Mexico: The impact of the Assange case on freedom of speech

FRIDAY, JUNE 28
PROGRAM #10422 12:00 PM PT

Mexico Edition. Austrian journalist and activist Julian Assange, founder of Wikileaks, was released after pleading guilty and receiving a sentence of 12 years in prison. At his arraignment, Assange pleaded guilty to one count of violating the Espionage Act and after leaving prison, he headed to Australia, whose government had been advocating for his freedom for years. From Mexico, a journalist from La Jornada comments in this program about the confidential cables leaked to Wikileaks about Mexico that were published in this newspaper and reflects on the impact of the Assange case for freedom of speech and citizens’ right to information. In other news, Mexico’s president-elect Claudia Sheinbaum introduced more members of her cabinet. And after Joe Biden and Donald Trump starred in Atlanta in the first of the only two debates agreed upon for the 2024 presidential elections, activists and Democratic analysts have described President Biden’s performance as “poor” and open the door to consider alternative candidates ahead of the Democratic National Convention to be held this August in Chicago.

Guests: Pedro Miguel, Journalist and Columnist, La Jornada, Mexico City, MX; José López Zamorano, News Correspondent, Washington, DC; excerpts from recent statements by Mexico’s President-Elect Claudia Sheinbaum, and Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.

Photo: Gobierno de México

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