America and is written on a broad range of issues including river pirates in the amazon, paraguays guerilla insurgency and the shifting politics of antarctica. He was nyt Andean Bureau chief based in caracas, venezuela for the New York Times as bureau chief where he covered hugo chavez, the colombian war and politics in bolivia. Give a warm welcome to simon romero. Thanks for the kind introduction. I will introduce this wonderful panel i have the pleasure of moderating. Cecilia bailli is a journalist and cultural anthropologist and writer at texas monthly. Her work focuses on the u. S. Mexico border in the history and culture of south texas. Her writing has also appeared in harpers magazine and the New York Times. Angela kocherga is a multimedia journalist who has covered the u. S. Mexico border in mexicos interior for television, newspapers and radio and was mexico border chief for a major broadcasting group. She is currently the Southern New Mexico reporter for the albuquerque journa
Brazil upheel, river pirates in the amazon rain forest and antarctica and the New York Times bureau chief until 2011 based in venezuela where he covered issues including president hugo chavezs political movement, columbias long internal war and indigenous politics in bolivia. Please give a warm welcome to mr. Simone romero. Sara, thank you so much for the very kind introduction, and im just going to move on right now and introduce this wonderful panel that i have the pleasure of moderating. We have cecilia balli, who is a journalist and cultural anthropologist and a writer at large at texas monthly. Her work focuses on the u. S. mexico border and the history and culture of south texas. And her writing has also appeared in har bers magazine, and the New York Times. Angela cocherga is a multimedia journalist who has covered the u. S. mexico border and mexicos interior for television newspapers and radio and was mexico border chief for a major broadcasting group. She is currently the Sout
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hello and thanks forjoining us. security forces in myanmar have killed at least 21 people in yangon in one of the deadliest days since huge demonstrations began against the military coup last month. a police officer is also reported to have died as clashes between the military and anti coup protesters continue for a sixth week. martial law has been declared in two areas of yangon, and after two china owned factories were attacked, beijing has asked the authorities to protect its businesses. our diplomatic correspondent, james landale reports. they have built themselves barricades, they have fashioned makeshift shields. but when the security forces opened fire, there was nothing to do but run. this was the scene in myanmar s biggest city, yangon, where more than 20 people are reported to have died. some here see china as supporting myanmar s military rulers, and several chinese owned factories were set on fire. so, troops were sent in and martial law for two districts was decl
k pop band bts isjust one of the nominees at tonight s virtual grammy awards. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. i m samantha simmonds. security forces in myanmar have killed at least 21 people in yangon in one of the deadliest days since huge demonstrations began against the military coup last month. a police officer is also reported to have died as clashes between the military and anti coup protesters continue for a sixth week. martial law has been declared in two areas of yangon. and, after two china owned factories were attacked, beijing has asked the authorities to protect its businesses. bbc burmese s nyein chan nyen is in yangon. deadly crackdowns on previous days cannot stop these people taking to the streets again here in myanmar. the demonstrations continue in the biggest cities of yangon, mandalay and as well in the country and again they are met with force by the military regime. there are reports of crackdowns in a number of place