you talk a lot about the latin-american, a good deal about the latin american revolutionaries. you speak very highly and i read the list. linen, not stalin, emiliano, the great mexican revolutionary, and another great mexican rebel particularly against the united states, fidel castro -- >> guest: since five english -- he didn't know weeks ackley what he was doing. that is why the secretary of the war is of defense. >> host: and the others, salvador, a person that also marked my hand career a great deal. these are -- i don't know if i had left anybody out but these are the revolutionaries that you write about in several places in mirrors one. >> guest: there was a woman called rosa. instead of speaking at out -- >> host: you quoted her. it's 277. >> guest: this is a book without quotations but this was an exceptional because i owed rosa the certitude that another world as possible. and she mainly she was of the great tragedy of the 20th century because the great tragedy of 20th century wallace the war between justice and freedom. half of the world sacrificed justice in the name

in latin america you are certainly as well known as they are. and what is interesting is all three of you are journalists, and you have this kind of immediacy even though we started out with a peace and we are going to read many more pieces that was at the beginning of everything when man meets woman will you talk about all of the war, to the limit of all kind, the scope is amazing and daunting. i thought we would do a little bit of biography before we go on with the book. of course your name has been in the headlines and the united states because the president of venezuela, shot is common at our president, barack obama and as a gesture i think of friendship and he gave barack obama this book, open veins of latin america. he gave it to him by understanding in spanish which was a little difficult because obama doesn't read spanish but i think the intention was to give him a book that if you were treated was open his eyes about latin america. there was a lot of discussion about that. what was your reaction when you heard that anecdote that chavez

my question was to the latin americans, looking now back at that era of revolution in latin america, which is pretty much over, at least in our generation, what do you think we came out of it with? with the -- >> guest: with the certain certitude, i told you before, that history doesn't end. when history say goodbye, he saying, see you tomorrow. so in latin america, growing, new forces, energies, that are changing reality. so bolivia, and venezuela, and nicaragua, common sense, the president says we are not going to pay foreign debt unless it's proved that the foreign debt is real. because most of the foreign debt that have imprisoned our latin american countries are false debts, that never existed, or are the result of the generosity of the international financial institutions like international monetary fund and world bank and so on, and the great big bankers that were so generous with the military dictatorships to finance, and the question coming from common sense is, why should people pay for the stick that beated him or her, and why should people finance the corruption of the po

one of the reasons i became involved in latin america and studies about latin america was because of your work spur it is really a great pleasure for me to be here with you. >> thank you. >> host: you have been in the states for a while? how long? >> guest: it 10 minutes. i just arrived. >> host: i know you are going to york. >> guest: and then other cities. >> my new baby. >> this is the book, at "mirrors" stories of almost everyone but of course, i checked out the spanish title title, [speaking spanish] which is a little different which means universal history, almost. >> guest: almost because if you say universal history it sounds so hollow and arrogant. my intention was to write an homage to the human adversity. without boundaries or frontiers more from time or from the map, to be free. it was ended venture -- and adventure. >> host: i think it is less serious when it is called stories of almost everyone" because almost everyone is in this book. and predicted the people who are not usually mentioned in world history, i give us a couple of examples of the kinds of stories that you

one of the reasons that i became involved in latin america and latin american studies and writing as a journalist about what america was because of your works, so it is really a great pleasure for me to be here with you. >> guest: thank you. >> host: you have been in the states for a while now, how long have you been? >> guest: dennis. >> host: just arrived and you're going to new york. >> guest: i have to help my new baby called narrow, help him to walk. >> host: this is the book, "mirrors: stories of almost everyone". but, of course, i checked out the spanish title. >> guest: [speaking spanish] >> host: which is a little bit different, it means universal history, almost. >> guest: almost because it to say universal history it sounds so solemn and arrogant. my intention was to write human diversity. without boundaries, without frontiers or from tears of time and frontiers of the maps and from tears at all. it was a mad adventure and the titles are more or less trying to say it is serious but no different. >> host: i think this last series when it is called a source of almost everyon

