7.08.2016

The Rio Olympics set for this summer in Brazil and their various problems provide the central themes this week on Latin Pulse . The program analyzes a variety of challenges for these games including security, crime, transportation, infrastructure, and environmental and economic impacts of the games. The program also discusses the various health issues confronting these games including the zika virus and super bacteria that are present in some of the venues for water events in the Olympics. The news segment of the program covers the resignation of Eduardo Cunha, president of the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies due to corruption charges. The program includes in-depth interviews with: Andrew Zimbalist of Smith College ; and Alex Cuadros, author of Brazillionaires . Executive Producer: Rick Rockwell; Technical Director: Jim Singer; and Production Assistant: Chorsie Martin. (To download or stream this podcast, click here .) (The program is 30 minutes in length and the file size is 42 MB.) podcast news Latin America politics Brazil Olympics IOC violence crime Eduardo Cunha Michel Temer International Olympic Committee Mexico City Olympics health UN Rio Olympics Dilma Rousseff zika virus corruption protest movement sports Petrobras poverty PMDB pollution soccer futbol environment sailing impeachment Tlatelolco Massacre World Cup super bacteria political repression economics tourism patronage evangelicals media zika Mexico

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