As the host of CNN's Special Investigations Unit, Soledad O'Brien sheds light on stories about communities that are under-covered in the press. This week, she presents her findings about Latinos in America, the fastest-growing segment of the United States population.
Latino In America, O'Brien's thoughtful and nuanced documentary, looks at a slice of the approximate 51 million Latinos living in the U.S. who come from twenty Latin American countries, a plethora of ethnicities and many religious backgrounds. The two-part series is an attempt "to figure out what is the story of what happens to us when we get here, to America," O'Brien told My Latino Voice in an exclusive interview. "We try to tell some of those stories that many people don't know about."
Listen in as O'Brien talks about some of the heroic people she met during her investigation, the surprising facts she discovered along the way, and why the Latino story typifies the American experience:
Concha Buika (born 1972 in Palma de Mallorca) is a Spanish singer.
Her album Niña de Fuego is currently nominated for the Latin Grammy Award for Album of the Year. Buika's family is originally from Equatorial Guinea. She grew up in Mallorca among gypsies -- who imbued in her the traditional "cante" flamenco -- as the only person of African descent in her neighborhood.
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