Who’s In and Who’s Out in Guatemala’s Presidential Race
It’s become known as the week that changed everything, or at least everything in Guatemala’s presidential race. In mid-May, two of the country’s three leading presidential candidates were disqualified...
30 Maj 201931min
What’s behind Brazil’s Education Debate
On May 15, Brazil's new government saw its first national protests since Jair Bolsonaro took office as thousands across the country protested new budget cuts. But the 40-million-students system has ch...
22 Maj 201925min
President-elect Nayib Bukele on His Plans for El Salvador
He’s 37, a social media maven, and he won El Salvador’s presidential election without the backing of the country’s two main parties. Nayib Bukele, an ex-mayor of San Salvador, isn’t exactly a politica...
9 Maj 201929min
Meet Cuba's Emerging Artist, Cimafunk
From Pinar del Rio to Havana, Paris to New York, Cimafunk is taking his Afro-Cuban sound on the road. AS/COA Online’s Elizabeth Gonzalez sat down with the emerging musician and AS/COA Music Director S...
24 Apr 201922min
Ambassador Feeley on Daniel Ortega's Flagging Grip on Nicaragua
Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega running down his political and economic capital, says former U.S. Ambassador John Feeley in this conversation with AS/COA Online’s Holly K. Sonneland on the one-year...
18 Apr 201940min
Jair Bolsonaro's First 100 Days
Viewed as the outsider candidate in Brazil’s election last year, President Jair Bolsonaro took office January 1 with promises to address some of the country’s biggest problems: economic growth, corrup...
4 Apr 201944min
Sizing Up the Start of AMLO's Presidency
As Andrés Manuel López Obrador rounds out his first 100 days in office as president of Mexico, CIDE’s Carlos Bravo Regidor talks with AS/COA's Carin Zissis about his popularity, use of corruption as a...
7 Mars 201944min
Can Bolsonaro Get What He Wants from Brazil’s Congress?
In an effort to deliver law and order for voters doubting democracy, President Jair Bolsonaro promised to renew politics in Brasília. The problem with that plan? Brazil’s multiparty system—also known ...
26 Feb 201936min
