On a special 9/11 commemoration episode, the LMC speaks with historian Linn Shapiro on the life and legacy of the late Chilean human rights activist Fabiola Letelier and how she created the foundations of Chile’s continued struggle for justice decades after the US-supported Pinochet dictatorship.
Linn Shapiro is the author of “Fabiola Letelier: Face and Force of the Chilean Social Justice Movement.”
Following the election of Keiko Fujimori, the daughter of former Peruvian dictator Alberto Fujimori, the LMC speaks with professor Javier Puente on how Peru’s democratic process lies on thin ice in the face of further neoliberal austerity measures known as Fujimorismo.
Javier Puente is the Chair and Associate Professor of Latin American and Latino/a Studies @ Smith College in Northampton, MA.
As Venezuela tries to recover from two devastating earthquakes, the LMC speaks with Venezuelan sociologist Maria Paez Victor to highlight the contributions of acting president Delcy Rodriguez and First Lady Cilia Flores, the women behind the Bolivarian revolution.
