We talk about a variety of social and cultural issues affecting Americans and specifically Black-Americans. We add a little humor to some very serious topics as I try to wake my people up to the world we live in. Follow us at facebook.com/wtfusofa so you'll know when the show is on and the topics of discussion.
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Welcome to WTF is Going on in Latin America & The Caribbean, a PopularResistance broadcast featuring hot news out of the region with host Teri Mattson. Each weekly episode features a country and/or issue related to the affects of U.S. foreign, economic and/or military influence and intervention in the hemisphere of The Americas. Our guests include academics, policy-makers, journalists as well as activists recognized for their groundwork within local communities and movements. WTF is Going on ...
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Ecuador's Presidential Election heads to a Second Round in October
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EPISODE: Ecuador’s Presidential Election heads to a Second Round in October GUEST: Pilar Troya Pilar is an Ecuadorian feminist anthropologist. Her main areas of interest are social public policies, especially concerning gender equality and the feminist movement. She has served as an advisor to the Ministry of National Planning and as an advisor and…
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Nicaragua: A History of U.S. Intervention & Resistance
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EPISODE: Nicaragua, A History of US Intervention & Resistance GUEST: Author, Activist and Labor Attorney, Daniel Kovalik BACKGROUND: The latest book by labor and human rights attorney, Daniel Kovalik, Nicaragua: A History of US Intervention & Resistance (2023, Clarity Press, 292 pages), is a worthy addition to the author’s collection of works on co…
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Sandinistas Speak, Nicaraguans Defend Their Revolution
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EPISODE: Sandinistas Speak. Nicaraguans Defend their Revolution This episode is bi-lingual with subtitles. PRODUCER and HOST: Ramiro Sebastian Funez Friday, June 30, WTF returned to Managua, Nicaragua to do follow-up study of Caribbean Coast government funded infrastructure projects and to celebrate the 44th Anniversary of the Sandinista Revolution…
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Nicaragua against Empire: Part II Managua against Empire
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EPISODE: Nicaragua against Empire - Part II Managua Against Empire, an inside look at Managua, Nicaragua, from a revolutionary socialist perspective. PRODUCER and HOST: Ramiro Sebastian Funez Friday, June 30, WTF returned to Managua, Nicaragua to do follow-up study of Caribbean Coast government funded infrastructure projects and to celebrate the 44…
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Mexico: Expanding Democracy and Defending Sovereignty
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EPISODE: Mexico: Expanding Democracy and Defending Sovereignty GUEST: José Luis Granados Ceja, journalist with Venezuelanalysis and The Mexico Solidarity Project BACKGROUND: The international press is again bludgeoning Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador, this time accusing him of attacking the country’s democratic institutions. It’s a ba…
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Alex Saab: Three Years as a Kidnapped Diplomat
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EPISODE: Alex Saab, Three Years as a Kidnapped Diplomat GUEST: Fiorella Isabel of The Convo Couch BACKGROUND: The case is a terrifying example of the US’s continuing commitment to illegal, unilateral intervention and ‘regime change,’ where no country is truly safe, writes FRANCISCO DOMINGUEZ (link to full article below) From his article: “June 12, …
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Mexico's Secretary of Foreign Affairs Resigns to Run for President
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EPISODE: Mexico’s Secretary of Foreign Affairs Resigns to Run for President GUEST: Independent journalist Alina Duarte who joins us from Mexico City BACKGROUND: Mexican Secretary of Foreign Relations, Marcelo Ebrard, one of the leading contenders to be the country's next leader, said on Tuesday he will resign to focus on winning the presidential no…
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Isolationisam Ends; Maduro Visits Brazil
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EPISODE: Isolationism Ends: Maduro Visits Brazil GUEST: Ricardo Vaz, political analyst and editor at Venezuelanalysis.com BACKGROUND: Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro traveled to Brazil as part of an official visit to meet with his counterpart Luiz Inácio “Lula” da Silva where the pair discussed regional and international cooperation, including …
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Ecuador's President Dissolves National Assembly Triggering Early Elections
