amy: with juan gonzalez. end today's' show with an explosive new report that reveals the federal government secretly tracked billions of u.s. phone calls years before the 9/11 attacks. according to "usa today," the justice department and drug enforcement administration collected bulk data for phone calls in as many as 116 countries deemed to have a connection with drug trafficking. amy: the program began in 1992. for more, we are joined from washington, d.c. by brad heath the "usa today" reporter who broke this story headlined "u.s. secretly tracked billions of calls for decades." welcome to democracy now! explain what you found. >> the justice department, sell revealed it had been gathering metadata for calls to designated foreign countries. they left a lot of unanswered questions. what we found in looking at it was that this is a program that was older than i expected and ended up being a lot broader than i expected. i guess it is no surprise overlooking that colombia and mexico, but 116 countries is a prett

i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. uan: welcome to all our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. one of latin america's most acclaimed writers, eduardo galeano, died on monday in montevideo, uruguay. he was the uruguayan novelist 74. and journalist made headlines when venezuelan president hugo chÁvez gave president obama a copy of his classic work, "the open veins of latin america: five centuries of the pillage of a continent." since its publication in 1971, "open veins" has sold over a million copies worldwide despite being banned by the military governments in chile, argentina, and his native country of uruguay. while in exile after the uruguayan military junta seized power in a 1973 coup, galeano began work on his classic trilogy "memory of fire," which , rewrites five centuries of north and south american history. he is also the author of "soccer in sun and shadow," "upside down," "the book of embraces," "we say no," "voices of time and mirrors," among others. his most recent book was c

i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. juan: welcome to all our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. we begin today's show in boston where a federal jury has found dzhokhar tsarnaev guilty on all 30 charges for his role in the 2013 boston marathon bombing that killed three and injured more than 260. he was also found guilty in the murder of a police officer. survivors of the attack welcomed the verdict. this is karen brassard. >> and grateful to have them off the street. i'm grateful to show everyone, the world, that it is not tolerated. this is not how we behave it. juan: during the trial tsarnaev's defense attorneys admitted he joined his older brother tamerlan in setting off two explosions, but federal prosecutors still called 92 witnesses to the stand. they set the stage for what comes next. starting next week, the jury will choose between the death penalty and a sentence of life without parole. amy: all of this is taking place in a state that has rejected the death penalty. it has been 67

with juan gonzalez. -- i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. : owed to ask you about the legacy today and the nationalists who are basically forgotten today, even in puerto rico. >> the independence party will unveil in a building located in old san juan, on the corner, a building that was the headquarters of the nationalist party. afterwards, there would be [indiscernible] i believe albizu campos is not forgotten. he is very present. his lessons, full of sacrifice is an example for all of us in the case of independence. he suffered jail. he suffered torture in jail. it demonstrates he was burned with radiation in jail. and he never took a step back in his struggle in favor of independence. so that example of her severe and dust perseverance is an example for all of us. amy: that is a key point. we want to go to an interview with ben governor -- within governor, an interview he gave on u.s. television in the 1950's. the governor called into question pedro albizu campos's sanity. let's but to a clip. >>'s mental state was not good. he spent all t

i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. juan: welcome to all our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. after eight days of talks in switzerland, iran and world powers have reached a framework agreement on curbing iran's nuclear program for at least a decade. in return, the united states and europe plan to lift economic sanctions on iran. the parties must now reach a final agreement by june 30. president obama described the deal as historic. >> today, after many months of top principled diplomacy -- taft for the bulldogs on the sea, we have achieved a framework for that real. and it is a good deal, a deal that meets our core objectives. this framework would cut off every pathway that iran could take to develop a nuclear weapon. iran will face strict limitations on its programs and iran has also agreed to the most robust and intrusive inspections and transparency regime ever negotiated for any nuclear program in history. so this deal is not based on trust. it is based on unprecedented verification

i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. juan: welcome to all our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. in an act of mass civil disobedience, tens of thousands of parents in new york state had their children boycott the annual english language arts exam this week. at some upstate school districts, abstention levels reached 80%. protest organizers say at least 155 thousand pupils opted out, and that is with only half of school districts tallied so far. the action is seen as a significant challenge to the education agenda of governor andrew cuomo and to standardized testing nationwide. amy: more than a decade after the passage of no child left behind, educators, parents, and students nationwide are protesting the preponderant reliance on high-stakes standardized testing, saying its -- it gives undue importance to ambiguous data and compromises learning in favor of test prep. teachers unions have also raised concerns about linking students test results to teacher evaluation scores. in january, speci

