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Producer
Investigative Journalist Greg Palast Reports on the Firing of New Mexico Attorney David Iglesias

Democracy Now!
14 May 2007. On a single day, December 7, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales demanded the resignations of 8 United States Attorneys. What was really the purpose of the firings - and who was behind it? Investigative journalist Greg Palast reports

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Producer
EXCLUSIVE: U.S. Vulture Fund Owner Wins Debt Payment from Zambia - But Faces Possible Indictment at Home

Democracy Now!
24 April 2007. A British court has ordered the government of Zambia to pay the “vulture fund” company Donegal International 15.5 million dollars. Donegal is owned by the US company Debt Advisory International. But investigative journalist Greg Palast reveals a new development: Democracy Now!’s airing of his BBC expose on Donegal this year has led the Justice Department to open an bribery investigation that could lead to an indictment.

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Producer & Chief Researcher
'Vulture Funds' Threat to Developing World

BBC Newsnight & BBC World Service
14 February 2007. Vulture funds - as defined by the International Monetary Fund and Gordon Brown amongst others - are companies which buy up the debt of poor nations cheaply when it is about to be written off and then sue for the full value of the debt plus interest - which might be ten times what they paid for it.

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Follow-up Story
DN! Follow-up Story

 

Producer & Chief Researcher
Florida Con Salsa, Mexico's Election

Democracy Now!
12 July 2006
This exclusive report is about the Mexican election and its aftermath, and focuses on widespread irregularities that took place during that election.
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Producer & Chief Researcher
Chavez's Venezulea, Bush Over A Barrel

BBC Newsnight TV & BBC World Service
This report anchored / kicked-off, "Inside Latin America," a week-long series across BBC. Broadcast Monday, April 3, 2006 in 40+ countries.
Includes an exclusive interview with President Hugo Chavez
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View photos from the Chavez interview
Read article in The Guardian (UK)about the report
Read the BBC write-up

 

Coordinating Producer & Reporter
Election Fraud

Sourcecode: A Program of Free Speech Television
Episode 10, Broadcast throughout November 2005 nationally throughout United States.
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Producer & Editor
Is There Another Hugo Chavez in Latin America?

An Exclusive Interview with Ecuador's new President, Alfredo Palacio
Broadcast Nationally (US) on Democracy Now! Also carried on hundreds of other stations, including the National Public Radio network for Think Global week. Tuesday, May 17, 2005.

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Read article in The Nation
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Research & Production Assistance
Secret U.S. Plans for Iraq's Oil

BBC Newsnight TV
Broadcast Thursday, March 17, 2005 in 40+ countries.
Broadcast Monday, March 21, 2005 on Democracy Now!

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Read the Harper's Magazine Article
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Coordinating Producer & Director
Channels of War

Deep Dish TV, Free Speech TV
Broadcast throughout 2005 Nationally (US)
This report was selected for the 2006 Whitney Musuem Biennial.

 

 

Research & Production
Iraq For Sale

BBC Newsnight TV
Broadcast on Friday, March 19, 2004 in 40+ countries.
Includes an exclusive interview with General Jay Garner.

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