Summary: Violence, both in the present context and in memory is the key concern this week on Latin Pulse. The program looks at measures to militarize the police in Honduras as that country grapples with the worst homicide rate in the world. The discussion includes human rights concerns, conditions in the Honduran prisons, and the crisis of the lack of governmental control in the country. The program also discusses the 40th anniversary of the coup in Chile that brought Gen. Augusto Pinochet to power in 1973. The news segment of the program covers protests over agricultural policies and trade in Colombia. The program includes in-depth interviews with: Adriana Beltran of the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA); and Rev. Joe Eldridge of American University. Executive Producer: Rick Rockwell Associate Producer: Curt Devine. (To download or stream this podcast, click here.) (The program is 30 minutes in length and the file size is 28 MB.) podcast news Latin America Chile protest movements United States Honduras Colombia agriculture trade drug cartels coup police espionage Drug War Barrio 18 prisons violence gangs military protests Juan Manuel Santos human rights MS-13 Central America Porfirio Lobo Orlando Letelier Juan Orlando Hernandez Salvador Allende maras OAS homicide justice elections imperialism intelligence services torture political prisoners politics protests Richard Nixon Henry Kissinger religion and politics militarization Augusto Pinochet corruption
