Latin America on a Plate
Joe and Daniel have eaten their way around Latin America - munching meat in Argentina, chomping in churrascarias in Brazil and tucking away tortillas in Mexico. They've done fine dining in Lima, stree...
28 Sep 202532min
Coups and Coup Attempts in Latin America - Brazil's Just the Latest and Probably Not the Last
The former president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, has been sentenced to 27 years in prison for planning a coup. He was trying to prevent his left-wing rival, Lula, who'd defeated him in elections a few ...
14 Sep 202531min
Corruption at the Heart of Argentinian Government
Corruption is nothing new in Latin American politics - taking bribes, dipping into state funds, misusing government facilities and more. But rarely is a country's most vulnerable held in such open con...
30 Aug 202531min
Weird Presidents and Their Sexual Proclivaties
Latin America has had more than its fair share of eccentric dictators and democratically elected but dictatorial presidents: Pinochet, Stroessner, the Duvaliers, Batista and Trujillo to name just a fe...
12 Aug 202527min
Standing Up to Bullies - Brazil vs Trump
President Donald Trump has imposed 50% tariffs on many Brazilian goods because he doesn't like what he calls a political witch-hunt against his one-time ally, the right-wing former president, Jair Bol...
2 Aug 202526min
Argentina - a Country Increasingly Divided
Argentina has always been a country divided - between Peronists and those who hate the Peronists, between Buenos Aires and the provinces, between Boca Juniors and River Plate fans, but especially betw...
27 Jul 202532min
The AMIA Bomb Attack - more than three decades of pain, corruption and ineptitude
It's been 31 years since the bomb attack on the AMIA, the Jewish cultural centre in Buenos Aires, that killed 85 people and injured more than 300. Yet after all this time, we're still no closer to kno...
17 Jul 202529min
CFK - Criminal or Martyr?
The former president of Argentina, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, is serving a six-year sentence for fraud and has been banned from holding public office for life. Many however, believe she's the vic...
26 Jun 202532min
