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.

March 21st, 2025: Stories from the Darien Gap

Long before migrants make it to the US/Mexico border, many migrants make the treacherous journey through the Darien Gap. So the LMC spends the hour with freelance writers Joshua Collins and Timothy O’Farrell on the physical and psychological challenges migrants face when crossing the unpaved jungles between Panama and Colombia.