Human Rights in the Bajo Aguan & Confirming a President in Costa Rica (Lp4042014)

This week "Latin Pulse" returns to the issues of human rights and politics in Central America. The program includes an in-depth look at the human rights abuses attached to the land conflicts in the Bajo Aguan area of Honduras. The program also looks at this weekend's presidential runoff in Costa Rica. The discussion revolves around the key issues that will face the next president of Costa Rica. The news segment of the program looks at revelations that the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) secretly was behind the establishment of a Twitter-like text service in Cuba. The program includes an in-depth interview with: Ciska Raventos of the Universidad de Costa Rica. The program also includes interviews with: Nik Steinberg of Human Rights Watch; Annie Bird of Rights Action; and Alex Main of the Center for Economic & Policy Research (CEPR). Executive Producer: Rick Rockwell; Reporter: Rachel Baye; and Associate Producer: Megan Ekhaml. The photo of a Honduran police officer operating in the Bajo Aguan is from Felipe Canova via Flickr, using a Creative Commons license: https://www.flickr.com/photos/felipecanova/6209737592/sizes/z/in/photolist-asJwDf-asFLrZ/ “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. http://www.american.edu/soc/ http://www.american.edu/clals/latin-pulse.cfm