Podcast appearances and mentions of nina lakhani

0:08 — Khaled Elgindy is a senior fellow at the Middle East Institute where he also directs MEI's Program on Palestine and Israeli-Palestinian Affairs. 0:33 — Nina Lakhani is Senior climate justice reporter for the Guardian US. 0:48 — Antonio De Loera-Brust is Director of Communications at United Farm Workers. The post Gaza Ceasefire Potential After the Assassination of Ismail Haniyeh; Plus, Workers Across the Country Fight Against Inadequate Heat Protection Laws appeared first on KPFA.

Mini-podcast about the 2016 assassination of Indigenous land defender, Berta Cáceres.Learn more in this book: Who Killed Berta Cáceres? by Nina Lakhani. Available in our online store with shipping to the UK and US.See all of our anniversaries each day, alongside sources and maps on the On This Day section of our Stories app: stories.workingclasshistory.com/date/todayAnd browse all Stories by Date here on the Date index: https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/dateOur work is only possible because of support from you, our listeners on patreon. If you appreciate our work, please join us and access exclusive content and benefits at patreon.com/workingclasshistory.AcknowledgementsWritten and edited by Working Class History.Theme music by Ricardo Araya. Check out his YouTube channel at youtube.com/@peptoattack

Watch Part 2 of our interview with The Guardian's senior climate reporter Nina Lakhani, who covered COP28.

Headlines for December 18, 2023; ​​Al Jazeera’s Marwan Bishara on IDF Killing AJ Journalist, the 3 Hostages & U.S. Support for Israel; “Tragically Historic”: The Guardian’s Nina Lakhani on the Failure of Yet Another U.N. Climate Summit

Watch Part 2 of our interview with The Guardian's senior climate reporter Nina Lakhani, who covered COP28.

On today's show: ​​Al Jazeera's Marwan Bishara on IDF Killing AJ Journalist, the 3 Hostages & U.S. Support for Israel “Tragically Historic”: The Guardian's Nina Lakhani on the Failure of Yet Another U.N. Climate Summit   The post Democracy Now 6am – December 18, 2023 appeared first on KPFA.

COP28 has come to a close. Since the final day of the conference, we've seen both a number of headlines noting a historic decision and news of climate injustices at this year's event. So what are the most critical takeaways from COP28? To answer, we brought on three guests that attended the conference to take a deep dive into the biggest issues, the decisions that were made, and what comes next. Nina Lakhani is a Senior Reporter for Guardian US, who spent the last two weeks covering COP28. Nina discusses what the final text of the decision means, what was and wasn't accomplished on addressing mitigation, adaptation, and loss and damage, and what this could mean for the COP process going forward. Then, Aderonke Ige and Rachel Rose Jackson join the show to discuss how the influence of the fossil fuel industry shaped COP28, what countries were most responsible for blocking progress, and why COP is still an essential event for activists, campaigners, organizers, and climate justice advocates to show up to and fight. Aderonke Ige is the Associate Director for Corporate Accountability & Public Participation Africa. Rachel Rose Jackson is the Director of Climate Research and Policy at Corporate Accountability. As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, and more! Subscribe to our YouTube channel! Join our Facebook group.  Further Reading: Indigenous people and climate justice groups say Cop28 was ‘business as usual' Cop28 landmark deal agreed to ‘transition away' from fossil fuels

Nina Lakhani, senior climate justice reporter at The Guardian U.S., breaks down the latest from the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai, where a new draft of the core agreement removed a call to phase out fossil fuels.  

Nina Lakhani, senior climate justice reporter at The Guardian U.S., breaks down the latest from The 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai, including a deep dive into the president of the U.N. climate talks Sultan al-Jaber's ties to the fossil fuel industry.

The 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) is underway in Dubai. On Today's Show:Nina Lakhani, senior climate justice reporter at The Guardian U.S., breaks down the latest from conference, including a deep dive into the president of the U.N. climate talks, Sultan al-Jaber's, ties to the fossil fuel industry.

As world leaders began to gather at Cop27 yesterday, speeches began on the main stage in Sharm el-Sheik. Presidents and prime ministers spoke of the need to rapidly reduce carbon emissions and the horrendous impacts of climate breakdown. But, if previous years are anything to go by – these words may not turn into concrete actions. Instead, indigenous and community groups are leading the charge on saving the planet. Madeleine Finlay speaks to Nina Lakhani about the need for climate justice, and hears from activist Nonhle Mbuthuma about her fight to protect South Africa's Wild Coast. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/sciencepod

After a year of critical elections, global conflict, major climate policy decisions, and energy crises, world leaders will now gather at COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt to discuss crucial issues at the heart of the climate crisis. On the show, this week, we take a look at many of those critical issues from the trajectory of global warming to the Global North's failure to meet climate finance commitments to the lack of funding for loss and damage and much more.  To help us out, two fantastic guest who will be covering COP27 in Egypt: Sarah Kaplan is a climate reporter for the Washington Post. Sarah will be in Sharm El-Sheikh covering the negotiations and helps to give us some overview on how the major developments in 2022 could impact the talks. Nina Lakhani, who is a senior climate justice reporter with the Guardian, helps us understand how significant it is to have this COP in Egypt and how Egyptian climate leaders plan to center conversations on climate finance and loss and damage. And Nina also explains the reports of human rights abuses that have been alleged of the Egyptian government, what some activists fear as they head to Egypt, and why so many African activists are having a hard time securing access to COP27.  Follow Sarah Kaplan on Twitter and stories in the Washington Post Follow Nina Lakhani on Twitter and stories in The Guardian Listen to past episodes for more background: Dr. Simon Evans on the current global warming trajectory Dr. Paulina Jaramillo on the IPCC Report on mitigation of climate change Prof. Saleemul Huq on addressing loss and damage Harjeet Singh on climate finance Prof. Jörn Birkmann on the IPCC Report On Adaptation, Vulnerability, And Impact Further Reading: ‘I have a voice': African activists struggle to attend UN climate talks in Egypt Denmark becomes first U.N. member to pay for ‘loss and damage' from climate change Egypt silenced climate experts' voices before hosting Cop27, HRW says  

The Science Weekly podcast is in Glasgow, where we are bringing listeners daily episodes from Cop26. Each morning you will hear from one of the Guardian's award-winning environment team. Today, Science Weekly host Madeleine Finlay and Guardian reporter Nina Lakhani attend the People's Summit, which brings together movements from across the world to build solutions for climate change. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/sciencepod

Economist Rebecca Boehm and Nina Lakhani, journalist at The Guardian, expose the harms of near-monopolistic chicken production practices at Tyson Foods.

