As El Salvador today backslides into authoritarianism, the LMC looks back on Salvadoran history to find its democratic potential by discussing the forgotten legacy of Prudencia Ayala, the first woman to run for president in Latin America. So on this episode, the LMC spends the hour with Isabel Castillo, a researcher at the Center for the Study of Political History @ the Adolfo Ibanez University in Santiago, Chile.
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January 29th, 2021: Goya
What does Goya’s continued support of Trump tell us about white privilege & corporate greed? The LMC finds out by spending the hour with Will Guzman on the dark side of Goya and the Unanue family. Will Guzman is a professor of History @ Praire View A&M in Texas.
January 22nd, 2021: Banana Republics, Fact vs Fiction
As corporate media & political figures compare the white-nationalist Capitol siege as something from a “banana republic”, the LMC spends the hour with Joseph Nevins to set the record straight on its true origins & meaning. Joseph Nevins is a professor of Geography @ Vassar College in New York. He is also the author of “A People’s Guide to Greater Boston.”
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