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.
May 9th, 2025: The Politics of Tattoos
Freelance writer Arturo Dominguez returns to the LMC to discuss the how tattoos are being used by the Trump administration to racially profile and deport innocent people with no criminal record.
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.