Episode 69: Beyond the Bicentennial — Central American Independence & Indigenous-Afro Sovereignty

Send us Fan Mail Every September 15th, blue and white banners line neighborhood avenues, parades take over city streets, and speeches commemorate Central America’s 1821 break from the Spanish Empire. But behind the textbook version of independence lies an essential question: Independence for whom? In this episode, we challenge the conventional narrative by centering the history of the Caribbean coast. From early 19th-century maritime economies and territorial resistance to the exclusionary st...