i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. an: we turn now to what could be the first roadblock of president obama's efforts to normalize diplomatic relations with cuba for the first time in half a century. earlier this month, republicans said they would not mount a challenge to obama's plan to remove cuba from the list of state sponsors of terrorism. a move that could come as soon as next month. on tuesday, republican congresswoman who represents health 40, proposed legislation to stop new travel to cuba from the united states. the bill would block the licensing of new flights and crew ships are routes to cuba if the landing strip or dock is located on land confiscated by the cuban government. amy: the measure is attached to the transportation appropriations bill, and could prompt a veto by president obama. this comes as another group of lawmakers has introduced a bill that would end all restrictions to cuba. for more we're joined in our new york studio by tom hayden, longtime activist and former california state senator. he's

with juan gonzalez. : as we continue to mark earth day, we end today's show with a new report that finds at least two people working to save the environment were killed each week in 2014. in total, the group global witness documented the murders of at least 116 environmental activists last year. three quarters of them were killed in central and south america. amy: the report is called "how many more?" and it also looks in detail at an activist who stood up to a mining project in one of the deadliest countries, and survived. her name is berta caceres and and she is another winner of this year's goldman environmental prize. this is caceras describing how she helped organize the indigenous lenca community in honduras to resist the aqua zarca hydro-dam on the gualcarque river because it could destroy their water supply. berta: in more than one at 50 indigenous assemblies, our community decided that it did not want the hydroelectric dam. >> she filed complaints with the honduran government and organized peacef

along with juan gonzalez. juan: the nation magazine is celebrating 150 years this week.the years, it has published many of the nations leading dissidents, academics, and that activists. this is from "hot type -- 150 years of the nation" about all -- >> everybody wrote for the "nation." >> tony krishna, toni morrison, langston hughes, kurt vonnegut, gore vidal. >> the first to publish james baldwin. amy: in a minute, we will be joined by katrina vanden heuvel but first this is a clip from "hot type: 150 years of the nation" in which she talks about the magazine's early history with contributing writer d.d. guttenplan. the piece ends with the reading of a story that appeared in "the nation" in 1932. katrina: this is the essay i was telling you about, about "the nation's" future. it is from 1955 -- it says the nation must change. within the last 50 years one-third of daily newspapers have ceased publication. this is 1955. we sit here and think what is "the nation" role in this media landscape. >> in 1955, they were worried about being strangled by the red scare, and mccarth

juan carlos gonzÁlez nos dice ¿quÉ tan lejos se convertirÍa en el reemplazo de los condones? despuÉs, como mÉtodo de emergencia si una persona tuvo una relaciÓn sexual con alguien que pudiera estar infectado. jorge es terapeuta en la organizaciÓn bienestar. >> es otra opciÓn de cuidarte. juan carlos: lo malo es que no evita la propagaciÓn de otras enfermedades. >> son mÁs comunes, la gonorres, difÍciles sÍfilis, herpes, virus del papiloma humano. >> las otras enfermedades se van a seguir propagando. >> el condÓn sigue siendo lo que los protege de todas las enfermedades, esto solamente se prohÍben el vih, el condÓn de todo lo demÁs. juan carlos: este fÁrmaco, al igual que la mayorÍa, puede tener efectos secundarios, como daÑar el riÑÓn, provocar dolores de cabeza y nÁuseas. segÚn jorge, y nadie se ha quejado. >> no hemos escuchado a nadie decir que han perdido de peso o se siente deprimido, no tienen un efecto secundario tan grande. ilia: y a propÓsito de este informe, en nuestro lunes social les preguntamos si cree que este fÁrmaco podrÍa ser mÁs seguro que los preservativos.

juan carlos gonzÁlez nos cuenta mÁs sobre este fenÓmeno econÓmico que sigue disparÁndose sin control.dente le causÓ estragos para desarrollar su profesiÓn, lavador de autos. >> que dios los bendiga porque me han ayudado mucho. aquÍ nos dan tres veces comida. juan carlos: hoy al igual que cientos de personas acudiÓ al almuerzo que esta instituciÓn dio a los mÁs necesitados. segÚn estadÍsticas, el 40% de los condados de los angeles tienen problemas con personas que no se alimentan adecuadamente. >> a veces es muy difÍcil porque pagamos muchas cuentas. juan carlos: aunque se supone que la recesiÓn que detrÁs hay quienes aÚn no logran reponerse. >> yo veo que eso pasa especialmente en muchas familias. juan carlos: el 14% de las familias en estados unidos segÚn este estudio tiene problemas para alimentarse. >> que dios bendiga a las personas que ayudan aquÍ, a los que donan. ramÓn: era la risa la mejor medicina para combatir el estrÉs? entÉrese lo que revela el impacto de la risa. en otros temas este seÑor dice que va a regalar un auto valuado en 10.000 $, los detalles en breve. reportera:

