amy: as president obama declares venezuela to be a threat to the national security, venezuela accuses the united states of plotting another coup as it helped to do in 2002. we will look at the growing crisis. >> these accusations like previous such accusations come are ludicrous. as a matter of long-standing policy, the united states does not support political transitions by nonconstitutional means. amy: "gateway to freedom: the hidden history of the underground railroad." we will speak with the pulitzer prize-winning author and historian eric foner. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. the iraqi military and iranian-backed shiite militias have seized large parts of tikrit as part of their offensive to retake the city from the self-proclaimed islamic state. the operation marks iraq's largest military attempt to roll back the gains made by isis last june. iranian advisers and iranian-backed shiite fighters are playing a key role while the u.s. has been sidelined. colombia is halting air attacks on farc reb

amy: as president obama declares venezuela to be a threat to the national security, venezuela accuses plotting another coup as it helped to do in 2002. we will look at the growing crisis. >> these accusations like previous such accusations come are ludicrous. as a matter of long-standing policy, the united states does not support political transitions by nonconstitutional means. amy: "gateway to freedom: the hidden history of the underground railroad." we will speak with the pulitzer prize-winning author and historian eric foner. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. the iraqi military and iranian-backed shiite militias have seized large parts of tikrit as part of their offensive to retake the city from the self-proclaimed islamic state. the operation marks iraq's largest military attempt to roll back the gains made by isis last june. iranian advisers and iranian-backed shiite fighters are playing a key role while the u.s. has been sidelined. colombia is halting air attacks on farc rebels for one month as

an outpouring of anger at venezuela's government is met with a show of force. ...and we're caught in the middle of it. >> we've just seen tear gas being thrown. the police has showed up. everyone's running in this direction. >> since february, protesters have marched, blockaded streets, and fought running battles with the police. more than 40 people have been killed...over 3000 detained. >> so some of the protesters are now being arrested. but it's incredibly confusing. there's objects flying in all directions. there's even tear gas coming from the top of that building over there. it's hard to see what's going on. they're using pepper protesters. >> the unrest has generated headlines around the world of a ruthless dictatorship crushing dissent with violence but in venezuela, there are competing narratives. ...is this an authoritarian crackdown, or a clash between people with radically different visions for the future of their country? a year after the death of hugo chavez, fault lines is in caracas to find out what's really going on in the streets. >> in venezuela, the former preside

since venezuela was called venezuela, and since simon bolivar libertied us, that's why i went to the national assembly. >> reporter: sanctioned seven government officials. as the head of the country's parliament hand delivered the law, thousands outside the miras flores palace, gathered. the mood here was festive. hardly the signs of a country under siege. >> i'm here that as venezuelans we need to support the president's policy wholeheartedly. >> reporter: rehearsing military maneuvers to fight for an invasion. president nicholas maduro has a little over 20% approval rate. presidential elections are looming ahead. they are more concerned about the elections than a possible air strike. >> i have been a victim of crime three times. we need to focus on that and we need to focus on the issue everywhere. >> reporter: issue of sanctions has been a matter ever national priority. where had the support extends to his own backyard will be only proved out at the polls. >> we examine the growing concerns of venezuela, this week. >>> they say this is the man who shot two officers outside the fer

asÍ que, cuando ves a venezuela de lejos, ¿quÉ te parece? >> bueno, en realidad, mira, nÚmero uno, yo con venezuela tengo un vÍnculo muy especial. >> ¿por quÉ? >> bueno, porque mi paÍs, mi paÍs--puerto rico fue mi primera plaza. yo tuve casa y plaza en mi paÍs, que es un privilegio para cualquier artista, pero el primer paÍs que me abriÓ la puerta a mÍ, que al sol de hoy todavÍa me sigue y me da cariÑo, fue venezuela, y yo conozco al venezolano, punto. yo no conozco a dos venezolanos diferentes, yo conozco a uno solo, al venezolano pues hospitalario, el venezolano que me aceptÓ, el venezolano que me aplaude, que me quiere, que donde quiera que me ve en o fuera de venezuela me da el mismo trato. entonces, pues yo veo un paÍs que necesita de que se unan, de que--de que... ellos merecen lo mejor, son un gran paÍs. entonces, da mucho dolor ver la tirantez y la violencia, sobre todo, porque es-- yo pienso que estamos debiendo en unos tiempos muy violentos. >> recordemos, la Última vez, y es la Última pregunta polÍtica. la Últim

