Latin Pulse: 5.13.2016

05/13/16 • -1 min

Presidential politics in both Brazil and the Dominican Republic provides the twin themes this week on Latin Pulse . The program recounts the historic movements to suspend President Dilma Rousseff from office this past week along with how Michel Temer has moved initially to fill the role of interim president. This week's analysis includes a look forward at the impeachment process that could permanently remove Rousseff from the presidency. The program also provides a preview of this weekend's presidential vote in the Dominican Republic and gauges the chances for President Danilo Medina to be re-elected.
The program includes in-depth interviews with:
Matthew Taylor of American University ; and
Christopher Mitchell of New York University.
Executive Producer: Rick Rockwell;
Technical Director: Jim Singer; and
Production Assistant: Chorsie Martin.

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news
Latin America
politics
Brazil
impeachment
elections
PT
PMDB
Dilma Rousseff
Michel Temer
corruption
Dominican Republic
Danilo Medina
Brazilian Democratic Movement Party
Dominican Liberation Party
Modern Revolutionary Party
Minerva Tavarez Mirabal
Luis Abinader
Eduardo Cunha
Workers Party
protest movement
gender issues
minority issues
economics
reforms
labor
unemployment
education
justice
media
PLD
PRM
free speech
Guillermo Moreno

Another push to recall a president and the power of remittances provide the twin themes this week on Latin Pulse . The program analyzes the latest moves with diplomacy and electoral laws to recall President Nicolas Maduro or at least restore some balance to the eroded democratic system in Venezuela. The program reviews the debate between Argentina and Venezuela at the Organization of American States (OAS). The program also includes the second part of our extended look at the links between remittances and globalization. The news segment of the program includes the latest developments regarding the debt crisis in Puerto Rico.
The program includes in-depth interviews with:
Michael McCarthy of American University's Center for Latin American & Latino Studies (CLALS) & the Woodrow Wilson Center ; and
Manuel Orozco of the Inter-American Dialogue .
Executive Producer: Rick Rockwell; and
Associate Producer: Jim Singer.

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(The program is 30 minutes in length and the file size is 42 MB.)podcast
news
Latin America
politics
Mexico
Venezuela
diplomacy
coup
Argentina
United States
Puerto Rico
OAS
debt crisis
U.S. Congress
Organization of American States
economics
military
Honduras
migration
remittances
globalization
Argentina
Unasur
labor justice
military
immigration
Nicolas Maduro
recall movement
recall petition
Central America
Luis Almagro
National Assembly
Mauricio Macri
The Vatican
Supreme Court
El Salvador

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