Viernes 20 de Mayo de 2005

LOS TITULARES DE HOY

• Abuso del ejército
• Carriles acusado
• Chávez exige la extradición
• Congresistas exigen extradición de Carriles
• Uzbekistan
• Marcha en Haití
• Yvon Neptune
• Estados Unidos trasladará 100 israelíes para que declaren contra Al-Arian
• Corán profanado
• Pinochet
• Abuso infantil en familias militares
• No hay reclutadores

EL RESTO DE LA HORA DE DEMOCRACY NOW!

• Battle Over Judicial Nominees, Filibuster Heats Up in Senate

  
  

  The battle over the filibuster continues to heat up in the U.S senate as the nomination of Texas Supreme Court justice Priscilla Owen comes under debate. Racial politics also entered the debate over the nomination of Janice Brown. We speak with Christy Harvey of the Center for American Progress and Jeffrey Johnson of People For The American Way. [includes rush transcript]

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• Washington Retains Strong Ties With Uzbekistan Despite Notorious Human Rights Record

  
  

  Uzbek President Islam Karimov has rejected calls for an international inquiry into a bloody crackdown on protesters in the town of Andijan last week that left up to 750 dead. Washington has close links with Uzbekistan despite the country’s notorious human rights record. We speak with a researcher with Human Rights Watch, the editorial director of Antiwar.com and we go to Andijan to get a report from the ground. [includes rush transcript]

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• Indigenous Community in Colombia Fears Start of "Dirty War"

  
  

  A large indigenous community in Colombia is predicting that a so-called dirty war could break out in an area that has been at the forefront of non-violent resistance to the government of the pro-US regime of President Uribe. We speak with the former mayor of Toribio and a surgeon and human rights activist from Toribio. [includes rush transcript]

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