only on al jazeera america. >> there have been people murdered in venezuela. there have been people detained in venezuela, indefinitely... >> in washington, some in congress have a simple interpretation of what's happening in the streets - and what the us response should be. >> there has been a bill filed in the congress concerning sanctions against individuals related to and in the government of venezuela for human rights violations committed against their own people. >> these human rights violations were part of a systematic practice by venezelan security forces... >> the accusations laid out before congress are grave: human rights watch says venezuela's government is using armed gangs against peaceful protestors. >> we found that security forces tolerated and sometimes collaborated directly with armed pro-government gangs that attacked protesters with total impunity. >> it's about the venezuelan people. >> for now, the state department is resisting sanctions. >> i think they would serve to reinforce the narrative of this being about the venezuelan governmen

pues nosotros si decimos, venezuela se respeta! eliangÉlica: la noticia sorprendiÓ a la canciller, quien horas despuÉs escribÍa en su cuenta en twitter: hemos llamado a consulta de inmediato al encargado de negocios de estados unidos. el gobernador tarek asegurÓ en su cuenta: ni, man y su imperio detendrÁn la revoluciÓn. el aissami concluyÓ con la frase " que se las meta por el..." los dimes y diretes entre venezuela y estados unidos datan del 2011, en septiembre fueron contra cuatro funcionarios, entre los que se encuentra freddy bernal por su vinculaciÓn con las farc. jorge: ya sabemos que dijo el presidente barack obama, nicolÁs maduro, ¿quÉ ha dicho la oposiciÓn en venezuela? eliangÉlica: la oposiciÓn no estÁn viendo lo que va a decir pero no han querido pronunciarse. eso puede ocurrir en cuestiÓn de minutos, seguramente en cadena nacional. jorge: ¿quiÉnes son los funcionarios venezolanos sancionados? hay director de la policÍa nacional, altos jefes de inteligencia y una fiscal. se destacan antonio benavides

the future of venezuela belongs to the people of venezuela to decide to be with free and fair elections. the u.s. has no interest or plans of imposing of what direction the free people of venezuela freely choose. the purpose of the sanctions is only to deny corrupt officials and human rights violators opportunity to buy homes, make investments, and vacation in the united states with the money they have stolen from the people of venezuela. host: the comments of senator mark o -- marco rubio. he saying the sanctions don't go far enough and they need to be deeper and broader. guest: there is a lot of discussion in regard to that right now. the use of the sanctions has -- as a scalpel versus the use of the sanctions with a machete. the right way to approach this, i believe, the way the administration has talked about this, they are targeting specific individuals that are accountable and liable for the human right abuses that occurred during the protests last year and had great. -- last year in february. i think this is the right approach and the senator was very good so far as singling out

and venezuela. the congress approved sanctions that included denying visas or eliminating visas for anyone who the u.s. government determines has violated human rights in venezuela. and the response from president maduro today was to impose a visa requirement for americans traveling to that country. and insistence on alleged coup in his country but evidence has been scarce. >> we know these relations have been tense for a while. the maduro government coming out and accusing the u.s. of trying to intervene in venezuela's domestic affairs. as you said coming out today and strengthening those visa requirements for any u.s. citizens trying to travel there. i wonder if you can talk to us about the context of this. have we seen an american basically taken prisoner by the venezuelan government before? >> it's just the first we hear. there was a german who was arrested and held there and then leased. what was ironic was venezuela put out a campaign to welcome people to venezuela and used the picture of this

and venezuela. parliament gave venezuela decree powers for the rest of the year following president obama saying the latin american nation poses a threat to the national security of the united states. in return nicolas maduro shored up support at home saying "they'll never kneel before this arrogant empire", and began a 10-day military drill to counter the alleged thread. courtney kealy has more. >> reporter: showing long live chavez venezuela's president called for lawmakers to give him power, wanting to defeat the imperialist threat gapes the united states. he ramped up the rhetoric like his predecessor, chavez. >> translation: we'll pull out an exhibition maybe i'll appear in washington to show my face. they are committing grave mistakes against the world. >> the flare-up between the u.s. and venezuela escalated after president obama signed an order. it declared israel a threat and imposed sanctions on military and intelligence officials. he appointed one of the officials to be a minister of inte

