FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29 PROGRAM # 8749 12:00 PM PT Mexico Edition. Renowned historian Alvaro Ochoa Serrano, speaking about his book “Afro-descendants,” explores the Black cultural heritage in western Mexico, currently present in the blood of distinguished families such as the Cárdenas and in the deep-rooted traditions of fandangos and mariachis. He also talks about how […]

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22 PROGRAM # 8744 12:00 PM PT Mexico Edition. Although in Mexico the constitution was modified to create a new police force called the National Guard, a body that has federal oversight, military training and investigative powers, in fact, it is the members of the Mexican Army and Navy who continue to fight […]

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15 PROGRAM # 8739 12:00 PM PT Mexico Edition. Mass indigenous rallies are taking place in La Paz, capital of Bolivia, five days after the coup d’etat perpetrated against President Evo Morales, who is exiled in Mexico. This is how large sectors of the Bolivian people have reacted after the overthrow of the […]

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13 PROGRAM # 8737 12:00 PM PT Post-Election Wrap Up. Latinos and other candidates of color made significant gains in races from Tucson to Boston and Redding, PA in last week’s polls. In Virginia, Democrats won big, taking control of the legislature for the first time in decades with the help of Latino […]

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8 PROGRAM # 8734 12:00 PM PT Mexico Edition. Considering the challenges to the current security policy, even launched by a Mexican general in retirement and in the context of the massacre of nine members of the LeBarón family, it seems that President López Obrador is under pressure by interest groups to resume […]

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1 PROGRAM # 8729 12:00 PM PT Mexico Edition. Fifteen days after the failed capture of Ovidio Guzmán, son of “El Chapo” Guzmán, and in an unprecedented news conference, the Obrador administration gave a broad explanation of the operation that was carried out, stating that it was to comply with an extradition request […]

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25 PROGRAM # 8724 12:00 PM PT Mexico Edition. While Mexico has announced plans to welcome Mexicans who are forcibly returned to their birth country and Mexico City declared itself a Sanctuary City, Mexican returnees continue facing huge barriers for reintegration, including challenges to find employment, housing and new ID documents. An advocate […]