America and is written on a broad range of issues including river pirates in the amazon, paraguays guerilla insurgency and the shifting politics of antarctica. He was nyt Andean Bureau chief based in caracas, venezuela for the New York Times as bureau chief where he covered hugo chavez, the colombian war and politics in bolivia. Give a warm welcome to simon romero. Thanks for the kind introduction. I will introduce this wonderful panel i have the pleasure of moderating. Cecilia bailli is a journalist and cultural anthropologist and writer at texas monthly. Her work focuses on the u. S. Mexico border in the history and culture of south texas. Her writing has also appeared in harpers magazine and the New York Times. Angela kocherga is a multimedia journalist who has covered the u. S. Mexico border in mexicos interior for television, newspapers and radio and was mexico border chief for a major broadcasting group. She is currently the Southern New Mexico reporter for the albuquerque journa
About the recent mass shooting in el paso. Mr. Orourke announced he will continue his run for the democratic president ial nomination in 2020. From earlier today, this is just over 35 minutes. [marching band playing in distance] [crowd talking] mr. Orourke good morning. Buenos dias. Isnt it beautiful to hear the el paso high band practicing behind us . We may hear the strains of the next song coming through over the course of this conversation but i was just thinking about the fact that charlotte and i raised by melissa and pat and , our sister aaron grew up four blocks from here and when i would walk to el paso high i would walk through this park, climb over this wall and make my way to the side of this mountain and see chris and jim and robert and our friends at el paso high, and its definitely a part of who i am. Helped to form me and shape me and makes me proud of this community, looking out at everyone who has taken the time to be here this morning. I want to begin with my gratitu
Nomination in 2020. From earlier today, this is just over 35 minutes. [marching band playing in distance] [crowd talking] mr. Orourke good morning. Buenos dias. [crowd talking] mr. Orourke good morning. Buenos dias. Isnt it beautiful to hear the el paso high band practicing behind us . We may hear the strains of the next song coming through over the course of this conversation but i was just thinking about the fact that charlotte and i, raised by melissa and pat and our sister aaron grew up four blocks from here and when i would walk to el paso high i would walk through this park, climb over this wall and make my way to the side of this mountain and see chris and jim and robert and our friends at el paso high, and its definitely a part of who i am. Helped to form me and shape me and makes me proud of this community, looking out at everyone who has taken the time to be here this morning. I want to begin with my gratitude and my thanks and an expression of my overwhelming pride in this c
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