The current revolutionary climate that has spread across the Middle East has changed more than just dictatorial powers, it is changing international politics and policies.

Rufo Valencia is a Bolivian-Canadian journalist. He worked as a community radio volunteer in programming at Radio Continental, a station owned by the union of factory workers in La Paz, Bolivia. After three years studying communications at the Catholic University, he pursued a degree in literature at the Universite de Montreal. He came to CKUT as a volunteer in 1992, where he became Spoken Word Coordinator and helped later in the administration of the station. Currently he works as a presenter-producer at Radio Canada International.

This originally aired on Montreal’s CKUT 90.3 fm on the Wednesday Morning After Show. Tune in  7 – 9 am for the Morning After Shows.