The Rio Olympics set for this summer in Brazil and their various problems provide the central themes this week on Latin Pulse. The program analyzes a variety of challenges for these games including security, crime, transportation, infrastructure, and environmental and economic impacts of the games. The program also discusses the various health issues confronting these games including the zika virus and super bacteria that are present in some of the venues for water events in the Olympics. The news segment of the program covers the resignation of Eduardo Cunha, president of the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies due to corruption charges.The program includes in-depth interviews with:
Alex Cuadros, author of Brazillionaires.
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.)
podcast
news
Latin America
politics
Brazil
Olympics
IOC
violence
crime
Eduardo Cunha
Michel Temer
International Olympic Committee
Mexico City Olympics
health
UN
Rio Olympics
Dilma Rousseff
zika virus
corruption
protest movement
sports
Petrobras
poverty
PMDB
pollution
soccer
futbol
environment
sailing
impeachment
Tlatelolco Massacre
World Cup
super bacteria
political repression
economics
tourism
patronage
evangelicals
media
zika
Mexico
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