Puerto Rico and Mexico provide the central locales for the main themes this week on Latin Pulse. The program analyzes a proposal before the U.S. Congress to help Puerto Rico survive its debt crisis. But the proposal includes a fiscal control board that can supersede the powers of Puerto Rico's government, a provision that some find controversial. The program also includes a wide ranging discussion of corruption, politics and diplomacy with Mexico. The news segment of the program covers the outcome of the presidential elections in the Dominican Republic and the re-election of President Danilo Medina.The program includes in-depth interviews with:
Shannon O'Neil of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Executive Producer: Rick Rockwell;
Technical Director: Jim Singer; and
Production Assistant: Chorsie Martin.
(To download or stream this podcast, click here.)
(The program is 30 minutes in length and the file size is 42 MB.)
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news
Latin America
politics
Mexico
corruption
elections
diplomacy
economics
Puerto Rico
debt crisis
finance
oil
China
Dominican Republic
Danilo Medina
OAS
justice
trade
immigration
education
violence
infrastructure
Organization of American States
Alejandro Garcia Padilla
U.S. Congress
United States
Donald Trump
Hillary Clinton
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