Latin Pulse: 3.20.2015
from Latin Pulse Hosted by Rick Rockwell
The martyrdom of Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador provides the theme this week on Latin Pulse. The program includes discussions of the philosophical debate embodied in the stalled progress of Romero's status as an official Catholic martyr. The program also includes a discussion of Vatican politics that stretches over the past 30 years. The program also includes reflections on U.S. policy and how it sparked a climate of violence in Central America. The news segment of the program covers the controversial economic sanctions from the United States aimed at Venezuela and how that move was condemned by UNASUR. The program includes in-depth interviews with: Jeanette Rodriguez of Seattle University; and Andrew Chesnut of Virginia Commonwealth University. Executive Producer: Rick Rockwell; Producer: Jim Singer; and Production Assistant: Gabriela Canchola. (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 dissidents Venezuela Nicolas Maduro El Salvador Oscar Romero liberation theology Catholicism politics religion UNASUR poverty Drug War inequality United States economics military social justice Central America paramilitaries insurgents capitalism Russia gangs history pentecostalism Jesuits economic sanctions human rights U.S. State Department Pope John Paul II Pope Benedict XVI Pope Francis civil war Ronald Reagan Cold War evangelical Christianity Catholic Church the Vatican
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