ties to latin america? a deep dive into that possibility and what the changing political landscape in latin america holds after decades of sort of cold war-style american treatment of the political situation down there. but first, a look ahead at today's politics planner. you know a lot about what the president's up to today. a meeting with business leaders, talking about immigration. they want to make the case that they're doing other issues, besides the budget. not sure the public is hearing anything other than the budget. you're watching "the daily rundown," only on msnbc. [ tylenol bottle ] nyquil what are you doing? [ nyquil bottle ] just reading your label. wait...you relieve nasal congestion? sure don't you? [ nyquil bottle ] dude! [ female announcer ] tylenol® cold multi-symptom nighttime relieves nasal congestion. nyquil® cold and flu doesn't. ♪ the middle of this special moment and i need to run off to the bathroom. ♪ i'm fed up with always having to put my bladder's needs ahead of my daught

that was picked up in latin america. the emphasis on social agenda is something that's characterized the last decade. you can't understand the last decade. it actually started in 2003, the tremendous growth in latin america. this has been a very, very good decade for latin america. high growth rates, reduction in poverty. not only in poverty, in equality. the achilles of latin america, in a number of countries. this has been a very good decade and distancing from the united states. that's the other -- >> i want to talk about how much that played and this idea of chavez representing two different models of latin america future. r. but that doesn't mean i don't want to make money. i love making money. i try to be smart with my investments. i also try to keep my costs down. what's your plan? ishares. low cost and tax efficient. find out why nine out of ten large professional investors choose ishares for their etfs. ishares by blackrock. call 1-800-ishares for a prospectus which includes investment objectives, risks, charges

and and devotions of latin-america to the church. and devotions, one of the traditionalists of the church and that is a very important part of this global rink. >> father mesa, i will let you get to the celebration and prayers. i know you will participate in. i really appreciate you joining us. chris jansing, let me bring you back in. we have talked about the growth of the church, especially during the hardest and most difficult times when the details of the abuse that were emerging and lawsuits. the great focus is on latin-america, asia and africa as places where the church could grow at a time when so many, quite honestly, in states have grown skeptical of the direc of the church and here we have this kn momentous occasion, a pope from south america. >> we are watching, and a key question so many of us had, and that you have talked about tamron and we talked about ever since pope benedict decided to step down, is would the church find a new direction. would the church have a new face geographically in terms of its theology. and whi

latin america. first pope from latin america. i can't recall a jesuit assuming the papacy. i just can't recall one. and the junior colleesuits, the jesuit tradition is social justice. serving the poor. the roots of catholicism. the pope has spent his life in argentina. his priesthood in argentina ministering to the poor. to aids victims. to the hungry. to the homeless. he's a charitable person. he's a humble person. as chris just pointed out, i think there's a segment of american catholics who will be disappointed because, you know, i think many of them were looking forward to a pope who would come in and say, all right. we're going to assume women into the priesthood. we're going to address the issues of celibacy in order to grow the priesthood. but his record is such that he is a conservative theologian. yet given his age i have a strong suspicion that he is a bridge to a new generation of catholicism that will, perhaps, grow and prosper even more. >> even though he's 76. >> yes. he's 76. i think there is some among the college of cardinals who are looking toward a younge

communities of people throughout latin america are mourning the death of. the venezuelan leader enjoyed tremendous popular support in his country as well as the whole region he won four presidential elections and had ruled venezuela for fourteen years so you see this liberation process not only on the venezuelan people but also of all the latin american peoples must continue. chavis allowed us to restore faith in latin america regions so that a profound transformation in the region can be carried out that's the only guards and the empire will no doubt be happy and celebrating the news empire is the word a host of south american leaders and used to refer to the united states in washington president obama extended his sympathy to the chavez family and heralded quote a new chapter in the history of latin america but the u.s. congress was not as restrained in their reaction to the death of the venezuelan leader the chairman of the house foreign affairs committee had this to say his death then. the u.s. leftist leaders in south america good riddance to this dict

communities of people throughout latin america are mourning the death of. the venezuelan leader enjoyed tremendous popular support in his country as well as the whole region he won four presidential elections and had ruled venezuela for fourteen years so you see this liberation process not only on the venezuelan people but also of all the latin american peoples must continue. chavis allowed us to restore faith in latin america region so that a profound transformation in the region can be carried out the only guards and the empire will no doubt be happy and celebrating the new empire is the word a host of south american leaders and used to refer to the united states in washington president obama extended his sympathy to the chavez family and carol that quote a new chapter in the history of latin america but the u.s. congress was not as restrained in their reaction to the death of the venezuelan leader the chairman of the house foreign affairs committee had this to say his death. to us leftist leaders in south america good riddance to this dictator in the med

