Mana is one of the most famous Mexican pop rock bands and their song, En El Muelle de San Blas is one their most well known and loved songs. It is based on a true story, but the true story and the song have their differences. This is the story behind Rebeca Blanca Leticia Suarez Mendez, the woman behind the song.

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Sources

https://www.infobae.com/teleshow/2019/05/26/la-verdadera-historia-de-rebeca-mendez-la-mujer-que-inspiro-la-cancion-de-mana-en-el-muelle-de-san-blas/#amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=16603660717424&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&share=
https%3A%2F%2Fwww.infobae.com%2Fteleshow%2F2019%2F05%2F26%2Fla-verdadera-historia-de-rebeca-mendez-la-mujer-que-inspiro-la-cancion-de-mana-en-el-muelle-de-san-blas%2F https://culturacolectiva.com/musica/el-muelle-de-san-blas-cancione-de-mana-historia-real-letra/#amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=16603660717424&referrer=
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La Novia Del Muelle by Blanca Leticia Suarez

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The hard shell taco has become synonymous with Taco Bell and "white" people tacos, but the history and heritage of it, is actually very Mexican. The patent for the first hard shell taco mold was placed by a Oaxacan immigrant and the "inspiration" behind Taco Bell came from a woman who migrated from Jalisco, Mexico. So, how did this dish become white washed? Today, we bring you the history of the hard shell taco, a little bit of appropriation talk and a little bit of tiktok talk.

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Tiktok videos mentioned in today's episode: https://www.tiktok.com/@alexa.alexuh/video/7123335964554071342 https://www.tiktok.com/@janellerohner/video/7111779233600425262

Sources:

https://whatsuppub.com/arts_culture/books/article_febfef9a-d859-11e2-87f6-0019bb30f31a.html https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/an-oral-history-of-hard-shell-tacos
https://medium.com/the-interlude/historias-de-la-cocina-hard-shell-tacos-f380be90fb93 https://www.mitlacafesb.com/aboutus
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20210630-how-taco-bell-stole-the-taco https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/where-did-the-taco-come-from-81228162/ https://archives.sfweekly.com/foodie/2011/08/17/where-did-crispy-tacos-come-from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glen_Bell

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Sound Effect from Pixabay 

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Adoption is often presented as the solution to abortion, but the dark side of adoption is rarely talked about. In between 1996 and 2007, Guatemala was one of the major providers of children for international adoption and while for adoptive parents in the US, this was a win, the Guatemalan adoption system was riddled with corruption, coercion and abductions. This led to necessary reform that still has its flaws.

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Sources:

http://www.icwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/EKF-18.pdf Adoption in Guatemala -

Wikipedia  Cleaning Up International Adoptions -

TIME (archive.org) To catch a baby broker -

International adoption- msnbc.com (archive.org)

https://web.archive.org/web/20080127125525/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22756856/ 

Guatemala | Adoption | Gender & Justice Project | Schuster Institute | Brandeis University

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In the summer of 1969, El Salvador and Honduras played three soccer games against each other and the winner would move on to the 1970 world cup. As they played the game of their lives, the soccer players had no idea the events that followed, would be known as the soccer war (also known as the one hundred hour war). For 4 days, El Salvador and Honduras were at war with each other.

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Sources:

https://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias-america-latina-48785805#amp_ct=1656476189484&_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=16564761446155&csi=1&referrer=
https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&share=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.com%2Fmundo%2Fnoticias-america-latina-48785805
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_War
Our dad!
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Vieques is a little island, 8 miles from mainland Puerto Rico. From the 1920s until 2003, 2/3rds of the island was occupied by the US Navy. Day after, day, the people of Vieques lived with bombs falling every day. Until they had enough.

Petition to demand healthcare, clean up, sustainable development and demilitarization and return of the land for Vieques. http://act.rootsaction.org/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=7743

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Sources:

https://guides.loc.gov/latinx-civil-rights/vieques-island-protests https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/puerto-ricans-force-united-states-navy-out-vieques-island-1999-2003
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Navy_in_Vieques,_Puerto_Rico https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2019/7/1/puerto-ricos-vieques-still-reels-from-decades-of-us-navy-bombing
https://theworld.org/stories/2019-07-16/puerto-rico-s-vieques-island-ousted-us-navy-now-fight-s-against-airbnb
https://projectpulso.org/2022/01/26/navy-bombings/
https://study.com/learn/lesson/foraker-act-purpose-overview-1900.html
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Dogs hold many titles, they are family, they rescue, they protect, they are loved. Some dogs become symbols of a revolution. When mass protests broke out in Chile, in 2011 and again in 2019, some beloved street dogs rose to fame for marching with students. These dogs are El Negro Matapacos, El Rucio Capucha and El Vaquita.

