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La Opresión de La Gente

La Opresión de La Gente

By Theodore Siasat and Rukmini Banerjee

This is La Opresión de La Gente, by Theodore Siasat and Rukmini Banerjee. We are first-year students at Claremont Mckenna College, working on this podcast sponsored by the Keck Center for International and Strategic Studies. is In this podcast, we will be discussing U.S. intervention in Latin America, specifically focusing on Bolivia and Venezuela in the last two episodes. We hope to explore the humanitarian impact of this involvement and the U.S.'s motivations.
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American Involvement in Venezuela

La Opresión de La Gente Apr 19, 2021

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American Involvement in Venezuela

American Involvement in Venezuela

Welcome to our final episode of La Opresión de La Gente! In this episode, we interview Professor Hetland, where we discuss the U.S.'s involvement in Venezuelan politics in recent history and more recently. We focus on the U.S's motivations, its actions, and the humanitarian and socioeconomic impacts it has made.

Apr 19, 202123:38
American Involvement in Bolivia

American Involvement in Bolivia

Welcome to our second episode of La Opresión de La Gente! In this episode, we interview Professor Gabriel Hetland from the University at Albany, where we discuss the U.S.'s involvement in Bolivian politics in recent history and more recently. We focus on the U.S's motivations, its actions, and the humanitarian and socioeconomic impacts it has made. 

Apr 19, 202125:13
An Introduction to American Involvement in Latin America

An Introduction to American Involvement in Latin America

Welcome to our first episode of La Opresión de La Gente, which translates to "The Oppression of the People." We will begin by diving into the U.S.'s foreign policy in Latin America over the past century and the humanitarian impacts of said involvement on the people of Latin America. Then, we specifically discuss the history of the U.S.'s relationship with Bolivia and Venezuela, the two countries which we will be focusing on in this podcast series. We aim to help bring attention to the impact that the U.S. has had on the region— we often hear about the Middle East in the news, but we seldom hear about the U.S.'s involvement in Latin America. Why are we involved in Latin America? What are the impacts of this involvement? How exactly does the U.S. influence the region? These are all questions that we will be exploring during this episode and the entire series. 

Mar 30, 202125:02