LATIN AMERICA

  • Democracy Now! January 25, 1999

    Clinton’s Anti-Terrorism Proposal; Critical Day for Impeachment Trial; Mexico: Salinas Trial and Human Rights |*Clintons Anti-Terrorism Proposal In announcing new anti-terrorism initiatives, President Clinton last week warned that it was highly likely that a terrorist group will launch a biological, chemical or cybernetic attack on the continental US in the next few years. President Clinton…

  • Democracy Now! July 22, 1997

    Campaign Finance Reform; Peru |(33 Minutes) Campaign Finance Reform Discussion of Campaign Finance Reform movement’s growth and the development of a combative legal wing. Discussion of the legal movement and how it is challenging the present system. GUEST: John Bonifaz, director of National Voting Rights Institute, which aims to bring a series of landmark court…

  • Democracy Now! July 30, 1997

    Campaign Finance Abuses; Colombia; Landmines |(14 Minutes) Campaign Finance Abuse Report on yesterday’s Campaign Finance Hearings. TAPE OF: Hearings. FBI agent Jerry Campane, Dick Durbin (D-IL), Bob Smith (R-NH), Yue Chu and Xiping Wang. (19 Minutes) Colombia Right-wing paramilitary group forced a human rights commission, to leave a region of northwest Colombia under threat of…

  • Democracy Now! December 30, 1998

    Conversation with Former Irish Political Prisoner Joe Doherty; Colombian Paramilitary Chief Suspected Killed |(28 Minutes) A Conversation with Former Irish Political Prisoner Joe Doherty. Joe Doherty, one of the most visible political prisoners in the US became the face of the Irish Republican movement in North America. He was released from prison as part of…

  • Democracy Now! November 25, 1998

    Pinochet Decision |Pinochet Decision — Expected at 9:05 AM The British House of Lords handed down its decision on the fate of Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet today. They ruled that Pinochet is not protected by diplomatic immunity, and can be held in custody while Britain considers an extradition request from Spain. We hear from those…

  • Iraqi Official Escapes Assassination Attempt; Crackdowns in Indonesia, East Timor; Shopping with Conscience Labor Campaign

    –Iraqi Official Escapes Assassination Attempt Unidentified gunmen hurled hand grenades at an official representing Saddam Hussein at a religious ceremony. GUEST: Jeremy Scahill, Democracy Now Producer in Baghdad. –Crackdowns in Indonesia, East Timor Thousands of students have taken to the streets today in Dili, the capital of East Timor, to demand an investigation into the…

  • Democracy Now! November 5, 1998

    Post Election Roundtable; Nicaragua Aid |(33 Minutes) Post Election Roundtable Discussion of progressive issues following yesterday’s election. GUEST: Tammy Baldwin, Congresswoman-elect from Madison, WI, and first openly gay woman to be elected to Congress. GUEST: Van Jones, Exec. Dir. of the Bay Area Police Watch, from San Francisco. GUEST: Elaine Bernard, Dir. of Harvard University’s…

  • Democracy Now! November 17, 1998

    Texaco Lawsuit; Campaign to End the Death Penalty; Update on Iraq/Robert Fiske on the Middle East; Tyrone Gilliam Execution in Maryland |(14 Minutes) Texaco Lawsuit A Federal District Court judge will be hearing arguments today on a class action suit against Texaco brought about by indigenous communities from Ecuador’s Amazon basin. GUEST: Joseph Kohn, lead…

  • Democracy Now! July 21, 1997

    Campaign Finance Reform; Border Killing |(14 Minutes) Campaign Finance Reform Discussion on Campaign Finance Reform movement following a gathering of 150 activists in Raleigh, NC to discuss need for what they call Clean Money Campaign Reform. GUEST: Randy Kehler, a long-time activist and war tax resister, consultant to Public Campaign. Subject of documentary FILM: AN…