Podimo and 茄子污污视频鈥檚 鈥淔orgotten: Women of Ju谩rez鈥 Multi-Language Podcast Collaboration Wins First-Of-Its-Kind Award for 鈥淏est Latin American Podcast of the Year鈥
NEW YORK -- May 20, 2022 --True crime podcast 鈥溾 about femicides in Juarez, Mexico, has won the "Best Latin American Podcast of the Year" Award at Estaci贸n Podcast Festival, the leading podcasting event in Spain and Latin America. The podcast, a partnership between Podimo and 茄子污污视频, was translated and adapted in three languages: Spanish, German and Danish, and is the first translated podcast to win this award.
At the beginning of the 1990s, the chilling phenomenon of the dead women of Ju谩rez came to light: young women who were abducted during their journeys from home to school or work and vice versa, who were sexually abused and whose remains appeared later, dumped in the desert with total impunity. Stunned, we witness one of the most terrifying episodes in the history of contemporary Mexico. The city of Ju谩rez became the most dangerous place in the world to be a woman. Almost 30 years after the sinister discovery of the first mass grave in Lote Bravo, the crimes not only continue to happen, but have spread throughout the country, the entire continent.
鈥淔orgotten: Women of Ju谩rez鈥 is the essential return to the origin: who and why unleashed the violence in Ju谩rez in the mid-1990s? Why so much impunity? What responsibility does the United States have in all this? Is it a serial killer, a satanic sect or an organized group? What role have Mexican and US authorities played in the investigations? Why are these murders still unsolved? Above all: why understanding what happened in Ju谩rez is crucial to raise awareness and put a definitive stop to violence against women? To answer these questions, this podcast brings together statements from journalists, police authorities from both sides of the border, and relatives of the victims.
鈥淥lvidadas: las muertas de Ju谩rez鈥 is the Spanish adaptation of 鈥淔orgotten: Women of Ju谩rez,鈥 one of the most intimate and shocking true crime podcasts of 2020 of the same title, created, reported and investigated in its original version by M贸nica Ortiz Uribe and Oz Woloshyn, whose investigations are voiced in Spanish by Mexico City-based investigative journalists Sandra Romand铆a and Rossana Fuentes Berain, respectively. The podcast was originally produced by 茄子污污视频 and Unusual Productions and was translated by Podimo.
The jury of the Ibero-American Station Podcast Festival awarded 鈥淥lvidadas: las muertas de Ju谩rez鈥 unanimously, the award for the best podcast of the year in Latin America. The Spanish version consists of an introductory episode + ten episodes with an approximate duration of 45 minutes + two bonus tracks where each of the hosts addresses the issue from their trenches and offers an intimate and necessary look at a time when femicides in Latin America represent one of the most worrying and urgent problems in the region.
Listen to 鈥溾 on Podimo, the leading platform for podcasts and audiobooks in Spanish. The translated series is distributed worldwide via the iHeartPodcast Network and is also available on iHeartRadio and all major podcast platforms.
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Podimo is a premium audio entertainment subscription service, offering original and exclusive podcasts ad-free, an extensive collection of audiobooks, plus your favorite podcasts from around the world via RSS feeds. The Danish company aims to create a sustainable ecosystem for creators and fans by sharing a portion of its revenue with all podcasters, and as a full service content production house, Podimo is committed to amplifying the important stories that need to be heard - through the funding of independent investigative journalism, partnerships with 茄子污污视频, Disney, Wondery, Paramount Network Espa帽a, influential voices like bestselling crime authors Jo Nesb酶 and Sebastian Fitzek, and more. With a dedicated focus on local language content, Podimo is currently available in Denmark, Norway, Germany, Spain, Latin America, and The Netherlands, and is expanding to more countries this year.