MEXICO EDITION. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts this edition of the Voz Pública series from Mexico City. The civic journalist brings news and analysis on Mexican developments.

Martha Elena Ramírez hosts this edition of the Voz Pública series from Mexico City. The civic journalist brings news and analysis on Mexican developments.

Martha Elena Ramírez hosts this edition of the Voz Pública series from Mexico City. The civic journalist brings news and analysis on Mexican developments.

In this pre-taped edition from San Juan, PR, WRTU’s Wanda Colón Cortés, brings news and analysis on major developments in the Caribbean basin.

Martha Elena Ramírez hosts this edition of the Voz Pública series from Mexico City. The civic journalist brings news and analysis on Mexican developments.

Martha Elena Ramírez hosts this edition of the Voz Pública series from Mexico City. The civic journalist brings news and analysis on Mexican developments.

Martha Elena Ramírez hosts this edition of the Voz Pública series from Mexico City. Ramírez interviews community activist José Antonio de la Cruz, with the NGO Voces Ciudadanas, on the detention and imprisonment of attorney Santiago Pérez Alvarado, a well-known human rights activist and leader of the Mazahua indigenous community. She also interviews oppositionist commentator Mario Di Constanzo on the case of Zhenli Ye Gon, a wealthy businessman linked to drug trafficking and the Calderon administratio

Martha Elena Ramírez hosts this edition of the Voz Pública series from Mexico City. The civic journalist interviews Pablo Tasso, deputy director of the historic research team of the Fiscalía Especial de los Movimientos Sociales y Políticos del Pasado.

Martha Elena Ramírez hosts this edition of the Voz Pública series from Mexico City. She interviews Mtro. Antonio Bassols, analyst from the School of Economy for Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México on the reamifications for Mexico of the North American Free Trade Agreement. Adalberto Santana, a policy analist form Mexico City, is also part of the conversation.

Martha Elena Ramírez hosts this edition of the Voz Pública series from Mexico City. The civic journalist brings news and analysis on Mexican developments.

Martha Elena Ramírez hosts this edition of the Voz Pública series from Mexico City. Ramírez interviews Elvira Arellano, the recently deported immigrant activist who travels around México to reenergize the movement for immigration reform in the U.S.

Martha Elena Ramírez hosts this edition of the Voz Pública series from Mexico City. Ramírez interviews Dr. Jaime Cárdenas, former member of the board of directors of Instituto Federal Electoral in Mexico regarding the current congressional debate on electoral reform.

Martha Elena Ramírez hosts this edition of the Voz Pública series from Mexico City. Ramírez interviews Dr. Jaime Cárdenas, former member of the board of directors of Instituto Federal Electoral in Mexico regarding the current congressional debate on electoral reform.

Martha Elena Ramírez hosts this edition of the Voz Pública series from Mexico City. Ramírez interviews former Sen. Javier Corral Jurado, co-founder and president of Asociación Mexicana del Derecho a la Información, who comments on the restrictions imposed by the Mexican Senate on electoral campaign spending in media under a recently approved electoral reform.

MEXICO EDITION. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts this edition of the Voz Pública series from Mexico City. Ramírez interviews Francisco Garaicochea, president of Grupo PEMEX - Constitiución 1917, on the state of the finances and production operations of the government-owned oil company Petróleos Mexicanos, and the risks of Mexico's contracts with U.S. transnational companies.

MEXICO EDITION. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts this edition of the Voz Pública series from Mexico City. Ramírez interviews Senator Rosario Ibarra de Piedra, veteran human rights activist, on the anniversary of the student massacre of 1968 in Mexico City.

MEXICO EDITION. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts this edition of the Voz Pública series from Mexico City. The civic journalist brings news and analysis on Mexican developments.

MEXICO EDITION. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts this edition of the Voz Pública series from Mexico City. The civic journalist brings news and analysis on Mexican developments.

