not just latin america but clearly they apply to latin america and i think you really put out a very interesting agenda, comprehensive and different in some ways, created and very deeply informed. they really want to thank you for talking to us about that but i want to thank you for your leadership and i hope you'll come back to the council of america to talk to us about how things are going and i hope we will have occasion to celebrate the democracy of agenda you talked about. ladies and gentlemen can you please join me in thanking the administrator. [applause] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> goes to the pre-civil war days or let's go through the civil war days or let's go through reconstruction or let's go through 80 years just about of legal segregation and do you think those were days that were pragmatic and adaptive? they were adaptive i didn't see it. and so we have lived through lots of history in the united states and some of it has turned out pretty well and some of it has not. >> a month after the supreme court decision when john roberts said raised h

is latin america unique? mike: latin america is our neighbor. in some ways it is easier to accelerate. it is easier to bring investment to their, to bring about some of the exchange of ideas and commerce because of its proximity. but so much in terms of lessons are universal. i lived in africa a couple of times in my life and the first time is a much younger man. i lived in a village setting with no electricity, running water. all of the challenges. but i was always taken by how the people all around me never wanted me to give them anything. they were simply looking for chances. and so, when they asked for things, it was always with a goal towards helping them on their journey to help themselves. that is what i have seen throughout the americas. a similar thing. now, there are these days profound challenges. i think transnational crime, the driving away hurting the ability for communities to have those safe places. needed.help is this will not take care of itself. it is in our interest to be involved because this is a neighborhood. and what affe

this is now making all of latin america bleed. it is leading to the violent deaths of latin american socieiy . at the same time, , it is leadig toto the deaths through overdose by not mitigating damages by more scientific-based u.s. society itself. i would invite the ambassador of the united states to the u.n. now that she is coming to bogota, to re-examine with scientists and objectively a drug policy that has b been profoundly c criminal and ineffective throughout the americicas. amy:y: gustavo petro, you said your own life is threatened. have you received death threats? >> yes. the last one i received was two weeks ago. pamphlet circulating against the main opposition leaders in colombia by a group called the black eagles. they have threatened thousands people throughout colombia in the past couple of monons. the grorotesque content of these well, they always say that we should not be the opposition to duque. not a single member of the black eagles is in prison. there has never been any combat. real is no record of the existenc

some in latin america have quickly learned how to win them over with anti-abortion and anti-gay rhetoric. let's hope in their urge to throw the bums out, latin's america evangelicals don't anoint too many false prophets. think they want something to get

is sonia shot a latin america analyst with a focus on venezuela and from atlanta by skype is charles shapiro former u.s. ambassador to venezuela thank you all for joining us so now i want to start with you will this new currency help at all. of course not ok this is not the first time that we have seen a go were meant in latin america to remove heroes from the korean city that had happened in argentina and brazil in colombia but the situation was quite different even though that happened every four in the latin america in the seventy's eighty's and so on i mean so you're starting a rough time hugo chavez also not zeros off of the believer in two thousand and eight. yeah that's true so ok it's not against that but till that time menace well it was a very different call on three deer in there travis time and his fellow west hill well to actually the wealthy is venezuela the problem is they mismanagement of the economy because the resources are there there's been a silence there say half her oil they still have a role materials the problem is the mismanagement of the government and that

there are other countries in latin america who are making those restrictions. i understand that, but you are not giving them access to all the humanitarian support which you just told me about but which, if you do not have a passport, you cannot access. we have been giving support to people without passports. we have for a long time. and actually, the situation... the washington office on latin america issued a report just the other day saying, "the colombian government is making it difficult for venezuelans to access humanitarian aid and shelter. this leaves migrants are vulnerable to violance and exploitation." i don't know about that report but i can tell you that we have been keeping the same policy that began some months ago, and that policy has been to keep our borders open to humanitarian support, and we know that now is the time where we have to give back the solidarity that we got years ago from the venezuelan people when we had a huge colombian migration. so now we have to give ourselves to this solidarity but, at the same time, we have to articulate

