Historias Unknown

Carmen & Cristina

Obscure Latin American history, capitalism and corruption. Each week, your hosts (and twins) Carmen and Cristina, will tell each other a story about Latino/Latine history, capitalism or corruption and sometimes all three. Episodes every Thursday. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/historias-unknown--6253658/support.

  1. 21H AGO

    The Other Side of the Bracero Story with Irvin Ibargüen

    Caught in the Current: Mexico's Struggle to Regulate Emigration, 1940–1980 is a pioneering analysis of Mexico’s efforts to curb the outflow of its citizens to the United States. It spotlights the miscalculation of Mexican authorities, who believed they could restrain migration at will—particularly when it provoked social chaos, drained the domestic labor pool, or produced egregious cases of migrant abuse. Mexico’s counter-migratory policies, both those based on coercion and incentives, repeatedly collapsed. Mexican migrants resisted restrictions, U.S. authorities refused to cooperate, and Mexican officials ultimately lacked resolve. As the migration swelled, it slipped beyond Mexico’s control. What was once seen as a looming source of disorder, depletion, and disgrace became naturalized as an irreversible fact of national life. Follow Irvin Ibarguen's work and get his book here: https://www.irvinibarguen.com/ If you have topic suggestions, feel free to email Historiasunknownpodcast@gmail.com or use the contact us form on the website https://www.historiasunknown.com/contact/ Want ad free episodes? And weekly bonus episodes? Support Historias Unknown on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/HistoriasUnknownPodcast By joining, you can help Historias Unknown donate 20% funds to charity. Follow on social media: Instagram: https : //www.instagram.com/historiasunknown/ Threads: https://www.threads.net/@historiasunknown Substack: https://substack.com/@historiasunknown Historias Unknown is on YouTube now! https://youtube.com/@historiasunknown?si=_rmuVXrSQhs5R1bg Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/historias-unknown--6253658/support.

    53 min

  2. APR 30

    Berta Caceres Part 4

    Berta Cáceres was a Lenca indigenous leader, an environmental activist, and a human rights defender. But she was also so much more than that: a beauty pageant queen, a revolutionary, and a mother. In part 4, Cristina tells Carmen about the harassment and constant surveillance Berta faced before her murder, her murder, the trial and what the latest GIEI report on her case revealed.  If you have topic suggestions, feel free to email Historiasunknownpodcast@gmail.com or use the contact us form on the website https://www.historiasunknown.com/contact/ Want ad free episodes? And weekly bonus episodes? Support Historias Unknown on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/HistoriasUnknownPodcast By joining, you can help Historias Unknown donate 20% funds to charity. This month's donation went to CLEAN, carwash worker center, an org that has been helping car wash workers who are unable to leave their homes due to increasing ICE raids in LA county, by providing groceries to over 200 car wash workers. Follow @carwasherxs on instagram Follow on social media: Instagram: https : //www.instagram.com/historiasunknown/ Threads: https://www.threads.net/@historiasunknown Substack: https://substack.com/@historiasunknown Historias Unknown is on YouTube now! https://youtube.com/@historiasunknown?si=_rmuVXrSQhs5R1bg Sources Who Killed Berta Caceres? Dams, Death Squads, and an Indigenous Defender’s Battle for the Planet by Nina Lakhani https://archive.ph/BsiZB#selection-3399.94-3399.248 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berta_C%C3%A1ceres https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-03-02/berta-caceres-and-the-resistance-that-was-born-under-an-oak-tree.html https://elpais.com/elpais/2016/03/04/planeta_futuro/1457113234_162700.html https://www.gaipe.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Represa-de-Violencia-ES-FINAL-.pdf https://www.internationalrivers.org/news/remembering-river-defender-berta-caceres/ https://www.frontlinedefenders.org/en/case/honduras-berta-caceres-killed https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/21/berta-caceres-name-honduran-military-hitlist-former-soldier Berta Caceres Goldman acceptance speech, 2015 https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/press-release/2016/03/honduras-deep-failures-in-investigation-into-activist-s-killing-put-many-at-risk/ https://www.oas.org/en/IACHR/ https://www.law.berkeley.edu/experiential/clinics/human-rights-clinic/projects-and-cases/featured-reports-and-projects/the-giei-honduras-report-on-the-murder-of-berta-caceres/ Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/historias-unknown--6253658/support.

