Latin Pulse: 4.08.2016




Latin Pulse show

Summary: A controversial presidential race in Peru and seeking justice in El Salvador provide the themes this week on Latin Pulse. The program analyzes how protest marches and concerns raised by the Organization of American States (OAS) may impact the voting in Peru after several candidates were removed from the ballot.  The program also traces moves toward justice in the massacre of Jesuit priests and religious workers in El Salvador; a case that began in 1989.  The news segment of the program outlines the report known as the Panama Papers and how those revelations may affect politicians in Argentina and Mexico. The program includes in-depth interviews with: Cynthia McClintock of George Washington University; and Geoff Thale of the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA). Executive Producer: Rick Rockwell;  Technical Director: Jim Singer; and Production Assistant: Brittney Madison. (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 politics elections Panama Peru Mexico corruption United States Panama Papers Argentina Mauricio Macri protest movement Keiko Fujimori Alberto Fujimori human rights Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner George H. W. Bush Enrique Pena Nieto Juan Carlos Varela Pedro Pablo Kuczynski Inocente Orlando Montano Luis Almagro El Salvador Central America civil war Julio Guzman Cesar Acuna Ronald Reagan OAS Jesuits massacre religion justice coup dictatorship democracy Spain military Guatemala military amnesty