Summary: War and peace in Colombia and Mexico provide the themes on Latin Pulse. The program updates the status of the long-running peace talks in the 51-year-old civil war in Colombia. This discussion includes fears that different rebel groups will supplant the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (the FARC). The program also analyzes the problems of human rights and corruption in Mexico as that country tries to prosecute its part in the Drug War. The news segment of the program covers the feud between Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump and Vicente Fox, the former president of Mexico, over Trump's immigration proposals. The program includes in-depth interviews with: Adam Isacson of the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA); and Eric Olson of the Woodrow Wilson Center. Executive Producer: Rick Rockwell; Technical Director: Jim Singer; and Associate Producer: Natalie Ottinger. (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 politics elections Colombia Mexico immigration United States Barack Obama civil war Drug War Donald Trump Vicente Fox Juan Manuel Santos Enrique Pena Nieto Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman FARC peace negotiations Alvaro Uribe organized crime drug cartels illegal mining Felipe Calderon ELN justice Cuba violence economics militias infrastructure police insurgents rebels cocaine PAN homicides oil Cuba diplomacy finance crime Argentina
