Venezuela Prison Fire Sparks Violent Pre-Easter Protests, Venezuela Prison Fire Sparks Violent Pre-Easter Protests, Milos Stehlik Interviews Filmmaker Everardo González On ‘Devil’s Freedom’, And Weekend Passport: Henrik Ibsen’s ‘An Enemy of the People’ At The Goodman Theatre

By Worldview Staff

Mar 30, 2018, 4:55pm CT

A man watches computer monitors near the screens showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI), right, and the foreign exchange rate at the foreign exchange dealing room in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, March 7, 2018. AP Photo/Lee Jin-man

Venezuela Prison Fire Sparks Violent Pre-Easter Protests, Venezuela Prison Fire Sparks Violent Pre-Easter Protests, Milos Stehlik Interviews Filmmaker Everardo González On ‘Devil’s Freedom’, And Weekend Passport: Henrik Ibsen’s ‘An Enemy of the People’ At The Goodman Theatre

By Worldview Staff

Mar 30, 2018, 4:55pm CT

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On today’s show:

Phil Levy, a senior fellow on the global economy at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, joins us to discuss President Trump’s trade strategy.
Venezuela is suffering from political and economic turmoil, including a food shortage so severe that Catholics can’t bake communion bread for Easter. We discuss the crisis with David Smilde, a senior fellow at the Washington Office on Latin America.
Mexico’s ongoing drug war is mounting casualties by the tens of thousands, and documentarian Everardo González examines the violence from the perspectives of both victims and perpetrators in his latest film.
The Goodman Theatre is currently showing Robert Falls’ new production of Henrik Ibsen’s classic play “An Enemy of the People.” Actor Philip Earl Johnson joins us.