Fifty years after a self coup in Uruguay plunged the country into a dirty war, the LMC speaks with Debbie Sharnak about the continued legal battle for justice for the victims of Uruguay’s dictatorship and the importance of collective member at the grassroots level.
Debbie Sharnak is an Assistant Professor of History and International Studies at Rowan University in New Jersey.
Ten years after a match fixing scandal rocked El Salvador’s national soccer team, the LMC speaks with El Faro reporter Nelson Rauda on how institutional corruption went beyond the individual players and into the highest levels of El Salvador’s futbol structure.
On this episode, the LMC welcomes Yesenia Portillo, the program director for CISPES, to discuss the latest actions by Salvadoran president Nayib Bukele under the state of exception as it ramps up its criminalization of union and environmental activists.
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.