México

Hundreds of thousands of Mexicans travel to the US on work visas, and most of them do not file their taxes. Some, even if married, register as single, thereby depriving themselves of receiving tax refunds.

After a national public uproar, the state Prosecutor in Queretaro dropped the homicide charge against a 14-year-old indigenous girl who was raped and had an abortion.

After the first results in the closely contested presidential election in the US, what are the first official reactions in Mexico? How are the major Mexican media outlets covering the results?

More than 160 million US citizens are poised to vote in the US presidential election on November 5th, and the outcome of their vote will be felt in Mexico in areas such as trade, tariffs, migration, and security policies. How are Mexicans viewing the US election? What's the mood among the Mexican people?

The Mexican Senate approved a constitutional reform that turns the energy agencies CFE and Pemex into state-owned companies.

The Mexican Congress has approved a new energy reform that seeks to strengthen PEMEX and CFE. The constitutional reform would return to Pemex and CFE the status of “public companies of the State.” It also says that “in no case” will private companies prevail over the state in various activities of the electric industry.

After promising former braceros and their heirs that he would return wages that were withheld while they worked in the US in the 1940s and 1950s, Mexico’s former president López Obrador eliminated the trust fund that was created in 2005 after years of struggle by the braceros.

This week marks the beginning of a historic six-year term in Mexico, with Claudia Sheinbaum taking office as president, the first Mexican woman to hold the seat.

Ventura Gutiérrez Méndez, the veteran social activist best known for spearheading the movement to bring justice to the former Bracero workers, died in Riverside earlier this month.

Mexico's first woman president, Claudia Sheinbaum, is sworn in today in Mexico City. The US delegation attending the inaugural event is led by US First Lady Dr. Jill Biden.

Mexico is preparing for the inauguration of Mexico’s first female president, Claudia Sheinbaum. The ceremony will be held –for the first time in history– on October 1. After addressing Congress, the president will go to the capital’s Zócalo plaza to deliver a second message to her supporters.

“For me, he has been the best president, at least of the ones I have seen or known.”

Mexican President López Obrador is preparing to sign a sweeping constitutional reform that will restructure the judiciary and make all judges elected officials chosen by voters.

This is a conversation with Abelina Ramirez Ruiz, national leader of Mexico's National Farm Workers Independent Union (Sindicato Independiente Nacional Democråtico de Jornaleros Agrícolas) and founder of the women's advocacy group Mujeres Unidas en Defensa de las Jornaleras e Indígenas.

“Without a doubt, we are moving forward in the revolution of popular political awareness…”

This weekend, Mexico celebrates its "Fiestas Patrias." This program features news about the celebrations in Mexico City's Zócalo and President López Obrador's last cry for independence, which is announced as his last public and political event.

This is a conversation with the national leader of Mexico’s financial agency Financiera para el Bienestar (Finabien) about the progress on her efforts to promote the sending and receiving of remittances from Mexicans in the US at a lower cost.

Mexican and US surfers and environmentalists are leading an effort to protect a premier ocean beach in an area internationally recognized as a world surfing reserve in Ensenada, a city considered the “cradle of surfing” in Mexico.

Faced with the severe drought conditions in the Colorado River basin, the International Boundary and Water Commission of the United States and Mexico have agreed to possible cuts in water allocations for the Mexicali Valley.

In this special, Holiday conversation, author Sylvia Marcos, pioneer of Mexico’s feminist movement and an expert on Mesoamerican indigenous women movements, discusses her most recent book: “Poética de la Insurgencia Zapatista.”

A conversation with scholar Viri Rios about her latest book, “Así no es. Don’t believe everything you hear about meritocracy, the middle class, classism, wages, and income.” In her new book, Rios seeks to debunk common myths.

On the day after Kamala Harris’ official confirmation as Democratic presidential candidate, Mexican analysts discuss the takeaways for Mexico.

A U.S. federal judge in Massachusetts dismissed a ten billion lawsuit against six of the eight U.S. gun manufacturers Mexico sued in 2021.

Migrant activists in the United States are asking Mexico to include undocumented Mexican seniors in its new pension program. Due to their immigration status, those seniors cannot receive a pension in their country of residence, the US.

Two top leaders of Mexico’s drug cartels were arrested in Texas; Mexican President López Obrador sends a letter to presidential candidate Donald Trump asking him to reconsider his plans on immigration and import tariffs against Mexico.

In August 2014, a huge spill of toxic leachate from the Grupo México company devastated the Sonora River region and affected the health of thousands of residents.

On the day after Donald Trump’s official confirmation as Republican presidential candidate, Mexican analysts discuss the potential impact of policies such as mass deportations, deployment of US special forces to the border, and others.

In last month’s election, Karina Ruiz made history after being elected as the first migrant living abroad to serve in Mexico’s Senate.

