Danny Glover, James Early, Bill Fletcher - On Cuba and Venezuela (2014)

We talk to Danny Glover and James Early about the recent elections in Venezuela and what it means for the country going forward. We also feature a discussion on the latest in Western Sahara, Africa’s last remaining colony. The Global African Host Bill Fletcher looks at these issues with film actor Danny Glover, CEO of Louverture Films, James Early, scholar at the Institute of Policy Studies, and Dr. Stephen Zunes, Professor of Politics and International Studies at the University of San Francisco.

After 5 decades of dysfuntional diplomacy, both the United States and Cuba announced steps towards normalizing relations, on December 17, 2014. The Global African host Bill Fletcher looks at this groundbreaking development with Danny Glover, actor and activist, and James Early, an African, Caribbean, and Latin American history scholar. 

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