Michael Safi hears from Nina Lakhani on how 15,000 Mexicans, including journalists and politicians, appeared on a list of possible targets for surveillance

In the latest part of our mini-series, Michael Safi hears from Nina Lakhani on how 15,000 Mexicans including journalists and politicians appeared on a list of possible targets for surveillance. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

Hoy en Día a Día, comenzamos conversando con la reportera Senior de The Guardian, Nina Lakhani, sobre el escándalo del Proyecto Pegasus: “Hemos tenido acceso a más de 50.000 números telefónicos que fueron seleccionados por clientes de la empresa NSO para ser intervenidos”, dijo, y explicó que “Con Pegasus, el cliente – que puede ser una agencia de seguridad o una agencia del gobierno – puede bajar todas tus llamadas, leer tus mensajes, ver las fotos y tomar control del micrófono de tu teléfono”. La reportera destacó que “Algunos de los objetivos seleccionados para utilizar Pegasus son maestros, políticos, sindicalistas, activistas y hasta las víctimas de crímenes de lesa humanidad”, y comentó que “El gobierno de México ha gastado cientos de millones de dólares en ese servicio de ciberespionaje, mientras la mitad de la población vive bajo la línea de pobreza”. Las protestas contra el gobierno colombiano volvieron a la calle con motivo del Día de la Independencia y de la instalación del Congreso Nacional. Sobre el tema, conversamos con Carlos Arturo Albino, periodista de Noticias RCN y NTN24 , quien nos dijo: “Ayer fue un día complicado en el tema de orden público y atípico, porque no hubo el desfile militar tradicional… Estas manifestaciones empañaron el día cívico, porque hubo heridos por parte de la policía y varios capturados”. Además, mencionó que “El único candidato a la segunda vicepresidencia del Congreso de la República, el señor Gustavo Bolívar, compitió solo y perdió, porque le ganó el voto en blanco. Fue algo inédito”, por lo que “Tuvieron que repetir la elección”. Y para cerrar, el astronauta, ingeniero y primer canadiense en caminar en el espacio, Chris Hadfield, nos habló sobre el vuelo al espacio que realizó el fundador de Amazon, Jeff Bezos a bordo de su nave New Shepard: “La idea es comercial, buscan crear viajes al espacio como si se tratase de aerolíneas, permitiéndole al público hacer estos viajes de una manera mucho más económica que los que son financiados por los gobiernos”, explicó, y opinó que “No se trata solamente de turismo, porque aquí puede avanzarse mucho en investigaciones científicas en diversas disciplinas”. Hadfield también destacó que “Blue Origin tiene programados dos viajes más en los que resta de año”.

Following a guilty verdict against the co-collaborator in the murder of Honduran activist Berta Cáceres, Latino Rebels Radio speaks with journalist Nina Lakhani on the significance of the verdict in the ongoing struggle for social justice in Honduras. Lakhani is an environmental justice reporter for the Guardian. Featured image: Flyers with the image of slain Honduran environmental and Indigenous rights activist Berta Cáceres in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Monday, July 5, 2021.(AP Photo/Elmer Martínez) Latino Rebels Radio is produced by Oscar Fernández of the Latino Media Collective. Music courtesy of La Plebe.

For the rest of the month, Latino Rebels Radio will be taking a break off from new shows, but our friends at the Latino Media Collective have us covered with a show from March of 2020. The LMC spends the hour with Nina Lakhani to get more details on the assassination of Berta Cáceres. Lakhani is an environmental justice reporter for the Guardian and the author of Who Killed Berta Cáceres? Dams, Death Squads, and an Indigenous Defender’s Battle for the Planet.Featured image by Tinaral (CC BY-SA 4.0)

The 46th US president took office promising a more welcoming immigration policy. But Republicans are calling a new wave of migrants at the southern border a ‘crisis’ and demanding action. In this episode of Full Story, Washington bureau chief David Smith describes the pressure Biden is under to respond to the issue. Plus, the Guardian’s Nina Lakhani describes what she witnessed on the border in Texas, where migrants are still being detained, and many sent straight back across the border

Il 2 marzo del 2016 Berta Cáceres, ambientalista e attivista honduregna, veniva assassinata. La casa editrice Capovolte ha pubblicato il libro inchiesta della giornalista britannica Nina Lakhani, attualmente corrispondente di Guardian Us a New York, "Chi ha ucciso Berta Cáceres? Squadroni della morte, dighe e la battaglia di una difensora indigena per il pianeta". Ne parliamo con Luca Martinelli, giornalista, collaboratore della rivista Altreconomia; si avvicina l'8 marzo e lo sciopero globale transfemminista, contro la violenza maschile sulle donne e di genere. Il Brancoro di Roma ha preparato una scaletta di canti e poesie che presentiamo in anteprima; concludiamo con le rubrica musicale di Clarice Trombella oggi dedicata a Tori Amos.

Il 2 marzo del 2016 Berta Cáceres, ambientalista e attivista honduregna, veniva assassinata. La casa editrice Capovolte ha pubblicato il libro inchiesta della giornalista britannica Nina Lakhani, attualmente corrispondente di Guardian Us a New York, "Chi ha ucciso Berta Cáceres? Squadroni della morte, dighe e la battaglia di una difensora indigena per il pianeta". Ne parliamo con Luca Martinelli, giornalista, collaboratore della rivista Altreconomia; si avvicina l'8 marzo e lo sciopero globale transfemminista, contro la violenza maschile sulle donne e di genere. Il Brancoro di Roma ha preparato una scaletta di canti e poesie che presentiamo in anteprima; concludiamo con le rubrica musicale di Clarice Trombella oggi dedicata a Tori Amos.

Nina Lakhani is the first Environmental Justice Reporter for the Guardian US, based in New York. In this conversation, she discusses her new book Who Killed Berta Cáceres? (2020). Nina Lakhani's book focuses on environmental violence and women in Honduras, but due to her experience in Mexico City, she will also talk about obstretic violence in the state of Guerrero.  Nina Lakhani has reported from over a dozen countries, including six and a half years freelancing in Central America and Mexico. She focused on forced migration, the consequences of the war on drugs, state sponsored violence, corruption, impunity, gender violence, environmental defenders and the battle for natural resources.