    1h 23m

  3. APR 16

    Berta Caceres Part 3

    Berta Cáceres was a Lenca indigenous leader, an environmental activist, and a human rights defender. But she was also so much more than that: a beauty pageant queen, a revolutionary (she joined the FMLN during the Salvadoran Civil War), and a mother. In part three, Cristina tells Carmen about the conditions that led to the Agua Zarca Dam Project. If you have topic suggestions, feel free to email Historiasunknownpodcast@gmail.com or use the contact us form on the website https://www.historiasunknown.com/contact/ Want ad free episodes? And weekly bonus episodes? Support Historias Unknown on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/HistoriasUnknownPodcast By joining, you can help Historias Unknown donate 20% funds to charity. This month's donation went to CLEAN, carwash worker center, an org that has been helping car wash workers who are unable to leave their homes due to increasing ICE raids in LA county, by providing groceries to over 200 car wash workers. Follow @carwasherxs on instagram Follow on social media: Instagram: https : //www.instagram.com/historiasunknown/ Threads: https://www.threads.net/@historiasunknown Substack: https://substack.com/@historiasunknown Historias Unknown is on YouTube now! https://youtube.com/@historiasunknown?si=_rmuVXrSQhs5R1bg Sources Who Killed Berta Caceres? Dams, Death Squads, and an Indigenous Defender’s Battle for the Planet by Nina Lakhani  https://archive.ph/BsiZB#selection-3399.94-3399.248 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berta_C%C3%A1ceres https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-03-02/berta-caceres-and-the-resistance-that-was-born-under-an-oak-tree.html https://elpais.com/elpais/2016/03/04/planeta_futuro/1457113234_162700.html https://www.gaipe.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Represa-de-Violencia-ES-FINAL-.pdf https://www.internationalrivers.org/news/remembering-river-defender-berta-caceres/ https://www.frontlinedefenders.org/en/case/honduras-berta-caceres-killed https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/21/berta-caceres-name-honduran-military-hitlist-former-soldier https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Honduran_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat#Zelaya's_detention_and_exile https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porfirio_Lobo_Sosa#U.S._drug_trafficking_case_against_Fabio_Lobo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Orlando_Hern%C3%A1ndez Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/historias-unknown--6253658/support.

    26 min

  4. APR 2

    Berta Caceres Part 2

    Berta Cáceres was a Lenca indigenous leader, an environmental activist, and a human rights defender. But she was also so much more than that: a beauty pageant queen, a revolutionary (she joined the FMLN during the Salvadoran Civil War), and a mother. In part two, Cristina talks about Berta Cáceres' early activity with COPINH, leading up to the PPP plan, which would ultimately be their most dangerous fight.  If you have topic suggestions, feel free to email Historiasunknownpodcast@gmail.com or use the contact us form on the website https://www.historiasunknown.com/contact/ Want ad free episodes? And weekly bonus episodes? Support Historias Unknown on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/HistoriasUnknownPodcast By joining, you can help Historias Unknown donate 20% funds to charity. This month's donation went to CLEAN, carwash worker center, an org that has been helping car wash workers who are unable to leave their homes due to increasing ICE raids in LA county, by providing groceries to over 200 car wash workers. Follow @carwasherxs on instagram Follow on social media: Instagram: https : //www.instagram.com/historiasunknown/ Threads: https://www.threads.net/@historiasunknown Substack: https://substack.com/@historiasunknown Historias Unknown is on YouTube now! https://youtube.com/@historiasunknown?si=_rmuVXrSQhs5R1bg Sources Who Killed Berta Caceres? Dams, Death Squads, and an Indigenous Defender’s Battle for the Planet by Nina Lakhani  https://archive.ph/BsiZB#selection-3399.94-3399.248 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berta_C%C3%A1ceres https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-03-02/berta-caceres-and-the-resistance-that-was-born-under-an-oak-tree.html https://elpais.com/elpais/2016/03/04/planeta_futuro/1457113234_162700.html https://www.gaipe.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Represa-de-Violencia-ES-FINAL-.pdf https://www.internationalrivers.org/news/remembering-river-defender-berta-caceres/ https://www.frontlinedefenders.org/en/case/honduras-berta-caceres-killed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigenous_and_Tribal_Peoples_Convention,_1989 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lempira_(Lenca_ruler) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miriam_Miranda https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesoamerica_Project https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/21/berta-caceres-name-honduran-military-hitlist-former-soldier Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/historias-unknown--6253658/support.

