Latin Pulse: 11.06.2015
from Latin Pulse Hosted by Rick Rockwell
Femicide and violence against women in Latin America provide the themes on Latin Pulse this week. The program focuses on murders aimed at women in Central America and Mexico, the region with the worst global statistics as assembled by the United Nations. The program also discusses linkages between such violence and unauthorized immigration. The program discusses the causes behind femicide and includes analysis about the need to improve the justice in the region. The news segment of the program covers the constitutional changes in Bolivia to allow President Evo Morales to run for re-election in four years if he wishes. The program includes an in-depth interview with: Karen Musalo of the University of California. 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 Bolivia violence Mexico Guatemala femicide Evo Morales Central America El Salvador United States homicide United Nations civil war human rights economics Honduras machismo genocide Nicaragua rape torture impunity street gangs organized crime domestic violence police justice crime immigration asylum
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