The Demagogue

“The Demagogue” by Lila Downs is a popular Latin American song. She discusses how Donald Trump wanted to build a wall to keep out immigrants at the time of his presidency in 2016. Lila calls Trump a “monster” and “blue eyed devil who is trying to enforce hate towards Latin Americans.” This connects with the theme of structural inequalities amongst the Latin American people when we talked about colonization earlier in the semester. Latin American minorities of this generation are still facing problems they had to overcome in the past. During the time of colonization Latin Americans looked for political solutions to resolve the inequalities they faced, but it was hard to come by because indigenous people were mistreated. This song is powerful and demonstrates how Lila Downs and most Latin American people felt about Donald Trump and the political climate he enforced.