After the price of oil fell, the Peña Nieto administration announces cuts to social spending that will impact healthcare, education, and aid programs for people who live in extreme poverty. At the same time, family members of the missing students continue their protests and demand that the Mexican Army be investigated. In addition, peasant leader Francisco Jiménez Pablo tells about his imprisonment in a high-security prison and discusses two mega water projects planned for the state of Chiapas and how they will affect the peasant population. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts this edition from Mexico City.
Guests: (Audio clips) Manuel Camacho Solís, Senator from the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD), Mexico City; (Pretaped interview) Francisco Jiménez Pablo, director of national coordination, National Plan de Ayala Movement, Mexico City.
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