Cuba, diplomacy and the Cuban refugee crisis in Central America provide the primary themes this week on Latin Pulse. The program discusses the diplomatic, business, and tourist openings that continue to improve between Cuba and the United States, including a discussion of new reforms announced this week regarding travel and economic concerns.
One of the legacies President Barack Obama will leave to his successor is increased foreign policy leverage in Latin America. Nowhere is this more evident than in U.S. policy toward Cuba and Venezuela—and because of those two countries with the rest of the hemisphere.
Sen. Marco Rubio has blocked an important diplomatic nomination over a dispute involving Cuba, putting a petty grudge over U.S. national interest.
Latin Pulse registers its 200th episode this week, so the program looks back at the audience’s favorite programs since the program became an online radio project. Themes included in the program include migration, the Drug War, the civil war in Colombia, indigenous issues, and the construction of the Belo Monte Dam in Brazil. The program also includes a discussion of religion, including Santeria and about the folk saint Santa Muerte.
Is resource diplomacy the only diplomacy Maduro has left?
Sin un candidato presidencial popular que haga conveniente la idea de mantener con vida a la NM, los partidos crecientemente se culparán mutuamente del fiasco y buscarán diferenciarse para volver a cautivar a sus bases electorales.
The reason why some want to “visit Cuba before it’s ruined,” is because they expect that the “charm” of crumbling facades, cheap rum and cigars, old American cars and low prices won’t survive a transition toward a more open economic system. Some fear that as Cuba attracts foreign investment and continues reforming its economy, development and economic growth will fundamentally change what makes Cuba alluring.
De todos los males que hoy afectan a Chile, el más dañino es la falta de un piloto que sea capaz de tomar el control del timón y dirigir al país en estos momentos de turbulencia internacional.
La crisis institucional atravesada por Venezuela invita al ejercicio borgeano de imaginar cómo sería la democracia sin Estado de Derecho.
Casi un año después de que se conociera el negocio de especulación inmobiliaria que puso a Caval en el centro del foco público, el gobierno
