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Narco Tours

22 May

Posted at 06:17h in Audio, Episodes by

Pablo Escobar died 25 years ago in Medellín, Colombia. Today, despite the suffering he caused, at least 15 tours designed around his life are offered in the city. We went on one of those tours to learn what story they tell about Escobar, and to...

15 May

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In the mid 50s, a failed experiment in Brazil led to "killer bees" that took over Latin America. Four decades later these bee colonies arrived in Puerto Rico, and no one expected the changes they went through in the island. You can read a Spanish transcript of the...

08 May

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Nohemí was taken from her home when she was just a girl, and sent to work as domestic employee for an upper-middle class family in Bogotá. This is her story: How she survived years of abuse, neglect, and misfortune; and how, decades later, an act...

08 May

Posted at 06:05h in Translation by

Translation by: Patrick Moseley [Daniel Alarcón]: Welcome to Radio Ambulante from NPR. I’m Daniel Alarcón. Now that we’re part of NPR we want to play some of our favorite stories for our new audience. So, let’s start here. [Nohemí]: The first memory I have from when I...

01 May

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Many migrants awaiting asylum hearings in the US have a difficult choice: they can stay in detention as their case makes its way through the system, or they can pay an impossibly expensive bond. For those who choose to pay, many use the services of...

24 Apr

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Soldado Micolta is one of the most recognizable characters of the popular Colombian TV show Sábados Felices. He’s is every negative Afro-Colombian stereotype rolled into one caricature: he’s clumsy, lazy, naive, ignorant, speaking in an exaggerated version of the accent of Colombia’s Pacific Coast, the...

17 Apr

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Translation by Patrick Moseley [Daniel Alarcón, host]: Welcome to Radio Ambulante, from NPR. I'm Daniel Alarcón. (SOUNDBITE OF A CELEBRATION) [People Chanting]: Lesbians against war! Lesbians against capital! Lesbians against racism, against neo-liberal racism! [Daniel]: The audio you're listening to was recorded by Luis Fernando Vargas, our...

17 Apr

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When they met, Jazmín Elizondo and Laura Flores-Estada had an immediate connection. They found a better version of themselves in each other and decided that they would never be apart. But it’s hard to have a relationship in a society that discriminates against you because...

10 Apr

Posted at 06:47h in Audio, Episodes by

In El Salvador, gangs snuff out a small act of self-expression. How does that define the country’s identity? You can read a Spanish transcript of the episode. Or you can also read an English translation. If you want to get our new episodes via Whatsapp, please text us at +573229502192. You can also...

03 Apr

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When tragedy struck Edith’s life, it felt like the end of the world. She disconnected from everything that gave her joy. But then, almost by accident, she found her way back, out of that dark place — through a screen. You can read a Spanish transcript of the...

03 Apr

Posted at 07:06h in Translation by

Translation by Patrick Moseley  [Daniel Alarcón, host]: Welcome to Radio Ambulante, from NPR. I'm Daniel Alarcón. In the 80s, Edith lived in Lima, Peru with her husband, Víctor, and her 3 children. She was a public school teacher. Víctor was a photographer.   Edith had golden hair which...