Often talked about but never heard from in corporate media, the Salvadoran community in Washington DC has been often overlooked in the DMV narrative. So the LMC speaks with Ana Patricia Rodriguez to discuss how the Salvadoran diaspora helped build Washington as we know it today and the sacrifices immigrants make for their children’s futures.
Ana Patricia Rodríguez is an Associate Professor, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures @ the University of Maryland in College Park. She is also the author of “Avocado Dreams: Remaking Salvadoran Life and Art in the Washington, D.C. Metro Area.”
Following the amazing performance by Bad Bunny at the Super Bowl halftime show, the LMC speaks with Puerto Rican writer Alberto Medina to break down the independence movement’s greatest ever spotlight.
Civilians being murdered. Racial profiling. Militarized forces in educational institutions. Political rivals attacked. Indigenous lands being shaken down.
The parallels between ICE and border patrol with the US-supported Central American death squads of the 80s are striking. So the LMC spends the hour with Jorge Cuellar, an assistant professor of Latin American, Latino & Caribbean Studies @ Dartmouth College of Hanover in New Hampshire, to further examine these parallels following recent events in Minnesota.
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.
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