Latin Pulse: 2.05.2016

Peru and its presidential politics provide the primary themes this week on Latin Pulse. The program discusses the upcoming election in Peru that currently has a crowded field of 19 candidates, including two former presidents. The program discusses in depth the chances of front-runner Keiko Fujimori, the daughter of Alberto Fujimori, another former Peruvian president now in prison. The news segment of the program covers the national address by President Dilma Rousseff in Brazil to make her country aware of the nation's new program to eradicate mosquitoes carrying the zika virus. The program includes an in-depth interview with: Moises Arce of the University of Missouri. 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 Peru zika elections United States health issues Barack Obama diplomacy immigration Dilma Rousseff Keiko Fujimori Fuerza Popular Alberto Fujimori Alan Garcia Ullanta Humala Alejandro Toledo human rights environmental issues extractive industries Trans-Pacific Partnership Cesar Acuna Julio Guzman corruption the Shining Path Asian-Latin American issues economics insurgents Japanese-Peruvian Chinese-Peruvian populism mining TPP business trade media neo-liberalism Drug War coca production Drug Enforcement Administration DEA