in the middle east latin america the u.k. and the u.s. but it identified no link or coordination between the separate campaigns and the statement posted online. says it's up to bangladesh to repatriate the more than seven hundred thousand ranger refugees during a lecture in singapore said me and has been ready to receive range of attorney since january of course the muslim minority group fled rakhine state after a military crackdown began last year. he says the danger of what she calls terrorism though is still real and present the danger of terrorist activities which was initial course of course of the events leading to the humanitarian crisis in rakhine remains real and present today and this is security challenges address the risk of intercommunal violence here really it is a threat that could have grave consequences not just for myanmar but also for other countries in our region and beyond more on this from florence lowy in kuala lumpur . it's not a surprise to hear myanmar leader aung san suu kyi talk about the threat of terrorism in

america or latin america women are really playing catch up i would say at this hour fascinating time isn't it listen human america and it's in. q one of the last big votes we saw on abortion was an art and it was admitted leigh a nationwide referendum but still interesting. i look back on. another catholic country which went down this path of even talking about abortion was quite a fascinating story in ireland really and if you look up ireland abortion it down to zero dot com you'll find the stories from that as it says in this article momentous that momentous monumental day for women in our land that's at al-jazeera dot com for you and we're looking for your feedback as well on this story and anything else that's coming up on the show contact details coming up for you on screen right now we're going to be talking about the wildfires in canada we are going to be talking a story the wildfires in the california we're going to talking about the spat between canada and saudi arabia is at a.j. english on twitter facebook dot com slash al-jazeera is where you can watch the live stream watc

other countries in latin america are making those restrictions. other countries in latin america are making those restrictionslj understand. you are not giving them access to humanitarian support that you just told me about but if you do not have a possible you cannot access it. we have been giving support to people without passports. and we have for a long time. at the washington office on latin america issued a report the other day saying, quote, the colombian government is making it difficult for venezuelans to government is making it difficult for venezuela ns to access humanitarian aid and shelter. this makes migrants are vulnerable. we have been keeping the same policing that a policy that began some months ago and that policy has to keep our borders open to humanitarian support and we know that now is the time where we have two give back the solidarity we received years ago from the venezuelan people when we had huge colombian migration. so now we must give ourselves to the solidarity but we have to articulate the right policies we do the r

it to lace in latin america and could happen again if the situation warrants it. lacesuggested, there are that are going to start burning very quickly. needsore, everybody your to think about these. not just part of russian strategy and syria or you train but as a global and of russian power. in russian strategy in syria or ukraine but as a global arm of russian power. >> i want to talk about emcs in how thate region and is connected to russia's pmc push today. there are three different models you find in the middle east and the gulf. this has occurred over time. with then to start transfer of equipment and other materials from the iraq the a church or the afghan theater -- you rock theater to the -- iraq theater to the afghan theater. vehicles renting out to move equipment via the you a to afghanistan. includingan companies an airline was hired id os -- -- dos. tos there are dozens of kinds of these companies. example of how these types of companies got started in the region. findond type of pmc you are those that were involved in campaign to counter the off the

about latin america we make, we're screaming a lot about immigration latin america. venezuela has had 1.5 million people flee the country because it's just intolerable nicaragua is on the verge of becoming a failing state. these will not be confined to the borders. what's more, moscow and perhaps beijing tried to take advantage of them. in africa the only thing i see about american foreign policy, for that matter european foreign policy in africa, there's a contestant from europeans. initiatives against aids which are wonderful. critical but it's hardly enough to say it's a strategy or foreign policy. africom budget has been cut. we need to have a real rethinking of the foreign threat to africa. no matter what russia doing, china is doing much more. one of the reasons the russians are getting is his public because they don't want a child of whole continent to themselves. africa remains a black hole in american, and the middle east i don't think we're cognizant of the strategic transmissions that are going on, and tail and fully up to speed on how to deal with them. >

about latin america, we are screaming a lot about emigration from latin america. venezuela has alread only had 1.5 million people flee the country because it's just intolerable. nicaragua is on the verge of becoming a failed state. these will not be confined to their borders. what's more, moscow and perhaps nation will try to take advantage of it. in africa the with think i see about american foreign policy, for that matter european foreign policy, there are some big investment from europeans. we mention africa in conjunction with initiatives against aids which are wonderful and critical and selfless but it's hard enough to say there's a strategy or foreign policy. africom is budget has been cut. we need to have a real rethinking of the fourth circuit africa. the medical russian doing, china is doing even much more. as has been overtaken one of the reasons why rush getting is because they don't want china to the whole continent to themselves. but africa remains a black hole in america foreign policy. and for that matter the middle east, i don't think were cognizan

