Investigative journalist Jack Werner joins us to discuss the insidious presence of McDonalds in Latin America as a colonial outpost to spread US consumer capitalism. When it comes to McDonalds, the LMC is NOT loving it.
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August 18th 2017: Guam Examined
What does Guam have to do with Latinos & Latin America? What does Guam and Puerto Rico have in common? A lot more than people realize. On this episode, the LMC speaks with indigenous Chamorro rights organizer Leilani Ganser about Guam’s Spanish colonial past and its struggle with US colonialism today.
August 11th 2017: Racism in South America
Last June, racist statements by Peruvian commentator Phillip Butters sparked outrage and the urging of more discussion for having more Afro-Latino voices in Peruvian society. The LMC speaks with Afro-Latina activist and poet Shirley Campbell-Barr about the controversy that went viral throughout all of Latin America.