In the wake of the successful pushback against the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure’s decision to defund Planned Parenthood, the Obama administration should listen to the majority of Americans: The United States, including Catholics, is strongly pro-choice.
Part 2: "Who Killed Che? How the CIA Got Away with Murder": New Book Ties Johnson Admin to Che Death
In an extended interview, co-authors Michael Ratner and Michael Steven Smith discuss the life of Cuban revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara and the chilling story behind his murder by the Bolivian military. In their book, "Who Killed Che?" Ratner and Smith draw on previously unpublished U.S. government documents to argue the CIA played a critical role in the killing. [includes rush transcript]
Watch a 2011 interview with Spanish Judge Baltasar Garzón, who is on trial in Spain after right-wing groups objected to his investigation of atrocities committed by supporters of the dictator Francisco Franco. Garzón is known for seeking to indict members of the Bush administration for their role in torturing prisoners.
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Cracks are beginning to appear in U.S. Administration and corporate supportof the Indonesian military dictator Suharto. Calls for his ouster arerising. American officials including Defense Secretary William Cohen andDeputy Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers are converging on the South EastAsian country to meet with Suharto and to re-assess support for thislong-time U.S. ally. Suddenly the New York Times and the Washington Postare calling for him to step down. The causes for all the alarm are notstreet demonstrations or the anguished cries of imprisoned politicaldissidents, but rather the country’s faltering economy. A multi-billiondollar bailout last year by the International Monetary Fund is not workingand Suharto’s family-controlled billions of dollars worth of investmentsare now being closely examined.
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