The early hours of voting, saying that huge turnout will disappoint the enemies of the nation, and the un rights chief warns israels Ground Invasion of the Southern Gaza of city of rafa will incur potentially massive loss of life of people sheltering there. Hello everyone, its 9 30 a. M. In the iranian capital, youre watching press tv, world news. Its election day here in iran, and people are heading to polls to cast their ballots for parliament and assembly of experts. Voters are taking part in parliamentary elections to choose 290 members of the legislative body from over 15,000 candidates. Elected members will serve a term of four years in parliament and another election being held simple. Taniously, participants are voting for 88 members of the assembly of experts. The leader of irans Islamic Revolution casted his ballot for both elections and the early minutes after polling stations opened nationwide. Said ali khamenei urged iranian nation to go to the polls as soon as possible, s
Latin america is one of the poles of the modern and future world order. 25 states, plus the residual colonial possessions of great britain, france, the netherlands, and the United States. It covers an area of 21 million square km, which is comparable to the area of the ussr. More than 660 million people, in eighteen countries the state or official language is spanish, in brazil portuguese, in haiti, french, in former and current british colonies, english, in suriname and some dutch colonies, dutch, over 10 of the population still speaks amerindian languages. Well, the question is is there a separate latin American Civilization . Some believe that. No, this is just a branch of western civilization that has completely destroyed the andean, yucatan, mexican or mayan civilization that existed there before the arrival of europeans, others argue that latin america is now in the process creating their own unique civilization and a mixture of iberian, european, indian, african cult
maria corina machado in caracas, venezuela, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much, stephen. it s a pleasure. well, it s great to have you on the show. for years, you have argued that participating in democracy in venezuela under nicolas maduro s rule is a grave mistake because it ends up legitimising maduro. so, how come you ve now decided to put your hat in the ring and seek the nomination from the opposition to fight in next year s presidential election? for years, we, the venezuelan people have been explaining to the world the way nicolas maduro has been rigging elections and the turning down, through control and repression, thejudiciary system, the national assembly, as well as the military and every single democratic institution. we ve reached a point in which we realise that maduro is willing to do anything to stay in power, and the only way through which we can confront and defeat him is building a huge, unprecedented, social movement, citizen movement, that is righ
and all the main news stories straight after hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. nicolas maduro, venezuela s authoritarian socialist over the past decade, he s overseen a crumbling economy, of venezuela s population and yet, he is still in power, and the opposition s big idea, the creation of an alternative government, has foundered. my guest, maria corina machado, is currently frontrunner amongst opposition candidates but does she have any realistic chance of toppling venezuela s strongman? maria corina machado in caracas, venezuela, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much, stephen. it s a pleasure. for years, you have argued that participating in democracy in venezuela under nicolas maduro s rule is a grave mistake because it ends up legitimising maduro. so, how come you ve now decided to put your hat in the ring and seek the nomination from the opposition to fight in next year s presidential election? for years, we, the venezuelan people have been explaining to the world th
maria corina machado. welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much, stephen, it is a pleasure. great to have you on the show. for years, you have argued that participating in democracy in venezuela under nicolas maduro s rule, is a grave mistake because it ends up legitimising maduro. how come you have now decided to your hat in the ring how come you have now decided to put your hat in the ring and seek the nomination from the opposition, to fight in next year s presidential elections? for years, venezuela s people have been explaining to the world the way nicolas maduro have been rigging elections and turning down through control and repression, thejudiciary system, the national assembly, as well as the military at every single democratic institution. we have reached a point in which we realise maduro is willing to do anything to stay in power. the only way through which we can confront and defeat him is building a huge, unprecedented social movement, citizen movement that is ri