all across latin america thousands of people around the poles of women in argentina this was the scene in the brazilian city of rio de janeiro the supreme called there is deciding whether to legalize abortion up to twelve weeks of pregnancy and chile as they've been marching in the capital santiago demanding that only abortion laws be relaxed even more just last year chile legalized terminations in certain circumstances in cases of rape when the mother's life is endangered or when a fetus is malformed. at least nineteen people have been arrested over what the venezuelan government says was the attempted assassination of the president nicolas maduro wasn't hurt when explosions from a drone interrupted a military parade in caracas on saturday he's blamed the opposition colombia as well as a group of u.s. finance he is for the apparent attack some opposition figures have now been stripped of their pollen metry immunity and linked to the incident. just trying to insist canada will always speak strongly in favor of human rights the prime minister was responding to a growing diplomatic row w

russia iran and also here in latin america there's numerous other allies in that. and central america and in south america. now these are allies to this special for example not a case of india which the interesting case in point because i must've growing economy a very digital economy and very vibrant. krypto economy sector they provide a lot of support for venezuela in these economic changes also the chinese economy with that tenneco know how i'm a very recent very recent sit significant eleven to the oil sector in venezuela to help. modernize its infrastructure so venezuela definitely has numerous allies across the world and also if the u.s. government has successfully brought about such a regime change in latin america in the last few years and brazil by installing a dictator. by the election of a right wing government and honestly with the election of the ultra rightist in colombia and venezuela support it but that's not a set of n. it's whether it without allies in there in the region or within the world charles how do you see all this playing out regionally a

alix: do you feel whether or not if that company is latin america, something -- a place where you feel you need to expand? bob: i think long-term, it will be a very important market. and where we find with braskem is they are well-positioned there, high-quality assets with a good management team. i think they run the company very well. as you know, with m&a, it tends to be opportunistic. so, we find that this is a great opportunity potentially. alix: if a deal does not go through, to take that company in this conversation off the table, would you still be looking for acquisitions in latin america, or would your focus shift to the u.s. are somewhere else? -- or somewhere else? bob: we would step back and look at other global opportunities. alix: how easy is it to expand right now at this moment? bob: well, it takes five years for us to build a new plant from the time that we really get serious about it. we have to do engineering. the construction takes time. and construction has been challenging in the u.s. because we were not ready as an industry to build as much as what has been built

alix: do you feel whether or not if that company is latin america, something -- a place where you feel you need to expand? bob: i think long-term, it will be a very important market. and where we find with braskem is they are well-positioned there, high-quality assets with a good management team. i think they run the company very well. as you know, with m&a, it tends to be opportunistic. so, we find that this is a great opportunity potentially. alix: if a deal does not go through, to take that company in this conversation off the table, would you still be looking for acquisitions in latin america, or would your focus shift to the u.s. are somewhere else? bob: we would step back and look at other global opportunities. alix: how easy is it to expand right now at this moment? bob: well, it takes five years for us to build a new plant from the time that we really get serious about it. we have to do engineering. the construction takes time. and construction has been challenging in the u.s. because we were not ready as an industry to build as much as what has been built here. alix: what make

government has successfully brought about such a regime change in latin america in the last few years and brazil by installing a dictator. by the election of a right wing government and honestly with the election of the ultra rightist in colombia and venezuela support it but that's not a set of n. it's whether it without allies in there in the region or within the world charles how do you see all this playing out regionally at least in the short term. well i must get in a different world than all of us. because it is written that is where the south is or are few and far between russia syria and china don't. go to get out. over the short term rescued unfortunately more chaos and that is where . the government policies unfortunately is flat out don't work and that's going to create more crisis and then we'll know more refugees leaving the country it's that is translated into crisis and all the neighboring countries and still along the route to ecuador in question number that is where it is going both europe and anything over there charles and let me ask you just follow up on what you we

latin america has advanced in leading >> this is in today's new york times. it's seldom to have, except for tragedies of big magnitude, a full page in "the new york times" in today's edition. well, those are the good news, i guess. >> well, thank you very much, jaime, for your kind words, especially for your long-lasting friendship. i have never been his boss really. [laughter] he was a contributor to the newspaper that i used to edit in costa rica, but that's a very distinguished contributor. i decided to prepare a set of four slides together with a couple of graphics about the situation this nicaragua in order to organize the four basic topics that i would like to cover. i thank you, jaime and the hudson institute, for the invitation and you for being here. sorry i didn't mention that before. i will try to refer, first, to the elements that contributed to the creation in nicaragua of what i think it could be called an autocratic status quo that lasted in one way or another until the beginning of the mid, mid april of this year. then i would like to refer to

