Historias Unknown
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.
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Oct. 30, 2026
They Died Trying to Reform the PRI
Carlos Alberto Madrazo and Luis Donaldo Colosio were members of Mexico's PRI party, both of whom tried to bring change to it and then died in suspicious ways, leading many to believe the PRI was behind their deaths. In the last episode, Cristina told Carmen about the history of this CIA backed party and in this episode, she talked about two men who tried to reform the PRI. If you have topic suggestions, feel free to email Historiasunknownpodcast@gmail.com or use the contact us form on the websi
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Oct. 16, 2026
A Brief History of El PRI and Mexico's Dirty War
On October 2, 1968, the Mexican military opened fire on students who were protesting. This dark event in Mexico's history became known as the Tlatelolco Massacre and takes place during Mexico's Dirty War. Before discussing the dirty war, Cristina tells Carmen a brief history of the party who was enacting this war on the Mexican people, the CIA backed PRI party. If you have topic suggestions, feel free to email Historiasunknownpodcast@gmail.com or use the contact us form on the website https://w
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Sept. 24, 2026
A Brief (and recent) History of Border Patrol and ICE Abuse
The Ohio Immigrant Alliance completed an analysis of ICE and Border Patrol agents who committed sexual or violent offenses against women and children. Their report presents the data, which includes an alarming pattern- 86% of the agents they examined were charged with or convicted of sex offenses, more than half targeted children and most remained employed with DHS for decades. The report also examines how failures in vetting, training, accountability, and institutional culture enabled this cris
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Sept. 3, 2026
When Futbol Got Political Part 2
"Keep politics out of sports" is something heard a little too often, but these two have never really been separate. To further show that, Cristina tells Carmen about another very political football match, Argentina vs England, 1986. What made it political? The short but devastating war between the two countries just four years before this historic match. Las Malvinas were brought up once again as the two national teams faced each other in the 2026 World Cup. If you have topic suggestions, feel
July 31, 2026
We have an announcement
Carmen and Cristina are taking a summer break! They will be back with a new episode on the first Thursday of September. 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 mutual aid.
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July 9, 2026
When Futbol Got Political
"Keep politics out of sports", is something heard very often, especially right now as the world cup is taking place. These two, especially futbol and politics, have never really been seperate and to show that, Cristina tells Carmen about two of the most political football matches in history. Argentina vs Peru during the 1978 World Cup, hosted in Argentina during the dictatorship, in which at least 30,000 were disappeared. As well as Chile vs the Soviet Union in 1974, the second leg was set to ta
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Jan. 4, 2023
Sylvia Rivera
Sylvia Rivera was born on July 2,1951 in New York City. She is often remembered for the stonewall uprising, but she was much more than that. She identified as a drag queen, she was a trans rights activist, an advocate for unhoused people and a membe…
July 16, 2022
The Battle of Chavez Ravine
Before it was Dodger Stadium, this part of Los Angeles was a Mexican community known as Chavez Ravine. These neighborhoods were La Loma, Bishop and Palo Verde. By their own standards, these three neighborhoods were thriving, but the rest of LA c…
July 15, 2022
The History of Coffee in Guatemala and El Salvador
Coffee has a long history in the Americas. Over 60 percent of the world’s coffee is supplied by Latin America and the majority from Brazil. How did it arrive in the Americas? In 1720, a French Naval officer brought seedlings to Martinique, an isl…
About the Hosts
Carmen
Host
Carmen is the cohost of Espooky Tales and Historias Unknown. She is also a busy social worker that cannot work without her cup of cafecito. She loves to read when she has time, but never has it! She and Carmen also used to do Novelas con Cafecito, a telenovela rewatch podcast (mostly about Teresa) with Cristina.
