bringing the total to 15. scientists say they are still unsure what s causing the outbreak but they believe it can be transmitted between humans, as well as from animals to humans. now on bbc news, it s time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i am stephen sackur. constitutionally barred from seeking a second term in the countries upcoming election. but if he were running, his chances would not be good. his poll ratings are poor. last year, columbia was gripped by street protests, poverty, inequality and violence remain endemic. president duque is my guest today. could his departure signal columbia s rejection of the traditional ruling elite? president ivan duque. a very warm welcome to hardtalk. thank to hardtalk. you so much for allowing me thank you so much for allowing me to be here in the show. it is a pleasure having you in the studio. in a few weeks time, you will be leaving office and the opinion polls in columbia state a clear majority of your people disapprove of th
inequality and violence remain endemic. president ivan duque is my guest today. could his departures signal columbia s rejection of the traditional ruling elite? president ivan duque. a very warm welcome to hardtalk. it is a pleasure having you in the studio. in a few weeks time, you will be leaving office in the opinion polls in columbia state a clear majority of your people disapprove of the job you have done. why is that? let me tell you you have done. why is that? let me tell you something interesting. fouryears me tell you something interesting. four years ago, and the route of the elections, i got 39% of the vote and when you look at the national polls that have been outcome of those of the same numbers i have today. if i have a chance to run for reelection, for sure, i will fight for it not be reelected because we have important results to show six. we have an obligation to transform our country restore security and confidence to citizens, promote entrepreneurship,
the economic growth of the city and i think those conditions are clearly criminal and that is what some of those people were trialled and the other thing that is important is we understood that there was a voice from youngsters who wanted to have better opportunities injob seeking. today and this is very important, when we look at the indicators they came out last week, we had the lowest labour informality since we have been measuring informality in columbia. you just gave me a lot of data trying to tell me that things are fine. things are not fine. you ve got almost 20 million colombians living in poverty, 6 million of them in extreme poverty and perhaps the worst indictment of your record, the un food and agricultural organisation has just listed your country columbia as the only one in all of south america which is suffering food insecurity and in need of food assistance. this is notjust
the of the sober people who wanted to put blockades in the city and affect the economic growth of the city and i think those conditions are clearly criminal and that is what some of those people were trialed and the other thing that is important is we understood that there was a voice from youngsters who wanted to have better opportunities and job seeking. today and this is very important, we look at the indicators they came out last week, we had the lowest labour informality since we have been measuring informality in columbia. ijust gave me a lot of data trying to tell me that things are fine. things are not fine. you ve got almost 20 million colombians living in poverty, 6 million of them in extreme poverty and perhaps the worst indictment of your record, the food and agricultural organisation has just listed your country columbia as the only one and
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