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Tune in here every Friday for a weekly 30-minute analysis of news and public affairs in Latin America, brought to you via podcast in cooperation with American University School of Communication and Link TV.

 

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.

  
  
  
  
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(February 10, 2012) With primary elections for the opposition in Venezuela this weekend, Latin Pulse focuses on the political situation in that South American country.

 

This special program features a complete analysis of all of the opposition candidates and a review of their potential in this fall's election against President Hugo Chavez.

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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.

 

Latin Pulse is supported by grants from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the Chicago Tribune Foundation, and viewers like you.

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Ecuador: The Tribes vs. Chevron-Texaco
Ecuador: The Tribes vs. Chevron-Texaco

Ecuador: The Tribes vs. Chevron-Texaco

(Latin Pulse: October 27, 2009) Thousands of people representing Ecuador's indigenous tribes are suing Chevron-Texaco over the pools of toxic wastewater the company left behind. Following Chevron-Texaco's 30 years of profit from indigenous lands and resources, the tribes are seeking 27.3 billion dollars from the California-based corporation for the clean-up. We talk with Joe Berlinger about his new film on the case, Crude, and with Amazon Watch about the worst environmental disaster since Chernobyl. But Chevron-Texaco is not the only problem for the indigenous communities of Ecuador; the native population is taking to the streets, demanding a seat at the negotiating table with the government in order to contest other proposed developments on their territories.

Learn More About This Issue:
Vanity Fair article
Daily Kos explanation of oil development in Western Amazon
Sixty Minutes Report
Crude
Chevron

Find Out What You Can Do:
Amazon Watch
Campaign against Chevron

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