i asked china accelerated, it's economic expansion in latin america. the bible administration is moving to counter beijing's trillion dollar belt and wrote initiative with an initiative. if it turn cold, build back better for the world, but it's out of here as i see on human reports, not from santiago, chile, it could be too little too late to recover. washington's diminished influence in the region for south and central america. the new north is east, especially china, and it should come as no surprise in just 20 years. china's trade with the region has soared from less than 18000000000 to more than 300. 15000000000 everywhere you look, us products have been replaced by chinese bridge during the cold war. and in fact, way before that united states considered latin america, it's back yard, employing its famous keratin stick policy to ensure that is to interest were respected. today. it's not the american, but the chinese presence that's far more visible here and it goes way beyond she. chinese import. 19 latin american into religion. countries had join

the battle for in for wednesday in latin america. after seating ground to china on the diplomatic and economic front, the united states seeks to wind back its neighbors with billions of dollars in new investments. we explain how. also this week, the pandemic can find many students to their homes. are those lucky enough we're able to go online to continue studying? we look at one of the biggest winners from the pandemic online learning, or as silicon valley likes to call, it adds tech. and the afghans was saying, put as economy crumbles around them for this soft drinks maker. it's business as usual. but at what cost? ah, china has use it's $1.00 trillion dollar belt and road initiative to expand its economy and diplomatic ties worldwide. and now leads to world in trade with africa, parts of asia and latin america, a region which united states has long regarded as its backyards. over the years, china's ties with latin america and the caribbean has paid dividends. total trade increased from almost 8 in $1000000000.00 in 2002 to almost $

s. remains latin america's top investor concerns. i've been raised in washington about b james influence. well, let's get some analysis now with him in our blanco who's research director and head of america's risk insights at various maple craft. and she's joining us from under lucia in spain. haman a very good to have you with us on the show. so how exactly will washington county china? well, i mean, it's interesting the proposition that washington can counter china name for structure, but also including principles, right? because washington's investment is not just for building roads and bridges or dredging ports, it has to do with, you know, advancing gender equality and digitalization and, and lowering and equality in the region. but washington has a lot of baggage than china dawson. and so for me, the key question is to see how the bite and administration is able to implement these policies and whether it will be able to compete with china on infrastructure or whether this will remain an ideological battle ground. and certain go

over the years, china's ties with latin america and the caribbean has paid dividends. total trade increased from almost $18000000000.00 in 2002 to almost $300.00. 16000000000 in 20 . 19, in 2020. beijing's imports amounted to a 100. $65000000000.00, mostly of copper, minerals and meet from 2005 to 2020 china invested a $136000000000.00 in latin america with energy projects attracting 57 percent of the investment mining received 27 percent. and chinese banks have become huge lenders to the region in 252020 the loan to more than a 137000000000. nevertheless. so though the u. s. remains latin america's top investor concerns are, have been raised in washington about beijing's influence. well, let's get some analysis now with him in our blanco who's research director and head of america's risk insights. that very sc maple croft and she's joining us from under lucia in spain. haman a very good to have you with us on the show. so how exactly will washington county china? well, i mean, it's interesting the proposition that washington can counter china name for structure, but a

unlike china, latin america and the u. s. do share cultural ties. but there's also a checkered history, which is why most latin american countries are watching washington in beijing compete for their ever convinced that when it comes to trade, being monotonous, is no longer in their best interests. tesla joined an elite club of companies valued at more than one trillion dollars. that's after it landed one of the biggest orders for electric vehicles from the rental car company hurts. now, if anything, the deal finally cements the electric cars. rise from a nice product to the future of the auto industry. while tesla has ambitions to top the entire auto industry and sales over the next decade. the $368000000000.00 heavy truck industry is wide open for a similar disruptor. a gaggle of big names dominate the sector and have plans to start electrifying their vehicles. tab up a british electric truck start up, has raised millions of dollars to roll out its own environmentally friendly delivery trucks. with an electric charge, the trunk can cover 250 kilom

when you look at latin america, latin america has its own story about race and ethnicity, but race is an important part in the way latin americans think about their own identity. that includes people who are white or light skinned, to those who are dark, to those who have indigenous roots, so trace their roots to mayan or other origins. even among hispanics, which is an ethnic group, according to the census bureau, there is a racial distributional among that group, as well. in our survey at the pew research center, we have asked latinos whether or not their identity is an ethnic identity or part of their racial identity? we have found that a majority see their latino identity as part of their racial identity, so you are right to ask this question. there is an interesting -- interesting way of how statistics are recorded versus how the public sees itself. at the pew research center, we track to document the different way race manifests itself in the latino population. in this case, by asking a question like the census bureau, but here is an alternative way to ask, if someone sees you w