venezuela no se tortura. ¿y todos los casos que han denunciado torturas, todos los manifestantes que han denunciado torturas, todos los opositores que han denunciado torturas? >> te repito, el que tortura en venezuela-- el que tortura en venezuela-- >> cuando hemos visto los videos de la guardia bolivariana disparando en contra de civiles-- >> te repito-- >> ¿eso no le parece que es suficientemente grave? >> nuestra postura en contra de las violaciones a derechos humanos es de principio, quien viole derechos humanos debe ser sancionado. >> por eso, pero no lo estÁ haciendo, seÑor saab. >> en venezuela hay 15 funcionarios-- >> o sea, lo que estÁ diciendo suena bien, pero en la prÁctica-- >> estoy diciendo que hay--pero es que tÚ no me quieres oÍr. >> ¿dÓnde estÁ la lista de los bolivarianos?-- >> seÑor jorge ramos, usted no me quieres oÍr. te lo he dicho y no quieres oÍrla--pero no quieres oÍrla. ya tienes un problema de audiciÓn grave. te he dicho que hay 15 funcionarios, 15 funcionarios preso

venezuela a security threat. nicholas maduro described the move as the most unjust aggressive and poisonous step the u.s. has ever taken against caracas and jordan has more from washington d.c. >> reporter: demonstrations against the worse economy in venezuela and the government of president nicholas maduro and security forces cracked down on them and in light of the arrest of political opponents and death of some protesters, one just 14 years old, u.s. president barack obama ordered sanctions against several government officials on monday, no travel to the u.s. their assets seized. >> there certainly are restrictions against individuals, separately we put out last week some information about what will be required to travel to venezuela in terms of visa's given restrictions put in place so there are a couple of things happening at once. >> reporter: maduro accused the u.s. of trying to over throw his government and saying the late president chavez and with the oil falling and the economy collapsing people are que

. >>> venezuela's u.s. relations deteriorate. top documents recalled after washington declares venezuela a national security threat. >> welcome to al jazeera, live from our headquarters in doha. also ahead, the regional coalition against boko haram makes way. soldiers recapture two towns. iraqi forces closer to tikrit, driving out i.s.i.l. republican senators in the u.s. write a letter to iran saying the nuclear deal with iran will not last long. the united states declares venezuela a national security threat and imposes sanctions on seven venezuelan officials. it's a sharp down tush. last month the venezuelan president announced measures to limit the numbers of u.s. diplomats there. rosalind jordan has more from washington d.c. demonstrations against the worsening matter in venezuela and mad -- nicolas maduro, and the security forces. in light of arrests of some of nicolas maduro's political opponents, and protesters, one just 13, president obama ordered sanctions. no travel to the u.s. assets seized of seven individuals. >> the

. >> is this unusual for a step like this to be taken in venezuela? >> no, not at all. in fact, nicholas nicolÁs maduro has been in power for two years and this is the second time he has asked for special powers or the right to rule by decree. several of the analysts we spoke with today were not taken by surprise at all. in fact, this is something that many are criticizeing would be a power grab, like you said, but also an excuse to divert attention from the economic woes that the country is facing. but venezuela is about to have election this is year, and maduro's popularity has plummeted since he came into power. this may be what he needs to bolster his support or distract attention against mounting inflation and shortages of food. >> the latest from caracas thank you. >>> mexican cartels are flooding the united states with heroin. in fact, the u.s. drug enforcement administration or the dea now describes the cheap heroin as it's greatest challenge. adam rainy sat down with the dea's chief of operations. >> i've been doing this for 30 years. i've n

