Latin america is one of the poles of the modern and future world order. 25 states, plus the residual colonial possessions of great britain, france, the netherlands, and the United States. It covers an area of 21 million square km, which is comparable to the area of the ussr. More than 660 million people, in eighteen countries the state or official language is spanish, in brazil portuguese, in haiti, french, in former and current british colonies, english, in suriname and some dutch colonies, dutch, over 10 of the population still speaks amerindian languages. Well, the question is is there a separate latin American Civilization . Some believe that. No, this is just a branch of western civilization that has completely destroyed the andean, yucatan, mexican or mayan civilization that existed there before the arrival of europeans, others argue that latin america is now in the process creating their own unique civilization and a mixture of iberian, european, indian, african cult
Today on the program, the first lady of ukraine. I talk to Olena Zelenska about that frequently forgotten side of war, the human toll. How are ukrainians dealing with the destruction of their cities and towns . How are they fighting winters cold as the country struggles to pump out heat . And can they ever return to life as normal . Also, brazils january 8th and its stunning similarities to americas january 6th. We dig into the attack on the capital in brasilia with reporter mac margolis. And california was pummelled by rivers of rain. Well destroy the astronomical cost of Climate Change and wild weather that is already upon us. But first, heres my take. This week, at a summit, joe biden said that the western was experiencing unprecedented levels of migration, greater than at any time in history. This is not hyperbole. There were 2. 4 million apprehensions at americas southwestern border last fiscal year, which is about 600,000 higher than the prior year, the previous high. These numbe
cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington on a very busy news night. we begin this hour with breaking news out of southeast georgia. this is a look at the massive plume of smoke in the town of brunswick, georgia. people who live within a half of a mile of this are being ordered to evacuate their homes at this hour. it s a fire at the panova manufacturing plant. you can just see some of these images now are the plume is just massive of fire broke out there earlier this morning and was thought to be contained after three hours, but this afternoon that glenn county board of commissioners posted on facebook that the panova plant fire has reignited and the evacuation order was put in place. you can see some of the images coming in from the scene, just showing some of the danger to the community there. it includes parts of the resort community of st simon s island. which of course, is a big holiday destination for people in that part of the country will keep an eye on all of this.
people are dying. an immigration centre in southern england has been firebombed. in the last few minutes, the suspect is confirmed to have died after the attack. the sus fort is confirmed to have the sus forjoining firmed to have the sus forjoining us. ed to have votes are being counted in brazil s presidential election, with the incumbent jair bolsonaro taking an early lead ahead of luiz inacio lula da silva. only around 20% of the votes have so far been counted, and mr lula da silva s workers party usually gets stronger support in regions that are slower to report results. the left wing candidate and former president luiz inacio lula da silva came first in the initial round four weeks ago. let s have a look at this. but the contest with his rival, the current president jair bolsonaro, is tighter than had been expected. all day, brazilians have been casting their votes across the country, including communities in the remotest parts of the amazon rainforest. our south ameri
this is gps, the global public square. welcome to all of you in the united states and around the world. i m fareed zakaria. today on the program, the first lady of ukraine. i talk to olena zelenska about that frequently forgotten side of war, the human toll. how are ukrainians dealing with the destruction of their cities and towns? how are they fighting winter s cold as the country struggles to pump out heat? and can they ever return to life as normal? also, brazil s january 8th and its stunning similarities to america s january 6th. we dig into the attack on the capitol of brazilia with reporter mac margolis. and california was pummelled by rivers of rain. we ll destroy the astronomical cost of climate change and wild weather that is already upon us. but first, here s my take. this week, at a summit, joe biden said that the western was experiencing unprecedented levels of migration, greater than at any time in history. this is not hyperbole. there were 2.4 million appr