Pope Francis and his trip to Mexico provide the central themes this week on Latin Pulse. The program discusses the pope's fourth trip to Latin America, which will primarily focus on key stops throughout Mexico. The program reflects on the pope's efforts to put the global refugee crisis and the need to ease migration restrictions in front of policymakers in the hemisphere. The news segment of the program covers testimony from the Centers for Disease Control in the United States officially linking the zika virus outbreak to microcephaly, a condition that causes brain damage in infants.The program includes in-depth interviews with:
Maureen Meyer of the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA).
Executive Producer: Rick Rockwell;
Technical Director: Jim Singer; and
Associate Producer: Natalie Ottinger.
(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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Pope Francis
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El Salvador
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Sinaloa Cartel
U.S. Congress
Drug War
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global refugee crisis
Virgin of Guadalupe
Pope Benedict XVI
Knights Templar Cartel
Enrique Pena Nieto
Catholicism
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Honduras
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Catholic Church
Costa Rica
Panama
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