communities of people throughout latin america are mourning the death of. the venezuelan leader enjoyed tremendous popular support in his country as well as the whole region he won four presidential elections and had ruled venezuela for fourteen years so you see this liberation process not only on the venezuelan people but also of all the latin american peoples must continue. this allowed us to restore faith in latin america region so that a profound transformation in the region can be carried out the only garcon of the empire will no doubt be happy and celebrating the new peace empire is the word a host of south american leaders and used to refer to the united states in washington president obama extended his sympathy to the chavis family and herald it quote a new chapter in the history of latin america but the u.s. congress was not as restrained in their reaction to the death of the venezuelan leader the chairman of the house foreign affairs committee had this to say his death then the laws of the us leftist leaders in south america good riddance to this

communities of people throughout latin america are mourning the death of. the venezuelan leader enjoyed tremendous popular support in his country as well as the whole region he won four presidential elections and had ruled venezuela for fourteen years so you see this liberation process not only on the venezuelan people but also of all the latin american peoples must continue. chavis allowed us to restore faith in latin america region so that a profound transformation in the region can be carried out those are the only guards and the empire will no doubt be happy and celebrating the new empire is the word a host of south american leaders and used to refer to the united states in washington president obama extended his sympathy to the chavis family and heralded quote a new chapter in the history of latin america but the u.s. congress was not as restrained in their reaction to the death of the venezuelan leader the chairman of the house foreign affairs committee had this to say his death then the laws of the us leftist leaders in south america good riddance to

communities of people throughout latin america are mourning the death of charteris. joyed tremendous popular support in his country as well as the whole region he won four presidential elections and had ruled venezuela for fourteen years so you see this liberation process not only on the venezuelan people but also of all the latin american peoples must continue. chavis allowed us to restore faith in latin america region so that a profound transformation in the region can be carried out that's the only guards and the empire will no doubt be happy and celebrating the news empire is the word a host of south american leaders and used to refer to the united states in washington president obama extended his sympathy to the chavez family and heralded quote a new chapter in the history of latin america but the u.s. congress was not as restrained in their reaction to the death of the venezuelan leader the chairman of the house foreign affairs committee had this to say his death then. the us leftist leaders in south america good riddance to this dictator in the media a slew of

communities of people throughout latin america are mourning the death of. the venezuelan leader enjoyed tremendous popular support in his country as well as the whole region he won four presidential elections and had ruled venezuela for fourteen years so. this liberation process not only on the venezuelan people but also of all the latin american peoples must continue. chavis allowed us to restore faith in latin america region so that a profound transformation in the region can be carried out the only garson the empire will no doubt be happy and celebrating the news empire is the word a host of south american leaders used to refer to the united states in washington president obama extended his sympathy to the chavez family and heralded quote a new chapter in the history of latin america but the u.s. congress was not as restrained in their reaction to the death of the venezuelan leader the chairman of the house foreign affairs committee had this to say his death then. the us leftist leaders in south america good riddance to this dictator in the media a slew

communities of people throughout latin america are mourning the death of which office the venezuelan leader enjoyed tremendous popular support in his country as well as the whole region he won four presidential elections and had ruled venezuela for fourteen years so you see this liberation process not only on the venezuelan people but also of all the latin american peoples must continue. chavis allowed us to restore faith in latin america region so that a profound transformation in the region can be carried out those are the only guards and the empire will no doubt be happy and celebrating the news empire is the word a host of south american leaders and used to refer to the united states in washington president obama extended his sympathy to the chavez family and heralded quote a new chapter in the history of latin america but the u.s. congress was not as restrained in their reaction to the death of the venezuelan leader the chairman of the house foreign affairs committee had this to say his death then the laws of the us leftist leaders in south america good riddance to this dictator

communities of people throughout latin america are mourning the death of. the venezuelan leader enjoyed tremendous popular support in his country as well as the whole region he won four presidential elections and had ruled venezuela for fourteen years so you see this liberation process not only on the venezuelan people but also of all the latin american peoples must continue. chavis allowed us to restore faith in latin america regions so that a profound transformation in the region can be carried out that's the only guards and the empire will no doubt be happy and celebrating the news empire is the word a host of south american leaders and used to refer to the united states in washington president obama extended his sympathy to the chavez family and heralded quote a new chapter in the history of latin america but the u.s. congress was not as restrained in their reaction to the death of the venezuelan leader the chairman of the house foreign affairs committee had this to say his death. to us leftist leaders in south america good riddance to this dictator in

