Latest from Latin Pulse – November 6th

Femicide and violence against women in Latin America provide the themes on Latin Pulse this week. The program focuses on murders aimed at women in Central America and Mexico, the region with the worst global statistics as assembled by the United Nations. The program also discusses linkages between such violence and unauthorized immigration. The program discusses the causes behind femicide and includes analysis about the need to improve the justice in the region.

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Femicide and violence against women in Latin America provide the themes on Latin Pulse this week. The program focuses on murders aimed at women in Central America and Mexico, the region with the worst global statistics as assembled by the United Nations. The program also discusses linkages between such violence and unauthorized immigration. The program discusses the causes behind femicide and includes analysis about the need to improve the justice in the region. The news segment of the program covers the constitutional changes in Bolivia to allow President Evo Morales to run for re-election in four years if he wishes.

The program includes an in-depth interview with:
Karen Musalo of the University of California.

Executive Producer: Rick Rockwell;
Technical Director: Jim Singer; and
Associate Producer: Natalie Ottinger.

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