Democracy Now! Wednesday, January 18, 2023

Venezuelanalysis editor Ricardo Vaz takes stock of the biased narrative that western outlets built to support former "Interim President" Juan Guaidó.

• Headlines for January 17, 2023
• Rep. Ro Khanna on CA Flooding, Big Oil's Climate Denial, Debt Ceiling, Assange & Possible Senate Bid
• From Infiltrating Wikipedia to Paying Trump Millions in Golf Deals, Saudis Whitewash Rights Record

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• MLK Day Special: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in His Own Words

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Communards from two rural communes in Yaracuy tell their story of a common struggle for the land.

Sidor workers are asking for improved salaries as well as the reinstatement of health insurance and collective bargaining rights.

• Headlines for January 13, 2023
• "Argentina, 1985": Oscar-Nominated Film Depicts Historic War Crimes Trial of U.S.-Backed Generals
• Legendary Prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo on "Argentina, 1985" and Why Democracy Is at Risk Today
• The Crisis of Missing Migrants: Tens of Thousands of People Have Disappeared on Their Way to Europe

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• Headlines for January 12, 2023
• "Famine Is Coming": NGO Leader Jan Egeland in Kabul Demands Taliban Lift Ban on Women Aid Workers
• Night Raids: Victims of CIA-Backed Afghan Death Squads Known as "Zero Units" Demand Accountability
• As Historic Storms & Flooding Kill 19 in California, Why Is Media Ignoring Role of Climate Change?

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Teachers' unions demand a new collective bargaining contract that restitutes social benefits and adjusts salaries to current living costs.

• Headlines for January 11, 2023
• Peru: Death Toll Tops 40 as Security Forces Crack Down on Protests over President Castillo's Ouster
• New York Nurses Strike for More Staff & Better Pay as Hospital CEOs Make Millions, Cut Charity Care

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Political analyst Clodovaldo Hernández offers a candid take on the Venezuelan government's policies and electoral prospects.

• Headlines for January 10, 2023
• At Summit in Mexico, AMLO Urges Biden to End U.S. "Disdain" for Latin America
• Rosewood Massacre: Families Mark 100 Years Since White Mob Razed Black Town & Killed Black Residents
• "Never Forget Our People Were Always Free": Civil Rights Leader Ben Jealous on His New Memoir

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The Brasilia events could lead to a long destabilization campaign by right-wing forces as has been done by their counterparts in Venezuela and Bolivia.

• Headlines for January 09, 2023
• Bolsonaro Backers Storm Brazil's Key Gov't Buildings in Jan. 6-Style Attempt to Oust Lula from Power
• Biden Visits Border But Doesn't Meet with Asylum Seekers as Administration Cracks Down on Immigration
• Harvard Faces Outcry for Rescinding Post to Ex-Head of Human Rights Watch over Criticism of Israel

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• Headlines for January 06, 2023
• Two Years After Jan. 6, Capitol Attack Casts Long Shadow Over GOP That Allows Extremism to Fester
• "We Need Ceasefires Everywhere": Bishop William Barber's Message of Peace for Ukraine & the World

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