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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.
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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 Ratner and Smith draw on previously unpublished U.S. government documents to argue the CIA played a critical role in the killing.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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Tuesday, July 31, 2001
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On the Twentieth Anniversary of the Death of Panamanian Dictator Omar Torrijos, the Man Who Negotiated the Panama Canal Treaty, "How Wall Street Created a Nation: J.P. Morgan, Teddy Rooseveltand the P
Today is the twentieth anniversary of the death of former Panamanian dictator General Omar Torrijos, the man who negotiated the Panama Canal Treaty. Torrijos ruled Panama for 13 years after launching a military coup in October1968, until his death in a mysterious plane crash on July 31, 1981, when he was replaced by General Manuel Noriega. [includes rush transcript]
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Breaking the Sound Barrier, Part Two of Our Exclusive Interview with Imprisoned Activist Lori Berenson, From Her Prison Cell in Lima, Peru
Lori Berenson has been in prison in Peru for more than five years. She was first sentenced to life in prison by a hooded military court in Peru on charges that she was a leader of the MRTA, the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement, a group classified as terrorist by the Peruvian government. [includes rush transcript]
