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
And we begin with the u. S. President ial race and the next big electoral contest on tuesday in wisconsin. There has been a big shift among the republicans and ted cruz is leading in that state. Thats right. In fact, the Fox Business Network survey released on thursday shows ted cruz with a 10point lead over donald trump, 42 to 32 . Only 19 of likely republican wisconsin voters support john kasich. This is the second poll this week with cruz on top. This comes as a very well funded Group Supporting kasich released a scathing cruz attack ad. Many just call him lyin ted. Lied about ben carson to steal a win in iowa. Lies about being the best for the gop when polls show he cant even beat Hillary Clinton. His tv ad about john kasich . Lied. Stations had to pull it off the air. If ted cruzs mouth is moving, he is lying. Well, part of a half Million Campaign ahead of wisconsins tuesday primary. Kasich said he had nothing to do with the commercial and is distance himself from it. Meanwhile, d
By Anthony Boadle and Lisandra Paraguassu RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) -Western foreign ministers from the G20 group of nations meeting in Brazil on Wednesday attacked Russia for its invasion of Ukraine as Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov listened, diplomats said. “Russia must be made to pay for its aggression,” British Foreign Minister David Cameron told…