. >>> el hijo del presidente maduro de venezuela fue captado bailando bajo una lluvia de billetes hay indignaciÓn y rechazo en el psique por estos dÍas atraviesa una crisis, esto pasÓ en una boda Árabe, aunque en esa cultura lanzarle billetes es una tradiciÓn, muchos lo consideran una burla a la escasez con la que viven los venezolanos. >>> y con una carta en el nueva york times el gobierno de venezuela continuÓ su ofensiva contra sanciones de estados unidos. >>> destacÓ que venezuela no es una amenaza, y que no permitirÁ que washington intervenga en asuntos internos. estÁ con nosotros lori montenegro. >>> gracias. josÉ mari, varios funcionarios dijeron que cuando el presidente obama asista al cumbre de las amÉricas en panamÁ entre su prioridad estarÍa abordar el tema de venezuela con sus homÓlogos, el gobierno apelÓ directamente al pueblo de estados unidos diciendo que presionen a que respete la soberanÍa de venezuela. >>> no somos una amenaza, escribiÓ el gobierno de maduro en una carta abierta al pueblo estadounidense. publicada en el nueva york times denunciÓ los

documents in venezuela. the madura government says documents are spies and wants most of them to leave. president nicolas maduro has responded by appointing one of those officials. as the new minister of the interior. the u.s. is trying to topple his government. >> president obama put himself into a box with no way out. he has decided that he wants to be remembered in future like jay nixon and president bush. president obama, you don't have a right to attack venezuela or declare that it is a threat to the people of united states. you are a threat. you decide to kill, to finance terrorism in the world. >> other news. a joint offensive by troops against boko haram retook two towns in north-eastern nigeria, they recaptured two towns, killing hundreds of boko haram fighters. they crossed into borno state in north-eastern nigeria. this is the latest offense of countries inside nigeria. on friday they approved the creation of a regional force with 8,000 soldiers. we have been following the developments from the ni

deals with venezuela? >> well, there are some other countries which in recent times has been invaded as a result of having control of oil are because of the concern about controlling oil. we see this in iraq or libya. let's not forget there's information that is not always -- as widely disseminated as a could be. venezuela has the largest quantity of well reserves anywhere worldwide. unfortunately, this may be a reason for seeking to control that oil production of those will reserves on the part of certain interest of the united states. juan: i want to turn to the situation of julian assange. he has been residing in your country's embassy in london and recently swedish authorities offered to come to london to interview him. this is a significant development, given the amount of time he has spent basically in isolation in your embassy. your comment in your reaction to the latest announcement of the swedish authorities? >> we view favorably and we are pleased to see swedish prosecutors say they now want to t

presidente maduro: para defender la soberanÍa, el derecho a la paz, para defender a venezuela. llamo a toda la patria. eliangÉlica: anunciÓ los ejercicios de defensa. presidente maduro invito a todo el pueblo de venezuela a incorporarse e involucrar a la fuerza armada y a la milicia necesaria para marcar los puntos defensivos. eliangÉlica: el ministro de la defensa estÁ dispuesto a responder. ministro: nuestro compromiso a honrar el sagrado juramento de defender la patria y sus instituciones hasta perder la vida si fuese necesario. periodista: el tema de la habilitante siempre ha sido polÉmico. la fiscal general condenÓ las medidas. fiscal: quieren impedir que katherine trabaje. eliangÉlica: mÁs de dos horas despuÉs reaccionÓ la oposiciÓn. lo que se espera es que esta ley habilitante no consiga obstÁculos para su aprobaciÓn, por lo que el presidente maduro tendrÁ luz verde para legislar en cualquier materia en nombre de la soberanÍa. ilia: las autoridades dominicanas buscan a varios ejecutivos bancarios de nacionalidad venezolana que estÁn acusados de estafar a

y por venezuela. lilian tintori nos acompaÑa ahora aquÍ en estos estudios. gracias por estar aquÍ. >> gracias a ti, jorge. >> ¿cÓmo estÁ leopoldo? >> firme y fuerte. de verdad que es admirable. despuÉs de todo lo que ha tenido que vivir, despuÉs de todo lo que ha pasado, despuÉs de la vida siempre ha sentido directamente en su celda, estÁ convencido que este sacrificio que estamos viviendo como venezolanos, porque no solo como familia nosotros, sino como venezolanos, vale la pena. es la defensa por nuestros derechos, es una lucha moral, espiritual, de valores. >> el dÍa que detienen a antonio ledezma, ¿quÉ pasa en la cÁrcel de ramo verde con leopoldo? >> el dÍa que detienen a antonio ledezma, al mismo tiempo intentaron allanar la senda de leopoldo. >> ¿quÉ hicieron? >> entraron hombres armados vestidos de negro, entraron y destrozaron su espacio. tumbaron todos sus libros, revisaron cada escrito, se robaron sus memorias, todo lo que Él escribe se lo robaron, esto ya ha pasado antes.

