The Disputed Elections in Honduras & the Cuban Imprisonment of Alan Gross (Lp12052013)

A controversial election and a controversial prisoner hold the primary focus on Latin Pulse this week. The election was held in Honduras, where opposition parties claim the National Party used fraud to stay in power. The way the election was carried out has some questioning whether reforms to bolster the rule of law are possible. The program also looks at the case of Alan Gross during the week he marked his fourth year incarcerated in Cuba. The program looks at how the Gross case is tied to the case of the Cuban Five and U.S. support for Cuban exile groups. The program includes interviews with: Adriana Beltran of the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA); and Bill LeoGrande of American University. Executive Producer: Rick Rockwell; and Associate Producer: Megan Ekhaml. The photo is from the election campaign of Juan Orlando Hernandez in Honduras and is in the public domain. “Latin Pulse” is produced at American University’s School of Communication. This program is sponsored by the university’s Center for Latin American & Latino Studies (CLALS), in association with Link TV. http://www.american.edu/soc/ http://www.american.edu/clals/latin-pulse.cfm