As the 2026 World Cup is under way, Celso Thomas Castilho, an associate professor of history at Vanderbilt University, spends the hour with the LMC to discuss the forgotten history Latino activism during the 1994 World Cup and the independent Latino newspapers that documented it all.
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November 8th, 2024: Requiem for Fernandomania
Gone, but never forgotten. In memory of Dodgers legend Fernando Valenzuela, who recently passed away last October, L.A. Times columnist Gustavo Arellano speaks with the LMC about the legend of Fernandomania and how his legacy and impact on the Mexican-American community in Los Angeles went beyond the baseball diamond.
June 23rd, 2023: El Salvador’s Match Fixing Scandal
Ten years after a match fixing scandal rocked El Salvador’s national soccer team, the LMC speaks with El Faro reporter Nelson Rauda on how institutional corruption went beyond the individual players and into the highest levels of El Salvador’s futbol structure.
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