communities of people throughout latin america are mourning the death of. the venezuelan leader enjoyed tremendous popular support in his country as well as the whole region he won four presidential elections and had ruled venezuela for fourteen years so you see this liberation process not only on the venezuelan people but also of all the latin american peoples must continue. chavis allowed us to restore faith in latin america region so that a profound transformation in the region can be carried out the only garcon of the empire will no doubt be happy and celebrating the news empire is the word a host of south american leaders and used to refer to the united states in washington president obama extended his sympathy to the chavis family and heralded quote a new chapter in the history of latin america but the u.s. congress was not as restrained in their reaction to the death of the venezuelan leader the chairman of the house foreign affairs committee had this to say his death then. a us leftist leaders in south america good riddance to this dictator in the m

now calls leftist populist governments in latin america came to power partly in reaction to decades of the us recklessly meddling in the affairs of the region for years washington had seen many of those countries as its outposts after chavez was elected in one thousand nine hundred nine a host of other leaders in latin america followed his example to varying extents including but not limited to ever morales in bolivia rafael correa in ecuador and then you look in nicaragua chavez may not have been as hardened in his views against washington if not for allegations of the tacit support of the bush administration in the coup against him in two thousand and two he met with bill clinton a couple times they got along just fine it was really only with george bush then when things really were turned sour and especially after the coup attempt within forty eight hours of the start of the cool with the help of the military and vast popular support chavis returned to power by during that short period when he was the post some in the us hurried to celebrate the new york times for example ran this a

millions of people throughout latin america are mourning the death of. the venezuelan leader enjoyed tremendous popular support in his country as well as the whole region he won four presidential elections and had ruled venezuela for fourteen years so you see this liberation process not only on the venezuelan people but also of all the latin american peoples must continue. chavis allowed us to restore faith in latin america region so that a profound transformation in the region can be carried out that's the only guards and the empire will no doubt be happy and celebrating the news empire is the word a host of south american leaders and used to refer to the united states in washington president obama extended his sympathy to the chavez family and herald it quote a new chapter in the history of latin america but the u.s. congress was not as restrained in their reaction to the death of the venezuelan leader the chairman of the house foreign affairs committee had this to say his death. to us leftist leaders in south america good riddance to this dictator in

america and latin america's out of jude towards us is trussed up in our vote the result of which is already known before a single vote has been cast one thousand six hundred people with the entire fleet of this country these islands which are in pretty powerless condition i can tell you in their hands that's the very definition of gilbert and sullivan preposterousness i would say so what is the way forward it sounds like this will inflame the situation the un has asked britain in argentina to to both talk but britain wants the island is involved in those talks argentina says no in your opinion what is the way forward. well the thought your government was prepared to talk to argentina about sovereignty of perhaps a shared sovereignty agreement which seems to me likely to save on or on both sides and then the joint of the fascist dictatorship of argentina invaded and briefly occupied the islands a bloody war involving the death of thousands of people and the expenditure of vast treasure then took place and nothing has happened since britain has recently upped the ante sending a prince

communities of people throughout latin america are mourning the death of . the venezuelan leader enjoyed tremendous popular support in his country as well as the whole region he won four presidential elections and had ruled venezuela for fourteen years so you see this liberation process not only on the venezuelan people but also of all the latin american peoples must continue. chavis allowed us to restore faith in latin america region so that a profound transformation in the region can be carried out those are the only guards and the empire will no doubt be happy and celebrating the new empire is the word a host of south american leaders and used to refer to the united states in washington president obama extended his sympathy to the chavis family and heralded quote a new chapter in the history of latin america but the u.s. congress was not as restrained in their reaction to the death of the venezuelan leader the chairman of the house foreign affairs committee had this to say his death then. the us leftist leaders in south america good riddance to this dicta

communities of people throughout latin america are mourning the death of. the venezuelan leader enjoyed tremendous popular support in his country as well as the whole region he won four presidential elections and had ruled venezuela for fourteen years says you see this liberation process not only on the venezuelan people but also of all the latin american peoples must continue. chavis allowed us to restore faith in latin america region so that a profound transformation in the region can be carried out that's the only guards and the empire will no doubt be happy and celebrating the news empire is the word a host of south american leaders and used to refer to the united states in washington president obama extended his sympathy to the chavis family and herald it quote a new chapter in the history of latin america but the u.s. congress was not as restrained in their reaction to the death of the venezuelan leader the chairman of the house foreign affairs committee had this to say his death then the laws of the us leftist leaders in south america good riddance t

