Following the election of Keiko Fujimori, the daughter of former Peruvian dictator Alberto Fujimori, the LMC speaks with professor Javier Puente on how Peru’s democratic process lies on thin ice in the face of further neoliberal austerity measures known as Fujimorismo.
Javier Puente is the Chair and Associate Professor of Latin American and Latino/a Studies @ Smith College in Northampton, MA.
Abayomi Azikiwe, the editor of the Pan-African News Wire, joins the LMC to discuss grassroots mobilization in Detroit against ICE and the intersection between immigrant rights and the Motown’s rich civil rights history.
Following the shooting death of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo by ICE agents, the LMC speaks with Martina Grifaldo, the President and CEO of Alianza Latina International, about how Houston residents keep a watchful eye on ICE activity in their neighborhoods.
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.