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November 27, 2023

Young Lords Co-Founder Turned "Best Street Reporter on TV" Pablo Yoruba Guzmán Dies
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Pablo Yoruba Guzmán, the visionary former minister of information of the
Young Lords Party and longtime print and television reporter, has died
of a heart attack. In 1969, Guzmán co-founded the New York chapter of
the predominantly Puerto Rican radical group the Young Lords, which
fought against police brutality, racism, U.S. imperialism and
militarism. The Young Lords also provided healthcare, child care and
breakfast to impoverished people - most of them Black and Latino. Pablo
Guzmán went on to write for publications including The Village Voice and
Rolling Stone and spent nearly two decades at the New York station WCBS.
His longtime friend, Democracy Now! co-host Juan González called Guzmán
"the best street reporter on TV."


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