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Argentina's chainsaw-wielding, “anarcho-capitalist” president, Javier Milei, and El Salvador's Nayib Bukele, who has called himself the “world's coolest dictator,” have often taken cues from Donald Trump. But now, could he be taking cues from them?Today we speak to Tracy Wilkinson, a longtime writer with the LA Times, and Natalie Alcoba, a journalist based in Argentina, about the “right-wing strongman feedback loop” happening between these three leaders — and what it could mean for the U.S. and the world.For transcripts of Front Burner, please visit: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/frontburner/transcripts
On April 30 1992, chaos ruled in Los Angeles, California. The verdict had just been read in the case of the police officers accused of beating Rodney King and all were acquitted. Angry mobs looted and set fire to buildings. What other big events were making headlines on the same day as this significant event? _________________ SOURCES “Advertisement: Brandywine Hundred (Pg. 36).” The News Journal (Wilmington, Delaware), April 30, 1992. www.newspapers.com. Associated Press. “Motive Still Unknown In Woman's Murder.” The Lincoln Star (Lincoln, Nebraska), December 16, 1991. www.newspapers.com. Bloom, Elizabeth. “Oltman, Girlfriend Plotted Murder, Jury Told.” The Courier (Waterloo, Iowa), April 30, 1992. www.newspapers.com. Brunswick, Mark. “Body Found, and a Mom's Plea Is Finally Believed.” Star Tribune (Minneapolis, Minnesota), June 28, 1991. www.newspapers.com. Davis, Amy. “Men Charged in Slaying of Sheffield Woman Plead Innocent.” The Courier (Waterloo, Iowa), December 24, 1991. www.newspapers.com. Denzel, Stephanie. “Keith Bullock.” National Registry of Exonerations. Accessed August 16, 2022. https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3068#:~:text=On%20December%2028%2C%201990%2C%2029,her%20apartment%20in%20Hennepin%2C%20Minnesota. “Exxon Exec May Have Been Kidnapped.” Longview Daily News (Longview, Washington), April 30, 1992. www.newspapers.com. Grow, Doug. “Sure She Had Troubles--but Julie Also Had Triumphs.” Star Tribune (Minneapolis, Minnesota), April 30, 1992. www.newspapers.com. Heim, Kyle. “Victim's Neighbors Shocked by Sheffield Murder-For-Hire Case.” The Courier (Waterloo, Iowa), December 11, 1991. www.newspapers.com. History.com Editors. “Los Angeles Riots.” History.com. A&E Television Networks, April 18, 2017. https://www.history.com/topics/1990s/the-los-angeles-riots. Iowa Department of Corrections, May 11, 2022. https://doc.iowa.gov/. Klobuchar, Jim. “Some Question How Double-Jeopardy Case Played Out.” Star Tribune (Minneapolis, Minnesota), April 30, 1992. www.newspapers.com. “Marian J Atkinson (1922-1991) .” Find a Grave. Accessed August 16, 2022. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/203760233/marian-j-atkinson. PAUL ZOSS, Magistrate Judge. “Foell v. Mathes.” Legal research tools from Casetext, February 6, 2004. https://casetext.com/case/foell-v-mathes. Pedota, Chris. “NJ Exxon Executive Sidney Reso Was Kidnapped in His Driveway in 1992.” NorthJersey.com, April 29, 2022. https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/local/2022/04/28/exxon-sidney-reso-nj-kidnapping-arthur-seale-documentary/9556502002/. Serrano, Richard A., and Tracy Wilkinson. “All 4 In King Beating Acquitted.” The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California), April 30, 1992. www.newspapers.com. SOUND SOURCES Al Jolson. “I'll Say She Does.” www.pixabay.com/music. Lucille Hegamin and The Dixie Daisies. “Cold Winter Blues.” www.pixabay.com/music. Sophie Tucker. “Reuben Rag.” www.pixabay.com/music.
