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For four years Link TV produced a video series that provided in-depth analysis of issues in Latin America. Although that video series is now on hiatus, this podcast of the same name is produced in the spirit of that original program.

(February 3, 2012) Indigenous issues across Latin America are the primary focus this week on Latin Pulse. The program features an in-depth interview about the proposed displacement of indigenous groups in the Amazon due to Brazil's Belo Monte dam project. The program also discusses indigenous politics and indigenous rights with a focus on Bolivia. The news segment of the program reveals Iran's plan for a new Spanish-language television network. [PHOTO: Reuters/Ueslei Marcelino]

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Watch archived video episodes of Latin Pulse, a half-hour news magazine examining Latin American issues relevant to the American public, as presented by newscasts and reports from different Latin American countries. Latin Pulse fills the journalistic vacuum of Latin American news for English speakers, with programs featuring critical current affairs coverage of the region, including exclusive interviews, news, and cultural content.

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