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Angela Aguilar – Song of the Day

Today’s featured artist is Angela Aguilar from Mexico with the song “La Llorona” from her album “Primera Soy Mexicana” (2018).

This past summer both Trump and Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro stated that if they lose their respective elections there would be a bloodbath.

Anielle Franco: “Since the beginning, we said we would not stop until justice was made. It was a lot of nights, days, years…”

Today’s featured band is Los Mirlos from Peru with the song “La Danza de Los Mirlos, Cumbia de Los Pajaritos”, off “Cumbia Amazónica” (2014).

This is the third presidential race in a row with the border as the central villain. Endless campaign ads come across like horror movies…

Forests that appear intact but have lost much of their wildlife, affecting ecological processes like pollination and seed dispersal…

The brazen killing of journalist Mauricio Cruz Solís is the first such deadly attack during the government of President Claudia Sheinbaum.

The last time I’d seen a dentist here in Brazil was at a state clinic after I’d already spent several months enduring a toothache.

Latino Communities in “Swing States”: Polarization, economy over immigration, and an effective anti-immigrant message.

Celia Cruz never stopped singing her truth to the world. That’s why her songs continue to resonate in Havana, Miami, Paris, and Madrid.