so latin america has been relatively well off. second, the latin americans -- the lathan leaders do not help themselves in relations with the united states. when you have leaders of -- freely elected and democratic governments like chile, for example, going to havana to kiss the ring of fidel castro because that's basically what they were doing, it doesn't elevate the president of chile to the level of fidel castro. it lower them to the level of fidel castro. it helps fidel castro. or when you have a summit meeting like in brazil not too long ago where all these presidents of latin america get together and all they do is criticize the united states. that's all they did. they were lucky, frankly, that this received zero coverage in the u.s. media because if it had been covered, it would have just added to this bad image that latin america has in this country. so when latin americans why don't we get more attention from the united states, listen, glad you don't. [laughter] >> on that highly positive note. let me thank our speakers f

i think she's one of the finest leaders in latin america and very capable person. if you look at how chile has handled the recession, they have handled it very well in part because the surpluses that they got when copper prices were very high, they set aside. so they had a -- resources to deal with the downturn. it's a good lesson for the united states when we had surpluses, they got dissipated. we think that there's enormous possibilities in making progress in latin america generally. one of the things i will be talking about with the president of chile is the coordination and cooperation between the united states and chile on clean energy. we will have an announcement when we do our press conference after my bilateral meeting on clean energy partnerships. we are making important progress when it comes to exchanges on cancer research. we continue to have a robust trade regime with chile. and by the way, chile has entered into interesting partnerships not just with the federal government, but state governments like california. so i think the relationship that we ha

i think he is one of the finest leaders in latin america. if you look at how chilly has handled the recession -- chille as head of the recession, it has been good. they have the resources to deal with the downturn. it is a good lesson for the united states when we have surpluses. they anticipated. we think we can make progress in latin america generally. one of the things i will be talking about with the president there is the coordination and cooperation between the united states and them on clean energy. we will have an announcement when we do our first press conference after my bilateral meeting. we are making important progress when it comes to the exchanges on cancer research. we continue to have a robust regime with them. they have entered and to 7 inches in partnerships with the federal government and with state governments like california. i think the relationship that we have with them -- but that's not all in line with u.s. foreign policy on every issue. is a respectful policy. they are an important partner. that is the model we wa

is this the model we want latin american countries to copy? the names were covered for decades until august, 2006. openness was the norm. now it's secrecy. i i urge my colleagues to support this amendment and restore public access, transparency, accountability, it is the right thing to do. i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the chair will correct itself. the gentleman from california has 15 seconds remaining. mr. mckeon: mr. chairman. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for 15 seconds. mr. mckeyon: -- mr. mckeon: i yield the balance of my time to the gentleman from california, mr. hunter. mr. hunter: if you release the names of these foreign special operators at whisc, you are literally encouraging their murder. the men and women fighting for justice in central and south america, if you rye lease those names, they -- release those names, they will have their attempted murder. mr. mcgov: -- mr. mcgovern: would the gentleman yield? that's not true. the chair: the gentleman's time

in fact, in general, the rich in latin america don't have responsibilities. capital flight approximated the crushing debt. in contrast, during south korea's remarkable growth period, capital flight was not only banned but could bring the death penalty. one of many factors that led to the surprising divergence latin america has much richer resources you'd expect it to be far more advanced than east asia but it had the disadvantaged of being imperialist wings. from the 1970s, the golden age faded. when neoliberal rules were observed insofar as they've been observed, economic reform deteriorated and social democratic programs have been substantially weakened. we see that right here. the united states partially accepted these rules and for the past 30 years, real wages for the majority of the population have stagnated up till then, they essentially tracked growth. work hours have increased. now well beyond europe. benefits which have always lagged have declined. social indicators kind of general measure of the health of the society, they also attracted growth unt

