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all right we're live y'all welcome back to another episode of bitter brown fans this is one of

your host ruben coming to you from portland oregon and this is your other Ruben, coming to you from Portland, Oregon.

And this is your other host, Cassandra, coming to you from El Paso, Texas.

And today we have a very special guest, longtime friend of the pod.

Daniel Alvarenga, want to introduce yourself and where you're coming from?

Hey, yeah, Daniel Alvarenga.

I am independent journalist. I live here in the Imperial Corps of Hey, yeah. Daniel Alvarenga. I am independent journalist.

I live here in the Imperial Corps of Washington, D.C.

She's out there throwing bricks.

No, don't.

Please.

They're listening.

Always listening.

But yeah, Daniel's specialty in journalism comes from documenting things that happen in El Salvador and in Greater Salvadoran communities throughout the U.S. as well.

And we just wanted to bring him on to talk about his expertise as like things are unfolding and El Salvador has taken center stage in a way that I don't think we've ever really seen before on a

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