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Political Turmoil in South America

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Nicolas Madura

This week, Venezuelans have taken to the streets protesting President Nicolas Madura’s reign in the country as Juan Guaido declares himself interim President of the country. Also this week: controversial Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro headlined the World Economic Forum in Davos to the alarm of environmentalists. During this half hour of River to River, host Ben Kieffer talks with Amy Erica Smith, who is an associate professor of political science at Iowa State University about the week in South American politics.

 

Lindsey Moon served as IPR's Senior Digital Producer - Music and the Executive Producer of IPR Studio One's All Access program. Moon started as a talk show producer with Iowa Public Radio in May of 2014. She came to IPR by way of Illinois Public Media, an NPR/PBS dual licensee in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, and Wisconsin Public Radio, where she worked as a producer and a general assignment reporter.
Ben Kieffer is the host of IPR's River to River