perhaps as persuasive as the political situation in latin america. since its rise to power in venezuela in 1998, hugo chavez has reinvigorated the radical latin-american left he has formed a block of anti-american countries in south and central america composed of cuba, nicaragua, beleava and -- bolivia. colombian military units captured evidence detailing the venezuelan's extensive support for the terrorists. venezuelan has used its petroleum money to buy friends and use its influence. too often they have succeeded. our friend in colombia has stoutly resisted this siren song. when too many other nations have drifted into cheap anti-u.s. populism, colombia has stood strong, has traveled precisely the opposite way. while president uribe is here in our nation, is meeting with our president, i hope the president of the united states will do the right thing and stand firmly in support of completing the f.t.a. that has been negotiated. it is time for the administration to show great leadership on this issue, which is at every level, in my judgment, just g

one of the reasons i've become involved in latin america and latin american studies and writing as a journalist is because of your work. so it is a great pleasure for me to be here. >> guest: thank you. >> host: you have been in the states a while now. how long have you been -- >> guest: ten minutes, just arrived. [laughter] >> host: and i know you're going to new york. >> guest: yes, new york and other cities to help my new baby called "mirrors." help it to walk. it's a baby. >> host: this is the book, "mirrors" stories of almost everyone. of course i checked out the spanish title. [speaking in spanish] which is a little bit different. it means universal history almost. >> guest: almost because if you say universal history it sounds so swollen and arrogant. my intention was to write a homage to a human diversity from tears and boundaries or from tears -- it was a mad adventure. the titles are more or less trying to say it's

and it is a rock of stability in latin-american. -- in latin america. but it will not be if the human rights terms of the colombian people are not addressed. and the army and many of its elements have been allied with paramilitary forces, and this has got to stop. i hope that the obama administration will not emulate the bush administration and give uribe a blank check but will ask him tough questions on human rights. host: our guest is well versed on the politics and political geography of central america, having served in a number of capacities in colombia and paraguay, else out a door and honduras. our phone lines are open -- ellis salvador and honduras. here is what the president had to say about the situation in honduras. >> let me first of all speak about the coup in honduras because this was the topic of conversation between myself and president uribe. all of us have great concerns about what has taken place there. president zelaya was democratically elected. he had not yet completed his term. we believe that a the coup -- we believe that the cou

reserve system in latin america. so the reality is it's coming. and the question is how we go about managing it. and i hope, i hope that the united states takes some leadership and says, you know, we have allowed globalization to proceed. it's benefitted us, but it's also had some costs, particularly to developing countries, innocent victims of this crisis. let's try to address the problems of the global reserve system and let's try to create something that is of benefit to us all. >> joseph stiglitz, former global world chief bank economist and "toxic message" column in the july issue of "vanity fair" and a hyper link through our website, c-span.org is our website and you'll find that article hyper linked there. ben on our line for democrats, go ahead, please. caller: good morning. thank you for your time. and being on the program. mr. stiglitz, i have couple things. one, whatever happened to anti-trust laws? why are they not being applied to the banks? and the other thing is you mentioned earlier that the governmen

meeks: let me just say i thank you -- i want to give you good progress that has been made in latin america. dixon became the first black woman to head the panama supreme court. and another member of the supreme court. moreno is the first colombian to serve in the presidential cabinet. and in he can what door, more than 100 black women sought more government assistance for housing to combat racial discrimination. we are in this together and can accomplish this together. and i thank the gentlelady who is the ranking member on the committee for supporting this as well as the chair of the committee. and i yield back. the chair: the the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from new york. those in favor say aye. opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the amendment is agreed to. it is now in order to consider amendment number 18 printed in part c of house report 111-143. for what purpose does gentlelady from arizona rise? mr. kirk: i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will designate the amend

you know, the bankers became like, you know, the financial priest if you'd like who spoke financial latin. the congregation just sat there. the congregation by and large were quite happy to let the priest, you know, carrying on speaking the latin doing what they did up in the altar just as long as he blessed everyone from time to time and the-piece didn't think to talk other than financial latin well, this is all rather complicated and let him go on with it. and, of course,, you know, politicians didn't have much incentive to rock the boat either because it was a fantastic credit boon. and so everyone was going along and joining the party. there was also the simple problem that almost anyone who understood what was going on in credit, as i say tended to work in the credit world because guess what? they got paid 10, 20, 50 times more than journalists so the structures inside the media and the media relative to finance reflected the bigger partner in society, too. [inaudible] >> or bankers less. >> i get the feeling that you're a little too easy on jp morgan. you actually highlight some of

