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Connecticut Public's Rachel Iacovone and El Nuevo Dia’s Itzel Rivera share more about their collaborative effort to cover Puerto Rican communities in Connecticut.
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Connecticut Public
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![After giving her speech at the rally, Silvana Sanchez, beside her brother Victor Sanchez Jr. is embraced by Sister Margarita Castañeda of the Congregation of Notre Dame, who knew their father, Victor Sanchez Sr., through his church, Our Lady of Sorrows in Hartford. Castañeda later said to the crowd, "I've known Victor for the past seven years, and all this time, he has been extremely active [and] faithful in the church and very good, very much of a leader... I know they're going to take Victor away. We can shout and scream as much as we want, but hopefully he will be able to return."](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/400561f/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3000x1671+0+0/resize/280x156!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F53%2F1d%2F0be294d040338d48cf81f43a2fcc%2Fdaniela-doncel-1.jpg)
Immigrant rights activists with Make the Road CT and Hartford Deportation Defense gathered to call for community leader Victor Sanchez Sr. to be released. -
Junta for Progressive Action and the Yale Peabody Museum are hosting free, family-friendly activities during the last weekend of September for Hispanic Heritage Month. -
Andrea “Drea” Marie Sanchez is a Puerto Rican artist and muralist from East Hartford with multiple murals across Connecticut. -
Bad Bunny’s final show from San Juan this tour is being live streamed, and these Connecticut spots are getting folks together to watch. -
More than 15,000 people flooded downtown with flags, food and plenty of reggaeton.
![After giving her speech at the rally, Silvana Sanchez, beside her brother Victor Sanchez Jr. is embraced by Sister Margarita Castañeda of the Congregation of Notre Dame, who knew their father, Victor Sanchez Sr., through his church, Our Lady of Sorrows in Hartford. Castañeda later said to the crowd, "I've known Victor for the past seven years, and all this time, he has been extremely active [and] faithful in the church and very good, very much of a leader... I know they're going to take Victor away. We can shout and scream as much as we want, but hopefully he will be able to return."](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/aa28641/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3000x1671+0+0/resize/560x312!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F53%2F1d%2F0be294d040338d48cf81f43a2fcc%2Fdaniela-doncel-1.jpg)
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Latino USA, the radio journal of news and culture, is the only national, English-language radio program produced from a Latino perspective. Listen to past episodes at latinousa.org. -
Every week, Alt.Latino introduces listeners to new alternative Latin music, including diverse genres such as cumbia, Mexican garage rock, Panamanian rap, heavy metal mariachi and many more boundary-blurring sounds from around the world. Listen to past episodes on npr.org.
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