a pope from latin america. >> cardinal dolan of new york. a news conference just wrapped up in rome. we are back in a moment with some of the other news of this day including the growing opposition now over the tsa decision to allow knives back on planes. >>> a look at some of the other news tonight begins with a scene in louisiana as a huge fire continues to burn at a pipeline in the middle of the bayou. it started last night when a tugboat pushing a barge hit a liquified gas pipeline. smoke was visible 30 miles away in downtown new orleans. this section of the pipeline has been shut down. they are saying it could take tomorrow to burn off what's left. a manhunt in upstate new york tonight for a man suspected of killing four people and wounding two others earlier today. happened in two different towns in the mohawk valley where police say the 64-year-old suspect opened fire at a car wash and a barbershop. they say weapons and ammunition were found in his apartment. schools and a community college were locked down. it is not clear what was t

now calls leftist populist governments in latin america came to power partly in reaction to decades of the u.s. recklessly meddling in the affairs of the region for years washington had seen many of those countries as its outposts after chavez was elected in one thousand nine hundred nine a host of other leaders in latin america followed his example to varying extents including but not limited to ever morales in bolivia rafael correa in ecuador and daniel ortega in nicaragua charges may not have been as hardened in his views against washington if not for allegations of the tacit support of the bush administration in the coup against him in two thousand and two he met with bill clinton a couple times they got along just fine there was really only with george bush then when things really were turned sour and especially after the coup attempt within forty eight hours of the start of the coup with the help of the military and vast popular support travis returned to power. but during that short period when he was deposed some in the u.s. hurried to celebrate the new york times for example r

so washington may be hoping the death of its most vocal critic in latin america is going to result in an increase of its influence investigative journalist pepe escobar though says the u.s. will struggle to win over the venezuelan population. in fact obama's message was a bit ridiculous you know he said that we're going to stand united with the venezuelan people what kind of people does he mean does he mean that the people who elected and reelected chavez in thirteen out of fourteen democratic elections or does he mean these people go to new york and miami to trade martinis endemol nice job isn't a job used as evil dangerous communist this is ridiculous the most important thing in my opinion chavez in terms of a political leader he was always that referring to an international revolutionary tradition from outside to check with he was like a nailed fix of geopolitics of more there geopolitics bigger than now in fact because of the war almost all direct. and the same is why this is the morning edition of chavez the even foster. growth believe especially in the u.s. first of all venezuel

communities of people throughout latin america are mourning the death of. the venezuelan leader enjoyed tremendous popular support in his country as well as the whole region he won four presidential elections and had ruled venezuela for fourteen years so you see this liberation process not only on the venezuelan people but also of all the latin american peoples must continue. chavis allowed us to restore faith in latin america region so that a profound transformation in the region can be carried out the only guards and the empire will no doubt be happy and celebrating the news empire is the word a host of south american leaders and used to refer to the united states in washington president obama extended his sympathy to the chavez family and heralded quote a new chapter in the history of latin america but the u.s. congress was not as restrained in their reaction to the death of the venezuelan leader the chairman of the house foreign affairs committee had this to say his death then. the us leftist leaders in south america good riddance to this dictator in th

communities of people throughout latin america are mourning the death of. the venezuelan leader enjoyed tremendous popular support in his country as well as the whole region he won four presidential elections and had ruled venezuela for fourteen years so you see this liberation process not only on the venezuelan people but also of all the latin american peoples must continue. chavis allowed us to restore faith in latin america region so that a profound transformation in the region can be carried out the only garcon of the empire will no doubt be happy and celebrating the news empire is the word a host of south american leaders and use to refer to the united states in washington president obama extended his sympathy to the chavez family and herald it quote a new chapter in the history of latin america but the u.s. congress was not as restrained in their reaction to the death of the venezuelan leader the chairman of the house foreign affairs committee had this to say his death then the laws of the us leftist leaders in south america good riddance to this dict