Maria and Julio are joined by Nina Lakhani, an environmental justice reporter for The Guardian US and author of the new book Who Killed Berta Cáceres? They talk about the life and legacy of Berta Cáceres, an indigenous, Honduran, human rights defender and environmental activist. And, they dive into the systems of oppression — racism, misogyny, capitalism — that played a role in her murder. ITT Staff Picks: Maria Ines Taracena writes, "Lakhani, a veteran environmental justice reporter, persuasively lays out Honduras’ longtime status as an epicenter for U.S. intervention, militarization and imperialism," in this review for Ms. Magazine.The Afro-Indigenous Garífuna community in Honduras continues to demand the safe return of five kidnapped land defenders. More in this segment from Democracy Now.Latin America is deemed the most dangerous region for environmental activists via Latin America News Dispatch on Latino USA. Photo Credit: Daniel Cima/CIDH/Flickr See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

According to UK-based Global Witness, 14 land and environment defenders were killed in Honduras over the course of 2019, three years after the murder of celebrated Indigenous land defender Berta Cáceres. In the first episode of our land defender series, we go live with journalist Nina Lakhani to discuss the life of Cáceres and the long campaign against her. We also check in with Indiana Public Broadcasting's Rebecca Thiele, who covers environmental issues in ITC's home state. If you have any thoughts or questions about the show, you can tweet at us or send an email to itcpod@iu.edu.

We’re back! In Episode 91, Quinn & Brian ask: Why is drinking water so unaffordable, or unavailable, or just filthy for so many people? Our guests are: Nina Lakhani & Mary Grant. Nina is environmental justice reporter for The Guardian US and Mary Grant is the Public Water for All Campaign Director at Food & Water Watch. They’ve bottled up their empathy and their anger for good, and we think they fit right in on the show. If it wasn’t already obvious: water is important. It’s one of the few things we actually need to survive, believe it or not. We’ve all heard of problems in Flint, but that’s not some crazy anomaly. It’s just the one town that got the most media attention, and even then, there are still huge problems with their water supply. The inequitable access to basic resources has been normalized in our country, but let's be clear about one thing — it’s NOT normal, and it doesn’t happen at anywhere near this scale in other developed countries. So, want to Make America Great Again? Well, let’s start by just getting us to a C average in basic human rights. TAKE ACTION: There’s an important vote happening on August 7th! If you want to help people being affected by this right now, call your Senator and tell them to fight for a second Coronavirus Relief Package that includes a national moratorium on water, power, and broadband shutoffs: 202-609-9041 Have feedback or questions? Tweet us (http://www.twitter.com/importantnotimp), or send a message to funtalk@importantnotimportant.com Trump’s Book Club:  The Dictionary https://bookshop.org/shop/importantnotimportant (https://bookshop.org/shop/importantnotimportant) Links: Call your Senator and tell them to fight for a second Coronavirus Relief Package that includes a national moratorium on water, power, and broadband shutoffs: 202-609-9041 Tell your representative to support for the Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity, and Reliability Act (https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/1417/all-info) (HR 1417, S611) www.foodandwaterwatch.org (https://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/) Read Nina’s articles: theguardian.com/profile/nina-lakhani (http://theguardian.com/profile/nina-lakhani) Nina on Twitter: @ninalakhani (https://twitter.com/ninalakhani) Mary on Twitter: @MaryGrant_Water (https://twitter.com/MaryGrant_Water) The Human Utility (https://detroitwaterproject.org/) Navajo Relief Fund (http://www.nativepartnership.org/site/PageServer?pagename=nrf_index) Connect with us: Subscribe to our newsletter at ImportantNotImportant.com (http://importantnotimportant.com/)! Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/ImportantNotImp (http://twitter.com/ImportantNotImp) Follow Quinn: twitter.com/quinnemmett (http://twitter.com/quinnemmett) Follow Brian: twitter.com/briancolbertken (http://twitter.com/briancolbertken) Like and share us on Facebook: facebook.com/ImportantNotImportant (http://facebook.com/ImportantNotImportant) Intro/outro by Tim Blane: timblane.com (http://timblane.com/) Important, Not Important is produced by (http://crate.media/) Support this podcast

Ever wonder who the pink boat in Oxford Circus was named after? This podcast focuses on the new book 'Who Killed Berta Caceres' by Nina Lakhani which is a compelling thriller-like read based on the murder of the brave indigenous Berta. She died for fighting the development of a dam using World Bank funding in her region in Honduras.

This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we'll profile a hero, a woman who fought for indigenous rights, the environment and democracy. We talk to Guardian reporter Nina Lakhani about […] The post Who Killed Berta Caceres & UMKC’s Budget Crisis: The Workers Pay appeared first on KKFI.

Guardian US environmental justice reporter Nina Lakhani reports on her landmark investigation into America’s water crisis, revealing that millions of Americans are facing unaffordable bills for running water and risk being disconnected or losing their homes

Honduran indigenous land rights defender Berta Cáceres was murdered in March 2016 following her involvement in a grassroots campaign against a hydroelectic damn on the Gualcarque river. Her death caused international outrage, but has much changed? In this episode, we talked to Nina Lakhani, Guardian environmental justice reporter formerly reporting from Central America, on her new book: "Who Killed Berta Cáceres? Dams, Death Squads, and an Indigenous Defender’s Battle for the Planet". We talked to Nina about why she wrote the book and why Cáceres became such a global figure, indigenous rights around the world, 'sacrifice zones' and environmental racism, the history of Honduras and Central America, and how we can't understand migration without understanding US imperialism and the culture of impunity and corruption. We loved the book. You can buy it on the Verso website here: www.versobooks.com/books/3180-who-…d-berta-caceres Follow Nina Lakhani on twitter @NinaLakhani. Follow us on twitter and Facebook @BigGreenPolPod.

