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Obscure Latin American history, capitalism and corruption. Each week, your hosts, Carmen and Cristina, will tell each other a story about Latino/Latine history, capitalism or corruption and sometimes all three. Episodes every Thursday.

Historias Unknown Carmen & Cristina

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Obscure Latin American history, capitalism and corruption. Each week, your hosts, Carmen and Cristina, will tell each other a story about Latino/Latine history, capitalism or corruption and sometimes all three. Episodes every Thursday.

    Nuño Beltran de Guzman: Behind the Bastardos

    Nuño Beltran de Guzman: Behind the Bastardos

    When it comes to the Spanish Conquistadors, it’s not incorrect to say they were pretty terrible people. But out of all of them, one name stands out, he also happens to be the founder of Guadalajara, Jalisco, among other towns in the Northwest of Mexico. Nuño Beltran de Guzman was called "the most depraved man to set foot in New Spain".
    In this episode, Cristina tells Carmen about Nuño Beltran de Guzman, in a new series they are calling "Behind the Bastardos", where they talk about some of the worst people in Latin American history.
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    Music Credit: Hustlin (Instrumental) by Neffex
    Sources: 
    https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nu%C3%B1o_de_Guzm%C3%A1n
    https://dbe.rah.es/biografias/11471/nuno-beltran-de-guzman
    https://www.mexconnect.com/articles/658-bloody-guzman/
    https://theguadalajarareporter.net/index.php/columns/columns/allyn-hunt/50000-beltran-de-guzman-an-unrelenting-application-of-evil-a-cruel-tangle-of-anti-church-anti-cortez-anti-indian
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tangaxuan_II
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    • 31 min
    Student Movements in Latin America

    Student Movements in Latin America

    In light of the student protests calling for divestments from Israel and a ceasefire in US schools, Carmen tells Cristina about the student movements from the 1920s to the 1950s in Colombia and the student movement from 1918 in Argentina that led to university reform.
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    Music Credit: Hustlin (Instrumental) by Neffex
    Sources: 
    https://ageofrevolutions.com/2020/10/26/la-esperanza-de-america-latina-the-ongoing-student-revolution-in-colombia/ 
    https://www.instagram.com/reel/C6fIgwhJHxM/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng%3D%3D 
    https://everytownsupportfund.org/history-of-divestment-on-college-campuses/ 
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_Massacre 
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustavo_Rojas_Pinilla 
    https://www.ainfos.ca/13/jun/ainfos00192.html 
    ​​https://www.nytimes.com/1954/06/10/archives/15-die-in-studentarmy-strife-in-bogota-colombian-regime-puts-tight.html 
    https://www.puees.unam.mx/sapa/dwnf/2/1.Ordorika-Imanol_2021_StudentMovementsAndPoliticsInLatinAmerica.pdf 
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cordobazo#:~:text=The%20Cordobazo%20was%20a%20civil,the%20global%20protests%20of%201968. 
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    • 33 min
    Teresa Urrea, La Santa de Cabora

    Teresa Urrea, La Santa de Cabora

    Teresa Urrea was a curandera, folk saint, feminist and revolutionary. A woman ahead of her time. She came to be known as Santa Teresa or La Santa de Cabora. And in more recent times, the Joan of Arc of Mexico.
    In this episode, Cristina tells Carmen about the life of Teresa Urrea.
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    Music Credit: Hustlin (Instrumental) by Neffex
    Sources: 
    Ringside to a Revolution by David Dorado Romo
    Revolutionary Women of Texas and Mexico 
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teresa_Urrea
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaqui_Uprising
    https://www.latinousa.org/2021/11/05/teresaurrea/
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    • 45 min
    Victor Jara

