Podcast appearances and mentions of winifred tate

We’ll hear an conversation between Charlotte Warren and Zoe Brokos of the community radio program Justice Radio, and Dr. Winifred Tate, Colby College professor of anthropology and director of the Maine Drug Policy Lab, about the recent report, “A better path for Maine: The case for decriminalizing drugs,” and Cate and Esther talk about positive… The post Podcast: Criminalizing drugs is ‘expensive, it's harmful, and it doesn't work' first appeared on Maine Beacon.

A conversation about Colombia, U.S. policy, human rights advocacy, and social struggle with anthropologist Winifred Tate of Colby College, whose more than 30 years of work as both a scholar and an advocate give her a very unique perspective.

La editorial Rosarista analiza el nuevo libro 'Drogas, bandidos y diplomáticos: Formulación de políticas públicas hacia Colombia', de la autora Winifred Tate, a través de una entrevista exclusiva.Conduce Luis Izquierdo junto a Juan Carlos Ortiz, Diego Garzón, Hans Dieter, Tatiana Morales

War and politics provide the themes on Latin Pulse, this week, as the program tunes in to events in Guatemala and Colombia. The first segment of the program discusses the complex political matrix in Guatemala as the country heads toward presidential elections and what effects the anti-corruption protests in the country might have on that process.  The second part of the program examines how U.S. policies have affected the conduct of the civil war in Colombia. The news segment of the program gives details of the prison escape by Joaquin "El Chapo Shorty" Guzman, the head of the Sinaloa Cartel.The program includes in-depth interviews with:Julie Lopez of Plaza Publica; andWinifred Tate of Colby College.Executive Producer: Rick Rockwell; Producer: Jim Singer; andProduction Assistant: Sierra Hancock.(To download or stream this podcast, click here.) (The program is 30 minutes in length and the file size is 42 MB.) podcastnewsLatin America electionspoliticsmilitaryGuatemalaColombiaMexicoprisonscivil warDrug Wardrug cartelscorruptionSinaloa CartelenvironmentalismmediaplagiarismimmigrationFARCLIDER PartyManuel Baldizonparamilitariesinsurgentsprotest movementPrensa LibreeconomicsRoberto GonzalezcocaCREO PartycocaineMonsantoviolenceglyshophateherbicidesdiplomacySandra TorresUNE Partypeace talksPlan Colombiaaerial sprayinghealth issueshuman rightsUnited StatesOtto Perez MolinaJuan Manuel SantosWorld Health OrganizationJoaquin 'El Chapo Shorty' Guzman

Violence provides the central theme this week on Latin Pulse as the program looks at troubles in Colombia and El Salvador. In Colombia, as the country's civil war turns the corner on 51 years of pain, the peace process seems stalled as violence escalates in the war.  In El Salvador, violence levels are higher than they have been in more than 20 years.  The news segment of the program covers how women demonstrated across South America this week to call attention to the high levels of violence aimed at them and the need for laws to combat the problem.The program includes in-depth interviews with:Winifred Tate of Colby College; andHector Silva of the Center for Latin American & Latino Studies (CLALS) at American University.Executive Producer: Rick Rockwell; Producer: Jim Singer; andProduction Assistant: Sierra Hancock.(To download or stream this podcast, click here.) (The program is 30 minutes in length and the file size is 42 MB.) podcastnewsLatin AmericaColombiapoliticsviolencemediaArgentinagender issuesChileUruguayEl Salvadorcivil warpeace talksgangsjusticepolicecrimemilitaryFARCELNrefugeesagribusinessagricultureoilextractive industriesJuan Manuel SantosSalvador Sanchez Cerenland reformmininginsurgentsparamilitariesMS-13Barrio 18Central Americasocial mediaextrajudicial killingseconomicsimpunityCubaprisonshomocides

The Colombian government's peace and land restitution efforts are meeting stiff resistance from elites in much of the country. Adam talks to Winifred Tate of Colby College about this dynamic.