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grew up, he'd be studying them. We talk to Benavides about telenovelas, and about the US-Mexico border melodramas called  "Narcodramas". <o:p></o:p>

Hugo Benavides grew up watching Latin American soap operas -telenovelas-on TV in New York and Equador. But he never thought that when he grew up, he'd be studying them. We talk to Benavides about telenovelas, and about the US-Mexico border melodramas called "Narcodramas".

Hugo Benavides grew up watching Latin American soap operas -telenovelas-on TV in New
 York and Equador. But he never thought that when he
grew up, he'd be studying them. We talk to Benavides about telenovelas, and about the US-Mexico border melodramas called&nbsp; "Narcodramas".

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