and the congregation just sat there by and large they were happy to let the priest speak in the latin jindal they did in the altar as long as they pressed everyone else from time to time and the financial priest felt no need to talk about anything other than financial latin so there was the feeling that actually this is rather complicated, let them go on with it. and of course politicians didn't have much incentive to rock the boat either because it was a fantastic credit boom so everyone was coming along and enjoying the party. there was also the symbol problem that almost anyone that understood what was going on in the credit as i say tended to work because guess what, they got paid ten, 20, 15 times more than journalists and the media reflected a bigger pattern in this society, too. [inaudible] [laughter] >> or bankers less. [laughter] >> i get the feeling you are a little too easy on jpmorgan iraq jolie highlight some mistakes they made without really underlining the mistakes perhaps or maybe i am wrong but this is i'm trying to figure out. they sort of say insurers are not good e

they were quite happy that they were speaking latin and doing what they did also, as long as the bus everyone from time to time and the financial priests did need to talk about anything other than financial latin so they were feeling this is rather complicated. let's get on with it. in, of course, politicians didn't have much incentive either because it was a fantastic credit boom and so everyone was enjoying the party. it was also a problem that almost anyone who understood what was going on in private as is intended to work in the credit world because they got paid in 10 or 20 times more than journalists of the structure inside the media and relative to finance reflected the bigger patterns in society. >> [inaudible] [laughter] >> i get the feeling that you are a little too easy on jpmorgan. you actually highlight some of the underlining and perhaps maybe i am wrong but this is what i'm trying to figure out. the sort of say the model line insurers are not good enough because they don't have enough capital so they can block so they're not there when we need them, but they get their

. >> i worked with immigrants mostly from latin america. this is a group of people like my family who came here looking for work because either they were driven out of their homes by war or in an wismar recent time the economy is worse than ours. incredible disparities in wealth, historically a disposable group of people. how you see the green in economy affecting them? how you bring them justice for their work and labor and give them a voice and not continue the cycle of this possibility? >> well, he raised the point of the two sides of it having to do with the global economy, the fact that i think we got sold a bill of goods from the united states that we could run our economy based on consumption and not production. and so we sent a lot of jobs overseas and god bless some of those that got those jobs and some won't respected in those jobs, and we also saw the capital side and then on the labor sign -- labor side sought a situation where people are really the backbone of our economy but are disrespect and don't have the rights of workers

during this time, i gained a lifelong appreciation and affection for latin america. i visited several countries in the region. if confirmed, i relish the opportunity to return to the wonderful land of my childhood. i haven't spent much time in latin america during my career, but i will spend all my time and energy enhancing my role the southern command plays with the armed forces in the region and continue admiral stavridis. as i have looked more closely at the southern command, i am impressed by what southern command has accomplished by his foresight and innovation. i look forward to the opportunity to build on his accomplishments. during my current duty as separate -- deputy commander of pacific command, i shared some time with general mcchrystal. i am impressed with his vision, intellect, and drive. mr. chairman, thank you for the opportunity and the privilege to appear before you. i look forward to your questions. >> thank you. general mcchrystal? >> mr. chairman, senator mccain, members of the committee. thank you for the opportunity to appear before you. i woul

latin america is in many ways a victim. but i don't think of it as a pessimistic book, and i wanted to ask you as the final statement about your sense of optimism in this history that you see is still unfolding. >> guest: a source of optimism is that history doesn't into and also the certitude we may be contemporaries and compatriots of people weren't far away from the country and far away from nor time if you share with them a common law for justice in and freedom like happened with my two who were born in the united states and not latin-american, mark twain and spears. i remember mark twain was a leader of the antiimperialists lead and he proposed to change the star sting called banner when the united states began but event for the time of president mckinley who heard the voice of god saying you should say filling silence from the danger. and so they initiated the courier we will know when you know perhaps better than point the >> host: thank you very much, eduardo galeano is the author of "mirrors" stories of almost ever

