Building a Client State in El Salvador feat. Max Palma (E33)

We track El Salvador’s development from the era of Spanish rule to Nayib Bukele’s current regime. Your hosts are Julian Feeld and Jon Gabrus. They’re joined by guest Max Palma, co-host of The Drain podcast. You may also know him from Seeking Derangements.

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Episode edited by Ty Wood. Theme song by Thiago França. Cover art by Ruben Gerard. Super Structure selection of the week is Hoy Comí Con el Abuelo by Juan Salvador

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Bibliography

• Apogee of Empire: Spain and New Spain in the Age of Charles Iii, 1759-1789 by Stanley J. Stein
• Authoritarian El Salvador: Politics and the Origins of the Military Regimes, 1880-1940 by Erik Ching
• El Salvador Monografia by Roque Dalton
• El Faro (https://beta.elfaro.net)