latin america has advanced in leading dictatorial regimes. starting the 21st century, democracy was prevalent in the while military dictatorships had shrunk into oblivion, or so it was believed. well, that was that. today, democracies are still vigorous and prevalent. remain a few open wounds that each day calls for increased attention and action in the hemisphere. countries.ar, two nicaragua and venezuela. they are back to murdering and jailing their citizens. caracas and managua have become the killing fields of latin america. how sad. in nicaragua, for weeks, hundreds of young men have lost their lives in public demonstrations. cities.ua and other realseek democracy, democracy, not the dictatorial hammer. we are fortunate to have with us three outstanding speakers to discuss with us the maladies of nicaragua and the reaction of organizations to the tragic picture of this nation. the first to speak will be one of the most prominent journalists the first to speak will be one of the most prominent journalists and intellectuals in latin americ

associate professor at nyu, where he is a historian of modern latin america. he is the executive editor for nacla report on the americas, and the author of the book, "barrio rising, urban popular politics and the making of modern venezuela." he was born and raised in caracas. also here is gabriel l hetland, asassistant professor of latin american studies at the state university of new york in albany. and in washington, d.c. we are joined by mark weisbrot. co-director of the center for economic and policy research,, and president of just foreign policy. we welcome you all. can you talk about what happened this weekend? the fifirst time an assassinatin attempt has been made against a head of state using drones? >> it was a very confusing situation. -- the party that he presides over were gathered to celebrate the 81st anniversary of the guard that has become prominent. as he was laying out some of the , the shift of the economy, you heard them the video was a loud explosion. reacting with surprise and another general behind him even fainting. and then following

i grew up in latin america, i'm used to inequality, but it never stops to strike you. i mean, parts of san pedro, you can see there's real money here. it wouldn't be — perhaps some buildings wouldn't be out of place in miami. butjust across the river and the street, you have a really nasty slum. it's tough here. now, the country is proposing a bold plan to lure investment and try to put the brakes on its downward spiral. but not everyone is on board. critics, from politicians to human rights activists, say it is a dangerous experiment from an illegitimate government. it's past midnight at the bus station in san pedro sula. it's here that you get a true sense of how desperate the situation has become for most hondurans. tens of thousands of people risk their lives every year on a long and a gruelling journey to the united states. many will endanger their lives riding freight trains across mexico. others will be exploited, kidnapped, or even killed by criminal gangs. around a third will be caught and deported back to honduras. 24—year—old juan francisco knows all o

a latin america editor to see a new man has more from one side or. more to make here in argentina coated one for the opposing group of those who favor abortion rights. the back. to her up the street inside the senate disease very important for all the society because a lot of women are dying because they made their status at abortion because you don't want to be bothered it's a right you can't just to be a matter not an idea and an equal or ego women will continue having abortions and we ask that women don't die and can't have the right to a legal safe and free procedure the decision is not expected until after midnight here along. with you. right now they're. out on the street to try to make up. for most our hearing might be the road in the senate the last five years change their mind at the last minute this is the start vote in south america's second largest country and it's a debate that has got galvanized and divided public opinion in a country where planned destiny unsafe abortions and the long poles of maternal deaths. across latin. america tho

they try to do something like that in latin america. it is a flexible model can be used therefore it's cheap. the russian government doesn't have to pay for it. these oligarchs out of their own money and making federalist rewards afterwards. i'm sure for example in an africa that these people are not coming there to be paid for. but they are being paid for their major rewards giving more materials, diamonds, mines. i think it is normal. i just had time didn't had time for in the presentation. the classical definition of the state. is that institution that has that monopoly of the use of legal force in the country when you start evolving the force involving the force of the private armies. and there formations in russia. you are throwing loaded dice onto the table. at some point the state does become weak. they are owned by someone that's not completely controlled. and we could see some really nasty phenomena as a result. if these people are there. mercenaries can turn on their masters. that has been known to happen as well. it is the ne

