Before Simón Bolívar, before José de San Martín, there was someone else. A man who fought for independence not only in South America but in France and the United States, and whose name is the ONLY American one (North or South) to be engraved in the Arc de Triomphe. I'm talking about Francisco de Miranda, who was born around this time of the year in 1750, a ... Show More
Jan 20
Guantánamo From the Inside (Guantánamo Desde Adentro)
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. Established by President George W. Bush in 2002, following the Islamist attacks of September 11, it was created to house terrorism suspec ... Show More
31m 8s
Jan 13
Occult Rituals, From Pachamama to Caribbean Voodoo (Rituales Ocultos, de la Pachamama al Vudú Caribeño)
Latin America is a melting pot of cultures, as you'll already know - Spanish culture mixing with Amerindian tradition, and with African rituals combining with Aztec, Mayan, British and... Dutch(?) influences, somehow - so you already know that there's going to be very bold and un ... Show More
31m 58s
Jan 6
Juana Azurduy, A Forgotten Heroine (Juana Azurduy, Una Heroína Olvidada)
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 then she would go on to lose her children... but it's what happened in the middle of these things that would mark her remarkable stor ... Show More
28m 58s
Aug 2023
Episodio 349 - ¿Quién Fue Simón Bolivar? El Libertador: Vida y Legado
Hoy te traemos una biografía muy interesante. Vamos a hablar sobre Simón Bolivar. Él fue un militar y político venezolano que por 20 años combatió contra la corona española y logró la independencia de Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Perú y Venezuela.
Él es una de las personas más imp ... Show More
29m 38s
Jan 2024
La ciudadania de Puerto Rico
<p>Puerto Rico is an anomaly. After being visited by Christopher Columbus in 1493, it fell under Spanish rule. England, Portugal, and France attempted invasions, but Puerto Rico did not break free from Spain until 1898 when the Treaty of Paris ended the Spanish-American war and g ... Show More
17m 4s