Latin Pulse: 10.30.2015
from Latin Pulse Hosted by Rick Rockwell
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: Chris Sabatini of Columbia University & Latin America Goes Global; and Mauro Guillen of the Lauder Institute of the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. 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 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
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