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March 27, 2026

Title: THE LEFT HID CÉSAR CHÁVEZ’S RAPES AND TURNED HIM INTO A SAINT
Topic: US/Mexico Relations

Discussed by Ariana Guajardo
with Texas Public Policy Foundation (www.TexasPolicy.com)

Disclaimer: Use caution when listening to this segment around young children. Issues discussed may be upsetting or hard for little ones to understand.

On her way to class every day at the University of Texas, new guest Ariana Guajardo would look up at the statue of Cesar Chavez. What were her thoughts about the man?

Ariana Guajardo is the Video Production Manager and the creator and host of “The Sweet Tea Series” and co-host of “The Hard Country” where she and Joshua Treviño examine the history and modern tensions shaping US–Mexico relations.

Click here to read Ariana’s op-ed on this topic.

Questions/Issues Discussed:

What is the “claim-to-fame” attributed to Cesar Chavez?

Did Cesar Chavez hate the land owner, the farmer, and the employers of farm workers? Ariana explains why Cesar reminds her of Karl Marx.

Why did Ariana feel the need to expose how Cesar Chavez exploited the very people he claimed to protect while tying Mexican Americans to Socialist ideology?

Did the New York Times expose Cesar Chavez as a pedophile and child predator? Will Cesar Chavez be removed from the high pedestal on which he perched?

While a student at the University of Texas, was Ariana labeled a “race traitor”, accused of “wanting white approval,” or dismissed as “too white-passing” to comment on border and immigration issues?

As a GenZer, is there hope for America? Ariana discusses why more and more GenZers are beginning to wake up and think for themselves and not just blindly follow the government.

Does Ariana Guajardo feel like she and others at the Texas Public Policy Foundation are making a difference?

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