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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Fidel Castro died on November 26. He was 90 years old.
Cuban American musician and Latino Rebels contributor Dave Sandoval joins us to talk about the reaction to Castro's death and why this means to the future of Cuba. Later, Luis Marentes adds his thoughts to the conversation.
Later in the show, journalists in Puerto Rico Maritza Stanchich and Carla Minet talk about the Peñuelas protest in Puerto Rico and why people are getting arresting and speaking out against the transport of coal ash.
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A full house on Latino Rebels Radio.
Donald Trump has talked about registering and tracing Muslims living across the United States. Immigration attorney Matthew Kolken joins us to discuss the legalities of such a registry as well as where we have seen this before.
There was a lot of talk about the importance of the Latino vote in the 2016 presidential election and many Latinos voted for Trump despite his anti-Latino stances for most of his campaign. NBC Latino contributor Stephen Nuño breaks down the myths and facts surrounding this topic.
Finally, we talk with Leslie Otañez, Campaign Program Associate from the Drug Policy Action. Leslie talks to us about Proposition 64, which legalized recreational marijuana in California.
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This week on Latino Rebels Radio, we recap the 2016 election. What happened? We start the show with César Vargas (yes, another César Vargas), one of the leading immigrant rights leaders in the country. He will give us his take on the election and tell us what he thinks the Democrats got wrong this time around.
Later, Arizona Public Policy Director for Center for Neighborhood Leadership, Viridiana Hernandez joins us. Viridiana has been part of the fight to oust Sheriff Joe Arpaio out of office for his discrimination practices against Latinos. Arpaio was voted out of office November 8. She will tell us what this means for her and the Latino community and how will they work with Paul Penzone to rebuild trust in Maricopa County.
And yes, we take callers too.
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We start the show with César Vargas, founder of UPLIFTT, to discuss his Huffington Post op-ed that got a lot of attention this week. He will tell us why he can no longer support Hillary Clinton and what was the turning point for changing his mind.
Later in the show. Maria Castro, Direct Action Organizer with the Bazta Arpaio campaign, shares her thoughts about the why 2016 could be the year Sheriff Joe Arpaio loses his re-election bid.
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On October 26, Latino Rebels Radio recorded a live podcast from the Bronx Library Center, thanks to the New York Public Library and AudioBoom.
In this latest episode, we discuss the past, present and future of the Bronx with New York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito, reference librarian Ramon Da Silva and the All-Star Boricua Panel of Bill Aguado, Liza Colón-Zayas and Charlie Vázquez.
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This week the Latino Media Collective takes over Latino Rebels Radio with its October 7 show about the political crisis in Venezuela. Gabriel Hetland discusses the history of violence by the Venezuelan opposition against the former government of Hugo Chávez and the current administration of Nicolás Maduro. Hetland is an assistant professor of Latin American, Caribbean and US Latino Studies at the University of Albany.
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With about three weeks to go until Election Day 2016, we look back at the state of Latinos and presidential politics in this campaign season, as Erika Andiola joins us. Erika was part of the Bernie Sanders campaign, is now back in DC working at Our Revolution and is considered by many to be a strong voice in the community.
Later in the show, Armando Carmona of the National Day Laborer Organizing Network talks about a special debate night event NDLON and Latino Rebels' Sharis Delgadillo will be moderating via Facebook Live.
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Latino Rebels Radio will be back on October 16, but our friends at the Latino Media Collective take over our channel this week. On this episode, LMC speaks with Lydia Crafts about the U.S. history of human experimentations in Guatemala during the 1940's. She discusses how U.S. doctors infected people with STI's, how patient consented was manipulated, and why this history still affects Guatemala's health care system today.
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On September 28, former immigrant detainees confronted head of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson outside a public speaking event to demand he address the crisis inside immigrant detention centers and cut the department’s contracts with private prisons.
Jacinta Gonzalez, Field Director of Mijente/Not1More Deportation campaign, gave us more details about Secretary Johnson's response to the confrontation.
Later in the show, West Virginia University student, Kasey, who recently wrote a "controversial" letter to the university's president asking him to begin a discussion addressing the cultural issues on campus. Kasey will give us an update on the situation.
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Our friends at the Latino Media Collective take over Latino Rebels Radio once again with a topic we have covered in the past.
Independent journalist and skateboarder Juan Ramirez chronicles the contributions and innovations made by Latinos to the creation of modern skateboarding. He includes punk rock connections, the rise of skateboarding as a future Olympic sport and why people still perceive the sport as mostly white. Learn more at correlavoz.wordpress.com/
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