Social reforms but. Today i want to see a good news with my countryman today we signed into congress a bill that stabilizes the price of electricity now tricity rose an average of 9. 2 percent a few days ago we want to cancel this price rise which affected almost 7000000. 00 children households. Backfires with his Vice President of the council of the americas which works to promote free trade and democracy joins me now from mcclane in the u. S. State of virginia good to have you with us i mean a raft of Economic Reforms were actually suggested by president pinera but we continue to see these riots we continue to see civil disturbances. When do you think this will ease what will it take for the president to try and kate the public at large. You know its really tough to say the president s already tried to placate them hes even apologized and asked for their forgiveness saying that he and his government fundamentally misunderstood some of their feelings and where theyre coming from he did announce a raft of reform Social Security reforms tax reforms rescind the planned hike in the transit c. And redistribution of some income etc but those reforms are going to take a while to work through the economy they havent even been implemented yet there is simply a statement of intent and i think you know one of the genie is out of the bottle of protesters are saying well theres a lot more here than just the price of a ticket for a bus so i think theyre making their voices heard when theyll go back is anybodys guess i know the president and his government are very actively trying to find a solution to the protests and get that get the folks off the streets so lets look at the potential options that are left to put it if these riots and disturbances continue are we looking at a potential full general elections in any shape will full either at the local level or at the national level. Well i wouldnt say that at this point i mean chile is a strong democracy it has regular elections and the president whoever he or she is is not able to succeed themselves president pinera listens to the 2nd time hes been president but not you know immediately so you know chile has a strong tradition and the parties rotate in power so youre probably not going to see you know moving up elections or anything like that but having said that chile also has a very strong history of protest movements and its a country that has a very active Student Movement and its a country that has a very active left which is important in this context because the president in europe is from the center right and so theres a lot of politics here as well that i would put not just some of the economic grievances but of course chiles history is also imbedded in a very strong deep military connection and also military intervention what are the likelihoods of that if the civilian death toll the injury count becomes you might say too much to bear. You know this is a really important point i mean we shouldnt make the mistake that president in your had anything to do with you know the military dictatorship of the seventys and eightys a totally different chile but having said that there is there you know people have long memories and when they see the military in the streets when they hear of citizens dying in protests it does bring up some very bad and very painful memories and i think the government has to be absolutely mindful of that i know that they are but it does limit some of the options in terms of their response you can try to reinstall the law and order in the streets but if the perception is that its too heavy handed too aggressive and people rights are being unfairly compromised that does bring out some of the ghosts of the past and telling chile has to be very very mindful of that very careful about that indeed for the moment eric volz with thanks very much feel time with your insights good to have you on the program again thank you thank you thanks for having me the thoughts of also broken out in bolivia between supporters of president evo morales and his rivals who backed his electoral opponent colace messa. Has claimed victory in the disputed poll accusing the opposition of trying to orchestrate a coup critics say the vote was rigged and should be a moment where honest though insists that he has a big enough lead to avoid a runoff election. Well. When you pay 98. 5 percent of the official tally from the Supreme Electoral Tribunal community that you would have done a party with 36. 7 percent and the m. E. s party with 46. 83 percent we won the 1st round we would defend democracy we would defend the results there are still 120000. 00 votes pending if we go down and not win with 10 percent margin we will respect the results. The president has systematically violated the constitution the one who violates the rule of law and who violates democracy through his qualification as an illegal candidate and promoter of fraud is president morales. Well john hall is our correspondent in la paz thats bolivias capital and john you know we just heard there from the president saying that you know hes won the election but hes happy to compete in a potential runoff a stunt victory is less than 10 percent as per the constitution its taken time to get to that particular statement over the last few days hows it being received on the streets. Let me show you a little bit about how we are being received 1 we lift up the camera because there are we can see through tears this is against the president over on the. Its going right the way down the street and theres actually not a. Cause of the plaza thats the other way if we pan the camera around to see the line i believe. People are getting into the main plaza this was quite comfortably the biggest march that weve seen. Since the elections definitely tens of thousands of people turning out and i think that people were reacting mall to the statement president raul is basically came into the press Conference Face conference and said good news everyone weve won the thing about the 2nd round if they have if that turned out not to be the road to surround came a bit late and that was the top line for him. Saying that and now the electoral process that the vote to count is coming to an ad was it like its going to give him the lead he needs to not take this into a 2nd round really has mobilized people theres another thing as well the opposition parties were told that its quite unusual for them all to come together here and they have done to support the challenger to president were released who is carlos messer of course continue discontent among the public in opposition and politicians way you are in the capital but can you sort of paint the picture for us across the country is what were seeing in the capital reflected beyond its local borders. What were hearing of there there disturbances a very its a strike like in the santa cruz which is quite an opposition harmonising so the industrial part of the country theres a strike there theres also been protests theres been. Public buildings burned in some in some different places well were told that in 8 of the 9 different departments of bolivia theres a variation of one of those activities taking place of this isnt just here in opposing things are happening across the country of course theres parts of the country that support president morales as well this is a candidate who was the front runner coming into this election but the problem with the results and the reason that the opposition people many people here are worried about results is a directive was coming out on sunday night which was going to determine