Out not to be. The u. S. Media has been. Thanks for joining us. Today welcome to the program. Will be taken off. At the start of december thats according to the countrys leading private t. V. This comes amid a violent political crisis in the country in which an unelected government of power is headed by right wing senator shes accused of suppressing the media and supporters of ousted president. Discuss the story with my colleague. Well no specific reasons were provided and the bolivian t. V. Operator which pretty much excluded r t from their list of channels starting from december the 2nd explained it through some kind of order from what they called the companys administration this is a decision taken by the companys administration which touched us with shutting down the channels broadcast is a private t. V. Provider and the leader and believe he is cable t. V. Market we do have to remember that a similar move has been made by ecuadors public t. V. Operator almost 2 weeks ago they cut of spanish as well and moscow demanded explanation for that and still hasnt got it from quito now and this particular case its unclear whether the decision came so lean from the companys top management or whether this has got anything to do with the political situation in the country we remember that earlier this month bolivia pretty much suffered a coup and yet take us through exactly what happened that just remind us well now the former president. Was all but ousted on november the 10th 1st he won reelection in a vote however the opponents claimed that the poll was rigged and as a result of that even though he actually promised a new election the military and the police turned their backs on mr morales and he had to flee from x. To mexico where he got political asylum now whats very important here is that the interim leader janine yes was never elected in any kind of vote she basically proclaimed herself the interim president of the country when had to step down when the Vice President resigned and when the head of senate resigned now she says. That at the moment her goal is to make sure that new elections are held in the country. That this is the law we believe in we have arrived at this day with the satisfaction of fulfilling that duty because this is the Main Objective of my government new elections will happen in the shortest time possible but it seems that so far her focus was absolutely different 1st of all she was accused of turning a blind eye on a violent crackdown on the indigenous protesters who are mostly in support of the former leader. But also it seems that all d shes been up to is trying to make as many u. Turns as possible in the countrys Foreign Policy she appointed a new ambassador to the u. S. For the 1st time in more than a decade and also severed diplomatic ties with bolivias traditional allies especially under. That is with cuba and venezuela other diplomatic personnel representing major divinest while an embassy in bolivia will be allowed to leave the country for having interfered in internal state affairs well surely perhaps the biggest political crisis in latin america over the last year or so has been the crisis in that as well the fight between the closet door government and also the Opposition Leader whos selfproclaimed president there and in venezuela well what he is also did was she recognized mr glyde bill as the head of and as well as well i hope it will end that you with the venezuelan people. Because i believe that they have been many years of suffering mr president i do have to say though that eventually interim president is pushed through a legislature in which allowed a new general election in bolivia although this is something thats going to be boycotted by almost a half of the population the supporters of this say that they are not going to take part in this vote so what kind of general election is that gonna be with almost 50 percent of bolivians deciding not to take part. Lerner who would resign as bolivian Vice President minutes after more or less that down spoke to us about the people now in charge their crackdown on the media. You know was that you know what i mean is that the socalled Communications Minister warned journalists to be careful because shes going to take down the names of those who step out of line how can you say thats a journalists what kind of constitutional freedom can we talk about if they are preventing journalists from doing their jobs from sharing information and telling the truth the country no longer has free speech or a free press. One of their own source look at this insidious craze this after 11 years of the us distancing itself from bolivia the 1st thing that the coup leaders did was to bend the knee and to make overtures to the American Government we need to have relations with every part of the world because we also have to build relations based on Mutual Respect the quality nonintervention our internal affairs i hope the bolivias successful economic policies will not be revamped at the whim of a foreign power that would without a doubt cause an economic disaster. The only thing they have achieved is to create terror in the country 32 people have been killed and there was no investigation no one has been held to account or jailed leaders are hounded there either in exile in hiding mass media are gagged or threatened with accusations of subversive activity or sedition its difficult to engage in peaceful resistance against this regime its hard to say how long this reign of terror will last how long people will tolerate it it depends on how events unfold over the next few weeks. Chuck kaufman from the alliance for global justice says a new government in bolivia is trying to stifle critical Media Coverage could government and bolivia struggling to establish