Kelsey Alford-Jones, exec director of the Guatemala Human Rights Commission, discuss the latest on public opposition to corporate mining. Blanca Hernandez and Marcia Mendez from FAMDEGUA visit the US to discuss about their work supporting families of the dissappeared during Guatemala civil war.
2014: Elections in El Salvador
Geoff Thale, the Program Director for WOLA, talks to the LMC about the upcoming Salvadoran presidential elections. He speaks about the scant coverage in the US and the importance of El Salvador’s election to the rest of Central America.
2014: 20th Anniversary of NAFTA & El Salvador
2014 marked the 20th anniversary of NAFTA. So we speak with Ben Beachy from Global Trade Watch to take a look back. We also speak with William Chamagua from Cadena Mi Gente about the latest on El Salvador in the lead up to the presidential elections.