Summary: Originating in Puerto Rico again this week, Latin Pulse looks at issues of identity, the media and politics on both the island and in Mexico. The program discusses how U.S. and Latino media often homogenize programming and forget the Puerto Rican experience. The program also reveals how in Mexico, issues of equity and media corruption distort the political debate. How do the political left and right find space for debate in a system dominated by the Institutional Revolutionary Party (the PRI). The news segment of the program covers set backs in the peace process for the Colombian civil war. The program includes in-depth interviews with: Federico Subervi of Kent State University; and Manuel Alejandro Guerrero of the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City. Executive Producer: Rick Rockwell; Producer: Jim Singer; and Production Assistant: Sierra Hancock. (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 Mexico politics PRI media culture Puerto Rico education Colombia United States protest movement drug cartels democracy justice corruption crime television FARC sports baseball PAN PRD gambling civil war Enrique Pena Nieto peace talks prejudice Televisa Univision Telemundo free speech Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador MORENA
