Political and social events from Americas. The program is recorded under live conditions with exclusive reports and interviews, hosted by Mary MAC CARTHY. Watch the show on FRANCE 24 Wednesdays at 6:40 pm Paris time.
In this edition: The alleged mastermind of the 9/11 attacks will go on trial in New York, just blocks from Ground Zero; and Peru says one of its Air Force officers has confessed to spying for Chile.
In this edition: President Obama's landmark healthcare bill makes it through the House of Representatives, but will it win over the Senate?; Venezuela's Hugo Chavez steps up the war talk with Colombia; and Argentina's "Angel of Death" in the dock.
In this edition: a look at America's 'first couple' a year on from Barack Obama's election; white supremacy on the rise in the US deep south; an end to the political crisis in Honduras?
In this edition: a court in Argentina slaps life sentences on two former officers convicted of human rights abuses during the dictatorship; Uruguay gears for a run-off vote; and Barack Obama declares the swine flu pandemic a national emergency.
In this edition: just weeks after winning the bid for the Summer Olympics,
a wave of violence between rival drug gangs in Rio de Janiero hits the headlines; Las Vegas' homeless set up camp in the tunnels underneath Sin City.
The week in the Americas focuses on the Cayman Islands, a little tax haven suffering from the crisis, explains the debates about homosexuality in the US army and shows how the world reacted the the Obama's peace Nobel Prize.
In this edition: a portrait of president Lula, who helped Brazil become the first South American country chosen to host the Olympics; the bursting of the property bubble in Miami; and the death of legendary folk singer Mercedes Sosa.
In this edition: Honduras' political crisis is taking its toll on an already-fragile economy, Oscar-winning film director Roman Polanski’s arrest on a U.S. extradition warrant; and the increasingly close ties between Chavez and Gaddafi.
In this edition: the spread of 10 peso community restaurants in Mexico City; healthcare reform triggers a debate on racism in the US; the fierce criticism from Cuban exiles in Florida over a concert by Colombian superstar Juanes in Cuba.
In this edition: One year ago, Wall Street's Lehman Brothers collapsed, setting the stage for the worst crisis since the Great Depression; Barack Obama fights back on healthcare; and Las Vegas welcomes the first bloodless bullfight "made in USA".
In this edition: Is climate change the reason behind the California fires? Arm wrestling over oil pollution in Ecuador, and French president Nicolas Sarkozy’s visits to Brazil.
In this edition: A final goodbye to the lion of the Senate, Edward Kennedy; kidnapped Jaycee Lee Dugard, free after 18 years, reveals the grim details of her ordeal; a report on Ciudad Juarez in Mexico, the world's most dangerous city.
In this edition: America mourns Ted Kennedy, the last patriarch of the Kennedy dynasty; a look around Martha's Vineyard, the quiet island where Barack Obama is spending his vacation; and Venezuela, the land of beauty queens and plastic surgery.
In this edition of The Week in the Americas: Barack Obama runs into difficulty with his health-care plans; revelations about a possible role of the US and Brazil in Augusto Pinochet's 1973 coup in Chili; and the Canadian premier visits the Arctic.
In this edition: in the US, the fight for healthcare refom turns ugly; trade, drugs and immigration are up for discussion at a North American summit; a tough time for Argentinian football, as many clubs swim in debt.
