As pressure mounts throughout the world to boycott and block resources going to Israel because of the genocide in Gaza, the LMC spends the hour with writers Abigail Kret and Gabe Levine-Drizin on Colombia is leading the way for the South Global by both Colombian president Gustavo Petro and the grassroots organizations that keep his administration in check.
Abigail Kret is an artist and writer living in Colombia whose work focuses on the history of left-wing movements in the late 20th century.
Gabe Levine-Drizin is NACLA’s Web Editor and a PhD student in History at New York University focusing on Colombian agrarian reform and land occupations in the 1960s and 70s.
Today on the show, the LMC speaks with Silvio Rendon, an economist for the Center for Economic and Policy Research. on how US sanctions imposed on various countries end up possibly killing more people than war does.
On a special episode, the LMC welcomes filmmaker Johanne Gómez Terrero and Dr. Reinaldo B. Spech on the new film “Sugar Island” and the struggle for Afro-descendent identity and citizenship in the Dominican Republic.
Dr. Reinaldo Speck is also the co-director of the Afro Diaspora Film Festival.
The Latino Media Collective is a grassroots Latino public-affairs program that airs on Pacifica station WPFW 89.3fm on Fridays @ 1pm EST in Washington DC.