Guardian US environmental justice reporter Nina Lakhani reports on her landmark investigation into America’s water crisis, revealing that millions of Americans are facing unaffordable bills for running water and risk being disconnected or losing their homes. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

In the first segment [1:39-16:23], hosts Eric Jaffe and Vanessa Quirk discuss this week's top stories: The perils of facial recognition: Wrongfully accused by an algorithm (Kashmir Hill, NYT) https://nyti.ms/2CLC00L 11 ways Covid Recovery is Changing Cities (CityLab) https://bloom.bg/2CKVqTr Analysis finds millions of Americans can’t afford their water bills (Nina Lakhani, Guardian) https://bit.ly/385U8xU In the second segment [16:46-22:59], the hosts talk to Deirdre Mask, the author of The Address Book: What Street Addresses Reveal About Identity, Race, Wealth, and Power https://bit.ly/2Ny0Pzk And in the final segment [23:05 - 26:25], the hosts share what made them smile this week. Barbershops Lead the Reopening Effort (Bloomberg) https://bloom.bg/2ZgN3Xr Nashville Public Library’s "Curb Side, Baby" https://bit.ly/38bYaoA

A picture is slowly emerging of what has happened to women’s personal finances since the Covid 19 pandemic began. The debt advice charity, Step Change, warned that British households are expected to rack up debts worth a combined £6bn because of the health emergency as they fell behind with their bills. And it looks like this will disproportionately impact on women. Jenni talks to Jude Kelly, Founder of the Women of the World Festival who is involved in the Insuring Women’s Futures programme, Zubaida Haque, Interim Director of the Runnymede Trust and a member of the Independent Sage and a commissioner for the Women’s Budget Group and Amy Cashman, CEO of Kantar’s Insights Division. The historian Bettany Hughes tells Jenni about her new series A Greek Odyssey where she retraces the steps of Odysseus from the coast of Turkey where the mythical Trojan War took place to the island of Ithaca in the West of Greece. Sailing through the Greek islands, she makes new archaeological discoveries, visits iconic sites and uncovers the truth around the myths and legends of the ancient world; including iconic women such as Hera, Helen, Calypso and Iphigenia. A Greek Odyssey with Bettany Hughes launches tomorrow, Friday 12 June, at 9pm on Channel 5. Coronavirus has made visible a group of people who were often invisible – volunteers. Thousands of people signed up to help the NHS as a volunteer. Local residents’ groups have got together to help those who can’t get to the shops, or to call people who might be experiencing severe isolation. Before lockdown, Woman’s Hour began interviewing women who volunteered in all sorts of areas – who see a gap, or a problem to be solved, and just get on with it – Troupers. They told their stories to Laura Thomas. Today it’s the turn of Jacqui Shimidzu, who runs the Hill Station Café in South London. Berta Cáceres – a celebrated Honduran environmental activist and indigenous leader – was murdered in 2016. She had dedicated her life to fighting for the land and water rights of indigenous Lenca communities in the west of the country. But after a relentless stream of threats, intimidation and harassment failed to deter her, Berta was brutally killed. Nina Lakhani was the only Western journalist to follow the trial and has herself faced threats and defamation campaigns in her quest to bring Berta’s story to a global audience. She talks to Jenni. Producer: Louise Corley Editor: Karen Dalziel

Nina Lakhani is the environmental justice reporter for the Guardian US. Previously she was a freelance journalist covering Central America and Mexico for the Guardian, BBC, Al Jazeera, Global Post, the Daily Beast, and elsewhere.More about the book: https://www.versobooks.com/books/3180-who-killed-berta-caceres

Interview with journalist Nina Lahkani on her new book Who Killed Berta Cáceres? Dams, Death Squads, and an Indigenous Defender's Battle for the Planet  Buy the book: https://www.versobooks.com/books/3180-who-killed-berta-caceres Support: patreon.com/therednation

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Netfa Freeman, a policy analyst with the Institute for Policy Studies, organizer with Pan-African Community Action, and a member of the coordinating committee of the Black Alliance for Peace, to talk about the passage of a new bipartisan bill granting even greater power to the executive branch and security state amid Trump's brutal crackdown on uprisings across the US, and why it's impossible to make the police accountable to the working class when the government is accountable to the billionaire class.In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Kevin Zeese, co-director of Popular Resistance, to talk about the news that federal charges against the Embassy Protection Collective have been dropped, the bizarre accusation by District Judge Beryl Howell that the huge wave of police repression of black people shows the defendants were treated unreasonably well by the secret service due to their "privilege," and why violent suppression of the anti-police brutality protests and the ongoing trillion-dollar giveaways to the ruling class indicate that we're living in a "failed state."In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Nina Lakhani, environmental justice reporter for the Guardian US, to talk about her new book, "Who Killed Berta Caceres? Dams, Death Squads, and an Indigenous Defender's Battle for the Planet," and how collusion between powerful US government forces, big business, and the Honduran narco elites made her execution possible. Later in the show, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Aja Taylor, Advocacy Director of Bread for the City, to talk about the false dichotomy beng drawn by DC Mayor Muriel Bowser between the supposedly 'good' voters and 'bad' demonstrators in curfew enforcement, why young people are "drawing a line in the sand" by refusing to vote for the lesser of two evils, and Attorney General William Barr's accusations that antifa and "foreign actors" are instigating violence at protests.

Land and the control of it lay at the core of Latin American economic inequality, social unrest, and political violence. It animates the scholarship on the region. In such countries with large indigenous communities as Bolivia, Mexico, and Honduras, the systematic dispossession of land remains an unresolved and contentious issue as these communities seek restitution while simultaneously defending current holdings. In Honduras, the acclaimed indigenous activist Berta Cáceres was a central figure in the defense of land from so-called economic development and infrastructure projects, in particular the successful campaign to stop the building of the Agua Zarca Dam on the Río Gualcarque on Lenca land. What is remarkable about Berta Cáceres is that much of her activism was done in the shadow of threats against her life, which only intensified during this campaign. In early March 2016, armed intruders assassinated Honduran indigenous activist in her home. Steven spoke with Nina Lakhani, environmental justice correspondent for The Guardian newspaper, about her new book entitled *Who Killed Berta Cáceres: Dams, Death Squads, and an Indigenous Defender's Battle for the Planet*. https://www.versobooks.com/books/3180-who-killed-berta-caceres

Nina Lakhani, a veteran correspondent for the Guardian in Mexico and Central America, discusses her new book about Honduran indigenous activist Berta Cáceres, her 2016 murder and its aftermath, a corrupt system, and a badly misdirected U.S. policy.

