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6/27/14

Latin Pulse: 6.27.2014

This week before heading out on an extended summer break, Latin Pulse provides a 90-minute summer special filled with emotion and information.  The in-depth segments include an update on the protest movement in Venezuela, an examination of Brazilian national identity and the World Cup, an update on immigration issues in Mexico, and an analysis of the Panama Canal as it celebrates 100 years of operation.  Also, included: a commentary on women and the World Cup.  The program also includes a special interview with the U.S. ambassador to Honduras.  The news segment deals with coca and the Drug War.

The program includes in-depth interviews with:

Ambassador Lisa Kubiske, U.S. Ambassador to Honduras;
Sonja Wolf of Mexico's INSYDE; and
Julie Greene of the University of Maryland.

Additional interviews include:

Hermann Escarrá of Universidad Central de Venezuela;
Javier Ciurlizza of the International Crisis Group;
Mark Weisbrot of the Center for Economic & Policy Research (CEPR);
Carlos Lauria of the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ); 
Rachel Glickhouse, writer; 
Julia Michaels, writer; and
Roberto DaMatta, University of Notre Dame; 

Executive Producer: Rick Rockwell;
Associate Producer: Megan Ekhaml; and
Reporter: Elyssa Pachico.

(To download or stream this podcast, click here.)

 (The program is 90 minutes in length and the file size is 82 MB.)
 
































































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2/21/14

Latin Pulse: 2.21.2014

The problems corruption causes for politics, policy, and society is the central topic for this extended version of Latin Pulse this week.  The program traces the effects of political scandals in Colombia, Brazil, Panama, and Costa Rica.  The expert panel on this program also discusses some of the countries with the worst corruption problems including Honduras and Venezuela.  The program also features an in-depth report on the Cuban Five espionage case. The news segment of the program gives an update on the unrest in Venezuela led by the political opposition and the student movement.

The program includes in-depth interviews with:

Fulton Armstrong of the Center for Latin American & Latino Studies (CLALS) at American University;
Luis Botello of the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ); and
Adam Isacson of the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA).


Other interviews include:

Gloria La Riva of the National Committee to Free the Cuban Five; 
Stephen Kimber the University of King's College, Halifax, Canada; and
Robert Muse, attorney.

Executive Producer: Rick Rockwell; 
Repoter: Rachel Baye; and
Associate Producer: Zach Cohen.

(To download or stream this podcast, click here.)

 (The program is 60 minutes in length and the file size is 55 MB.)
 












































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7/18/13

Latin Pulse: 7.18.2013

Latin Pulse looks forward this week to the upcoming trip to Brazil by Pope Francis.  The discussion revolves around the symbolic importance of this trip as the first pope from Latin America returns to the region for his first international trip as pope. The program discusses the competition between Catholicism and evangelical Protestants in Brazil and elsewhere in Latin America.  The program also discusses the various initiatives Pope Francis has undertaken this year.  The news segment covers the discovery this week of a North Korean freighter, which unsuccessfully tried to traverse the Panama Canal, laden with arms from Cuba.

The program includes in-depth interviews with:

Tom Quigley, formerly of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops; and
Andrew Chesnut of Virginia Commonwealth University.

Executive Producer: Rick Rockwell
Associate Producer: Curt Devine.

(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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