In a Democracy Now! exclusive on Earth Day, climate change activist Tim DeChristopher joins us for his first interview since being released from federal custody after serving 21 months in detention. DeChristopher was convicted of interfering with a 2008 public auction when he disrupted the Bush administration’s last-minute move to sell off oil and gas exploitation rights in Utah.
Read MorePreliminary Results for Sunday’s presidential elections in Paraguay report as the clear winner Horacio Cartes of the Colorado Party. The party ruled Paraguay for 61 years, including the 35 years of the dictatorship of Alfredo Stroessner, and returns to power after losing to Fernando Lugo in 2008.
Read MoreAbout 3 ½ million Paraguayans are eligible to vote in this Sunday’s general elections, reported Pulsar news service. The voters will decide on a president, vice president, 45 senators, 80 congress persons, 17 governors and 17 departmental boards. In addition, they will choose 18 representatives to Mercosur.
Read MoreThe Venezuelan National Electoral Council (CNE) informed on Saturday that the audit to be conducted on the April 14 election procedures will not affect the outcome that saw Nicolas Maduro win a close race. Maduro was sworn in as president on Friday.
Read MoreIn 1982, investigative journalist Allan Nairn interviewed a Guatemalan general named “Tito” on camera during the height of the indigenous massacres. It turns out the man was actually Otto Pérez Molina, the current Guatemalan president. We air the original interview footage and speak to Nairn about the U.S. role backing the Guatemalan dictatorship.
Read MoreHAVANA TIMES — Nicolas Maduro, 50, who considers himself the son of Hugo Chávez, took the oath on Friday afternoon
Read MoreThe Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) has demanded respect for the results of the recent Venezuelan elections and applauded the country’s electoral authorities for deciding to hold a full audit of the votes.
Read MoreHAVANA TIMES — Venezuelan opposition leader Henrique Capriles has applauded the National Electoral Council’s decision to hold a complete audit
Read MoreVenezuela’s National Electoral Council (CNE) announced today that it would broaden the requested electoral audit to one hundred percent of the votes cast at Sunday’s elections, when Maduro defeated opposition candidate Henrique Capriles by less than two percentage points.
Read MoreRepresentatives of the Henrique Capriles’ campaign presented the National Electoral Council (CNE) today with documentation of alleged irregularities during the presidential elections in Venezuela and formalized its demand for a full audit of last Sunday’s vote.
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