Delia González de Reufels on the COSMO podcast Lost Sheroes
22. September 2025
ZeMKI member Delia González de Reufels was a guest on the COSMO podcast on September 21, 2025, discussing the topic “La Malinche – Strategin oder Verräterin Mexikos?”
The latest episode of the COSMO podcast Lost Sheroes explores the complex story of La Malinche – translator, mediator, and advisor to the Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés. An indigenous woman, she was enslaved in the 16th century and played a central role in the conquest of the Aztec Empire.
Was she a traitor – as the term “malinchista,” commonly used in Mexico today, suggests – or a clever mediator who acted in an extreme situation in order to survive? Delia González de Reufels places Malinche’s role in historical context and shows that her story is more complex than long assumed.
Listen now: Lost Sheroes – Frauen, die in den Geschichtsbüchern fehlen