itself against. Resistance. They care they cant afford for people. So here alternative voices to the. News that they want the message that they want to get get out there because they have to control the message. People can you know if people have free access to information theyre going to see that other people who are country are are suffering the way that they are so theyre going to know that the reason for the suffering is this military coup the sole legitimate government that. Imposed on the resistance will continue and grow. A rally to raise awareness of violence against women in paris on saturday was itself mobbed by clashes. I. d several women from a feminist group called nemesis collective joined the march they were Holding Placards saying 52 percent of rapists are immigrants i think its taken from a 2470 movement criticizes the lax immigration policies in france saying that women suffer as a result of some of the other demonstrations didnt like their presence and began moving and tearing up placards. Video from the march went viral led to a wave of online threats against the nemesis activists they were branded fascists xenophobes and racists though the group later released a statement saying all the feminists want to silence them we spoke to one of the nemesis activists who asked us to distort her voice to hide her identity. We arrived at the demonstration with our plaque cards and started to protest and within minutes other demonstrators saw a mass of cards it is clear it is quickly we wanted to cross in a calm way now we are afraid we know that our message is truthful but there are people who are aggressive to us the violence against women the protest raises questions and demonstration with the slogan all of us turns out not to be for all of us at all since we have been treated like fascists im asking what is the basis for this do this women nor the definition of fascism i am angry about this attack being treated in that way we are feminist movement we denounce any kind of violence people speak about freedom of expression but do they mean it we have questions to women who pretend to be families who say that they represent other women and other nervous activists we spoke to told us rapists of moderate origin a lot prosecuted enough she also asked to remain anonymous. I was in the rage we went to this demonstration because we wanted to defend womens rights we thing not enough we said on the subject of migration and when they attacked us like we were fascists it just shows that they attack themselves it is a real problem that in france a woman cannot go out on the street where she wants because of migrants when i am on the street im often harassed by men and their nationality is obvious rapists of migrant origin is not prosecuted enough we need to tell the world that everyone should be punished regardless of the skin color there are several types of threats that we get on social media were accused of fascism and braces and these people from the far left do not want to accept the reality they want to prevent us from speaking up there are several types of threats that we get on social media were accused of fascism and racism these people from the far left the do not want to accept the reality they want to prevent us from speaking up. For. Thanksgiving do usually have time for turkey pumpkin pie and of course appreciating your nearest and dearest but the us media has been painting this holiday in quite a different light doughtys double quarter looks at how thanksgiving just isnt what it used to be but i say thanksgiving whats the 1st thing that comes to mind turkey p can i warm hugs with seldom seen relatives well you can forget all that this year thanksgiving is cancelled or at least the media says theres too many pilgrims killing natives involved too many children appropriating Indigenous Culture a big Carbon Footprint is left behind and of course peter thinks its on ethical thanksgiving can be the scariest time of the year if youre a turkey more than 45000000. 00 of these fascinating birds killed to disgrace thanksgiving tables each year. Turkeys you dont want to mess with them not after the toms river turkey rebellion flock of wild turkeys are terrorized going to Jersey Community photos show how the 20 plus pound birds can be dangerous blocking traffic on yorktown boulevard some residents feel threatened as they walk out their door turkey might be the centerpiece of the traditional thanksgiving dinner table but p. Cand pie is almost just as important too bad this year theyre coming from china even a loving embrace could now be off limits next time think twice before hugging your daughter reminder she doesnt owe anyone a hug not even at the holidays they could without even realizing that its also the time when you daughter gets their own idea of balance concerned and physical affection and the beef gravy on top family chats going around the table and naming what were thankful for is a great springboard into small talk but with our Political Climate nowadays its no doubt a slippery slope into dinner table debates good thing weve got a former state Department Official to tell us what to do like every family we have people of all political stripes and somehow my loving family members find a way to keep a lid on it at family gatherings that has probably been the saving grace i will be tapping into the common power of a cocktail i would advice others to do the same thanksgiving is having a tough time finding its place in our new wolk world who knows if well even have anything left to celebrate ive never thought about turkeys but theyre raised for this purpose theyre bred for that purpose my family is a little bit divided religiously but we usually put our differences aside despite the differences that people may