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GRITtv: Greg Grandin: Beck, BP, and Latin America's Leadership
Latin America is ahead of the curve when it comes to fighting resource-extracting corporations, says NYU professor Greg Grandin. While Obama makes nice with BP CEO Tony Hayward (and Glenn Beck claims that Obama is unfair to Hayward because he's white), Grandin notes, social movements across South and Central America have been fighting the companies that are after their resources for a while now--and dealing with the repercussions; often violent death squads, as well. Grandin joins us to keep us up to date on the coup in Honduras, the ongoing resource struggles in Latin America, and give us some insight on just why Glenn Beck has a "Tourettes-like" obsession with race. We also bring you footage from a new film that goes inside the Honduran coup; from director Katia Lara, check out "Who Is Afraid: Fathoming the Coup in Honduras."
Email this pageGRITtv: Honduras Coup Flashpoint for Latin America
The U.S. has decided to recognize the result of the recent elections in Honduras despite ongoing reports that the elections were boycotted and that the people consider them an extension of the coup. But will the coup in Honduras create larger problems for Latin America? What will its effects mean for the rest of Latin America, a region trending leftward in recent years? Nation contributor Greg Grandin and Sujatha Fernandes, Queens College professor join us in studio to discuss. We also have updates from inside Honduras from Andres Conteris of Nonviolence International and Democracy Now!, and freelance journalist Elyssa Pachico reports from Chile.
GRITtv: A Media Blackout in Honduras
News from Honduras has been in short supply even though the standoff between ousted leader Manuel Zelaya and Roberto Micheletti continues. July 30 marked one of the bloodiest days since the military coup and efforts to achieve some kind of power sharing agreement between the two parties and ensure Zelaya's return have failed. So what's happening on the ground? And why aren't we hearing about it? Rick Rowley, independent journalist and founder of Big Noise Films, has just returned from Honduras and Sandra Cuffe, a correspondent for The Dominion in Honduras, discuss recent political developments in the country.
GRITtv: Eva Golinger: What Does the US Want in Honduras?
Since Honduran president Manuel Zelaya was forcibly removed from power in a military coup, the US media have made the argument that the deposed leader was engineering plans to change the constitution in order to stay in power. At least that's how Charles Krauthammer characterized it recently on Fox news, without failing to compare Hugo Chavez to Hitler. That's in the US. But how is the coup in Honduras being covered in Latin America? We're joined by journalist Eva Golinger who has been covering the political developments from Venezuela. Golinger is a Venezuelan American attorney, writer, and investigator and the author of The Chavez Code: Cracking US Intervention in Venezuela.
GRITtv: Evo Morales
Last week, Bolivia's president Evo Morales was in New York to commemorate Earth Day at the United Nations. GRITtv sat down with Morales and talked about his equality agenda, socialism, and the Bolivian banking system.