Exclusive content : as part of our Parish Talks series, Christy speaks to Tracy Wilkinson and her daughter Portia about the 4 generations of females that have inspired Portia's entry into the 2021 race. She is raising money for Parkinsons Disease Society Isle of Man in memory of her nana Pamela Rose Farrow who passed away last July.
Listen to a panel of prominent Washington journalists as they deliberate the latest top stories of the week that include U.S. Attorney General William Barr saying President Donald Trump's tweets about the Justice Department "make it impossible for me to do my job." Join moderator Paul Brandus, White House Reporter for West Wing Reports and Columnist for USA Today, panelists, Tracy Wilkinson, Correspondent for the Los Angeles Times and Ashraf Khalil, Washington DC Metro Reporter for the Associated Press.
Listen to a panel of prominent Washington journalists as they deliberate the latest top stories that include the marathon of public testimony on the impeachment inquiry of Donald Trump and its effect on public opinion. Join moderator Paul Brandus, White House Reporter for West Wing Reports and columnist for USA Today, Tracy Wilkinson, correspondent for the Los Angeles Times and Richard Latendresse, correspondent for TVA Nouvelle-Canada as they discuss these and other Issues in the News.
Listen to a panel of prominent Washington journalists as they deliberate the week's headlines including President Trump becoming the first sitting U.S. president to enter North Korea this past Sunday. Also, Iran announces it has exceeded its low-enriched uranium stockpile limit, violating the amount it agreed to hold in a 2015 international deal. Join moderator Michael Williams, Contributor to CBS Radio in Washington, D.C., Dan Raviv, Sr. Washington Correspondent for i24News, and Tracy Wilkinson, Correspondent for the Los Angeles Times as they discuss these and other Issues in the News.
Listen to a panel of prominent Washington journalists as they deliberate the week's headlines including President Trump officially kicking off his 2020 election campaign at a rally in Florida and escalating tensions between Iran and the US. Join moderator Michael Williams, Contributor to CBS Radio in Washington, Tom DeFrank of the National Journal and Tracy Wilkinson, Correspondent for the Los Angeles Times, as they discuss these and other Issues in the News.
Listen to a panel of prominent Washington journalists as they discuss the week's headlines including the U.S. trade war with China, and it’s possible impact on the global economy. Join moderator Paul Brandus, of USA Today and West Wing Reports, Tracy Wilkinson of Los Angeles Times, and Richard Latendresse, of TVA Nouvelles, as they discuss these and other Issues in the News.
Listen to a panel of prominent Washington journalists as they deliberate the week's headline news beginning with the arrest of WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange. Join moderator Paul Brandus, White House Correspondent for West Wing Reports, Tracy Wilkinson for Los Angeles Times, and Jonathan Broder for Newsweek, as they discuss this and other Issues in the News.
President Trump's former personal lawyer takes the stand before the House Oversight Panel to testify against him. Join moderator Paul Brandus, of West Wing Reports, Richard Latendresse of TVA Nouvelles, and Tracy Wilkinson of Los Angeles Times as they discuss this and other Issues in the News.
President Trump's recent State of the Union address has drawn many reactions and responses from around the globe. Join Michael Williams, Washington Journalist, Steve Goldstein, Washington Bureau Chief for MarketWatch, and Tracy Wilkinson of Los Angeles Times as they discuss these and other Issues in the News Saturday and Sunday on the Voice of America!
Listen in on a round-table discussion with prominent Washington correspondents as they discuss the week's top stories including a political showdown over the U.S. federal budget. Join moderator Michael Williams of CBS Radio along with Philippe Gelie of Le Figaro and Tracy Wilkinson of the Los Angeles Times as they discuss these and other Issues in the News.
Encounter host Carol Castiel talks with veteran Washington reporters Michael Williams of CBS Radio and Tracy Wilkinson of the Los Angeles Times about the top stories of year.
Join top Washington correspondents as they discuss the week's top stories including the sentencing of President Trump's former attorney and the latest on U.S. trade talks with China. Join moderator Paul Brandus of West Wing Reports along with Tracy Wilkinson of the Los Angeles Times and Tom DeFrank of the National Journal as they talk about these and other Issues in the News.