quite quickly the results that count was in frozen for almost 24 hours before the count was frozen it seemed like we were going to a 2nd round after that 24 hours when the count suddenly went up again it seemed like we were heading towards a straight out victory for president morale is that something that all that the opposition but also recognize a sham american states he said it is. He did and will continue to monitor events with you from a lot pass in bolivia for the moment john thank you for. The vigil has taken place in london for all the 39 people who were found dead in the back of a truck on wednesday people gathered outside the u. K. Home wealth is the Government Department responsible for Immigration Police have confirmed that the dead were chinese citizens officers have been given more time to question the driver of the truck lawrence lee has the latest. The belgian and the british Authorities Say theyve noticed a spike in attempts at people trafficking from belgium since the french authorities closed down the camps in cali and dunkirk and so it seems the criminal gangs are looking at belgium instead as a route to the u. K. And apparently favoring refrigerated containers to put these people in is absolutely hideous as all that sounds politicians over here are expressing their horror and same keep saying much more must be done against these criminal gangs while completely ignoring the facts as human rights organizations keep saying these criminal gangs only make a living out of this because the asylum policies across the European Union absolutely terrible and the e. U. Keeps trying to put up fences and stop people coming in the 1st place and thats the reason why its so lucrative for criminal gangs to exploit people in this way just today that they often this happened east of london the European Parliament in strasbourg was asked to pass a resolution to make better search and rescue facilities in the mediterranean where over a 1000 people have drowned this year and that resolution was defeated by 2 votes because the center right in the European Parliament allowed itself to the far right to block it and so the European Union says its into human rights while maintaining a policy of trying to stop people coming in and that ultimately is the reason why the criminal gangs are doing so well and people keep dying in this way. U. S. Vice president mike pence has shop to criticize chinas requital trade and human rights a day ahead of another round of trade talks between the walls 2 largest economies the pencil so says that a good constructive relationship is still possible. No longer will america and its leaders hope that Economic Engagement alone will transform communist chinas authoritarian state into a free and open society that respects private property the rule of law and International Rules of commerce instead as the president s 2017 National Security strategy articulated the United States now recognizes china as a strategic and economic rival. And i can attest firsthand a Strong Majority of the American People in the city and on the farm are behind President Trumps clear eyed vision of the u. S. China relationship. Well but pence didnt criticize china in his speech he also had strolled words for u. S. Businesses and far too Many American multinational corporations have kowtow to the lure of chinas money and markets by muzzling not only criticism of the Chinese Communist party but even affirmative expressions of american values. Nike promotes itself as a socalled social justice champion. When it comes to hong kong. It prefers checking its social conscience at the door and some of the n. B. A. s biggest players and owners who routinely exercise their freedom to criticize this country. Lose their voices when it comes to the freedom and rights of the people of china. Well robert scott is the Senior International economist at the Economic Policy institute joins me now from washington d. C. Good to have you with us on the program sir a lot to get through really because on one hand the america 1st policy seems to browbeat global economies that dont quite meet us needs to sort of fall into line with china its a different ball game for the trumpet ministration how do you sort of read pences comments in that sphere in terms of applying pressure on beijing i think really whats going on here is the. Parents and the President Trump are are really sending a message to their base that theyre getting tough with china but in reality we know that they dont have much respect for free speech or human rights through all of the actions taken in this country in fact years ago the president said rice president to pens to a Football Game in indiana and told him to walk out if the players protested in favor of the black lives Matter Movement which has been protesting Police Killings of africanamerican citizens here in the u. S. Just last week we had another one killed woman killed in fort worth so they really dont practice what they preach indeed of course that the main the u. S. Is very specific about the areas that it is concerned about so the only International Front to meet in this particular case with china is sort of trade deficits intellectual property theft and force Technology Transfers in the talks that are about to resume on friday i mean what can both sides do to reach an amicable agreement regardless of the other problems they face whether it be whole coal or free speech or whether even be. Black lives matters. Football players kneeling or on one knee. I think i think that the theyre very focused on the commercial gains theyre going to work through the benefit of both of their bases because chinese would like to get some relief from the pressure that u. S. Has put on for example on companies such as war way where weve banned sales to or. The giant a Telecommunications Company obviously trump would like to get more sales of Agricultural Products and an aircraft and. They have an agreement thats going to given that its going to give them some more access for Financial Services company this is going to generate profits for u. S. Multinationals its not going to do much about the trade deficit its not going to cure. The job loss in the United States weve had growing trade deficit under trump perhaps because of his trade wars they have not gotten better the tactics that hes been using have not worked so far indeed of course the chinese any of us dug their heels in thinking that the 2020 election might give them a different option but indeed the chinese certainly havent rolled over so whats the solution in the short term to keep both sides happy to a certain extent find an agreement to keep face with their own domestic audiences. Well of course trump has has has threatened to raise tariffs. Hes hes got tariffs already on 250000000000. 00 in goods that are already being hit with a 25 percent tariff they were supposed to be at with a another 5 percent going up to 30 percent he suspended that in october when they reached the preliminary negotiation is also threaten to raise tariffs on the last 250000000000. 00 for goods that we import from china those those those threaten tariffs are now being held off so thats an incentive for china to cooperate to cut the short term deal which is what it appears were going to have coming out of the apec summit next month and sheila osha see what does happen for the moment robert scott thanks very much for your insight well still ahead here on the news divided over a dictator spain attempts to bury its past by moving the remains. Of. The next tiger woods. 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