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March 12th, 2021: The Legend of Prudencia Ayala

As El Salvador today backslides into authoritarianism, the LMC looks back on Salvadoran history to find its democratic potential by discussing the forgotten legacy of Prudencia Ayala, the first woman to run for president in Latin America. So on this episode, the LMC spends the hour with Isabel Castillo, a researcher at the Center for the Study of Political History @ the Adolfo Ibanez University in Santiago, Chile.

February 5th, 2021: Vaccines for farmworkers

As the drama of COVID vaccine access takes over the world, what is the status of vaccines for essential farmworkers? And even if vaccine access is ensured for this population, what are some of the barriers to access faced by the undocumented farmworker community? The LMC speaks with Robin Lewy of the Rural Women’s Health Project (RWHP.org).