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The Battle of the Airwaves in Latin America

The History Hour·Mar 17, 2018·50:04·pending

About this Episode

Why the BBC started broadcasting to South and Central America, plus the My Lai Massacre, Brazil's careful transition to democracy, and Moscow's show trials in the 1930s.

Photo: Members of the BBC's Brazil service rehearsing in a London studio in 1943. Credit: BBC.

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