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Helado Tropical is the new collaborative album by Roberto Carlos Lange, better known by his stage name Helado Negro, and Fabi Reyna, who fronts the band Reyna Tropical.

Lange was born in the United States to Ecuadorian immigrant parents, while Reyna was born in Mexico and raised in Texas. They recently visited the Democracy Now! studio to perform music from the new album. In an extended interview, they also discussed how their immigrant backgrounds affect their perspectives and the power of music, joy and play as means of resistance.

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We continue our conversation with documentary filmmaker Julia Steers about her reporting on the conflict in Sudan, where the military and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have been locked in a battle for control since 2023. While both sides are accused of war crimes, the RSF drew global condemnation after its fighters carried out atrocities in the city of El Fasher in October of 2025, with the United Nations describing them as “acts of genocide.” Advocates now fear further mass killings in the besieged city of El Obeid.

Steers contributed to a recent investigation titled “Inside the Secret Network Fueling Sudan’s War.”

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