Latin Pulse: 4.22.2016

Latin Pulse

Politics in both Brazil and the Dominican Republic provides the discussion points this week on Latin Pulse. Several segments of the program deal with the fallout from the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff and what are the next steps for Brazil's Congress as it works to remove her. The program covers the political arguments Rousseff is making to retain her office. The program also sketches the important issues, parties, and candidates involved in the presidential race in the Dominican Republic. The discussion revolves around the possibility that President Danilo Medina may win re-election on the first round of voting in May.
The program includes in-depth interviews with:

Matthew Taylor of American University; and
Jeb Sprague of the University of California Santa Barbara.
Executive Producer: Rick Rockwell;
Technical Director: Jim Singer; and
Production Assistant: Brittney Madison.
(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
Brazil
elections
impeachment
justice
corruption
Dilma Rousseff
Workers Party
PT
protest movement
Eduardo Cunha
Marina Silva
Workers Party
economics
Afro-Latin American topics
minority issues
Luiz Inancio Lula da Silva
Fernando Collor de Mello
Fernando Henrique Cardoso
welfare programs
Brazilian Democratic Movement
PMDB
Petrobras
oil
PRD
PLD
globalization
Haiti
labor remittances
racism
mining
USAID
Michel Temer
Dominican Republic
Danilo Medina
Luis Abinadar
undocumented migrants
gender issues
LGBT issues