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EPISODE: Ecuador’s President Dissolves National Assembly Triggering Early Elections GUEST: Author and Journalist Joe Emersgerger. You can find his work published at CounterPunch, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR), MintPressNews and more. Also, be sure to read his book Extraordinary Threat: The US Empire, the Media and Twenty Years of Coup A…
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Whatever Happened to that Plane? U.S. Unilateral Sanctions & the Saga of Venezuela's Emtrasur Cargo 747
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EPISODE: Whatever Happened to that Plane? U.S. Unilateral Sanctions and the Saga of Venezuela’s Emtrasur Cargo 747 GUEST: Orlenys Ortiz, citizen journalist joining us from Venezuela TRANSLATION: Carmelo Valasquez, Velasquez Translations, Buenos Aires, Argentina BACKGROUND: On May 3, 2023, the Argentinian press reported a US prosecutor requested the…
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The Country is Not for Sale: Economic Development & Trade Zones (ZEDEs) vs National Sovereignty
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EPISODE: The Country is Not for Sale-Economic Development & Employment Zones (ZEDEs) versus National Sovereignty GUESTS: Beth Geglia, anthropology PhD, and Melinda St. Louis, Director of Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch BACKGROUND: On May 3, Democratic U.S. lawmakers urged the U.S. Trade Representative and State Department to eliminate investor-…
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Guatemalan Political Crisis: June 25 Elections Set as Critics Slam Disqualifications
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EPISODE: Guatemalan Political Crisis-June 25 Elections Set as Critics Slam Disqualifications GUEST: Frank with The Network in Solidarity with the People of Guatemala (NISQUA) BACKGROUND: Campaigning began in earnest last month for Guatemala’s general elections, with political messaging filling the streets, local broadcasts and social media. But les…
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Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov Visits Brazil
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EPISODE: Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov Visits Brazil GUEST: Camila Escalante, Kawsachun News-Brazil BACKGROUND: Russia’s minister of foreign affairs, Sergei Lavrov, arrived in Brasília on Monday for talks with his Brazilian counterpart, Mauro Vieira, in the latest of a series of bilateral encounters likely to ruffle the US. Lavrov arrived…
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Burying 200 Years of the Monroe Doctrine
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EPISODE: Burying 200 Years of The Monroe Doctrine GUEST: Carlos Ron, Venezuela Vice Minister of Foreign Relations for North America BACKGROUND: The Monroe Doctrine, first articulated by U.S. President James Monroe on December 2, 1823, is a United States foreign policy position that opposes European colonialism in the Western Hemisphere. It holds th…
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Reject U.S. Imperialism! Make Our Americas a Zone of Peace
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EPISODE: Reject U.S. Imperialism! Make Our Americas a Zone of Peace GUESTS: Ajamu Baraka, Black Alliance for Peace Haiti/Americas Team Margaret Flowers, Co-Founder and Director of Popular Resistance & Host of the podcast Clearing the Fog BACKGROUND: On Tuesday, April 4, The Black Alliance for Peace (BAP), along with key partner organizations, launc…
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Argentina Celebrates 40 Years of Democracy and Human Rights
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EPISODE: Argentina Celebrates 40 Years of Democracy and Human Rights GUEST: Franco Metaza, Director-General for Foreign Affairs of the Argentina National Senate. BACKGROUND: Last week, Argentina celebrated 40 years of democracy and human rights by hosting the Third World Forum of Human Rights (March 20-24) scheduled in tandem with its National Day …
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Mexico's Fourth Transformation and Why the U.S. Wants to Stop It
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EPISODE: Mexico’s Fourth Transformation and Why the U.S. Wants to Stop It We thank The Mexico Solidarity Project for participating in this episode as a special broadcast partner. GUEST: Kurt Hackbarth, Writer, Journalist and Activist BACKGROUND: "Although the 4T has not fulfilled everyone’s expectations, it has, in four years, created a governing m…
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Colombia: Total Peace and the Fight to Free all Political Prisoners
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EPISODE: Colombia-Total Peace and the Fight to Free All Political Prisoners GUESTS: Anthony Dest, Colombia Freedom Collective Ajamu Baraka, Black Alliance for Peace National Organizer & BAP Haiti/Americas Team BACKGROUND: In April 2021, tens of thousands of people took to the streets in Colombia to demand change. They rejected decades of state viol…
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The Devastating Effects of Militarization on Puerto Rico and Her People: How One Activist is Promoting Health Justice for Vieques and Culebra
