Laura Embree-Lowry, the program director for CISPES, joins us to discuss the historic mining ban in El Salvador. She’ll explain how El Salvador became the first country in the world to ban all metallic mining nationwide and about the activists whom risked their lives to fight for social and environmental justice. Learn more at cispes.org/
Category Archives: Central America
March 17th 2017: Honduras, Berta Caceres, & Human Rights
Freelance journalist Sandra Cuffe joins us to discuss the 1-year anniversary of Honduran indigenous & environmental rights activist Berta Caceres’ assassination. We also discuss the latest details of her case, which involves US-trained soldiers. In addition, we also talk about latest in human rights abuses, confiscation of land, and attacks against activists. You can find more from Sandra Cuffe at www.sandracuffe.com/
Nov 11th 2016: Gentrifying Latino Food Culture
On this episode, we speak with Daniel Alvarenga, the creator of Salvadoran blog site www.salvacultura.com/ on how gentrification can even affect the food we eat & how it can be co-opted to the rest of mainstream American food culture. Buen provecho!
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