This week there have been new rescues in Syria and Turkey after the earthquake on February 6. In Latin America, Colombia and Peru are experiencing a diplomatic crisis. This and more summarized here.
The marches in Colombia for and against the reforms of the government of President Gustavo Petro show us how the political landscape of this country is facing its first left-wing president
martha: one more thing before i let you go. speaker mccarthy was just here. he says there has to be some spending cuts. this is now president biden in 1995, talking about the need for fiscal discipline in the country. we didn t hear one word about cutting anything, any form of fiscal discipline last night. here he is in 1995. watch. when i argued we should freeze federal spending, i meant by medicare and medicaid, veterans come every single solitary thing in the gove government. martha: why doesn t he believe that anymore? first of all, he came into office, the deficit was at 3.3 trillion. because of the american rescue plan worked, because growth came back fast, because revenue surged, because we did not need another major, multibillion-dollar covid package, deficits have come down 1.7 trillion