Summary: This week before heading out on an extended summer break, Latin Pulse provides a 90-minute summer special filled with emotion and information. The in-depth segments include an update on the protest movement in Venezuela, an examination of Brazilian national identity and the World Cup, an update on immigration issues in Mexico, and an analysis of the Panama Canal as it celebrates 100 years of operation. Also, included: a commentary on women and the World Cup. The program also includes a special interview with the U.S. ambassador to Honduras. The news segment deals with coca and the Drug War. The program includes in-depth interviews with: Ambassador Lisa Kubiske, U.S. Ambassador to Honduras; Sonja Wolf of Mexico's INSYDE; and Julie Greene of the University of Maryland. Additional interviews include: Hermann Escarrá of Universidad Central de Venezuela; Javier Ciurlizza of the International Crisis Group; Mark Weisbrot of the Center for Economic & Policy Research (CEPR); Carlos Lauria of the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ); Rachel Glickhouse, writer; Julia Michaels, writer; and Roberto DaMatta, University of Notre Dame; Executive Producer: Rick Rockwell; Associate Producer: Megan Ekhaml; and Reporter: Elyssa Pachico. (To download or stream this podcast, click here.) (The program is 90 minutes in length and the file size is 82 MB.) podcast news Latin America Colombia elections politics Bolivia cocaine Peru Venezuela Ecuador protest movement United Nations United States media diplomacy Sweden Drug War UNASUR Nicolas Maduro imperialism corruption U.S. Congress oil Barack Obama Wikileaks Brazil World Cup Uruguay justice democracy human rights coffee rust Panama Canal Central America economics agriculture militarization Panama imperialism infrastructure FIFA Honduras Mexico violence poverty coup education DEA police Dinant Guatemala ALBA France USAID sports soccer crime Libre Party Miguel Facusse El Salvador Joe Biden 2016 Olympics free speech
