OUR BIGGEST SHOW EVER!!! The lovely Carla Ortiz discusses her amazing new film, “Olvidados.” She produced, wrote, and starred in this frightening but true story of how the US-supported Operation Condor tortured, disappeared, murdered, and destroyed numerous lives in South America. It’s a human exploration into how foreign policy can deviate into unhumane atrocities.
Category Archives: South America
2015: Gold Mining
Investigative photojournalist Diego Cupolo returns to discuss the agricultural, health, and environmental dangers of corporate mining and how the Peruvian government facilitates it through passive acquiescence.
2015: Brazil protests
An anti-govenment movement similar to the American Tea Party has emerged to in an attempt to challenge the Worker’s Party government in Brazil. Bryan Pitts, an assistant Prof of History @ Duke University, dissects the anti-govt movement by giving a greater frame of reference. It’s a history that includes economic, class, and racial divisions.
Latino Media Collective 