amy: we will speak with vijay prashad, , author of "the p poor nations: a pblblblossible histof the global south." all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. dr. christine blasey ford, the professor who has accused supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her when they were teenagers, is set to testify today, ahead of a confirmation vote set for friday by the senate judiciary committee, even as new allegations continue to emerge. in dr. blasey-ford's prepared testimony released wednesday, she calls kavanaugh "the boy who sexually assaulted me" and describes the night of the assault, stating -- "i believed he was going to rape me." she adds, "i don't have all the answers, and i don't remember as much as i would like to. but the details about that night that bring me here today are ones i will never forget." kavanaugh has denied dr. blasey ford's accusation, as well as other allegations of sexual misconduct made public by two other women this week. on wednesday, a new accuser, julie swetnick, came

we will talk with vijay prashad. stayay with us. ♪ [music break] amamy: this is dememocracy now!mocracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with nermeen shaikh. nermeen: we end the hour with venezuela. president nicolas maduro arrived the address the united general assembly wednesday just one day after trump accused him of corruption and announceded new sanctions against members of his inner circle, including maduro's wife cilia flores. this is trump speaking to the un general assesembly tuesday. pres. trump: not long ago, venezuela was one of the richest countries on earth. today, socialism has bankrupted driven-rich nation and its people into abject poverty. in that spirit, we asked the nations gathered here to join together and calling for the restoration of democracy in venezuela. today we're announcing additional sanctions against the repressive regime, targeting maduro's inner circle and close advisers. nermeen: trump said wednesday that he would be willing to meet with maduro and that all options are on the table to help end the political, economic and humani