With cultural and artistic activities, hometowns of Jalisco émigrés begin celebrating this week the visit of about

Martha Elena Ramírez hosts this edition of the Voz Pública series from Mexico City. The civic journalist brings news and analysis on Mexican developments.

Martha Elena Ramírez hosts this edition of the Voz Pública series from Mexico City. The civic journalist brings news and analysis on Mexican developments.

Martha Elena Ramírez hosts this edition of the Voz Pública series from Mexico City. The civic journalist brings news and analysis on Mexican developments.

Martha Elena Ramírez hosts this edition of the Voz Pública series from Mexico City. The civic journalist brings news and analysis on Mexican developments.

MEXICO EDITION. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts this edition of the Voz Pública series from Mexico City. The civic journalist brings news and analysis on Mexican developments.

MEXICO EDITION. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts this edition of the Voz Pública series from Mexico City. The civic journalist brings news and analysis on Mexican developments.

MEXICO EDITION. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts this edition of the Voz Pública series from Mexico City. The civic journalist brings news and analysis on Mexican developments.

MEXICO EDITION. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts this edition of the Voz Pública series from Mexico City. The civic journalist brings news and analysis on Mexican developments.

MEXICO EDITION. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts this edition of the Voz Pública series from Mexico City. The civic journalist brings news and analysis on Mexican developments.

MEXICO EDITION. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts this edition of the Voz Pública series from Mexico City. The civic journalist brings news and analysis on Mexican developments.

EMEXICO EDITION. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts this edition of the Voz Pública series from Mexico City. The civic journalist brings news and analysis on Mexican developments.

MEXICO EDITION. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts this edition of the Voz Pública series from Mexico City. The civic journalist brings news and analysis on Mexican developments.

MEXICO EDITION. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts this edition of the Voz Pública series from Mexico City. The civic journalist brings news and analysis on Mexican developments.

MEXICO EDITION. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts this edition of the Voz Pública series from Mexico City. The civic journalist brings news and analysis on Mexican developments.

MEXICO EDITION. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts this edition of the Voz Pública series from Mexico City. The civic journalist brings news and analysis on Mexican developments.

AMNESTY FOR UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS IN MEXICO. The Mexican Congress passed a bill that eliminates criminal penalties against undocumented immigrants. The new law makes entering the country without authorization a misdeamenor, cancels jail time, and imposes administrative fines for immigration violations. Authors of the initiative are proposing an amnesty bill that would allow undocumented foreigners living in Mexico to regularize their legal status. This is a conversation with Mexican legislators.

ALSO, CHEAPER REMITTANCES AND COMMUNITY INVESTMENT. Immigrant groups from Africa, Asia, Mexico and the United States are joining forces to pressure the remittance industry to make their services more affordable and accessible, and to reinvest part of their profits into local community projects. The conversation focuses on a recent meeting of the worldwide coalition in Mexico City and offers an update on measures being considered by Mexican legislators.

MEXICO EDITION. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts this edition of the Voz Pública series from Mexico City. The civic journalist brings news and analysis on Mexican developments.

MEXICO EDITION. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts this edition of the Voz Pública series from Mexico City. The civic journalist brings news and analysis on Mexican developments.

MEXICO EDITION. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts this edition of the Voz Pública series from Mexico City. The civic journalist brings news and analysis on Mexican developments.

MEXICO EDITION. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts this edition of the Voz Pública series from Mexico City. The civic journalist brings news and analysis on Mexican developments.

U.S. ELECTIONS: VIEWS FROM SOUTH OF THE BORDER. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts this program from Mexico City to bring perspectives from Mexican political scientists on the U.S. presidential race. Analysts comment on the candidates' positions about free trade agreements, border security, immigration, and more.

MEXICO EDITION. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts this edition of the Voz Pública series from Mexico City. The civic journalist brings news and analysis on Mexican developments.

MEXICO EDITION. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts this edition of the Voz Pública series from Mexico City. The civic journalist brings news and analysis on Mexican developments.

MEXICO EDITION. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts this edition of the Voz Pública series from Mexico City. The civic journalist brings news and analysis on Mexican developments.

