1
00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:02,880
Speaker 1: Well, today we have distressing news from south of the border.

2
00:00:03,080 --> 00:00:08,880
Speaker 1: Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador is asking for compassion

3
00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:12,119
Speaker 1: and understanding. Had to make a very tough decision because

4
00:00:12,160 --> 00:00:16,119
Speaker 1: of heavy rains. Now, this grueling decision was where to

5
00:00:16,120 --> 00:00:18,920
Speaker 1: open the floodgates. If he opened them in one direction,

6
00:00:18,960 --> 00:00:22,360
Speaker 1: the city of Via Hermosa would be inundated. If he

7
00:00:22,400 --> 00:00:27,440
Speaker 1: opened them in another direction, indigenous people, poverty stricken Indigenous

8
00:00:27,520 --> 00:00:30,040
Speaker 1: Mexicans would be flooded. Now, this should have been an

9
00:00:30,040 --> 00:00:34,239
Speaker 1: easy choice for el President Obdor. He campaigned with the

10
00:00:34,240 --> 00:00:38,400
Speaker 1: slogan the poor come first, but liberal politicians everywhere have

11
00:00:38,520 --> 00:00:42,919
Speaker 1: one thing in common. Slogans come easy and talk is cheap. Therefore,

12
00:00:43,080 --> 00:00:48,360
Speaker 1: President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador opened the floodgates on the poor.

13
00:00:49,040 --> 00:00:53,040
Speaker 1: The poverty stricken Indigenous people were flooded, so the rich

14
00:00:53,240 --> 00:00:57,760
Speaker 1: city dwellers in via Hermosa would be spared. President Obrador

15
00:00:57,960 --> 00:01:00,880
Speaker 1: says that opening the floodgates and the poor Indigenous people

16
00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:04,720
Speaker 1: hurt him a lot, but that it had to be done. Now,

17
00:01:04,720 --> 00:01:07,319
Speaker 1: we don't know how many Indigenous people lost the few

18
00:01:07,360 --> 00:01:10,480
Speaker 1: possessions that they had. We don't know if any lives

19
00:01:10,520 --> 00:01:14,000
Speaker 1: were lost because the drive by media reports don't bother

20
00:01:14,080 --> 00:01:17,600
Speaker 1: to mention what happened to the poor Indigenous people of Makeo,

21
00:01:18,120 --> 00:01:21,400
Speaker 1: because their lives apparently don't matter. But we do know

22
00:01:21,600 --> 00:01:25,559
Speaker 1: that President Door is hurting, and we're supposed to feel

23
00:01:25,920 --> 00:01:33,760
Speaker 1: compassion and sorrow for him. H