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The official podcast of http://faustasblog.com Fausta's Blog. Fausta Wertz podcasts daily at 11AM Eastern at Fausta’s 15 Minutes on Latin America on the relationship between American and Latin American politics, news, current events and culture.

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    Obama eases travel & money restrictions to Cuba

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2011 42:01


    Obama eases travel & money restrictions to Cuba, a major concession while an American remains imprisoned.

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    Hillary and Hugo, BFFs: 15 Minutes on Latin America

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2011 15:53


    Hillary Clinton attends Dilma Rousseff's inauguration in Brazil and doesn't miss the opportunity to have a lovely tete-a-tete with Hugo Chavez.

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    Dictatorship, Venezuelan Style

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2010 42:35


    Venezuelan blogger Daniel of Venezuela News and Views talks about the new laws

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    Chavez rules by decree: 15 Minutes on Latin America

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2010 16:02


    Venezuela’s Chavista-controlled lame-duck National Assembly granted Hugo Chavez the power to rule by decree for the next eighteen months

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    1,800 Russian anti-aircraft missiles in Venezuela: 15 Minutes on Latin America

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2010 16:02


    Wikileaks confirms the Venezuelan armaments race.

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    Criminal capitalism: 15 Minutes on Latin America

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2010 16:37


    Hugo Chavez, who has been in power since 1999, is blaming "criminal capitalism" for the massive flooding in Venezuela.

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    Headlines from Memeorandum

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2010 18:01


    A quick review and commentary on today's Memeorandum headlines.

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    Wikileaks down South

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2010 46:47


    Monica Showalter of Investor's Business Daily talks about what the Wikileaks reveal about diplomacy with Latin American countries, and asks 10 WikiLeaks Questions For Obama.

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    The war next door

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2010 36:15


    Silvio Canto talks about the Texas border and the war next door.

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    Makled knows too much: 15 Minutes on Latin America

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2010 15:30


    Syria-born Venezuelan national druglord Walid Makled is to be deported from Colombia to Venezuela instead of the USA. Why is that?

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