alix: do you feel whether or not if that company is latin america, something -- a place where you feel you need to expand? bob: i think long-term, it will be a very important market. and what we find with braskem is they are well-positioned there, high-quality assets with a good management team. i think they run the company very well. as you know, with m&a, it tends to be opportunistic. so, we find that this is a great opportunity potentially. alix: if a deal does not go through, to take that company in this conversation off the table, would you still be looking for acquisitions in latin america, or would your focus shift to the u.s. or somewhere else? bob: we would step back and look at other global opportunities. alix: how easy is it to expand right now at this moment? bob: well, it takes five years for us to build a new plant from the time that we really get serious about it. we have to do engineering. the construction takes time. and construction has been challenging in the u.s. because we were not ready as an industry to build as much as what has been built here. alix: what makes

is sonia shot a latin america analyst with a focus on venezuela and from atlanta by skype is charles shapiro former u.s. ambassador to venezuela thank you all for joining us sonia i want to start with you with this new currency help at all of course not ok this is not the first time that we have seen it go were meant in latin america to remove from the currency that the top and in argentina and brazil in colombia but the situation was quite the free and even though that happened of the flora in the left in america in the seventy's eighty's and so i mean sony i'm sorry to interrupt i mean hugo chavez also not zeros off of the believer in two thousand and eight correct. yeah that's true so ok it's not against that but till that time menace well it was a very different call on three d. you're in there travis time and it's hello westin well to actually the wealthy is famous well the problem is there mismanagement of the economy because the ressources are there there's been a silence there say half her oil they still have roam of the areas the problem is the mismanagement of the garment a

i grew up in latin america. i'm used to inequality, but it never stops to strike you. i mean, parts of san pedro, you can see there's real money here. it wouldn't be — perhaps some buildings wouldn't be out of place in miami. butjust across the river and the street, you have a really nasty slum. it's tough here. now the country is proposing a bold plan to lure investment and try to put the brakes on its downward spiral. but not everyone is on board. critics, from politicians to human rights activists, say it is a dangerous experiment from an illegitimate government. it's past midnight at the bus station in san pedro sula. it's here that you get a true sense of how desperate the situation has become for most hondurans. tens of thousands of people risk their lives every year on a long and a gruelling journey to the united states. many will endanger their lives riding freight trains across mexico. others will be exploited, kidnapped, or even killed by criminal gangs. around a third will be caught and deported back to honduras. 24—year—old juan francisco knows all of

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passed a law last month has a latin america editor lucianne human. to make here in argentina is a coded one move for those who oppose it i agree with those who favor abortion rights to hear. their voices heard just up the street inside the senate disease very important for all the society because a lot of women are dying because they made their status that abortion because you don't want to be bothers it's a right you can't just to be a modern aren't already eleanor eagle or easily go women will continue having abortions and we ask that women don't die and can have the right to a legal safe and free procedure the decision is not expected until after midnight you are here for the long march. and all right now there are real activists out on the street perhaps it's because they have to promote your hearing like me that they will lose the job in the senate less than five senators change their mind the last minute this is the star of vote in south america second largest country and it's a debate that has both galvanized and divided public opinion in a co

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you see in human al-jazeera when a site is across latin america both the catholic church and most major political parties have been against abortion for a long time cuba you're requiring mexico's capital city are the only places in the region where abortion is legal during the first ten to twelve weeks of pregnancy however last year chile legalized abortions for certain circumstances in case of rape fetal abnormality when the mother's life is endangered brazil is not debating whether to legalize abortion of up to twelve weeks there's been a hearing at the supreme court with more than sixty experts on both sides making their case abortion if it is completely banned in nicaragua honduras el salvador the dominican republic haiti and sort of now south sudan's president salva kiir has granted amnesty to former vice president right with shar and others involved in the five year civil war it follows a power sharing agreement signed earlier this week aimed at ending the conflict but he'll get scared his former deputy bashar eight months to form a transitional government tens of thousands being

