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GRITtv: Greg Grandin: Corporations, Cartels, and History
September 11 is not only an infamous date in the U.S.--in Chile, it marks the anniversary of the coup that overthrew Salvador Allende. This year, 33 miners will spend that anniversary trapped underground, and Greg Grandin notes that Chile is seeing what amounts to the "Shock doctrine with a human face" under its current regime--deregulation leading to safety issues like that in the mine. Meanwhile, Mexico continues to see ever-escalating violence from drug cartels, and the U.S. State Department is now calling it an "insurgency." Grandin joins Laura in studio to talk Mexico, Chile, Brazil's upcoming elections, and more in Latin America.
Email this pageGRITtv: Greg Grandin: Media Whiteout of Latin America
A massive workers’ struggle in Panama resulting in week-long strikes and fatal clashes with the police? Drug cartel wars leaving twenty-two dead in a single day in Mexico? Does any of this sound familiar? Most likely not, seeing as how it appears to be a complete mass media whiteout on these topics in America. Since the American media seems to think that omission means non-existence, we asked our Latin American correspondent Greg Grandin to enlighten us on the actual goings-on in Panama, Mexico, and the American media’s harsh critique of Oliver Stone’s recent exposé on South America and exploitation, South of the Border.
GRITtv: July 21 2010
A massive workers’ struggle in Panama resulting in week-long strikes and fatal clashes with the police? Drug cartel wars leaving twenty-two dead in a single day in Mexico? Does any of this sound familiar? Most likely not, seeing as how it appears to be a complete mass media whiteout on these topics in America. Since the American media seems to think that omission means non-existence, we asked our Latin American correspondent Greg Grandin to enlighten us on the actual goings-on in Panama, Mexico, and the American media’s harsh critique of Oliver Stone’s recent exposé on South America and exploitation, South of the Border. Digital technology was touted as a huge saver on costs and solution for ills during the health care reform debate. That bill has passed, but is digital technology actually helping? In the Mississippi delta, there's a long history of low-income people suffering medical mistreatment. The Huffington Post Investigative Fund looked into it to see if the new tech was helping or hurting. Finally, Laura has some words about the Obama Adminsitration's once again rolling over on its own in fear of Glenn Beck--this time, over Agriculture Department official Shirley Sherrod.
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."
GRITtv: Got Doc: El General
Plutarco El'as Calles was both a military general and later one of the most controversial presidents of Mexico. He is known for his status as a revolutionary hero, but also for bringing these (sometimes brutal) military tactics into his political career. Our Got Doc this week is "El General", a film created by Calles's granddaughter, Natalia Almada. She uses documentary film as a medium to reconcile her family's memories with her country's collective memory by telling the story through her grandmother's revelries.
"Democracy Now!": Mon. Apr. 26 2010
One of the higher-profile participants at the Cochabamba climate conference was the former president of the United Nations General Assembly, Father Miguel D’Escoto. A Roman Catholic priest from Nicaragua, D’Escoto served as foreign minister in Daniel Ortega’s government from 1979 to 1990. He joins to talk about the failures of the UN, the importance of the Bolivia climate summit, why Latin America doesn’t need the United States and much more.Then, we pay a visit to Radio Gente 94.7 FM, the Cochabamba radio station that airs Democracy Now! in Spanish. "Democracy Now!" is broadcast on more than 250 stations across Latin America. "Democracy Now!" is a daily independent newshour.
Global Report: March 10-16 2010
Britain limits coverage of the war in Afghanistan, an airstrike in Yemen ordered by President Obama killed more than 42 civilians, a suit against Rumsfeld over torture charges makes progress, citizens in Greece riot over their nation's financial crisis, Israel's PM may face arrest in Dubai over an ordered assassination, Secretary of State Clinton wants Latin America to recognize the post-coup government in Honduras. "The Global Report" is a weekly news show dedicated to covering news underreported by mainstream media.
GRITtv: Honduras: We Refuse To Go Back
The coup in Honduras has all but been forgotten these days, but the people's struggle there goes on. Jose Alcoff was there recently, and contributed this exclusive report recapping the turmoil and checking in with the social movements there about what will happen next.
GRITtv: Shot in the Back: The Honduran Coup
The response to the coup d'etat in Honduras went from tepid to swept under the rug completely, but Hondurans still live with the effects of the military removal of their democratically elected leader. In this video from Witness for Peace, we look at the ongoing human impact of the coup.
GRITtv: 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.
