Following the shocking decision to award the Nobel Peace Prize to right-wing Venezuelan activist Maria Corina Machado, the LMC speaks with freelance writers Maria Paez Victor and Joe Emersberger to discuss what the Nobel Foundation missed regarding Machado’s dark history of supporting right-wing political violence.
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August 23rd, 2024: Uniting the Right Online
Freelance journalist Arturo Dominguez returns to the LMC to discuss the return of Donald Trump to Twitter, his disastrous interview with Elon Musk, and how both are uniting right-wing hate groups on Twitter following Musk’s takeover of the social media platform.
June 21st, 2024: Colombia vs Chiquita
Following a U.S. court ruling holding Chiquita Brands, formerly the United Fruit Company, liable for killings between 1997 and 2004 by a Colombian right-wing paramilitary group that the company gave millions of dollars; the LMC speaks with freelance writer Joshua Collins about the company’s history of bananas and blood.