Summary: China and its economic and geopolitical strategy and cultural influence provide the central themes for this week's edition of Latin Pulse. The first half of the program examines the trade and economic issues connected to China's strategies in Latin America. And the program debates the response of the U.S. to this economic expansion. The second half of the program examines the history and cultural influence of Chinese emigration to Peru. The news segment of the program covers the protests this week against the handling of the investigation into the death of special prosecutor Alberto Nisman in Argentina. The program includes in-depth interviews with: Mark Jones of Rice University; Kevin Gallagher of Boston University; Larry Clayton of the University of Alabama; and Adam McKeown, author of Chinese Migrant Networks and Cultural Change. Executive Producer: Rick Rockwell; Producer: Jim Singer; and Production Assistant: Gabriela Canchola. (To download or stream this podcast, click here.) (The program is 60 minutes in length and the file size is 83 MB.) podcast news Latin America diplomacy trade Argentina Alberto Nisman Iran United States Brazil Barack Obama Chinese diaspora China Mexico Peru terrorism economics culture justice immigration Xi Jinping Nicaraguan canal CELAC oil OAS Nicaragua environmentalism Venezuela Ecuador banking Cuba Panama politics IMF Paraguay International Monetary Fund Argentine debt crisis Afro-Latin American issues Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner Uruguay Colombia manufacturing transportation agriculture commodities coal mining soybeans deforestation opium labor food cuisine Japanese prejudice corruption history chifa hydro-electric plants Nicolas Maduro Diosdado Cabello high-speed rail extractive industries The Amazon Alberto Fujimori LGBT issues indentured servitude Panama Canal Asian-Latin American issues Japanese-Latin Americans Mario Vargas Llosa The Shining Path