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Sources:

https://historyofyesterday.com/the-chilean-street-dog-who-protested-for-educational-reform-bb8d43f09224
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%932013_Chilean_student_protests https://blurredbylines.com/blog/el-negro-matapacos-riot-dogs-el-vaquita-loukanikos-kanellos-protesters/
https://www.theclinic.cl/2019/11/19/inesperado-final-de-la-historia-del-rucio-capucha-perro-sufrio-el-impacto-del-chorro-del-guanaco-y-fue-hospitalizado/
https://www.rockandpop.cl/2019/11/perro-rucio-capucha-fue-adoptado/ https://www.lmneuquen.com/la-historia-rucio-capucha-el-perro-callejero-que-encabezo-las-manifestaciones-chile-n669896
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/chilean-students-protest-capital-early-test-president-boric-2022-03-25/
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Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas was the epicenter of a historic school walkout during the Chicano movement. In 1970, the firing of one beloved Mexican-American teacher set off a fire in the Mexican community of Uvalde and they were ready to stand for their rights. This is the story of the school walkouts.

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Sources

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counterculture_of_the_1960s#Social_and_political_movements
Nittle, Nadra Kareem. (2021, February 16). History of the Chicano Movement. 
https://www.thoughtco.com/chicano-movement-brown-and-proud-2834583 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_L.A._walkouts
https://oie.duke.edu/brown-v-board-education-there-was-8-year-old sylviamendez#:~:text=Gonzalo%20Mendez%2C%20Sylvia's%20father%2C%20decided,Federal%20District%20court%20in%201946. 
https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/article/Uvalde-activist-who-led-40-year-fight-honored-2163847.php
https://iberoaztlan.com/articles/remembering-the-uvalde-public-school-walkout-of-1970/ https://www.npr.org/2022/05/31/1102260606/what-robb-elementary-school-has-meant-in-uvaldes-history-of-mexican-activism
https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/2022/05/27/uvalde-school-shooting-mexican-americans-fought-decades-improve-school-system/9946424002/
https://as-ansar.org/news/before-texas-school-shooting-mexican-americans-fought-for-decades-to-improve-school-system/
https://voces.lib.utexas.edu/collections/stories/olga-mu%C3%B1oz-rodriguez

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There are stories that often go unknown in history, las Soldaderas and the Saint Patrick's Batallion are two that fit that bill. Las Soldaderas are women who fought during the Mexican Revolution and whose contributions to victory often go uncredited. The Saint Patrick's Battalion was mostly comprised of Irish and Irish-American soldiers who fought for Mexico during the Mexican-American war. 

Since Carmen & I were busy hanging out, we are featuring this episode of Espooky Tales instead. If you've already listened, feel free to skip or listen again!

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Sources:

https://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/feature/mexican-revolution/ https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/english/brave-women-mexican-revolution https://gabrielamendozagarciafolklorico.com/2019/01/06/five-surprising-facts-about-las-adelitas/ https://mexiconewsdaily.com/mexicolife/adelitas-of-the-mexica-revolution/ https://stmuscholars.org/the-unrecognized-soldier-of-the-mexican-revolution-petra-herrera-and-the-adelitas/
From Soldadera to Adelita: The Depiction of Women in the Mexican Revolution Delia Fernández McNair Scholars Journal Volume 13 | Issue 1 Article 6
http://www.theheroinecollective.com/petra-herrara-soldier-of-the-mexican-revolution/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petra_Herrera
https://second.wiki/wiki/adela_velarde_pc3a9rez
https://www.cadenacollective.com/blogs/cadena-collective/resilient-women-courage-of-the-mexican-revolution-la-adelita
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmen_Serd%C3%A1n

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Sylvia Rivera 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, and an advocate for unhoused people. Even on her deathbed, she continued to fight for Trans rights.

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https://youtu.be/BEXmJL9nadc https://lithub.com/on-makeup-as-a-tool-for-queer-resistance/ https://www.workers.org/2006/us/lavender-red-73/
https://www.nyclgbtsites.org/site/gay-activists-alliance-actions-at-city-hall/ https://www.redalyc.org/pdf/377/37719107.pdf -
Still At the Back of The Bus: Sylvia Rivera’s Struggle. El Centro Journal by Jessi Gan, 2007.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvia_Rivera_Law_Project https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Shepard

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There's a certain soft drink that comes to mind when you think of family parties, popcorn and movies and America, but what probably doesn't come to mind is the dark history behind that soft drink. A history that includes shady marketing and murderous union-busting activity.

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Sources for this episode:

The Coke Machine: The Dirty Truth Behind the World's Favorite Soft Drink by Michael Blanding

the Coca-Cola Company: Corporate Rap Sheet from the Corporate Research Project (https://www.corp-research.org/coca-cola-company, http://www.killercoke.org/),

article in the prospect titled The Coca-Cola Killings by David Bacon (https://prospect.org/features/coca-cola-killings/)

article in The Guardian titled Coca-Cola boycott launched after killings at Colombian plants by Sibylla Brodzinsky (https://www.theguardian.com/media/2003/jul/24/marketingandpr.colombia)

Wikipedia page for the Sinaltrainal v Coca-Company lawsuit (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinaltrainal_v._Coca-Cola_Co.)

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