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Historian Alexander Avina joins WIRED to answers the internet's burning questions about the modern history of Latin America.
0:00 Latin America Support
0:11 How many Latinos live in the USA
0:26 Modern Latin American History
3:06 Mexican Banda and Norteño
4:02 The road to El Dorado
5:09 Diá de Los Muertos
6:14 Cinco de Mayo
7:34 Cowboys
8:24 Brazil?
9:01 “We didn't cross the border, the border crossed us!”
10:43 Rough LatAm Country Groupings
12:54 Frida Kahlo
14:45 Micaela Bastidas, wife of Túpac Amaru II
15:17 Simón Bolívar
16:33 Narcos
17:58 Guantánamo Bay
19:14 Cuba and the United States
21:07 Origins of the Mexican Revolution and Pancho Villa
22:52 Pancho Villa’s attack on New Mexico
24:19 Telenovelas
25:32 Best representations of Latin American culture in film
26:53 The Che shirt
27:58 Miami
Director: Lisandro Perez-Rey
Director of Photography: Ben Dewey
Editor: Richard Trammell
Expert: Alexander Avina
Line Producer: Jamie Rasmussen
Associate Producer: Brandon White; Paul Guylas
Production Manager: Peter Brunette
Production Coordinator: Rhyan Lark
Casting Producer: Nicole Ford
Camera Operator: Caleb Weiss
Sound Mixer: Sean Paulsen
Production Assistant: Ryan Coppola; Shanti Cuizon-Burden
Post Production Supervisor: Christian Olguin
Supervising Editor: Eduardo Araujo
Assistant Editor: Billy Ward
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Historian Alexander Avina joins WIRED to answers the internet's burning questions about the modern history of Latin America.
0:00 Latin America Support
0:11 How many Latinos live in the USA
0:26 Modern Latin American History
3:06 Mexican Banda and Norteño
4:02 The road to El Dorado
5:09 Diá de Los Muertos
6:14 Cinco de Mayo
7:34 Cowboys
8:24 Brazil?
9:01 “We didn't cross the border, the border crossed us!”
10:43 Rough LatAm Country Groupings
12:54 Frida Kahlo
14:45 Micaela Bastidas, wife of Túpac Amaru II
15:17 Simón Bolívar
16:33 Narcos
17:58 Guantánamo Bay
19:14 Cuba and the United States
21:07 Origins of the Mexican Revolution and Pancho Villa
22:52 Pancho Villa’s attack on New Mexico
24:19 Telenovelas
25:32 Best representations of Latin American culture in film
26:53 The Che shirt
27:58 Miami
Director: Lisandro Perez-Rey
Director of Photography: Ben Dewey
Editor: Richard Trammell
Expert: Alexander Avina
Line Producer: Jamie Rasmussen
Associate Producer: Brandon White; Paul Guylas
Production Manager: Peter Brunette
Production Coordinator: Rhyan Lark
Casting Producer: Nicole Ford
Camera Operator: Caleb Weiss
Sound Mixer: Sean Paulsen
Production Assistant: Ryan Coppola; Shanti Cuizon-Burden
Post Production Supervisor: Christian Olguin
Supervising Editor: Eduardo Araujo
Assistant Editor: Billy Ward
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WIRED is where tomorrow is realized. Through thought-provoking stories and videos, WIRED explores the future of business, innovation, and culture.