Land and the control of it lay at the core of Latin American economic inequality, social unrest, and political violence. It animates the scholarship on the region. In such countries with large indigenous communities as Bolivia, Mexico, and Honduras, the systematic dispossession of land remains an unresolved and contentious issue as these communities seek restitution while simultaneously defending current holdings. In Honduras, the acclaimed indigenous activist Berta Cáceres was a central figure in the defense of land from so-called economic development and infrastructure projects, in particular the successful campaign to stop the building of the Agua Zarca Dam on the Río Gualcarque on Lenca land. What is remarkable about Berta Cáceres is that much of her activism was done in the shadow of threats against her life, which only intensified during this campaign. In early March 2016, armed intruders assassinated Honduran indigenous activist in her home. Steven spoke with Nina Lakhani, environmental justice correspondent for The Guardian newspaper, about her new book entitled *Who Killed Berta Cáceres: Dams, Death Squads, and an Indigenous Defender’s Battle for the Planet*. https://www.versobooks.com/books/3180-who-killed-berta-caceres

Your #5Things for this week includes: Instagram Announced Hiding Like Counts In US Twitter Launched “Topics” Option Facebook Launched Updated Logo TikTok Refused To Testify Before Senate Panel HP Rolled Out Print The Holidays Campaign Hosted by Dan Bennett, and panel includes Kenny Gold, Toby Daniels, Amanda Davis, and Nina Lakhani

PUERTO RICO CRISIS – BERTA CÁCERES – LATINXS IN LONDON In Episode #5: Newsflash (01:50): Laurie catches up with Puerto Rican journalist Andrea González-Ramírez to discuss the territory’s ongoing political and economic crisis, the fallout from Hurricane Maria, the vexed colonial relationship between the island and the US mainland, and its ties to Latin America – with reference to Bad Bunny, Residente, naval exercises, and the pill. https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2019/07/238239/puerto-rico-ricardo-rossello-chat-protest https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2018/09/209761/hurricane-maria-anniversary-puerto-rico-women-experience https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2019/07/238816/why-did-puerto-rico-governor-resign-young-women-protest-rossello Deep Dive (20:10): John interviews Nina Lakhani, a freelance journalist covering Central America for The Guardian. They talked about her forthcoming book on the life & death of Berta Cáceres, which is out with Verso Books in 2020. Nina explained the difficulties she has faced reporting on the case in Honduras and the precautions taken to ensure that she can continue to inform those outside of the country. https://www.versobooks.com/blogs/4036-verso-author-fighting-intimidation-for-covering-the-murder-trial-of-indigenous-activist-berta-caceres Culture (47:40): Laurie sits down with writer Yara Rodrigues Fowler at the British Library in London. They discuss her debut novel Stubborn Archivist (released 2019 in the UK & US), which traces a life caught between Brazil and Britain, trauma and experience, forgetting and remembering. Yara also reflects on the political situation in Brazil, media portrayals of the country, and advocacy, art and activism among the fast-growing Latinx community in London. https://www.littlebrown.co.uk/titles/yara-rodrigues-fowler/stubborn-archivist/9780708899076/ https://www.arcolatheatre.com/whats-on/fuck-you-pay-me/ http://flawafestival.co.uk/ https://www.tobylloydfilm.com/my-uncle-is-not-pablo-escobar You can follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram @MiradasPod, or check out our website and join our mailing list at www.miradaspodcast.com. You can also email us on info@miradaspodcast.com.

