Every year from September 15 to October 15, America spends the month celebrating Hispanic and Latinx Heritage Month with events and festivities sharing the culture, celebrating and appreciating the contributions the Hispanic community has made in this country. There were several people who helped start this and turn it into a month-long event, but there were two Mexican-American men involved who have made an impact in so many other ways.

Their names were Henry B. Gonzalez and Edward R. Roybal.

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Coffee of the Day: Café Bustelo

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Episode starts around 00:02:00

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Some sources used:

https://history.house.gov/People/Listing/R/ROYBAL,-Edward-R--(R000485)/

https://www.sahbgcc.com/portals/10/files/Henry%20B.%20Gonzalez%20Biography.pdf

https://guides.loc.gov/latinx-civil-rights/irca

https://salud-america.org/how-hispanic-heritage-month-became-a-thing/

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Music by lenoxbeatmaker (IG).

After an long and unexpected break, Cafe with Strangers returns with the continuation on the topic of the decades long civil war and genocide of the indigenous population that occurred in the 20th Century in Guatemala. In part one, the history of what led up to the start of the war and the death and destruction that affected the country, including its more vulnerable populations. This episode will dive into a committee led by three people who were entrusted with the task of gathering and documenting the information of what transpired and aided in creating ways on how proceed in never letting another Silent Genocide befall the country of Guatemala ever again.

Episode topic starts around minute 4:00.

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TW - mentioned topics of torture, death including children death, crimes against children, assault, sexual assault

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Some sources used:

The CEH Report (English) - https://hrdag.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/CEHreport-english.pdf

The CEH Report (Spanish) - https://www.centrodememoriahistorica.gov.co/descargas/guatemala-memoria-silencio/guatemala-memoria-del-silencio.pdf

https://www.un.org/en/genocideprevention/documents/atrocity-crimes/Doc.1_Convention%20on%20the%20Prevention%20and%20Punishment%20of%20the%20Crime%20of%20Genocide.pdf

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Music by lenoxbeatmaker (IG).

When Guatemala's president in the 1950's wanted to give back to the indigenous people, some who were opposed to it started a chain of events that lead to the country enduring a civil war that lasted nearly 40 years. This episode goes into what happened that lead up to death and destruction in Guatemala that affected some of the most vulnerable populations.

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Trigger Warning:

human rights violations, abuse and assault, death of children

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Some website sources:

https://worldwithoutgenocide.org/genocides-and-conflicts/guatemala

https://hmh.org/library/research/genocide-in-guatemala-guide/

https://sfi.usc.edu/collections/guatemalan

https://azpbs.org/horizon/2022/02/survivor-guatemalan-massacre-shares-witnessed-child/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/daily/march99/guatemala11.htm

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Follow the podcast on Instagram at @cafewithstrangers for updates and more. And if you’re interested in being part of the podcast, no matter where in the country you are, send an email over to cafewithpodcast@gmail.com.

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Music by lenoxbeatmaker (IG).