what you would enjoy way if he were to read this book which is written in latin is copernicus description of the new universe, the description of the solar system, which was the universe as it was understood in the 16th century, which places to masson at the center instead of the earth which all astronomers and mathematicians sought before copernicus so this was the beginning of the modern understanding of the sun centered universe. >> and the next selection. >> other books on the table include this one by galileo, who was one of the early defenders and supporters of copernicus idea of this on centered universe. galileo wrote this book, one of the early scientific books in 1610, published in the ns and he called it the siderevs. galileo didn't invent the telescope but he was clever enough to make one himself in the end of looking at the stars and planets. among the things he saw were the moon or the moon's that circled jupiter as he describes here and decided to name the medici in stars after the family of tuscany, cosmo medici was the grand duke and his name is given here on the dedicati

i also see an interest on the part of latin american caribbean nations to gain access to markets in china as well. >> as we discussed when you kindly came by to visit that the southern command is a great command that headed by a four star who is not only a warrior but is also a diplomat. and, ifs admiral stra rid is. and it's been -- stravridis. what kind of twist do you see as you apply diplomacy with being a commander? just give me some of your ideas as you take over command. >> from my standpoint it's really about partnership building throughout. that's partnership internationally. that's partnership from an inner agency, from a specific southern command standpoint, responsibility is for the military portion of that but it is working with the state department, with usaid, with other federal agencies involved there and also with armed forces to build the compass its, building the capabilities that are there. if confirmed i really look forward to engaging in all those regions very robustly. >> i think we're going to have to perfect this role wherever we are projecting the united states f

though that definition isn't shared by the rest of the world, including and especially in countries in latin america and africa. that's important because the term reproductive health is found in numerous u.n. consensus documents and action plans and in the laws of countries worldwide. on march 31, for example, the u.n. acting deputy assistant secretary for the population refugee and migration bureau told the u.n. the u.s. government seeks to achieve universal access to reproductive health and the promotion of reproductive rights. in light of the secretary of state's statement that clearly means universal access to abortion on demand. by foisting abortion on the developing world via a new government office on global women's issues, the obama administration is squandering america's political capital to enable the purveyors of death to descend upon nation after nation to promote their deadly wares. section 334 of the underlying legislation establishes an office for global women's issues and i suggested that we limit it, that it not become a war room at the department of state for the promotion

efforts to help mexico and other latin american countries redeuce violence and addresses a number of key human rights and democracy issues around the world. h.r. 2410 also reforms our system of export controls for military technology, improves oversight of u.s. security assistance, and requires a report to congress on actions taken by the united states to maintain israel's qualitative military edge. this legislation is supported by a wide range of organization from the united states chamber of commerce and national association of manufacturers on one hand to human rights watch and amnesty international on the other. from the aerospace industry's association, the satellite industry association, on one hand to care, oxfam, the peace corps association, refugees international and the genocide intervention network on the other. the save darfur council, church world service and american council on education, a coalition of all the major public and private universities in this country all strongly support this legislation. i urge all my colleague on both sides of the aisle to support this i

night it states with resolutions -- from the united states, all dignitaries, prime ministers, from latin america, have all spoken to your humbled servants. they express their outrage by the acts perpetrated by the cursor first of power in honduras by the ursurpers of honduras. the president of columbia will be here in washington. he was in washington the day after these tragic events for democracy in condors. the president of mexico, philippe, for the meeting of the rio group. along with all countries that are members of the group's, this meeting that was convened as an extraordinary meeting, had a view to express the of bridges and vince that have taken place in -- i express the outrage that has taken place in honduras. the president of guatemala, the president of coaster ricasta rio extended his hospitality to me after i was thrown out of an airplane. that was at 6:30 a.m. that is the day that the coup d'etat occurred. the president of macabre who is the host of the meeting of the integration system. president of ecuador who traveled with the single aim of standing with the democracy o

