. >> political confrontations in venzuela continued unabated.ile, foreign ministers of the south american bloc held an emergency meeting to help diffuse the crisis before it spirals out of control. >> translator: of course we want the region in peace. if there is a situation of crisis or conflict, as south american brothers we have to help. >> the bloc says it will send a commission to venzuela no later than april 1st for a dialogue and to accompany support and advise all sides in the conflict. >> translator: to be totally satisfied the resolution for democracy angstabilitiedty in the country >> reporter: it was venzuela that proposed the emergency meeting in the first place. while venzuela's government may welcome the involvement, many of its opponents feel the south american is to be seen with suspension. they are more interested in defending the institutional order, the fact that president maduro was elected rather than questioning the way they believe his government uses and abuses its power. >> perhaps but as the meeting ended, some foreign

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. >> the united nations is asking venzuela for permission to send in human rights observers. >> the opposition says the government is using motorcycle gangs to break up demonstrations. >> the the 2014 paralimpics. >> they decided against boycotting the games. any escalation would result in the ukrainian team leaving. >> ecigarettes. >> a substitute nicotine delivery system. >> studies found out ecigarette use more than doubled. >> it's increasing so rapidly that we are really concerned about what we are going to see in the future. >> we begin with a de russia refusing to negotiate and russian forces showing no signs of ever leaving crimea. ukrainian border guards say the number of troops has swelled to 30,000. a on friday a military truck smashed through the gates of a key missile defense post while masked armed men stopped european military observers from entering the country for a second straight day. russian ships called on the ukrainians to surrender. >> after all that's happened, i think we need to secede. we need to secede because i don't want to live with fascists. >> the crimean prime

celebrations and protests on the streets of venzuela today. supporters of the late hugo chavez marking the first anniversary of his death, following weeks of anti-government protests aimed at removing his suck sessor. daniel schwimler takes a look at how things have changed after the death of hugo chavez. >> the poster reads "chavez lives" a year after he died, there are thousands of them all over venzuela. this one even looking down on the rally by the opposition that's battling against his successor, nicholas maduro. he may be gone but hugo chavez is far unforgotten. >> he was the most noble man i have ever known. >> translator: chaves was our brother, our father, our friend, our liberator. to some, the former president has a saint like face. where his body was laid to rest. in the humble neighborhood where the anniversary of his death is being commemorated. just how much is president nicholas maduro hiding behind the image of his old friend and how far will the government go to use that image to keep their revolution alive? those are the qu

a fierce standoff underway in venzuela. thousands took to the streets after the death of popular former president hugo chavez. hope itt feelings would cool but that has not happened. al jazeera's daniel schw. mler reports from valencia where angry clashes have taken place. >> they have been blocking the roads in this middle class neighborhood in valencia every day and every night for nearly a month and the residents are tense. they viewed our approach with suspicion. karla, a 22-year-old student agreed to talk to us anonymously but then: an attack bethe government national guard. the latest of two or three such raids launched each night. no one was hurt and will resume the interview on the roof of a building overlooking the battleground. >> it is a human right to actually express your ideas. but within the constitution of the country, it is a constitutional right to actually protect. the situations have gotten so bad that this is our last chance. it's goitten to a point where it's here or it's done. >> that's why so many pe

. >>> anti-government protests in venzuela turned deadly again. now, the u.n.s asking for human rights monitors to be allowed into that country. >>> sexual assault within ranks. congress blocking a bill to strip military commanders of pour in cases involving sex crimes. >> the bit coin, i don't know anything about it. >> a magazine exposes the mystery man they say is behind the digital currency bit coin. why he says it is a case of mistaken identity. good morning and well, to al jazeera america. i am divisional winnel walters. russia is stepping up. it comes as some states are taking a hard line against moscow. foreign ministers from cents tral europe along with baltic countries are condemning russia's military presence in ukraine. they are asking the european union to take action and send a mission to kiev. tensions are heating up between the u.s. and russia one day after washington threatened sanctions, moscow is now hitting back. meanwhile, a u.s. navy warship is headed to the region as reports surface of 30,000 russian troops now on the ground in crimea. we

protesters battle police in the streets in venzuela today.egan as a student-led demonstration billed as the empty pots march before it could reach the food ministry offices. >> international women's day, many are highlighting the need for equal rights, reducing poverty and increasing health for communities. >>> those are the headlines on this saturday night. re "real money weekend" starts right now on al jazeera america. sass >> credit ukraine is in vague financial trouble. we'll take you inside venezuela where toilet paper is tough to find but gas is practically free. >>> plus the multibillion dollar commodity that literally falls out of the sky every day. i'm ali velshi. this is "real money."

. >>> a forther south american president condemns violence in venzuela.most of what we thought we knew about eating saturated fats wrong. the controversial call to land a bachelor before their bachelor's degree. i am antonio morrow. welcome to "consider this." here is more on what's

venzuela. is most of what we thought we knew about eating saturated fats wrong. controversial call to land a bachelor before their bachelor's degree. i am antonio morrow. welcome to "consider this." here is more on what's ahead. russian has an exed the region of crimean to haday after the u and european union imposed the toughest sanctions since the cold war. a defiant vladimir putin said crimean has always been an inseparable part of russia.

we report from a town at the center of anti--government protests in venzuela >> reporter: the national guard has been called out to keep control in many neighborhoods but many hearsay they just show up when it's too late, once the damage has been done. >>> russian president, vladimir putin says his country reserves the right to the protect citizens in ukraine. he told journists in moscow that the former ukrainian president was ousted from pour in an unconstitutional coup. he said troops had been invited in and were not russian soldiers but self defense forces. those same forces have been involved in this tense stand-off with ukrainian troops at an air base in crimea. warning shots were fired as the careeni ukrainians asked for access to their planes. >> standing by for us live in crimea. lawrence, pretty tense-looking stand-off there. tell us more about it >> reporter: well, yes, it was. in many ways, it was the exact opposite of what people have feared might happen overnight because these reports of the russians giving the careukraini until 5:00 o'clock local time to surrender or they

. >> protesters in the streets of venzuela, the police moved in to disperse the crowd before it couldch the food ministry's. >>> events regarding women's day, reducing poverty and increasing health for communities. >>> those are the headlines. i am jonathan betz. "fault lines" is next. forehead lines all day long, go to aljazeera.com. >> it's christmas eve, and us soldiers are preparing for their last months in afghanistan. about forty thousand are still here - by the end of the year, there'll be just eight thousand. we traveled to afghanistan in the midst of this transition. but on the base we found a story

. >>> a new report from human rights groups claims venzuela is using brutal force against protesters. people have died in the clashes in the past few weeks. north koreans went to the poles. there is one candidate for each district for the regime, voting is used as a census. those who don't vote are investigated. those are the headlines on this sunday night. we will stand by for the news conference on the missing airliner. the toughest place to be a ferryman starts right now. >> colin window is swapping a thousand ton car ferry in london for a wooden sampan in dhaka, bangladesh. >> this is gonna be a lot more involved than what i imagined, i tell ya. >> he'll be working in one of the busiest and most dangerous waterways on earth, where ferrymen take their lives in their hands every day.