Latin Pulse: 5.27.2016

Corruption in Argentina and Honduras provides the central theme this week on Latin Pulse. The program includes a wide-ranging analysis of corruption in Argentina, along with key tangents on the Argentine economy and challenges for the new president, Mauricio Macri. The program details the indictment against the former president, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and why both Fernandez and Macri are mentioned in the Panama Papers. The program also gives a deep analysis of corruption in Honduras and how the opposition in that country is concerned that the country is slipping toward authoritarianism. The program includes in-depth interviews with: Mark Jones of Rice University & the Baker Institute; and Dana Frank of the University of California, Santa Cruz. 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 Argentina corruption elections Honduras economics Central America Mauricio Macri police military coup Panama Papers Manuel Zelaya OAS justice Guatemala UN United Nations scandal Organization of American States Juan Orlando Hernandez Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner Otto Perez Molina human rights assassinations Alberto Nisman Venezuela Brazil inflation Peronists impunity MACCIH CICIG Berta Caceres Roberto Micheletti Drug War United States Sergio Massa