Predating the riots in Los Angeles, the Mount Pleasant Uprising in 1991 marked a turning point for Washington DC’s Central American community as well as the beginning of the gentrification movement that has transformed the city. So the LMC spends the hour with DC activist and poet Quique Aviles to reminisce on this period in DC history and what has happened to the community since.
Category Archives: North America
February 12th, 2021: Biden’s Latin American Policy
What will US foreign policy in Latin America look like now with Joe Biden? The LMC looks for answers with Leonardo Flores, Latin America campaign coordinator for CodePink, as we discuss relations with Venezuela, Cuba, and more.
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.”