host: in addition to being a juror salaam your chief, and has also served in latin america and elsewhere joins us. our next call is from miami. caller: good morning, i am a cuban-american. i do not know what your opinion is about that. in to both we have no freedom. i have never been able to visit my homeland. anyway, why should we apologize all the time? 9/11, i don't think we need to apologize -- we have done wrong in the world, but we have done good. i am not jewish, but we cannot abandon the jewish people either because they are our friends. that last phone call written a thought that would be over when obama was elected. i did not like it against bush, i do not like it against the present government, but anyway, syria -- i am not educated like you, sir, but they have been around a long time and created a lot of mischief. i don't know if that is the smartest thing that we should do. guest: those are all good points, again. there is a balance that i think this administration is trying to strike between trying to clear the air and not been seen a going around the world and apologizing.

asia, africa, latin america, the united states. we have seen terrible persecution of followers of jesus christ and now the constant talk of the coming of the islamic messiah. this is exactly what the bible foretold 2,000 years ago. jesus said in luke chapter 21 that in the last days, quote, you will hear of wars and revolutions. he said, do not be frightened. these things must happen first for the end will not come right away. matthew 24, jesus said you will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars in the last days. he warned of terrible persecution. he warned of rampant lawlessness. he warned of the rise of false prophets and false messiahs. and 2000 years after he said it, 30 years ago we began to see this islamic revolution explode onto the pages of our newspapers and coming to our homes and our country in a very real and dramatic and dangerous way. what's more, bible prophesy tell us specifically that percent of ezekiel chapter 38 and 39 the hebrew prophet ezekiel writing 2500 years ago writes of a day when russia will form an all

some other members are interested in looking at the connections with china, latin america, russia. but some other countries that have been some what steps is to -- somewhat skeptical about sanctioning iran -- looking at those countries. looking rather at going back and maybe advancing some of the sanctions ideas that have been around anyway. i will stop there. >> thanks very much. it is a pleasure to be back at heritage. and has been a couple of months. as someone who was part of the formal set of experts to look at this problem said at that would be useful to contextualize for the arguments here and those watching a home while we were thinking about. the challenges that iran poses to the united states and countries in europe and asia is not just about the nuclear program. that is obviously the important one. on the nuclear program the ground assumption we started from is that iran is fairly well along in the process of creating an offensive capability if it wants to. there clearly laying the architecture to do so. in february the international atomic energy agency issued its repor

we launched in latin america. you going to buy a new cell phone that gives you access to a huge catalog of music, and kind of built into the price of the cellphone is this access. there are some of different models. it is exciting. -- there are some many different models. it is exciting. we're not going to see a slowdown. i love the entrepreneur is -- i love entrepreneurs. if people come up with new business ideas, that is great. we want to work with you and license our repertoire to you. >> you talk about royalties, how they're collected, and why they're collected. at bna, we are closely rot -- closely watching the performance rights act. the debate over the legislation is contentious, and i was wondering if you could tell us what that debate is about, and how you would like to see it resolved. >> the performance right act is related to the sound recording, the copyright of the sound recording. in the u.s., there is currently no performance right attached to it. in a lot of other territories around the world, the

players not just from the dominican republic, but from all of latin america. it is of critical importance to us because we are so heavily weighted in the draft. we know that we will not be able to make our next big international push until 2010. it is a job remains to be done. >> speaking of the pacific rim, the world baseball classic display major league talent from several countries, especially japan and korea. are you pursuing players from japan and korea? >> we are not pursuing players that i can identify, but we are scowling. we have to people that made trips to the area. it is becoming more and more important. several years ago, we did not know it would succeed here. everyone realized the kind of talent that was there. we signed a lower level guys that never panned out. the kind of broke the law book. there are no players in particular.

