From New York, this is Democracy Now.

It was a wicked time in my life. It was a really... is Democracy Now.

It was a wicked time in my life. It was a really scary time in my life.

I had just been abused by a member of a royal family.

So when you talk about these chains, you know,

yeah, I wasn't chained to a sink,

but these powerful people were my chains.

I didn't know what could happen.

Those are the words of the late Virginia Joufrey, who survived sexual abuse at the hands of Jeffrey Epstein and Gilein Maxwell.

Virginia died by suicide in April. But before her death, she wrote a 400-page book detailing how as a teenager she was trafficked

to Prince Andrew and other powerful men, including an unnamed former prime minister who raped

her.

As Republicans refused to release the full Epstein files, we'll speak to Amy Wallace, who

collaborated with Virginia on the book Nobody's Girl.

This book is about the fetishization of young women.

This book is about powerful people who get to hurt people less powerful and not pay any price for it.

I think that's why so many people are clamoring for the Epstein file release because they're sick of it.

Then we look at the escalating tension between the U.S. and Colombia.

After Colombian prison, Gustavo Petro condemned the U.S. for blowing up boats in the Caribbean.

I am making no mistake by speaking to the world from Colombia, because what I am demonstrating

is that Colombia is the heart of the world, and aggression against Colombia is aggression against the

heart of the world. I call on the is aggression against the heart of the world.

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