Anniversary II: Awesome Answers & Outstanding Out-Takes (Lp9192013)

This week, the second anniversary of Latin Pulse has the program looking at a variety of topics. Listen in and you can hear discussion of telenovelas, politics, diplomacy, economics, censorship, human rights, and corruption. The program also covers plenty of geographic territory, including discussion of Venezuela, Cuba, Mexico, Costa Rica, Honduras, and Chile. The program includes out-takes from previous programs and selections from the favorite interviews of the audience. The news segment of the program covers the postponement this week of the U.S.-Brazil summit, due to revelations of U.S. spying on Brazil's president and on the state oil monopoly Petrobras. The program includes interviews with: Carolina Acosta-Alzuru of the University of Georgia; Dan Hellinger of Webster University; Bill LeoGrande of American University; Mark Schneider of the International Crisis Group; Francisco Robles Rivera of Universidad Nacional and Universidad de Costa Rica; Manuel Suarez-Mier of American University; Adriana Beltran of the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA); and Rev. Joe Eldridge of American University. Executive Producer: Rick Rockwell and Associate Producer: Megan Ekhaml. This program includes excerpts and out-takes from the following programs: https://soundcloud.com/latinpulse/militarizing-police-honduras-remember-chile-coup-lp8292013 https://soundcloud.com/latinpulse/analyzing-obama-trip-mexico-costa-rica-lp5022013 https://soundcloud.com/latinpulse/hugo-chavez-his-legacy-lp3082013 https://soundcloud.com/latinpulse/cuban-visa-reforms-obama-latin-america-agenda-lp1182013 https://soundcloud.com/latinpulse/telenovela-special-lp11162012 “Latin Pulse” is produced at American University’s School of Communication. This program is sponsored by the university’s Center for Latin American & Latino Studies (CLALS), in association with Link TV. www.american.edu/soc/ www.american.edu/clals/latin-pulse.cfm