With the 50th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis this week, Latin Pulse focuses on that island nation. The program features an interview with Judy Gross, the wife of Alan Gross, a U.S. government contractor imprisoned in Cuba. The program also looks at how a crisis from 50 years ago continues framing relations between the United States and Cuba. The news segment of the program has an update on the peace talks between the Colombian government and the FARC guerrilla movement.
In-depth interviews include:
Judy Gross and her attorney Jared Genser;
and
Phil Brenner of American University.
Executive Producer: Rick Rockwell
Associate Producer: Curt Devine
Writer: Jordan D'eri.
The photo of Alan Gross is from the Free Alan Gross campaign’s Facebook page and is in the public domain: https://www.facebook.com/FreeAlanPGross
A sequel to this program with the second part of the interview with Judy Gross can be found here: http://soundcloud.com/latinpulse/alan-gross-case-honduran-primaries-lp11092012
