Recent Audio or Video News Coverage

• Video: Fidel Castro asks for 'modest and simple' meeting with pope
  David Ariosto
  CNN
  Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro says he has asked for a "modest and simple" meeting with Pope Benedict XVI in Havana on Wednesday.

• Video: Cuba vows to keep its political system despite pope's comments
  David Ariosto
  CNN
  "In Cuba, there will not be political reform," said Marino Murillo, vice president of the island's council of ministers.

• Video: Pope to visit Cuban capital of Havana on Tuesday
  David Ariosto
  CNN
  Pope Benedict XVI will fly to the Cuban capital of Havana on Tuesday and preside over a Mass in the city's Revolution Plaza the following day.

• Video: Revolution in retreat
  The Economist (UK)
  Under Raul Castro, Cuba has begun the journey towards capitalism. But it will take a decade and a big political battle to complete, says Michael Reid

• Video: Pope Benedict XVI ends first ever visit to Mexico
  David Cuen
  BBC (UK)
  Pope Benedict XVI has finished a three-day visit to the Mexican state of Guanajuato.

• Video: Negocia EU con narcotraficantes mexicanos como "El Chapo" Guzman: Fox
  Milenio (Mexico)
  El ex presidente Vicente Fox asevero que el gobierno de Estados Unidos y la DEA negocian con narcotraficantes mexicanos, entre ellos "El Chapo" Guzman , rebajandole las condenas y hasta ofreciendoles dinero a "soplones".

• Video: Gobierno proseguira reunion con mineros informales de Madre de Dios
  El Comercio (Peru)
  El ministro de Energia y Minas, Jorge Merino, senalo que los mineros informales de Madre de Dios deben invocar a sus bases para que se suspenda el bloqueo de carreteras en el norte y sur del pais.

• Video: Brazil tries to balance farming and forests
  Shasta Darlington
  CNN
  The battle for land here has pitched environmentalists against ranchers and farmers. A new Forest Code being debated in Congress has further heightened tensions.

• Video: Conversations With America: U.S.-Jamaica Relations
  Cheryl Benton
  U.S. Department Of State
  Today's topic of discussion is U.S.-Jamaica Relations. We've received questions and comments on today's topics from all around the world through our blog, DipNote, and have selected several for this broadcast.

• Video: Lie detector tests for Mexican cadets
  Franc Contreras
  Al Jazeera
  Along with their physical endurance being put to the test, cadets are also undergoing a series of lie detector tests and psychological exams.

• Video: Loggers become seed collectors to replant Brazil's rainforests
  Shasta Darlington
  CNN
  "These are Landi seeds," he says. "They pay pretty well. About 20 reais ($12) per kilo."