Summary: This week, Latin Pulse provides insight into important elections in South America: presidential races in Brazil and Uruguay. Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff is fighting for her political life as some polls show conservative challenger Aecio Neves ahead with voting coming this weekend. In Uruguay, polls show former president Tabare Vazquez is the front-runner. However, balloting this weekend may reveal he is not popular enough to avoid a second round of voting. Necessary improvements in education is an issue driving both races. The news segment covers an informal alliance between Cuba and the U.S. to fight Ebola together in West Africa. The program includes in-depth interviews with: Cristina Pacheco of the State University of Paraiba; Francisco Panizza of the London School of Economics. Executive Producer: Rick Rockwell; Producer: Jim Singer; and Associate Producer: Gabriela Canchola. (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 Uruguay elections politics Brazil economics Dilma Rousseff Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva Marina Silva corruption Workers Party Cuba United States Ebola health issues Fidel Castro education crime protest movement marijuana finance business media Aecio Neves Tabare Vazquez Pedro Bordaberry Fernando Henrique Cardoso Luis Alberto Lacalle Pou Jose Mujica World Cup labor marijuana legalization drug legalization Broad Front poverty tobacco laws
