people. for them, the cuban government, and the needs of the cuban government are as if they were the needs of the venezuelan government and, some -- in some instances, even more, the priority is higher in terms of taking care of the cuban government and regime than taking care of their own people of venezuela and the ties between both countries are very intense. they encompass a large sector, including mainly security, intelligence, but it is also the venezuelan government take in on itself, as a responsibility, to some art the development of the cuban government. however, as far as i understand, the cuban economy has suffered significantly from lack of this massive inflow of resources that used to come from venezuela. but, even in this dire situation , cuba remains a priority. maybe in a lesser capacity to provide the massive inflow, which i -- at some point, there was 110 million barrels of oil per day, some figures i have read recently are talking about 50 million barre

the venezuelans. both companies are very, very intense, they can pass a large sector, including mainly security intelligence, but it's also the venezuelan government has taken on itself as a responsibility to support the development plans of the cuban government. however, as far as i understand, the cuban economy has suffered significantly from the lack of this massive inflow of resources that used to come from venezuela. but even in this very dire situation, cuba remains a priority. maybe in a lesser capacity to provide a massive inflow, which at some point there was 110 million barrels per day. some figures i have read recently are talking about 50 million barrels per day. i don't know how accurate those are. but just the messages that even in this very dire situation, cuba remains a priority for the venezuelan government. >> this has been a fascinating pads that says panel. we need to be all engaged in this crisis as much as possible moving forward. so thank you for being here, thank you to the thr

government, cuban people and venezuelan. the cuban government and the needs of the cuban government are -- in some instances the priority is higher in terms of taking care of the cuban regime, taking care of their own people of venezuela. it is very intense and can pass a large sector of security intelligence but also the venezuelan government has taken on itself as a responsibility to support development plans of the cuban government but as i understand the cuban economy has suffered significantly from this massive inflow from venezuela but even in this dire situation cuba remains a priority with capacity to provide massive inflow and at some point it was 110 million barrels of oil per day. some figures talk about 50 million barrels per day. don't know how accurate those are but the message is even in this situation cuba remains a priority. >> this has been a fascinating panel. one of the main things you hear is doing nothing has consequences so we need to be engaged as much as possible so thank you for being here. thank yo

in peru, where on average convenie venezuelans cross each day.ny of the surrounding countries. ecuador and brazil declaring states of emergency. and at that brazilian border, violence. migrant encampments attacked by angry residents. cheer as they are forced back across the border. but as the gateaway company, colombia has born the brunt of it. here more than a million venezuelians are taken in. police roam the streets, cracking down on convenient venezuelans. those without passports are deported back. the streets surrounding the bridge are known as the stop. it is now a no man's land for those who have just left venezuela. stuck in limbo. the money they saved was just enough to get them here. women even willing to sell their hair for just a few dollars. wow, those are purses made of venezuelan money. >> throws $50 bills. it shows you how cheap the currency is. that the paper has more value than the currency. much of the humanitarian burden has fallen on churches and religious groups. like this food pantry. one of the largest in the area. the nee

into the new year after colombia peru now hosts more venezuelans trying to escape economic hardship than any other country but on the sanchez has been following their stories from the. by nothing i mean is going to buy you has been selling coffee on the streets of lima since she arrived from venice willing november the thirty two year old is qualified in food quality control but she's afraid she'll get in trouble for trying to work in an industry she knows well she missed the october deadline to apply for a work permit by just a few weeks i'm afraid we came here to work legally and to be in the country legally i don't want to do anything against the law to do so so-called foreign police along with immigration officials are conducting inspections across the capital to ensure venus williams half the required permits to work out of the muzzle by the immigration chief. said the briefly detained some than a swell and for security reasons. sadly some people have committed crimes and that makes us sad because it affects the way peruvian see them and it also makes peruvians afraid. of the i

plus a look at what economic collapse means for venezuelans in the new year. when america's sneezes the world catches a cold so the saying goes when there's a perceived weakness in the world's biggest economy the ripple effect elsewhere now as we're headed into the new year global financial markets felt a chill all on concerns over the health of the u.s. economy the dow jones industrial average saw its worst christmas eve trading day in history even though economic fundamentals like g.d.p. are still pointing to the upside there's a cocktail of factors flashing a pessimistic message the u.s. government partial shutdown higher u.s. interest rates donald trump's tweets criticizing the central bank then there's the rumbling trade tensions with china which threaten to derail growth. and that's where i started when i caught up with russell jones from long island consulting is the year wrapped up i don't expect that to be any major retreat from the sort of protectionism war mccance alist policies that the us president is pursuing so any truce i think is likely to be

