the soviet's and the western hemisphere align.on with the biggest military parade ever staged in cuba, featuring tanks and other heavy weapons from russia and red czechoslovakia. shortly afterwards, castro demanded the united states embassy drastically reduce his staff to 11 persons. it was the last straw in his long campaign of provocation. president eisenhower broke off diplomatic relations with a message read by press secretary haggerty. >> there is a limit to what the united states in self-respect can endure. that limit has now been reached. our friendship for the cuban people is not affected. it is my hope and my conviction that in the not-too-distant future, it will be possible for the historic friendship between us once again to find reflection and normal relations of every sort, meanwhile, our sympathy goes out to the people of cuba now suffering under the yoke of a dictator. ♪♪ >> the assault has begun on the dictatorship of fidel castro. cuban army pilots open the first phase of organized revolt with bombing raids on thr

we are a neighbor in the western hemisphere and it is also a better understanding that we ndhave the capacity to actually gete in there if we are consistent predict part of the problem is that under this administration, they pulled out essentially the previous administration, a lot of the continuum work essentially came to a standstill. >> that wasa from vice presidet kamala harris, what are you hearing from the vice president more significant what will change moving ahead with the biden's along the border. >> certainly as you mentioned, the polling is sort of minute run of the main issues that they sort of struggled to find the right messaging on the policies on and something the republicans have really attacked this administration and blamed them for what we've seen at the border.se in the first few months in office. i think the vice president is sort of what a she's missing is sort of her few weeks and she has been put in charge of the northern triangle at least, that this is going to take time when some point happen overnight. in then' republicans especially sort of skeptical. i

it is perhaps the greatest mass rally staged in the western hemisphere, a telling demonstration of castro'she cuban masses. showing other aspect of his character, the unpredictable castro dons a baseball uniform to pitch a full ending in a benefit game for his agrarian land reform on. his new president tosses the first ball and the game is on. castro pitching is credited with striking out the three batters he faces. this is one game where the ump really has to be careful. viva fidel. ♪ narrator: in havana, the soviet deputy premier joins a counterpart at the soviet fair in new york city. of more significance is fidel castro as the opening ceremonies. the one-week visit are part of a program to woo the goodwill of castro in cuba. while he was boosting russia n industrial and military achievements, a soviet composer was leading the city symphony orchestra. the soviet may have made real progress toward link trade and reestablishing diplomatic relations, thus adding to american headaches in our troubled relations with this caribbean neighbor. ♪ narrator: cuba celebrates the seventh anniversary

-- interfering in the affairs of the western hemisphere is the best-known passage. the washington doctrine of unstable alliances, though it derives, ironically, from thomas jefferson's first inaugural in which he articulated a similar viewpoint, having picked up that from the washington example. it is noteworthy that the maxims of washington and munro regarding permanent foreign alliances were followed until 1949 when the united states joined nato. as an impressionable young man for whom the revolutionary experience was life-changing, james monroe developed a deep respect for george washington. in those days, washington's approbation and encouragement aided munro as he began his public service career. over time, as domestic politics and international relationships involved, their differences on policy became a personal estrangement, never to be overcome while both lived. the last words that washington spoke in regards to james monroe, as we have seen, were in anger, or perhaps, they were in frustration, tinged with regret. 23 years had passed from the start of their

it is perhaps the greatest mass rally ever staged in the western hemisphere.emonstration of castro's sway over the cuban masses. the unpredictable castro dons a baseball uniform to pitch a fuel inning. his new president tosses the first ball and the game is on. castro pitching is credited with striking out the three batters he faces. ♪ ♪ in havana, the soviet deputy premiere opens the counterpart of the soviet fair in new york city. of more significance is the presence of -- are part of a broad front program to woo the good will of castro and cuba. havana's intelligence heard the soviet composer leading the city's symphony orchestra. despite isolated demonstrations, the soviets may have made progress in reestablishing diplomatic relations, adding to america's headaches with this caribbean neighbor. is>>> cuba celebrates the seventh anniversary of castro's revolutionary movement with a red chinese delegates that will march past the reviewing stand. the observance where he directed the revolt against the batista regime, is one of his few public appearances. cast

