Latin America Today

Adam talks to Sarah Krupp, whose graduate work at the University of California at Berkeley took her to Tumaco, on Colombia's Pacific coast. She discusses the experience of Las Varas, an Afro-Colombian community that sought to abandon coca cultivation.

On the day that President Hugo Chávez is laid to rest in Caracas, Adam talks to WOLA Senior Fellow David Smilde, who is there, about the future of Venezuela's politics, economy, and foreign policy.

Adam looks at a rough patch in Colombia's peace talks, the aftermath of Brazil's tragic nightclub fire, and violence in Venezuela's prisons.

Adam looks at the CELAC-Europe summit in Chile, uncertainty about Hugo Chávez's health in Venezuela, and the Colombia government-FARC peace talks.

The results of Venezuela's elections are in. The U.S. Defense Department publishes a hemisphere policy statement. Pressure mounts to release Alberto Fujimori from prison. (Sound quality issues - recorded in a hotel room in Uruguay)

Venezuela's October 7 presidential election is 17 days away. Adam talks to WOLA Senior Fellow David Smilde, of venezuelablog.tumblr.com, about the "horserace," public opinion and challenges facing President Hugo Chávez and challenger Henrique Capriles.

Adam talks with Stephen Ferry, photojournalist and author of the new book "Violentology: A Manual of the Colombian Conflict."

Peace talks between the Colombian government and FARC are now official. Mexico's presidential transition moves ahead, with only modest changes foreseen on security. Honduran media reports indicate friction over shootdowns of suspected drug planes.

Peace talks with the FARC guerrillas appear to be restarting in Colombia. In a strange incident, Mexican federal police fire on a car carrying CIA employees. 200 U.S. Marines are carrying out a counter-drug operation in Guatemala.

Adam talks to Gimena Sánchez-Garzoli, WOLA's senior associate for the Andes, about her recent visit to the Urabá and Atrato regions of Colombia. Topics covered include labor rights, land-rights leaders under threat, and prospects for peace talks.