As human rights violations continue to mount in El Salvador, U.S. lawmakers are looking to whitewash the abuses of Salvadoran president Nayib Bukele. So the LMC spends the hour with Alexis Stoumbelis, the Executive Director of the Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador (CISPES), to break down who is involved and what it means for Salvadoran democracy under the continued state of exception.
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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.
July 5th, 2024: Biden’s Asylum Policy
President Joe Biden’s new executive orders on asylum was met with disapproval from both Democrats and Republicans. So the LMC spends the hour with Ernesto Castaneda, the director for the Center for Latin American and Latino Studies & the Immigration Lab at American University in Washington DC, to break down the political miscalculations of Biden’s migrant policy.