Venezuela, home to the world’s largest oil reserves, is a country that has been experimenting with a new so-called “socialist” economic model for twenty years. For this sin, two consecutive Venezuelan Presidents have been targeted for regime change by the architects of the “free market” World Trade System, an economic system they intend to be global. In this episode, learn the recent history of Venezuela and hear the highlights of a March 2017 Congressional hearing (which was not aired on television in the United States) during which strategies for a Venezuelan regime change were discussed, and then learn about the regime change steps that have been taken since that hearing which have unfolded exactly how the witnesses advised. Pat Grogan joins Jen for Thank Yous.  Please Support Congressional Dish - Quick Links Click here to contribute a lump sum or set up a monthly contribution via PayPal Click here to support Congressional Dish for each episode via Patreon Send Zelle payments to: Donation@congressionaldish.com Send Venmo payments to: @Jennifer-Briney Use your bank’s online bill pay function to mail contributions to: 5753 Hwy 85 North Number 4576 Crestview, FL 32536 Please make checks payable to Congressional Dish Thank you for supporting truly independent media! Additional Reading Report: OAS adopts resolution, could bring suspension of Venezuela by Luis Alonso Lugo, AP News, June 6, 2018. Article: Venezuela scores victory as US fails to secure votes for OAS suspension, TeleSUR, June 6, 2018. Opinion: It's time for a coup in Venezuela by Jose R. Cardenas, Foreign Policy, June 5, 2018. Report: Venezuela's 2018 presidential elections, FAS, May 24, 2018. Article: Trump's team gets payback for Rubio on Venezuelan assassination plot by Marc Caputo, Potlitico, May 22, 2018. Article: U.S. places new sanctions on Venezuela day after election by Julie Hirschfeld Davis, The New York Times, May 21, 2018. Opinion: Marco Rubio: It's time to hasten Maduro's exit from power by Marco Rubio, CNN, May 16, 2018. Article: ConocoPhillips could bring deeper trouble to Venezuela by Nick Cunningham, Business Insider, May 12, 2018. Report: ConocoPhillips wins $2 billion ruling over Venezuelan seizure by Clifford Krauss, The New York Times, April 25, 2018. Article: Exclusive: Russia secretly helped VEnezuela launch a cryptocurrency to evade U.S. sanctions by Simon Shuster, Time, March 20, 2018. Article: Tillerson floats possible Venezuelan military coup, says US does not advocate 'regime change' by Max Greenwood, The Hill, February 1, 2018. Report: Venezuela's economic crisis: Issues for Congress by Rebecca M. Nelson, Congressional Research Service, January 10, 2018. Article: Venezuela's ruling party wins surprise victory in regional elections by Scott Neuman, NPR, October 16, 2017. Report: New financial sanctions on Venezuela: Key issues, FAS, September 1, 2017. Article: Venezuela's pro-Maduro assembly seizes congressional powers by Colin Dwyer, NPR, August 18, 2017. Article: Pence vows to end 'the tragedy of tyranny' in Venezuela through 'peaceable means' by Philip Rucker, The Washington Post, August 13, 2017. Report: Trump alarms Venezuela with talk of a 'military option,' The New York Times, August 12, 2017. Article: The battle for Venezuela and its oil by Jeremy Scahill, The Intercept, August 12, 2017. Article: Venezuela's dubious new constituent assembly explained by Jennifer L. McCoy, The Washington Post, August 1, 2017. Article: In wake of 'sham election,' U.S. sanctions Venezuelan President Maduro by Colin Dwyer, NPR, July 31, 2017. Report: U.S. Petroleum trade with Venezuela: Financial and economic considerations with possible sanctions, FAS, July 27, 2017. Article: Venezuela row as National Assembly appoints judges, BBC News, July 22, 2017. Report: Exxon blocked from enforcing Venezuela arbitration award: U.S. appeals court by Jonathan Stempel, Reuters, July 11, 2017. Article: Maduro wants to rewrite Venezuela's constitution, that's rocket fuel on the fire, The Washington Post, June 10, 2017. Article: Venezuela eyes assembly vote in July; man set ablaze dies by Alexandra Ulmer and Deisy Buitrago, Reuters, June 4, 2017. Article: Riven by fire and fiery rhetoric, Venezuela decides its future in the streets by Colin Dwyer, NPR, May 5, 2017. Report: AP explains: Venezuela's 'anti-capitalist' constitution by Hannah Dreier, Yahoo News, May 4, 2017. Article: Venezuela plan to rewrite constitution branded a coup by former regional allies by Jonathan Watts and Virginia Lopez, The Guardian, May 2, 2017. Article: Venezuela's Maduro sees local elections later in 2017 by Andrew Cawthorne, Reuters, April 30, 2017. Article: Opposition parties in Venezuela prepare for elections, hoping they will come by John Otis, NPR, April 8, 2017. Article: Venezuelan court revises ruling that nullified legislature by Nicholas Casey and Patricia Torres, The New York Times, April 1, 2017. Article: Venezuela's top court and president reverse course, restore powers to legislature by Jason Slotkin, NPR, April 1, 2017. Article: Venezuela muzzles legislature, moving closer to one-man rule by Nicholas Casey and Patricia Torres, The New York Times, March 30, 2017. Article: Venezuelan political crisis grows after High Court dissolves Congress by Richard Gonzelez, NPR, March 30, 2017. Article: Venezuela court effectively shuts down congress as opposition cries 'coup' by Jim Wyss, Miami Herald, March 30, 2017. Article: Order for Venezuela to pay Exxon $1.4 bln in damages overturned - lawyer by Reuters Staff, CNBC, March 10, 2017. Report: Venezuela President Maduro hikes wages, distributes social housing, DW, January 5, 2017. Article: Did Hilary Clinton stand by as Honduras coup ushered in era of violence? by Nina Lakhani, The Guardian, August 31, 2016. Article: Inside the booming smuggling trade between Venezuela and Colombia by Ezra Kaplan, Time, March 31, 2016. Article: Venezuela's constitutional crisis: How did we get here? by Juan Cristobal Nagel, Caracas Chronicles, January 12, 2016. Article: Venezuela: What changes will the new Congress bring?, BBC News, January 7, 2016. Article: Oil giants punish Venezuela through Dutch treaty by Frank Mulder, Inter Press Service News Agency, January 4, 2016. Report: Venezuela top court blocks four lawmakers-elect from taking office by Reuters Staff, Reuters, December 30, 2015. Report: Venezuela's departing legislature approves 13 new justices by Patricia Torres and William Neuman, The New York Times, December 23, 2015. Report: Venezuela's outgoing Congress names 13 Supreme Court justices by Diego Ore, Reuters, December 23, 2015. Article: Venezuela: Curb plan to pack Supreme Court, Human Rights Watch, December 10, 2015. Article: Venezuela election: Opposition coalition secures 'supermajority' by Associated Press, The Guardian, December 8, 2015. Article: Venezuela's high-life hope hard-hit poor will abandon Chavez's legacy by Sibylla Brodzinsky, The Guardian, December 5, 2015. Article: Snowden leak reveals Obama government ordered NSA, CIA to spy on Venzuela oil firm by Charles Davis and Andrew Fishman, Common Dreams, November 19, 2015. Article: The long war: Venezuela and ExxonMobil, Telesur TV, November 18, 2015. Article: Obama vs. Chavismo by Boris Munoz, The New Yorker, March 18, 2015. Article: A tale of two countries: Venezuela, the United States and international investment by John G. Murphy, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, October 17, 2014. Article: The dirty hand of the National Endowment for Democracy in Venezuela by Eva Golinger, Counter Punch, April 25, 2014. Article: The 2002 oil lockout: 10 years later by Yuleidys Hernandez Toledo, Venezuelan Analysis, December 7, 2012. Article: Declassified documents show that the US finances groups opposed to Chavez since 2002, Grupo Tortuga, September 2, 2006. Article: Documents show C.I.A knew of a coup plot in Venezuela by Juan Forero, The New York Times, December 3, 2004. Report: Documents show C.I.A knew of a coup plot in Venezuela by Juan Forero, The New York Times, December 3, 2004. Article: The coup connection by Joshua Kurlantzick, Mother Jones, November/December 2004. Article: Pyrrhus of Caracas, The Economist, January 2, 2003. Article: Strike cripples Venezuela's oil industry by Jarrett Murphy, CBS News, December 10, 2002. Article: The coup that wasn't by Marc Cooper, The Nation, September 11, 2002. Article: Our gang in Venezuela? by David Corn, The Nation, July 18, 2002. Article: American navy 'helped Venezuelan coup' by Duncan Campbell, The Guardian, April 29, 2002. Article: Venezuela coup linked to Bush team by Ed