this is the video venezuelan president nicolas maduro posted online. we have signed contracts today to guarantee investments of more than five billion dollars with our russian partners and joint ventures to raise oil production. we are also guaranteeing an investment of more than one billion dollars for mining mostly in gold all russian investments we also have signed a contract to guarantee all the wheat six hundred thousand tons of wheat for the people of when this way it is all guaranteed for twenty one thousand and beyond. you must. we contracts are as important to the venezuelan people as any economic deal food shortages have left people hungry with shelves empty and stores closed has been on rest in the streets and many have fled to neighboring colombia. the crisis in oil rich minnesota iowa once one of the wealthiest countries in south america started with falling oil prices mismanagement and u.s. sanctions intensified the problems the international monetary fund is expecting inflation to hit ten million percent next year. long enjoyed close tie

we note venezuelans have reached out. have been court the russians and the russians have been courting them as have the iranians and the chinese. vladimir putin is striking a deal with nicolas maduro. i don't think we can tolerate this. i don't think the u.s. is going to allow this. and i think this is going to put maduro in a weaker spot. when washington find out he has the likes of vladimir putin and his cronies hanging out in venezuela, we won't allow it. >> washington needs to find out who in venezuela realizes their ideology has failed. find the pragmatic people in the administration people willing to talk to the opposition. bring it back to the democratic norms and tilt back to the i.s. because that's the best thing for the country. trish: i talked to a gentleman, andre cole. he would love to see his country get back on its feet. >> i think most of venezuelans would. let me put it to you this way. it used to be halliburton, the big oil services company down in houston hit $120 million in revenue per month. not on is

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so, in the face of all that, venezuelan president nicolas maduro has turned to russia for help. venezuela‘s major creditor and one of the last remaining allies for mr maduro — who has become largely isolated from the international community. joining us now from washington is eric farnsworth. he is the vice president of the council of the americas. good to have you with us. does the sort of support russia is giving to venezuelan undermine the sanctions that the west have put in place? potentially it does. what president maduro is looking for from russia potentially it does. what president maduro is looking forfrom russia is two things, one is international recognition of his regime, as you mentioned he is increasingly isolated and there are not that many countries abroad that will receive him these days, or will do so favourably, and number two it is looking for financial support to roll over some of the loans russia has given to venezuela, billions of dollars, or perhaps new money which the venezuelans dollars, or perhaps new money which the venezuela ns want dollars, or perhaps

the average venezuelan losing 20 pound because of lack of nutrition. you see the money on the ground it's worthless with inflation rampant. >> i think the fact they are willing to speak to you here, on some level there has to be an -o be an acknowledgment that things aren't working well. trish: what do you think they need, what do you think they want? they are talking to me. they are talking to our viewshes. they are saying we want a diplomatic channel. but do they really -- i don't think they should have it with russia, china and iran. >> given the sanctions, they feel they need to reach out to somebody. maybe it's a way to get our attention. they may not have any other resources to export the oil. but a lot of the oil licenses are being groonltd those countries. the longer it goes, the less chance we have to get paid back. trish: i want to keep talking to them and talking to the vice president rodriguez. and i would like to talk to nicolas maduro himself. i think it's important that u.s. hear from him. and it's important that the american hostages ge

plus a look at what economic collapse means for venezuelans in the new year. when america's sneezes the world catches a cold so the saying goes when there's a perceived weakness in the world's biggest economy the ripple effect elsewhere now as we're headed into the new year global financial markets felt a chill all on concerns over the health of the u.s. economy the dow jones industrial average saw its worst christmas eve trading day in history even though economic fundamentals like g.d.p. are still pointing to the upside there's a cocktail of factors flashing a pessimistic message the u.s. government partial shutdown higher u.s. interest rates donald trump's tweets criticizing the central bank then there's the rumbling trade tensions with china which. grows. and that's where i started when i caught up with russell jones from llewellyn consulting is the year wrapped up i don't expect that to be any major retreat from the sort of protectionism war mccance alist policies that the u.s. president is pursuing so any truce i think is likely to be only short lived an