meddling in venezuela and the thawing of u.s.-cuban relations. >> the u.s. launched a major terrorist war against cuba. though we kind of downplay at -- it and cia attempts to kill castro bad enough, but that was a very minor part of it. major terrorist war is part of the background for the missile crisis which almost led to nuclear war. amy: and we will hear noam chomsky talk about love and his new marriage. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. iraqi forces are continuing their largest offensive to date against the so-called islamic state as they seek to retake the city of tikrit. playing a key role in the campaign for the sunni city with reports of iranian troops even operating artillery in the area. u.s. officials, meanwhile, have expressed surprise with the tikrit operation and the pentagon has said it is not providing air support because it wasn't asked. meanwhile, in syria key u.s. backed rebel group has collapsed after a series of defeats by an al qaeda affiliate. a moder

diplomates in venezuela. the maduro government says the diplomates are spies and wants most of them to leave. washington argues the diplomates help venezuela people build business and ties with the u.s. roslyn with al jazeera. >>> to find out more about why the u.s. has targeted these seven venezuela officials we spoke to danielle political science professor at webster university. >> from the u.s. point of view these are official whose in some sense were guilty of repression. the incident the u.s. specifically points to happened in february of 2014. 47 people were killed but it's important to know that those were split almost evenly between protesters bystanders and security officials themselves. and several security officials in venezuela are going to have to face trial for deaths of protesters. from the other kind of why has to do with the venezuela decision to insist that the united states reduce its embassy staff from 100 down to 17 the reason for this being that venezuela charges the united states with d

declares venezuela a security threat. tunisia's capital now home to thousands of libbians who say they feel trapped and homeless. >> i'm rob mcbride with the coffee kick that's good for the environment. >> yemen's former leader, ali abdalla mosalla strikes out at president hadi. his first cabinet meeting has been postponed. mohamed vall is following for aden. so the meeting has been detained. what is the results? >> it is a reflection of the difficulties some of the ministers are already here. eight of them confirmed to be here in aden. a few others are on their way to the city. the problem he is facing here is not only the fact that he doesn't have yet the full number at least half of the cabinet, 15 are expected to be here. that's about the number of ministers who refused to work with the government, said they want to work with hadi. i understand some are still being kept under house arrest, the prime minister himself. he lives in his house not far from aden, he has not get met with president hadi. he is not willing act

con precocupaciÓn lel d domingo . >>> quiero tbambiÉn recordar a ve venezuela, que vive nueamvavamente r mometnosntos gran tensioÓn, rezo por las vicÍctimas, pero por sobre to todo el adoleenlescente asesinado, r rer resptetemos las presonaersonas y lo sa sagrado de la vida human . >>>e xpresiones que se dan un di dÍa dpespuÉs de na marcha en snan cotoristÓbal, donede fue asesinado l el menor de 14 aÑos en mendio de una protesta . >>> que uno camina por la calle y tenga miedo a que lpase alguien y te arrebate la ivida . >>> hoy en caracas fresamiliares dl del alcalde antonio ledesma zma recl reclamaron nuevamente su libera liberacioÓn . >>> cuando se lleven lel padre de cuantos maÁs alzaremos la voz . >>> tras la situaciÓn en vene venezuela nricolÁs maduro no fue a la toma de vasqueÁsquez en uruguay . >>> precisamente en relaciÓn con lsos cuatro misiones voluntarios al moemnto que eran espias hoy lel posastor refuto las acusaciones dlel gfoobierno de venezuela . >>> simplemente no es cierto no tenemos nada que ver con poli polÍtica, tronosotros vamos allÁ en alianza con l

