The LMC collaborates with the Colombia Human Rights Committee once again to discuss the plight of Colombian environmental activists with Astrid Torres, the Director of the Somos Defensores Program, and Pilar Castillo, Director of Asociación MINGA.
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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.
May 17th, 2024: The Floods of Porto Alegre
Devasting floods in the Brazilian city of Porto Alegre has left hundreds dead and major concerns about the continued effects of global warming. So the LMC spends the hour with Michael Fox, the host of the podcast docuseries “Brazil on Fire”, to give the latest on “Brazil’s Katrina.”