fernandez: the monroe doctrine basically says the western hemisphere belongs to the united states. it's been used to justify u.s. invasions in latin america for more than a century. trp: we seek a peaceful transition of wer, but all options are open. nothing could be better for the future of venezuela and nothing coulbe better for the futu another ctive nation, cub trump: the dictator madu is a cuban puppet. pence: the peoplof venezuela are essentlly cuba's hostage. pompeo: cuba is the true imperialispower in venezuela. boltonif this afteoon, 20 to 25,000 cubans lt venezuel i think maduro would fall by midnight. [fernando speaking spanish] [both speaking spanish] [berriz speaking spanish] [doorbell rings] reporter: doctors and nurses from cuba touch down in milan. they're there to provide support and expertise to the hospitals in italy. [juan jesus speaking spanish] [juan jesus speaking spanish] [both speaking spanish] [muro speaking spanish] fernandez: cuba'international medical program began in 1960 when it sent a health brigade to chile in response to a deadly earthquake. since

the backbone of a revolution new to the western hemisphere.se conditions give men like che guevera the confidence he felt last march when he said that cuba was only chapter one in a revolution over all of thousand america. a candidate for the presidency of brazil. during a visit to cuba, he said he would follow the example set by castor in his country if elected. he also said brazil had many problems like cuba, problems of corruption, problems of inflation. he said there was a long-overdue need for basic reform. three weeks ago he won brazil's presidential election with a landslide majority. if his opinions about the cuban revolution have not changed, chapter two in the battle of america may be written with or without a revolution in south america's largest nation. whatever happens to castro in cuba or in the future, whether castro stays on as leader or his revolution fails, cuba will never be the same again. it will never go back to things as they were. south america will never be the same again, either. pope john warned that the gulf between

while the warning to europe resisted interfering in the western hemisphere is the best known passage. while monroe's statement later in the document is essentially a restatement of what could be called the washington doctrine. this term actually exists and i did not know this, the washington doctrine of unstable alliances, though it derives, ironically, having picked up on that in the washington example. there is no worry that the maxims of washington and monroe were largely followed until 1949 when the united states joined the north atlantic treaty organization. as an impressionable young man for whom the revolutionary experience was life changing, james monroe developed a deep respect for george washington. in those heavy days, george washington's aprobation and encouragement aided monroe as he began his career. as revelations evolved in the new public, monroe helped to create them. the last words that washington spoke in regard to monroe, as we have seen, were in anger. or perhaps they were in frustration tinged with regret. 23 years have passed since the start of their war service

as a great victory for soviet foreign policy and its desire to have inroads into the western hemispheregh cuba. khrushchev saw this as an indication of weakness and indecision on the part of the american president and at their later summit in vienna and the end of the summer of 1951, khrushchev beat up kennedy rhetorically and later that summer, put up the berlin wall. khrushchev also saw this as an opportunity to change the strategic and balance -- strategic and balance by putting these medium-range and intermediate range missiles secretly in cuba, his intent was that he would be able to get away with it and announce -- and force western concessions on other issues like berlin. host: did president kennedy or anyone from that united states ever admit the country's role in the bay of pigs invasion? nicholas: oh, i think so. it was pretty clear to all through the media, through the exiled community, that the cia had been involved, again, kennedy took responsibility for it. but an important legacy of all of this is this -- the fact that kennedy learned decision-making from this, he learned

