The US accuses Venezuela of drug smuggling while the Trump administration pardons a convicted drug dealer. This is hypocrisy on drugs. So the LMC speaks with Egberto Willies, the host of Politics Done Right on KPFT in Houston, and freelance writer Arturo Dominguez on how both Venezuela and Honduras serve as a case study on the myth of the “war on drugs.”
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March 29th, 2024: JOH Guilty
Following the conviction of former Honduran coup president Juan Orlando Hernandez in a US court on drug-trafficking charges, the LMC speaks with both Adrienne Pine and Karen Spring about how JOH turned Honduras into a narco-state.
Adrienne Pine is an anthropologist & co-coordinator of the Intl Coalition to Stop Genocide in Palestine. Karen Spring is a researcher, host of the Honduras Now podcast, and co-coordinator of the Honduras Solidarity Network (HSN).
March 22nd, 2019: El Chapo, Fact vs Fiction
The trial and saga of El Chapo has been sensationalized by US corporate media to the point where there have been Narconovelas made based on him. Meanwhile, the institutional power structures that created El Chapo in Mexico, with heavy US support, continues its path toward further militarization. On this episode, the LMC speaks with Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera on the fact vs fiction behind the “War on Drugs.” She is the author of, “Los Zetas Inc: Criminal Corporations, Energy,and Civil War in Mexico.”
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