Latin Pulse: 5.27.2016

05/27/16 • -1 min

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.

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(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

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.

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(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

The controversial presidential election in Peru is the centerpiece of discussion this week on Latin Pulse . The program includes two interviews recorded at the recent Latin American Studies Association (LASA) meetings in New York City with two of the top experts on Peruvian politics. Besides providing details about the two challengers Keiko Fujimori and Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, the program also talks about the legacy of corruption left by Fujimori's father, Alberto, who once was Peru's dictator but is now serving time for his various crimes. The program also discusses the recent scandals haunting the Fujimori campaign.
The program includes in-depth interviews with:
Cynthia McClintock of George Washington University; and
Jo-Marie Burt of George Mason University and the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA).
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
Peru
corruption
elections
DEA
TPP
Keiko Fujimori
Alberto Fujimori
tourism
Pedro Pablo Kuczynski
Drug Enforcement Administration
human rights
Panama Papers
Drug War
media
democracy
Barack Obama
Ollanta Humala
Hillary Clinton
United States
Vladimiro Montesinos
poverty
economics