Green Party Candidate Profiled

As the Green Party Presidential nominating convention has begun in Chicago, we're going to take a look at the 4 candidates.  They all with vastly different backgrounds, all offering an alternative to the major parties.

Kat Swift is a thirty five year woman from Texas.  She joined the Green Party in 1999 after living in Canada. 

Her website features a video of her dressed as wonder woman at a San Antonio festival.

"This is what I grew up with. Liberty, justice, you know, fighting for people, you know this was like the American way you know. At that time I thought that meant the people had power and that's what this reminds me of."

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• Street Vending Criminalized in Colombia

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Britain Settles With  Iraqi Torture Victims

A new traffic law is causing commotion in Colombia. Under the so-called "traffic light" law, Colombia's police could fine drivers who buy things from street vendors near traffic lights and busy intersections. Those who give money to beggars would also have to pay up. The senator who proposed the law says it will help to ease traffic in Colombia's congested cities; but street vendors say it threatens their livelihoods. Manuel Rueda reports from Bogotá.