Latin Pulse

Cuba, diplomacy and the Cuban refugee crisis in Central America provide the primary themes this week on Latin Pulse. The program discusses the diplomatic, business, and tourist openings that continue to improve between Cuba and the United States, including a discussion of new reforms announced this week regarding travel and economic concerns.  The program also shares the view from Central America about the problem of Cuban refugees there.  The news segment of the program covers the alarm this week from health officials about the outbreak of the zika virus in the Western Hemisphere and especially how Brazil is responding.

The program includes in-depth interviews with:

Associate Producer: Natalie Ottinger.

 
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Latin America

Brazil

politics

Mexico

zika

Cuba

diplomacy

immigration

United States

health issues

Margaret Chan

business

World Health Organization

El Salvador

Costa Rica

Central America

Barack Obama

WHO

economics

refugees

embargo

tourism

Raul Castro

currency

justice

Guantanamo

Venezuela

Guatemala

Nicaragua

Panama

Ecuador

Latin Pulse registers its 200th episode this week, so the program looks back at the audience's favorite programs since the program became an online radio project.  Themes included in the program include migration, the Drug War, the civil war in Colombia, indigenous issues, and the construction of the Belo Monte Dam in Brazil. The program also includes a discussion of religion, including Santeria and about the folk saint Santa Muerte.  The news segment of the program analyzes the surprise diplomatic move this week by President Mauricio Macri in Argentina to reach out to the United Kingdom.

The program includes interviews with:

Associate Producer: Natalie Ottinger.

 
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Latin America

Brazil

politics

Mexico

Argentina

Cuba

diplomacy

immigration

United States

Drug War

Falkland Islands

violence

U.S. Border Patrol

Afro-Latin American issues

Belo Monte Dam

Los Malvinas

United Kingdom

David Cameron

Mauricio Macri

drug cartels

indigenous issues

military

Colombia

FARC

religion

cocaine

aerial fumigation

The Amazon

media

media

Santeria

Santa Muerte

health issues

indigenous religion

narco-religion

Looking ahead at what appear to be the key issues for 2016 in Latin America is the mission for Latin Pulse this week.  The program includes an in-depth and extended discussion with a director of one of the top research centers reviewing Latin American affairs and includes in-depth discussion of Brazil, Venezuela, Cuba, Mexico, and United States policy towards the region.  The news segment of the program discusses the move this week to extradite Mexican cartel leader Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman to the United States after he was recaptured in Mexico.

The program includes an in-depth interview with:

Associate Producer: Natalie Ottinger.

 
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news

Latin America

Brazil

politics

Mexico

Venezuela

Cuba

corruption

economics

United States

Drug War

Barack Obama

China

oil

commodities

Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman

poverty

Nicolas Maduro

Diosdado Cabello

human rights

Central America

infrastructure

Argentina

Ecuador

Chile

Guatemala

justice

Dilma Rousseff

Mauricio Macri

Bolivia

Uruguay

recall referendum

diplomacy

immigration

Caribbean region

Joe Biden

Trans-Pacific Partnership

NAFTA

trade

Latin American films provide the central focus for Latin Pulse this week.  The program completes its two-part conversation on the film Olvidados, which recounts Operation Condor and its human rights abuses from a Bolivian perspective.  The program also reviews the top Brazilian film of the past year, The Second Mother.  The news segment of the program delves into the controversy between the new National Assembly in Venezuela and that country's Supreme Court over accusations of electoral fraud and the power politics behind the swearing in of three new members of the National Assembly.

The program includes in-depth interviews with:

Associate Producer: Natalie Ottinger.

 
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news

Latin America

Brazil

politics

Bolivia

Venezuela

elections

films

culture

United States

racial issues

Afro-Brazilian issues

security

terrorism

military

School of the Americas

Latin American films

The Second Mother

City of God

torture

Nicolas Maduro

Diosdado Cabello

human rights

Henry Ramos

gender issues

Bolivian cuisine

Olvidados

internet

business

Operation Condor

Politics and diplomacy provide the main themes for Latin Pulse this week.  The program marks the anniversary of the diplomatic opening between Cuba and the United States with an interview recorded in Havana.  The program deals with the prospects for the end of the embargo.  The program also follows the complicated corruption scandal in Brazil that has now intersected with the political movement to impeach and unseat President Dilma Rousseff.  The scandal has now evolved into a political crisis as all branches of the Brazilian government are involved in which politicians should be prosecuted and removed from office.

The program includes in-depth interviews with:

Associate Producer: Natalie Ottinger.