Vulliamy, The Guardian, April 21, 2002. Article: Chavez rises from very peculiar coup by Alex Bellos, The Guardian, April 15, 2002. Resources Congressional Research Service: Venezuela: Issues for Congress, 2013-2016, Mark P. Sullivan, January 23, 2017. Congressional Research Service: Venezuela: U.S. Policy Overview, May 20, 2015. Global Affairs Canada: Canadian Sanctions Related to Venezuela Government of Canada: Venezuela Sanctions House Foreign Relations Committee Hearing Transcript: The State of Democracy in Venezuela, June 24, 2004. Human Development Report 2016: Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) Library of Congress: Crude Oil Royalty Rates Organization of American States: Inter-American Democratic Charter Resolution of San Jose, Costa Rica Organization of American States: Historic Background of the Inter-American Democratic Charter Public Citizen Report: Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS): Extraordinary Corporate Power in "Trade" Deals USAID Report: Venezuela 2002-2010 Venezuelan Constitution: Title IX: Constitutional Reforms (Art. 340-350) WikiLeaks: The Global Intelligence Files Re: Reliable Source for Venezuelan Inflation Statistics? WikiLeaks: USAID/OTI Programmatic Support for Country Team 5 Point Strategy, Public Library of Diplomacy, November 9, 2006. Visual References Data: How did Venezuela change under Hugo Chavez, The Guardian, October 4, 2012 Sound Clip Sources Hearing: Democracy Promotion in a Challenging World, House Foreign Affairs Committee, June 14, 2018. Video: Debunking John Oliver on Venezuela, The Real News Network, June 9, 2018. Hearing: Advancing US Business Investment and Trade in the Americas, House Foreign Affairs Committee, June 7, 2018. Video: Pompeo calls for kicking Venezuela out of OAS and more sanctions, The Washington Post, June 4, 2018. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo: “In addition to suspension, I call on member states to apply additional pressure on the Maduro regime with financial sanctions and diplomatic isolation until such time as it takes the actions necessary to return genuine democracy and provide people desperately needed access to international humanitarian aid" Hearing: Advancing U.S. Interests Through the Organization of American States, House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee, February 14, 2018. Hearing: The Venezuela Crisis: The Malicious Influence of State and Criminal Actors, House Foreign Affairs Committee, September 13, 2017. Empire Files: Constituent Assembly Dictatorship or Democracy in Venezuela? TeleSUR English, July 19, 2017. Hearing:The Collapse of The Rule of Law in Venezuela: What the United States and the International Community Can Do to Restore Democracy, Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Subcommittee, July 19, 2017. 07:15 Senator Marco Rubio: I also know this, and I do not speak for the president, but I’ve certainly spoken to the president, and I will only reiterate what he has already said, and I’ve been saying this now for a number of days: it is my—I have 100% confidence that if democracy is destroyed once and for all in Venezuela on the 30th in terms of the Maduro regime, the president of the U.S. is prepared to act unilaterally in a significant and swift way. And that is not a threat; that is the reporting of the truth. 10:38 Senator Bob Menendez: Even as their president prevents international support for the basic humanitarian needs of its citizens—blocking an effort by the National Assembly to facilitate international systems—they are voting to demand fundamental freedoms. Despite the suffering of his people, and the international outcry, Maduro insists on clinging onto the shreds of a failed ideology his predecessor and a few colleagues in the region still champion. Empire Files: Abby Martin Meets the Venezuelan Opposition, TeleSUR English, July 3, 2017. Empire Files: Venezuela Economy Minister-Sabotage, Not Socialism, is the Problem, TeleSUR English, June 17, 2017. Hearing: Venezuela's Tragic Meltdown, House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee, March 28, 2017. Hearing: Venezuela: Options for U.S. Policy, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, March 2, 2017. 21:30 Shannon O’Neil: The United States can and should also delve into Venezuela’s recent financial transactions, and specifically, its use of U.S.-based Citgo assets to collateralize its loans. CFIUS should investigate bond purchases by the Russian state-controlled oil company, Rosneft, who may, in the case of default, actually gain majority control of this critical refinery infrastructure here in the United States. 21:53 Shannon O’Neil: Multilateral initiatives are perhaps more important and potentially more fruitful as a means to influence Venezuela. This will mean working behind the scenes to galvanize opposition and condemnation for the Maduro regime. This’ll be more effective than U.S. efforts alone as it will be much harder for the Venezuelan government to dismiss the criticisms and the actions of its South American neighbors as imperialist overreach. And such a coalition is much more possible today than in any time in the recent past, due both to the accelerating repression and the breaking of the last democratic norms in Venezuela, and due to the very different stances of South America’s recently elected leaders, particularly in Peru, in Brazil, and in Argentina. The OAS remains a venue and an instrument to focus these efforts. The U.S. should call on the organization to again invoke the Inter-American Charter to evaluate Venezuela’s democratic credentials and its compliance with them, and this could lead, potentially to sanctions and suspension of Venezuela from this multilateral body. 23:00 Shannon O’Neil: And then, finally, the United States should begin preparing for change. If the Maduro regime is forced out or it collapses, the country will likely face humanitarian, economic, and financial chaos. And there’re two particular things the United States can start preparing for. The first is a wave of refugees. This will hit Venezuela’s neighbors the hardest—Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, nearby Caribbean nations. It’s important to help them with money, with supplies, potentially with personnel, and to back international NGOs in multilateral efforts to ease the suffering of these people. The second aspect to prepare for is a restructuring of Venezuela’s finances and its economy. A new government will need to renegotiate 140 billion dollars’ worth of external debt, whether or not the government has already defaulted upon it or not. And this massive undertaking will likely require an IMF rescue package and the baking of the international community and creditors. The U.S. will be vital in facilitating this as well as in helping a new government take the tough economic policy choices to turn the economy around. These will include, freeing the exchange rate, reinducing market prices, creating sustainable policies for the poor, and rooting out corruption. And thought this is complicated, the faster it occurs, the faster Venezuela’s economy will grow again. 25:30 Senator Ben Cardin: We look at ways in which we can change the direction here, and it starts with the governance. When you have a corrupt government, it’s going to be very difficult to see international organizations willing to come in to help refinance their economy. Even though they have wealth, it’s going to be difficult to figure out how that takes place unless they have basic changes in the way their government’s doing business. And we don’t see any indication that that’s taking place. So, you’ve made a couple suggestions. One is we need to work with our regional partners, which I fully agree. So let’s start with OAS, which is the entire region, as to whether it’s realistic that the Democratic Charter provisions can in fact lead to change in Venezuela. Ultimately, it will require us to have the threat of at least two-thirds of the countries if we’re going to be able to invoke the Charter with some teeth. What is the likelihood that OAS could be effective as a real force in bringing about change by the Maduro government? Mr. Feierstein? Mark Feierstein: Well, thank you very much for that question, and actually, if I can hit on your two other points as well; first, with regard to humanitarian assistance. Under the Obama administration, the USAID in fact did put together a contingency plan to provide assistance if in fact, even when, the Venezuelan government is willing to receive it, and USAID has a warehouse in Miami that’s prepared to provide