    34 min

  5. MAR 26

    Berta Caceres Part One

    Berta Cáceres was a Lenca indigenous leader, an environmental activist, and a human rights defender. But she was also so much more than that: a beauty pageant queen, a revolutionary (she joined the FMLN during the Salvadoran Civil War), and a mother. In part one, Cristina talks about Berta Cáceres' family, early life, her time with the FMLN, and her work leading up to the cofounding of COPINH in 1993. If you have topic suggestions, feel free to email Historiasunknownpodcast@gmail.com or use the contact us form on the website https://www.historiasunknown.com/contact/ Want ad free episodes? And weekly bonus episodes? Support Historias Unknown on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/HistoriasUnknownPodcast By joining, you can help Historias Unknown donate 20% funds to charity. This month's donation went to CLEAN, carwash worker center, an org that has been helping car wash workers who are unable to leave their homes due to increasing ICE raids in LA county, by providing groceries to over 200 car wash workers. Follow @carwasherxs on instagram Follow on social media: Instagram: https : //www.instagram.com/historiasunknown/ Threads: https://www.threads.net/@historiasunknown Substack: https://substack.com/@historiasunknown Historias Unknown is on YouTube now! https://youtube.com/@historiasunknown?si=_rmuVXrSQhs5R1bg Sources Who Killed Berta Caceres? Dams, Death Squads, and an Indigenous Defender’s Battle for the Planet by Nina Lakhani  https://archive.ph/BsiZB#selection-3399.94-3399.248 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berta_C%C3%A1ceres https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-03-02/berta-caceres-and-the-resistance-that-was-born-under-an-oak-tree.html https://elpais.com/elpais/2016/03/04/planeta_futuro/1457113234_162700.html https://www.gaipe.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Represa-de-Violencia-ES-FINAL-.pdf https://www.internationalrivers.org/news/remembering-river-defender-berta-caceres/ https://www.frontlinedefenders.org/en/case/honduras-berta-caceres-killed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Honduras_(1932%E2%80%931982) Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/historias-unknown--6253658/support.

    31 min

  6. MAR 19

    The Birth Control Trials and Dr Helen Rodriguez Trias

    The birth control pill revolutionized women’s independence in the US and so many places, but came at the cost of Puerto Rican women, who were experimented on without consent in the birth control trials of the 1950’s. One third of the island’s women were sterilized during these trials. And one woman stood out in the fight against this injustice, she was Dr Helen Rodriguez Trias If you have topic suggestions, feel free to email Historiasunknownpodcast@gmail.com or use the contact us form on the website https://www.historiasunknown.com/contact/ Want ad free episodes? And weekly bonus episodes? Support Historias Unknown on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/HistoriasUnknownPodcast By joining, you can help Historias Unknown donate 20% funds to charity. This month's donation went to CLEAN, carwash worker center, an org that has been helping car wash workers who are unable to leave their homes due to increasing ICE raids in LA county, by providing groceries to over 200 car wash workers. Follow @carwasherxs on instagram Follow on social media: Instagram: https : //www.instagram.com/historiasunknown/ Threads: https://www.threads.net/@historiasunknown Substack: https://substack.com/@historiasunknown Historias Unknown is on YouTube now! https://youtube.com/@historiasunknown?si=_rmuVXrSQhs5R1bg Sources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Rodr%C3%ADguez_Tr%C3%ADas https://massivesci.com/articles/helen-rodriguez-trias-science-heroes/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1447119/ https://web.archive.org/web/20031016140115/ http://www.nlm.nih.gov/changingthefaceofmedicine/physicians/biography_273.html https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1122157 /https://archive.ph/qzv60 https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2017/9/28/the-bitter-pill/ https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/pill-puerto-rico-pill-trials/ https://medium.com/the-lily/how-puerto-rican-women-were-used-to-test-the-birth-control-pill-7453a3b6ab73  https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/gregory-pincus-1903-1967/  https://womanisrational.uchicago.edu/2022/09/21/margaret-sanger-the-duality-of-a-ambitious-feminist-and-racist-eugenicist/  https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/pill-dr-john-rock-1890-1984/  https://remezcla.com/culture/birth-control-testing-puerto-rico/  https://www.wbur.org/news/2023/05/24/oral-contraceptives-history-puerto-rico-testing-massachusetts-ethics  https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2020/10/10029088/puerto-rico-sterilization-abortion-reproductive-rights-history Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/historias-unknown--6253658/support.

