Jul 31, 2008

Laura Carlsen on Democracy Now! on Plan Mexico/Merida Initiative

Check out Laura's interviews on Plan Mexico, they are short and informative about the situation.


Democracy Now! (Today, July 31)


In this interview, Democracy NOW! interviews CIP Americas Program director Laura
Carlsen, TV host and documentary-maker Avi Lewis, and Global Exchange's
John Gibler on NAFTA and the implications of Plan Mexico.

Watch or listen here: http://www.democracynow.org/2008/7/31/plan_mexico

InsideUSA with Avi Lewis on Al-Jazeera English (July 26)

Watch this interview with footage from the drug war and a rooftop Mexico City
interview with Laura Carlsen and Jorge Chabat on Plan Mexico, the war
on drugs and the human rights casualites of militarization:

Part One (15 minutes): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyDHNeJxazU

Part Two (8 minutes): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nz8k39p8z4U

The Riz Khan Show on Al-Jazeera English (July 8)

In an interview focused on the recent torture tapes from Mexican police
training programs, Human Rights Watch and Americas Program debate
whether the Merida Initiative will have a positive or negative effect
on human rights in Mexico.

Watch at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=busyzt3GzaA

Resources on Plan Mexico page

Plan Mexico and the Billion-Dollar Drug Deal

"Deep Integration"≈the Anti-Democratic Expansion of NAFTA

If you'd like to interview Laura you can contact us at lcarlsen(at)ciponline.org and americas(at)ciponline.org.

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