declarÓ a venezuela como una amenaza. presentadora: para que honesto se obtenga visa tiene que cumplir tres requisitos madur impuestos por el gobierno de maduro si es un viaje de emergencia es casi imposible tramitarlo. la medida perjudica mucho venezolano con ciudadanÍa estadounidense. lourdes: el requisito debiste aclarar que puedan viajar a venezuela causa confusiÓn. >> con tan poco tiempo para implementar el tema de la visa los consulados establece el mecanismo para poder emitir las visas para los ciudadanos estadounidenses ha causado cierta confusiÓn dentro de los mismos consulados. lourdes:el problema es que muchos lo dejaron vencer porque con su pasaporte de ee.uu. podÍan viajar a mayor cantidad de lugares pero ahora esto cambiÓ. la situaciÓn es mÁs complicada para los venezolanos que residen en el sur de la florida en el 2012 gobierno bolivariano de venezuela decidiÓ cerrar el consulado que tenÍa en miami ahora tienen que viajar hasta o nueva orleans para cualquier trÁmite lo que incluye este nuevo requi

crisis in venezuela. >> the crisis we are living right now is the resignation. >> reporter: the president under fire two years after the death of former president chavez. and the evolution of gaming the way technology that allows you to take your games on the go no matter where you are in the world. ♪ good evening and welcome to al jazeera america, i'm antonia, stephanie is off tonight, we begin in iraq where government forces trying to take tick tikrit and shielded themselves from attack by military headquarters, at the same time the u.n. says iraqi military offensive forced 28,000 people from their homes. in a week after i.s.i.l. fighters destroyed artifacts at a mosul museum the rebels today used a bulldozer to start destroying the ancient assyrian city including a 3,000-year-old palace 10s of thousands of troop are working along malitia to take back tikrit to defend saddam hussein's town and hoping it will loosen the grip on the city and we have more from baghdad. >> reporter: for hussein is a battle cry for fighter, this is the base of operations for the theshythe shiaa malitia and

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hablamos con tarek william saab, el defensor del pueblo en venezuela. Él nos asegura que en el paÍs, en venezuela, hay democracia y que luchan en contra de la tortura. ¿en quÉ va a acabar la acciÓn ejecutiva del presidente barack obama? ¿quÉ va a pasar con 5 millones de indocumentados que iban a ser beneficiados? lo hablamos con el senador demÓcrata tim kaine y el abogado ezequiel hernÁndez responde a sus preguntas. estÁ con nosotros la actriz diane guerrero de las series "jane the virgin" y "orange is the new black". ella sorprendiÓ a muchos al revelar que sus padres fueron deportados cuando solo tenÍa 14 aÑos de edad. comenzamos.

fernando: la reparaciÓn en el gobierno de venezuela no estÁ prohibido segÚn explicÓ un vocero de este paÍs. romero explicÓ que no tenÍa nada que ocultar, pero uno de los empleados de miami tech que es una fuente cercana la compaÑÍa nos confirmÓ que era su hijo parece no compartir ese principio. >> mucho gusto. >> quÉ hacen? >> hacemos una nota sobre el aviÓn. >> quÉ? fernando: hay crÍticas de la comunidad venezolana. el empleado me retiro el micrÓfono. arantza: esmomento de pasar con otros amigos de divisiÓn deportes con los resultados de la liga mx, liga espaÑola, inglesa y hasta tenis el resumen de la jornada deportiva. reportero: continÚan la acciÓn de la fecha 11 de la mÁquina recibÍa al lÍder los chorros de tijuana, los visitantes abrieron el marcador temprano a los 3 minutos por intermedio de alfredo monero, el venezolano cruz azul le darÍa la vuelta, roque santa cruz con el empate al 41 tras sÓlo empujar un rechace del arquero. en tanto la victoria serÍa el chaco christian gimÉnez al 63 con los tres puntos la mÁquina cementera escalÓ hasta el tercer punt

sanctions will have on venezuela? >> i think it is astounding clearly an attempt to make certain sectors happy domestically and in venezuela. the real interesting thing is this will be poisonous for the venezuela opposition, it looks like it has one foot in the empire to many poor venezuelans, people whose kids go to school in the united states take shopping trips to miami. any action by united states government or president to make it look as though he is collaborating directly with the interest of the venezuela opposition are going to hurt them at the polls. >> you think that the opposition that has one foot in miami, this is pressure from the opposition this is not in any way the president of the united states looking at what's going on in venezuela where all the private television stations radio stations have been closed. there are people going to jail just last week lopez was jailed in the country, still nothing from the opposition leader been in prison more than a year. you think it has to do with money and with

