Good Latin American Newspaper/Podcast

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Good Latin American Newspaper/Podcast

Postby sfuqua » Sun Oct 31, 2021 6:19 pm

Do you have any suggestions about good Latin American newspapers that are available online. I would also be interested in good Latin American radio news show that I could get online.

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Re: Good Latin American Newspaper/Podcast

Postby iguanamon » Sun Oct 31, 2021 11:48 pm

These days, it seems almost every newspaper site has a paywall up of some kind. I can tell you what I read. I read El Nuevo Día from San Juan, Puerto Rico. I live a hundred miles from San Juan, so, Puerto Rican news is meaningful to me. They have a paywall. If you jump around sites in a month, with different browsers sometimes, or an online vpn, you can avoid the paywall.

I also like to keep up with what's going on with our neighbors in the Dominican Republic with Listín Diario.

Cuba is a country I've been fascinated by for a long time. I have diametrically opposed sources for Cuban news. From the Cuban government, Granma. From the Cuban dissidents: 14ymedio; Diario de Cuba. El Nuevo Herald from Miami has good LA and Cuban coverage. As a bonus, the news from South Florida itself is wild and zany. I listen to Radio Ambulante, of course and to Cuban dissident Yoani Sánchez's podcast.

My problem with news from individual countries that I don't know well is that I don't know them well enough to really get a lot of benefit from their news sources. I prefer a good overview. I find I get that from El País América and AP Noticias. Mexico is a long way away from me, much closer to you in California for sure. I'm sure someone will have good resources from there.

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Re: Good Latin American Newspaper/Podcast

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Re: Good Latin American Newspaper/Podcast

Postby SCMT » Mon Nov 01, 2021 8:18 pm

I real El Pais' Latin American edition whenever I can. I think there are 10 free articles per month before you have to subscribe:

https://elpais.com/america/

BBC Mundo is also an excellent paper, IMO, and while it doesn't have an American "edition," it has an American section:

https://www.bbc.com/mundo

So both of these are European, but they both have pieces devoted to the Americas, so I'm not sure it matters much.

EDIT: nvm. I reread your post and see that you answered my podcast question in it.
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Re: Good Latin American Newspaper/Podcast

Postby CarlyD » Fri Nov 05, 2021 6:17 pm

Whenever I'm looking for news of something that happened down south, I go to La Prensa. They have editions for several countries:

Mexico-- www.laprensa.mx
Argentina-- www.laprensa.ar
Nicaragua-- www.laprensa.com.ni
Panama-- www.prensa.com
Honduras-- www.laprensa.hn
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Re: Good Latin American Newspaper/Podcast

Postby thevagrant88 » Mon Nov 08, 2021 3:33 pm

Noticias Telemundo has a new video uploaded to YouTube at least once a day, often twice a day and usually are 15-20 minutes in length. They focus on US news as it relates to Hispanic-Americans and also do a lot of stuff on Mexico.

Fun fact: Jose Diaz-Balart, the main newscaster has a brother who is a U.S. senator and are nephews by marriage to Fidel Castro.
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Re: Good Latin American Newspaper/Podcast

Postby thevagrant88 » Wed Nov 10, 2021 1:30 am

Oh crap, how did I forget Radio Ambulante? Long podcasts with a range of topics and includes a transcript in Spanish and an English translation. Prepare to learn a butt-ton of Spanish.

https://radioambulante.org/
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