particular had already acted against what he thought was going to be a soviet beachhead in the western hemisphereatemala. he used cia in a covert action to oust the democratically elected president of guatemala, in 1954. cuba, as castro gets closer to the soviet union ends and accepts arms, is starting to implement socialist policies, is accepting soviet advisors from the kgb and military, eisenhower believed that we had an even bigger problem with cuba becoming part of the soviet orbit, than in guatemala years previously. for eisenhower, it was a matter of keeping the soviets out of our hemisphere and the saying is, it is only 90 miles from the united states. why kennedy went forward with it is a little harder to justify, he did campaign in the 1960 election on freeing cuba, on providing support. he was actually and wittingly saying what the eisenhower administration was doing secretly. he was advocating it openly. he was politically committed to moving forward on that and he inherited this plan, this plan that had grown from a guerrilla infiltration and supply operation to a conventional amphib

they are still very solidly with him as the backbone to the revolution new to the western hemisphere. these are the conditions that give a man like che guevara, castro's right-hand man in havana, the confidence he felt last month when he said cuba was only chapter one in a much bigger revolution to come in the whole of south america. he wasn't betting his guns. at that time, he was a candidate for the presidency of brazil. during the visit, he said he would follow the example set by fidel castro in his country if he was elected. he also said that brazil had many problems like those in cuba, problems of corruption, problems of inflation. he said there was a long overdue need for basic reforms. three weeks ago, daniel won brazil's presidential election with a landslide majority. his opinions about the cuban revolution has not changed since that visit. chapter two in the battle of america may be written with or without a revolution in south america's largest nation. whatever happens to castro in cuba or to his revolution in the future, whether castro stays on as the maximum leader, or wh

we are a neighbor in the western hemisphere.that we have the capacity to actually get in there, if we are consistent. part of the problem is that under the previous administration they pulled out essentially a lot of what had been the continuum of work. and it essentially came to a stand still. >> you're rebuilding it. >> we have to rebuild it. and i've made it very clear to our team that this has to be a function of a priority that is an american priority, and not just a function of whoever happens to be sitting in this chair because, for example, looking at, again, the root causes. extreme weather conditions has had a huge impact on one of their biggest industries, which is agriculture, including drought. right? a residual point is not only about the economic devastation and what we need to assist with economic development and relief but it's also, they've got extreme hunger there and food insecurity. what we need to do to address that. because again, if parents and if children cannot literally eat, if they cannot have the bas

united states as a great victory for soviet policy and its desire to have in roads into the western hemisphere through cuba. khrushchev saw this as an indication of weakness and indecision on the part of the american president. and at their later summit in vienna in the summer of 1961 khrushchev basically beat up kennedy rutorquely and then later that summer put up the berlin wall. khrushchev also saw this as an opportunity to change the strategic imbalance in nuclear force posture by putting these medium range and intermediate ranged missiles secretly in cuba. his intent was that he'd be able to get away with it and then announce it as a fait accompli and force western concessions on other issues like berlin. >> did president kennedy or anyone from the united states ever admit the country's role in the bay of pigs invasion? >> oh, i think so. yes. i mean, it was pretty clear to all through the media, through the exile community that cia had been involved. again, kennedy took responsibility for it. but an important legacy of all this is this -- the fact kennedy learned about decision making fr

we are a neighbor in the western hemisphere. is also about understanding that we have the capacity to actually get in there, if we are consistent. part of the problem is that under the previous administration, they pulled out essentially a lot of what had been the continuum of work. it essentially came to a standstill. >> you are rebuilding ing it? >> we have to rebuild it. i made it clear that this has to be a function of a priority that is an american priority and not just a function of whoever happens to be sitting in this chair. because, for example, looking at the root causes, extreme weather conditions has had a huge impact on one of their biggest industries which is agriculture, including drought. right? so a residual point not only is about the economic devastation and what we need to do to assist with economic development and relief, but it's also -- they have extreme hunger there and food insecurity. so what we need to do to address that. if parents and if children cannot literally eat, if they cannot have the basic es

