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Speaker 1: Hey, podcast listeners, just a heads up, this episode does

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Speaker 1: contain the sounds of gun violence. Please take care while listening.

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Speaker 1: From executive producers Daniel Ramidez and myself, Evil Longoria, The

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Speaker 1: Sisters of the Underground tells the powerful story of the

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Speaker 1: Meat about sisters, real life Latina's who sacrificed everything for

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Speaker 1: the fight for freedom. Welcome, Welcome to them. Wow, THEA

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Speaker 1: is this how everything looked back then? See it's all

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Speaker 1: the same, only the flooring and the roof of the

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Speaker 1: the photo of her welling with Papa Minola. She looks

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Speaker 1: so beautiful, she did. How long did you live here

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Speaker 1: for THEA, Joe? When I I stayed here for quite

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Speaker 1: a while after Mommy, THEA has passed away, you know.

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Speaker 1: Back at the Quaranta prison, Bobby Lossle Andre Petro just

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Speaker 1: didn't believe they were dead. This this has to be

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Speaker 1: another one of their sick jokes. It's it's not possible.

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Speaker 1: Through Hugh wouldn't was calling more attention to himself. Next

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Speaker 1: if they have seen them. Someone has to know. Little

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Speaker 1: Too felt cornered as the United States imposed more economic

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Speaker 1: sanctions and continue to pressure him to step down. I said,

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Speaker 1: I'm not leaving. This is your last chance. After everything

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Speaker 1: I've done for this country. President through here, we gave

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Speaker 1: you an opportunity, but unfortunately you leave us with no choice.

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Speaker 1: I have it under control. We have word that there

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Speaker 1: are people plotting against you in Cuba and Venezuela. We

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Speaker 1: just can't continue resorting to violence. So that's what this

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Speaker 1: is about. Buying for Latin American support and kissing room

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Speaker 1: little bit and course asks. This is about constituting a

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Speaker 1: benevolent and democratic government and preventing communism from taking over,

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Speaker 1: which is also a threat to you, not just us.

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Speaker 1: The longer you're here, the more susceptible the country is

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Speaker 1: becoming to left this extremism. Your country entrusted me to

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Speaker 1: leave my people. I know what's best for them. I'm

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Speaker 1: afraid our time is over. I am not finished. My

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Speaker 1: men did not kill those sisters, there is no proof

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Speaker 1: that if you don't agree with what we've proposed at

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Speaker 1: you any longer? So who will you support the dissidance?

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Speaker 1: Good luck, presidente Ovis. We need arm guards position in

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Speaker 1: every corner of the island, ready to retire any traitors immediately.

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Speaker 1: people finally decided to take matters into their own hands.

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Speaker 1: Even his own top advisors have reached the breaking point.

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Speaker 1: After bearing witness to the shameless murder of the Metaball sisters,

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Speaker 1: they plotted the perfect ambush of the dictator. Thank you

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Speaker 1: for your hospitality. How long before we get to the

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Speaker 1: house and center stood? Half hour or so? Heafy, good?

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Speaker 1: Why hall await copy? We're in position over this is it?

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Speaker 1: Keep an eye out for the chevallet and night had

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Speaker 1: finally come Antonia in bert Let the upper list. That's him,

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Speaker 1: Go go, go go. They took a chase after the

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Speaker 1: Get down to binge it out to Helfy, Are you okay?

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Speaker 1: I'm here? Oh God, you're pleading turn me a gun? What?

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Speaker 1: basta ah ah. So it was finally over. The people

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Speaker 1: Today the Dominican Republic is in mourning. Alissimo was shot

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Speaker 1: as in the conspirators fled to various parts of the country,

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Speaker 1: I made your favorite, as about it for you Prayaki style?

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Speaker 1: And miss Mooso's where's me now? She's probably reading again? Mama?

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Speaker 1: What did I tell you about letting her read all

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Speaker 1: me me? No mucha tita? Where are you when Poppies here?

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Speaker 1: Keep Poppy? Poppy? Lying is a sin and you're too

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Speaker 1: Didn't you read the news? I did? But it can't

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Speaker 1: she's gone. They're all gone, Sandos fuero. Lastres, Poppy paused,

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Speaker 1: other day, Mama chair Poppy could finally grieve together. Bobby

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Speaker 1: Every single day. I miss her me too. What are

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Speaker 1: Did the evil men do that to you? Yeah? They

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Speaker 1: won't hurt you again, right? Uh? No, memordal they won't.

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Speaker 1: You know. One of the last times we spoke, Mommy

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Speaker 1: said that you love to read and draw? Is that true?

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Speaker 1: your drawings, Poppy. What else did you and mommy talk about? Well,

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Speaker 1: Mommy's dreams neighor came true, did they? Uh, those dreams

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Speaker 1: Good night, my angel. That night, something strange started to happen.

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Speaker 1: Poppy started hearing mommy mean meaning is that you? Who

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Speaker 1: be great, check ask but for what? For everything? For

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Speaker 1: well those days are going now you're finally here and

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Speaker 1: Alfonso Cruz, Valerio, Emilio Ramon, Emilio Rojas, Laura Rosa, the store,

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Speaker 1: On the last day I saw poppy. How old yous Anthea? Well,

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Speaker 1: Mariposa too, and so are you me, Vida. We are

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Speaker 1: February three, sixty four, Dear Mom and Dad, I went

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Speaker 1: Oh yeah, all right then, Nina, how about you go

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Speaker 1: a moment, Okay, Bartia Battoria. There Matha Mama, Chea Minerva

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Speaker 1: I hear you. You are here. I will always be remembered.

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Speaker 1: and designed by Jasmine Mihia and Claudia Marti Corena. Our

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Speaker 1: Incredible cast includes Dania Ramirez as Mino Tavares Miraval our narrator,

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