Latin Pulse: 9.11.2015

Religion in Latin America provides the theme this week on Latin Pulse, as Cuba prepares for an official visit from Pope Francis. The program analyzes the importance of the pope's upcoming trip to Cuba and reflects on how the Cuba trip will provide a preface for the pope's visit to the United States. The program also reviews a new book that deals with how religion is fighting violence throughout Latin America, especially Central America. The news segment of the program reviews the results in the first round of the Guatemalan presidential voting and the upset of comedian Jimmy Morales. The program includes in-depth interviews with: Andrew Chesnut of Virginia Commonwealth University; and Alex Wilde of American University's Center for Latin American & Latino Studies (CLALS). 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 Guatemala corruption politics elections Catholicism Cuba Mexico Pope Francis Central America United States Brazil Jimmy Morales Raul Castro Fidel Castro Junipero Serra Otto Perez Molina Afro-Latin American issues colonialism Bolivia liberation theology LGBT issues same-sex marriage indigenous issues diplomacy violence colonialism Bolivia Honduras poverty democracy prisons evangelicals immigration human rights El Salvador Oscar Romero street gangs religion capitalism