Summary: The tensions within U.S. policy toward Cuba provide the main focus on Latin Pulse this week. The program analyzes how domestic politics in the United States continue to have an effect on the diplomatic changes in Cuba. The program also focuses on the continuation of controversial democracy building programs from USAID, aimed at Cuba. The news segment of the program looks at the complex case in Argentina linking the country's spy agency and the murder of a special prosecutor. The program covers the surprise reaction of the country's president this week. The program includes in-depth interviews with: Eric Hershberg, director of American University's Center for Latin American & Latino Studies (CLALS); and Sujatha Fernandes of the City University of New York (CUNY). Executive Producer: Rick Rockwell; Producer: Jim Singer; 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 diplomacy trade United States tourism Raul Castro travel Barack Obama U.S. Congress espionage Brazil Colombia immigration economics politics Argentina terrorism Intelligence Secretariat Alberto Nisman violence free speech internet Guantanamo baseball cigars remittances embargo shipping democracy censorship music Panama USAID economic sanctions Panama Canal Cuban rappers rap music hip hop Los Aldeanos Robert Menendez Marco Rubio U.S. State Department Colombian Civil War Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner
