Category Archives: Central America

March 21st, 2025: Stories from the Darien Gap

Long before migrants make it to the US/Mexico border, many migrants make the treacherous journey through the Darien Gap. So the LMC spends the hour with freelance writers Joshua Collins and Timothy O’Farrell on the physical and psychological challenges migrants face when crossing the unpaved jungles between Panama and Colombia.

March 14th, 2025: The Life & Legacy of Schafik Handal

Salvadoran. Palestinian. Revolutionary. On this episode, the LMC speaks with Amy Fallas, a Salvadoran-Costa Rican writer, editor, and historian, on the political legacy of Schafik Handal and his amazing role in creating solidarity with resistance movements between El Salvador and the Middle East during the 1980s.

Amy Fallas is also an assistant editor at the Arab Studies Journal and a PhD candidate in history at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

February 14th, 2025: Jimmy Carter’s Central American Legacy

Following the passing of former US president Jimmy Carter last December, the LMC speaks with Jorge Cuellar about the dark and complicated legacy of his foreign policy in Central America and why it still remains relevant today.

Jorge Cuellar is an assistant professor of Latin American, Latino & Caribbean Studies @ Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire.