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Things to remember while helping Haiti. That's the benign-sounding headline on a Heritage Foundation paper regarding the disaster in Haiti. Released just hours after the 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit, the pro-corporate analysts at Heritage suggested that the US response should think beyond the immediate ... to "address long-held concerns over the fragile political environment that exists in the region." But as Naomi Klein discovered, in an early draft, the pro-corporate ideologues at Heritage were more outspoken.

From Copenhagen: Journalist Naomi Klein calls the U.S. offer to contribute to a $100 billion dollar annual climate aid fund for poorer nations beginning in 2020 "a naked form of blackmail." Bolivian President Evo Morales discusses the UN climate talks, capitalism and climate debt and more. French journalist Jade Lindgaard explains a leaked UN Framework Convention on Climate Change internal document that states that current emissions reduction targets could lead to a 3 degree Celsius rise in temperatures.

From Copenhagen, an overview of the week’s developments: We hear response on the latest proposals from climate negotiators from India, China and the Association of Small Island States, and analysis from Kate Horner of Friends of the Earth. Hundreds of activists from across the globe are gathering every day in downtown Copenhagen for the people’s climate summit, the Klimaforum. We take a rare tour inside several of the key convergent spaces where protest organizers are preparing for the demonstrations.

Health care is in the news again, and we talk with Ryan Grim of the Huffington Post about the 60-39 Senate vote to open debate on the healthcare bill as well as the House Finance Committee’s vote to audit the Federal Reserve. Naomi Klein explains why rich countries should pay reparations to poor countries for the climate crisis. "Democracy Now!" is a daily independent newshour.