On this episode, the LMC speaks with Camila Vergara on the Chilean people’s uprising against the countries neoliberal economic system that dates back the Pinochet dictatorship and how current president Sebastian Pinera is applying it today. Camila Vergara is a postdoctural research scholar @ the Columbia Law School in New York.
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November 15th, 2019: Right-Wing Coup in Bolivia
A right-wing coup has overthrown the democratically-elected president of Bolivia, Evo Morales. Freelance writer Ben Dangl speaks with the LMC about the latest in Bolivia and also gives us a valuable frame of reference on the indigenous pursuit for social justice in Bolivia. Ben Dangl is also the author of, “The Five Hundred Year Rebellion: Indigenous Movements and the Decolonization of History in Bolivia.”
November 8th, 2019: Undocumented & LGBTQ pt 6
The LMC continues its Undocumented & LGBTQ series by spending the hour with Giuliani Alvarenga discussing the life and LGBTQ legacy of the late great Salvadoran prof Horacio Roque Ramirez. Giuliani Alvarenga is a freelance writer for thebody.com
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