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EPISODE: The Devastating Effects of Militarization on Puerto Rico and Her People. How One Activist is Promoting Health Justice for Vieques & Culebra. GUEST: Monisha Rios, Puerto Rican psychologist, social worker and disabled US veteran. Founder and director of Centro Solidario de Puerto Rico. NOTE: Full visual presentation can be viewed here: BACKG…
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EPISODE: Peru - More than Statistics In today’s episode, WTF host Teri Mattson shares some of the key findings of the Preliminary Report of the International Mission of Solidarity and Human Rights Delegation which arrived in Peru on February 7, 2023 and deployed its work in the country until the 13th of the same month. Teri was one of 19 human righ…
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Live from Peru-National Strike, Day 40
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EPISODE: National Strike, Day 40: A Conversation with Human Rights Activists in Peru NOTE: This is a follow-up conversation to our February 2 Episode with Peruvian activists Anahi Durand and Eliana Carlin. I have since visited Peru on a human rights observation delegation with Mision de Solidaridad Internacional y Derechos Humanos Interpretation pr…
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"So They Can See Us", Peru's National Protest Advances on Lima
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EPISODE: “So They Can See Us” Peru’s National Protest Advances to Lima GUESTS: Anahi Durand is a sociologist, former Minister of Women & Vulnerable Populations for the Castillo Presidency and founder of Mujers por Una Nueva Constitución (Women for a New Constitution); and, Eliana Carlin is a Peruvian political scientist, lecturer and researcher. Sh…
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CELAC Summit 2023: Latin American Integration includes the Voices of the People
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EPISODE: CELAC 2023-Latin American Integration includes the Voices of the People GUEST: Alejandro Rusconi, Secretary of International Relations for Evita Movement Spanish to English interpretation provided by Carmelo Velasquez of Velasquez Translations, Buenos Aires BACKGROUND: Founded in 2011,.CELAC, or the Community of Latin American and Caribbea…
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Asylum for Sale: Profit and Protest in the Migration Industry
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EPISODE: Asylum for Sale: Profit and Protest in the Migration Industry GUEST: Adrienne Pine, Author and Medical Anthropologist. For the past 17 years, she has worked in US federal asylum courts as a country conditions expert for Honduran asylum seekers in more than 100 asylum cases. BACKGROUND: On the heels of last week’s North America Trilateral S…
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North America's Trilateral Talks in Mexico City
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EPISODE: North America’s Trilateral Summit GUESTS: Marco Castillo, Co-Executive Director of Global Exchange Jim Hodgson, Canadian Journalist BACKGROUND: The North American Leaders' Summit (NALS), sometimes called the Three Amigos Summit in the popular press,[1][2][3] is the trilateral summit between the prime minister of Canada, the president of Me…
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219 Years of Haitian Independence: the first
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EPISODE: 219 Years of Haitian Independence, a history of the first revolution in The Americas GUESTS: Pierre LaBossiere, Judith “Mirk” Mirkinson and Seth Donnelly of The Haiti Action Committee BACKGROUND: On January 1, 1804, Haiti became an independent republic, following the revolution which had begun 13 years earlier as a rebellion of enslaved pe…
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Saab Oral Argument Focuses on Legitimacy of Maduro Government
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TODAY’S EPISODE: Saab Oral Argument Focuses on Legitimacy of Maduro Government GUEST: Author, labor attorney and human rights activist Dan Kovalik of Council on Hemispheric Affairs BACKGROUND: On December 20, in the U.S. District Court of Southern Florida, Judge Robert N. Scola heard oral arguments on Alex Saab’s motion to dismiss the case against …
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Deconstructing the Anatomy of "Forgetting"
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EPISODE: Deconstructing the Anatomy of "Forgetting" GUEST; Journalist, activist and educator Roberto Alvarenga Lovato Roberto Lovato is the author of Unforgetting (Harper Collins), a “groundbreaking” memoir the New York Times picked as an “Editor’s Choice.” Newsweek listed Lovato’s memoir as a “must read” 2020 book which the Los Angeles Times liste…
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Lawfare: Judicial & Legislative Coups in Argentina and Peru
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TODAY’S EPISODE: Lawfare: Judicial & Legislative Coups in Argentina and Peru Joining me today is my friend and co-host Raul Burbano. Raul is the Program Director for Common Frontiers based in Toronto. Common Frontiers is a WTF broadcast partner GUESTS: Aníbal Ibarra and Daniela Ortiz. Anibal is the former Mayor of Buenos Aires and Federal Prosecuto…