have you know they come together and they say what theyre thankful for you know with the other aspect of it you know the native americans. Take that down as history however in the present day modern time should be no. You know follow along the traditions of thanksgiving i can understand for some people maybe they dont feel the need to celebrate it but i am not everyone so people can do it makes them comfortable. China threatens the United States with consequence is off to donald trump signs controversial bills in support of hong kong protest is about story and more still to come. Join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and ill be speaking to us from the world of politics or business im sure business ill see you there. Pretty. Much the program the u. K. Foreign secretaries been branded a coward after refusing to speak to the family of a young man killed in a Road Accident this happened in organised outside an American Military base in england involved the wife for us that. The dont. Know what really happens to you wouldnt somebody go in there we really have to do you. Might not want to. Bring up if you were teenager harry died 3 months ago as a result of a Traffic Accident between his motorcycle and the car the suspects in question and secure said method she was driving on the wrong side of the road she left the u. K. Afterwards and invoked diplomatic immunity through her lawyers says she had no time to react and apologized to the daughter family. So robert go down and try to speak to him because he had been in contact. Troubles with how rich case sorry i went down to speak to him but he didnt want to talk to me because there was some press that you have been trying to speak to mr out for a long time for us to do is call me in the new green knows where. Voters do is get in touch with us and we can arrange a meeting you have what the answer is there is as weve been asking since the start and we havent had any support from the u. K. Government really i had one meeting with mr prout which wasnt very such structuring for us as a family and 11 or not there has been no contact with the government right we fail as a family that. Theyre more concerned with helping the american citizen is accused of killing us and then helping us british citizens that they were in the country. Well you case for office says its providing almost sorry help to seek a resolution to this case but hurried on as father told r. T. More must be done for justice to happen. Probably we want answer kunis to come back and be charged through our courts for the crimes he has committed and except. For us that is what we are. 100 percent also were going to try and how the governments or the countries look at this Diplomatic Community or because its a city rather than. A spouse or an American Worker can kill a 19 year old out into how to meet a coach your own beauty i think the laws need to be updated to be more concurrent with the work you are not songs we live in we feel we cannot let this injustice go for years a young lad just 19 years old starting to enjoy his life and it will take you know why for him we would feel we would not be the parents we should be for we do not try and see this through and get the justice he deserves. China has summoned the u. S. Ambassador after donald trump signed to a controversial bill in support of the hong kong protesters and beijing says it amounts to interference and has threatened the us with consequences. This is a serious interference in Hong Kong Affairs which are chinas internal affairs it is also in violation of International Law and basic norms governing International Relations the 2 bills will send the wrong message to the demonstrators and it will not help ease the situation and one can. Well one of the bills is the hong kong human rights and democracy act requires an annual review on the regions trade status and will qualify for it only if its got enough autonomy from beijing it also opens up sanctions for Human Rights Violations the 2nd bill in the meantime bans exports of crowd control munitions to the Hong Kong Police now if Hong Kong Special status is a rope of course it would face a number of restrictions the us has imposed so far on china these threaten the citys status as a Global Financial center u. S. Sanctions tariffs and banking restrictions imposed on the mainland would affect on com limit school to be placed on Sensitive Technology sold to the city we discussed this with joseph chang whos a professor of Political Science at Hong Kong City university he told us that there are several issues currently warring the chinese government. This probably has the strong long term in the chinese authorities are concerned. With donald trump and ministrations views of human rights issues to exert pressure on china starting. Now in hong kong and so on the chinese leadership is also concerned with the strong kenyan support for human rights issues in china including the crisis in hong kong. Believe in the coming president ial you know action can be done a lot from him in decision will come oh come on pleasing great. New United States and this luis is trying to stir them in. A Chemical Plant in the Southeast Texas region has been hit by a 2nd explosion the moment of the blast was caught on camera. Well that explosion took place around 12 hours after a much larger explosion hit the facility near houston a fire still raging at least 3 workers are injured around 60000. 