On this episode, the LMC welcomes Venezuelan sociologist María Páez Victor to break down the criminalization of Venezuelan migrants and the myth of the Tren de Aragua gang narrative in corporate media.
Category Archives: South America
May 2nd, 2025: Daniel Noboa vs Afro-Ecuadorians
Military executions. Police snipers. Environmental racism. On this episode, the LMC speaks with freelance writer Claudia O’Brien Moscoso and Arturo Ramirez, a professor of public policy at the Catholic University of Santiago, Guayaquil in Ecuador, on the challenges faced by Afro-Ecuadorians under the authoritarian presidency of Daniel Noboa.
April 4th, 2025: Putting Everything on ICE
Freelance journalist Arturo Dominguez returns to discuss the latest controversies regarding the Trump administration’s mass deportations and how ICE policies have become global.