Caught between a war at home and targeted by ICE in the US, Ecuadorian migrants are facing a perpetual cycle of violence with little relief. So the LMC speaks with Andrea Sempértegui, an Assistant Professor of Politics at Whitman College, on how both the US and Ecuadorian president Daniel Noboa have created an inescapable state of interconnected wars.
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May 2nd, 2025: Daniel Noboa vs Afro-Ecuadorians
Military executions. Police snipers. Environmental racism. On this episode, the LMC speaks with freelance writer Claudia O’Brien Moscoso and Arturo Ramirez, a professor of public policy at the Catholic University of Santiago, Guayaquil in Ecuador, on the challenges faced by Afro-Ecuadorians under the authoritarian presidency of Daniel Noboa.
February 7th, 2025: The Guayaquil Four
Last December, four Afro-Latino boys were taken by the Ecuadorian military and were never seen alive again. On this episode, the LMC speaks with freelance writer Claudia O’Brien Moscoso about the case of the Guayaquil Four and how it raises the question of institutional racism and political instability in Ecuador.