Latin Pulse: 4.01.2016

Politics in Brazil and diplomacy with Argentina provide the central themes this week on Latin Pulse. The program examines the meltdown of the administration of President Dilma Rousseff in Brazil as she copes with a major corruption scandal and the threat of impeachment due to charges she abused her powers. The program unravels what is behind the charges of abuse of power against not just Rousseff, but also former President Lula and other top politicians. The program also provides an analysis of President Obama's trip to Argentina and why it was met with mixed results by Argentines. The program includes in-depth interviews with: Matthew Taylor of American University; and Chris Sabatini of Columbia University and Latin America Goes Global. 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 politics Cuba diplomacy Brazil corruption United States Barack Obama Dilma Rousseff Eduardo Cunha human rights protest movement Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva George H. W. Bush George W. Bush Carlos Menem financial crisis Dirty War Henry Kissinger Jimmy Carter Lula impeachment Petrobras justice elections economics Argentina oil construction Odebrecht Mauricio Macri unemployment coup military intelligence