The US accuses Venezuela of drug smuggling while the Trump administration pardons a convicted drug dealer. This is hypocrisy on drugs. So the LMC speaks with Egberto Willies, the host of Politics Done Right on KPFT in Houston, and freelance writer Arturo Dominguez on how both Venezuela and Honduras serve as a case study on the myth of the “war on drugs.”
How did Zohran Mamdani win the Latino vote in New York City? The LMC looks for answers with freelance writer and photojournalist Cris Seda Chabrier on how the Democratic Socialist mayoral candidate won a historic victory by reaching out to NYC Latinos with an aggressive and progressive grassroots movement.
Following a deadly police raid in Rio de Janeiro last October that left over 120 dead, the LMC spends the hour with TeleSur English’s Brazil correspondent Brian Mier to discuss the long history of institutional racism and violence by state police.
The Latino Media Collective is a grassroots Latino public-affairs program that airs on Pacifica station WPFW 89.3fm on Fridays @ 1pm EST in Washington DC.