Decades after the inception of Operation Condor throughout South America, the LMC spends the hour with Dr Francesca Lessa on transational repression under the guise of Operation Condor and the continued pursuit for justice years later. Dr Francesca Lessa is the author of, “The Condor Trials: Transnational Repression And Human Rights In South America.”
Category Archives: South America
July 1st, 2022: The Paraguayan Left
On the 10th anniversary of the parliamentary coup against Fernando Lugo, the LMC spends the hour with freelance writer Norma Flores Allende on the historic challenges of the Paraguayan left in a tightly controlled, one-party state.
June 3rd, 2022: The Consequences of US Sanctions
In our first on location episode, the LMC goes to the Mount Pleasant library in Washington DC to highlight a conference of grassroots Venezuelan activists on the consequences of US sanctions on Venezuela. This episode also includes special assistance from Leonardo Flores, a Latin American policy expert and campaigner for CodePink.