No News in Latin America? Or Just Too Few Journalists Covering It?
News coverage as we knew it is shrinking, the latest drastic job cuts at the Washington Post just the latest whittling away of a service vital to the health of democracy. And this when smaller, lighte...
8 Feb 31min
Chile Swings Back to the Right: Kast a Blast from the Past
Jose Antonio Kast is the president elect of Chile and takes over in March. He's already told foreigners they'd better be gone before he builts a moat - yes, a moat! - on along their border with Bolivi...
19 Jan 30min
Maduro Must Go if Trump Says So...
Several days later, it's still hard to believe it really happened - a US military raid on Caracas to arrest the president of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, and his wife, Celia Flores. And Donald Trump got...
6 Jan 30min
Latin American Food - a Second Helping
Pickled cow's tongue, sponge cake with tuna: just two of Argentina's Christmas delicacies. Joe and Daniel are not fans. But there's plenty of alternatives to delight the palate in Argentina and the re...
23 Dec 202532min
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 w...
15 Dec 202528min
The US Influence in Latin America - Burgers and Bullets
US military forces are gathering near Venezuela, threatening President Nicolas Maduro and blowing boats out of the water crewed by people who may, or may not, be drug traffickers. Meanwhile, President...
2 Nov 202528min
Bolivian Elections: New Broom or Back to Business as Usual?
Moderate right-winger, Rodrigo Paz Pereira, will be the new president of Bolivia after elections last Sunday. He's the son of a former president and he beat another former president, a more extreme ri...
24 Okt 202529min
Wild Cats, Wetlands and Waffling Politicians - Save Our Planet!
Joe has been to Brazil's Pantanal wetlands where he frolicked with jaguars. There's no-where better in the world than Brazil to enjoy nature - and to witness humans destroying it in the name of profit...
16 Okt 202529min
