Línea Abierta

Drug Cartels: Critical Trial and New Novel.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22 PROGRAM # 8787 12:00 PM PT Drug Cartels: Critical Trial and New Novel. After pleading not guilty to drug-trafficking charges and as he is scheduled a new bail hearing, the former point man of Mexican President Calderon negotiates an agreement to serve as a cooperating witness. A top Mexican investigative journalist comments […]

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Immigration Edition.

TUESDAY, JANUARY 21 PROGRAM # 8786 12:00 PM PT Immigration Edition. Mayors from large cities from around the country are opposing the proposed new rules for citizenship application fees, warning that those hikes will foreclose naturalization for some low-income Green-cards. An immigration-law expert comments on this and other news and gives advice about the worst […]

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Afro-Mexicans. Also, Merequetengue.

MONDAY, JANUARY 20 PROGRAM # 8785 12:00 PM PT Afro-Mexicans. This program, a Martin Luther King Jr Holiday special, features an interview with a distinguished expert on Afro-Mexican history. He comments on a recent constitutional amendment granting Afro-Mexican peoples new rights, including the right to self-determination and access to government resources for public programs. How […]

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Mexico Edition.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 17 PROGRAM # 8784 12:00 PM PT Mexico Edition. Línea Abierta provides a weekly edition to report and provide analysis on top news developments around Mexico. In this collaboration, Martha Elena Ramírez host of the Voz Pública program in Mexico City, facilitates interviews with newsmakers and calls from listeners. Photo: México a través de […]

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New California Laws.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 16 PROGRAM # 8783 12:00 PM PT New California Laws. Californians have two more weeks to enroll in health coverage through Covered California. If they don’t have health insurance, state residents will have to pay fines, though low- and middle-income residents have new help to pay for their premiums. Also, low-income young undocumented […]

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“Mimi’s Suitcase.” Also, Puerto Rico Quake Emergency.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15 PROGRAM # 8782 12:00 PM PT “Mimi’s Suitcase.” A conversation with the author of an autobiographical story of an Iranian woman who returns to war-torn Iran after growing as a child in Barcelona. The humorous, one-woman show raises questions about identity, women’s rights, homeland and the aftermaths of displacement. The show has […]

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Immigration Edition.

TUESDAY, JANUARY 14 PROGRAM # 8781 12:00 PM PT Immigration Edition. The mother of an active-duty US Army officer was deported to Mexico after living in the US for more than 30 years. She owned a business in San Diego and have no criminal record. She is now raising her voice demanding reforms. On other […]

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Ohtli for Martha Cotera.

MONDAY, JANUARY 13 PROGRAM # 8780 12:00 PM PT Ohtli for Martha Cotera. The renowned Chicana feminist historian Martha Cotera was recognized with the Ohtli Award, the highest distinction given by Mexico to those who make outstanding contributions to improve the lives of Mexicans in the US and other countries. In this conversation, Cotera talks […]

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Mexico Edition.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 10 PROGRAM # 8779 12:00 PM PT Mexico Edition. Línea Abierta provides a weekly edition to report and provide analysis on top news developments around Mexico. In this collaboration, Martha Elena Ramírez host of the Voz Pública program in Mexico City, facilitates interviews with newsmakers and calls from listeners. Photo: México a través de […]

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50 Years of Ethnic Studies.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 9 PROGRAM # 8778 12:00 PM PT 50 Years of Ethnic Studies. Fifty years ago, students at San Francisco State University led a five-month strike in demand of relevant education for students of color. The protest, the longest campus strike in US history, helped galvanize the creation of the College of Ethnic Studies, […]

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