Democracy Now : November 26 : Apec Is Over. Aid To Colombia

Democracy Now : November 26 : Apec Is Over. Aid To Colombia / Pacifica Foundation| Produced by Julie Drizin and Amy Goodman| hosted by Amy Goodman. - A daily election year program which takes an in-depth look at the political landscape and interviews visionaries from all walks of life, including members of grassroots organizations which challenge the status quo. - CONTENT: pt.1. Political headlines (3:00) -- pt.2. Asian Pacific Economic Coorperation Summit has ended in the Phillipines| discussion about Clinton hailing APEC a victory| guest Walden Bello, Chairperson of the International Conveners Committee of the Manila People's Forum on APEC (16:00) -- pt.3. Colombia and US aid| discussion about how the US has provided Colombia with millions to fight the drug war and human rights groups are calling on the US to suspend any aid for abuses that have taken place there| guest Carlos Salinas, Government Program officer for Latin America and the Carribean at Amnesty International (5:00) -- pt.4. More on US aid to Colombia (9:00) -- pt.5. This morning's Senate Intelligence Committee held their second hearings on the charges that the CIA knew that that Nicaraguan drug dealers were bringing crack-cocaine into South Central Los Angeles| guest Peter Dale Scott, a now retired English professor at UC Berkeley who co-authored the book, Cocaine Politics: Drugs, Armies and the CIA in Central America. (10:00) - Broadcast November 26, 1996.