Dozens of university students are arrested for demonstrating against a tuition hike. But Puerto Rico Gov. Luis Fortuno remains steadfast in charging students more to help close a $3.2 billion budget gap. The students' fight is representative of a larger debate in Puerto Rico, and in the US, about how to solve a severe budget crisis -- and at what cost. Gov. Fortuno, a hawkish fiscal conservative, laid off 20000 government workers in 2009, and suspended all labor negotiations, just like governors on the US mainland are doing today. But two years later Puerto Rico's labor unions are still scrambling to reorganize a largely unemployed population -- nearly 17 percent. Puerto Rico is in its fifth year of recession, and expected to be the world's slowest growing economy if its situation doesn't improve. At question is the degree of economic and social responsibility the US has to its commonwealth state. Fault Lines travels to Puerto Rico to investigate America's legacy as the Island's ruler, and the harsh economic policies that are being imposed on the people who live there. This episode of Fault Lines, "Puerto Rico: The Fiscal Experiment" first aired June 27, 2011 on Al Jazeera English. english.aljazeera.net Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com Follow us on Tumblr: ajfaultlines.tumblr.com See all episodes of Fault Lines www.youtube.com Meet the Fault Lines staff: www.youtube.com

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Presenter Zeina Awad describes the challenge of interviewing subjects on the topic of their personal wealth in this video extra from the upcoming episode of Al Jazeera Fault Lines. "We knocked on so many doors...and no one would talk to us." The new episode of Fault Lines, "The Top 1%," first airs on Al Jazeera English August 1, 2011 at 2230 GMT. english.aljazeera.net Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com Follow us on Tumblr: ajfaultlines.tumblr.com See all episodes of Fault Lines www.youtube.com Meet the Fault Lines staff: www.youtube.com

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This is a Fault Lines extra from episode "Colombia's Gold Rush" that first airs on Al Jazeera English Monday, July 4, 2011 2230 GMT. In this Fault Lines extra, presenter Josh Rushing explains the process of extracting gold from the ground in Colombia. english.aljazeera.net Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com Follow us on Tumblr: ajfaultlines.tumblr.com See all episodes of Fault Lines www.youtube.com Meet the Fault Lines staff: www.youtube.com

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Fault Lines presenter Zeina Awad explains how the mood changed on campus when the media wasn't there, and how one student arrest happened. The new episode of Fault Lines, "Puerto Rico: The Fiscal Experiment" first airs June 27, 2011 2230 GMT. english.aljazeera.net Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com Follow us on Tumblr: ajfaultlines.tumblr.com See all episodes of Fault Lines www.youtube.com Meet the Fault Lines staff: www.youtube.com

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In this Fault Lines extra, presenter Zeina Awad asks why clinical trials are conducted in markets where research subjects will not see any benefit. The new episode of Fault Lines, "Outsourced: Clinical Trials Overseas" first airs July 11, 2011 2230 GMT. english.aljazeera.net Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com Follow us on Tumblr: ajfaultlines.tumblr.com See all episodes of Fault Lines www.youtube.com Meet the Fault Lines staff: www.youtube.com

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This is a Fault Lines extra from episode "Puerto Rico: The fiscal experiment" you can watch in full: www.youtube.com In this Fault Lines extra, producer Elizabeth Gorman looks at some of the issues raised by high drug use in Puerto Rico. The new episode of Fault Lines, "Puerto Rico: The Fiscal Experiment" first aired June 27, 2011 2230 GMT. english.aljazeera.net Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com Follow us on Tumblr: ajfaultlines.tumblr.com See all episodes of Fault Lines www.youtube.com Meet the Fault Lines staff: www.youtube.com

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Once known as a booming industrial city and a model of economic progress in Mexico, the border city of Juarez has become infamous as the murder capital of the world. More than 8000 people have been killed there since 2008, when Mexican President Felipe Calderon sent in the army to carry out his offensive against the drug cartels. The official story is that the Sinaloa and Juarez cartels are fighting for the city and the access it provides to the multi-billion dollar US drug market only a few hundred metres away. On this episode of Fault Lines, Josh Rushing travels to Ciudad Juarez, and asks how human life there came to be worth so much less than the drugs being trafficked through. Episode first aired June 13, 2011 2230 GMT on Al Jazeera English. english.aljazeera.net Follow on Twitter: twitter.com Follow on Facebook: facebook.com Follow on Tumblr: ajfaultlines.tumblr.com See all episodes of Fault Lines www.youtube.com Meet the Fault Lines staff: www.youtube.com

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The spectacular violence of Mexico's drug war grabs international attention. Some 40000 people have been killed since 2006, when President Felipe Calderon deployed Mexican military and security forces in the so-called war against the cartels -- often in gruesome and sadistic ways. But behind the headlines, under cover of impunity, a low- intensity war is being waged. In the second episode of a two-part series, Josh Rushing and the Fault Lines team travel to the state of Guerrero to investigate claims that Mexican security forces are using the drug war as a pretext to repress indigenous and campesino communities. In one of Mexico's poorest and top drug-producing states, where struggling farmers are surrounded by the narco-economy, we ask about the cost of taking the struggle against dispossession into your own hands. english.aljazeera.net Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com Follow us on Tumblr: ajfaultlines.tumblr.com See all episodes of Fault Lines www.youtube.com Meet the Fault Lines staff: www.youtube.com

