On 6 November 1985, a guerrilla group known as M19 stormed the Palace of Justice in Bogotá, taking state officials and members of the Colombian Supreme Court hostage. Security forces initiated a counter-siege that lasted two days,

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✊ Latino activists in 1960s San Antonio changed the city forever.

They fought for fair schools, jobs, and political power — reshaping the struggle for justice. 🌟

#Brewminate #LatinoHistory #CivilRights

https://brewminate.com/how-latino-activists-changed-san-antonio-in-the-1960s/

Latino Activists and Social Change in 1960s San Antonio

Explore how Latino activists in 1960s San Antonio fought segregation, expanded rights, and reshaped the city’s political and cultural landscape.

Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas

"Didn't know the Underground Railroad (road to freedom for [Black] slaves) included Mexico; that Mexican Pres.Vicente Guerrero (1823), was [Black] & ended slavery in the 1820s, decades before the US. (Sadly, he was abducted/assassinated by an Italian ship Captain).
Viva Mexico!"
@StoneRicharde1

#blackpeople #hispanic #latino #latinx #blackhistory #latinohistory #blackmastodon

The Impact of the Trump's Immigration Executive Orders | KPFA

Host Mitch Jeserich explains the executive orders on immigration signed by president Trump on Day 1 of his administration. Guest: Pedro Rios is the director of the American Friends Service Committee’s U.S./Mexico Border Program.

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Throughout the last century and a half, "most people have been deported through expedited means in which they've received little to no due process [..] and these have been coercive campaigns that have rounded up Mexicans in particular but many others"

#LettersAndPolitics welcomes #AdamGoodman, author of #TheDeportationMachine: America’s Long History of Expelling Immigrants

https://kpfa.org/episode/letters-and-politics-january-16-2025/

#UShistory #USpol #LatinoHistory #xenophobia #migrants #AntimigrantRacism #books @bookstodon

Operation Wetback and the Bipartisan Legacy of US Deportations | KPFA

Guest: Adam Goodman is a professor of History at the Latin American and Latino Studies Program at the University of Illinois Chicago. He is the author of The Deportation Machine: America’s Long History of Expelling Immigrants.

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Two U.S. House members want the FBI and CIA to declassify all documents related to the surveillance and harassment of Latino civil rights leaders from the 1950s to the 1970s https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/fbi-cia-latino-civil-rights-joaquin-castro #axios #AxiosLatino #latino #latinohistory
Congressmen pursue FBI, CIA files on Latino civil rights pioneers

It's unknown if the FBI or CIA "tried to sabotage or disrupt" the Latino civil rights movement, per a letter from lawmakers.

Axios
PolitiFact - Kamala Harris claim about states banning teaching Latino history relies on some flawed examples

During a speech at a historically Black neighborhood in Jacksonville, Florida, Vice President Kamala Harris said that Fl

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"For the first production of its kind by a national commercial television network, several of California’s first Chicano Studies professors were recruited to examine history and culture from the Chicano perspective as well as to explore contemporary issues facing the Mexican American community."

Chicano I & II: The Mexican American Heritage Series

https://www.uschefnerarchive.com/chicano/

#MexicanAmericans #LatinoHistory #LatinxHistory #documentary #MexicanAmericanHistory

USC HMH Foundation Moving Image Archive » CHICANO TV EPISODES

MJ of Espooky Tales joins to talk #shadowpeople #duendes , Dia de Muertos and many intricate nuances of #latinamerica culture!

We discuss her #paranormal experiences and how they may be framed from the view of her diverse cultural heritage, as well as the cultural significance of her favorite holiday: Dia de Muertos, and how it is oftentimes misinterpreted and appropriated.

#latinohistory #folklore #mexico #supernatural #highstrangness #ghost #haunting #mythology

https://open.spotify.com/episode/3frpwgCB4TIOY8yUhpt5la?si=P4KM4BMzSmGtQS0yMVSggg

Viva Los Muertos - with MJ from Espooky Tales

Listen to this episode from Tracing Owls on Spotify. MJ joins to talk shadow people, duendes, Dia de Muertos and many intricate nuances of Latin American culture! She is the co-host of Espooky Tales, a podcast which covers the paranormal and folklore from a Latin American perspective, emphasizing obscure stories which are oftentimes overlooked due to language and cultural barriers. She is also an experiencer of high strangeness! We discuss her paranormal experiences and how they may be framed from the view of her diverse cultural heritage, as well as the cultural significance of her favorite holiday: Dia de Muertos, and how it is oftentimes misinterpreted and appropriated. ====================== Huge THANK YOU!!! to MJ from Espooky Tales for sharing her cultural perspective and helping educate myself and my listeners on the intricate nuances of Latino beliefs and folklore! ❤️ Check out her podcast Espooky Tales HERE Visit their website at espookytales.com Follow them on Twitter @EspookyTales , Instagram @espookytales or TikTok @espookytales ====================== Send us suggestions and comments to [email protected] Follow us on Instagram @tracingowls or Twitter @TracingOwls Check our Linktree: linktr.ee/tracingowls Intro sampled from "Something strange lurks in the shadows" by Francisco Sánchez (@fanchisanchez) Sound effects obtained from https://www.zapsplat.com

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