>> latin america is going through a very deep crisis. the region was in crisis before the pandemic, but covid has only made things worse. one third of the population in latin america is poor, and poverty means hunger. manyf these migrants are fleeing hunger, actually. there are haitians, cubans, and venezuelans. haitians are fleeing one of the poorest countries in the world, which is experiencing a huge political instability after the assassination of their president. cubans are fleeing a dictatorship and venezuelans are fleeing the terrible machine of nicholas -- terrible regime of nicolas maduro. sumi: and what are conditions like at this migrant camp? >> conditions are precarious. there are improvised camps, and migrants and -- and there have already traveled for many months and crossed many countries. the cuban migrants we saw in the reports, they have crossed 12 countries. when migrants reach the area, they have almost no money. it's difficult to believe, but most of them are traveling without money, zero. they have no money in thei

venture capitalists see opportunities in latin america, especially in fintech and ecommerce. so far this year the region brought in just under $15 billion in vc funding, up three-fold a year ago according to cb insights fintech in particular is booming, in third quarter alone more than 50 latin america fintech deals, in total topping $3 billion according to pitch book investors i talked to point to a young mobile population with some of the highest internet penetration and engaging rates in the world, but ecommerce has lagged historically until the pandemic forced a lot of the world to start using on-demand delivery and moving their financial lives online vc investigators point to a lack of existing infrastructure as well and a large unbanked and under banked population there. it makes it especially ripe for some of the digital challenger banks. there have been a couple of new laws in mexico and brazil that make it a bit easier for the new challengers to come on the scene. argentina, chile and peru are expected to follow take a look, kelly brazilian fintech new bank is now on

and these are people who come from latin america but they also come from romania. i mean, they're coming from all over the world. we've obviously seen them coming from haiti. the haitian -- the photos of what's going on there, it's obviously a humanitarian crisis, it's discouraging to see. what we're told, what we're told is very different from what we've heard today. we're told by i.c.e., customs -- immigration customs enforcement that only 350 haitians have been flown back to haiti out of the 13 to 15,000 you said were there. you're telling us today we're taking care of it, the number is well below 10,000. that must mean they were either removed to mexico or released. i don't think they were removed to mexico because part of the problem with title 42 is mexico is not taking people unless they're spanish speaking from latin america. so we just -- again, we need to have our information clear. and in terms of why they came, i think this idea of a pull factor is very real. you know how i feel about the asylum system, i think it's a pull factor. i told you, i visited

america but also here in the u.s. if we move away about talking about particular racial clips and asked aboutl the skin color instead and write their own skin color, will find and serve ice that those of lighter skin tend to do better than those of darker skin on a number of economic measures but also his termination expenses are more likely to occur to those darker skinned than those lighter skinned. it's true among latinos and other groups. the caller made some interesting points about these labels and categories p of race which is something the federal government defined or is created as part of a census bureau data collection. in many ways, it reflects how the public thinks of itself and reflects on policymakers eking about the country and has changed over time will have to see where things go whether or not we will continue to use these same labels and groupings that we do now and to answer the question about hispanic not being a race, again we ask hispanic public what they thought and that's whyhy i suppt that p

that increase is much more dramatic and they come from latin america and romania. they're coming from all over the world and haiti. the photos of what's going on there, look at this chart. it's obviously a humanitarian crisis. it's really discouraging to see. what we're told, what we're told is different than what we heard today. we're told by i.c.e., customs immigration and enforcement that only 353 haitians have been flown back out of who were there and yet you're telling us today we're taking care of it and the number is well below 10,000. that must mean they were removed to mexico or released. part of the problem with title 42 is mexico's not taking people unless they're spanish speaking, from latin america. again, we needed to have our information clear. and in terms of why they came, i think this idea of a pull factor is very real. you know how i feel about the asylum system. i think it's a pull factor. i visited countries and the presidents of the countries say we don't like what you're doing because you're pulling our young people away. we want them to stay

