Mexico

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FRIDAY, JUNE 2 PROGRAM # 10025 12:00 PM PT Mexico Edition. Two days before heated gubernatorial elections in the State of Mexico and Coahuila, thousands of Mexicans living abroad are in their last hours to vote. They can still cast their vote online, and, for the first time, emigre voters can cast their ballots in person in some Mexican consulates, including […]

Uncertainty for Online Asylum Seekers on the Border
Three weeks after U.S. asylum laws changed, hundreds of migrants from Latin America and other regions are seeking to obtain an asylum interview appointment through an online application promoted by U.S. immigration authorities.

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FRIDAY, MAY 26 PROGRAM # 10018 12:00 PM PT Mexico Edition. The Mexican government recently launched the FB card, which allows Mexicans living in the US to send remittances for up to 2,500 dollars, for a fraction of the amount private firms are currently charging. This is the first time that Mexican migrants are offered […]

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FRIDAY, MAY 19 PROGRAM # 10011 12:00 PM PT Mexico Edition. In the book “Our Grandfathers Were Braceros and We Too,” a historian and a social activist compiled testimonies from veteran Braceros who worked the US fields and railroad tracks between 1942 and 1964 under binational contracts processed by the Mexican government. The book captures […]

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FRIDAY, MAY 12 PROGRAM # 10004 12:00 PM PT Mexico Edition. Mexico has agreed to accept non-Mexican migrants deported from the U.S. after the lift of Title 42. After the meeting of a DHS official with Mexican President López Obrador, they confirmed “Mexico will continue to accept back migrants on humanitarian grounds.” As almost 40,000 […]

(Español) Ignacio López Tarso: El bracero que se convierte en actor por un accidente ocurrido en California
(Español) “Este accidente lo dejó en una situación que lo llevó a otra y así sucesivamente… pero recordemos que desde joven estuvo en obras cuando era seminarista con los jesuitas, así que el destino no lo marca todo… al final es el talento”.

Mexico Edition.
FRIDAY, MAY 5 PROGRAM # 9997 12:00 PM PT Mexico Edition. Latino groups throughout the US are calling on communities to Take Back Cinco de Mayo, reject the “Cinco de Drinko” marketing narrative and turn this holiday into “a day of action for cultural and environmental defense.” The campaign, to protect lands and waters, is […]

(Español) “Las festividades del 5 de mayo no nacieron en México sino en California”
(Español) La noticia del éxito del General Ignacio Zaragoza, que comandó a las fuerzas mexicanas contra los franceses en 1862, “tuvo un efecto electrizante entre la población no solo latina sino también anglosajona, porque fue la primera vez que las fuerzas defendiendo la libertad y la democracia habían ganado en una batalla mayor a las fuerzas de esclavitud y oligarquía”.

Ignacio López Tarso: The Bracero.
THURSDAY, MAY 4 PROGRAM # 9996 12:00 PM PT Ignacio López Tarso: The Bracero. The Mexican legend Ignacio López Tarso, who starred in theater, film and television for seven decades, died recently at the age of 98. In this interview, his son Juan Ignacio Aranda, also an actor, shares memories of facets of his dad’s […]

Mexico Edition.
FRIDAY, APRIL 28 PROGRAM # 9990 12:00 PM PT Mexico Edition. This is a conversation with Paco Ignacio Taibo II, a long-time social activist, historian and author who leads the Fondo de Cultura Económica, a government-funded publishing house and bookstore chain in Mexico and Latin America. Taibo talks about his efforts to promote a “Republic […]