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.
Amid a firestorm of controversy over illegal deportations to El Salvador’s notorious CECOT prison, the LMC spends the hour with Jorge Cuellar, assistant professor, Latin American, Latino & Caribbean Studies @ Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, to discuss Salvadoran president Nayib Bukele’s illegal deportation agreement with the Trump administration.
Freelance journalist Arturo Dominguez returns to discuss the latest controversies regarding the Trump administration’s mass deportations and how ICE policies have become global.
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.