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Decolonization, Multipolarity and the Demise of the Monroe Doctrine
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EPISODE: Decolonization, Multipolarity & the Demise of the Monroe Doctrine GUEST: Frederick Mills, professor of philosophy at Bowie State University and Deputy Director of the Council on Hemispheric Affairs. He researches and writes on ethics, philosophy, U.S. --Latin America relations and has recently published a book, Enrique Dussel's Ethics of L…
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Save the Planet: Nicaragua & the Climate Crisis
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EPISODE: Save the Planet: Nicaragua & the Climate Crisis GUEST: Javier Gutierrez, Secretary of the Presidency of Nicaragua for Climate Change and Vice-Minister of Environment and Natural Resources. On the heels of COP27, we present an encore broadcast from August 2021 discussing climate change with guest Javier Gutierrez, Secretary of the Presidenc…
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Bolivia's Right-Wing Orchestrates a Civic Strike
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EPISODE: Bolivia’s Right-Wing Orchestrates a Civil Strike GUESTS: Camila Escalante and Ollie Vargas of Kawsachun News and the podcast Latin America in Review BACKGROUND: In the last 21 days former coup leader and current governor of the Department of Santa Cruz, Luis Fernando Camacho, has been allowed “to carry out a coup d’état in the city of Sant…
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Colombia & Venezuela: Brother Nations Reunite
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EPISODE: Colombia & Venezuela, Brother Nations Reunite GUEST: Daniel Kovalik Dan is an American lawyer and Human Rights advocate who currently teaches International Human Rights at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. From 1993 until 2019 he served as in-house counsel for the United Steelworkers, AFL-CIO. While with the USW, he worked on Ali…
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Brazil's Lula da Silva: A Victory of an Immense Democratic Movement
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EPISODE: Brazil’s Lula da Silva: A Victory of an Immense Democratic Movement GUEST: Michael Fox who is an independent journalist and the podcast host of Brazil on Fire a NACLA and Real News production BACKGROUND Luiz Inácio “Lula” da Silva was elected the next president of Brazil, in a stunning comeback following a tight run-off race on Sunday, Oct…
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TODAY'S EPISODE: The Impending U.S. Invasion of Haiti GUEST: Jemima Pierre of Black Alliance for Peace Associate Professor, Department of African American Studies and Department of Anthropology, University of California Los Angeles Jemima Pierre is a sociocultural anthropologist whose research and teaching interests are located in the overlaps betw…
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Alex Saab, A Kidnapped Diplomat
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Note: this episode is bilingual (Spanish and English). For full English translation, please view at: https://youtu.be/AvzCWjqiRQE Additional note: the first few minutes of this broadcast were disrupted by anti-government trolls. The disruption has been left in the recording so as to demonstrate some of the obstacles faced while reporting a non-US n…
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Brazil's Presidential Election Goes to a Second Round
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Guests: Camila Escalante of Kawsachun News Craig Jardula of the ConvoCouch Both of our guests were on the ground in Brazil to observe the first round presidential elections held Sunday, October 2 Background: Brazil's presidential election is headed for a run-off vote, electoral authorities said on Sunday, October 2, after President Jair Bolsonaro's…
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Gustavo Petro at the United Nations: "It is time for PEACE"
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In this episode, we are in conversation with three Colombians living in the North America diaspora about their impressions of Colombian President Gustavo Petro’s address to the United Nations on Tuesday, September 20 Guests: Raul Burbano, Executive Director Common Frontiers, Toronto Yhamir Chabur, Troika Kollectivo, Queens Samantha Wherry, CODEPINK…
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Deconstructing the September 4 Plebiscite in Chile
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GUESTS: Patricio Zamorano, Co-Director of the Council on Hemispheric Affairs which is also a WTF broadcast partner. Patricio is Chilean born and has been living in the US for 20 years. He voted at the Chilean Embassy in Washington DC on Sunday. Alondra Carrillo Vidal, member of the Chilean Constitutional Convention and spokesperson for Coordinadora…
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Argentina's Vice President Faces a "Media-Judicial Firing Squad"