states as a great victory for soviet foreign policy, and its desire to have inroads in the western hemisphereough cuba. khrushchev saw this as an indication of weakness and indecision on the part of the american president. at their later summit in vienna on the summer of 1960 one, khrushchev basically beat up kennedy rhetorically, and later that summer, put up the berlin wall. khrushchev also saw this as an opportunity to change the strategic imbalance in nuclear force posture by putting these medium-range and intermediate range missiles secretly in cuba. his intent was that he would be able to get away with it and then announce it and force western concessions on other issues like berlin. host: did president kennedy or anyone from the united states ever admit the country's role in the bay of pigs invasion? guest: oh, i think so. yes. it was pretty clear to all, through the media, to the exiled community, that cia had been involved. again, kennedy took responsibility for it. but in important legacy of all this is the fact that kennedy learned about decision-making from this. he learned not to

and its desire to have inroads into the western hemisphere through cuba.hrushchev saw this as an indication of weakness, and indecision on the part of the american president. and at their later summit in vienna, in the summer of 1961, chris schiff basically beat up kennedy rhetorically. and then that summer put up the berlin wall. chris schiff also saw this as an opportunity to change the strategic imbalance in nuclear force posture by putting these medium range and intermediate range secretly these missiles secretly in cuba. and he thought he would be able to get away with it, and announce it as a fait accompli and force western concessions on other issues like berlin. >> did president kennedy or anyone from the united states ever admit the country's role in the bay of pigs invasion? >> oh i think so. yes. it was a pretty clear to all, through the media and the exile community, the cia had been involved and again kennedy took responsibility for it. but an important legacy of all this is this you don't the fact that kennedy learned about decision-making fr

this is about the western hemisphere.n hemisphere and it is also about understanding that we have the capacity to actually get in there if we're consistent. part of the problem is that under the previous administration they pulled out essentially a lot of what had been the continuum of work. and it essentially came to a stand still. >> harris: vice president kamala harris is set to meet virtually with guatemala's president today and she says she is planning to visit the northern triangle in june. no word on when she may go to the border. she has mentioned covid-19 concerns as an obstacle to a visit but my next guest points out vice president has managed the travel around the nation this past month. arizona republican congressman andy biggs is chairman of the house freedom caucus. your first thoughts reacting to -- a date in june, we know it's a crisis. >> my first reaction was that her statement that she made was pretty nonsensical and incoherent in some respects. reality is she took a trip to the wrong border. she went t

lived across the street from the world's largest -- not the world but the largest port in the western hemisphere, l.a. and long beach. talking about migration, migration historically, that is what people do. they migrate because that is necessity. they need to go to a place where they can have a better life. i don't have a problem. my best friend was born in tijuana, came here, got amnesty. we have had this discussion before. funny, we had it yesterday, about there is a new -- not political shift. boundaries are political. human nature is political. but the boundaries we have now are artificial. but i think people are failing to see is we are changing our shape out here. my friend and i are thinking, why don't we have a cooperation? this idea of mexico versus the united states? this isn't happening anymore. i've grown about here. the majority of the population in california is hispanic. when i call the police it is a hispanic police officer. when i go to the doctor, it is a hispanic doctor. my boss is a hispanic woman. to me, it is kind of a fact but not a determining factor to me. my friend too

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heart of stroke today we are proud to say that apart from tesla we are the only ones in the western hemisphere out of all those startups who have actually produced a road worthy car for a book review of the fast. and now they're shifting up a gear the people mover has made the cut and is slated to become the star of the cable bus project and it will be driverless for that reason to be as mine it is meeting with his colleagues from the institute for automotive engineering at aston university they're at the forefront of research into autonomy striving. the researchers are testing the concept in one of the most modern simulators in the world. here and they're looking into how the movements of a driverless bus impact the senses of its passengers. this prototype called speedy has already passed through the simulation process kit it out with the latest technology it aims to provide a driving experience for the future. just as a team will be a. coach . it's about improving mobility not restricting it and making it environmentally friendly my job is not only to make that happen but to try it out and t

