I am often asked to share my expertise on Latin America with the news media. Here are some recent newspaper articles and radio programs that have quoted or featured me .
Listen to my occasional news stories and features on Third World View on Sundays at 5:00pm on community radio WORT in Madison, Wisconsin.
Jennifer Lewis, "All Eyes On: Marc Becker," Index (Truman State University), February 4, 2010, 11.
Letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton denouncing the illegal coup against the constitutionally elected government of Manuel Zelaya in Honduras (July 9, 2009).
Quoted in Joshua Rhett Miller, "Book Chavez Gave to Obama Is Used as Core Text on Many College Campuses," FOX News, April 24, 2009.
Quoted in STAND looks to end genocide, Index (Truman State University, Kirksville, Missouri, February 26, 2009).
Indigenous movements in the Americas, Latin Waves, CJSF 90.1 FM, Vancouver, British Columbia, February 21, 2009: download (28MB) | listen (33min)
Protesters seek privileged status, Letter to the Editor of the Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, Wisc, September 18, 2008).
Ecuador to Evict US from Military Base, Uprising, KPFK, Pacific Radio in Los Angeles, December 17, 2007.
Stories on Venezuelan TV station misleading, Letter to Editor of the The Capital Times (Madison, Wisc, June 2-3, 2007).
Report on the Venezuelan Referendum on WORT's Third World View (Madison, Wisc, August 22, 2004) and En Nuestro Patio (August 31, 2004).
Letters to 'All Things Considered' (National Public Radio, November 2, 2003; here is the full-text of the letter).
Professor lives political turbulency, by Mary Ann Macombie (Index, Truman State University, October 2, 2003).
Insatiable curiosity leads professor to Nicaragua, by Katrina Reschly (New Media Index, Truman State University, December 6, 2001).
Faculty Spotlight -- This month we feature Marc Becker and his innovative uses of the new Blackboard software. (Instructional Technology and Training, Gettysburg College, February 1999 Newsletter).
"If Indian cultures are incapable of incorporating new technologies, that might mean that they have become stagnant and are dying," an e-mail conversation with Marc Becker on zum Thema: Nr. 24, 30.12.1998; special issue on "Die Landlosen der Cyberwelt: 'Entwicklungshilfe' Internet?"
You can read my comments on the Puerto Rico statehood question in this article ISU professors expect American territory to vote down statehood from the Pantagraph (Bloomington, IL, March 6, 1998).
Local newspapers also reported on our trip to Chiapas, Mexico.