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In 1945, 20-year-old Anthony Acevedo was held in captivity with other American soldiers inside a Nazi concentration camp called Berga. There, the soldiers were used as slave laborers, building tunnels for underground fuel factories. It was during this time that the Mexican-American medic kept a secret diary and documented the horrors he witnessed inside the camp.Acevedo held on to his war diary until 2010, when he donated it to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) in Washington, D.C. That same year, he registered as a Holocaust survivor with the museum—the first and only Mexican-American to do so.This episode originally aired in May 2018.Follow us on TikTok and YouTube. Subscribe to our newsletter by going to the top of our homepage. 

Rubén Blades is a singer, songwriter, actor, lawyer, and politician, born in Panama and a New Yorker since 1974. After four decades in the public eye, 17 Grammy Awards, and some of the best-selling records in salsa history, his unique storytelling across music styles has kept him relevant to this day. He’s worked with a wide range of musicians including Héctor Lavoe, Willie Colón, Bob Dylan, Lou Reed, Sting, Michael Jackson, and Calle 13. He has also kept a presence back home - he ran for president in Panama in 1994 and was appointed as minister of tourism in 2004. Latino USA sits down with the author of the song Pedro Navaja to discuss highlights of his monumental career.This story originally aired in October of 2018.Follow us on TikTok and YouTube. Subscribe to our newsletter by going to the top of our homepage. 

A few weeks from the November 2024, Maria Hinojosa brings together three super-star Latino journalists for a roundtable; John Quiñones, Maria Elena Salinas, and Paola Ramos. All four of these legends combined, have over 100 years of journalistic experience– they have seen it all. Amongst each other, they get frank and talk about the state of journalism, partisan politics, and which 2024 Presidential candidate will capture the Latino Vote.Follow us on TikTok and YouTube. Subscribe to our newsletter by going to the top of our homepage.