    Victor Jara

    Victor Jara was a popular singer in Chile, famous for his folk songs that focused on politics, human rights, and social justice. This, along with aligning himself with Allende, made him a target for the Chilean right-wing, and he was captured and killed by the Pinochet regime after the US backed coup against Allende. Following Victor Jara’s assassination, his family fought a decades-long battle for justice, which continues to this day.
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    Music Credit: Hustlin (Instrumental) by Neffex
    Sources
    https://english.elpais.com/international/2023-02-28/the-last-days-of-victor-jara-chiles-political-poet-killed-by-the-pinochet-dictatorship.html 
    https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2015/04/17/inenglish/1429274863_181405.html 
    https://www.thenation.com/article/world/victor-jara-chile-murder-barrientos/ 
    https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/18/us/victor-jara.html 
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%ADctor_Jara 
    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-20897545 
    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/03/chile-victor-jara-execution-solider-extradited-us-trial 
    https://cja.org/what-we-do/litigation/jara-v-barrientos/
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    • 36 min
    A Brief History of Chile: The End of the Pinochet Regime

    A Brief History of Chile: The End of the Pinochet Regime

    In October 1998, General Augusto Pinochet was arrested for crimes of genocide and terrorism. He spent months in house arrest in England, but 15 months after his arrest, he was declared not fit to stand trial. Upon his return to Chile, he was charged for his role in the Caravan of Death. He faced more charges over the next 5 years, but died of a heart attack in 2006. At the time of his death, he faced 300 criminal charges. He never spent a day in jail.
    On this episode of Historias Unknown, Cristina tells Carmen what led up to the end of the Pinochet regime and what came after.

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    Music Credit: Hustlin (Instrumental) by Neffex

    Sources
    A Nation Of Enemies: Chile Under Pinochet by Pamela Constable & Arturo Valenzuela
    The Pinochet FIle by Peter Kornbluh
    https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/9/11/chile-marks-50-years-since-pinochets-brutal-coup
    https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2023/09/chile-coup-democracy-1988-pinochet/675275/
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augusto_Pinochet
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    • 55 min
    A Brief History of Chile: The Caravan of Death and DINA

    A Brief History of Chile: The Caravan of Death and DINA

    In the aftermath of the Pinochet coup, Chileans faced unimaginable horrors under the military dictatorship. The Caravan of Death: Initiated by Pinochet, this series of massacres between September 30th and October 22nd, 1973, led to the deaths of at least 97 people. Victims were tortured, stabbed, and shot, their bodies disposed of in unmarked graves or dumped into the ocean. DINA's Reign of Terror: The National Intelligence Directorate, DINA, became a powerful and ruthless secret police force, tasked with eradicating Marxism. Their tactics included infiltration, torture, and assassination, targeting leftist movements and their sympathizers both domestically and internationally.
    In this episode, Cristina tells Carmen what followed after Pinochet's rise to power. Including the human rights violations, prison camps, caravan of death and DINA. Stay tuned for the next episode as we explore the downfall of Pinochet's regime.
    If you have topic suggestions, feel free email Historiasunknownpodcast@gmail.com or use this form
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    Music Credit: Hustlin (Instrumental) by Neffex
    Sources
    A Nation Of Enemies: Chile Under Pinochet by Pamela Constable & Arturo Valenzuela
    The Pinochet FIle by Peter Kornbluh
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    • 59 min

Customer Reviews

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12 Ratings

L0ng Time L1stener ,

SO SO GOOD

fav new podcast! History with friends!

lggsquared ,

Great Historical Podcast

Historias Unknown is now one of my favorite history podcasts. I have listened to several historical podcast and your manner of telling stories is entertaining. Keep up the great work!

hshehebb ,

Amazing podcast to say the least

This podcast deserves so much recognition. I learned a lot about Latin America that I had no idea about. They are very true to the title of Historias Unknown for sure! They also cite all their sources so I can look into any of these topics in more detail. I also want to mention that I am from El Paso Texas and I reside in San Diego right now so I’ve learned very important things that have happened in both of these places. I am also Mexican and Puerto Rican so I think it was really important to hear some of the things that have been swept under the rug in history. To Cristina and Carmen, I really hope you all know that you are doing very important work and you are making a big impact because you have definitely done that for me. I love the banter and I love the relationship you guys have with each other. Please keep this podcast going! I am hooked.

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