Fútbol (or soccer) at the Olympics and concerns about the military and police in Honduras    provide the varied themes on Latin Pulse this week. The program provides an in-depth analysis of both the women's and men's fútbol competitions at the Olympic Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.  The program also concludes its two-part critique of the Honduran military. The program also discusses the role the military is playing in both the Drug War and in the political sphere in Honduras. The news segment of the program discusses U.S. President Barack Obama's support for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (the TPP).

The program includes in-depth interviews with:

 
podcast

news

Latin America

politics

Olympics

TPP

trade

Brazil

Colombia

Barack Obama

United States

Juan Orlando Hernandez

El Salvador

drug cartels

Soccer War

Venezuela

soccer

women's sports

gender issues

Central America

human rights

U.S. Senate

fútbol

Copa America

military

sports

Honduras

Manuel Zelaya

police

Colombia

Ecuador

Argentina

Drug War

Mexico

Chile

Portugal

Germany

corruption

Sweden

Nigeria

violence

homicide

Guatemala

gangs

coup