Left vs. Right, The Battle for Latin America (Izquierda vs. Derecha, La Batalla por Latinoamérica)
If you think only North American politics get crazy around, before or after election season, then you're very mistaken: Latin America has a serious problem with political polarization. And the worst p...
25 Mars 202531min
Should Spain Apologize to Latin America? (¿Debería España Pedir Perdón a América Latina?)
"Spain should ask for forgiveness" - these were the words of Mexico's new president, Claudia Sheinbaum, shortly after being elected. She took it a step further and decided not to invite Spain's King F...
18 Mars 202530min
Trump vs. Latin America (Trump vs América Latina)
Donald Trump is back in power, and he is already taking action to bring mass migration into the US from the south to a screeching halt (understandable based on the numbers we were witnessing, but not ...
11 Mars 202531min
Edmundo Chirinos, The Case that Shocked Venezuela (Edmundo Chirinos, El Caso que Estremeció a Venezuela)
If you think about a psychiatrist, you usually associate this with someone of very high social standing, and if it's somebody who even served the president, then there's no way they could be a wrongdo...
4 Mars 202529min
Why Is Spanish Spoken in Equatorial Guinea? (¿Por Qué se Habla Español en Guinea Ecuatorial?)
Fine, right off the bat I'm cheating - Equatorial Guinea is NOT a Latin American country, I know... but it's also incredibly linked to the Spanish-speaking culture, and is a case study in itself of ho...
25 Feb 202528min
The Day Bolivia Lost its Access to the Ocean (El Día que Bolivia Perdió su Salida al Océano)
Have you heard of the "War of the Pacific" before? Your mind will inevitably go to WWII, where the American soldiers fought the Japanese in an endless, bloody battle that culminated in the two atomic ...
18 Feb 202529min
The Chavín de Huántar Operation, A Complicated Rescue (La Operación Chavín de Huántar, Un Rescate Complicado)
On April 22, 1997, at 15:23, one of the world's most incredible military operations occurred on the planet, and you've probably never heard of it... Operation Chavín de Huántar was a surgical milita...
11 Feb 202529min
Tren de Aragua, Spreading from Prison to the Continent (El Tren de Aragua, De la Prisión al Continente)
Few names of Venezuelan gangs and cartels have made as many headlines as El Tren de Aragua, especially in recent months. Named a terrorist organization by President Trump's administration and called "...
4 Feb 202530min