assistance. I know international organizations are prepared as well. There has been some dialog between the government and the Inter-American Development Bank with regard to economic reform, though, frankly at fairly lower levels, and there’s no indication at senior levels that they’re inclined at serious attempts at economic reform. With regard to the OAS, I think that we’re much better positioned now than we were a couple years ago, and that’s because of some changes in some key governments in the region—Argentina; Peru; Brazil; there was a reference to Ecuador, a potential change there as well. And I think that patience has clearly run out with Maduro. I think countries are more inclined now to take action. There has been hesitation to do so as long as the dialog was alive and long as the Vatican was engaged. One of the challenges has been with regard to the Caribbean countries, which receive significant petroleum assistance from Venezuela, and that has somewhat silenced them, and there’s been some divisions within the Caribbean. That said, I’m hopeful that in the coming months that as the situation deteriorates in Venezuela, and as that it becomes clear that the dialog cannot be successful unless there is more pressure. And I think there needs to be three forms of pressure: There needs to be domestic mobilization within Venezuela, in the form of protests. I think there needs to be additional sanctions applied by the United States to other countries. And I think there needs to be action within the OAS, including a threat of suspension of Venezuela from the organization if it does not comply with the Inter-American Democratic Charter. 41:50 Senator Bob Menendez: Venezuela’s state-owned oil company, PDVSA, and its subsidiary, Citgo, which has energy infrastructure in the United States, are under extreme financial pressure and may not be able to pay their bills in the near future. Under a recent deal, 49.9% of Citgo was mortgaged to Rosneft, the Russian government-owned oil company run by Vladimir Putin’s crony Igor Sechin. It’s also possible that Rosneft acquired other PDVSA bonds on the open market that could bring their ownership potential to over 50%. If Citgo defaults on its debts, Rosneft, an entity currently under American sanctions because of Russia’s belligerent behavior, could come to own a majority stake in strategic U.S. energy infrastructure, including three refineries and several pipelines. Given the close ties between Rosneft and Putin, Putin’s interest in undermining the United States, and Putin’s willingness to use energy as a weapon, does this potential deal concern you should a sanctioned Russian company have control over critical U.S. energy infrastructure? I would hate to see Rosneft be the sign hanging over Fenway Park. 44:50 Senator Bob Menendez: They’re— Unknown Speaker: No, I didn’t take it that way. Sen. Menendez: —just to the administration, because I think we can chew and walk gum—I know that my dear colleague, Senator Young, had a comment for me last week. I wish he was here—we can chew and walk gum, you know, and walk at the same time, which means as we’re going through cabinet officials, doesn’t mean we couldn’t get nominations that this committee, on a bipartisan basis, is generally processed very quickly. 49:50 Senator Marco Rubio: On the USAID piece, there’s a reason why we’re not in there: they don’t let us. The Venezuelan government does not allow open aid because they deny that there’s an emergency. *51:00 Mark Feierstein: As I noted before, I think we are better positioned now than we were a couple years ago because of changes in certain governments in the region, as we talked about—Argentina, Peru, Brazil, and others. I believe that, again, in the coming months, I think that some of the—that there is an opportunity—there will be an opportunity to invoke the Charter to threaten the suspension of Venezuela from the organization. And, I guess—I noted what I think, you know, we need. We need three forms of pressure for the dialog to succeed. I agree with you: dialog has not succeeded. The government has used it to buy time, to defuse domestic protests, to keep the international community at bay. But if the opposition’s able to mobilize internally; if we’re able to apply additional sanctions, and ideally, multilateralize them; and if we’re able to mobilize countries in the OAS to invoke the Charter to threaten the suspension of Venezuela from the OAS; I think, then, there would be greater prospects for a positive outcome in Venezuela. 54:55 Senator Tom Udall: I didn’t vote in favor of increased sanctions against Venezuela (Ven-su-way-la). I thought then and I believe now they’re counterproductive and could lead to further entrenchment of the current Venezuelan (Ven-su-way-len) regime, and that’s exactly what happened. The Venezuelan (Ven-su-way-len) people, many who oppose the government, are suffering. They’re going without food, without medicine, without power, without the essentials. 55:40 Senator Tom Udall: Mr. Smilde, are you clear that taking a hardline approach to Venezuela (Ven-su-way-la) will likely lead to a Cubanization of our policies there? 56:11 Senator Tom Udall: As to Venezuela (Ven-su-way-la), can you outline what role you think the Foreign Relations Committee or others should take to encourage a multilateral effort to ensure that elections are held in 2018 and to prevent a Cubanization of policies in Venezuela (Ven-su-way-la)? 58:00 Senator Tom Udall: Dr. O’Neil, would you agree that in Venezuela (Ven-su-way-la) different factions now view the situation as a zero-sum game? 1:14:25 Shannon O’Neil: One thing that has in the past in Venezuela brought the opposition together is elections, right, is a mechanism that you’re pushing towards a particular goal. And so as we look forward for 2017, there’s a party-registration process that is about to begin, and there’s questions about who may or may not qualify there and if the National Electoral committee will actually play fair in that sense. That is something that you could rally together different groups if it’s seen unfair in terms of qualifications. And then we have pending elections that did not happen at the end of last year, regional elections that may or may not be put on the table. And so I think internally, a push for elections—because that is a constitutional mechanism for parties to participate in democracy—and perhaps outside as well, we can be pushing for these parts, even we know democracy is not existent there anymore, but can we push for elections, can we push, and that’s something, at least, to galvanize those that are not in power today. Video: Trump: "The war in Iraq was a BIG FAT MISTAKE", Youtube, February 15, 2016. Hearing: Deepening Political and Economic Crisis in Venezuela: Implications for U.S. Interests and the Western Hemisphere, Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee, C-SPAN, March 17, 2015. Hearing: Assessing Venezuela's Political Crisis: Human Rights Violations and Beyond, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, C-SPAN May 8, 2014. White House Daily Briefing: Middle East Conflict and Coup in Venezuela, C-Span, April 16, 2002. State Dept Daily Briefing: Middle East Situation and Failed Coup in Venezuela, C-SPAN, April 15, 2002. Community Suggestions Podcast: The Corbett Report: NGOs Documentary: South of the Border ~ Hugo Chavez and the New Latin America Book: The Closing of the American Mind: How Higher Education Has Failed Democracy and Impoverished the Souls of Today's Students by Allan Bloom FB Thread: Operation Regime Change - articles compiled by Ramesh Mantri See more Community Suggestions HERE. 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From the Valley of Peace in Belize to a Libyan militia base, Kate Adie introduces correspondents’ stories from around the world. In Tripoli, Tom Stevenson is given a tour by one of the country’s many militias and gets a rare glimpse of how the armed groups operate. In North Korea, Steve Evans learns that answering back may mean you never get to go back, despite his best efforts at reconciliation through whisky. Nina Lakhani reports from the Belizean village that became home to those fleeing violence in Central America in the 1980s and is now attracting a new wave of migrants. Graeme Fife returns to the place he once called home in rural French and, to his surprise, finds new life flowing into a once-moribund village. And animatronic wise men and a robotic Adam and Eve greet Heidi Fuller-Love as she takes a tour of a religious theme park in trans-gender friendly Argentina. Producer: Joe Kent