the former dictator back in the maldives.s that the maldives need to be back on tack and we have to have elections there as quickly as possible. it's not that i have lost the presidency. that is not the issue. the issue is restoration of democracy in the maldives and for that to happen, we have to have elections as quickly as possible. >> i know you're going to be meeting with the deputy secretary of state this afternoon i believe. and what are you asking for? what would you like the united states to do? >> we would like united states to impress upon the regime in the maldives the need for early elections. i understand that the united states have some concerns whether we have the capacity to have elections now. yes, we had free and fair elections in 2008. we had parliamentary elections in 2009. we had local government elections intoelection s in in 2011. there is an independent elections commission appointed by the parliament and we can have elections even right now. we would be asking the state department to see how they may

it is in part to take care of the maldives now because the maldives and many other small states are in the front line of what is happening to the world, to the climate today. if you cannot defend the maldives today, you will not be able to defend ourselves tomorrow. >> maldives president mohamed nasheed, ousted in a to several months ago, joins us in the studio along with filmmaker jon shenk. the legendary feminist poets adrienne rich dies at the age of 82. >> there was no simple formula for the relationship of art to justice, but i do know that art, in my case, the art of poetry, means nothing if it simply decorates the dinner table of power which holds its -- hold it hostage. >> all of that and more coming up. this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. the supreme court has concluded three days of historic hearings on president obama's health care reform law the affordable care act. the court will decide now whether to strike on the key provision requiring most americans to buy health insurance and determine whether the rest of the logins b

and paradise lost -- why the maldives have the world's highest divorce rate. clean drinking water is a human right under international law. this means that governments have the duty to provide water to their people. but when fresh water sources run dry in entire regions across asia, africa and latin america -- having a right to it is no consolation. and it's mainly the developing countries who suffer the most. bolivia spearheaded the political drive to enshrine the right to water. the rainy seasions in its highlands are becoming ever shorter and droughts are depleting its arable land. in the area around the city of llallawghua, a german-swedish project is testing large catch basins. these store rain water, which locals can tap into when other sources have run dry. >> this traditional dance in the bolivian andes is called a huayno. but this song is not traditional song, it was written by the chuchini people themselves. it's a hymn of praise to the 'water harvest'. they sing about their new atajados, or rainwater retention basins. >> this song expresses our joy

when the maldives had a coup, new delhi remained impassive.nd so on with other crises in the region in bangladesh and sri lanka and more. compared to the clout it wants to have, new delhi has really only paid minor attention to its policy. india, with a population of 1.2 billion fewer diplomats than the population of new zealand, with the population of just 4 million people. americans stand to believe that all good things go together. india and america will have foreign policies, the friends and enemies. india, of course, is located in a different place. it has different interests. indians think that they can be free writers, exploit the stability of the current setup. but for the world's largest democracy that is an unworthy mission. india does have a tryst with destiny and it isn't just to buy cheap oil from whomever and damn the consequence and we will be back. >> the most important thing that people want in developing countries, like in our country, is a job. they want to be able to support their families. [♪...] >> announcer: with nothing

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