Chairman risch Senate Foreign Relations Committee will come to order, please. I want to thank special representative abrams and Senior Deputy assistant administrator hodges for their service and for appearing here today to discuss the worsening crisis in venezuela. Its hard to imagine a more pressing National Security concern in the western hemisphere than the political, humanitarian, and economic crisis provoked by maduro and his cronies in venezuela. In the last several years maduro has dramatically deepened relation was the most dangerous forces in the world which were first established by his predecessor, hugo chavez. On his watch, cuba, russia, china, iran transnational criminal organizations, and u. S. Designated foreign terrorist organizations, have turned venezuela into their playground. Their activities are intolerable. Security threats to the United States and the hemisphere at large. And prolong the humanitarian crisis provoked by the socialist policies of the regime. Nearly
Of the coronaVirus Outbreak. And the us president versus take talk donald trump threatens to ban the chinese own video sharing out of a data privacy concerns. We begin in latin america where corona virus infection numbers have doubled over the past month mexico is now eclipsed the u. K. With the 3rd highest number of deaths and then colombia has passed 10000 deaths lockdowns there are planned throughout organists and the government is expecting the peak to be reached this month all spittles in several cities including in the Capital Budget time have few available beds left in their intensive care units. Well lets speak to terrys a boat shes in buenos aires but to can update us on whats happening in colombia and elsewhere so we are seeing despite the measures that theyve taken to try and contain the virus really colombia is one of the worst affected countries in the world. Well thats correct 10 latin america as you just said is the epicenter of corona virus in the world cases have doubl
Wearing of mosques in public. If we do it right we can overcome this crisis the head of the European Commission says the stakes couldnt be higher as e. U. Leaders discuss a major financial virus Recovery Plan. Also ahead the u. S. Tells the European Union it should do more to tackle those defying a u. N. Arms embargo in libya. And the hamas with the sport real madrid have won the Spanish League title for a record extending the 34th time. Man ending the clubs 3 year wait for the tennessee. We begin in india where the number of corona virus infections has now surpassed the 1000000 mark several states and re imposing restrictions after the lifting of the nationwide lockdown last month. More than 25000 indians are reported to have died off to contract the disease the actual number of infections could be much higher than reports of life to elizabeth peron im in new delhi. Tell us more about the government reaction to this latest grim statistic. Hi peter well we very much seen the management
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