VENEZUELA

  • Democracy Now! October 1, 2002

    400,000 Protesters demonstrate in Britain: Labor MP George Galloway, filmmaker John Pilger, Former UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter, London mayor and others address crowd; Dockworkers locked out at thirty west coast ports from Seattle to San Diego; Is Venezuela on verge of another attempted coup? As a general strike looms, we speak with the first…

  • Democracy Now! January 6, 2003

    White House plans 18-month long occupation of Iraq, but remains silent on humanitarian aid: a conversation with Nobel Peace Prize nominee Kathy Kelly and Democracy Now! correspondent Jeremy Scahill; In Venezuela, thousands of supporters of President Hugo Chavez march in a funeral procession mourning the deaths of two men shot dead during protests: we go…

  • Democracy Now! January 3, 2003

    We go to the Iraqi-Turkish border for a report on a Halliburton-run military base: how Dick Cheney s former company is making millions on the war on terror ; Venezuela & Brazil, an axis of good? Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez gains support from Lula, Brazil s new president; The Stealth Crusade : an investigative report…

  • Democracy Now! December 12, 2002

    Should Trent Lott Resign? The Senate Republican leader s support for Strom Thurmond s 1948 Segregation Forever presidential campaign generates mass calls for him to step down, he refuses; Is the strike in Venezuela for the people, or for the businessmen? President Hugo Chavez sends troops to regain control of the oil industry as the…

  • Democracy Now! January 23, 2003

    College students, beware of cutting classes: INS jails and threatens to deport foreign students for taking less than 12 credits; Electronic tracking of international students begins Jan. 30: Schools must transmit students grades, course loads, majors, addresses to the INS and State Department; The Supreme Court of Venezuela suspends a referendum on President Hugo Chavez…

  • Democracy Now! January 17, 2003

    Should the FCC scrap all remaining media ownership rules? we go to the FCC public hearing with a former FCC chair, Fox Entertainment Group, the Nat l Assoc. of Black Owned Broadcasters, the Nat l Assoc. of Hispanic Journalists, the Center for Public Integrity, and the Project for Excellence in Journalism; British punk-rock-pop-anarchist-activist band Chumbawamba…

  • Democracy Now! June 10 , 2002

    |Date: June 10, 2002 9:00-9:01 Billboard: Tribal leaders pour into Kabul to begin the loya jirga process that will determine Afghanistan?:s future?: Then, marking 35 years of occupation: Israeli troops surround Yasser Arafat?:s compound as President Bush meets with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon And, as the Venezuelan media sows rumors of another coup, a…

  • Democracy Now! May 15, 2002

    Hugo Chavez warned of US-backed coup ; GREG PALAST has the story. “Stupid White Men” author MICHAEL MOORE takes on President Bush. |9:01-9:06 Headlines: 9:06-9:07 One Minute Music Break 9:07-9:20 A BBC INVESTIGATION REVEALS THAT THE HEAD OF THE ORGANIZATION OF PETROLEUM EXPORTING COUNTRIES WARNED VENEZUELAN PRESIDENT HUGO CHAVEZ OF LAST MONTHS ATTEMPTED COUP SEVERAL…

  • Democracy Now! May 10, 2002

    Putting war criminals on trial: conversation with Judge Baltasar Garzon, Jennifer Harbury, and Joyce Horman, ; tomorrow is the one month anniversary of the failed coup in Venezuela: a conspiracy to topple Chavez, possibly with U.S. support? Today, well talk to Venezuelan government officials. |9:01-9:06 Headlines: 9:06-9:07 One Minute Music Break 9:07-9:20 BRINGING WAR CRIMINALS…

  • Democracy Now! April 26, 2002

    Campaign forces Cigna health insurance company to grant a bone marrow transplant; coup in Venezuela ; French ultra-nationalist Jean-Marie Le Pen and the recent rash of anti-Jewish violence. |9:01-9:06 Headlines: 9:06-9:07 One Minute Music Break 9:07-9:20 A MASSIVE PRESSURE CAMPAIGN FORCES CIGNA HEALTH INSURANCE COMPANY TO GRANT A BONE MARROW TRANSPLANT TO A LEGAL AID…