In recent elections, Mexicans residing in the United States have been able to vote and elect legislative representatives for the first time in history under the guise of the migrant or binational congressmember.

As Big Ag from Canada and the US are pushing Mexico over the Mexican government’s recent ban on GM corn imports, Mexico insists in their position to safeguard native corn varieties.

Analysts comment on outgoing President López Obrador plans to reform the judicial system and replace Mexico’s Supreme Court with judges elected by popular vote instead of appointees.

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.

Analysts comment on the results of the survey of Mexico’s ruling party on the judiciary, in preparation for reform projects that may lead to elections of judges by popular vote.

Mexican emigres voted in the United States in numbers that took electoral authorities by surprise and caused widespread failures in the in-person voting system.

After a season of contentious politics, Mexicans go to the polls to elect president, Congress, some governors, and thousands of local offices

After a season of contentious politics, Mexicans go to the polls to elect president, Congress, some governors, and thousands of local offices

After a season of contentious politics, Mexicans go to the polls to elect president, Congress, some governors, and thousands of local offices

Political analysts comment on the final results of Mexico's presidential, congressional and state elections. The election is widely seen as historic.

Mexico just culminated a historic election. The largest of its history. A woman is expected to be elected president for the first time. Who won the election?

Mexico is almost certain to elect the first female president in its history after 200 years of only men. This would be a major milestone, for a country where women voted for the first time in 1955.

After presidential candidates closed their campaigns, Mexico entered a three-day period of electoral ban, a period of “reflection and silence.” How is Mexico preparing for its largest election in history?

Political analysts break down Mexico's third and final presidential debate of 2024. The candidates addressed key issues like social policy, insecurity, and foreign policy as the election approaches.

As tens of thousands of Mexicans living in the US have cast their ballot in Mexico’s presidential election, political observers explain the steps to vote.

For Mexicans living abroad, the June election has already arrived. Thousands have already mailed in their ballots.

Mexican immigrant rights activist and Catholic priest Alejandro Solalinde visits Radio Bilingüe’s studios in Fresno, California.

This program includes highlights of the scheduled session. Also, on the eve of a deadline to clarify and restore the right to vote for thousands of Mexican emigres.

The three candidates in Mexico’s presidential race will face off this weekend to debate "the route to Mexico's development."

Just weeks away from the largest election in Mexico’s history, three presidential candidates are in the race to succeed popular President López Obrador. They are Claudia Sheinbaum, Xóchitl Gálvez and Jorge Alvarez Máynez. What are their proposals?

This week, the three Mexican presidential candidates Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, Xóchitl Gálvez Ruiz and Jorge Alvarez Maynez faced off for the first of three 2024 presidential debates. This program includes highlights of the debate.

The first presidential debate of the 2024 elections in Mexico will take place this weekend from the INE headquarters in Mexico City. Claudia Sheinbaum, Xóchitl Gálvez and Jorge Álvarez Máynez will meet to debate education and health, the fight against corruption, and discrimination.

This holiday edition features a conversation with Alvaro Carrillo Jr., son of legendary Mexican songwriter Alvaro Carrillo, author of dozens of popular ballads and boleros such as “Sabor a Mí,” “Luz de Luna,” “El Andariego,” and “La Mentira.”

Traditional farmers and environmentalists meet in Mexico City to celebrate biodiversity based organic farming and …

At least three million Mexicans are expected to be displaced and forced to migrate in the next three decades because of disaster emergencies such as floods and mega droughts exacerbated by climate change. What’s the outlook? How is Mexico preparing? These and other news are discussed with policy experts.

International Women’s Day is marked every March 8 to remember women’s historical fight for equality. As part of the commemoration, thousands march in Mexico City for gender equality and against violence against women, such as femicides and disappearances. In another story, farm worker advocates begin a three-day Farmworker Freedom Festival in Palm Beach, Florida, to highlight the historic human rights progress achieved through the Fair Food Program. The Festival will also reach out to consumers and food industry leaders to deal with poverty and abuse especially among those who harvest produce for fast food companies.

Today is the official kick off of the presidential race in Mexico. Presidential candidates hold events in their political strongholds. What are their campaign messages? What’s the feeling about presidential candidates and political parties among Mexican voters? This and other news developments are discussed in this edition.

Mexico’s elections agency extended five days the deadline to register to vote for Mexicans living abroad who want to participate in Mexico’s 2024 elections. In other news, at least three million Mexicans are expected to be displaced and forced to migrate in the next three decades because of disaster emergencies such as floods and megadroughts exacerbated by climate change. These and other news are discussed with policy experts.

On the eve of a crucial deadline, community leaders in the US and electoral officials call on Mexicans living abroad to pay attention to February 20. This is the deadline to show up at Mexican consulates to register to vote and get a voter ID. This is also the deadline to request the way to vote from abroad in the June 2024 election.