00 people have been evacuated from the surrounding area the relays has caused extensive damage but Officials Say its now contained. Well we spoke earlier to a local resident who told us about the extent of damage to nearby homes our house was actually really damaged but all the garage doors pretty much all of the doors down the middle all the windows blew out some of the the roof you know. So we had a lot of damage you hear about that explosions but and its half and around the area before but not to this extent its never affected homeowners around the refineries i definitely did not expect you know Something Like this to happen but i guess it just living in the area. By the t. P. C. Group produces thousands of tons of chemical and Petroleum Based products and journalist and campaign on health and Environmental Issues all of a tickle believe that a substantial investigation will be needed. Some really quite toxic compounds are used on this site and the manufactures on this site i think that quite the really quite a lot of investigation will be needed just to determine the background toxicity in the local area following this instant local community will have a love hate relationship with this plant these plants are responsible for quite a lot of wealth in this area they provide a huge amount of employment they are the economic lifeblood of this Golden Triangle area but at the same time there are these pollution incidents i think that this incident may actually bring quite a lot of additional political pressure on to the trumpet ministration not to cut the resources of the e. P. A. As its intending to do the arctic silence so coming next to back in 30 minutes with the latest. This is a story about what happens auster a stray bullet kills a young girl in the streets. Who happens to have family and daughters in florida another mother daughter is buried in a cemetery it really messes with your head what happens to the community the public was screaming for a scapegoat the Police Needed a scapegoat so why not choose a 19 year old black kid with a criminal record who better to pin this on than him and what happens in courts be the. Shock shock as far as i feel. We dont know still just for the. End of this trial unfortunately you. Will still not know what childress. Much of a powerful unstrung the system then you have the records and what we have done is to try and identify something happening in the brain where the extension of the ripples corresponds to the depth of your consciousness. What politicians do something. They put themselves on the line and they get accepted or rejected. So when you want to present the injury. Or somehow wanted. It to be like the person was like that before 3 in the morning cant be good. Interested always in the water using the how. Things should. Welcome to the alex im unsure where we continue our series on where theyre catalonia in the aftermath of the spanish elections is the battle for the future going to move from on the streets to online alex reports from barcelona where hes been interviewing government ministers and International Observers on the feature of the belize province but 1st to your tweets and emails our recent issues and last week shoe our panel of political pundits on foreign white assessing the prospects of all the parties competing for seats in the u. K. General election speaking about a pundit show morning says another excellent show alex always informative and relevant dickey says the only sensible thing thats worth feeling well thank you dickie katz says the pundits dont always get it right but theyre willing to admit it yes they are i always enjoy listening to this where she is sort of fishing well done alex interest me an effort to create we program arthur says i a grown up civilized discussion among thoughtful political observers fabulous issue anti linda says i fairly enjoyed it the pundits and i thought very good now when an ardent tory says the tory lies need to stop then you know boris is in trouble then speaking about her 1st program in the cities on catalonia caroline says the dignity and courage of laura and chill and most incredibly the lack of bitterness were so moving i Hope International pressure so far milk toast coming brought to bear on spain and that all 9 are released so the families are very united thank you currently now weve asked the new Spanish Government for a response to our 1st programme on catalonia featuring the spices of 2 of the Independence Campaign are sentenced to long terms of imprisonment but to get to deceive a response when they reply we will cover their comment or their interview. However loiters reported last month that spain socialist leader Pedro Sanchez was stepping up efforts to control separatist groups and Party Activities on the internet saying that his government would not allow catalonia to set up a virtual independent republic on like the kind of to stick of demonstrations in catalonia and indeed elsewhere has been the ability to mobilize large numbers of people interested demonstrations at very short notice using Online Communications online the Catalan Independence movement may have been supreme however this may be about to change with the catalonian minister of digital politics and Public Administration your piece ned off claiming that the madrid government are intent on assuming extrajudicial powers to clamp down on social media traffic over to alex whos speaking with him in barcelona most of jordie palermo welcome to the exam and sure thank you for inviting me over your responsibilities and government and compass the Digital Economy as well as the Catalan Civil Service tell me a bit about how youre positioning catalonia as a digital hub. In the europe and the world. Has been over the past the the fabric of of spain the most industrialized area. In the Spanish State we were the only part of spain where we did the Industrial Revolution like you know in in parts of the world and now we want to be. Of not spain but of the health of east south of europe and what successes can you point to as a killer statistic you can give us which you will say how can