EPISODE · Jul 27, 2020 · 9 MIN
The writer who put Latinos centre stage
from Witness History · host BBC World Service
The Cuban-American Dolores Prida wrote with a distinctive voice in her plays, newspaper columns and as an agony aunt in the Latina magazine. She challenged perceptions of how Latin Americans should be viewed in the US. When she died in 2013, President Obama paid tribute to her "conviction, compassion and humour." Mike Lanchin speaks to Prida's close friend, the former editor at New York's Daily News, Maite Junco.Photo: Dolores Prida (left) with Maite Junco, Jan 2013 (courtesy of Maite Junco)
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The Cuban-American Dolores Prida wrote with a distinctive voice in her plays, newspaper columns and as an agony aunt in the Latina magazine. She challenged perceptions of how Latin Americans should be viewed in the US. When she died in 2013, President Obama paid tribute to her "conviction, compassion and humour." Mike Lanchin speaks to Prida's close friend, the former editor at New York's Daily News, Maite Junco.Photo: Dolores Prida (left) with Maite Junco, Jan 2013 (courtesy of Maite Junco)
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