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.
Did you know there are immigration raids taking place in Puerto Rico? On this episode, the LMC speaks with freelance reporter Carlos Berrios Polanco on ICE’s presence in Puerto Rico and how the island’s Dominican migrant community is living in fear and uncertainty.
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.
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