Christopher Sabatini, the senior director of policy for the Council of the Americas, and Shannon O’Neil, a fellow in Latin American studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, join Martin Savidge to discuss U.S. foreign policy in Latin America. They discuss natural resources, relations with Cuba, Venezuela and the war on drugs.
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Interview
January 20, 2010
Obama and the World: Latin America
Worldfocus Best of 2009
December 28, 2009
Top 10 Worldfocus Interviews of 2009
Worldfocus presents our most memorable interviews from 2009 -- both in the studio and from the field. Watch business editor Marcus Mabry, Liberian president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, healthcare economist Uwe Reinhardt, and other notables from the past year. The list was chosen based on popularity on our site and on YouTube, along with input from the newsroom.
Worldfocus Best of 2009
December 24, 2009
Top 15 Worldfocus Signature Stories of 2009
Our signature stories delve into issues around the world -- from the long-term effects of Agent Orange in Vietnam and escalating gang violence in Mexico to discrimination against whites in South Africa and Afghan immigrants in Iran. See our best Signature videos of the year.
Q & A
December 1, 2009
Catholic Church launches blog in Cuba
The Catholic Church in Cuba launched a new website on Monday that aims to provide a virtual forum for the island's faithful. Worldfocus producer Ivette Feliciano interviews Christopher Sabatini of the Council of the Americas on internet activism in Cuba.
Daily News Brief
November 30, 2009
Today: A tanker hijack and a Swiss vote to ban minarets
Top stories from around the world as brought to you by the Worldfocus newsroom. Today: Somali pirates seize an oil tanker; Honduras holds a presidential election; and the Swiss vote to ban the construction of new minarets to accompany mosques.
Daily News Brief
November 27, 2009
Today: Dubai World’s debts and an Irish abuse report
Top stories from around the world brought to you by the Worldfocus newsroom. Today: the fallout continues from the financial woes of Dubai World; an Irish report finds evidence of a church cover-up of abuse; and Cuba stages its first military exercises in 5 years.
Daily News Brief
November 25, 2009
Today: A settlement freeze offer and a missing tiger
Stories from around the world brought to you by the Worldfocus newsroom. Today: the death toll continues to rise in the Philippines from a massacre allegedly ordered by a clan close to the government. In Russia, a rare Siberian tiger tagged by Vladimir Putin goes missing.
Daily News Brief
November 24, 2009
Today: Violence in the Philippines, Ahmadinejad in Brazil
Stories from around the world brought to you by the Worldfocus newsroom. Today: the death toll from a political massacre rises in the Philippines; scientists say climate change may cause conflict in Africa; and the Iranian president is in Brazil.
Daily News Brief
November 23, 2009
Today: contracts for immigrants and prisoner exchanges
Top stories from around the world brought to you by the Worldfocus newsroom. Today: Germany plans to have immigrants sign "integration contracts," Israel may be closer to securing the release of hostage Gilad Shalit; and political violence in the Philippines.
Daily News Brief
November 20, 2009
Today: Chinese stealing U.S. secrets, Europe elects leader
A U.S. Congressional advisory panel warned lawmakers that Chinese spies are aggressively stealing American secrets to build-up Beijing's military and economic strength. And over a dozen white Zimbabwean farmers that lost their land under President Mugabe's land redistribution program have found a new home: Nigeria.