with i've been covering all of latin america for most of my career, but no country is alike. and it's my job to said light on how and why lou, i'm sammy's a dan in doha with a look at the headlines here now to sierra the you is pledging a 1000000000 dollars to help afghanistan. the money will go to aid agencies and not the tanya bon. international funds have been frozen since the arm group sees control of the country. schools in hong kong of been suspended as rain and wind from typhoon campus to hit the financial hub authorities of canceled morning trade on the city stock market. rob mcbride is following developments from hong kong. this has been a.

latin america has one of the highest price projections in the world. i was hoping you could talk about the risks for that forecast. in particular, in the case of argentina, if you see any risks. >> thank you. it's important to highlight the fact that while we are talking about inflation rising, it's across regions. latin america is one region where we have seen inflation go up more widely across countries. again, latin america and other parts of the world are being affected by global shocks with increases in energy prices, commodity prices, supply chain disruptions. there is variation across countries in terms of the domestic demand and inflation pressures that are happening. again, consistent with what i said previously. it's important for countries to tailor their monetary policy actions to country specific circumstances. to the question of argentina, we see argentina's inflation expectations as unanchored. it continues to be unanchored at this point. also because of the increased reliance on monetary financing in argentina. that's the current pictur

our latin america that alysia newman revolts from santiago. these men and women make a part of the largest haitian expect community in latin america after their countries, 2010 earthquake chile opened its doors to tens of thousands of haitians. many are mine, but to day, even as thousands of undocumented venezuelans, colombians and peruvians are flocking to chile. huge numbers of haitians are actually leaving on the us mexico border. hundreds of haitians have discarded their gillian id cards as they risked their lives trying to reach you as shores. the question is, why would they leave chile the country with the highest per capita income in the region? and throughout the north digna velasmio identified yelton's virgin, and the treatment that haitians received here from chiles current president is indecent. if that's why they decide to journey to el dorado, even if they die on the way for him, because they are sure they will be treated better. lisa must. the death of a young haitian mother shook the community to the core 2 years ago. 27 year ol

once you have that sample sailor, i will follow, but not mainly in latin america, everywhere, anywhere in to watch it, even though you have like more recency, latin america for digital car because we have more inflation. but the place is useful for the country. i mean, they, again, the mean and the, because they create in that yes, with providers and leave me money to pay them. so it's changing. we need these, but we need this not because government will do it. everybody in those countries we're just asking visually. so do you need people to decide to go into this, you can't expect the government to do it so, so i think that revolution revolution, the way i like it, i mean that in america adoption in the way we expect, like, following day day, the leading off as a lot of good m r anywhere. all right, we've got about 10 seconds work and people got tickets still up at consol salvador, w, w, w dot, dot com. fair enough. rudolfo. andre us, thanks for being on the kaiser report. thank you. let's was a person. all right, that's going to do for this additional, the kaiser, a par with may max

he is of the law it com, the earliest bitcoin conference in latin america. rodolfo welcome. thank you. most though, are you doing? great, great to see you now. love it. com for setting to el salvador i in 2 weeks. but before we get into that event, tell us about the history of law bit comp when, why, where did it all start? actually is the longest running conference or the is between conferences with our team and it started to when we're an emergency. now everyone, we have these concerns, no disciplines dis, restrictions about getting money into our scene to the country are buying daughters . so when we did the 1st conference, it is on the 13 most of the people in the world were watching and aiming towards it . do you not a big place? were the school girls we had a huge inflation re, currency contrast to stuff like that. and we achieved to ring the biggest about speakers, a dot com a and see that we get being the most relevant conference in the region. a with an addition i concept which is has to do with the experience itself. yes. which is beyond the com. that is also a mix

