The summit of North American heads of state concluded with no progress on immigration for Mexico. Prime Minister Harper did not agree to eliminate visas to enter Canada, and President Obama did not mention advances to legalize the 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the United States. On separate news, it’s been eight years since the accident at the Pasta de Conchos mine in Coahuila, which left 65 dead miners, whose bodies are still trapped. The activist Cristina Ahuerbach reported that government officials are planning the exploitation of Shell gas in that coal region. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts this edition from the Mexico City.
Guests: (Recording) Cristina Ahuerbach, member, Familia Pasta de Conchos, Centro de Reflexión y Acción Laboral and Equipo Nacional de Pastoral Laboral, Mexico City; (audio segments) President Enrique Peña Nieto; President Barack Obama; Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
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