International Outcry for Disappeared Students in Mexico – The case of 43 students from a rural teacher’s college in Ayotzinapa, Mexico, who have been disappeared for more than two months, after attacks from the municipal police, has captured international attention. On our national talkshow Línea Abierta, Luis Hernández Navarro, opinion editor of the Mexican newspaper La Jornada, and Miguel Tinker Salas, historian and professor of Latin American Studies at Pomona College in Claremont, California, spoke about the evidence that this was a state crime, and about the international outcry demanding that the students be presented alive.
Historic Summit of Latino Actors in Los Angeles – Nineteen important Latino theater companies from all over the country and Puerto Rico met in Los Angeles for a marathon of theater. During an entire month, they put on some of their best plays, and the artists got together to create collaborative works. It was the biggest meeting of Latino theater-makers in more than 25 years, and the organizers hope the event becomes a landmark to begin to recognize the importance of Latino theater in the United States. Our correspondent in Los Angeles, Rubén Tapia, witnessed the historic event, and has this story. It is part of our Raíces series.
