Amid a failed coup attempt in Bolivia, a split within the leftist MAS party, and allegations of a “self-coup”, the LMC spends the hour with Gabriel Hetland to break down a series of events in Bolivia that raises more questions than answers for the struggling presidency of Luis Arce.
Gabriel Hetland is an associate professor of Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx studies at SUNY Albany in New York.
On this episode, the LMC spends the hour with Peruvian activist and economist Ruperto Moreno to disuss the latest in Peru’s political crisis, public mobilization in both Peru and Washington, and the roots of the countries economic structure that lead to the ouster of Pedro Castillo.
On the 10th anniversary of the parliamentary coup against Fernando Lugo, the LMC spends the hour with freelance writer Norma Flores Allende on the historic challenges of the Paraguayan left in a tightly controlled, one-party state.
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.