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The Military Coup continues in Honduras. We'll devote the entire hour to the ongoing repression there, including the killing of two activists. We'll get a live report from the ground, speak with the Founder of Narco News, Al Giordano, from Somewhere in a Country CalledAmerica, and continue our dialogue with Eva Golinger in Caracus, where … Continued
Today on Flashpoints, Diplomatic efforts to restore President Manuel Zelaya to power in Honduras fail today, and Zelaya vows again to return to the country, we’ll continue to look closely at the volatile situation in the twelfth day of the coup; we’ll also be joined by regular Friday co-host Evelyn Sanchez, who will focus on … Continued
Longtime CIA analyst Ray McGovern confronts the Bush torture issue head-on in Texas, we'll also talk about the relationship between the US torture and imprisonment of Uighurs at Guantanamo and what's unfolding now with the Uighur communities in China; and a freewheeling discussion on race, privilege, religion and war with author and journalist Robert Jensen. … Continued
We continue our drumbeat coverage from on the ground in Tegucigalpa, where Hondurans continue their resistance to the ten day-old military coup, we'll speak to Andres Thomas Con-te-REES and the Latin America bureau chief for the School of the Americas Watch; also, is the Obama administration trying to quietly support illegal settlements in the West … Continued
In the ninth day of the military coup in Honduras, ousted President Manuel Zelaya meets with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, as Senator John McCain invites the coup government for meetings in the Senate; we'll feature a report from Tegucigalpa on the continuing mass protests in the streets, and we'll go back to Caracas, … Continued
A tense standoff continued in Honduras today in the eighth day of a military coup that has already claimed its first lives as the military apparently opened fired on protesters demanding the return of their President, we'll feature a series of special reports from on the ground in Honduras; we'll be joined by a Honduran … Continued
Entrevista can la banda mexicana Los Jaiguey; El Golp Traidor sobre el "Mexican Elliot Ness" y su supuesta lucha contra el crimen; NotiRock con Gerardo Fernandez. Produced by Miguel Guerrero and Issel Campos, with the contributions of Oscar Leon Bernal, Flor Rebollar, Gerardo Fernandez and El Nagual. Music Theme: "El Espía que te amó", from … Continued
Israeli occupation forces open fire on teenagers in Palestine, killing one girl in Gaza and injuring four boys in the West Bank, we'll go to Gaza for a full report on the expanding humanitarian disaster on the ground; also, legendary author and filmmaker John Pilger talks about the expansion of US empire in Asia and … Continued
Honduran President Manuel Zelaya addressed the United Nations today, stating that he will return to lead his country as the duly-constituted President over the weekend, Robert Knight was at the United Nations and files a special report; plus, we'll speak with our Mexico special correspondent Alejandro Reyes, just back from an international meeting in Chiapas … Continued
Thousands of outraged Hondurans take to the streets for a third day in protest of Sunday's military coup, we'll have a report from on the ground on the outskirts of Tegucigalpa; we'll speak to Michael Parenti about the coup as well as about North Korea, Iran and the war in Iraq; plus, we'll have a … Continued
