As the militarization of the border in Texas continues to increase under governor Greg Abbott, the LMC spends the hour with Heidi Beirich, the co-founder of the Global Project Against Hate & Extremism, about how continuing militarization has become a magnet for armed hate groups.
March 1st, 2024: Chile’s Constitutional Future
Following two failed attempts at rewriting the Pinochet-era constitution in Chile, the LMC speaks with freelance writer Nyki Duda about what happens next in the administration of Chilean president Gabriel Boric and its turn to the right.
January 26th, 2024: Guatemala’s New Spring
After an election victory by leftist Bernando Arevalo in Guatemala’s presidential election last year, the LMC speaks with professor Marco Fonseca about this historic moment in Guatemalan history and how the right-wing tried to stop it.
Marco Fonseca is an Instructor in Latin American and International Studies, in the Department of International Studies at Glendon College, York University in Canada.