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viewfinder latin america discovers new filmmaking talent from around the globe. just. a quick reminder of the top stories this hour thousands of israelis many of them from the minority druze community are protesting against a controversial nation state it defines israel as a jewish state and downgrades the arabic language with the rebels in yemen say they've launched a drone strike on an air base in southern saudi arabia they say they targeted a runway used by the saudi and coalition to launch as strike song at. north korea's foreign minister has criticized us. before sanctions can be lifted meanwhile u.n. report suggested the north is continuing its nuclear and missile programs. now more than twenty opposition supporters in zimbabwe have been denied bail after being arrested and charged with inciting public violence six people were killed on wednesday when soldiers opened fire at a protest against alleged vote rigging in monday's election malcolm webb is in the capital harare. police say these people were responsible for election violence in harare on wednesday the su

if we are looking at em, which ones what i be looking to reengage with, i like latin america. see some reasonably pro business government. in argentina they are struggling with the legacy of problems but it is a reasonably pro business government. something in brazil. -- the crisis may be less infectious. , ione is pausing and waiting would be thinking latin america. china, i am less sure about. that is a very big problem. i'm not sure many people understand what is going on in china. the debts. changes, theency chinese have been able to devalue their currency but hasn't lost for too long because the vast inflows due to the trade has managed very quickly. and it has started to strengthen again. we are in a different situation now. they are no longer in a trade surplus. think it does -- the debt situation in china is very dramatic. what are people ignoring that? >> they are comforted by the fact that the official foreign-exchange service is still substantial. historically, the government has been able to spend their way out of the trouble. it has been a hiatus. i am leaving chi

my johnson hot part of the viewfinder and latin america has seen. its time honored jazeera. again you're watching i just need a reminder of all the top stories this hour donald trump's former lawyer has pled guilty to breaking campaign finance laws during the twenty sixth election michael cohen says trump directed him to pay money to women the president allegedly had affairs with. and in virginia a jury found former trump campaign manager paul manifold guilty of eight fraud charges both cases emerge from investigation into alleged russian meddling in the twenty sixteen u.s. election. zimbabwe's top court is hearing the opposition party's challenge to last month's presidential election result opposition leader nelson chamisa says the vote was rigged in favor of president emerson he won with just over fifty percent. let's come back now to one of our top stories the u.s. piling pressure on iran because of its ally israel's concerns in syria iran has been a key backer of syrian president bashar assad in the seven year long civil war it provides military and intelligence support

to be part of the viewfinder and latin america. this time. on the al-jazeera news salad days or. top stories zimbabwe's highest court is delivering its ruling on the opposition's challenge to last month's presidential election result and d.c. alliance leader nelson chamisa says the vote was rigged in favor of president and the same money. the a morality coalition air strike near a camp to displaced people in the game and has reportedly killed at least thirty put the media say it happened in one day the province meanwhile a new human rights watch report says the saudi led coalition's investigations into alleged war crimes lack credibility and australia has a new prime minister after malcolm turnbull lost his second leadership challenge in a week former treasurer scott morrison has been sworn in as the sixth leader in eight years. now saudi arabia is reportedly looking to borrow money from international banks to help stabilize its economy according to the financial times of the others seeking eleven billion dollars in loans the decision comes after plans to list at say to owned oil

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the buffet david hertz and his crew prepared was for a meeting of the world economic forum on latin america earlier this year. 700 politicians and business leaders munched on finger food made of scraps and rejects, prepared by the young cooks from poor families. they made culinary treats fit for the rich and powerful. the message is, good food does not have to be expensive. david hertz also wants to provide direct aid to people in need, to the homeless. david: one of our dreams was to be able to send food to shelters. but because of allll e legislation, we are not able to do this. but we hope in the future we can also change the laws. reporter: these young people show that social gastronomy is a movement that is gaining momentum. host: and now we head from brazil to southeast asia. in 2016,6, myanmar's 5 50 yearf military d dictatorship officiay came to an end. the economy is now growing and foforeign investmement is on e risese. but t so far, mostst developmt effoforts have beeeen limitedo urban areas, like the country's largest city, yangon. in rural areasmeanwhile, pepeople live inin ext

standing certain contentious parts of the world such as latin america, the united states could actually increase its military strength. at the moment, after the heat of the early cold war, these were bold ideas that cut across the grain of the conventional wisdom in foreign policy. richard nixon had been the president to make the policy of the united states. before watergate, this is what many americans know about his presidency. they believed that he was trying to rebuild the strength of the united states overseas that had been weakened as a result of the terminal of the 60s. to secure u.s. influence in the post 1960 her, nixon had been convinced that he would need to make a series of dramatic moves like bringing the war in vietnam to a total and and sawing relations with the soviet union in china. because of his strong political standing with conservatives, nixon believed he could do this, that he could open up relationships with the communist without suffering politically here at home. the individual who missed eloquently -- most eloquently articulated the concept was his national se