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Week of November 16, 2008 - November 22, 2008

Hillary on Human Rights in Latin America


Al Giordano from The Field has posted a full article on HuffPo http://www.huffingtonpost.com/al-giordano/us-secretary-of-state-a-c_b_145539.html presenting his arguments against Hillary's qualifications to serve as Secretary of State, based on his well-informed perspectives on Human Rights issues in Latin America.

His story includes the last video clip from one of his colleagues, an independent journalist from NY, who was gunned down while filming government forces attacking a citizen blockade. It's hard-watching, but powerful and I urge you to take a peek.

This particular incident happened in 2006.  Senator Clinton has been asked to assist in bringing justice in this case.  Their requests have been ignored.

This is not one unfortunate incident somewhere other than the U.S. that has nothing to do with us.  It's about our policies and how our economic interests pave the way for injustices beyond our borders.  Al puts it this way:

 

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