La Cucaracha by Lalo Alcaraz for September 30, 2012
September 29, 2012
October 01, 2012
Transcript:
La Cucaracha's Latino Heritage Month Spotlight: Latino Inventors and Their Inventions Cuco: I have invented many useful excuses! Guillermo Gonzalez Camarena invented an early color television system. Ellen Ochoa invented optical analysis systems and was the world's first Latina astronaut. Luis Federico won the Nobel Prize for his discovery of sugar nucleotides and their role in the biosynthesis of carbs. Carlos Finlay helped identify the mosquito as a carrier of the deadly yellow fever germ. Luis Miramontes was a chemist who co-invented the contraceptive pill. Juan Lozano invented the rocket belt because he loved jet packs. Not invented by Latinos: The Enchirito
Let us not forget that it was a latino who discovered captopril, the first ACE inhibitor.