8/31/12

Latin Pulse: 8.31.2012

This week Latin Pulse focuses on indigenous issues in Latin America.  The program discusses the controversial Belo Monte Dam under construction in Brazil and the legal cases that have failed to halt the project.  The dam will have direct effects on indigenous groups and urban residents who will be displaced by flooding caused by the dam.  The program also looks at the controversial practice of herbicidal spraying as a method in the Drug War and how that has caused health problems and posed other challenges for indigenous groups such as the Embera-Katio, Embera-Chami, and Awa people of Colombia. The news segment, this week, covers the oil refinery fire in Venezuela, which killed dozens of people.

In-Depth Interviews:
Dr. Eve Bratman of American University, and
Gimena Sanchez of the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA).

Executive Producer: Rick Rockwell
Associate Producer: Jenna Longoria

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




























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8/24/12

Latin Pulse: 8.24.2012

Latin Pulse returns from another brief summer hiatus this week with a special focus on Argentina.  The program includes in-depth interviews about the Argentine economy, the Falkland Islands/Malvinas dispute, the country's diplomacy, and Argentina's controversial media reform law. The news segment, this week, covers the latest on the dispute between Ecuador and the United Kingdom over asylum for the founder of Wikileaks, Julian Assange.

In-Depth Interviews:
Peter Hakim of the Inter-American Dialogue, and
Victoria Villegas of Argentina's AFSCA.

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.)






















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8/10/12

Latin Pulse: 8.10.2012

Latin Pulse returns this week from a brief summer hiatus with an interview conducted in Mexico City about the dangers of immigration and a deep discussion of how problems with immigration link to both the Drug War and Mexico's long-time problem with human rights.  The program also includes discussion of Brazil's economic success despite the global financial crisis. The news segment, this week, covers the latest from student protests in Chile that have disrupted the capital, Santiago.

In-Depth Interviews:
Sonja Wolf of the Instituto para la Seguridad y la Democracia (INSYDE), and
Maria Antonietta del Tedesco Lins of the Universidade de São Paulo.

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.)























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