juan carlos gonzÁlez conversÓ con un abogado experto y nos explica lo recomendable en estos casos. lto, sin embargo tambiÉn para quienes experimentan situaciones de abuso en el trabajo. >> lo hemos visto en los campos, industria de la postura donde las personas trabajan por poco dinero y no los dejan tomar sus breaks estÁn forzados a trabajar bajo situaciones muy peligrosas, como con esclavitud moderna. >> grabamos 10 $ por dÍa de 8 a 6 si el trabajo es muy agitado no nos podÍamos ni sentar. juan: cuando presentaron la denuncia el patrÓn les comenzÓ a amenazar. >> incluso nos quiso golpear para que detuviÉramos la demanda, tambiÉn hubo casos que el seÑor querÍa pagarnos a nosotros para que nosotros nos siguiÉramos el proceso. juan: ganaron la demanda algunas obtuvieron la certificaciÓn del departamento del trabajo. el caso estÁ ahora en manos de migraciÓn. >> prÁcticamente dependemos del oficial de migraciÓn que revise nuestra papelerÍa. juan: pero jesÚs y sus compaÑeros son de los pocos que se atreven a denunciar los crÍmenes laborales. >> es muy difÍcil porque los inmigrantes tien

co-host juan gonzalez's latest column for the “new york daily news,” which we'll link to at our websitead of the world bank has endorsed calls for end to fossil fuels. he said they are feeling the boot of climate change on the. this comes as students at harvard university are holding harvard heat week, a bid to pressure the school to divest from the fossil fuel industry. there is occupations of the alumni association and a blockade of buildings. protests have been held from coast to coast in a day of action against police violence and racial profiling. in new york city, some 250 people with the stop mass incarceration network marched across the brooklyn bridge. >> i want to stop the police brutality against latinos and black people. 99% of the are committing violence against spanish people, black people. we cannot have this. why do they have to abuse us? amy: dozens of people were arrested as scuffles between demonstrators and police broke out and traffic was disrupted for several hours. activists were also detained in los angeles after a large crowd blocked a metro track during tuesday

juan carlos gonzÁlez con historia. ulares como Ésta, se convierten en parte de la lucha y la celebraciÓn. natalia: bonita historia, alzando la voz por quienes sienten que no son escuchados. y les recordamos la pelÍcula "despierta amÉrica", podemos inculcar un propÓsito de vida en nuestros hijos? en el prÓximo segmento, vamos a tener algunas de esas opiniones. ya lo sabe, me puede escribir, a mis cuentas, y nosotros seguimos con mÁs de "despierta amÉrica", ana y alan. alan: buena pregunta a propÓsito de vida. ana: te puso a pensar. alan: algÚn propÓsito a nuestros hijos. ana: y desde la panza inculcar buenos valores. alan: sobre todo amor, cariÑo y esperanza. oye, corpus christi, orlando segura, el festival, nos vamos completamente en vivo. ana: recordando a selena, orlando. alan: mucha fiesta, amigo. orlando: asÍ es, continuamos en vivo y en directo desde corpus christi, en texas. y somos los primeros en llegar al lugar donde las cinco de la tarde van a abrir las puertas, pueden ver la tarima donde van a cantar los lobo

la situaciÓn preocupa, muchos casos terminar en tragedia, juan carlos gonzÁlez nos explica los sÍntomasno querÍa atentar contra mi vida, pero no querÍa vivir. juan: por fortuna buscÓ apoyo de su familia y ayuda de su mÉdico. >> Él me recomendÓ antes de que cualquier medicamento antidepresivo, que comenzarÁ a cambiar mi dieta, y tomara minutos de descanso, que hablarÁ con gente, pero sobre todo el ejercicio y la alimentaciÓn fue algo que me ayudÓ a superar el trastorno emocional. juan: los mÉdicos sugieren que si tiene algÚn sÍntoma despuÉs de dar a los busquÉ de inmediato el apoyo de su pareja, de su familia, y por supuesto, ayuda profesional. satcha: y a continuaciÓn, imÁgenes de la impresionante rueda giratoria conocida como el ojo de orlando, pero el hombre que camina de ella no es un visitante del parque de diversiones, sino un acrÓbata, se trata del reconocido estadounidense protagonista de atrevidos actos de equilibrio sobre las cataratas del viagra y el caÑÓn del colorado, el arriesgado equilibrista no estuvo en una cuerda floja sino en las cabinas de la estructura metÁlica. alan