Even amid a worldwide health pandemic, the Trump administration’s pursuit of overthrowing the Venezuelan government continues unabated. So the LMC speaks with Leonardo Flores, a Latin American policy expert and campaigner for CodePink, about how US imperialism continues forward even at the cost of human lives. He also compares Venezuela’s response to the Coronavirus to that of the Trump administration.
Category Archives: South America
March 27th, 2020: Pandemics & Racism
As the Coronavirus pandemic continues, the LMC speaks with Eladio Bobadilla about the history of racism and xenophobia in times of health pandemics in the US. Eladio Bobadilla is an assistant professor of history at the University of Kentucky and a member of the Scholars Strategy Network.
March 20th, 2020: Immigration & The Coronavirus
Amid the Coronavirus pandemic, the LMC speaks with freelance journalist Alexandra Villarreal about how anti-immigrant legislation and poor sanitary conditions in migrant detention centers could put more people at risk of illness.
