Miércoles 8 de Junio de 2005

LOS TITULARES DE HOY

• General Motors despedirá 25.000 trabajadores
• Gasto militar mundial excedió el billón de dólares
• Encuesta: Mayoría de estadounidenses no creen que guerra de Irak haya mejorado seguridad de la nación
• Comisión del Senado aprobó ampliación de Ley Patriota
• Jimmy Carter pidió cierre de Guantánamo
• ONU prevé que 3 millones de niños morirán de hambruna en África
• Continúan protestas encabezadas por indígenas en Bolivia
• Juez español interrogará tropas estadounidenses por la muerte de Couso
• Ex-funcionario de petróleo reescribe informes de la Casa Blanca sobre Cambio Climático
• Departamento de Justicia abandona pedido de 120 mil millones de dólares a tabacaleras
• Once muertos en protestas en Etiopía

EL RESTO DE LA HORA DE DEMOCRACY NOW!

• Salih Booker on Africa Debt: The Poorest Regions in the World Have Subsidized the Richest

  
  

  President Bush refused to meet British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s request to double aid to African nations. Instead, the two leaders announced a U.S. aid package of $674 million dollars from funds previously appropriated by Congress. We speak with Salih Booker of Africa Action. [includes rush transcript]

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• French Journalist Describes Mistreatment by U.S. Forces During Siege of Fallujah

  
  

  French TV journalist Grégoire Deniau describes his ordeal in U.S. custody in Iraq. He was detained for a day during the siege of Fallujah in April 2004. He says despite showing his passport and French press ID, U.S. soldiers forced him to kneel for hours, gaffer-taped a hood over his face and hurled insults at him, calling him a dog and accused him, as a Frenchmen, of being pro-Arab. Deniau says he was released late at night, in the middle of the desert and was warned by the soldiers that US forces shoot everything that moves. [includes rush transcript]

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• French Reporter Kidnapped by Iraqi Resistance For 4 Months Says Bush Brought Al Qaeda to Iraq

  
  

  We speak with French reporter Christian Chesnot of Radio France who was kidnapped–along with reporter Georges Malbrunot of the Daily Figaro–by the Iraqi resistance. They were held for four months, from August to December 21st 2004. [includes rush transcript]

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