Stay ConnectedCommentary, news and analysis of the U.S. Latino world. Engaging traviesos. A 2019 iHeart Radio Podcast Awards nominee for Best Multicultural Podcast hosted by award-wining journalist Julio Ricardo Varela.
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While the Latino Rebels Radio team is on a break for the holidays, our friends at the Latino Media Collective take over our feed. For this latest LMC episode, the show continues its Undocumented and LGBTQ series.
Guest Oscar Raúl López talks about the challenges faced by the Latinx LGBTQ community in the Rio Grande Valley region of Texas. López is the CEO and national advocacy director for Poderosos.
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As Netflix's SELENA: THE SERIES continues to elicit both praise and critique, Latino Rebels Radio host Julio Ricardo Varela welcomes WBUR's María Elena García, host and creator of the new ANYTHING FOR SELENA podcast that will premiere in January. The podcast is a collaboration between WBUR and Futuro Studios, the original programming division of Futuro Media. (Latino Rebels is also a part of Futuro Media).
In this interview, María breaks down what she likes about the Netflix series, where it felt short and how her own Selena podcast tries to dig deeper into the legacy of a Latina icon.
Featured art by Iliana Galvez, courtesy of WBUR and Futuro Studios
This episode was produced by Harsha Nahata.
Music courtesy of Nacional Records and La Plebe.
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As the United States continues to focus on electoral politics in the middle of a global pandemic, Central America is trying to recover from two tragic hurricanes that struck the region in November.
On this episode of Latino Rebels Radio, host Julio Ricardo Varela welcomes two guests who have been closely following the situation:
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This episode was produced by Harsha Nahata.
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As a complement to our two previous shows with Carlos Odio and Giancarlo Sopo, Latino Rebels Radio host Julio Ricardo Varela welcomes Kristian Ramos of Autonomy Strategies to continue the conversation about the 2020 election cycle and Latino vote takeaways.
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This episode was produced by Harsha Nahata.
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Our election analysis continues by looking at the 32 percent of U.S. Latinos who, according to national exit polls, voted for Donald Trump—the incumbent who lost to Joe Biden. Latino Rebels Radio host Julio Ricardo Varela welcomes Giancarlo Sopo of the 2020 Trump campaign. During his time with the campaign, Giancarlo played a key role in messaging to certain sectors of U.S. Latino voters.
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Let the 2020 post-election analysis about Latino voters begin. In this new episode of Latino Rebels Radio, host Julio Ricardo Varela welcomes Carlos Odio of Equis Labs to discuss one of the country's most misunderstood and voting blocs.
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In the past week, Peru witnessed a political crisis that saw presidents step down from office, violence that led to the death of two protesters and a continued movement that is demanding for accountability.
For this bilingual ( sí, bilingüe ) episode of Latino Rebels Radio, host Julio Ricardo Varela welcomes two Peruvian journalists to share the latest: Diego Jesús Bartesaghi Mena and Fiorella Gil Mena.
Featured image: Local folk artists perform next to a police line outside Congress building in Lima, Peru, Sunday, November 15, 2020. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
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Earlier this year, Latino Rebels Radio was out in Nevada to cover a pre-pandemic caucus. Now months later, we return to the state Joe Biden won (finally). Latino Rebels contributor Hector Luis Alamo joins us to discuss all things Nevada.
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The 2020 presidential election results from Arizona tell a story of a state that is changing. Is this the turning point? On this episode of Latino Rebels Radio, host Julio Ricardo Varela welcomes Erika Andiola of RAICES and host of the Homeland Insecurity podcast to talk about what's happening in Arizona.
Featured Image: Supporters of President-elect Joe Biden hold up signs on Saturday, November 7, 2020, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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So we are giving you a special bonus here, as the Black Diplomats podcast takes over our Latino Rebels Radio podcast feed.
On Saturday morning, Joe Biden become the next President of the United States, defeating incumbent Donald Trump. In this new election analysis episode of Black Diplomats, host Terrell J. Starr is joined by the two people who got him into podcasting: Maria Hinojosa and Julio Ricardo Varela, hosts of the In The Thick podcast. (Julio is also the host of Latino Rebels Radio. See why we are featuring Black Diplomats on our feed?)
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