On this episode, the LMC spends the hour with Juan Rojas, an intelligence fellow at Florida International University’s Jack D. Gordon Institute for Public Policy, to discuss the complicated triangle between, Colombia, Venezuela, and the ELN in the quest for peace.
Category Archives: South America
February 3rd, 2023: Peru’s Political Crisis
On this episode, the LMC spends the hour with Peruvian activist and economist Ruperto Moreno to disuss the latest in Peru’s political crisis, public mobilization in both Peru and Washington, and the roots of the countries economic structure that lead to the ouster of Pedro Castillo.
January 20th, 2023: Brazil’s Insurrection
Following a coup attempt in Brazil by supporters of former right-wing president Jair Bolsonaro, the LMC spends the hour with Michael Fox to break down both the US influence on the insurrection and the long history of fascism in Brazil.
Michael Fox is a freelance writer and the host of the Brazil On Fire podcast.