As the state of exception continues in El Salvador under the Nayib Bukele administration, the LMC speaks with Yesenia Portillo, the program director for CISPES, on the consequences of El Salvador’s backsliding democracy.
December 2nd, 2022: The Ayotzinapa Cover Up
Eight years after the disappearance of 43 students, new details continue to emerge on the Ayotzinapa murders. So the LMC spends the hour with freelance writer John Gibler to review the latest on the case and the Mexican states role in the disappearances.
November 11th, 2022: The Dominican Extreme Right
On this episode, the LMC welcomes Jose Santana to discuss the development of the extreme right in the Dominican Republic and how it uses anti-Haitian racism to cover its capitalist motives. Jose Santana is an economist and research fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.