i said are you doing business with the venezuelans.re you taking money from vladimir putin and the answer was question. they are taking money from vladimir putin, from the chinese, from the iranians, anyone willing to extend them that cash has basically got an entry in. a lot of americans may be watching this program. why should we care? >> it's in our hemisphere. we are dealing with people with the same culture we have. the same religion we have. the same faith perspective we have. evangelical christianity has grown in venezuela during this time. and the people we are work with in country, the reverend patushi came out of nowhere and he got over a million votes. what we want to do is capitalize on that and get food and relieve the suffering so that's not one of the problems we have. trish: one of the concerns is the migration. you have an estimate 8 million venezuelas want to go leave the country. more than one million percent and estimated to be as high as 10 million percent. so clearly there is no reason for a lot of people to be th

rampant inflation has brought venezuelans to seek desperate measures.apse. the economic crisis has caused severe food shortages across the country. rather than reporting on the widely documented caracas and the colombian—venezuelan border, alexander houghton‘s film covers the smuggling trade. there were so many areas in venezuela that there was a complete blackout, so one particular spot was the gulf of paria, which is only a six—boatjourney away from trinidad & tobago. local papers in trinidad & tobago spoke of piracy, spoke of a fleet of fishermen seeking to buy basic food staples. but no—one was really reporting on what was really going on on the venezuelan side, so that is what we wanted to do. through a local fixer, alexander and his team metjhan, a fisherman desperate for food and medical supplies for his daughter and diabetic father. the family had expected the government to help, but nothing had arrived for months. despite the dangers, jhan decided to join the smuggling trade. just beforejhan could board the boat, he had to abandon the trip in f

laura is a longtime venezuelan journalist who was formerly the director of the venezuelan newspaper diario 2001. in january, 2015, she o-founded with luz reyes ffecto cocua. it means the fire fly effect. an expression of laura and luz's faith in the power of journalism to illuminate important truths even in a very dark time. in turkey, the threat came from a muslim prime minister, now president, he had juan, who lso rows --ered gone, who -- erdogan, who also rose to power. a tax judge was among those caught up in the change. beat back en erdogan a coupe, the judge was doing work here in the united states. he's remained here since in exile. he's been told that because of his membership in an independent judicial group he would likely be arrested if he returns home. i was in turkey in 2003 shortly after the president's justice and development party came to power. it seemed at the time a beacon of hope, a moderate muslim country that had shed military ule and was fully committed to democracy. in the first few years there was dramatic economic growth, a robust media environment and much excite

the united nations is expecting at least another two million venezuelans to flee their country in thecoming year maybe in neighboring pearl says two thousand people across in over its border every day peru is a second biggest holes for venezuelan refugees after colombia but as mariana sanchez reports officials are enforcing tougher measures for the new arrivals godfrey's me but when i buy nothing i mean it's going to buy you has been selling coffee on the streets of lima since she arrived from venice willing november the thirty two year old is qualified in food quality control but she's afraid she'll get in trouble for trying to work in an industry she knows well she missed the october deadline to apply for a work permit by just a few weeks i'm afraid we came here to work legally and to be in the country legally i don't want to do anything against the law to do so so-called foreign police along with immigration officials are conducting inspections across the capital to ensure been a swill and half the required permits to work. and as he was about immigration chief. said the briefly de

is warning at least two million more venezuelans are likely to flee their country next year neighboring peru says two thousand people are crossing its border every day it's already hosting the second largest number of venezuelan refugees after columbia but as my ana sanchez reports from the ma new arrivals are facing stricter immigration controls. got me begging when our bank got me i mean it's going to buy you has been selling coffee on the streets of lima and she arrived from business willing november the thirty two year old is qualified in food quality control. all but she's afraid she'll get in trouble for trying to work in an industry she knows well she missed the october deadline to apply for a work permit by just a few weeks i'm afraid we came here to work legally and to be in the country legally i don't want to do anything against the law to do so so-called foreign police along with immigration officials are conducting inspections across the capital to ensure venus williams half the required permits to work out of the muzzle by the immigration chief. said the briefly detained so

they will send out surveillance planes to shadow the russians and venezuelans.toring the exercises. wolf. >> brian, that will potentially giving the venezuelans and russians intelligence of their own, right? >> reporter: absolutely. as u.s. planes and ships monitor the exercises, the russians and venezuelans will gather intelligence on the americans, on their spying capabilities and how to evade them. this is the kind of cat and mouse that goes on, but it can turn dangerous in a blink. >> sure could. thank you for that report. >>> there's breaking news coming up. the president is diggin in on a government shutdown unless congress gives him billions of dollars for a border wall with mexico. we're going to see a stunning clash over it with democratic leaders. it played out in front of the cameras in the oval office. ♪ ♪ this holiday season, families near you need your help. visit redcross.org now to donate. ♪ there's no place likargh!e ♪ i'm trying... ♪ yippiekiyay. ♪ mom. ♪ ♪ >>> happening now, breaking news. shut it down. president trump says he would be proud t

