Library Guides: News and Newspapers: Latin America & the Caribbean: Radio & Video News

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Below you'll find select resources to search and find radio and video news pertaining to Latin America and the Caribbean.

Radio Ambulante
Radio Ambulante is a Spanish-language podcast, distributed by NPR, that tells Latin American stories from anywhere Spanish is spoken, including the United States. Though episodes are in Spanish, they provide transcriptions into English and sometimes Portuguese on their website. In 2014, Radio Ambulante was awarded the Gabriel García Márquez Prize for Innovation in Journalism, the most prestigious journalism honor in Latin America.
Latino USA
Latino USA is a nationally syndicated public radio program produced by The Futuro Media Group and distributed nationwide by National Public Radio. Its focus is Latinxs and Latin American immigrants in the U.S.
El Hilo
Spanish-language podcast covering Latin American and world news from Radio Ambulante Estudios.
Alt.Latino
NPR podcast on Latinx arts and culture.
Latino Rebels
Humor, commentary and analysis of the US Latino world.
Code Switch
Program centered on issues of race and identity, which often covers immigration and Latinx stories.

Latin American & Spanish Videos Freely Available on the Internet: A Guide to Web Resources
This excellent guide to finding Latin American & Spanish film, TV, and video allows you to search by subject and browse by country/region. Created by Jesús Alonso-Regalado, Librarian for Latin American/Hispanic Studies at SUNY-Albany.
Spanish Language Television - UT San Antonio Guide
List of major Spanish language TV stations with online video content from the UT San Antonio Libraries.

AP Archive
AP Archive is the film and video archive of The Associated Press -- the world's largest and oldest news agency - on YouTube. The collection offers over 1.7 million global news and entertainment video stories, which date back to 1895. New material is added every day.

American History in Video
American History in Video provides the largest and richest collection of video available online for the study of American history, with 2,000 hours and more than 5,000 titles on completion. The collection allows students and researchers to analyze historical events, and their presentation over time, through commercial and governmental newsreels, archival footage, public affairs footage, and important documentaries.

American Archive of Public Broadcasting
Access thousands of audio and video recordings preserved and digitized by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting in collaboration with WGBH and the Library of Congress. Over 68,000 media items representing 40,000 hours of radio and television are available to researchers.
British Movietone
British Movietone’s newsreel archive (1895 to 1986), available online via YouTube, contains coverage of news events, celebrities, sports, music, social history, science, lifestyles and the quirky from around the world
British Pathé
British Pathé was at the forefront of cinematic journalism, blending information with entertainment to popular effect. Over the course of a century, it documented everything from major armed conflicts and seismic political crises to the curious hobbies and eccentric lives of ordinary people. Now considered to be the finest newsreel archive in the world, British Pathé is a treasure trove of 85,000 films unrivaled in their historical and cultural significance.
Open Vault (WGBH)
Free access to video and audio recordings of shows covering historically significant events broadcast by the public television station WGBH. Transcripts, images, and resource management tools are also available through this database.