8/ A huge thank you to everyone who tuned in to our podcast, The Deep Dive! Your time and support mean the world to us, and we’re so grateful to have you on this journey. Stay tuned for more insightful conversations ahead!
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7/ There are so many more things to dive into when analyzing the relationship between the United States and Latin America. There is more to explore when we go more in depth on things such as drug trafficking and the impact and false narratives it pushes onto latino/a personnel.

6/ A through our current podcast episode is going to be a breakdown on what the show “Narcos” is. Pedro Pascal's character, Javier Pena, is a solid representation of a Latino American man and how he shows both sides of the spectrum in this show.

5/When starting to look at the primary sources, we noticed that the story that started appearing was a timeline. Certain and specific current events created a timeline that helped us understand the relationship between America and Latin America,

4/The kind of primary sources we are engaging with are mostly show episodes, journals, memoirs, and news articles of the drug wars that were encountered between America and Latina America during the 1970s and 1980s.

3/ Did you know that the Monroe Doctrine was a US foreign policy that opposed European colonization or interference in the Western Hemisphere? Well, this quickly led to the US thinking they could play “big brother” to other Latin countries, and it further created this new attitude that

2/ In this episode, we take a deep dive into Pedro Pascal’s character in Narcos, with a focus on, though not limited to, gender, ethnicity, and citizenship. We will explore connections between the historical context of Narcos: Mexico and the real world history of imperialism in Mexico.

1/ My name is Laura Flores, and I am a senior at the University of Texas at San Antonio, majoring in Anthropology. My Name is Carmyn Castillo, I’m a Junior at the University of Texas at San Antonio, and I am currently a History major.

Hello Listeners! We have a special treat for you today. We are hard at work for the official launch of the podcast in Summer 2025 (Thank you for your patience! Podcast production is no easy feat!) But we have been hard at work producing our latest episodes. 1/

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Hello! My name is Dr. Priscilla Martinez and I am a postdoc in History at the UT San Antonio. Today, I want to introduce
Amplifying Identities, history podcast centering local stories from the U.S.-Mexico borderlands.