in the caribbean and central american and latin america, which have been, we could pay, kept in economic crisis, kept in conditions of extreme poverty for many years. and so i think it's nothing surprising to see increase levels of migration. look going to the not, and, but the blindness eventually on, on the current new administration when it's essentially a structural economic problem, a long term problem. i think it's somewhat unfair what's causing this particular search at the moment. is there any one root cause right now that dynamics of migration are intrinsic and what, what causes and the timings and the whole range of other elements really dependent, a whole range of local practice. and i think it's very important that we point out that most of these migrants just generally normal working people are looking for a better quality of life, the republican letter to the, to us president. and we can accuse it, it states that the vast majority of these migrant, human traffic is in direct run, it is, is false, is unfair. and yet another example of the manipulation when the right wing u.

with i've been covering all of latin america for most of my career, but no country is alike. and it's my job to said light on how and why lou ah, i might have top stories, yolanda 0, who's been gunfire, and the afghan capital i was after at least 13 people were killed in an explosion in kabul. the bombing targeted the entrance of the 2nd largest mosque in the city where a memorial service was being held for the mother of a taliban official. jordan's king of due to the 2nd is among the world leaders and billionaires whose secret business dealings have been exposed by a huge leak of financial documents, a circle. pandora papers say he built up a property in by $100000000.00, including properties in malibu, and london, and thousands of supporters of tennessee and present guys had rallied across the country saying they back. his promise is to change the political system. your position is a q side of carrying out a crew. when he suspended department. algeria has closed his ass pace to all french military flights over its territory as diplomatic. tensions grow on saturday, presiden

let's hope that doesn't happen. lucy newman, our latin america editor there, thank you. and he government protest is have been demonstrating across bolivia against a proposed law. they say is a step towards a police state crowds block straits and were met by counter protested in support of the president. the legislation being considered would allow authorities to investigate the assets of any citizen without a court order. and the government says it's essential to tackle elicit earnings and help the economy. al jazeera is daniel schwein. law has more opponents of the government's proposed new law, blocked roads in major cities across bolivia. they were met by police who cleared them to ensure workers could get through the demonstrate to see the law concentrate too much power in the hands of the state which could use it to persecute offers if and leaders the strongest focus was in the eastern city of santa cruz oh, i beg your own so long that dragging us along a road on which will lose our democracy and our liberty to a communist and totalitarian regime. oh, this governme

latin america once protection the crisis among the highest in the world. i was hoping to talk a little bit about what other risk for the forecast to see any risk of inflation that might create additional problems for the region. it's important to highlight and latin i america's one region we have seen inflation go up more widely across multiple countries but again latin america like other parts of the world is being infected by global stocks with supply chain disruption there is variation across countries in terms of the extent that is happening. again consistent to what we've said previously to tailor their policy action to country pacificst project specific circumstances. to the question of argentina, with argentina's inflation expectation it continues to be an anchor at this point. also because of the increased reliance in argentina. that is the current picture right now. we continue to work closely on technical levers with the government towards coming up with solutions and more sustainable growth. turning now to talk broadly about how economic recover

we have simulating what happens when an elephant commerce life off to conflict on al jazeera, latin america is a region of wonder, i'm joy of tragedy and yes, of violet. but it doesn't matter where you are, you have to be able to relate to the human condition is in with, i've been covering all of latin america for most of my career, but no country is alike. and it's my job to shed light on how and why. when ask and filmmaker hassan for silly catches the taliban attention. a bounty on his head forces him to flee with his family, desperately seeking sanctuary. they journey across continents chronicling their multi year saga on their phones. midnight traveller, an odyssey of hope resilience and ultimately one family's love for each other. witness on al jazeera lou i marleen side and doe hon with the headlines on al jazeera turnout was low and sundays parliamentary election in iraq. the vote was supposed to be held next year, but was brought forward in response to mass anti government protests. the electoral commission is promising furnace, and transparency is ballots. all tallied early result