military interference across the western hemisphere u.s. president joe biden is now working not only for regime change in countries like venezuela but to militarize mexico guatemala and honduras to mitigate his detention of nearly 20000 unaccompanied children joining me now from the capital washington d.c. as someone who made the journey from us baghdad squad run door a former u.s. justice department attorney loose for pat is now at the southern poverty law center and she joins me now thank you so much louis for coming on so why has the by the administration meant to record high number of unaccompanied children i mean nearly 20000 in march 172000 encounters. is apparent in journalists not allowed to these detention camps will why reason is multifold. in all fairness biden inherited a huge mess from the former administration of president trump but what he has failed to do much to the. dismay of persons who are immigrant rights advocates and human rights advocates is to effectively deal with a situation that is solvable there is a way that th

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of this nation to regard any nuclear missile launched from cuba or against any nation in the western hemisphere as an attack by the soviet union on the united states things eased up a little since then of course the us is a very different country the soviet union hasn't existed for nearly 3 decades but cuba cuba remains the same along with its ever so poor relations with the u.s. we will not live saying actions on the cuban regime we will enforce the embargo. we reaffirmed today that any strategy that seeks to destroy the revolution either through coercion and pressure or by using subtle methods you will feel. that troika of tyranny in this hemisphere cuba venezuela and nicaragua has finally met its match so i guess that you left out the secretary of the united states is deliberately lying by calling cuba a sponsor of terrorism this is slander and an insult to gates or you know for sure freedom and democracy then it was 4 years ago the age of castro is coming to an end but is the anticapitalist cuba heading the same way while raul castro says over his dead body. but it does nothing nothing obli

is so powerful and so secure over here in the western hemisphere, we can do projects like that in a placeafghanistan, for a long time, without people here at home really feeling the hi t. butt has been costing us billions of dollars. and we do have other priorities. and just look at the amount of time this is going to take up on joe biden's agenda. when he still has to deal with china, the pandemic, our relations with other allies and lots of other problems. one of the many reasons why the sooner the u.s. can be gone from afghanistan the better. >> have talked to a lot of people who voted for donald trump. military exhaustion and fatigue and the sense that these people largely military families that i was speaking to from the south and midwest of america felt as if they fought over generations of conflicts, not only in afghanistan and iraq, but before that vietnam, korea, etc. but that the quid pro quo from trade, dealing with engaging in international affairs was going to benefit them. they think they fought the cold war and china won, o they see what is going on in these foreverars, can

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we also announced the naming of an envoy who had played a prominent role in the western hemisphere in the past for the u.s. government. the president has asked the vice president to play an elevated role in engagement and negotiations with the northern tranquil, hence our discussion about her role there and the path forward there. -- northern triangle. we are happy to have had the expertise of ambassador jacobson for as long as we have there's an ongoing process and i know there's a lot of eagerness in learning more. the president has not made the decisions about the vast majority of his ambassadorial nominations. reporter: president biden has made very clear that his top priorities for the infrastructure plan is to create jobs and stimulate the economy. jerome powell says economic forecasters already see this happening. i wonder if the optimism level changes the presidents priority in the plan at all and offers more wiggle room for negotiation in certain areas? jen: we don't need as many jobs? reporter: if the goal of the plan is to create jobs and stimulate the economy, they say tha

el salvador honduras in a bad way honduras and especially is the 2nd poorest country in the western hemisphere but late last year 2 back to back storms really polarized especially honduras and guatemala now in terms of especially the surge of unaccompanied minors children that it turning up on the u.s. border it's been suggested that at least in part this is due to a policy change under president biden's of ministration that says that basically unaccompanied minors would immediately be expelled out of the country as soon as they get back in they would be sent back to mexico or they'll be left there in the country to be able to pursue their at their asylum case in the united states now that's been cited as one of the reasons that people are sending their children or bringing their children if their parents were ready in the united states to try and cross over and of course as these children pass through mexico they're passing a country that we as a team have gone through the stages with migrants many times and it's a country that's riddled with organized crime demanding kidnapping or demanding