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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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Did you know, the first openly gay candidate to run for a public office in the United States was a Latino man and a drag queen? Jose Sarria was an instrumental activist to the LGBTQ+ community, he was a veteran, a drag queen and an empress.
On today's episode, Cristina tells Carmen about the historic and iconic, Jose Sarria
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Sources
https://sfbaytimes.com/jose-sarria-the-drag-queen-who-changed-san-francisco/
https://latina.com/the-empress-is-a-man-the-drag-royalty-of-jose-julio-sarria/#amp_ct=1686458693576&_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=16864586406550&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&share=
https%3A%2F%2Flatina.com%2Fthe-empress-is-a-man-the-drag-royalty-of-jose-julio-sarria%2F https://legacyprojectchicago.org/person/jose-sarria
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Sarria
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The birth control pill revolutionized women’s independence in the US and everywhere, but came at the cost of Puerto Rican women who were experimented on without consent in the birth control trials of the 1950’s, overseen by Gregory Pincus and John Rock.
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Sources
https://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-history

The origins of colonialism in Palestine can be traced back to 1799, during the French invasion of the middle east, when Napoleon issued a proclamation offering Palestine as a homeland to Jewish people, under France’s protection, as a way of establishing a French presence in the region. This planted the seed for a vision of a Jewish state in the Middle East which did not materialize at the time, but was revived by the British in the 19th century. Zionists believe Judaism is a nationality as well as a religion, and that Jewish people deserve their own state in their ancestral homeland, Israel. The Balfour Declaration stated that the British would use their best endeavors to facilitate the achievement of this project. So with the support of the British, an influx of Zionists began to move into the area, displacing thousands of Palestinians.
In today's episode, Carmen shares a brief history of the even Palestinians refer to as the Nakba, while Cristina discusses Israeli involvement aiding massacres in Latin America, the history of Club Palestino in Chile and they express solidarity with Palestine.
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Sources
https://remix.aljazeera.com/aje/PalestineRemix/al-nakba.html#/17 https://www.un.org/unispal/history/
https://www.un.org/unispal/history2/origins-and-evolution-of-the-palestine-problem/part-i-1917-1947/
https://www.vox.com/2018/11/20/18080010/zionism-israel-palestine https://palestinohistorico.cl/en/summary-of-professional-history/ https://tadweenpublishing.com/blogs/news/essential-readings-palestinians-in-latin-america
Cuatro Colores Documentary: https://vimeo.com/418311180
What to Boycott: https://bdsmovement.net/get-involved/what-to-boycott
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Palestinian Children's Relief Fund: https://www.pcrf.net/
Middle East Children's Alliance: https://www.mecaforpeace.org/
More Information On Palestine
Podcasts
Public Health and Palestine
The Asymptomatic Two State Solution Debunking the Most Common Anti-Palestinian Talking Points
Reading List
https://tadweenpublishing.com/blogs/news/essential-readings-palestinians-in-latin-america https://www.harpersbazaar.com/uk/culture/culture-news/g36449834/books-israel-palestine-conflict/
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Latines had a huge role in WWII, from filling in work shortages to filling in ranks in the United States Armed forces. Many Mexican and Puerto Rican members of the military were sent to the Philippines or different Latin American countries. Puerto Rican soldiers that were sent to Panama, participated in mustard gas experiments. They, along with Black and Japanese-American soldiers, were sought out for these experiments due to their race.
In today's episode, Cristina tells Carmen about this dark chapter in WWII history.
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Sources:
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/08/03/534896928/for-veterans-mustard-gassed-in-secret-tests-help-now-sits-on-presidents-desk
https://www.npr.org/2015/06/23/416408655/the-vas-broken-promise-to-thousands-of-vets-exposed-to-mustard-gas
https://www.npr.org/2015/06/22/415194765/u-s-troops-tested-by-race-in-secret-world-war-ii-chemical-experiments
Smith, S. L. (2008). Mustard gas and American race-based human experimentation in World War II. Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, 36(3), 517+.
https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A186516801/AONE?u=fvrl_main&sid=googleScholar&xid=c80913cf https://borinqueneers.com/en_US/soldier/ssg-gabriel-soto-rivera-ret
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