are there fewer drugs coming from latin american as a whole because of this? what advice, based on that, will you have for general mcchrystal in the field with the poppies, and for your successor is sought america? are we thinking and outside of the box and enough in terms of fighting the narcotics? i know we want them to go to alternative crops. are we thinking outside of the box in terms of addressing the demand for@@@@@@!!4@ @ @ @ @ @ ? senator, as i have testified on numerous occasions, and the counter narcotics effort is composed of three tasks. one is the demand side, which you just talked about, one is the supply side, and one is the interdiction. trying to understand the supply chain and kill it. those three things have to work together. if i have advice for general mcchrystal or advice for general fraser, it would be to understand to attempt to use precision use prn guided ideas to go after one single part of a counter narcotics problem. you have to have a robust demand side, an enlightened supply-side approach, which prostitution is crucial. -- and i

his resistance to the war in viet nam and his writing about the wars in vietnam, the death squads and latin america, what happened to vietnam and cambodia, what is happening today in israel and palestine. his opposition to the wars in iraq, his relentlessness that is such an inspiration to us all. [applause] i think looking at the essential noam chomsky, of this a book case of that is on the cover is filled with noam chomsky books. he has written over 100 of them. and is not just writing, because when he excludes the line he is saving lives because the allies take lives. i don't know who said this quote, but someone once said i think back on my life that all the times i thought i went too far i realize now i did not go far enough. well, i think noam chomsky has clearly gone to the distance and as we celebrate his 80 years i am encouraged by a woman who told me about celebrating her grandmother's 106th birthday and her grandmother stood up at her party and said, to be 100 again a. [laughter] we look for into your noam chomsky for many years to come beginning with tonight. noam chomsky. [appl

this time uribe will encounter an administration pushing to expand its alliances in latin america and an increasingly worried about colombia's abysmal record for human rights. one more call regarding detainee policy, this one from michigan. caller: good morning, i have been listening to these people calling in saying that these detainees are some some kind of super-humans cannot be kept safely in an american prison, if in fact they're guilty of anything. the person who called and claimed we did not try the nazis until 20 years later for war crimes does not have the right. nuremberg happen very shortly after the war. and for the very

single payer has worked in europe, latin america, and parts of asia. there is nothing wrong with it. it is a very workable system, and the government does not control you. there is choice. he built that in to satisfy republicans, but they are dead letter. they will not cooperate. guest: democrats are not pushing single-payer in congress. if there is a two-tier system, that is not the kind of approach they want. if you have resources, you can opt out and have the ability to go to a private facility in new england. that is

president, the congress and the public will not to pass this, and we hope that this panel today will in latin that debate and help move the process forward. my first question is to chris jennings, tell us, chris, what you think the likelihood of passage will be. then i want to talk about the government sponsored program, and the newly discussed options. >> sure, it is a pleasure to be here again before you all. i think that all of us in one way or another have been touched by mental illness. and, i am certainly no exception. i want to think tipper gore for leading us off. i missed her she is such a back to foul i think we should reverse that and the future. but let me get straight to your question. i am actually more optimistic than i have ever been about the prospect of health form. having said that i always say that healthcare is always more unlikely than it is likely but it is more likely than it ever has been. and, i look at all the different reasons as to why but i think it is important that you know these reasons. and then i am going to talked specifically, which feeds into why i am opt

that the europeans as they gave up their empire are the same europeans that landed in their boats in latin america and proceeded to conquer empires. they were barbarians. we have the virtues and vices of barbarians. while the european age was critical atlantic europe dominated the world and the heartland of the international system was of course, the north atlantic. you ever controlled the north atlantic controlled europe's access to the world whoever controlled europe's access to the world could shape the empire and of course, over hundreds of years spaniards dutch and british fought for control. of the north atlantic but in 1980 an extraordinary event happened in human history for the first time ever trans-pacific trade equaled transatlantic trade is somewhere around 1980. it is hard to pinpoint but that was an extraordinary event that we all experience but think what it means for it means at that point* not only was europe no longer the pivot of the global system, nor was the north atlantic by itself the key to global power. there were two keys, the atlantic and in the pacific. therefor

