Historias Unknown

The Other Side of the Bracero Story with Irvin Ibargüen

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. Follow Irvin Ibarguen's work and get his book here: https://www.irvinibarguen.com/ [https://www.irvinibarguen.com/] 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/ [https://www.historiasunknown.com/contact/] Want ad free episodes? And weekly bonus episodes? Support Historias Unknown on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/HistoriasUnknownPodcast [https://www.patreon.com/HistoriasUnknownPodcast] By joining, you can help Historias Unknown donate 20% funds to charity. Follow on social media: Instagram: https : //www.instagram.com/historiasunknown/ Threads: https://www.threads.net/@historiasunknown [https://www.threads.net/@historiasunknown] Substack: https://substack.com/@historiasunknown [https://substack.com/@historiasunknown?utm_campaign=profile&utm_medium=profile-page] Historias Unknown is on YouTube now! https://youtube.com/@historiasunknown?si=_rmuVXrSQhs5R1bg [https://youtube.com/@historiasunknown?si=_rmuVXrSQhs5R1bg] Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/historias-unknown--6253658/support [https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/historias-unknown--6253658/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss].

Berta Caceres Part 4

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/ [https://www.historiasunknown.com/contact/] Want ad free episodes? And weekly bonus episodes? Support Historias Unknown on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/HistoriasUnknownPodcast [https://www.patreon.com/HistoriasUnknownPodcast] By 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 instagram Follow on social media: Instagram: https : //www.instagram.com/historiasunknown/ Threads: https://www.threads.net/@historiasunknown [https://www.threads.net/@historiasunknown] Substack: https://substack.com/@historiasunknown [https://substack.com/@historiasunknown?utm_campaign=profile&utm_medium=profile-page] Historias Unknown is on YouTube now! https://youtube.com/@historiasunknown?si=_rmuVXrSQhs5R1bg [https://youtube.com/@historiasunknown?si=_rmuVXrSQhs5R1bg] 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://archive.ph/BsiZB#selection-3399.94-3399.248] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berta_C%C3%A1ceres [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://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://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.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.internationalrivers.org/news/remembering-river-defender-berta-caceres/] https://www.frontlinedefenders.org/en/case/honduras-berta-caceres-killed [https://www.frontlinedefenders.org/en/case/honduras-berta-caceres-killed] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/21/berta-caceres-name-honduran-military-hitlist-former-soldier [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/21/berta-caceres-name-honduran-military-hitlist-former-soldier] Berta Caceres Goldman acceptance speech, 2015 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AR1kwx8b0ms&t=3s] https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/press-release/2016/03/honduras-deep-failures-in-investigation-into-activist-s-killing-put-many-at-risk/ [https://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.oas.org/en/IACHR/jsForm/?File=/en/iachr/media_center/PReleases/2026/006.asp&utm_content=country-hnd&utm_term=class-ip] 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/ [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 [https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/historias-unknown--6253658/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss].

Berta Caceres Part 3

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/ [https://www.historiasunknown.com/contact/] Want ad free episodes? And weekly bonus episodes? Support Historias Unknown on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/HistoriasUnknownPodcast [https://www.patreon.com/HistoriasUnknownPodcast] By 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 instagram Follow on social media: Instagram: https : //www.instagram.com/historiasunknown/ Threads: https://www.threads.net/@historiasunknown [https://www.threads.net/@historiasunknown] Substack: https://substack.com/@historiasunknown [https://substack.com/@historiasunknown?utm_campaign=profile&utm_medium=profile-page] Historias Unknown is on YouTube now! https://youtube.com/@historiasunknown?si=_rmuVXrSQhs5R1bg [https://youtube.com/@historiasunknown?si=_rmuVXrSQhs5R1bg] 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://archive.ph/BsiZB#selection-3399.94-3399.248] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berta_C%C3%A1ceres [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://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://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.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.internationalrivers.org/news/remembering-river-defender-berta-caceres/] https://www.frontlinedefenders.org/en/case/honduras-berta-caceres-killed [https://www.frontlinedefenders.org/en/case/honduras-berta-caceres-killed] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/21/berta-caceres-name-honduran-military-hitlist-former-soldier [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/21/berta-caceres-name-honduran-military-hitlist-former-soldier] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Honduran_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat#Zelaya's_detention_and_exile [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Honduran_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat#Zelaya's_detention_and_exile] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porfirio_Lobo_Sosa#U.S._drug_trafficking_case_against_Fabio_Lobo [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porfirio_Lobo_Sosa#U.S._drug_trafficking_case_against_Fabio_Lobo] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Orlando_Hern%C3%A1ndez [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Orlando_Hern%C3%A1ndez] Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/historias-unknown--6253658/support [https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/historias-unknown--6253658/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss].