>> very well business thriving in latin america it seems is that set to continue in your eyes is this a great buying opportunity? >> i never know about when's the perfect time to buy or sell but there's an awful lot going on in latin america. i'm a member of the board of directors with a huge business in latin america and the privilege to hear about the excitement that's going on, innovations and fintech, great companies built. amazing hotbeds of engineering talent. >> growing number of latin american entrepreneurs in america itself when you look back over your entire career do you think there's been significant progress in the opportunities for latinos in the u.s. economy or not enough? are you encouraged or still dismayed >> i would say we've made some progress but nowhere near where we need to be and i think it needs effort on both sides certainly the business establishment can do more. many companies do a lot but really is a lot of work that needs to happen very early on in the pipeline for talent. you can't just wait and hope that the universities do all of the work for you i thi

whether it is in africa, latin america or europe. everywhere. they are doing it very quickly. jonathan: when it comes to diplomacy and who is winning the game of influence between the united states and china, china has distributed 1.1 billion vaccines according to its own data anyway. united states has delivered about 190 million vaccines. the chinese vaccine may not be as effective, probably, as u.s. vaccines, but how do you think the united states has fared when compared to china when it specifically relates to vaccine diplomacy coming out of the coronavirus? rep. castro: among the members of congress who have argued we should do more for the world, obviously we need to make sure we take care of americans and in this case we get the remaining folks fully vaccinated and also get boosters, but also that we step up our efforts around the world. you're right, china has practice from the beginning vaccine diplomacy it is trying to leverage the gifting and sometimes even the sale of their vaccines to gain concessions in other areas. whether it is military, economic, so forth. unit

america. it's not just a matter of having people from different backgrounds are different skin tones, it is important because we are all part of american society, contribute to american culture and so forth. it's important people see that in the folks that are representing this country. there is a very valuable impact that a diverse group of people working together can bring to their work. and that has been missing over the years as i took over subcommittee chair last term the first thing i did wasth convene the different affinity groups at the state department and ask them how we get a more diverse state department. we spoke about getting better at recruiting diverse candidates. we have a lot of folks, the door but didn't not end up staying for 15 or 20 years they leave. so how you recruit better how you retain better hired a better job of promoting folks as well. it is imperative the state department get this right. there is a real value to our country. >> just coming back to something broug

latin america wants projection on price with the highest amount in the world. i was hoping you could talk about the risks for that forecast, particularly in the case of martina uc inflation that might create additional problems. >> thank you. it's important to highlight the fact that while we are talking about inflation, it is across the region and america is one reason region we've seen it go up more widely. latin america and other parts of the world are being affected by global shock with increase in commodity prices supply chain and crossing surprised. there is variation across countries in terms of domestic demand inflation happening so consistent with what i said previously across countries to tailor their monetary policy actions to countries specific circumstances. the specific question of argentina, we see argentina's inflation continues to be an anchor but also because of increased reliance and monetary and argentina so that is the current picture right now. we continue to work closely on technical levels with the argentine government coming up with sol

with me, i've been covering all of latin america for most of my career, but no country is alike. and it's my job to said light on how and why. oh, for the congolese, the journey to work or means unimaginable. hodge. i prefer to lie though interesting. do i get the calking tooth chancing life and live when it dangerous journey through the jungle? and now i fell on to the rails that i nearly died about children, 8th, go to school and live because of the printer, the risky me at all. the democratic republic of congo on al jazeera, ah, facebook says, sorry for a global outage that's crashed at social media platforms for nearly 6 hours. ah, i don't know about this, and this is all just give alive from doe hob, also coming up. if he has prime ministers sworn in for a 2nd time, as people starved to death and to guy and fighting spreads to other parts of the country. global airlines commit to net 0 carbon emissions by 2050. but chinese carriers say they're reluctant to sign up and experts ask.

right, well probably the greatest colonial playground for america has been latin america. and we now from reading john perkins book, confessions of an economic man that usually involved in comparing these countries with enormous debts. and if they don't pay, we sat in the ca and the assassins, and that's not high per billy, that's the starkly fact. one country is now stood up to the eye map and the ca and a dollar. that would be all salvador, the president to cali, openly mocking the i m f on twitter, and essentially summing his nose of them. it doesn't, this gave us some hope. charles. yes, it does, and in my, as you guys know, one of my little particular interests is, is within the crypto currency universe. i see a potential for a development in local crypto currency. so in other words, you can have global currencies like if they're in the coin. but locally, i'd like to see a country like el salvador, pursue a labor back crypto currency, in other words, local crypto currency. this issued for people actually doing useful work. and of course, that, that system, it idea her