 
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Latin America

Brazil

politics

Cuba

diplomacy

business

trade

embargo

Dilma Rousseff

Raul Castro

Barack Obama

tourism

impeachment

economics

corruption

poverty

Petrobras

justice

PT

agriculture

China

Communism

oil

PMBD

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva

United States

Eduardo Cunha

Workers Party

Religion and politics, the so-called taboo subjects provide the central themes for Latin Pulse this week.  The program provides a preview of Cuba's favorite religious celebration, the feast day of San Lazaro.  The program explores the mix of faiths that honor that day on Dec. 17, including the practitioners of Santeria and those with Christian beliefs.  The program also goes in-depth on reaction to the surprising landslide win of opposition groups in Venezuela in that country's Congressional elections. The program includes excerpts from an international press conference that analyzes the political scene in Venezuela.

The program includes in-depth interviews with:

Associate Producer: Natalie Ottinger.

 
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news

Latin America

elections

politics

Cuba

Venezuela

religion

Santeria

Catholicism

Afro-Cuban issues

minority issues

Nicolas Maduro

democracy

Nigeria

economics

inflation

poverty

health

capitalism

socialism

agriculture

Babalu-Aye

diplomacy

Chavismo

military

Feast of San Lazaro

Vladimir Padrino Lopez

United States

Leopoldo Lopez

John Kerry

Latin Pulse returns from holiday hiatus this week, with a program about culture and politics.  The program previews the film Olvidados, about Operation Condor, that will soon make its cable debut on HBO Latino.  The film tells the story of Operation Condor from a Bolivian perspective.  And the program catches up with the results of the Argentine presidential elections and analyzes how a shift to a conservative government means historic changes for that country.  The news segment of the program looks at the move this week to begin official impeachment proceedings against President Dilma Rousseff in Brazil.

The program includes in-depth interviews with:

Associate Producer: Natalie Ottinger.

 
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news

Latin America

elections

politics

torture

CIA

culture

films

Argentina

Operation Condor

human rights

intelligence services

Dilma Rousseff

Brazil

Augusto Pinochet

impeachment

economics

Bolivia

authoritarianism

Chile

capitalism

Communism

violence

indigenous issues

education

Mauricio Macri

Nestor Kirchner

Daniel Scioli

Republican Proposal

Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner

International Monetary Fund

United States

justice

Peronists

IMF

Reflections on a special trip to Cuba provide the main themes on Latin Pulse this week.  The program includes interviews with a U.S. delegation on a cultural and educational exchange in Cuba, including the delegation's leader, the former governor of Missouri.  The program also includes viewpoints on the U.S. embargo of Cuba and the possibility of business development on the island.  The discussion ranges through politics, economics and shared interests between the U.S. and Cuba.  The news segment of the program discusses the capture of Syrians using illegal passports in Honduras to possibly enter the U.S. illegally.

The program includes in-depth interviews with:

Associate Producer: Natalie Ottinger.

 
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news

Latin America

elections

politics

immigration

terrorism

Mexico

Honduras

Syria

U.S. Congress

Barack Obama

Hillary Clinton

United States

refugees

Panama Canal

Puerto Rico

economics

Cuba

tourism

internet

Nicaragua

Brazil

business

trade

transportation

embargo

Spain

agriculture

manufacturing

infrastructure

Russia

commodities

Femicide and violence against women in Latin America provide the themes on Latin Pulse this week.  The program focuses on murders aimed at women in Central America and Mexico, the region with the worst global statistics as assembled by the United Nations.  The program also discusses linkages between such violence and unauthorized immigration.  The program discusses the causes behind femicide and includes analysis about the need to improve the justice in the region.  The news segment of the program covers the constitutional changes in Bolivia to allow President Evo Morales to run for re-election in four years if he wishes.

The program includes an in-depth interview with:

Associate Producer: Natalie Ottinger.

 
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news

Latin America

elections

politics

Bolivia

violence

Mexico

Guatemala

femicide

Evo Morales

Central America

El Salvador

United States

homicide

United Nations

civil war

human rights

economics

Honduras

machismo

genocide

Nicaragua

rape

torture

impunity

street gangs

organized crime

domestic violence

police

justice

crime

immigration

asylum

Trade, finance and economics provide the main themes on Latin Pulse this week. The program gives an in-depth analysis of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and what obstacles it faces in the U.S. Congress and the U.S. political system.  The program also reviews the current status of the debt crisis in Puerto Rico and dissects how the island territory piled up billions in debt.  The news segment of the program covers the results of presidential elections in Latin America, with a focus on why the presidential race in Argentina is headed to a second round of voting.

The program includes in-depth interviews with:

Associate Producer: Natalie Ottinger.

 
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news

Latin America

elections

politics

trade

Argentina

finance

Guatemala

China

debt crisis

Daniel Scioli

Puerto Rico

United States

TPP

Barack Obama

Hillary Clinton

Bernie Sanders

Alejandro Garcia Padilla

economics

default

Mexico

Peru

Chile

Canada

NAFTA

labor

U.S. Senate

Trans-Pacific Partnership

environmental issues

Central America

Dominican Republic

U.S. Congress

agriculture

unions

Colombia

Vietnam

Australia

commodities

Honduras

textiles

Brazil

Mercosur

business