. >> "imprimis" in latin means "in the first place." who named it that? >> it started in 1972. someone working at the college. i have heard, the people involved, a really great guy who is a son of clark durant, who is still a businessman in detroit, who runs a charter schools and private schools for inner-city kids. those three guys really started building it. >> in this "imprimis," i saw somewhere there is a $608 million capital endowment campaign to run for 2012. my first question is, why is it $608 million? why not just $600 million? >> that is an excellent question. i think it is because we add up what we think we need and multiplied by the number that it takes to get that much out for year. i think he came to that, and i think there was some demand that arose. it started out to be $500 million, and we have made that. we get gifts and pledges and all that, we have gone past that. not by much, but a little. we are still working on it. when we redid the budget, that is what came up. another issue has won with rush limbaugh. do conservatives need to get beyond reagan? here is

this is all through latin america and the pacific rim. it is a critical thing of importance. this year, the draft. we still do not know the draft expenses will be. we will not be able to make a big international push until 2010. it remains important. >> the world baseball classic this year displayed major league talent from countries like japan and korea. are you now pursuing players from korea and japan, and if not, why not? >> we are not pursuing players particularly, but we are scouting all over the place. we have two people that make trips there annually to stay on top of things that happening in the pacific rim. it is becoming more and more important. seven years ago, we did not know that we would succeed here. everyone realized the kind of town that was there. we are aware of it. we are on top of it. we did draft a japanese national last week out of a u.s. college. that is the closest we of gotten to an international player. >> you see the same place we do. do teams have a mechanism to bring a terrible calls to the officials? >> we do, but let me add enough time to tell

is considering, is the administration looking at withdrawing its ambassador like latin american governments have decided to, or even looking at possible cutoff of aid? >> i think some of that is in the frame of next steps in evaluating this

the opening word is all right, and the final word is zuk, a man dressed in latin style, man, that guy was a real zuk. the best thing i ever did in any life was to raise three extraordinary kids and the most fun i have is taking care of my grandchildren. i have tons of pictures of them. that's one. there's one. >> what's her name? >> dalin. that gives me a lot to do, and i also -- the other thing like about taking care of my granddaughters is that it's not only kind of personally satisfying and wonderful to watch kids grow up and to watch their minds work and watch them make the connections, you know, that we take for granted and to have them looking at the world in a different way. but also i feel like it's useful because i have these -- my son and my daughter-in-law are extraordinarily hard-working themselves and they're boast artists and kind of in the early parts of their projects and work so it actually i think is of some use and what do you want when you're 65? you want to be of use, so i feel like i am. >> this summer, book tv is asking, what are you reading? >> the books i woul

the way they all work, at the end ofhe point latin they rationed care. they have so many dollars spent on health care and after you spend those dollars, rates occur in canada, great place, it takes 117 days to get a bypass operation. this is not fill row talking, this is the president of the medical association. if you get your hip replaced in a week, it takes two or three years to get your own hip replaced. my concern is the bureaucrat based -- making the decision based on a budgetary number, not the patient and doctor. i am not here to defend private health insurance companies. i can promise you when i was a young doctor, providing health care, they are there to make money. >>, and? >> what i would like to say is what we want, what patients what is care based on evidence. that is what we want. i didn't mean to say the decision should be made solely by patients and doctors. i didn't mean to say the decisions should be made by insurance companies. what we want is a system that supports decisions based on a high level of evidence or interventions that are

we're starting to move to latin america up and i name them all dorothy burn after my mom. >> republican line? >> thanks for taking my call. mr. burn, thank you so much for being on the forefront of naked shorting an and greatest ponzi scheme this nation

the border, spend the money necessary to pick up the illegal aliens, find them, and ship them back to latin america or wherever they are from. why are we making working-class americans pay so heavily to have all of these illegal aliens here? i believe that the cost figure for kansas was right at $190 million for kansas to have illegal aliens in 2006. it is breaking us. host: thank you very much. guest: first of all -- is that my camera? host: that is your camera. guest: first of all, under president bush, which significantly increased the number of border patrol agents at the southern border, immigration and customs enforcement wrapped up its enforcement capabilities, and toward the end of his administration this became a very high priority. i will take it one step further, though. it goes beyond president bush. it goes beyond president obama. this country really does not have an immigration policy, let alone a policy dealing in a constructive and appropriate way with our land borders to the north and south, particularly with mexico. unless and until we have an immigration policy and a sout