Latin Pulse: 5.20.2016

Puerto Rico and Mexico provide the central locales for the main themes this week on Latin Pulse. The program analyzes a proposal before the U.S. Congress to help Puerto Rico survive its debt crisis. But the proposal includes a fiscal control board that can supersede the powers of Puerto Rico's government, a provision that some find controversial. The program also includes a wide ranging discussion of corruption, politics and diplomacy with Mexico. The news segment of the program covers the outcome of the presidential elections in the Dominican Republic and the re-election of President Danilo Medina. The program includes in-depth interviews with: Brad Setser of the Council on Foreign Relations; and Shannon O'Neil of the Council on Foreign Relations. Executive Producer: Rick Rockwell; Technical Director: Jim Singer; and Production Assistant: Chorsie Martin. (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 Mexico corruption elections diplomacy economics Puerto Rico debt crisis finance oil China Dominican Republic Danilo Medina OAS justice trade immigration education violence infrastructure Organization of American States Alejandro Garcia Padilla U.S. Congress United States Donald Trump Hillary Clinton