Antiwar Radio with Scott Horton » Venezuela

Greg Palast

Scott Horton — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 07:01:07 +0000

Investigative reporter Greg Palast discusses the domestic political motives behind the war posturing of Venezuela and Colombia, Obama’s embrace and expansion of Plan Colombia, the demonization of Hugo Chavez and Ecuador’s escape from vassalage to the U.S. and big oil.

MP3 here. (28:09)

Greg Palast is the author of Armed Madhouse and The Best Democracy Money Can Buy. He is best known in his native USA as the journalist who, for the Observer (UK), broke the story of how Jeb Bush purged thousands of Black Florida citizens from voter rolls before the 2000 election. He has reported for Harper’s Magazine, BBC ‘s Newsnight, Amy Goodman’s Democracy Now! and Britain’s Observer. Palast won the George Orwell Courage in Journalism Award for his BBC documentary, Bush Family Fortunes.

Greg Grandin

Scott Horton — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 06:38:56 +0000

Greg Grandin discusses his recent article “Losing Latin America, What Will The Obama Doctrine Be Like?” about U.S. intervention in Latin America dating back to the Monroe Doctrine, the lessons learned by the War Party from Iran-Contra, how American domination under the guise of “free-trade” has turned many against capitalism, and the status of Chavez in Latin America.

MP3 here. (34:42)

Greg Grandin teaches history at New York University. He is the author of Empire’s Workshop: Latin America, the United States, and the Rise of the New Imperialism and The Last Colonial Massacre: Latin America in the Cold War.

Greg Palast

Scott Horton — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 04:20:36 +0000

Greg Palast, investigative reporter and author of Armed Madhouse, discusses Columbia’s recent incursion into Ecuador, Chavez’s reaction in Venezuela, Columbia’s accusations that Chavez backs the FARC, the reasons why there’s not going to be a war and Clinton and Obama’s endorsement of Columbia’s aggression.

MP3 here. (12:40)

Greg Palast is the author of the New York Times bestseller, Armed Madhouse (Penguin 2006). His first reports appeared on BBC television and in the Guardian newspapers. Author of another New York Times bestseller, The Best Democracy Money Can Buy, Palast is best known in his native USA as the journalist who, for the Observer (UK), broke the story of how Jeb Bush purged thousands of Black Florida citizens from voter rolls before the 2000 election, thereby handing the White House to his brother George. His reports on the theft of election 2004, the spike of the FBI investigations of the bin Ladens before September 11, the secret State Department documents planning the seizure of Iraq’s oil fields have won him a record six “Project Censored” for reporting the news American media doesn’t want you to hear. He returned to America to report for Harper’s magazine.