across latin america, attitudes on abortion are shifting. in argentina, chile and mexico, younger generations are knocking down laws built by their parents and grandparents. translation: this isjust the start. - there are still mountains to overcome before this is fully legal. we need proper health slinics which carry out abortions and doctors that are prepared to do that. clearly forced teenaged pregnancies or unwanted children born into violence and poverty won't end overnight in mexico, but without the risk of jail, mexican women can now choose if and when to become mothers. will grant, bbc news. a 24—year—old man has been arrested by detectives investigating the 2017 manchester arena bombing. he's being detained on suspicion of preparing — or assisting others to prepare — acts of terrorism. 0ur correspondent, judith moritz, has the details well, we know that this man was arrested earlier today at manchester airport on his way back into the uk, having left the country in april 2017, around a month or so before the attack here at t

across latin america, attitudes on abortion are shifting. in argentina, chile and mexico, younger generations are knocking down laws built by their parents and grandparents. translation: this is just the start. there are still mountains to overcome before this is fully legal. we need proper health clinics which carry out abortions and doctors that are prepared to do that. clearly forced teenaged pregnancies or unwanted children born into violence and poverty won't end overnight in mexico, but without the risk ofjail, mexican women can now choose if and when to become mothers. will grant, bbc news. this is bbc news. our main story: more details emerge on how the actor alec baldwin accidentally shot dead a crew member on the set of his latest film. court documents suggest he was told the gun was safe. let's have more on that. earlier, i spoke to firearms and film set safety expert clark aposhian and asked how such an accident could ever happen. well, a prop gun doesn't, quite honestly. an actual firearm well, a prop gun doesn't, quite honestly

across latin america, attitudes on abortion are shifting. in argentina, chile and mexico, younger generations are knocking down laws built by their parents and grandparents. translation: this is just the start. there are still mountains to overcome before this is fully legal. we need proper health clinics which carry out abortions and doctors that are prepared to do that. clearly forced teenaged pregnancies or unwanted children born into violence and poverty won't end overnight in mexico, but without the risk ofjail, mexican women can now choose if and when to become mothers. will grant, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: farewell to the enigmatic maestro — the music world pays tribute to renowned conductor bernard haitink, who's died at the age of 92. a historic moment that many of his victims have waited for for decades. the former dictator in the dock, older, slimmer. and, as he sat down, obedient enough. dawn, and as the sun breaks through the piercing chill of night on the plane outside korem, it lights up a biblical f

these are people that trace their roots to latin america. or trace their roots to spain or u.s.-born or hold u.s. citizenship. it is part of a bigger and growing population, about 62 million for example. making up almost 19% of the nation's population. particularly when it comes to their potential as voters, those numbers happen growing by about 4 million between each presidential election. host: you mentioned texas as far as what is going on at the community center. talk about the bigger aspect about where the republican party is and democratic party is reaching and retaining these motors. guest: both have -- these voters. guest: both have expressed interest in these voters. there was some concern and discussion whether or not the biden administration had moved early enough to shore up support from latino voters. president trump won the latino vote in south florida. depending on where we are, but it does seem both parties are interested because the latino voters are not locked in to anyone party. their support has shifted depending on candidates, depending on issues, depending

generally we follow, but not mainly in latin america, everywhere, anywhere into watch. even though you go night more. we something like in america for diesel carvings, we had more inflation. that inflation is useful for the country. i mean they got the meat and the because they create it that yes with pride doesn't leave anybody to beta. so it changing. we need these, but we need this not be the government, we'll do it. everybody in those countries were deceased officially. so do you need people to decide to go into this? you can't expect the garden to do it so, so i think that revolution revolution, the way they like it, which i mean that in america adoption in the way we expect, like, following day, day, the leading of a lot of good m r anywhere. all right, we've got about sam seconds work and people got tickets still up at consol salvador, w, w, w dot, dot com. fair enough. rudolfo andre us, thanks for being on the kaiser report. thank you. it was a person. all right, that's gonna do this dish on the kaiser bar with may max kaiser and stays there. but while i think i