Latin Pulse: 4.04.2014




Latin Pulse show

Summary: This week Latin Pulse returns to the issues of human rights and politics in Central America.  The program includes an in-depth look at the human rights abuses attached to the land conflicts in the Bajo Aguan area of Honduras.  The program also looks at this weekend's presidential runoff in Costa Rica.  The discussion revolves around the key issues that will face the next president of Costa Rica.  The news segment of the program looks at revelations that the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) secretly was behind the establishment of a Twitter-like text service in Cuba. The program includes an in-depth interview with: Ciska Raventos of the Universidad de Costa Rica.  The program also includes interviews with: Nik Steinberg of Human Rights Watch; Annie Bird of Rights Action; and Alex Main of the Center for Economic & Policy Research (CEPR). Executive Producer: Rick Rockwell;  Reporter: Rachel Baye; and Associate Producer: Megan Ekhaml. (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 Honduras military coup politics human rights elections Bajo Aguan Central America espionage economics infrastructure improvements Cuba internet media justice police Juan Orlando Hernandez Luis Guillermo Solis Citizens Action Party violence impunity agriculture Costa Rica land conflicts World Bank Manuel Zelaya Porfirio Lobo Johnny Araya agribusiness homicides Dinant finances militarization military PLN corruption unemployment coup taxes