From today’s broadcast:

HEADLINES

Jalisco receives largest vaccine shipment to date. https://www.informador.mx/jalisco/Jalisco-recibe-lote-de-vacunas-mas-grande-en-lo-que-va-de-pandemia-20210426-0019.html

AMLO dismisses possible third wave of Coronavirus in Mexico. https://www.informador.mx/mexico/COVID-19-AMLO-descarta-tendencia-de-tercera-ola-de-coronavirus-en-Mexico-20210426-0035.html

Mexico registers new record of homicides in a single day. https://www.informador.mx/mexico/Mexico-registra-nuevo-record-de-victimas-de-homicidio-en-un-dia-20210426-0036.html

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LEISURE

Have you seen Francia St. lately? It’s being redone!

Seven winners and four losers from the deeply eccentric 2021 Oscars (IN ENGLISH). https://www.vox.com/22403117/oscars-2021-winners-losers-nomadland-anthony-hopkins-chadwick-boseman-netflix

Four ways the 2021 Oscars made history (IN ENGLISH). https://www.vox.com/culture/22403023/oscars-2021-milestones-chloe-zhao-best-director

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MUSIC MONDAY: Mexican Corridos

We take a look at this popular narrative tale form.

LISTEN: El Corrido de La Adelita, one of the most popular corridos from Mexico’s Revolutionary War period.

WATCH: March of the Jolly Fellows (1934), where the composer allegedly based his music on the Corrido de La Adelita.

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