Summary: Colombia and its civil war provide some of the central themes this week on Latin Pulse. The program discusses land reform, rural development, and indigenous issues and how they are related to the civil war. The program also reflects on the Colombian emigrant experience and the various social and cultural forms that this community works to keep alive. The program discusses Colombian music, dance, and customs. The news segment of the program covers the debt default of Puerto Rico and its economic crisis. The program includes in-depth interviews with: Jack Laun of the Colombia Support Network; and Maria Amparo Holmes, author of Conexiones/Connections. Executive Producer: Rick Rockwell; Producer: Jim Singer; and Production Assistant: Sierra Hancock. (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 Colombia development agriculture mining culture music police civil war indigenous issues Puerto Rico music debt crisis dance immigrtion FARC transportation insurgents Barack Obama U.S. Congress land reform rebels poverty trade military agribusiness infrastructure environmental issues Brazil Peru tourism oil Canada business Juan Manuel Santos Afro-Latin American Issues poverty tourism roses internal refugees cuisine Japan infrastructure siestas
