Latino Rebels Radio

The Latino Media Collective guest hosts this week's Latino Rebels Radio. What is it like to live in Brazil's prison system? Brazilian freelance journalist Fernanda Canofre talks about the dangers of riots, torture, disease, corruption, and racial profiling. All without ever being charged with a crime.For more about the LMC, go to https://latinomediacollective.com/For more about Latino Rebels, go to http://latinorebels.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Latino Media Collective takes over the host chair this week with a conversation about how femicide in Mexico has has gone beyond Ciudad Juarez and the country's northern states. Freelance journalist Nidia Bautista joins the show to explain why the Mexican government continues to blame victims and turns a blind eye to this ongoing problem.For more episodes from the LMC, visit latinomediacollective.com.For more about Latino Rebels, visit latinorebels.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Latino Rebels Radio host Julio Ricardo Varela got to talk with his cousin Omar, who lives in Dorado, Puerto Rico, about life after Hurricane Maria.For more episodes, go to LatinoRebels.comFeatured image: Flooding in Carolina, Puerto Rico after Hurricane María (Public Domain) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Puerto Rican government says the official death toll from Hurricane María is at 16, but reports from the island contradict that number, and a new story from the Center for Investigative Journalism (CPI) published news of deaths that the government has not formally acknowledged. Why?Our host, Julio Ricardo Varela, talks with Omaya Sosa Pascual, the CPI journalist who broke the story about the death toll. Omaya explains what she found and what else she will be publishing this week. Julio and Omaya also discuss why the current CBS News story about the island's death toll didn't dig deep enough.For more episodes, visit LatinoRebels.comFeatured image: Nilka Fontánez, whose father is bedridden at the Pavía Hospital in Santurce (Photo by Omaya Sosa Pascual) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this special episode of Latino Rebels Radio, host Julio Ricardo Varela calls Jay Fonseca in Puerto Rico about the devastation caused by Hurricane María.For more episodes: http://www.latinorebels.com/category/radio/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Where does the debate on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) go next? César Vargas, director of Dream Action Coalition, discusses the politics of Trump's decision and what DACA recipients can do.We close the show with Luis E. Mora, who shares the latest about a controversial "Evita" casting in Massachusetts.For more episodes, go to http://www.latinorebels.com/category/radio/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We gave the Latino Media Collective another guest hosting slot, and this week, the LMC asks: are Filipinos Asians or Latinos? Anthony Ocampo, author of THE LATINOS OF ASIA, joins the show to discuss. Ocampo is also an associate professor of sociology at Cal Polytechnic University in Pomona.For more visit, LatinoMediaCollective.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Latino Media Collective guests hosts Latino Rebels Radio this week with a show about Guam. What does Guam have to do with Latinos and Latin America? What do Guam and Puerto Rico have in common? A lot more than people realize. On this episode, the LMC speaks with indigenous Chamorro rights organizer Leilani Ganser about Guam’s Spanish colonial past and its struggle with US colonialism today. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week the Latino Media Collective guest hosts Latino Rebels Radio. Investigative journalist Jack Werner joins us to discuss the insidious presence of McDonald's in Latin America as a colonial outpost to spread U.S. consumer capitalism. When it comes to McDonald's, the LMC is NOT loving it.For more, check out LatinoRebels.com and LatinoMediaCollective.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Leaders of the Latinx Student Alliance at the University of Virginia discuss the recent events in Charlottesville, where one of their members was hurt during the August 12 "Unite The Right" rally—the same day Heather Heyer was also killed after a car plowed into peaceful protestors. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Latino Media Collective guest hosts Latino Rebels Radio this week! LMC cruises down the boulevard as we explore the rich and complex history of lowriders and how this once marginalized subculture became an international phenomenon. Our guest for this trip is Denise Sandoval, professor of Chicana and Chicano Studies at Cal State University in Northridge, California. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For this week's Latino Rebels Radio, special guest co-host Brenda Gonzalez of Tamarindo Podcast joined us one more time.We start with the latest about #FreeRomulo, the campaign to stop the deportation of Rómulo Avelica-González. David Abud, one of the campaign organizers, joins us. Then, long-time Latino Rebels contributor Matthew Kolken shares his insights about the RAISE Act. Later in the show, Elmer from The Hood Digest breaks down the MS-13 hysteria and why it's so important to understand the facts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Special guest host Brenda Gonzalez of Tamarindo Podcast joins us!We kick off the show with Benjamín Ramírez, whose story went viral earlier this week when a man knocked over his elote cart. Many saw this as a another form of gentrification and sparked a heated online debate. He will tell us what's next for him.Then we explore the anti-gentrification fight going on in Boyle Heights, where many residents are feeling left out by the decisions made by developers. Ulises Sanchez is a local community organizer who will give us the latest updates.Finally, María Camila Montañez closes the episode. She has been reporting for LatinoRebels.com on how the community has come together to support Benjamín Ramírez. She will give us her take on the reaction from the streets. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Latino Media Collective is back guest hosting Latino Rebels Radio this week with another episode about Equatorial Guinea, the only Spanish-speaking republic in Africa. Tutu Alicante, the executive director of EG Justice, discusses the influence ExxonMobil has on his country, the strange connection between Equatorial Guinea and current US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, and Michael Jackson...yes, that Michael Jackson. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

El Librotraficante, Tony Diaz, updates us on the lawsuit against HB 2281—the Arizona law that bans the Mexican-American studies program. With the case now in the courts, what will happen next? Later, Cristina Tzintzun, founder and director of Jolt Texas tells us all about her organization's #15ContraSB4 protest. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Vacation was great, but now we're back and Helado Negro, the music and performance work of Roberto Carlos Lange, joins us to talk about music, life and the album Private Energy. We play some tracks too. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our friends at the Latino Media Collective take over Latino Rebels Radio this week. One year after the Pulse nightclub massacre, the LMC speaks w/ Xorje Olivares about the erasure & lack of coverage of Queer Latino culture. Xorje Olivares is a radio personality on SiriusXM radio, a contributing writer for Vice, and the host of the webseries, "Hey Xorje." Learn more @ heyxorje.com/For more about LMC, go to https://latinomediacollective.com/Featured image by tedeytan (Creative Commons Attribution) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week the Latino Media Collective is back on Latino Rebels Radio with a new episode. In the latest LMC show, Hector Silva Avalos, a Salvadoran journalist and fellow at American University, discusses the facts and myths about MS-13. For more about LMC, visit their new site at https://latinomediacollective.com/Featured image by Walking the Tracks (Wikimedia Commons) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Donald Trump went to Miami last Friday to roll back part of President Obama's Cuba policy. What does it mean now? We chat with Alfredo Estrado of LATINO magazine about it all.Later in the show, we talk about Mijente's Latinx Anti-Blackness Killed Philando Castile statement, which has led to some necessary and critical conversations about race and justice. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

With all the news about President Trump's positions on DACA, we wanted to share the following 2015 show that gives more context to how DACA was viewed during the Obama administration. Here is our conversation with immigration attorney Matthew Kolken. We will back next week! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.