If I was reading a transcript of this, I would think it was Iraq...

[Jeanette in FL]

but it is not. I am watching a special on LinkTV (Direct TV-375) on Panama. It is the same Standard Operation. It is an exact repeat of what we are doing in Iraq right now. The killing of civilians, burning down of cities, suppression of the press. They even have Pete Williams who was then spokesman for the Pentagon denying that any of this happened and if it did, US Servicemen would be court marshalled. This is what is wrong with Americans. We don't know our history or what is being done in our name. I am sickened by what I am seeing. Is anyone else watching?


Special - US Empire: Case Studies in Latin America
Length: 04:00 Type of program: Current Affairs

Broadcast Times
Monday, June 19 3:00 AM
Monday, June 19 6:00 AM
Monday, June 19 10:00 AM
Monday, June 19 1:00 PM
Wednesday, June 21 6:00 PM
Wednesday, June 21 9:00 PM
Thursday, June 22 12:00 AM
Thursday, June 22 3:00 AM
Thursday, June 22 6:00 AM
Thursday, June 22 10:00 AM
Thursday, June 22 12:00 PM
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US Empire: Case Studies in Latin America (Four Hour Special)
In four hours of special programming, Link TV will take its viewers to Panama, Colombia and Venezuela to examine the rising tide of Anti-American sentiment and the region’s most vocal and visible symbol: Hugo Chavez.

PART 1 (First Two Hours)
Produced by the Empowerment Group, The Panama Deception, includes never before seen footage of the invasion of Panama and its aftermath, network news clips and interviews. Hosted by Link TV correspondent, independent journalist and author Mark Hertsgaard and special guest musician, actor and social activist Harry Belafonte. The segment offers a startling look into one of the nation’s most critiqued military efforts and the mainstream perceptions of Latin America. “The Panama Deception” presents a view of the invasion which widely differs from that portrayed by the U.S. media and exposes how the U.S. government and the mainstream media suppressed information about this foreign policy disaster.

PART 2 (Second Two Hours)
In the second portion of this special, Mark Hertsgaard will host a broadcast of Plan Colombia: Cashing in on the Drug War Failure, a documentary detailing 20 bloody years of the U.S. “War on Drugs” in Colombia. The film, which is produced by Los Angeles-based husband-and-wife team Gerard Ungerman and Audrey Brohy, investigates how the U.S. State Department shifted its priorities in Colombia from “counter-narcotics” to “counter-insurgency” and explores what is left of the alleged anti-drug purpose of the U.S. Plan Colombia. Throughout the evening, independent journalist Greg Palast comments on U.S. foreign policy and shows clips from his film, Finding Bolivar's Heir, in which he travels to Venezuela to get beyond the U.S. media image of President Hugo Chavez and to find out why the Bush administration is trying to oust him. He also travels the country for other perspectives by talking to the opposition party and ordinary Venezuelan citizens about life under Chavez.

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US Empire: Case Studies in Latin America Related Websites:
Institute for Policy Studies
Harry Belafonte - A Site of Sites
Greg Palast
World Wildlife Fund
World Policy Institute
Global Exchange
Empowerment Project

[fed-up]

1. Kick & Rec-must see TV- watched last night and will watch again n/t