Join moderator Michael Warren of the Weekly Standard and Tracy Wilkinson of the Los Angeles Times for a discussion on the week's top stories, including recent bomb threats against media and political personalities. This show was recorded before the police arrested a suspect in Florida, after the discovery of a 12th pipe bomb. Tune in for this and more on this week's edition of Issues in the News.
This week on Issues in the News, top Washington journalists talk about the week's headlines including the latest on trade negotiations between Canada and the United States, following a separate agreement between Mexico and the United States on the North Atlantic Free Trade Agreement - known as NAFTA. Join host Michael Warren, White House Correspondent for the Weekly Standard, along withRichard Latendresse of Canadian broadcaster, TVA Nouvelles, and Tracy Wilkinson from the Los Angeles Times as they discuss this and other stories on Issues in the News on the Voice of America.
Top Washington journalists talk about the week's headlines including promised tit-for-tat tariffs against the United States, and the resignation of EPA Director Scott Pruitt. Join host Michael Williams of CBS Radio, along with Tracy Wilkinson of the Los Angeles Times and Tom DeFrank, the National Journal, as they discuss these and other stories on VOA's Issues in the News.
Join moderator Michael Warren of the Weekly Standard for a round table discussion of the week's top stories with Tracy Wilkinson of the Los Angeles Times and Dan Raviv of Israeli-based i24News. Topping the headlines - the politics of the Supreme Court of the United States.
Join Washington correspondents for a lively discussion of the week's top stories including what they think President Trump accomplished in the summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. Join Paul Brandus of West Wing Reports, Michael Williams, CBS Radio Contributor, and Tracy Wilkinson, Staff Writer for the LA Times, as they talk about this and other Issues in the News on the Voice of America!
This week on Issues in the News, Michael Williams, CBS Radio contributor, Philippe Gelie of Le Figaro and Tracy Wilkinson of the Los Angeles Times discuss the week's headlines, including the school shooting in Florida that left at least 17 people dead. Listen Saturday and Sunday on the Voice of America.
Listen in on our round-table discussion with top Washington journalists as they talk about the week's headlines, including the protests in Iran and the possibility of U.S. aid to Pakistan being cut. Join host Paul Brandus of West Wing Reports, along with panelists Jonathan Landay of Reuter's News Agency and Tracy Wilkinson of the Los Angeles Times this Saturday and Sunday for Issues in the News.
Two distinguished journalists: Michael Williams, Host and Contributor for CBS Radio and Tracy Wilkinson, Diplomatic and Foreign Policy Correspondent for the Los Angeles Times, discuss with host Carol Castiel the top stories of 2017, including the Trump presidency, US-Russia relations in light of the probe into Moscow's interference in the 2016 elections, the nuclear threat from North Korea, fallout from sexual misconduct charges against "the high and mighty" and much more.
Prominent Washington correspondents discuss the political impact of Hurricane Harvey, which devestated southeast Texas, and North Korea's recent launch of a midrange ballistic missile that flew over Japan before falling into the Pacific Ocean. Join moderator David Rennie of the Economist, along with panelists Tracy Wilkinson of the Los Angeles Times and Linda Feldmann of the Christian Science Monitor for a lively discussion on Issues in the News.
Prominent Washington correspondents discuss the back and forth rhetoric between North Korea and the United States, and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's visit to Southeast Asia along with other top stories this week. Join moderator David Rennie of the Economists, and panelists Michael Williams of CBS Radio and Tracy Wilkinson of the L.A. Times for a lively discussion on Issues in the News. Listen this Saturday and Sunday on the Voice of America!
MailBag; We talk to Tracy Wilkinson from the L.A. Times about a bunch of mass graves found in Mexico
State Senator Paul McKinley on Iowa Education reform. The Minority Report. "The Vatican Exorcist" Tracy Wilkinson, LA Times Bureau Chief, covering the Vatican. "Amazing Grace" behind the song you love… Chip Flarhety, VP of Walden Media... the movie opens this week-end. Very Powerful.