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Clara Ibarra earned her degrees in Political Science and Economics in her hometown, Bogotá, Colombia where she worked as a research assistant in projects that use images as sources of investigation for the writing of social history. She came to NYC in 2006 to pursue a MA in Media Studies, since then she has been working in the production of multimedia endeavors that involve education and the telling of stories. Currently she is coordinating the Spanish programing at Democracy Now!, working with the media outlets that broadcast or publish Democracy Now! en Español around the world. Clara is interested in story telling projects to connect and empower people through a more social use of media.
The Real USA takes a look at the stories not making headlines in the US commercial press. Todays program deals with human rights violations in solitary confinement, a practice that is considered as a form of torture by the United Nations. U.S. journalists formerly held in Iran's prisons describe their experiences, which was much like that of at least 80,000 people in the United States.
The Red Front: Radical Art in the Red Decade 1929-1940 is the name of an exhibition near Chicago. Currently on display at the Block Museum the exhibit will soon be touring the US. It looks at a period in US history marked by social ferment and upheaval and strong socialist and communist influence on the arts as a tool in the struggle for a better world. Clara Ibarra reports from Chicago.
Produced for Radio Ambulante
This is a radio story about Victor Basterra who was in a clandestine government prison in Argentina in 1975 when he was given a choice: work or die. He chose to work, and decided then that one day he’d have his revenge. Reporting: Clara Ibarra
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