http://www.theworld.org Global Perspectives for an American Audience Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:20:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 Global Perspectives for an American Audience PRI's The World no Global Perspectives for an American Audience http://www.theworld.org/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg http://www.theworld.org http://www.theworld.org/2009/11/fourteen-walls/ http://www.theworld.org/2009/11/fourteen-walls/#comments Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:50:29 +0000 The World http://www.theworld.org/?p=18461 Two decades after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the world is still plagued by barriers dividing countries, towns, and families. The desire to contain illegal immigration or violent conflict is often used to justify them. The BBC's Spanish website BBC Mundo presents 14 such walls, we talk with the project's editor, Juan Carlos. (Audio available after 5PM Eastern)

• BBC Mundo (en español)

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• BBC Mundo (en español)

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