With growing support on college campuses for Palestine as the Israeli military assault on Gaza continues, the LMC spends the hour with Mark Lewis Taylor, Professor of Theology and Culture at Princeton Theological Seminary, to discuss the history of Israeli involvement in the Mayan Genocide in Guatemala and why it should serve as a crucial frame of reference today.
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January 26th, 2024: Guatemala’s New Spring
After an election victory by leftist Bernando Arevalo in Guatemala’s presidential election last year, the LMC speaks with professor Marco Fonseca about this historic moment in Guatemalan history and how the right-wing tried to stop it.
Marco Fonseca is an Instructor in Latin American and International Studies, in the Department of International Studies at Glendon College, York University in Canada.
October 6th, 2023: The Future of Guatemalan Democracy
Following a historic presidential election and the threat of a coup in Guatemala, the LMC spends the hour with Maya K’iche’ Guatemalan historian and columnist Maria Aguilar to discuss the importance of Bernardo Arevalo’s victory over corrupt political elites. Maria Aguilar is also a lecturer and postdoctoral associate at Yale University.
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