. >> shepard: what does this mean for latin america and for the church in latin america? this is a development for which so many in latin america have prayed. >> this means the entire world can rejoice that the half of the world's catholic population produced a man who will lead the church. who will be peter. this is important to remember, the man has three names. born with his baptismal name, jorge. then he has to pick a name for pope. we'll hear that in just a moment. he's also going to be peter, the successor of benedict and he will be the successor of peter. >> shepard: cardinal jorge mario bergoglio. of the next pope. >> i was in the press office this afternoon and watched the guys in the italian -- putting up profiles and i saw bergoglio on two screens. >> shepard: there's been speculation and enormous anticipation. i believe hope among so many that the largest percentage of the population within the church today might some day be represented. at long last, they will be. >> this man is a good man. he is not a man who puts on airs. as i said, he rides the bus. he's a

communities of people throughout latin america are mourning the death of. the venezuelan leader enjoyed tremendous popular support in his country as well as the whole region he won four presidential elections and had ruled venezuela for fourteen years so you see this liberation process not only on the venezuelan people but also of all the latin american peoples must continue. chavis allowed us to restore faith in latin america region so that a profound transformation in the region can be carried out this will be only guardian of the empire will no doubt be happy and celebrating the new empire is the word a host of south american leaders and used to refer to the united states in washington president obama extended his sympathy to the chavez family and heralded quote a new chapter in the history of latin america but the u.s. congress was not as restrained in their reaction to the death of the venezuelan leader the chairman of the house foreign affairs committee had this to say his death then. a u.s. leftist leaders in south america good riddance to this dicta

communities of people throughout latin america are mourning the death of which office the venezuelan leader enjoyed tremendous popular support in his country as well as the whole region he won four presidential elections and had ruled venezuela for fourteen years so you see this liberation process not only on the venezuelan people but also of all the latin american peoples must continue. chavis allowed us to restore faith in latin america region so that a profound transformation in the region can be carried out the only guards and the empire will no doubt be happy and celebrating the news empire is the word a host of south american leaders and used to refer to the united states in washington president obama extended his sympathy to the chavez family and heralded quote a new chapter in the history of latin america but the u.s. congress was not as restrained in their reaction to the death of the venezuelan leader the chairman of the house foreign affairs committee had this to say his death then the laws of the us leftist leaders in south america good riddance to this dictator in the me

communities of people throughout latin america are mourning the death of. the venezuelan leader enjoyed tremendous popular support in his country as well as the whole region he won four presidential elections and had ruled venezuela for fourteen years so you see this liberation process not only on the venezuelan people but also of all the latin american peoples must continue. this allowed us to restore faith in latin america region so that a profound transformation in the region can be carried out this will be only guards at the empire will no doubt be happy and celebrating the new empire is the word a host of south american leaders and used to refer to the united states in washington president obama extended his sympathy to the chavez family and herald it quote a new chapter in the history of latin america but the u.s. congress was not as restrained in their reaction to the death of the venezuelan leader the chairman of the house foreign affairs committee had this to say his death then. the us leftist leaders in south america good riddance to this dictator

and the rest of latin america moving forward to talk about what might happen next in the country the good the bad and perhaps the ugly legacy of hugo chavez i'm joined now by jimmy brown global strategist with your global thank you so much for coming on and you for having me so you just wrote a really great article where you described chavez the first multiracial president breaking down the racist paradigm of power and period of them in the region a labrat on what you meant by well in latin america you have a very long tradition of people from the oligarchies who are usually of european descent that have been the leaders of the country but for the first time child as was the first known president we know to proudly proclaim his african and indigenous heritage so that is something that was really unprecedented now we have is in bolivia but before that it was only child is and it was his election in one thousand nine hundred nine and that many really argue spurred that possibility not only for leftist movements in latin america but also for able marla's the first indigenous president t

latin america, 501 million catholics there. as you pointed out, wolf, that is almost half of the world's catholic population. if this were a democracy, absolutely this group would rule especially when you consider that one-third of the north american catholics also are hispanic. this would be the group that decides. but this is not a dplox aemocra that makes it more surprising. italy over here is really relatively small in the big picture of things. just under 6 million people there who call themselves catholic, largely catholic country but a really small group. compare that to what we pointed out, 501 million in latin america. but now, look at the extraordinary change that happens when you look at the number of cardinals representing those areas. suddenly italy becomes huge with 28 cardinals representing that small group of catholics and only 19 representing all of latin america two from argentina. there is no way with this kind of political power in this room that this cardinal could have been elected without a lot of people

first of all, there has never been above from latin america. let america is a huge place which has been sort of underrepresented in the vatican. when you consider that 600 million people live and let america, 70 percent of home are roman catholic. that is one reason why this is a significant. the extent to which and the fervor with which led americans adhere to their catholicism, many people in the vatican thought it was underrepresented. not so now. now that they have a couple of their own in the vatican in rome, this is going to be extraordinarily significant. also, latin america was at war, one can say, and i think it is fair to say. i talk to people and the vatican to tell me this. there was a war going on for the soul of the church in latin america. the so-called liberation ideologists who tried to merge marxism, a form of marxism with christianity. many people say that two are incompatible, but there were individuals that were trying to do that in the 70's and 80's. this man and the cardinal before he became pope really sort of the spearh

