LOS TITULARES DE HOY

• Ex prisionera política Michelle Bachelet gana elecciones en Chile
• Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf se convierte en la primera gobernante electa de África
• Gobierno de Bush demandado por espionaje telefónico de la NSA

• NYT: NSA entregó miles de datos al FBI

• Al Gore: Bush violó la ley "de forma reiterada y persistente"
• Senador Arlen Specter: "El juicio político es un recurso"
• Miles protestan en Pakistán por ataque estadounidense con misiles
• California ejecuta a Clarence Ray Allen, de 76 años de edad
• Gran Bretaña, Francia y Alemania piden a IAEA reunión sobre Irán

• Walter Cronkite sobre Irak: "Deberíamos retirarnos ahora"

• No hay novedades acerca de occidentales secuestrados en Irak
• Estados Unidos libera a 500 personas de prisiones iraquíes, entre ellas a dos periodistas
• Vicepresidente Cheney se dirige a Egipto, Arabia Saudita y Kuwait
• Legislador vinculado con Abramoff abandona presidencia de Comité de Cámara de Representantes
• Encuesta en Texas: Apoyo a Delay cayó a 22%
• Científico británico: El mundo atravesó un punto de no retorno en el calentamiento global
• Arundhati Roy rechaza premio de literatura en protesta por políticas de India
• 800 personas asisten a homenaje a Senador McCarthy en Washington

EL RESTO DE LA HORA DE DEMOCRACY NOW!

• Fmr. Political Prisoner and Torture Survivor Michelle Bachelet Elected as Chile’s First Female President

  
  

  In Chile, former political prisoner Michelle Bachelet has become the country first-ever female president. Running on the Socialist ticket, Bachelet beat her billionaire rival in Sunday’s election. Bachelet is the daughter of an air force general who was tortured and died in prison after Augusto Pinochet seized power in 1973. She too was imprisoned by Pinochet’s regime before fleeing into exile. We speak with Chilean-American writer Ariel Dorfman, Chilean torture survivor Emilio Banda as well as Joyce Horman, the widow of a U.S. journalist who was killed by Pinochet forces. [includes rush transcript]

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• Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf Sworn in as Liberia’s New President, First Elected Female Leader of Africa

  
  

  Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has been sworn in as Liberia’s new president, making her Africa’s first elected female leader. In an hour-long speech after the ceremony, she vowed to tackle a national debt of $3.5 billion, fight rampant corruption and improve gender equality. We speak with Emira Woods of the Institute for Policy Studies. She is originally from Liberia. [includes rush transcript]

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• Gore Calls For Special Counsel on Eavesdropping, Civil Rights Groups File Lawsuits Challenging Bush on NSA Wiretaps

  
  

  Former Vice President Al Gore gave a major speech in Washington Monday accusing President Bush of "repeatedly and persistently" breaking the law by authorizing the NSA wiretaps. We play an excerpt of the address and the Center for Constitutional Rights and the American Civil Liberties Union are filing separate lawsuits challenging President Bush’s order for the NSA to conduct domestic spy operations without legally-required court warrants. We speak with a staff attorney for the Center for Constitutional Rights. [includes rush transcript]

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• Independent Journalist Reports on Ongoing Violence in Haiti, Upcoming Elections

  
  

  We speak with independent journalist Reed Lindsay about the latest in Haiti, where nearly two years ago the elected President Jean Bertrand Aristide was overthrown. Haitians have yet to vote for a new government. In the wake of the recent death of the commander of the UN force in Haiti, Lindsay speaks about how UN raids on poor neighborhoods killed and wounded civilians and the upcoming elections. [includes rush transcript]

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