we know thatshery: chile takes d 20,000 venezuelans a month.is the crisis in venezuela? and what can be done in order to help the people of venezuela? minister ampuero: the crisis of venezuela is not only a tragedy for venezuelans. the dictatorship of maduro has , theit very difficult daily life for venezuelans. they are trying to leave or leaving the country. chile is a country far, far away from venezuela and we have 200,000 people from venezuela. we have received them and we have a very positive experience with them. ile is an open country. if you look around in latin america, and columbia there are 2 million venezuelans and in brazil, the number is huge. , 400,000. or 600,000. in ecuador, 400,000. not christ in venezuela is only an international crisis, it's a hemispheric crisis. shery: roberto ampuero, chile's minister of foreign affairs. plenty more coming up. this is bloomberg. ♪ a military aircraft with the remains of former president is en route toh washington for official ceremonies including a state funeral. casketrers carried his ac

for the venezuelans in the line here, it's difficult. their country once had a robust medical system. now many tell me their children have never even seen a doctor. at this stage willing area we met 3-year-old emily and her mother ruby. each month the growth on emily's eye was getting bigger. doctors say untreated it would have grown so large she would no longer be able to see but on this day for emily a 17-minute chopper flight to a life-changing surgery. she has no idea why the united states is here, but she said god put them here. >> come with me. >> reporter: the cost to treat more than 16,500 on the "comfort," $2.4 million in medical supplies. >> that's what america has always been about, supporting our neighbors. >> reporter: today emily and her mother are back on shore. emily now health and her future uncertain. as this mission of mercy wraps up, the crisis in venezuela is only getting worse. the united nations estimates by march of next year upwards of 4 million venezuelans will have fled the country. that's more than escaped war

these venezuelans are arrived here this morning and are stranded now because through started asking for a passport and they don't have one. place to treat the brothers three plus three brothers in the middle east that's. all systems go everything is ready for space. with this app already eastham hopes to become one of the world's biggest of the asian hops if you now fly long distance wire dubai francs and paris to london chances are you may soon be changing planes here instead. indonesia's on forces are constantly airlifting in relief goods things that people here need most water sood medication. right here in this village council office five people will be to death by a mob last month police say the people were driven by videos walks up claiming that kidnappers are on the loose. travel just so bad that we had to leave our car behind and jump on a motorbike many of the truck drivers told us that he basically is an open secret that if you're right some of the security forces who are in charge of arranging the traffic you can jump the line put it on. the majority of the snakes here of ani

i have an exclusive interview with venezuelan vice president rose are you guess.ce president all about this. joining me right now. the author of "lion of evil." robert mcinnis. i don't like the idea of vladimir putin being able hang out there effectively with a launch pad. >> in 1962 when the castro brothers brought in the soviets and put missiles there, we came the closest ever to a nuclear exchange with russia. what is happening here, on the 10th of december two 2, u160s flew into caracas. they have been there twice before in '08 and '13. they are talking about use an island that even chavez promised a few years ago before he died that perhaps the russians could use. if this happens we have something reminiscent of what happened in '62. you have deliverable nuclear weapons perhaps. but also because we are pulling out of the 1987imf treaty with the russians. there is a good chance because of what putin has been saying, i'm going to put missiles closer to you, the united states. we never expected they would be to our southern flank. and that will create real scena

russia's government has sent bombers halfway around the world to venezuela the russian and venezuelan people should see this for what it is to corrupt governments squandering public funds and squelch in liberty and freedom while the people suffer. this verbal exchange following to deployment to russian strategic bombers here in venice well what earlier on monday as part of a brode military cooperation between moscow and caracas we witnessed the arrival of two russian white swans he is my report. here it is one of the russian tupolev to one. joint. bubble was was just. that just a column but it. was. no . running. from the base and russia's no. cross have. covered the distance no more than ten thousand kilometers and they flew over it at plenty before they let it hear it it is well it. was sixteen supersonic strategic bomber like jet on the natick but if occasion no one in russia has a wide swath. it is designed to deliver nuclear and conventional weapons and strike strategic targets they may carry out wow miss out had ones that keep up with such flights are useful to us within russia

