Megan McDowell has translated some of Latin America's most important and influential contemporary writers, including Argentine authors Samanta Schweblin and Mariana Enriquez and Chilean writer Alejandro Zambra. Her translations have won the Eng

#16 - Mark Kent (UK Ambassador to Argentina)

Jan 20th, 2021 35m 35s

It’s sometimes a tough gig being Her Majesty’s man in Buenos Aires, but Mark Kent has charmed many Argentines with his light-hearted brand of digital diplomacy. In this episode the ambassador discusses the challenges of evacuating Brits on hors

#15 - Will Grant (¡Populista! - Pink Tide politics in Latin America)

Jan 13th, 2021 39m 17s

A generation of populist leaders with strong personalities has defined Latin American politics in the 21st century. BBC correspondent Will Grant has been working in the region since 2007, based in Venezuela, Mexico and Cuba, in which time he ha

#14 - Cristina Dorador (Encountering the Atacama Desert)

Jan 6th, 2021 39m 47s

Microbial ecologist Cristina Dorador is one of Chile’s leading scientists, known for her pioneering research demonstrating how the Atacama Desert, its rivers, harsh salt lakes and nearby Andean plateaus are teeming with microscopic life. In thi

#13 - Andrew Downie (Sócrates, Futebol and Mexico 1970)

Jul 2nd, 2020 35m 13s

Our guest this week is Scottish journalist and author Andrew Downie, who has written on sport and politics from Mexico, Haiti and Brazil across nearly 30 years in Latin America.Andrew's work has appeared in the Economist, the New York Times,

#12 - Marco Avilés (Race in Peru & the US)

Jun 17th, 2020 45m 10s

Peruvian writer and journalist Marco Avilés joins Laurie from Maine, US. The author of several books, including De dónde venimos los cholos (Seix Barral, 2016) and No soy tu cholo (Debate, 2017), Marco discusses his reporting on the heightened

#11 - Vincent Bevins (The Jakarta Method)

May 20th, 2020 54m 48s

John spoke to journalist and writer Vincent Bevins about his new book, The Jakarta Method (out now), a whirlwind narrative tour through the history of communism and the US’ covert operations undertaken to challenge its popularity.The Jakarta

#10 - Andrés Pertierra (Cuba's Medical Missions)

May 13th, 2020 51m 48s

Dialling in from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Andrés Pertierra, a historian of Latin America, joins Laurie to discuss the humanitarian, political and financial motives behind Cuba’s overseas medical missions. A former student at the Uni

#9 - Camila Vergara (Chile, Constitutions and Corruption)

May 6th, 2020 41m 41s

John speaks to Chilean political scientist Dr Camila Vergara (@Camila_Vergara) about constitutions, populism and systemic corruption. Her first book, República Plebeya, meshes her research interests, and an adaptation will be published in Engli

#8 - Yolanda Kakabadse (Ecuador, Coronavirus and Climate Crisis)

Apr 28th, 2020 37m 34s

Laurie is joined from Quito by Yolanda Kakabadse, a leading conservationist and former president of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF, 2010-17) and environment minister in Ecuador (1998-2000). They discuss the toll of coronavirus on Ecuador,

#7 - Fire, Folk, Fernández (Alex Schober, Emilio M Bruna, Camila Moreno)

Oct 16th, 2019 1h 7m

ARGENTINA ELECTIONS - AMAZON FIRES - CHILEAN FOLKNewsflash (01:50): John spoke to Ducker Frontier's Latin America analyst, Alex Schober (@schobetrotter), about the economic situation in Argentina with a presidential election looming on 27 Oct

#6 – Bullets/Ballet (Timothy Power, Jacqueline Charles, Isaac Hernández)

Aug 29th, 2019 1h 8m

BRAZIL VIOLENCE – HAITI POLITICS – DANCE IN MEXICOIn Episode #6:Newsflash (01:50): John interviews Professor Timothy J Power, head of the University of Oxford’s School of Global and Area Studies and Director of its Brazilian Studies Program

#5 - Territories (Andrea González-Ramírez, Nina Lakhani, Yara Rodrigues Fowler)

Aug 15th, 2019 1h 17m

PUERTO RICO CRISIS – BERTA CÁCERES – LATINXS IN LONDONIn Episode #5:Newsflash (01:50): Laurie catches up with Puerto Rican journalist Andrea González-Ramírez to discuss the territory’s ongoing political and economic crisis, the fallout from

#4 - Inheritance (Amaru Villanueva, Cristina Jiménez, Marcelo Martinessi)

Jul 31st, 2019 1h 4m

EVO & BOLIVIA – US MIGRANT ACTIVISM – PARAGUAYAN FILMIn Episode #4:Newsflash (02:00): Laurie dials in to La Paz to catch up with with Amaru Villanueva, a PhD candidate in Sociology at the University of Essex, about Bolivia’s elections in Oc

#3 - Colombia, Cólera, Comida (Jamie Shenk, Andrés Velasco, Nicholas Gill)

Jul 17th, 2019 1h

COLOMBIA PEACEBUILDING - LIBERALISM VS POPULISM - AMAZONIAN CUISINEIn Episode #3:Newsflash (01:35): John speaks with Jamie Shenk, a PhD candidate in sociology at the University of Oxford, about Colombia's fragile peace following the formal

#2 - Futboleras (Natalie Gedra, Brenda Elsey, Melissa Ortiz)

Jul 10th, 2019 1h 8m

WOMEN’S WORLD CUP – HISTORY OF WOMEN’S SPORT IN LATIN AMERICA – PLAYING FOR COLOMBIAIn this week’s special Women’s World Cup episode:Newsflash (01:50): John speaks to Natalie Gedra (Twitter: @ngedra), a Brazilian sports journalist, about co

#1 - Fellow Travellers (Maryhen Jiménez, Daniel Matamala, Tomas Ayuso)

Jul 1st, 2019 1h 6m

VENEZUELA’S CRISIS – CHILE’S ELITE – MIGRATION FROM HONDURASIn this week’s episode:Newsflash (01:40): John speaks to Maryhen Jiménez (Twitter: @MaryhenJimenez), a lecturer in politics at the University of Oxford, about Venezuela’s humanitar

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