Berta Caceres Part 2

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/ [https://www.historiasunknown.com/contact/] Want ad free episodes? And weekly bonus episodes? Support Historias Unknown on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/HistoriasUnknownPodcast [https://www.patreon.com/HistoriasUnknownPodcast] By 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 instagram Follow on social media: Instagram: https : //www.instagram.com/historiasunknown/ Threads: https://www.threads.net/@historiasunknown [https://www.threads.net/@historiasunknown] Substack: https://substack.com/@historiasunknown [https://substack.com/@historiasunknown?utm_campaign=profile&utm_medium=profile-page] Historias Unknown is on YouTube now! https://youtube.com/@historiasunknown?si=_rmuVXrSQhs5R1bg [https://youtube.com/@historiasunknown?si=_rmuVXrSQhs5R1bg] 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://archive.ph/BsiZB#selection-3399.94-3399.248] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berta_C%C3%A1ceres [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://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://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.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.internationalrivers.org/news/remembering-river-defender-berta-caceres/] https://www.frontlinedefenders.org/en/case/honduras-berta-caceres-killed [https://www.frontlinedefenders.org/en/case/honduras-berta-caceres-killed] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigenous_and_Tribal_Peoples_Convention,_1989 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigenous_and_Tribal_Peoples_Convention,_1989] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lempira_(Lenca_ruler) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lempira_(Lenca_ruler)] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miriam_Miranda [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miriam_Miranda] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesoamerica_Project [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesoamerica_Project] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/21/berta-caceres-name-honduran-military-hitlist-former-soldier [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/21/berta-caceres-name-honduran-military-hitlist-former-soldier] Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/historias-unknown--6253658/support [https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/historias-unknown--6253658/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss].

Berta Caceres Part One

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. 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/ [https://www.historiasunknown.com/contact/] Want ad free episodes? And weekly bonus episodes? Support Historias Unknown on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/HistoriasUnknownPodcast [https://www.patreon.com/HistoriasUnknownPodcast] By 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 instagram Follow on social media: Instagram: https : //www.instagram.com/historiasunknown/ Threads: https://www.threads.net/@historiasunknown [https://www.threads.net/@historiasunknown] Substack: https://substack.com/@historiasunknown [https://substack.com/@historiasunknown?utm_campaign=profile&utm_medium=profile-page] Historias Unknown is on YouTube now! https://youtube.com/@historiasunknown?si=_rmuVXrSQhs5R1bg [https://youtube.com/@historiasunknown?si=_rmuVXrSQhs5R1bg] 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://archive.ph/BsiZB#selection-3399.94-3399.248] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berta_C%C3%A1ceres [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://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://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.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.internationalrivers.org/news/remembering-river-defender-berta-caceres/] https://www.frontlinedefenders.org/en/case/honduras-berta-caceres-killed [https://www.frontlinedefenders.org/en/case/honduras-berta-caceres-killed] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Honduras_(1932%E2%80%931982) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Honduras_(1932%E2%80%931982)] Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/historias-unknown--6253658/support [https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/historias-unknown--6253658/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss].