In 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.
Read MoreEcuadorian President Rafael Correa, repeated his belief today that Nicolas Maduro legitimately won Sunday’s presidential elections in Venezuela, but supported a recount if it helps to end the tension generated by the refusal of the opposition to accept defeat.
Read MoreCuba reported today that are no injuries among its tens of thousands of doctors working in Venezuela, during the incidents of violence at opposition protests following the results of Sunday’s presidential elections won by Nicolas Maduro by under a 2% margin.
Read MoreVenezuelan opposition leader Henrique Capriles suspended the march scheduled for Wednesday to the National Electoral Council (CNE) in Caracas, where he will present documents to demand an audit of Sunday’s presidential election.
Read MoreThe toll from Monday’s bombing of the Boston Marathon stands at three dead and at least 144 wounded, 17 critically. The two blasts occurred within a 13-second span and just 100 yards apart near the finish line at the historic race. Here is the Democracy Now report.
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