The End of American Democracy?; Less Than 200 Days Until Midterm Elections; What's Next for Cuba?

Fareed Zakaria GPS

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🗓️ 22 April 2018

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Pulitzer Prize-winner Ronan Farrow tells Fareed about the sad state of US diplomacy. Then, has the Grand Old Party become the Party of Trump? And, what next for Cuba as 59 years of rule by the Castro brothers comes to an end? "Fareed Zakaria GPS" is CNN's flagship world affairs program. Every week on the show, you will see in-depth interviews with world leaders, newsmakers and analysts who break down the world's toughest problems, you will hear Fareed's "take" on vital subjects, and you will learn what you need to know about the world around you.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:17.5	This is GPS, the Global Public Square.
0:19.7	Welcome to all of you in the United States and around the world.
0:22.5	I'm Farid Zakaria.
0:25.5	Stay on the show with delicate negotiations underway over North Korea, a possible ruptured
0:30.5	over the Iran deal.
0:32.1	The question is, can you have diplomacy without diplomats?
0:36.8	The State Department has gutted many ambassadorships late unfilled.
0:40.4	The UN Security Council is often deadlocked and the President seems to prefer tweets over
0:44.9	talk.
0:45.9	I will be joined by Ronan Farrow, fresh off a Pulitzer Prize win to talk about his important
0:51.5	new book.
0:52.5	He is a part of the State Department, rather than fixing it.
0:57.5	And the President and future of the Grand Old Party is Paul Ryan's exit, a sign of the
1:03.2	end of the party of Ronald Reagan.
1:06.4	I will examine the Republican takeover over two senior members of that party.
1:12.5	Also after almost 60 years, the era of Castro's ruling Cuba is about to come to an end.
1:20.0	As Fidel and his brother Raul have ruled the island nation since 1959, will the new President
1:27.3	bring any change in Cuba's relations with its neighbor, 90 miles away?
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