Summary: This week, Latin Pulse focuses on the presidential elections and debate over indigenous rights in Bolivia. Evo Morales, Bolivia's popular president runs for a third term in office against Samuel Doria Medina. If Morales wins a third term, what will that mean for diplomacy with the United States? The latter half of the program reflects on the emergence of indigenous rights in Bolivia and how that runs against the trend of suppression of indigenous political power. The news segment covers the disappearance of students in Mexico and the controversy it has caused. The program includes in-depth interviews with: Forrest Hylton of Northwestern University; and Rob Albro of American University. 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 Mexico extrajudicial killings indigenous issues Guatemala Bolivia elections politics MAS Party Peru Brazil Samual Doria Medina Evo Morales indigenous rights violence infrastructure economics trade Venezuela diplomacy media coca cocaine colonialism agriculture mining environment environmentalism energy transportation DEA extractive industries Hugo Chavez Drug War drug legalization United Nations land reform indigenous politics Drug Enforcement Administration
