Laura Embree-Lowry, the program director for CISPES, joins us to discuss the historic mining ban in El Salvador. She’ll explain how El Salvador became the first country in the world to ban all metallic mining nationwide and about the activists whom risked their lives to fight for social and environmental justice. Learn more at cispes.org/
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Nov 11th 2016: Gentrifying Latino Food Culture
On this episode, we speak with Daniel Alvarenga, the creator of Salvadoran blog site www.salvacultura.com/ on how gentrification can even affect the food we eat & how it can be co-opted to the rest of mainstream American food culture. Buen provecho!
Sept 23rd 2016: Central American Migration
Following this week’s UN Summit for Refugees & Migration, Laura Weiss talks with us about increased border enforcement on the Guatemala/Mexico border. Weiss is the web editor for the North American Congress on Latin America. (NACLA) You can learn more about her report on nacla.org/
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