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Remembering Bill Richardson

Vanguardia America

Sep 11, 2023

In this episode, we remember a leading figure in American politics, someone regarded as a giant in the Latino community, the late Bill Richardson, who died at 75 on Sept. 1 at his summer home in Chatham Massachusetts. Among his many achievements, Mr. Richardson served as a member of Congress, governor of New Mexico, Ambassador to the United Nations, and Secretary of Energy under President Bill Clinton. Our guests include Arturo Vargas, CEO of the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO); Domingo Garcia, president and CEO of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC); Rafael Collazo, executive director of UnidosUS Action Fund;l and Francisco Pedraza, a political scientist at Arizona State University's School of Politics and Global Studies and associate Director of the Center for Latinas/os and American Politics Research. (25 mins)