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    Dec 28

    Latest podcast is ! If you’re a long-time listener, you might know by now that we have a tradition of doing a special show around , full of our favorite pieces of 2018. Listen here:

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    Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen traveled to Texas and Arizona. The secretary's visit comes as her department is under scrutiny for the recent deaths of two Guatemalan migrant children in U.S. custody. via

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  3. 7 hours ago

    An Online Petition to Keep Puerto Rican Flag Mural in Miami Is Already Nearing 50K Signatures

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    7 hours ago

    Our friends at the guest host : The Mirabal Sisters of the Dominican Republic

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    An Online Petition to Keep Puerto Rican Flag Mural in Is Already Nearing 50K Signatures

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  6. 10 hours ago

    An estimated 5,000 people pack up their lives and leave Venezuela every day. More than 3 million people have fled Venezuela in recent years. According to the UN, that number is expected to rise to more than 5 million by the end of 2019.

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  7. 10 hours ago

    The deaths of two Guatemalan children in Border Patrol custody raised a furor in the United States, but drew a more muted response in Guatemala, where a government is afraid that antagonizing the Trump administration could end American support. ⁩

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  8. 11 hours ago

    Cuco talked to us about his musical influences that led him to crafting a dreamy nostalgic sound.

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    14 hours ago

    .'s story of a Mexican-American POW in a German concentration camp and Nathan 's chat with mezcal brand owner Niki Nakazawa were two of our favorite podcast episodes this year... #2018:

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    Colombia is investigating a possible plot to assassinate President Ivan Duque that may involve Venezuelan nationals arrested while carrying “weapons of war,” according to a top official. via

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  11. Dec 29

    They wanted to plant Puerto Rico’s flag in Miami. The problem is they didn’t ask for the right permission before planting it, the city of Miami says.

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  12. Dec 29

    It is no secret that Mexico’s drug cartels have corrupted the authorities with dirty money. But the New York trial of Joaquín Guzmán Loera, the drug lord known as El Chapo, has suggested that the swamp of bribery runs even deeper than thought.

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  13. Dec 29

    Dozens of young, black Brazilians shouted their fears into a microphone on a recent Sunday afternoon. Many black Brazilians see slams as vehicles for rallying against police brutality, poverty and racism, issues they say will be magnified under Bolsonaro.

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    did a episode earlier this month about it

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  15. Dec 29

    Early in December, Felipe Gómez Alonzo and his father, Agustín Gómez Peréz, left the family’s home in Guatemala with dreams of starting a new life in the US. The pair were detained near the US border, and within six days, Felipe died in a hospital.

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  16. Dec 29

    Meet Cuco : The Chicano heartthrob whose trumpet solos and dreamy lyrics took him from making videos in his room to performing at .

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  17. Dec 29

    Donald Trump has threatened to shut down the border with Mexico over illegal immigration if Congress fails to fund his proposed wall. via

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  18. Dec 28

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    Opinion | Julio Ricardo Varela: "The White House's xenophobia has empowered others to say that Latinos don’t really belong in America." -
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  19. Dec 28

    Bolivia has one of the highest rates of violence against women in Latin America. Meet the woman helping to break Bolivia's culture of silence on rape via

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  20. Dec 28

    Ronald Acevedo waited eight months for asylum in Arizona. Days after he was deported, he was found dead. via

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    Dec 28

    Thank you por darme una plataforma para compartir mi música y mi historia ... Listen to this dope podcast featuring Cuco, El Guincho y yo merengues before the year is over! 🥳👌

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