Worldview 9.14.11

Worldview 9.14.11
New Minister of Security Pompeyo Bonilla was appointed after Oscar Alvarez resigned, saying he lacked support to fight drugs. AP/Fernando Antonio
Worldview 9.14.11
New Minister of Security Pompeyo Bonilla was appointed after Oscar Alvarez resigned, saying he lacked support to fight drugs. AP/Fernando Antonio

Worldview 9.14.11

WBEZ brings you fact-based news and information. Sign up for our newsletters to stay up to date on the stories that matter.

Last weekend, Honduras’ powerful security minister and foreign minister resigned, signifying a major shakeup in President Porfirio Lobo’s two-year-old administration. We discuss the ramifications and delve into new Wikileaks revelations about U.S. involvement in Honduras with Dana Frank, professor of history at UC-Santa Cruz and a contributor to The Nation. In the next installment of Ground Shifters: Stories of Women Changing Unseen Worlds, reporter Jean Friedman-Rudovsky visits a singular women’s prison in La Paz, Bolivia. More than just a jail, it’s a miniature city of sorts — with shops, businesses, a school and even a union. Then, on Global Notes, we talk to Brian Keigher from World Music Festival Chicago about this year’s lineup, packing in more than 50 acts in 22 venues around the city.