August 5, 2007

CISPES on Democracy Now!

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The August 1 show of Democracy Now focused on global struggles over water privatization and featured a segment about the issue in El Salvador, as well as the recent repression of protesters in Suchitoto who are now being charged with "terrorism"

watch the interview of CISPES program director Krista Hanson on Democracy Now! with Amy Goodman

or listen here:

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From Democracy Now website: http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/01/1435246

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