One act of violence defines two generations On Friday morning, March 29, 1985, a helicopter flew over the School of Latin American Integration in Santiago, Chile. What happened next would shake the nation, and for one student in particular would mark the beginning of a life...
Daniel Alarcón spent a year and a half investigating the episode 'The helicopter, the silence, the gunshot, the escape'. He wrote the following article at the beginning of that process, in December of 2018, while he was covering the extradition hearings in Paris. The first time...
► Lupa is our new app for Spanish learners who want to study with Radio Ambulante’s stories. More info at lupa.app. [Daniel Alarcón, host]: Hi, ambulantes. I hope you are well. You don’t need me to tell you that we’re living through complicated, even surreal, days. Each country is...
In Nicaragua, informing the public became a dangerous task. In April 2018, a social crisis that left 328 dead and 100.000 exiles erupted in Nicaragua. Lucía Pineda and her team of journalists at 100% Noticias extensively covered and denounced the abuses perpetrated by the Daniel Ortega...
Olmedo Rentería dreamt of becoming a famous magician. He managed, but not as he expected. You can read the Spanish transcript of the episode, an English translation. ► Lupa is our new app for Spanish learners who want to study with Radio Ambulante’s stories. More info at lupa.app. ► We’re launching a new podcast soon. It’s called...
► Lupa is our new app for Spanish learners who want to study with Radio Ambulante’s stories. More info at lupa.app. [Daniel Alarcón, host]: Hola, Ambulantes. What a week, right? Well, you know we don’t cover daily news, but we’re following the coronavirus news very closely. Soon, we’re...
► Lupa is our new app for Spanish learners who want to study with Radio Ambulante’s stories. More info at lupa.app. [Daniel Alarcón, host]: Hello, Ambulantes. Last week we told you about El Hilo, the podcast we’re about to release. We’re very excited. We know that you have...
Ernesto Gómez grew up like any other Mexican kid in Chihuahua. But when he turned 10 years old, he had to confront a hidden past that put his nationality, his family, and even his own name in doubt. You can read the Spanish transcript of the episode, an English translation. This story...
► Lupa is our new app for Spanish learners who want to study with Radio Ambulante’s stories. More info at lupa.app. [Daniel Alarcón, host]: Hello, Ambulantes...
When your identity is classified as a disease. Although the WHO stopped classifying homosexuality as a disease more than 25 years ago, there are still places in Ecuador that offer so-called treatments to cure it. In this episode we tell the story of Andrés and Andrea...
Laura Pigatin is exceptionally talented, but in her country, there are still prejudices that want to block her way. It was just 40 years ago that women in Brazil were forbidden from playing soccer. And even today, there are many who still believe that soccer fields...
► Lupa is our new app for Spanish learners who want to study with Radio Ambulante’s stories. More info at lupa.app. [Daniel Alarcón, host]: Welcome to Radio Ambulante from NPR. I’m Daniel Alarcón. Today’s story starts in June of last year, during the Women’s World Cup. It was a...
[Omar Chabán]: Good evening Cromañón! Welcome to the last event of the year. Thank you to this beautiful, distinguished crowd. [Daniel Alarcón, host]: Welcome to Radio Ambulante, from NPR. I’m Daniel Alarcón. (ARCHIVE SOUNDBITE) [Omar Chabán]: Let’s start the show. With you and for you: Callejeros! [Daniel]: The audio you’re listening comes from...
[Daniel Alarcón, host]: Welcome to Radio Ambulante from NPR. I’m Daniel Alarcón. So, let's assume that because of the very nature of our podcast, we're interested in borders. For all the reasons you can imagine. They're places of transition. Of cultural and linguistic fluidity. They're...
Maps show two cities; up close, it’s a little more complicated. The border between Ciudad Juárez in Mexico, and El Paso in the US, is a place of cultural and linguistic fluidity, a place of exchange and transit. But the attack at a Walmart in El...
What happens when a centuries old justice system confronts with twenty-first century problems in one of the world's most violent countries? This episode was first published in August 2016. You can read the Spanish transcript of the episode or an English translation. ► Lupa is our new app for Spanish learners who want to study with Radio...