Silvia Viñas

Producer

Silvia Viñas is an editor and producer at Radio Ambulante. She is the producer behind the podcast Radio Ambulante: Unscripted, an interview series with Latin American and Latino artists and innovators hosted by award-winning novelist Daniel Alarcón.

Previously Silvia worked as the Latin America Regional Editor for Global Voices. Her work has been featured on the BBC, Al Jazeera, The Economist and PRI. She has also written feature articles for World Policy Journal and the Council on Hemispheric Affairs.

Recent Stories

Music

This Tijuana-born singer's music is inspired by living in 'the most violent era ever'

Radio Ambulante: Unscripted

November 08, 2014

Ceci Bastida has made music in Mexico and the US, and her latest work is something of a heads-up to both. It focuses on the violence — gun violence, mass shootings — that are too common in both countries. But not all of her songs are quite that dark.

Global Politics

This new documentary blurs the lines on the map to make a point about borders

Radio Ambulante: Unscripted

October 09, 2014

The reality of the US-Mexico border is complex, but not always so different depending on which side you're on. A new documentary explores the similarities and differences between two world separated by miles and miles of border fence.

Music

Havana's death metal pioneers bucked authority and made waves for their art

Radio Ambulante: Unscripted

September 26, 2014

Havana's not the first place you might think of when you think of death metal bands — but the island city has had a thriving community of death metal singers for decades. Meet some of the bands making noise in Cuba's capital city.

Arts

Here are three people who might help Latinos strike it big in the American art scene

Radio Ambulante: Unscripted

September 01, 2014

As Latinos become a bigger and bigger part of American society, Latino artists are finally starting to gain prominence in the American art world. These three artists are ones to watch for.

Development & Education

Deadly storms and delayed response ravage indigenous Mexican communities

Global Voices Online

October 06, 2013

Two storms battered the poor southern Mexican state of Guerrero last month. And then the communities were left to fend for themselves for days, according to a Mexican human rights organization.