FRIDAY, APRIL 20 PROGRAM # 8312 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: Oswaldo Vazquez/Facebook For more information about Linea Abierta click here To visit Linea Abierta audio archives go to archivosderb.org

FRIDAY, APRIL 13 PROGRAM # 8307 12:00 PM PT Mexico Edition. Despite having submitted more than 800 thousand allegedly false signatures to run for president, the Electoral Tribunal decided to include Jaime Rodríguez Calderón, aka “el Bronco”, in the race for the Mexican presidency. According to reports in Mexican newspapers, former President Carlos Salinas and […]

FRIDAY, APRIL 6 PROGRAM # 8302 12:00 PM PT Mexico Edition. The caravan of migrants that travels through Mexican territory to reach the US border has verbally confronted presidents Trump and Peña Nieto, accusing them of not addressing the deep causes for the continuous exodus of Central Americans who flee their countries every year due […]

FRIDAY, MARCH 30 PROGRAM # 8297 12:00 PM PT Mexico Edition. Mexican presidential campaigns are heating up, with a progressive candidate leading the polls by wide margin. Meantime, Mexicans living abroad rush to beat the deadline to register to vote, and Mexico’s consulates are preparing to open until midnight on Saturday, amid complaints that Mexican […]

FRIDAY, MARCH 23 PROGRAM # 8292 12:00 PM PT Mexico Edition. In the race for the presidential elections of 2018, the center-left candidate López Obrador offers to end corruption and unlawful enrichment, to reactivate the domestic economy and strengthen economic aid programs for the population. The candidates of the ruling party, PRI, and the conservative […]

FRIDAY, MARCH 16 PROGRAM # 8287 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: commons.wikimedia.org For more information about Linea Abierta click here To visit Linea Abierta audio archives go to archivosderb.org

MONDAY, MARCH 12 PROGRAM # 8283 12:00 PM PT From Self-Defense Rebel to Peacemaker. This is a conversation with Dr. Manuel Mireles, a founder of the citizens’ self-defense movement that battles organized crime in the Mexican state of Michoacan. Mireles talks about “Todos Somos Autodefensas,” his book of memoirs written while in prison, where he […]

FRIDAY, MARCH 9 PROGRAM # 8282 12:00 PM PT Mexico Edition. In order to preserve power and cover up the multimillion-dollar frauds committed against the nation, the government of the Mexican ruling party (PRI) is not only willing to commit electoral fraud, but even to try to destroy the candidate who leads the polls. In […]

FRIDAY, MARCH 2 PROGRAM # 8277 12:00 PM PT Mexico Edition. As presidential candidates for the three major political coalitions and three independent candidates prepare to start their formal campaigns in Mexico, Mexican emigres complain of serious obstacles to register to vote or confirm their voter registration ID. A long-time promoter of the migrant vote […]