Wake up!
Has the U.S. been asleep at the switch as other countries assert their power in the region? Here are five things the U.S. should do to re-engage with Latin America.
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July 23, 2015
Safeguarding financial stability in the TPP
In the final stages of the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations, the U.S. is still pushing for the elimination of safeguards to regulate capital inflows and capital flight. Those controls have mitigated past crises and prevent others in economies that for decades have been buffeted by financial instability.
Kevin Gallagher
July 22, 2015
John Oliver’s take on Cuba’s opening (to American tourists)
John Oliver discusses Cuba’s removal from the U.S. state sponsors of terrorism list, and whether the Cubans will really want to stay off that list once they’re overrun with American tourists.
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July 21, 2015
Latest from Latin Pulse – July 17, 2015
War and politics provide the themes on Latin Pulse, this week, as the program tunes in to events in Guatemala and Colombia. The first segment of the program discusses the complex political matrix in Guatemala as the country heads toward presidential elections and what effects the anti-corruption protests in the country might have on that process. The second part of the program examines how U.S. policies have affected the conduct of the civil war in Colombia. The news segment of the program gives details of the prison escape by Joaquin “El Chapo Shorty” Guzman, the head of the Sinaloa Cartel.
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July 17, 2015
21 years without justice in Argentina
July 18th will mark the 21st anniversary of the 1994 AMIA bombing. Sadly, that case remains unsolved. On August 6th a new trial will start to investigate high-ranking public officials of covering up one of the worst terror attacks in the Americas. Unfortunately, that trial still won’t bring to justice those who committed the act, nor get to the bottom of the death of Alberto Nisman the prosecutor who had led the investigation and died this past January under mysterious circumstances.
Natasha Zaretsky
July 17, 2015
Looking into the Black Box of Venezuela’s Economy
Spotting evidence of the destruction that Venezuela’s politicians have inflicted on the economy isn’t terribly hard. In fact, you start to see it as soon
Juan Nagel
July 17, 2015
Latest from Latin Pulse – July 10, 2015
Pope Francis and his trip to the Andes region of Latin America provides the central theme on Latin Pulse. The program includes a deep theological discussion of how Pope Francis is redirecting the philosophy of the Church to take the concerns of poverty more seriously. The program also discusses the Church’s views on LGBT rights, indigenous issues, and euthanasia. The program also reviews the political issues in Ecuador, Bolivia, and Paraguay that intersect with the pope’s trip. The news segment of the program covers the criticisms of ecological policies in Ecuador leveled by the pope during his trip.
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July 10, 2015
Latest from Latin Pulse – July 2, 2015
We are happy to announce our collaboration with “Latin Pulse,” a weekly radio program dedicated to news, politics, culture and religion in the region. This weekly podcast is affiliated with LinkTV, Webster University and the Center for Latin American & Latino Studies at American University, and is distributed through iTunes, SoundCloud, and now LatinAmericaGoesGlobal.org.
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July 8, 2015
Voting in UNHRC: Sri Lanka
This week we look at how countries voted in the UNHRC regarding Sri Lanka. The government of then-Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa was accused of engaging in genocide against the civilian Tamil population in its military campaign to end the civil war with the terrorist Tamil Tigers.
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July 8, 2015
Crime and Violence: The importance of good stats
When journalists are intimidated into self-censorship and governments distort or hide data on violence, the real victim is a responsible debate on security and crime. Sadly, that’s what’s happening in El Salvador and Honduras.
Rick Rockwell
July 7, 2015