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It Could Happen Here

CZM Rewind: As If We Had Been Imprisoned: The Migrant Reception Center

It Could Happen Here

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News, Daily News, Society & Culture, Politics

4.06.5K Ratings

🗓️ 31 December 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

In the fourth installment of his series on the Darién Gap, James talks to migrants at Lajas Blancas reception center north of the Darién, who can often be stuck there for months without the money to continue their journeys.

Original Air Date: 10.31.24

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Transcript

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0:00.0

This is an I-Heart podcast.

0:02.6

Guaranteed Human.

0:06.0

It's me, James, and before we listen to this episode today,

0:10.1

I just did want to make you aware that I conducted these interviews in French and Spanish,

0:14.4

mostly Spanish, and then transcribed and translated them.

0:18.4

So what you're hearing is a translated interview that's been edited for brevity and content.

0:22.8

I hope you enjoy the episode. The General and the Chief of the

0:41.3

General and the Chief of the Liberation of the South

0:43.3

Emiliano Zapanda

0:45.3

Manifesto Zapatista in Nahuas

0:48.3

to the people of Mexico,

0:50.3

to the people and goviets of the world.

0:53.3

Hermanos, we're not we're in the night to the people and governments of the world. Herman,

0:55.0

we're not only

0:57.0

we're in the night,

0:58.0

in it we're

1:00.0

in it,

1:01.0

but the light

1:03.0

for the more

1:04.0

for all those

1:06.0

who are the night

1:08.0

for who

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