Studies. So good afternoon. Im the director and associate fellow of the Americas Program set csis and it is my pleasure to welcome you today. We are very excited to host such a distinguished panel to discuss this topic. Last december, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, better known as amlo, took office in mexico. He won the election in july 2018 in a landslide victory on an leftwing platform that promised to among other things promote the respect of human rights, improve the economy, work to end ongoing drug war and address corruption at all levels of government. For many mexicans and was rep centered a paradigm shift from the governance of the past two decades and sees himself as a remedy to ineffective government responses to corruption and violence. Yesterday marks the First Anniversary of his inauguration and during his first year in office amyl has enjoyed a record high approval rating. However in the past year hes also seen challenges on many fronts including mexicos security, economy
Its time for a change. For the soldiers and Police Clashed with protesters. President trump has tweeted, quote, monitoring the situation in venezuela closely. The United States stands with the people of venezuela and their freedom. Moments ago National Security adviser john bolton said todays action was not a coup but all options are still on the table. The president wants to see a peaceful transfer of power from maduro to guaido. That possibility still exists if enough figures depart from the regime and support the opposition and thats what we like to see. We want to see the defense minister, the chief judge of the Supreme Court and the president ial guard. We begin with Kerry Sanders, who has interviewed both Nicolas Maduro and juan guaido. What are you hearing now . We have those protesters who have taken to the street, some of them violently meeting with the armed forces and being pushed back. The armed forces very much armed and very much using those arms, firing weapons as well a
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