Pardons, Impunity and Imprisonment

Pardons, Impunity and Imprisonment

Donald Trump has just pardoned the former president of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernandez, who a US court had sentenced to forty-five years in jail for drug smuggling and money laundering. He got away with it. So did previous Latin American despots, Alfredo Stroessner of Paraguay, and Augusto Pinochet of Chile. Argentine dictators thought they had too - walked the streets for nearly twenty years after commiting their heinous crimes. But justice finally caught up with them. And what about Peru?! Nearly every president who served there in the past forty years has ended up behind bars. Joe and Daniel discuss who was guilty but got away with it, who wasn't but ended up in prison anyway and whether justice for Latin American leaders is ever fair...

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Argentina's World Cup Madness - Again!

We speak on the eve of Argentina perhaps lifting their fourth World Cup. Just the old colonial master, Spain, standing in their way in Sunday's final. It's no exageration to say the country has been g...

18 Juli 25min

The Glory and the Grift: Argentina and its World Cups

The Glory and the Grift: Argentina and its World Cups

Argentina has won the World Cup three times: in 1978 when hosting it under a brutal military government amidst some dubious dealings to reach the final, 1986 in Mexico with the help of Maradona and Go...

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Rats! From Hantavirus to Hondurasgate

Rats! From Hantavirus to Hondurasgate

There are two viruses threatening Latin America and beyond. The first is Hantavirus (Andean strain) which it's thought was picked up by European tourists who boarded a Dutch cruise ship in April in th...

17 Maj 28min

Insecure Presidential Security

Insecure Presidential Security

The attack last week on Donald Trump was merely the latest in a series of assassination attempts against American presidents. Joe and Daniel have covered a fair few presidential events in their time -...

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Exposed! The Emperors' New Clothes

Exposed! The Emperors' New Clothes

The people of Hungary have had enough of the malicious, regressive, oppresive policies of their president of sixteen years, Viktor Orban. He was one of the first of the world's anti-women, anti-aborti...

20 Apr 27min

The Battle for Human Rights in Argentina: Truth, Justice and Memory

The Battle for Human Rights in Argentina: Truth, Justice and Memory

The military was in office in Argentina between 1976 and 1983, kidnapping, torturing and killing an estimated 30,000 of its own people. Thousands more fled into exile. Argentina is still a country com...

3 Apr 33min

Latin America and the New World Order

Latin America and the New World Order

The Monroe Doctrine implemented in 1823 by the then president of the United States, James Monroe, was designed to tell the European colonial powers to get out of their backyard. Make no mistake - Lati...

14 Mars 28min

The Man Formerly Known as Prince and Our Part in His Downfall

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How the mighty have fallen! And can we dare hope that other arrogant, entitled and corrupt world leaders might follow in their wake? Daniel and Joe give their informed views on the latest fallout from...

24 Feb 31min

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