In Mexico, the formerly hegemonic Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI in Spanish) lost its grip on power in the State of Mexico this week after having governed there for more than 90 years. Voters chose Delfina Gómez, a candidate from Mexico's current ruling party at the federal level, who will become the first woman to lead the most populated state in the country and one of the engines of the national economy. In other state elections, PRI candidate Manuel Jiménez swept the governorship of the northern Mexican state of Coahuila. What do these contrasting results mean? Citlali Saenz reports from Mexico...

After gubernatorial elections in the State of Mexico and Coahuila, a political analyst comments on the meaning of the results and examines their impact on Mexico’s 2024 presidential election. A state elections official also shares news on the turnout of Mexicans voters living abroad. Finally, fourteen years after the ABC Daycare fire that left 49 children dead and more than 100 injured in Hermosillo, the father of one child killed in the fire comments on the restitution measures announced by the federal government and his quest to bring those responsible to justice.

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. Tired of the delays and difficulties in accessing applications, some families are considering changing their plans to live in the U.S. instead of legalizing their residency in Mexico. Marco Vinicio Gonzalez visited two shelters and reports from the border city of Tijuana.

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 stories of failed labor contracts, backbreaking labor, corruption, racism, and the story of the movement to recover the savings robbed from the Braceros. This program includes an interview with a Mexican worker who tells about her experience after working as a contracted “Bracera” in the US under the modern guest worker program.

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 migrants are camped in tents along the northern Mexican border, on the day after the end of Title 42, analysts comment on the news developments.

Mexican legislators representing constituencies of Mexican emigres living in the US talk about top issues in their agenda, including remittances, voting rights for Mexicans living abroad, consular services, and corruption. These and other news developments are discussed in this edition.

Migration, security, environment and the fight against fentanyl production and trafficking were some of the issues addressed by the heads of state of Mexico, the United States and Canada at the tenth North American Leaders' Summit this week in Mexico City. Aside from the cordial exchanges, what were the real agreements? Citlali Saenz reports from Mexico City.

President López Obrador is meeting on Monday with President Biden as part of the three-day Summit of North American Leaders in Mexico City. Among the topics expected to be discussed are the migration crisis on the US-Mexico border and the Sonora Plan for renewable energy, as well as plans for increased trade and development. Political analysts comment on this news. This program includes a report on the end of the holiday period known as the Guadalupe-Reyes Marathon, with the celebration of the Three Wise Kings.

Mexican freelance journalist Laura Castellanos was recognized this fall with the Maria Moors Cabot Award. The award, given by the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in New York, is the oldest international journalism prize in the world. It was presented to the Mexican writer and reporter for "her courage in doing her work under conditions of adversity and violence." Raúl Silva has this report from Mexico City.

In this bilingual cookbook, Maria Luisa Urdaneta tackles diabetes, the growing epidemic in the Mexican-American community, providing over 200 recipes for some of the most popular Mexican dishes, such as guacamole, beans, Spanish rice, chile rellenos, chile con carne, chalupas, enchiladas, fajitas, menudo, tamales, and more. The recipes are modified to suit people with diabetes and all those who want to reduce the fats and calories in their diet without giving up the food they love. It’s announced as a “one-stop guide to cooking and eating guilt-free Mexican food.” This interview first aired in 1997.

When President Lázaro Cárdenas decreed the expropriation of the oil industry in 1938, the people of Mexico turned to paying compensation to foreign companies. Almost eight decades later, the filmmaker once again summons Mexicans to finance the filming of “1938, When Oil Was Ours”, a film that rescues from the archives that great act of unity between people and government. The film, featuring well-known actors Damián Alcázar and Ofelia Medina, will premiere in 2023, during the commemorations of the 85th anniversary of the Oil Expropriation. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts the program Voz Pública, from Mexico City. This program was originally...

With the year drawing to a close, this edition offers a look back at some of the biggest news events of 2022. This year, Línea Abierta headlined Mexico-US disputes and achievements in the implementation of USMCA, Mexico’s presidential recall election, the quest for justice of the Ayotzinapa parents, the impact of inflation on Mexican retailers, and a landmark court ruling declaring migrant checks on buses racist. Also, people in Mexico City comment on the most common rituals and traditions to celebrate New Year’s eve and find good luck in the year to come.

Mexican Posadas are a yearly Christmas Mexican tradition representing the pilgrimage of Mary and Joseph, where children go singing from house to house asking for treats and shelter. How do Mexicans celebrate Posadas in the time of Covid, Internet and cell phones?

"Corrido de amor y gloria" (A Ballad of Love and Glory) is the title of a new historical novel set in the mid-19th century, when the United States invaded Mexico and took over more than half of its territory. Its author, the Mexican-Californian writer Reyna Grande, a native of Guerrero, delivers a love story between a young Mexican healer who served as a nurse on the battlefield and an Irish soldier who deserted the U.S. Army and went to fight on the side of the Mexicans. Raúl Silva spoke with Reyna Grande about the novel.