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Guest: Franco Metaza,Director-General for Foreign Affairs of the Argentina National Senate. Franco is a political activist of Argentina. He is involved in the Peronist-Kirchnerista movement of “La Campora”. He has a degree in Government and International Relations. He did his degree thesis on the Mercosur Parliament. He has held different positions…
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Social Movements: Community Organizing, Political Formation & Electoral Wins
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Join us for a powerful female panel conversation on the importance of movement building. We will explore how four Latin American nations changed, or hope to change, their governments and the future of their people. This is a bilingual episode (principally English) This episode was inspired by a fantastic group of women throughout the Americas that …
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Three Weeks of Anti-Neoliberal Protests in Panama
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With guest Ronaldo Ortiz, National Coordinator for FRENADESO (El Frente Amplio por la Democracia, Panamá) This episode is bilingual. For English subtitles, please visit: https://youtu.be/s3MooQE9w_E Background: Earlier this week, The Panamanian government and protesters edged closer to an agreement to end a weeks-long cost-of-living revolt that has…
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AMLO Goes to Washington: The Mexico/US Bilateral Meeting in Review
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Guest: Marco Castillo, Executive Director of Global Exchange and coordinator for Nuestra Red Background: On July 12 when Mexican president Lopez Obrador traveled to Washington DC his most exciting encounter for Mexicans (both in the U.S. and in Mexico) was not his meeting with President Biden, but his impromptu encounter with well wishers outside h…
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Tell the White House: Cuba is not a Sponsor of Terror
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Today’s Episode: Tell the White House: Cuba is not a Sponsor of Terror Guest: activist, author and co-founder of CODEPINK, Medea Benjamin. Background In the last days of the outgoing Trump administration, then Secretary of State Mike Pompeo added Cuba back onto the list of state sponsors of terrorism, after it had been removed from the list in 2015…
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Ecuador: The Lasso Government Post-National Strike
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Episode: Ecuador-The Lasso Government Post-National Strike Which is a follow-up to our June 22 episode “Ecuador Erupts against Neoliberalism with guest Camila Escalante of Kawsachun News. Guest: author and journalist Joe Emersberger. You can find his work published at FAIR (Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting) and be sure to read his book Extraordin…
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Today’s Episode: Argentina-BRICS, CELAC and the OAS Guest: Franco Metaza,Director-General for Foreign Affairs of the Argentina National Senate. Guest Bio: Franco Metaza is a political activist of Argentina. He is involved in the peronist-kirchnerista movement of “La Campora”. He has a degree in Government and International Relations. He did his deg…
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Episode: Ecuador Erupts against Neoliberalism Guest: Camila Escalante of Kawsachun News Background: Thousands of indigenous demonstrators marched through Ecuador's capital on Monday, June 20 urging President Guillermo Lasso to agree to demands for economic and social support, the latest in a series of protests that have injured dozens and disrupted…
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Today’s Episode: Voices for an Inclusive Hemisphere Guest :Fiorella Mayorca of The Convo Couch Background: The White House announced in January 2022 that the City of Los Angeles would serve as host of IX Summit of the Americas on June 6-10. As host, the United States selects the site of the summit and its attendees. The United States did not invite…
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Colombia Presidential Elections move to a Second Round
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Todays’ episode: Colombia Presidential Elections move to a Second Round Guest Raul Burbano, Executive Director of Common Frontiers based in Toronto. Background: Two anti-establishment candidates, Gustavo Petro, a centrist and Rodolfo Hernández, a right-wing populist, captured the top two spots in Colombia’s presidential election on May 29 deliverin…
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Elections Observers denied Entry to Colombia
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Todays’ episode: Elections Observers denied entry to Colombia Co-Host: CODEPINK Latin America policy expert Leonardo Flores. Guest: Nestor Cristancho of Canal 2, Cali, Colombia On Sunday, May 29 Colombians will vote for President. The election comes at a difficult moment for the country. Polls show widespread dissatisfaction with the government of …
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