April 2 – “The Three Amigos” Summit and Tragedy in Tibet; Democracy Blossoms In Burma; Will Sanctions Revive Iran’s Green Movement?

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Part 1	We begin with today’s White House North American Leaders Summit, otherwise know as the “Three Amigos” summit, and speak with the Mexico City Bureau Chief for McClatchy Newspapers, Tim Johnson. We discuss the upcoming elections to succeed Mexico’s lame duck President Calderon, and since Tim Johnson was recently McClatchy’s Bureau Chief in Beijing and is the author of “Tragedy in Crimson: How the Dalai Lama Conquered the World but Lost the Battle With China”, we also discuss the recent rash of self-immolations by Tibetans protesting Chinese rule.
Part 2	Then we examine the elections in Burma that are being celebrated as an important step towards democracy, although the pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s party won 40 seats in a parliament where the ruling military junta control the vast majority of the 664 seats. Dr. Josef Silverstein, a distinguished professor emeritus of Political Science at Rutgers University who has written extensively on Burma, joins us to assess the changes ahead.
Part 3	Then finally, as the noose tightens on Iran’s economy, we will gauge political dissent inside Iran to determine whether tightened sanctions and economic distress will revive the Green Movement or turn the Iranian people against the West. Roya Hakakian, an Iranian/American poet and journalist joins us. She has an article in the New York Times International Weekly “Where Did Iran’s Green Movement Go?” Unfortunately, the guest did not show. So, the host gave a background of the Iranian political landscape.
	MUSIC: Kunchok Tsering – Nowhere; Bob Dylan – Chimes of Freedom; Rolling Stones – Street Fighting Man