lorena --- la crisis poltica y social que se vive en venezuela representa una amenaza para la seguridad de los estados unidos asi lo aseguro el presidente barack obama.... juanfra --- el mandatario acord sancionar a ese pas, lori montenegro nos amplia la informacin --- take pkg 0:01 0:11 0:38 0:56 1:28 al declarar venezuela una amenaza a la seguridad nacional de estados unidos permite al presidente barack obama aplicar sanciones que van mas alla de lo aprobado por el congreso el ano pasado. el presidente ordeno bloquear su entrada y congelar los bienes en este pais de 7 funcionarios venezolanos entre ellos militares el jefe de la policia nacional un empresario. y una mujer la fiscal katherine haringhton esto significa ademas que ninguna compania u individuo en estados unidos puede hacer negocios con ellos... "lo que haria falta es que publiquen cual son sus riquezas intereses en este pais para que tengan que explicarle al pueblo de donde lo sacaron implican a los funcionarios sancionados en violar los derechos humanos restringir la libertad de expresion el uso de violencia arrestos arbi

calling vens vens are threat -- venezuela a threat. until the u.s. responds nicolas maduro will seek greater popular support >>> firefighters in chile are continuing to battle a number of forest fires in the south. two homes and a warehouse have been destroyed near santa june arna. it's parts of an american si effort to control the fires. >> china's ageing population is outgrowing fair facilities creating opportunities for foreign survivors. we have this explanation from shanghai. >> reporter: volunteers performing a concert in a chinese care home. unlike most this is foreign owned, providing expertise from the united states. the companies are here for a reason. according to the united nations, more than 130 million in china are over 65 and there's a shortage of facilities to care for them. the chinese government has been forced to allow in foreign providers. this person is 88 and moved into the development a year ago, after his wife died. >> we used to live with our children. they were busy with their own children to look after. i didn't want to mak

calling venezuela a threat to the u.s. has cost indignation among neighboring allies like ecuador and cuba. until the u.s. responds with hard evidence it's likely he'll continue to speak greater popular support. >>> firefighters are battling a number of forest fighters to the country's south. at least two homes and a warehouse have been destroyed. >>> the u.s. music industry is assessing a landmark judgment awarded to the family of legendary soul singer marvin gaye. a jury decided that the 2013 hit song blurred song by robin thicke and producer pharell williams infringed on a song originally by gaye. >>reporter: it's here that some of the greatest musicians in the history of american jazz sprung up. all had an impact on marcus johnson. >> influence is key and i grew up listening to people like bobby lyle quincy jones, george duke. influence is very important. >>reporter: but how much influence is too much? that's what i jury decided in los angeles last tuesday in a landmark legal case. ♪♪ >>reporter: it involves this s

nicolÁs maduro: venezuela tiene la reserva de petrÓleo certificadas mÁs que en todo el planeta tierra. y estÁ su dios quiere apoderarse del petrÓleo venezolana y torcerle el brazo al mundo entero, e imponer la dictadura econÓmica a partir del chantaje y el control de las reservas de petrÓleo mÁs grandes del planeta, y no lo ha logrado ni lo otro. reportero: tomaron las palabras cada uno de los integrantes y los representantes de esos paÍses, precisamente raÚl castr presidente cuba fue muy enfÁtico al aclarar cuÁl debe ser la posiciÓn que debe tener, un inmediatamente comencÉ la cumbre de las amÉricas. raÚl: asistiremos a la cumbre de las amÉricas y expondremos nuestra posiciÓn con firmeza, claridad y respeto. rechazaremos con determinaciÓn toda tentativa de aislar y amenazar a venezuela y reclamaremos, el cese definitivo del bloqueo a cuba. reportera: se sumarÍa entonces tambiÉn a la declaraciÓn que hicieron los paÍses de la unasur en todo lo que ha sido la posiciÓn de venezuela denunciando una agresiÓn de los estados unidos. julio: cÓmo y quÉ tanto afectarle e