Mexico
Mexico Edition.
FRIDAY, MAY 22. PROGRAM # 7527 12:00 PM PT Mexico Edition. The host comments on the adolescents who killed a 6-year-old child in Chihuahua and the social and economic violence in which they live, and a children’s rights advocate laments that the government is reducing the response to the case to the responsibility of the […]
Activist Speaks Out from Behind Prison Walls.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 20. PROGRAM # 7525 12:00 PM PT Activist Speaks Out from Behind Prison Walls. A conversation with a leading member of Michoacan’s self-defense groups from inside a Michoacan prison. In this interview by phone from behind prison walls, the political prisoner gives details about his detention, along with their leader, Dr. Manuel Mireles, […]
Mexico Edition.
FRIDAY, MAY 15. PROGRAM # 7522 12:00 PM PT Mexico Edition. Farm laborers in San Quintín win an agreement of minimum wage of 200 pesos per day and for all workers arrested during protests to be freed without charge, according to a spokesman for the farmworker movement, after meeting with federal and Baja California state […]
(Español) Atención a heridos, liberar detenidos, destituir al gobernador y boicot, piden jornaleros de San Quintín
(Español) La Alianza de Tranviarios de México, la Coordinadora Nacional de Trabajadores de la Educación y el Sindicato Mexicano de Electricistas (SME), convocó a un mitin de solidaridad hoy con los jornaleros agrícolas en la ciudad de México.
(Español) Represión durante desalojo en San Quintín
(Español) Y entonces el sub comandante Moisés hizo un llamado a organizarse, descender de las ideas y exposiciones y pensar qué y cómo se le va a hacer para ayudar en este momento a los jornaleros, y pidió a la audiencia: “tenemos que obligarnos a pensar cómo le vamos a hacer, y quién está dispuesto a responder en estos momentos…”.
Mexico Edition.
FRIDAY, MAY 8. PROGRAM # 7517 12:00 PM PT Mexico Edition. President Peña Nieto and Mayor of the Federal District (Mexico City) Mancera have signed decrees so that construction companies build mega housing and business complexes, which would cause more traffic, raise prices of services, and of property tax. Residents of affected neighborhoods say this […]
(Español) Sociedad civil contra la corrupción: CNC
(Español) “El Congreso Nacional Ciudadano, que nace en agosto de 2009, busca acabar con la dominación de los partidos políticos, dice Lozano, para lo cual propone retirarles los subsidios y castigar de verdad a los políticos corruptos. Se trata de una organización social estructurada de manera horizontal, que carece de jerarquías y líderes”.
Citizens Against Corruption.
TUESDAY, MAY 5. PROGRAM # 7514 12:00 PM PT Citizens Against Corruption. Stating that the political system in Mexico is in deep crisis, a network of civic groups is urging citizens to take public matters in their own hands, hold governments accountable, withdraw subsidies to political parties, and penalize corrupted politicians. A leader of this […]
Mexico Edition.
FRIDAY, MAY 1. PROGRAM # 7512 12:00 PM PT Mexico Edition. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts the program Voz Pública from Mexico City. The civic journalist brings news and analysis on Mexican developments. Photo: Mario Paredes/Flickr For more information about Linea Abierta click here To visit Linea Abierta audio archives go to archivosderb.org
(Español) Derechos Humanos en San Quintín, BC
(Español) Por el Senado y los legisladores mexicanos, encabezó la senadora Angélica de la Peña, Presidenta de la Comisión de Derechos Humanos del Senado, quien comentó en entrevista grabada con el Director de Noticias de Radio Bilingüe, Samuel Orozco sobre la visita al Valle de San Quintín, donde, dice, se vive “en condiciones parecidas a las del siglo XVIII o XIX”.