Episodes

  • He Was Imprisoned in the National Stadium for Eleven Days with Dr. Joseph Doherty

    He Was Imprisoned in the National Stadium for Eleven Days with Dr. Joseph Doherty
    May 28 2026
    Joseph Doherty fulfilled a childhood dream when, after graduating high school and joining Maryknoll, a Catholic missionary society, he was assigned to work in Chile. He was present for the coup, in 1973, when the military overthrew the government of President Salvador Allende. Arrested by DINA, the secret police, he was imprisoned in the National Stadium for eleven days before being expelled from the country. CHILE: EMBERS OF THE PAST is the story of what took place before and during his expulsion as well as his time in El Salvador, where he was reassigned. His book also recounts, how in 2001 he accompanied Joyce Horman, widow of Charles Horman, whom the Chilean military executed, and returned to Chile to testify against various military officials. Leaving Maryknoll in 1975 he obtained his doctorate in psychology. He returns to visit his friends in Chile as often as he can.

    Carmen and Cristina were joined by Dr. Joseph Doherty. He discussed his book, as well as what it was like to live through the coup and the National Stadium.

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    46 mins
  • The Other Side of the Bracero Story with Irvin Ibargüen

    The Other Side of the Bracero Story with Irvin Ibargüen
    May 14 2026
    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.

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    53 mins
  • Berta Caceres Part 4

    Berta Caceres Part 4
    Apr 30 2026
    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/HistoriasUnknownPodcastBy 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 instagramFollow on social media:Instagram: https : //www.instagram.com/historiasunknown/Threads: https://www.threads.net/@historiasunknownSubstack: https://substack.com/@historiasunknownHistorias Unknown is on YouTube now! https://youtube.com/@historiasunknown?si=_rmuVXrSQhs5R1bgSourcesWho Killed Berta Caceres? Dams, Death Squads, and an Indigenous Defender’s Battle for the Planet by Nina Lakhanihttps://archive.ph/BsiZB#selection-3399.94-3399.248https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berta_C%C3%A1cereshttps://english.elpais.com/international/2026-03-02/berta-caceres-and-the-resistance-that-was-born-under-an-oak-tree.htmlhttps://elpais.com/elpais/2016/03/04/planeta_futuro/1457113234_162700.htmlhttps://www.gaipe.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Represa-de-Violencia-ES-FINAL-.pdfhttps://www.internationalrivers.org/news/remembering-river-defender-berta-caceres/https://www.frontlinedefenders.org/en/case/honduras-berta-caceres-killedhttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/21/berta-caceres-name-honduran-military-hitlist-former-soldierBerta Caceres Goldman acceptance speech, 2015https://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.
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    1 hr and 23 mins
  • Berta Caceres Part 3

    Berta Caceres Part 3
    Apr 16 2026
    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/HistoriasUnknownPodcastBy 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 instagramFollow on social media:Instagram: https : //www.instagram.com/historiasunknown/Threads: https://www.threads.net/@historiasunknownSubstack: https://substack.com/@historiasunknownHistorias Unknown is on YouTube now! https://youtube.com/@historiasunknown?si=_rmuVXrSQhs5R1bgSourcesWho Killed Berta Caceres? Dams, Death Squads, and an Indigenous Defender’s Battle for the Planet by Nina Lakhani https://archive.ph/BsiZB#selection-3399.94-3399.248https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berta_C%C3%A1cereshttps://english.elpais.com/international/2026-03-02/berta-caceres-and-the-resistance-that-was-born-under-an-oak-tree.htmlhttps://elpais.com/elpais/2016/03/04/planeta_futuro/1457113234_162700.htmlhttps://www.gaipe.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Represa-de-Violencia-ES-FINAL-.pdfhttps://www.internationalrivers.org/news/remembering-river-defender-berta-caceres/https://www.frontlinedefenders.org/en/case/honduras-berta-caceres-killedhttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/21/berta-caceres-name-honduran-military-hitlist-former-soldierhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Honduran_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat#Zelaya's_detention_and_exilehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porfirio_Lobo_Sosa#U.S._drug_trafficking_case_against_Fabio_Lobohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Orlando_Hern%C3%A1ndezBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/historias-unknown--6253658/support.
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    26 mins
  • Berta Caceres Part 2

    Berta Caceres Part 2
    Apr 2 2026
    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/HistoriasUnknownPodcastBy 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 instagramFollow on social media:Instagram: https : //www.instagram.com/historiasunknown/Threads: https://www.threads.net/@historiasunknownSubstack: https://substack.com/@historiasunknownHistorias Unknown is on YouTube now! https://youtube.com/@historiasunknown?si=_rmuVXrSQhs5R1bgSourcesWho Killed Berta Caceres? Dams, Death Squads, and an Indigenous Defender’s Battle for the Planet by Nina Lakhani https://archive.ph/BsiZB#selection-3399.94-3399.248https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berta_C%C3%A1cereshttps://english.elpais.com/international/2026-03-02/berta-caceres-and-the-resistance-that-was-born-under-an-oak-tree.htmlhttps://elpais.com/elpais/2016/03/04/planeta_futuro/1457113234_162700.htmlhttps://www.gaipe.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Represa-de-Violencia-ES-FINAL-.pdfhttps://www.internationalrivers.org/news/remembering-river-defender-berta-caceres/https://www.frontlinedefenders.org/en/case/honduras-berta-caceres-killedhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigenous_and_Tribal_Peoples_Convention,_1989https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lempira_(Lenca_ruler)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miriam_Mirandahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesoamerica_Projecthttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/21/berta-caceres-name-honduran-military-hitlist-former-soldierBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/historias-unknown--6253658/support.
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    34 mins
  • Berta Caceres Part One

    Berta Caceres Part One
    Mar 26 2026
    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.

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    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)


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    31 mins
  • The Birth Control Trials and Dr Helen Rodriguez Trias

    The Birth Control Trials and Dr Helen Rodriguez Trias
    Mar 19 2026
    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 TriasIf 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/HistoriasUnknownPodcastBy 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 instagramFollow on social media:Instagram: https : //www.instagram.com/historiasunknown/Threads: https://www.threads.net/@historiasunknownSubstack: https://substack.com/@historiasunknownHistorias Unknown is on YouTube now! https://youtube.com/@historiasunknown?si=_rmuVXrSQhs5R1bgSourceshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Rodr%C3%ADguez_Tr%C3%ADashttps://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.htmlhttps://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1122157/https://archive.ph/qzv60https://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-historyBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/historias-unknown--6253658/support.
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    45 mins
  • Chipita Rodriguez

    Chipita Rodriguez
    Mar 12 2026
    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/HistoriasUnknownPodcastBy 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 instagramFollow on social media:Instagram: https : //www.instagram.com/historiasunknown/Threads: https://www.threads.net/@historiasunknownSubstack: https://substack.com/@historiasunknownHistorias Unknown is on YouTube now! https://youtube.com/@historiasunknown?si=_rmuVXrSQhs5R1bgSourceshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chipita_Rodriguezhttps://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/rodriguez-josefa-chipitahttps://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/1035https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/san-patricio-txhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lean-tohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuevo_Santanderhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Alamohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Revolutionhttps://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.htmlhttp://www.americancowboychronicles.com/2020/02/josefa-chipita-rodriguez-texas-bandit.htmlhttps://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-millonesBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/historias-unknown--6253658/support.
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    45 mins