Edición Semanaria (Weekly Edition)

Guilty Verdict for Trump–How Will It Affect the Presidential Election? A jury has found Donald Trump guilty of 34 criminal counts of forging official documents for his company and violating New York election laws. He is the first president in U.S. history to be convicted of a felony. How will the verdict affect the upcoming presidential election? Will it detract from Trump’s attempts to appeal to Latino and Black voters disenchanted with President Biden? José López Zamorano reports with the details from Washington.

Aspiring Fascists Signal a Red Alert for Democracy – The specter of fascism has been raised around the world. In the United States, politicians like former President Donald Trump closely resemble populist and extremist leaders in parts of Latin America and other continents. This is one of the arguments historian Federico Finchelstein makes in his book, “The Aspiring Fascists: A Guide to Understanding the Greatest Threat to Democracy,” which he discussed on the national program Línea Abierta. Citlali Sáenz prepared this summary. You can listen to the full interview in the archives of Línea Abierta for Monday, May 20 at radiobilingue.org.

Do Immigrants Really Harm the Country’s Economy?  This election season, prominent candidates have accused immigrants of being an economic burden on the country, taking jobs and driving down wages for U.S. workers. In reality, do immigrants help the economy flourish, or do they harm it? Economist Dr. Raúl Hinojosa-Ojeda answers these and other questions in an extensive interview on the national program Línea Abierta. Rubén Tapia presents a summary. You can listen to the complete interview in the Línea Abierta archives of Tuesday, May 28 at radiobilingue.org.