Summary: The historic changes between Cuba and the United States are rolling out but the Obama administration is also making aggressive diplomatic moves throughout Latin America. That strategic shift provides the centerpiece for discussion on Latin Pulse this week. The program takes a wide-ranging view of the geopolitical situation in Latin America and provides a preview of the summit next week of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC). The news segment of the program focuses on the negotiations between the U.S. and Cuba and President Barack Obama's policy pronouncements on Cuba. The program includes in-depth interviews with: Adam Isacson of the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA); and Michael McCarthy of American University's Center for Latin American & Latino Studies (CLALS). Executive Producer: Rick Rockwell; Producer: Jim Singer; Engineering Support: Zach Kromer; and Production Assistant: Gabriela Canchola. (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 Cuba Mexico Guatemala diplomacy trade United States tourism Raul Castro travel Central America Barack Obama U.S. Congress espionage Alan Gross NSA Pope Francis Iran China Canada CELAC Brazil Bolivia Colombia Honduras Nicaragua immigration Venezuela economics politics coups OAS Panama John Kerry Joe Biden Dilma Rousseff Evo Morales El Salvador Costa Rica Nicolas Maduro Patrick Leahy Jeff Flake Robert Menendez Marco Rubio Ted Cruz Edward Snowden Laura Chinchilla Daniel Ortega Monroe Doctrine Summit of the Americas U.S. State Department Chris Van Hollen Luis Guillermo Solis