    45 min

  7. MAR 12

    Chipita Rodriguez

    For years, she was considered to be the only woman to have been legally hanged in the state of Texas, but today, this is not the case. And yes, she was Mexican. Her name was Josefa (Chipita) Rodriguez. Cristina tells Carmen about Chipita and then they do an update about El Salvador.  If you have topic suggestions, feel free to email Historiasunknownpodcast@gmail.com or use the contact us form on the website https://www.historiasunknown.com/contact/ Want ad free episodes? And weekly bonus episodes? Support Historias Unknown on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/HistoriasUnknownPodcast By joining, you can help Historias Unknown donate 20% funds to charity. This month's donation went to CLEAN, carwash worker center, an org that has been helping car wash workers who are unable to leave their homes due to increasing ICE raids in LA county, by providing groceries to over 200 car wash workers. Follow @carwasherxs on instagram Follow on social media: Instagram: https : //www.instagram.com/historiasunknown/ Threads: https://www.threads.net/@historiasunknown Substack: https://substack.com/@historiasunknown Historias Unknown is on YouTube now!  https://youtube.com/@historiasunknown?si=_rmuVXrSQhs5R1bg Sources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chipita_Rodriguez https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/rodriguez-josefa-chipita https://www.caller.com/story/news/columnists/2017/10/16/chipita-rodriguezs-unjust-hanging-haunts-texas/769883001/ https://www.tshaonline.org/texas-day-by-day/entry/1035 https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/san-patricio-tx https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lean-to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuevo_Santander https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Alamo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Revolution https://www.southtexasnews.com/san_patricio_county/news/entertainment_and_society/chipita-s-ghost-lingers-on-in-san-patricio-on-156th-anniversary-of-hanging/article_82f2857c-0722-11ea-8bd4-13166f2a723d.html http://www.americancowboychronicles.com/2020/02/josefa-chipita-rodriguez-texas-bandit.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shield_of_the_Americashttps://beta.elfaro.net/el-salvador/hermanos-bukele-compran-tres-nuevas-propiedades-en-el-centro-historico-por-1-25-millones Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/historias-unknown--6253658/support.

    45 min

  8. MAR 5

    Joe Arpaio: Behind the Bastardos

    Joe Arpaio was the Maricopa County Sheriff from 1993 to 2017. During his tenure, he enacted the worst racial profiling against Latinos, ruled over the county jails with abuse, misused funds, which led to numerous lawsuits, cost taxpayers millions of dollars and eventually led him to be convicted of criminal contempt of court. This is a behind the bastardos episode, Carmentells Cristina about her biggest opp and a true terror to the Latine community in AZ, Joe Arpaio. If you have topic suggestions, feel free to email Historiasunknownpodcast@gmail.com or use the contact us form on the website https://www.historiasunknown.com/contact/ Want ad free episodes? And weekly bonus episodes? Support Historias Unknown on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/HistoriasUnknownPodcast By joining, you can help Historias Unknown donate 20% funds to charity. This month's donation went to CLEAN, carwash worker center, an org that has been helping car wash workers who are unable to leave their homes due to increasing ICE raids in LA county, by providing groceries to over 200 car wash workers. Follow @carwasherxs on instagram Follow on social media: Instagram: https : //www.instagram.com/historiasunknown/ Threads: https://www.threads.net/@historiasunknown Substack: https://substack.com/@historiasunknown Historias Unknown is on YouTube now!  https://youtube.com/@historiasunknown?si=_rmuVXrSQhs5R1bg Sources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Arpaio https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-arpaio-timeline-20170801-story.html  https://web.archive.org/web/20150117161910/http://www.mcso.org/JailInformation/TentCity.aspx  https://web.archive.org/web/20121023032303/http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/1997-09-18/news/human-plights/2/ https://www.pbs.org/tpt/slavery-by-another-name/themes/chain-gangs/  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Seagal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Ferrigno  https://www.investigativepost.org/2026/02/25/blind-refugee-abandoned-by-border-patrol-is-dead/  https://www.investigativepost.org/2026/02/26/timeline-burmese-refugees-arrest-to-death/  https://www.democracynow.org/2026/2/27/nurul_amin_shah_alam  https://web.archive.org/web/20120505072757/http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/valleyfever/2011/12/sheriff_arpaio_oversaw_worst_r.php  https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/348061-trump-pardons-arpaio/ https://www.aclu.org/cases/ortega-melendres-et-al-v-arpaio-et-al Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/historias-unknown--6253658/support.

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Obscure Latin American history, capitalism and corruption. Each week, your hosts (and twins) Carmen and Cristina, will tell each other a story about Latino/Latine history, capitalism or corruption and sometimes all three. Episodes every Thursday. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/historias-unknown--6253658/support.

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  • Creator
    Carmen & Cristina
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2026
  • Episodes
    158
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Copyright Lumague Media
  • Show Website
    Historias Unknown

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