Latin Pulse
By Rick Rockwell
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Podcast Description
Produced with support from Link TV and the School of Communication at American University, this weekly podcast provides in-depth analysis of current affairs in Latin America.
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Latin Pulse: 5.25.2012 | This week's edition of Latin Pulse comes remotely from the Latin American Studies Association (LASA) Congress in San Francisco. The program focuses on the issue of free speech at the academic conference revolving around controversial visa decisions | 5/25/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Latin Pulse: 5.18.2012 | Two recent studies on migration, the U.S.-Mexico border, and remittances take center stage on this week's edition of Latin Pulse. The program discusses the decline of migration but the counter-intuitive finding that remittances are increasing.  | 5/18/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Latin Pulse: 4.13.2012 | This week, Latin Pulse provides a special focus on this weekend's Summit of the Americas. This is the first such summit in three years, and two of the biggest issues revolve around decriminalizing drugs and bringing Cuba back into the hemisphere's wider d | 5/18/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Latin Pulse: 5.11.2012 | Changes in leftist politics in Latin America related to health and death are the central themes in this week's edition of Latin Pulse. The program provides an update on the status of the Sandinista party (the FSLN) in Nicaragua after the death of T | 5/11/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Latin Pulse: 5.04.2012 | Religion and politics, the topics we're told not to bring up in polite company take center stage this week on Latin Pulse, with the focus again returning to Cuba. The Cuban government's response to the visit of Pope Benedict XVI continues to r | 5/4/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Latin Pulse: 4.27.2012 | This week, Latin Pulse takes a look at two very different dissident movements. First, a concentration on the crackdown against anti-Castro groups in Cuba after the visit of Pope Benedict XVI. Then the program shifts farther south to look at th | 4/27/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Latin Pulse: 4.20.2012 | Beyond the latest on the U.S. Secret Service's Colombian scandal, Latin Pulse looks at corruption and human rights concerns in Brazil, this week. The program also discusses the new book The North American Idea, and what it says about U.S.-Mexico rel | 4/20/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Latin Pulse: 4.06.2012 | Various Latin American presidents have floated the idea in recent months of decriminalizing drugs as a strategy in the Drug War. What are the prospects for such a plan? Will this topic make it on the agenda at the upcoming Summit of the Americas? The prog | 4/6/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Latin Pulse: 3.30.2012 | After the visit of Pope Benedict XVI to Latin America, Latin Pulse devotes most of this program to examining the aftermath of his trip. The program includes a review of the pope's various preachings in relation to the politics and societal progress of the | 3/30/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Latin Pulse: 3.23.2012 | Latin Pulse gives a special focus this week to the visit of Pope Benedict XVI to Latin America. The program covers the content and plans of the pope for visits to Mexico and Cuba. The program also features discussion of the economic situation in Central A | 3/23/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Latin Pulse: 3.16.2012 | This week, Latin Pulse provides a special focus on the issue of immigration. Some of the interviews in this week's program were gathered remotely during our recent trip to Guatemala. So the program includes points of view about immigration from Central Am | 3/16/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Latin Pulse: 3.09.2012 | This week, Latin Pulse has a special focus on Venezuela. With Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez still in Cuba receiving cancer treatments during an election year, questions have been raised about what that means not only for his country's politics but als | 3/9/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Latin Pulse: 3.02.2012 | Latin Pulse has a variety of topics this week, with a return to Mexico and Central America. The program includes a preview of the presidential race in Mexico, including an analysis of the three major candidates. Another in-depth segment includes discussio | 3/2/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Latin Pulse: 2.24.2012 | This week, Latin Pulse returns to culture and music in Latin America and the connections to social movements. This is the third in a series of programs looking at these cultural connections. This program looks closely at the roots of protest music origina | 2/24/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Latin Pulse: 2.17.2012 | Latin Pulse goes to Central America this week, with a program recorded remotely in Guatemala. This week's program includes reaction to the tragedy at Honduras' Comayagua prison camp and reflects on criticism of Honduras' government. The program also discu | 2/17/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Latin Pulse: 2.10.2012 | With primary elections for the opposition in Venezuela this weekend, Latin Pulse focuses on the political situation in that South American country. This special program features a complete analysis of all of the opposition candidates and a review of their | 2/10/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Latin Pulse: 2.03.2012 | Indigenous issues across Latin America are the primary focus this week on Latin Pulse. The program features an in-depth interview about the proposed displacement of indigenous groups in the Amazon due to Brazil’s Belo Monte dam project. The program also | 2/3/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Latin Pulse: 1.27.2012 | This week, the controversial case of Venezuelan opposition presidential candidate Leopoldo Lopez took an interesting turn as he dropped from the race to throw his support to rival Henrique Capriles Radonski. The Inter-American Court of Human Rights had ru | 1/27/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Latin Pulse: 1.20.2012 | The recent trip of Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to Latin America is this week's focus on Latin Pulse. But the program also includes an in-depth interview about the drug war in Colombia. Also, there's news coverage of the inauguration of Otto Perez | 1/20/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Latin Pulse: 1.13.2012 | With the planned inauguration this weekend of former general Otto Perez Molina as the new president of Guatemala, concern turns to the indigenous communities of that country, once targets of genocide at the hands of Guatemala's military. This edition of L | 1/13/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Latin Pulse: 1.05.2012 | The first program of the new year examines how Mexico and other Latin American countries may provide a financial buffer in the global financial crisis. Can Mexico, Brazil, Peru and other countries come to the aid of Europe? This edition of Latin Pulse, al | 1/5/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Latin Pulse: 12.22.2011 | For the holiday season, Latin Pulse revisits music and culture in Latin America. This program is a sequel of sorts to last month's music special that focused on music and social movements. This program again has a focus on Afro-Cuban culture and Cuban rap | 12/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Latin Pulse: 12.16.2011 | This week, the focus on Latin Pulse is the political change in Guatemala and what that means for human rights, society, and the economy in the Central American country. The program covers the state of various legal cases that date from Guatemala's civil w | 12/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Latin Pulse: 12.09.2011 | Immigration is this week’s central topic on Latin Pulse, with in-depth interviews on the notable drop in the numbers of undocumented immigrants, reaching the lowest numbers in more than a generation. The program looks at how economics in Mexico, the U.S | 12/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Latin Pulse: 12.02.2011 | Cuban economic reforms are the centerpiece of this week’s Latin Pulse, with news and analysis on that topic that keeps evolving. The latest changes dealing with farms and tourism spark a discussion that delves into changes with small businesses, real es | 12/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 25 Episodes |
