As the 2026 World Cup is under way, Celso Thomas Castilho, an associate professor of history at Vanderbilt University, spends the hour with the LMC to discuss the forgotten history Latino activism during the 1994 World Cup and the independent Latino newspapers that documented it all.
Category Archives: North America
May 22nd, 2026: HondurasGate
A disinformation campaign. Paid-off pardon. Another possible coup plot. Expanded US military presence in Central America. This is the Honduras Gate scandal under the guise of former Honduran coup leader Juan Orlando Hernandez.
On this episode, the LMC speaks with Kurt Hackbarth to discuss the Honduras Gate scandal and what it means to the sovereignty of Mexico under president Claudia Sheinbaum.
Kurt Hackbarth is the co-host of both the Soberania Podcast and Sin Muros on Mexico City’s Canal 11.
May 8th, 2026: Canada’s Latino Community
Slowly growing but often overlooked, Canada’s Latino community is facing an uphill battle for recognition in a country that rarely includes itself in the Latin American narrative. So the LMC speaks with professor Rodrigo Narro Perez about the importance of Latinx studies in Canada and why their experience deserves greater attention.
Rodrigo Narro Perez is an Assistant Professor in the School of Earth, Environment and Society and the Faculty of Science at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
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