<p>(Latin Pulse/Pulso Latino: January 15, 2009) Central America shakes as we start a new year. Who is to blame? In the U.S., President-elect Barack Obama entertains his first visitor from south of the border. And what happens when the INS knocks at your door in the middle of the night? In V...
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<p>(Latin Pulse: September 1, 2009) In this episode of Latin Pulse we focus on the struggle between Argentine food farmers and transnational soy producers. The soy producers bribe landowners and buy lands inhabited by indigenous tribes such as the Toba, Mocoví and Wichí among others, and bu...
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<p>(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...
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<p>(Latin Pulse: May 21, 2009) Day after day, Mexico is home to more and more victims of drug trafficking and organized crime. In 2008 alone, 6,290 murders were attributed to fighting between the factions of organized crime. These factions are fighting for control over the drug routes to th...
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<p>(Latin Pulse: April 30, 2009) The Latin Pulse Team brings you a special report on the historic election in Latin America. El Salvador, a tiny Central American country of 7 million inhabitants, recently elected Mauricio Funes, its first leftist president. Not unlike the evening B...
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<p>(Global Pulse: August 21, 2009) Afghan women can now vote and run for office, but they are still second-class citizens. Domestic violence is entrenched in society, the majority of women in Afghanistan are illiterate, and nearly half are married off while still children, under 16. Shockin...
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<p>(Latin Pulse/Pulso Latino: January 29, 2009) High spirits and high hopes are felt around the world as the First African-American president in U.S. history is sworn-in in Washington D.C. Then, in Venezuela, things get ugly between students and police during a protest against the vote on a...
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<p>(Latin Pulse: July 2, 2009) Plagued by violence, drug trafficking, and corruption, Colombia is one of the world’s most dangerous places to be a journalist. We look at what kind of speech is being silenced, by whom, and how. Today, independent journalists working up against the boundaries...
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<p>(Global Pulse: September 11, 2009) Flu season means vaccine worries. Some countries have it, some don’t, and others fear unequal distribution. And there are the conspiracy theories, making it difficult to know what's fact, and what's fiction.</p><p>Additional links to learn mor...
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<p>Latin Pulse brings you the complete interview with Colombian award-winning journalist Hollman Morris in this second part of the special report "Colombia: Stories That Kill." Morris calls on the international community for solidarity and support of freedom of speech in Colombia. The Colomb...
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<p>(Global Pulse: October 28, 2009) It has been a bloody month for Pakistan. The army has launched an offensive in South Waziristan aided by US drones, and the Taliban are fighting back with suicide bombs in major cities. With hundreds dying, what do the Pakistani people think?</p><...
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