Political and social events from the Americas. The program is recorded under live conditions with exclusive reports and interviews, hosted by Laura Baines. Watch the show on FRANCE 24 Wednesdays at 6.40 pm Paris time.
Mexico: drug trafficking is a woman's business too
An exclusive report from Mexico shows how easy money continues to attract thousands of young women to the drug trade. We also head to Cuba where 50 years after the Bay of Pigs Invasion, Fidel Castro's loyal soldiers recount their victory against CIA-backed exiles. Finally, how a children’s toy is being used in Brazil to reconstruct Sao Paulo.
In this edition: what now for Mexico's President after voters give him a bruising in the mid-term elections; music legend Michael Jackson dies; does Sarah Palin's shock resignation mean a shot at the White House?
The coup in Honduras, Argentina and the the 2011 presidential race, Wall Street swindler Bernard Madoff gets 150 years jail, and issues after the death of Michael Jackson, from cancelled concerts to the custody of his children.
In this edition of our weekly round-up of the Americas: Argentina's presidential couple faces a potential banana skin in upcoming elections; and 40 years on, a look back at the violent birth of the United States' gay rights movement.
In this edition of The Week in the Americas: Iran's election was a major test of policy and judgement for US President Barack Obama; the growth of gun sales after the Obama's election; and Web users against Scientology.
In this edition: Brazil mourns as bodies from Air France flight 447 return home for identification; the energy war reaches Peru and pits native Indians against the government; Westerners settle in Venezuela to share Chavez's revolutionary dream.