Mexico: Aída Hernández and her book ‘Exhumar la Esperanza’

FRIDAY, JUNE 5
PROGRAM #11163 12:00 PM PT

Mexico Edition. 

An interview with the author of the book “Exhumar la Esperanza.” Aída Hernández, who has worked closely with collectives searching for the disappeared, documents the experiences of women who are looking for their missing family members amid the episodes of violence that continue to shake the country. Also, next week, Mexico City’s Estadio Ciudad de México will host the opening of the world’s greatest soccer tournament, which will be held across Canada, Mexico, and the United States. As the major urban investment project called “Obras de Ultima Milla” wraps up across the city, how is Mexico City preparing for the big moment?

Guests: Aída Hernández, a Mexican anthropologist and journalist, recipient of the LASA Oxfam Martin Diskin Memorial Award, Mexico City, MX; excerpts from recent statements by Mexico’s President, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo; Mexico’s Interior Minister, Rosa Icela Rodriguez; and the general secretary of Section 22 of the SNTE in Oaxaca, Yeni Aracely Pérez Martínez.

Photo: Aída Hernández/Wikipedia

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