“As Venezuela grapples with a political, economic and humanitarian crisis, its health care system is crumbling. Shortages of doctors, drugs, power and clean water have led to illness epidemics, and families suffering the consequences no longer trust the country’s disintegrating medical infrastructure to save them. Special correspondent Marcia Biggs reports on Venezuela’s health care catastrophe.”…
“What do we know about Latin American Philosophy? Doctoral candidate of Psychology, Julio Covarrubias dives into this topic by analyzing the complex relationship between Latin America and the U.S., illuminating great Latin Philosophers you should know.” “Julio Covarrubias is a doctoral candidate and teaching assistant in the department of philosophy at UW. He is the…
“While Mexico and Uruguay are calling for dialogue to address the crisis in Venezuela, much of Latin America has sided with the Trump administration by recognizing Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó as Venezuela’s new leader. We look at what this means for the broader region with professors Alejandro Velasco and Steve Ellner.” Democracy Now! is…
Raymond Torres-Santos, Ph.D., a Professor of Composition and Theory at California State University, Long Beach was born in Río Piedras, Puerto Rico. According to Wikipedia, Torres-Santos is a composer and conductor, and pianist, arranger, and producer of both classical and popular music. He’s also a Board of Directors Member, American Society of Music Arrangers and Composers (ASMAC) Torres-Santos’s biography…