Hole in the Wall
A border wall to keep migrants out - “a 14th Century solution to a 21st Century problem”
The US built a huge wall along one-third of its border with Mexico. Now, while Europe debates its own border policies, some US politicians want to seal the entire border. Also, a French chef looks back at what he lost - and gained - after Hurricane Katrina struck. And, we hear how American snack foods are getting a Latin twist.
Guantanamo Bay prison remains open in Cuba, and it has become a matter of life and death for one prisoner from Yemen. Plus, now that US-Cuba relations are warming up, a food critic goes looking for real Cuban cuisine. And, how a Saudi singer left her home country to chase stardom in Los Angeles.
(Photo: A boy in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, clings to the border fence. Credit: Cecilia Ballí)
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A quest for the real Cubano
Duration: 03:59
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The Saudi singer in search of stardom
Duration: 04:41
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A new start for a French chef 10 years after Katrina
Duration: 03:43
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