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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October 12th, 2025: Assessing Colombian Human Rights
On a special joint project with the Colombia Human Rights Network, the LMC spends the hour with human rights activist Alberto Yepes on the ongoing challenges of both maintaining Colombia’s peace process and how to dismantle the military’s stranglehold on one of the most unequal countries in Latin America.
September 26th, 2025: ICE vs Chicago
As the Trump administration expands its anti-immigrant crusade to Chicago, the LMC speaks with freelance writer Hector Cervantes on how the threat of ICE and the National Guard affects the Windy City and how local residents fight back.
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