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Cameraman Ben Foley describes the worst moment while filming Libyan rebels in this video extra from the upcoming episode of Al Jazeera Fault Lines. "It hasn't hit yet, and you don't know where it's going." The new episode of Fault Lines, "The US and the New Middle East: Libya," first airs on Al Jazeera English July 18, 2011 at 2230 GMT. english.aljazeera.net Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com Follow us on Tumblr: ajfaultlines.tumblr.com See all episodes of Fault Lines www.youtube.com Meet the Fault Lines staff: www.youtube.com

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Producer Jeremy Young on the reality of filming in Libya near borders and oil facilities in this video extra from the upcoming episode of Al Jazeera Fault Lines. "I can't tell you how many times on this trip someone has taken their hand and put it over the lens of our camera. We've actually had material that was forcibly deleted off of our cameras...there hasn't been a lot of freedom for us to operate." The new episode of Fault Lines, "The US and the New Middle East: Libya," first airs on Al Jazeera English July 18, 2011 at 2230 GMT. english.aljazeera.net Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com Follow us on Tumblr: ajfaultlines.tumblr.com See all episodes of Fault Lines www.youtube.com Meet the Fault Lines staff: www.youtube.com

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Presenter Sebastian Walker explains why the rebels are willing to take up antiquated arms in this video extra from the upcoming episode of Al Jazeera Fault Lines. "I think most of these weapons are ones that have been liberated from the Qadaffi forces....Some of [the guns] date back to the second World War." The new episode of Fault Lines, "The US and the New Middle East: Libya," first airs on Al Jazeera English July 18, 2011 at 2230 GMT. english.aljazeera.net Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com Follow us on Tumblr: ajfaultlines.tumblr.com See all episodes of Fault Lines www.youtube.com Meet the Fault Lines staff: www.youtube.com

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Al Jazeera Fault Lines producer Andrea Schmidt explains how small communities in Guerrero, Mexico make the decision to allow filming together, starting with a communal meal. "Mexico's Hidden War" first airs June 20, 2011 2230 GMT on Al Jazeera English. english.aljazeera.net Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com Follow us on Tumblr: ajfaultlines.tumblr.com See all episodes of Fault Lines www.youtube.com Meet the Fault Lines staff: www.youtube.com

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Gold fever is sweeping across South America. Nowhere is it more lethal than in Colombia, where the gold rush has become a new axle in Colombia's civil war. Turf wars are erupting between paramilitaries, and leftist rebel groups fighting to take control of mining regions. It's fueling an old ideological conflict and has displacing hundreds of people. Helicopter raids by the Colombian Army on small community mining collectives have become commonplace, and the Colombian government is accused of targeting poor workers to protect big business interests, and operating with impunity from human rights violations. Thousands have fled their homes where land is violently contested, and others live in fear they'll be removed from their land, arrested, or killed. The multinationals are flooding in too. With gold now worth around $1500 an ounce, everyone is getting in on the act, including North American mining companies. Colombia's pro-business mentality has seen arbitrary concessions by the state sold to multinational companies, often on indigenous land. Fault Lines traveled to Colombia to speak to the people caught in the middle. The rural workers and artisan miners who've mined for generations, and some whose ancestors were enslaved during the first gold rush centuries ago. Others are former coca farmers, put out of work by the US-led Plan Colombia. english.aljazeera.net Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com Follow us on Tumblr: ajfaultlines.tumblr <b>...</b>

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Producer Jeremy Young describes the most challenging aspects of filming on the USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier in this video extra from the upcoming episode of Al Jazeera Fault Lines. "It's an incredible boisterous place...You have headphones on, so you can't communicate with your team." The new episode of Fault Lines, "The US and the New Middle East: The Gulf," first airs on Al Jazeera English July 25, 2011 at 2230 GMT. english.aljazeera.net Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com Follow us on Tumblr: ajfaultlines.tumblr.com See all episodes of Fault Lines www.youtube.com Meet the Fault Lines staff: www.youtube.com

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Pastor Galvan runs a shelter 25 miles outside of Juarez, Mexico that houses around 100 people and runs on private donations. This extra from the episode "Impunity and Profits," airing on Al Jazeera English June 13, 2011 shows Fault Lines producer Andréa Schmidt explaining how this clinic and congregation represents a repository for overlooked outcomes of international government regulations. english.aljazeera.net Follow on Twitter: twitter.com Follow on Facebook: facebook.com Follow on Tumblr: ajfaultlines.tumblr.com See all episodes of Fault Lines www.youtube.com Meet the Fault Lines staff: www.youtube.com

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Fault Lines' Sebastian Walker looks at US policy in the Persian Gulf, after the protests in Bahrain. The new episode of Fault Lines, "The US and the New Middle East: The Gulf," first airs on Al Jazeera English July 25, 2011 at 2230 GMT. english.aljazeera.net Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com Follow us on Tumblr: ajfaultlines.tumblr.com See all episodes of Fault Lines www.youtube.com Meet the Fault Lines staff: www.youtube.com

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english.aljazeera.net Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com Follow us on Tumblr: ajfaultlines.tumblr.com Just weeks after the earthquake that took more than 200000 lives, Avi Lewis finds that debates over how to rebuild Haiti are already underway.

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english.aljazeera.net Follow up on Twitter: twitter.com Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com Follow us on Tumblr: ajfaultlines.tumblr.com Fault Lines brings together a panel of guests and a studio audience to discuss Obama's war in Afghanistan. Hosted by Avi Lewis.

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english.aljazeera.net Follow up on Twitter: twitter.com Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com Follow us on Tumblr: ajfaultlines.tumblr.com Fault Lines brings together a panel of guests and a studio audience to discuss Obama's war in Afghanistan. Hosted by Avi Lewis.

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