On this episode, the LMC spends the hour with Suyapa Portillo as she explains the latest series of protests against the illegitimate government of Juan Orlando Hernandez in Honduras. Suyapa Portillo is an associate professor of Chicano & Latino studies @ Pitzer College in Claremont, California.
During the course of the Venezuelan political crisis, something has been missing from the conversation: Racism. So the LMC speaks with James Early about the right-wing racism that is fueling Venezuela’s anti-government movement and the racial/political divide in Venezuela. James Early the is former Secretary for Education and Public Services at the Smithsonian Institution and the Director of the Cultural Heritage Policy at the Smithsonian Folk Life Center. He is also a Board member for the Institute for Policy Studies.
The LMC continues its Undocumented and LGBTQ series by speaking with freelance journalist and news production fellow for Democracy Now, Maria Ines Taracena about the marginalized group within the marginalized group. The caravan within the caravan.