communities of people throughout latin america are mourning the death of. the venezuelan leader enjoyed tremendous popular support in his country as well as the whole region he won four presidential elections and had ruled venezuela for fourteen years says. this liberation process not only on the venezuelan people but also of all the latin american peoples must continue. chavis allowed us to restore faith in latin america region so that a profound transformation in the region can be carried out that's the only guards and the empire will no doubt be happy and celebrating the news empire is the word a host of south american leaders and used to refer to the united states in washington president obama extended his sympathy to the chavis family and heralded quote a new chapter in the history of latin america but the u.s. congress was not as restrained in their reaction to the death of the venezuelan leader the chairman of the house foreign affairs committee had this to say his death. to us leftist leaders in south america good riddance to this dictator in the me

and the rest of latin america moving forward to talk about what might happen next in the country the good the bad and perhaps the ugly legacy of hugo chavez i'm joined now by jim you a brown global strategist with your global thank you so much for coming on and you for having me so you just wrote a really great article where you described chavez the first multiracial president breaking down the racist paradigm of power and period of them in the region a labrat on what you meant by that well in latin america you have a very long tradition of people from the oligarchies who are usually of european descent that have been the leaders of the country but for the first time chavez was the first known president we know to proudly proclaim his african and indigenous heritage so that is something that was really unprecedented now we have is in bolivia but before that it was only child this and it was his election in one thousand nine hundred nine that many really argue spurred that possibility not only for leftist movements in latin america but also for able morales the first indigenous presid

communities of people throughout latin america are mourning the death of which office the venezuelan leader enjoyed tremendous popular support in his country as well as the whole region he won four presidential elections and had ruled venezuela for fourteen years so. this liberation process not only on the venezuelan people but also of all the latin american peoples must continue. chavis allowed us to restore faith in latin america region so that a profound transformation in the region can be carried out the only guards and the empire will no doubt be happy and celebrating the news empire is the word a host of south american leaders and used to refer to the united states in washington president obama extended his sympathy to the chavis family and herald that quote a new chapter in the history of latin america but the u.s. congress was not as restrained in their reaction to the death of the venezuelan leader the chairman of the house foreign affairs committee had this to say his death then the lines of the u.s. leftist leaders in south america good riddance to this dictator in the med

and the rest of latin america moving forward to talk about what might happen next in the country the good the bad and perhaps the ugly legacy of hugo chavez i'm joined now by jim mueller brown global strategist with your global thank you so much for coming on and you for having me so you just wrote a really great article where you described chavez the first multiracial president breaking down the racist paradigm of power and period isn't in the region a labrat on what you meant by well in latin america you have a very long tradition of people from the oligarchies who are usually of european descent that have been the leaders of the country but for the first time chavez was the first known president we know to proudly proclaim his african and indigenous heritage so that is something that was really unprecedented now we have is in bolivia but before that it was only child is and it was his election in one thousand nine hundred nine that many really argue spurred that possibility not only for leftist movements in latin america but also for able marla's the first indigenous president to

america and today the map of latin america is very different politically it's a very different place georgy think that's because of chavez in many ways. i mean it's it's undeniable that chavez has played a powerful role in this but in reality electoral first of his morning expression of these revolutionary movements and sort of a point of coalescence and condensation of these popular demands because the reality is as i said they preceded chavez and one of the primary aspects of this was as alex has mentioned opposition to new liberalism but even before that in venezuela there was a struggle over what democracy meant since one hundred fifty eight the you know venezuela was under what had been understood as a very exceptional and stable form of democracy and yet what this was was a very buffered form of representative democracy in which the people really had very little say it was a two party system that institutionalized all popular dissent and so what you had was a gradual increase of of dissent and the inability to express that within a political system so one of the fundamental asp

communities of people throughout latin america are mourning the death of. the venezuelan leader enjoyed tremendous popular support in his country as well as the whole region he won four presidential elections and had ruled venezuela for fourteen years says. this liberation process not only on the venezuelan people but also of all the latin american peoples must continue. chavis allowed us to restore faith in latin america region so that a profound transformation in the region can be carried out that's the only guards and the empire will no doubt be happy and celebrating the news empire is the word a host of south american leaders and used to refer to the united states in washington president obama extended his sympathy to the chavez family and herald it quote a new chapter in the history of latin america but the u.s. congress was not as restrained in their reaction to the death of the venezuelan leader the chairman of the house foreign affairs committee had this to say his death. to us leftist leaders in south america good riddance to this dictator in the m

