Historic Victory for Native Americans at Standing Rock – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers decided to deny a permit for building the Dakota Access Pipeline under two watersheds and through the sacred lands of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe in North Dakota. The decision was announced after eight months of intense protests and the day before a deadline given by authorities to evict the protest camp. Radio Bilingüe’s news director Samuel Orozco spoke with Tony Gonzales, leader of the American Indian Movement West about this unprecedented victory.
Cubans Say Goodbye to Fidel – After the death of Fidel Castro, historic leader of the Cuban revolution, Cuba declared 9 days of mourning, and the ashes of the leader traveled in caravan from one end of the island to the other, following in the opposite direction the path that Fidel and Ernesto Che Guevara took to take the capital. Andalucía Knoll followed the caravan, spoke with people who were at the funeral, and has this story.
Mexican Journalist Awarded for Investigating Massacre – Mexican journalist Laura Castellanos won the National Journalism Prize of Mexico for an extraordinary investigative report that implicates Mexican authorities in a massacre that left 16 civilians dead and dozens wounded in Apatzingán. With the title “Fueron los federales” (It Was the Federals”), the report delves into the executions against protesters and sympathizers of the Michoacan Rural Forces. Raúl Silva spoke with the writer in Mexico City.
