Latin Pulse: 1.08.2016

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: Carla Ortiz, the producer of Olvidados; and Kathy Corley of Webster University. Executive Producer: Rick Rockwell; Technical Director: Jim Singer; and Associate Producer: Natalie Ottinger. (To download or stream this podcast, click here.) (The program is 30 minutes in length and the file size is 42 MB.) podcast 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