7/27/12

Latin Pulse: 7.27.2012

This week, the focus is on gender issues and AIDS on this episode of Latin Pulse. With the 19th International AIDS Conference concluding, the program includes an interview with an AIDS activist in Honduras.  The program also includes the second part of an interview with one of the leading newspaper editors in Guatemala on issues confronting women  The commentary section deals with Brazil's economic challenges. The news segment of the program includes coverage of Raul Castro's speech calling for diplomatic talks with the United States.

In-Depth Interviews:
Ana Carolina Alpirez of elPeriodico, and
Sandra Zambrano of APUVIMEH.

Executive Producer: Rick Rockwell
Associate Producer: Lydia Beyoud

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 (The program is 30 minutes in length and the file size is 28 MB.)


















7/20/12

Latin Pulse: 7.20.2012

Latin Pulse provides a special focus this week on women's rights and issues in Latin America.  The program includes a frank discussion on such topics of rape and abortion in Latin America.  The news segment of the program includes discussion of the problem of money laundering in the Drug War in Mexico.

In-Depth Interviews:
Prof. Macarena Saez of the Washington College of Law at American University, and
Ana Carolina Alpirez of elPeriodico.

Executive Producer: Rick Rockwell
Associate Producer: Lydia Beyoud

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 (The program is 30 minutes in length and the file size is 28 MB.)















7/13/12

Latin Pulse: 7.13.2012

This week, Latin Pulse looks at the new book Cuban Economic and Social Development and what it predicts regarding policy and politics in Cuba.  The program also deals with the fallout from the presidential change in Paraguay.  Latin Pulse introduces a new opinion feature this week that also takes a position on Paraguay.  The news segment of the program covers calls by Mexico's president-elect Enrique Pena Nieto for protestors to accept the outcome of the recent elections.

In-Depth Interviews:
Dr. Jorge Dominguez of Harvard University, and
Dr. Adrienne Pine of American University.

Executive Producer: Rick Rockwell
Associate Producer: Lydia Beyoud

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 (The program is 30 minutes in length and the file size is 28 MB.)




























7/6/12

Latin Pulse: 7.06.2012

Latin Pulse may be back in Washington, D.C. this week, but the focus is with the aftermath of the Mexican presidential elections and with the re-election campaign of President Hugo Chavez in Venezuela.  Although Enrique Pena Nieto of Mexico's Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) apparently won the election, new questions have arisen about corruption and voting irregularities.  Meanwhile, how will relations between the media and Chavez affect the voting in Venezuela.  Much more on presidential politics this week.

In-Depth Interviews:
José "Pepé" Carreño of Mexico's Excelsior, and
Vanessa Haces Gonzatti of Venezuela's Tal Cual.

Executive Producer: Rick Rockwell
Associate Producer: Lydia Beyoud

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 (The program is 30 minutes in length and the file size is 28 MB.)