A lighter package of election reforms passed the Mexican House and moved to the Senate after the opposition in the House blocked a comprehensive electoral reform. The so-called “Plan B” is now focused on changes to secondary laws and limits the power of the federal elections authority to sanction political parties. Guests analysts examine the provisions impacting voting rights of Mexican living abroad. An elections official also comments on the local elections next year in the states of Coahuila and Mexico, and how to vote from abroad.

In California's Central Valley: Although more than half of Fresno County's residents are Latino and many students have difficulty speaking English, its public libraries have a very low inventory of Spanish-language books. Officials from the Mexican Consulate are offering to lend a hand to address the shortage of literature and educational materials. Lucia Diaz, a news reporter for The Fresno Bee and part of the Central Valley News Collaborative, reports.

Leaders of the Mayo tribe in Northern Mexico are protesting plans by a German company to build a large ammonia plant in the shoreline of Ohuira Bay, in the state of Sinaloa, putting in danger fishing communities and mangroves. This and other topics are discussed in this weekly edition.

Radio Educación, the station owned by Mexico’s Culture Secretariat, is celebrating 98 years since it was founded by then Education Secretary Jose Vasconcelos in 1924. At the anniversary event, Radio Educación is recognizing Radio Bilingüe with the Jose Vasconcelos Public Radio Award. Officials reflect on milestones of the decades-long history of cross-border collaboration between the two public radio networks.

In a festive atmosphere, more than a million supporters of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador flooded the capital city's central plaza and surrounding streets to hear his fourth government report. During his speech, AMLO detailed his social and infrastructure programs. He also gave a new name to his style of government: Mexican Humanism. Meanwhile, his opponents claimed that the mass mobilization was a reaction to another big recent march in defense of the electoral institute. Citlalli Saenz reports from Mexico City.

The recognition is granted by Radio Educación on each anniversary of its founding by the then Secretary of Education José Vasconcelos in 1924 to individuals and institutions "that have contributed, in a consistent and relevant way, to the construction of public service in radio broadcasting... through initiatives that have been of notorious influence or relevance for the development of public media in Mexico or the world.”

The recent casting of Mexican actor Tenoch Huerta in the movie Black Panther 2 has sparked excitement in Latin American for the leading roles of Latino characters, but also controversy about the continuing portrayal of Latinos as villains in movies. A college professor and her students evaluate the movie and also reflect on the history of underrepresentation of Latinos in the media industry.

Do the US midterm elections matter to Mexicans in Mexico? Analysts comment on this topic. They also talk about the visit of US climate envoy John Kerry to Hermosillo, where he met with President López Obrador to discuss lithium production and clean energy plans. This program includes a report on this week’s Day of the Dead celebrations in Mexico City.

President López Obrador is scheduled to meet with US climate envoy John Kerry in Hermosillo, on the northern border. The meeting is to discuss progress on clean energy and climate change, as well as plans to turn the state of Sonora into a green energy center by expanding solar energy and lithium production. This and other stories are discussed in this edition.

The Mexican congress passed a bill which would allow the federal government to use the savings of Mexicans who have inactive bank accounts to finance security tasks. Under this project, inactive accounts would be those that have not been used for six years. This and other stories are discussed in this edition.

After a US judge dismissed Mexico’s lawsuit holding US gun makers responsible for the deadly flow of weapons to the drug cartels, Mexico is preparing to file a new lawsuit in Arizona targeting gun shops and dealers in the US. Experts are invited to comment on this and other news stories.

Mexico’s President López Obrador announced a new plan to fight inflation and an agreement with producers and distributors of groceries to avoid price increases. This and other stories are discussed with political analysts.

Mexico proposed the United Nations to create a group to mediate for peace in Ukraine and deal with current international tensions. Mexico also called to reform the Security Council in order to limit the veto powers and the current paralysis. Also, on the eight anniversary of the disappearance of 43 students from Ayotzinapa, analysts comment on the renewed calls for justice. This and other news are discussed in this edition.

After meeting in Mexico City, White House cabinet members and President López Obrador highlighted the big opportunities opened by the multi-billion US investment in semiconductor and chip production and Mexico’s plans to make the state of Sonora a leader in lithium, a key component of batteries for electric vehicles. Analysts comment on this and on López Obrador’s proposal to create a mediation commission at the UN that would facilitate peace talks between Russia and Ukraine.

After two years of virtual independence celebrations due to the Covid pandemic, this year Mexico’s President López Obrador will shout the traditional “Grito de Dolores” before a live crowd in Mexico City’s main square. Relatives of international iconic social justice leaders have been invited to the celebration. This program includes a news report and analysis on Mexico’s national celebration.