On this Thursday, Sept. 24, episode of Sundial.
FinCEN Investigation
Thousands of leaked financial documents reveal a massive network of money laundering using some of the world鈥檚 largest financial institutions. The FinCEN files were given to BuzzFeed News, who in cooperation with the International Consortium for Investigative Journalists and hundreds of reporters around the globe, pored through the documents and made significant connections.
As with the Panama Papers four years ago, financiers and developers living in South Florida played an important role in the money laundering network.
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looked specifically at a number of Venezuelan expats living in South Florida who helped launder money from organized crime syndicates and kleptocrats in the Maduro regime into banks in South Florida.
鈥淣ow with the U.S. sanctions and with all the attention on them, they鈥檝e gotten even more sophisticated,鈥� said Antonio Mar铆a Delgado, a reporter for El Nuevo Herald and The Miami Herald. 鈥淭hey have huge fortunes in the international system and they were able to take out billions of dollars. I wouldn鈥檛 be surprised to find funds from the Venezuelan regime in Wall Street, in big firms, just because it's been siphoned out for years.鈥�
McClatchy senior investigator and chief economics correspondent Kevin Hall along with Delgado explained how these networks have become so sophisticated and why federal prosecutors have struggled to reign them in.
Continued Discussion Over The Term Latinx
The term Latinx has increasingly gained traction as a more inclusive form of identification for Latin Americans. Instead of using Latino or Latina, the term has emerged as a rejection of the gendered nature of the Spanish language.
But a recent Naiomy Guerrero identifies as black Latinx. She recently served as a curatorial fellow at the Perez Art Museum Miami, focused on Latinx art, and explains why the term may be more popular than the survey suggests.
鈥淚f you think about the way you use words, you don鈥檛 walk into a room and say, 鈥楬i, I鈥檓 Latinx.鈥� No one does that. It鈥檚 useful for me in writing vs. talking. It鈥檚 a very new word but in movement circles, it鈥檚 very common.鈥�
Dr. Philip Carter is a professor of linguistics and English at FIU. He鈥檚 been studying language South Florida鈥檚 Latinx communities for years and recently organized a forum on Facebook Live with Latinx speakers from across the country.
鈥淵oung Latinx people who may not identify as LGBTQ+ but nevertheless sees them as a part of a coalition of people. The term can be broadened to also think about inclusivity in terms of sexuality, gender, race and ethnicity,鈥� Carter told guest Sundial host Tim Padgett.
Carter and Guerrero also explained how other gendered terms in Spanish are being adapted to be more inclusive.
Analyzing Judge Barbara Lagoa
President Donald Trump is scheduled to announce his nomination to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg this Saturday. On his shortlist of potential nominees is Judge Barbara Lagoa, a member of the 11th Circuit Court in Atlanta. Before Lagoa was appointed to the federal court this year, she spent decades moving her way up Florida鈥檚 judicial system.
David Abraham, University of Miami Professor of Law Emeritus said she first came into prominence back in 2000 working as a pro bono attorney for the family of Eli谩n Gonz谩lez.
鈥淏arbara Lagoa entered that fray as a militant advocate of the family, in Miami that won her a great deal of attention and respect. She did very good work on the law, but she had an extremely weak case and they lost. But it did earn her attention from Governor Jeb Bush and an appointment to the state鈥檚 3rd District Court.鈥�
Abraham explained why Lagoa鈥檚 experience as a first generation Cuban-American raised in Hialeah, her membership to the Federalist Society and her allegiance to Gov. Jeb Bush and Gov. Ron DeSantis could make her an ideal candidate for President Trump鈥檚 nomination.
