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Back to SearchThe American Footprint in Latin America (La Huella Estadounidense en América Latina)
Season 5 Episode 18
The United States and Latin America are connected in a massive amount of ways, and it's not just a matter of geography: generations have grown up lis…
8 months, 1 week ago
Spanglish, Portuñol, and Llanito: How These Hybrid Languages Came About (Spanglish, Portuñol y Llanito, Cómo Nacen Estos Híbridos)
Season 5 Episode 17
Hybrid languages - have you ever heard of them? Spanish has at least two main hybrid languages: Spanglish (which you've probably come in contact with…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
Guantánamo From the Inside (Guantánamo Desde Adentro)
Season 5 Episode 16
One of the scariest and most controversial places on the planet is located in Cuba, in a city of the same name: Guantánamo Bay detention camp. Establ…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Occult Rituals, From Pachamama to Caribbean Voodoo (Rituales Ocultos, de la Pachamama al Vudú Caribeño)
Season 5 Episode 15
Latin America is a melting pot of cultures, as you'll already know - Spanish culture mixing with Amerindian tradition, and with African rituals combi…
9 months ago
Juana Azurduy, A Forgotten Heroine (Juana Azurduy, Una Heroína Olvidada)
Season 5 Episode 14
They say that crisis and pain create great men and women, but life really went a bit too far with Juana Azurduy - first, she lost her parents, and th…
9 months, 1 week ago
Trained for War, Used for Crime (Entrenados para la Guerra, Usados por el Crimen)
Season 5 Episode 13
As a soldier in Latin America, what happens when you retire? One could think that each state would have a great retirement plan for each soldier who …
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Pepe Mujica, The President Who Was Just Another Neighbor (Pepe Mujica, El Presidente que Era un Vecino Más)
Season 5 Episode 12
Despite the traditionally sketchy leaders we've had in Latin America in the past century, one of the most memorable and internationally loved Latin A…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
One Español and a Thousand Accents, A Trip Without a Dictionary (Un Español y Mil Acentos, Un Viaje Sin Diccionario)
Season 5 Episode 11
Spanish is just like English - everyone speaks it in the same way. I'm kidding: we know that English has tons of dialects, and Spanish is just the sa…
10 months ago
La Pola, The Young Woman Who Defied an Empire (La Pola, La Joven que Desafió a un Imperio)
Season 5 Episode 10
There have been some wonderful female heroes throughout history, and South America is no exception. Policarpa Salavarrieta (La Pola) is one of the mo…
10 months, 1 week ago
When Central America Said Enough Is Enough, The Fall of William Walker (Cuando Centroamérica Dijo Basta, La Caída de William Walker)
Season 5 Episode 9
The US and other international powers have been meddling in Latin America for as long as we can remember, but one of the worst cases of foreign inter…
10 months, 2 weeks ago