The Jeff Farias Show

Wednesday, January 28 2009

At 4:30 Cyril Mychalejko to discuss his article Dirty Business, Dirty Wars: U.S.-Latin American Relations in the 21st Century - “Much is being made across the political spectrum in the United States about Washington’s waning influence in Latin America. The region has seen an emergence of left and center-left presidents voted into office, many as a result of budding social movements growing democracy from the grassroots. Some pundits and analysts are suggesting that this phenomenon is occurring because of the Bush Administration’s perceived neglect of the region. Rather, what is happening is blowback from Washington’s continued meddling in the economic and political affairs of an area arrogantly referred to as the United States’ “backyard.” Latin America’s growing unity in rejecting the Washington Consensus remains fragile in the face of U.S. opposition. Washington has been quietly using the war on drugs, the war on terrorism, and a neo-cold war ideology to institutionalize a militarism in the region that risks returning us to the not so far off days of “dirty wars.” ” Read More: http://upsidedownworld.org/main/content/view/1687/60/

At 5 PM Paula Poundstone PAULA’S FIRST-EVER COMEDY CD - NOW AVAILABLE It’s new, it’s now it’s here it’s WOW Paula’s first-ever comedy cd!!! We’re welcoming Paula for her first visit tonight to discuss her activism, art & the challenges to her integrity posed by living in a media microscope culture. Paula continues her hilarious & socially analytical career with her first comedy CD: Recorded LIVE at the world-famous Stone Mountain Arts Center. it’s Paula at her best in a non-stop laugh ride that you won’t want to end - check out her webpage for more!: http://www.paulapoundstone.com/

At 5:30 Jennifer Moore - is a Canadian freelance print & broadcast journalist writing & producing from Ecuador where she has been based for the last two years. She is member of the Foreign Press Association of Ecuador & has spent considerable time following Ecuador’s growing national movement against large scale metal mining in which Canadian-financed transnational mining companies play a dominant role. Her news articles & radio documentaries can be found on upsidedownworld.org & by listening to Free Speech Radio News (http://www.fsrn.org). She also corresponds for the Green Planet Monitor (http://www.greenplanetmonitor.net) & is currently carrying out research as part of the “Territory, Conflicts & Development in the Andes” programme at the University of Manchester with a focus on two conflicts in Southern Ecuador. Links to some other work: Another recent article about Ecuador’s mining movement & Canadian investments: Danger Ahead: http://upsidedownworld.org/main/content/view/1575/49/ Canada’s Word: http://www.dominionpaper.ca/articles/2054 Mining & Democracy in Peru: Piura Votes: http://upsidedownworld.org/main/content/view/1479/76/ Audio Documentary from Piura consulta: http://www.greenplanetmonitor.net/news/ … y-in-peru/ Flower farming in Ecuador: http://www.greenplanetmonitor.net/news/ … eethearts/

At 6 PM Dr Andrew Moulden is the new leader of the Canadian Action Party. We will discuss the Security & Prosperity Partnership or North American Union http://www.canadianactionparty.ca/home.html http://www.canadianactionparty.ca/about.html http://www.canadianactionparty.ca/leader_m.html http://www.canadianactionparty.ca/DrAndrewmoulden.html

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