america and today the map of latin america is very different politically it's a very different place georgy think that's because of chavez in many ways. i mean it's it's undeniable that chavez has played a powerful role in this but in reality electoral first of his morning expression of these revolutionary movements and sort of a point of coalescence and condensation of these popular demands because the reality is as i said they preceded this and one of the primary aspects of this was as alex has mentioned opposition to new liberalism but even before that in venezuela there was a struggle over what democracy meant since one hundred fifty eight the you know venezuela was under what had been understood as a very exceptional and stable form of democracy and yet what this was was a very buffered form of representative democracy in which the people really had very little say it was a two party system that institutionalized all popular dissent and so what you had was a gradual increase of of dissent and the inability to express that within a political system so one of the fundamental aspec

america and today the map of latin america is very different politically it's a very different place georgy think that's because of chavez in many ways. i mean it's it's undeniable that chavez has played a powerful role in this but in reality electoral first of his morning expression of these revolutionary movements and sort of a point of coalescence and condensation of these popular demands because the reality is as i said they preceded this and one of the primary aspects of this was as alex has mentioned opposition to new liberalism but even before that in venezuela there was a struggle over what democracy meant since one hundred fifty eight the you know venezuela was under what had been understood as a very exceptional and stable form of democracy and yet what this was was a very buffered form of representative democracy in which the people really had very little say it was a two party system that institutionalized all popular dissent and so what you had was a gradual increase of dissent and the inability to express that within a political system so one of the fundamental aspects

that you have of this democratic revolutionary ism in latin america so really what he did at a time when the latin america was just completely disaffected by the united states and its neoliberal policies which had really just sent its economies into freefall chavez who actually attempted a coup on the administration in one thousand nine hundred two rose again in power to be this progressive very socialist leader that was going to bring back the charge of putting people first and that populist movement really spurred into social programs and services that were stripped away through neo liberal programs like the structural adjustment programs that you saw through loans that were given through the i.m.f. and the world bank that's called the washington consensus and that regime right here in washington d.c. it came out of our own government and crippling that it did to the region the people really just rose up and after seeing all of the gains that in this way it was making then it set the stage for lula in brazil is set the stage for able morales's set the stage for rafael correa in ec

communities of people throughout latin america are mourning the death of. the venezuelan leader enjoyed tremendous popular support in his country as well as the whole region he won four presidential elections and had ruled venezuela for fourteen years so you see this liberation process not only on the venezuelan people but also of all the latin american peoples must continue. chavis allowed us to restore faith in latin america region so that a profound transformation in the region can be carried out the only guards at the empire will no doubt be happy and celebrating the new empire is the word a host of south american leaders and used to refer to the united states in washington president obama extended his sympathy to the chavez family and herald it quote a new chapter in the history of latin america but the u.s. congress was not as restrained in their reaction to the death of the venezuelan leader the chairman of the house foreign affairs committee had this to say his death. to us leftist leaders in south america good riddance to this dictator in the media

now calls leftist populist governments in latin america came to power partly in reaction to decades of the us recklessly meddling in the affairs of the region for years washington had seen many of those countries as its outposts after chavez was elected in one thousand nine hundred nine a host of other leaders in latin america followed his example to varying extents including but not limited to ever morales in bolivia rafael correa in ecuador and daniel ortega in nicaragua charges may not have been as hardened in his views against washington if not for allegations of the tacit support of the bush administration in the coup against him in two thousand and two he met with bill clinton a couple times and they got along just fine it was really only with george bush then when things really were turned sour and especially after the coup attempt within forty eight hours of the start of the cooled with the help of the military and vast popular support chavis returned to power. but during that short period when he was deposed some in the u.s. hurried to celebrate the new york times for example

he was, socialist center in latin america is gone now. he was the leader of the socialist movement in latin america and nobody could take his place. >> we are now talking to our own shepard smith. shep. >> good afternoon. we got the word from the venezuela vice president just about 15 minutes ago that president hugo chavez died today. he was 58 years old. now, i can give you a list of things that have reportedly gone on in the last few months and last couple years but the fact of the matter, fox news can't confirm any of it. we are led to believe that he went to cuba to be treated for cancer. that process took a long time. he came back to venezuela undercover of darkness and great secrecy. in the middle of the night he is said to return in the middle of night. there were pictures said to be with his daughters that were said to be recent but we can't confirm that. we were led to believe in the late hours, eastern time here, that hugo chavez had developed some sort of severe respiratory problem that could be an acceleration of the condition

