Summary: Memories and reviews of Gabriel Garcia Marquez and his work take center stage this week on Latin Pulse as this week marks a year since the death of this winner of the Nobel Prize for literature. The program traces Garcia Marquez from his beginnings as a journalist through his fame as an author setting an example for writers worldwide. The program also discusses the writer's ties to Cuba. The news segment of the program reviews the outcome of the Summit of the Americas and Panama and how the United States and Cuba continue working toward normalized diplomatic relations. The program includes in-depth interviews with: Gustavo Arango of the State University of New York (SUNY) at Oneonta; and Nuria Vilanova of American University. Executive Producer: Rick Rockwell; Producer: Jim Singer; Production Assistant: Sierra Hancock; and Announcer: Guillermo Rodriguez. (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 diplomacy politics Argentina writers literature Uruguay Colombia culture Mexico Cuba Panama United States Barack Obama colonialism imperialism free speech Russia Raul Castro Fidel Castro Eduardo Galeano magical realism media Juan Rulfo Gabriel Garcia Marquez Mario Vargas Llosa Miguel de Cervantes Cuban revolution Augusto Pinochet Jorge Videla Cuban cinema James Joyce Virginia Woolf William Faulkner
