Scholar Meleiza Figueroa says that by evoking the history of US interventions in Latin America, Sanders offered a “teachable moment” for the American people Story Transcript JAISAL NOOR, PRODUCER, TRNN: I’m Jaisal Noor for the Real News Network. During the Univision Democratic Debate on Wednesday, candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders sparred over a series […]
Author Archives: Meleiza Fugueroa
Meleiza Figueroa is a Ph.D. candidate in geography at the University of California at Berkeley and a producer at KPFK in Los Angeles. She recently wrote the piece "Hillary Clinton Cries Crocodile Tears for Latin American Immigrants." In addition to trade and migration, Figueroa also stresses U.S. backing of coups in Latin America, the recent assassination of an indigenous environmental activist in Honduras and how governmental policies lead to environmental degradation.
