On a special episode, the LMC welcomes filmmaker Johanne Gómez Terrero and Dr. Reinaldo B. Spech on the new film “Sugar Island” and the struggle for Afro-descendent identity and citizenship in the Dominican Republic.
Dr. Reinaldo Speck is also the co-director of the Afro Diaspora Film Festival.
Freelance journalist Arturo Dominguez returns to discuss the latest controversies regarding the Trump administration’s mass deportations and how ICE policies have become global.
Did you know there are immigration raids taking place in Puerto Rico? On this episode, the LMC speaks with freelance reporter Carlos Berrios Polanco on ICE’s presence in Puerto Rico and how the island’s Dominican migrant community is living in fear and uncertainty.
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.