The LMC wraps up 2023 with freelance writer Arturo Dominguez to discuss a tumultuous year that included xenophobia, mass shootings, Islamophobia, and anti-LGBTQ legislation. We’ll also discuss how numerous, successful labor strikes gives us hope for a better 2024.
Category Archives: Central America
November 24th, 2023: Bukele’s Beauty Pageant
Following the 2023 Miss Universe pageant in El Salvador, the LMC speaks with professors Ana P Rodriguez and Jorge Cuellar on how the pageant was used to whitewash Salvadoran president Nayib Bukele’s authoritarianism.
Ana P Rodriguez is an Associate Professor in the School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures @ the University of Maryland in College Park. Jorge Cuellar is a Assistant Professor, Latin American, Latino & Caribbean Studies @ Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire.
October 6th, 2023: The Future of Guatemalan Democracy
Following a historic presidential election and the threat of a coup in Guatemala, the LMC spends the hour with Maya K’iche’ Guatemalan historian and columnist Maria Aguilar to discuss the importance of Bernardo Arevalo’s victory over corrupt political elites. Maria Aguilar is also a lecturer and postdoctoral associate at Yale University.
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