2020 has been quite a challenging and tumultuous year across the globe. Especially, weve seen some devastating effects. Coronavirus across the world and in our region in latin america and in venezuela. In venezuela, as well, we have an internationally recognized interim government that marked its first year, we have a growing humanitarian crisis that entered a new phase and the pandemic with a crippling Health Care System that has already been unable to provide even the most basic medicine to venezuelan people and at the same time an economy thats in hyper inflationary collapse and social unrest across the country. And we also have, as we look to the end of this year, an election in venezuela, in december, that theyre all set to be a sham parliamentary election among increasing opposition. A top priority for International Allies of venezuelan Democratic Forces should be deterring the global web list of activities and external and nonstate partners that help to sustain maduro and his ba
Of the closing 35000 deaths in golf and the powers is determined to tighten the screws in New Caledonia off the deadly. Why is killed for people locals . The often on say, the how towers has responded to the crisis. Must gives you more, i realized, is that the french have never thought about us. They talk about sharing and balance. But at the same of being the case, the very welcome you want to go to the international with the wells news update, as always is good to have you with us. On top story this, our president Vladimir Putin as wraps up a 2 days day visit to china with a news conference. And this is a, a called in the russian delegation received a welcome from chinese president s, gigi, and ping to help the countries that strategic partnership. Weve been covering every step to all the official trip right to an aussie the the was speaking on the final day of his trip president Vladimir Putin updated reporters on the situation with you pray. It confirms that russia has no plans to
Government policies that we are going to talk about in this panel limit the opportunities for them to get a job, for everyone to get a job, the most in the people are the ones who need it the most. I will cut straight to the introductions. Knepper is the director of Strategic Research at the institute for justice. Policy in social Science Research on issues choice,to School Private property rights, economic liberty, and free speech. Ofore working as a director Strategic Research, she served as the director of communications and joined the 2001tute and september where she specialized in Public Relations for technology companies. After miss knepper, we will hear from diane katz, she is a senior fellow in regulatory policy at the Heritage Foundation. She previously was director of environment, and Energy Policy for three years at the fraser institute. Snead. , we have jason he has written extensively on the need to reform the nations civil Asset Forfeiture laws, he also writes on issues s
[inaudible conversations] welcome back. This is a panel on how government policy drives up the prices for the poor and this panel is how Government Policies limit opportunities for. In a lot of ways poor are getting a double hit. They have to pay higher prices which affect them disproportionately than higher earners and so they would just like if they had more opportunity to make money to pay those prices it would be better however, the Government Policies will talk about in this panel limit the opportunities for them to get a job or for anyone to get a job but the most in need people are the ones who need it the most. We are running behind time several cut straight to the introductions. Lisa is the director of Strategic Research at the institute of justice she helps manage the institute Strategic Research initiative which great policy and social research on central to the mission. Poor working as a director of Strategic Research she served as the Institute Director of vacations and sh
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