Viernes 23 de Marzo de 2007

LOS TITULARES DE HOY

• Comité Fuera de Irak promete no bloquear proyecto de ley de gasto de 124.000 millones de dólares para Irak
• Informe: Estados Unidos dejó grandes depósitos de armas sin vigilancia en Irak
• Número de soldados estadounidenses en Irak llegará a 173.000
• Explosión interrumpe visita de Ban Ki-moon a Irak
• Vice Primer Ministro iraquí resultó herido en explosión
• Estados Unidos intenta impedir que Turquía ataque el norte de Irak
• Elizabeth Edwards fue diagnosticada con cáncer
• Panel del Senado autoriza citación para Karl Rove
• Robert Gates exhortó a Bush a que cierre Guantánamo
• Amnistía solicita que Estados Unidos abandone los tribunales militares
• Ejército admite haber mentido acerca del número de soldados que se ausentaron sin permiso
• John Bolton reconoce que Estados Unidos rechazó llamados a cese del fuego durante la guerra de Líbano
• Guardias de la frontera israelíes fueron filmados mientras golpeaban a un estudiante palestino
• Wangari Maathai recibe premio indio de la paz

EL RESTO DE LA HORA DE DEMOCRACY NOW!

• "The Surge of Baghdad Should Become the Surge on Washington"–Fmr. UN Iraq Mission Chief Hans Von Sponeck

  
  

  Hans Von Sponeck–the former coordinator of the United Nations Humanitarian Mission in Iraq–joins us in our firehouse studio to talk about the troop surge in Baghdad, House and Senate bills on war funding, the 13-year sanction regime in Iraq and more. Von Sponeck is author of "A Different Kind of War: The UN Sanctions Regime in Iraq." [includes rush transcript]

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• Chiquita Admits to Paying Colombian Paramilitary Group on U.S. Terror List

  
  

  The Cincinnati-based fruit company Chiquita has admitted to paying off the group United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia which is considered a terrorist organization by the U.S. government. Chiquita has agreed to a $25 million fine on the condition that it doesn’t have to reveal the names of the executives involved. Chiquita says it fell victim to an extortion racket that threatened its employees. But Colombia’s attorney general has said he will seek the extradition of eight Chiquita employees over what he calls "a criminal relationship." [rush transcript included]

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• Why the Cincinnati Enquirer Was Forced to Apologize for 1998 Expose of Chiquita’s Latin America Dealings

  
  

  In 1998, the Cincinnati Enquirer published an 18-page expose of Chiquita’s dealings in Latin America. The paper found that Chiquita exposed entire communities to dangerous U.S.-banned pesticides, forced the eviction of an entire Honduran village at gunpoint, suppressed unions and paid a fortune to U.S. politicians to influence trade policy. The Enquirer was later forced to issue a front-page apology and pay Chiquita a reported $14 million after it was revealed the lead reporter, Mike Gallagher, illegally accessed more than 2,000 Chiquita voice mails. [rush transcript included]

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