in december, 19198, venezuelans had -- 1998, venezuelans had much more to celebrate on christmas. the vast welcome of the country welcomed the promise of a change. he represented new politics. he was far away from traditional political parties. and he had this charisma, this appeal, that let people feel they could identify with him immediately. but just at that moment, when everyone was full of hope, my friend, camilla hernandez, was prepared to migrate for the second time in his life. i thought he overreacted when he said that he had already had communism, socialism with fidel castro in cuba. with that, i thought come on, this is venezuela. what happened in cuba would never happen here. it happened to us. and now i see countries around the world where people are convinced that something like this could never happen to them. and i keep telling them, it can happen anywhere. before the arrival of hugo chavez, journalists were highly regarded by society. in venezuela, journalists were at the top tier of popularity. wherever we went, we would be greeted by people, especially the less

making music together the venezuelans who arrived in argentina with little except their instruments. hello there is a very quiet weather wise across the northern parts of asia at the moment is also a role that chilly for many of us as well with pyongyang only getting to around five of course in tokyo will be getting to eight the temperatures will be rising there as we head into wednesday so tokyo should get up to around twelve degrees instead for the west there it's definitely staying cool for xenu and but so with a maximum of minus twenty six but night we're dropping down to around minus thirty five it really is very cold here for the southeastern parts of china plenty of fine dry weather to be found on choose day but on wednesday the clouds will be building so for many of us three who bay through and he and out towards shanghai the cloud will be thick enough to give a few outbreaks of rain and some of them could turn out to be rather heavy should be dry towards the south or hong kong getting to around twenty five for time rondo a few more showers here particularly if you're in the

as millions of venezuelans flee the turmoil at home some find sanctuary in the music of when a virus. belarus's president accuses russia of using its oil and gas supplies to deepen its control over the country and then sport river plate makes a spectacular return the point is that this is they celebrated their new trophy with ferns. hello there is pretty cool for many of us in europe at the moment we take a look at the satellite picture we can see this huge area of cloud here and that's the leading edge of the cold air that's really digging down into the southeastern parts of europe at the moment as we head through the day on tuesday we're going to see that push further and further into parts of turkey through into greece is well heavy downpours here and a lot of wintery weather over the mountains as well that system and sweeps its way back around and works its way across ukraine for ukraine and for many of us in the western parts of russia the temperatures will be below freezing over the next few days elsewhere we just above freezing but it's really not that warm around six in berlin

we want to be paid back, and i think we can align our interests with american countries when the venezuelannt decides that they're going to stop playing around -- trish: which would be a win for the venezuelan people too -- >> absolutely. trish: if they had some investment there, they might actually not be struggling so severely. so let me ask you this, the deadlines looming, the free world will no longer recognize maduro as president. so what does that open him up to? >> i think it opens him up to quite a bit of additional u.s. actions. trish: meaning? >> runs the gamut. there's a lot of different rurals, but quite honestly i think it opens up an opportunity for us to see who is ready to walk away from this failed socialist experiment and come back into the free world. trish: within the regime he has. other people will say, okay, i'm defecting. by the way, you just met with the former head of the supreme court in venezuela -- >> right. trish: -- in exile in miami. >> right. there's a government in waiting, and obviously, any kind of transition would have to incorporate that or just, they'd

target two k. a right wing economist who's frequently condemned the socialist government of the venezuelan leader nicolas maduro. the south korean president has received a letter from the north korean leader kim jong or knocking for talks in the new year president mungy ins office says kim was sorry he couldn't make a planned visit to the south before the end of the year kim moon met three times this year and they have made a series of cross border goodwill gestures those are your headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after the crusades an arab perspective i'll have the news out in half an hour. water an essential resource for all humankind across europe pressure to recognise water as a human right and put its management back into public hands is increasing i think that the european commission would be very very shameful is what's wrong with us is she on anybody's stonyfield. those people who see everything as something to invest a profit of they want all up to the last drop on al-jazeera. the year eleven twenty seven. i made the dean's indeed. becomes governor of mosul in northe

more coming up again peter thanks very much we'll see them more than two million venezuelans escaping economic crisis resettled in countries across south america in argentina some are resorting to music to cope with the difficulties of being away from home. met some of them in buenos aires. tradition an argentine tango music with a venice will end twist. on years came to win a scientist who escaped the crisis in venezuela now a member of this band it makes her feel just a bit closer to home i mean i left because when my baby was born i was afraid he could die because we couldn't find medicine that's why we came here now playing here helps to stay united and we will all take care of each other as a family. this is the latin box machine the band members met him when a site is made hands in venezuela they were part of a program known as the system it was set up. in the one nine hundred seventy s. and used to music to attract thousands of innocent children away from a life in crime and poverty you know can i say for the message of this band is that in spite of the difficulty and the suffe