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Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Deposed Honduran President Manuel Zelaya and Colombian President Álvaro Uribe
 
Alexy Lanza is back from Honduras. He gives us an update on the country’s current political situation, and Columbian President Alvaro Uribe wants a third term in office. He won re-election in 2006 after the Congress amended the constitution for him. We’ll get analysis from John Coatsworth.





 
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Colombia: Alvaro Uribe Seeks Third Term  
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe is seeking a third term in office. He won his second term after the congress amended the constitution for him. Now they’re considering another amendent to allow a third run. We get analysis from John Coatsworth, Dean of the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University.
Fallout from the Honduran Coup  
Alexy Lanza of La Voz de los de Abajo recently returned from a trip to Honduras. He gives us an update on the country’s current political situation.
Labor Inspector  
Sandy Tolan of Homelands Productions profiles a member of an anti-forced labor SWAT team whose job is to free slaves working in Brazil's iron, cattle and sugar cane industries.
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