communities of people throughout latin america are mourning the death of the venezuelan leader enjoyed tremendous popular support in his country as well as the whole region he won four presidential elections and had ruled venezuela for fourteen years so you don't see this liberation process not only on the venezuelan people but also of all the latin american peoples must continue. chavis allowed us to restore faith in latin america region so that a profound transformation in the region can be carried out those will be only guardian of the empire will no doubt be happy and celebrating the new empire is the word a host of south american leaders and used to refer to the united states in washington president obama extended his sympathy to the chavez family and carol that quote a new chapter in the history of latin america but the u.s. congress was not as restrained in their reaction to the death of the venezuelan leader the chairman of the house foreign affairs committee had this to say his death then. a u.s. leftist leaders in south america good riddance to this dictator in the media a sl

of latin america and woven as fabric of life in latin america. and through the last decades of revolution in south america and coups and democratic moments and moments against austerity and the imf the church played this fascinating role at all levels of latin america. to that end i want to bring in blase bonpane. the headline out of the conclave is the first latin american pope. we have a church that had this fascinating complicated role to the political institutions and social moments there at once in many ways a kind of reactionary sidearm of those in power and also at the same time often an ideology and an organizing principle and institution for people pushing against those in power. >> yes. we were assigned to guatemala in the wake of the vatican council and we were hearing things from the vatican we never heard before. enter into the hopes, desires, anxieties of people, wherever it takes you, and that led us to de-emphasize the sacramental ministry, to focus on labor, to focus on poverty, to focus on the immediate needs of the people becau

he was born in latin america. he. leads the community because he is the. children should be educated. we always teach our children. children. learn. in the old language. the children. first. take a simple view. and the countryside. they have for the present system of schooling and instead. for the past. three hundred years they have taken pains to protect their traditions by staying as distant from the outside world possible to resist the impact of civilization throughout their history they have wandered the globe in search of the most secluded retreats. family lives in a prefabricated apartment house which stands in the midst of a field. he has seven children. was the only community member to send his children to a state school and. left for dead. over that school. if you don't send your kids to school you're welcome to go with us. we haven't reached an agreement. i grew up with you well there are so many people with education who live in russia and a lot of them well they don't even have jobs and we have always tried to live and work in rural areas and w

settlers who came from bolivia or in latin america. but decided to come back to russia traditionally. the russian federation to help us to put down roots here building homes. possible we like to pass on a message to the president of the russian federation himself.

communities of people throughout latin america are mourning the death of . the venezuelan leader enjoyed tremendous popular support in his country as well as the whole region he won four presidential elections and had ruled venezuela for fourteen years says. this liberation process not only on the venezuelan people but also of all the latin american peoples must continue. chavis allowed us to restore faith in latin american regions so that a profound transformation in the region can be carried out the only guards and the empire will no doubt be happy and celebrating the news empire is the word a host of south american leaders and used to refer to the united states in washington president obama extended his sympathy to the chavis family and heralded quote a new chapter in the history of latin america but the u.s. congress was not as restrained in their reaction to the death of the venezuelan leader the chairman of the house foreign affairs committee had this to say his death then the laws of the us leftist leaders in south america good riddance to this dictat

america and today the map of latin america is very different politically it's a very different place georgy think that's because of chavez in many ways. i mean it's it's undeniable that chavez has played a powerful role in this but in reality electoral first of his morning expression of these revolutionary movements and sort of a point of coalescence and condensation of these popular demands because the reality is as i said they preceded this and one of the primary aspects of this was as alex has mentioned opposition to new liberalism but even before that in venice where there was a struggle over what democracy meant since nine hundred fifty eight you know venezuela was under what had been understood as a very exceptional and stable form of democracy and yet what this was was a very buffered form of representative democracy in which the people really had very little say it was a two party system that institutionalized all popular dissent and so what you had was a gradual increase of dissent and the inability to express that within a political system so one of the fundamental aspects

and the rest of latin america moving forward to talk about what might happen next in the country the good the bad and perhaps the ugly legacy of hugo chavez i'm joined now by jim mueller brown global strategist with global thank you so much for coming on and you for having me so you just wrote a really great article where you described chavez the first multiracial president breaking down the racist paradigm of power and imperialism in the region a labrat on what you meant by that well in latin america you have a very long tradition of people from the oligarchies who are usually of european descent that have been the leaders of the country but for the first time chavez was the first known president we know to proudly proclaim his african and indigenous heritage so that is something that was really unprecedented now we have able moralez in bolivia but before that it was only child this and it was his election in one thousand nine hundred nine and that many really argue spurred that possibility not only for leftist movements in latin america but also for able marla's the first indigenou