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.
Category Archives: Central America
September 22nd, 2023: Costa Rica Deconstructed
On this episode, the LMC speaks with Michael Fox, freelance writer and the host of Brazil on Fire, for a nuanced conversation about the politics of Costa Rica from global warming to the Trump-like tendencies of president Rodrigo Chaves.
June 23rd, 2023: El Salvador’s Match Fixing Scandal
Ten years after a match fixing scandal rocked El Salvador’s national soccer team, the LMC speaks with El Faro reporter Nelson Rauda on how institutional corruption went beyond the individual players and into the highest levels of El Salvador’s futbol structure.
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