MEXICO EDITION. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts this edition of the Voz Pública series from Mexico City. The civic journalist brings news and analysis on Mexican developments.

MEXICO EDITION. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts this edition of the Voz Pública series from Mexico City. The civic journalist brings news and analysis on Mexican developments.

MEXICO EDITION. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts this edition of the Voz Pública series from Mexico City. The civic journalist brings news and analysis on Mexican developments.

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MEXICO EDITION. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts this edition of the Voz Pública series from Mexico City. The civic journalist brings news and analysis on Mexican developments.

MEXICO EDITION. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts this edition of the Voz Pública series from Mexico City. The civic journalist brings news and analysis on Mexican developments.

MEXICO'S CRISIS. The U.S. mortgage crisis is hitting hard the Mexican economy and is pushing Mexico into a recession. Mexico sends about 80% of its exports to the U.S. and lower exports mean less jobs. Also, falling oil prices bring reduced revenues for the government and this could lead to significant cuts in the federal budget. This in turn could lead to less spending on basic social services and programs to fight poverty and hunger. Is there a plan to deal with this crisis? This program is hosted by Martha Elena Ramírez from Mexico City.

MEXICO EDITION. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts this edition of the Voz Pública series from Mexico City. The civic journalist brings news and analysis on Mexican developments.

MEXICO EDITION. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts this edition of the Voz Pública series from Mexico City. The civic journalist brings news and analysis on Mexican developments.

MEXICO EDITION. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts this edition of the Voz Pública series from Mexico City. The civic journalist brings news and analysis on Mexican developments.

Guests: Judith Medina, Esperanza Fajardo, and María Julia Sánchez

MEXICO EDITION. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts this edition of the Voz Pública series from Mexico City. The civic journalist brings news and analysis on Mexican developments.

MEXICO EDITION. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts this edition of the Voz Pública series from Mexico City. The civic journalist brings news and analysis on Mexican developments.

MEXICO EDITION. What economic and political interests are behind the war that Israel has declared on Hamas, leaving more than 380 dead and 1,800 wounded, to date? Dr. Alfredo Jalife Rahme analyzes this conflict in which Israel has refused to declare a unilateral cease-fire. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts this edition of the Voz Pública series from Mexico City.

Guest: Dr. Alfredo Jalife Rahme, Professor, Specialist in Geopolitics and Business, National Autonomous University of Mexico.

MEXICO EDITION. One week after the fishing industry strike in which 2,000 ships are participating, Mexico’s lawmakers have still not come to a solution to the high costs of marine diesel. The delay is leaving coastal residents without work, and raising the price of ocean products. In another segment of this program, union leaders propose measures to deal with the economic crisis. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts this edition of the Voz Pública series from Mexico City.

Guests: Humberto Becerra, President, Fishing Chamber of Sinaloa; Ricardo Michel Luna, President, Shipowners’ Union of Pacific Coast, Mazatlán, Sinaloa; and Agustín Rodríguez Fuentes, General Secretary, National Autonomous University Workers’ Union.

MEXICO EDITION. Great expectation abounds in Latin America for the arrival of Barack Obama as the 44th president of the United States. Obama, who won 67% of the Latino vote in November’s election, recently met with Mexican president Felipe Calderón, who he said is a “key leader south of our borders,” and announced a new relationship with the region. Listeners give us their impressions of the visit. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts this edition of the Voz Pública series from Mexico City.

MEXICO EDITION. More journalists are killed in Mexico than in any other country in Latin America. At the end of 2008, 13 journalists had been killed and eight disappeared. Also, 174 acts of intimidation have been reported, which range from taking journalist to court over their news stories, to launching grenades into their workplaces. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts this edition of the Voz Pública series from Mexico City.

Guests: Miguel Badillo, Director of Contralínea Magazine, Mexico City, Mexico, www.contralinea.com.mx;

LANDMARK VICTORY FOR BORDER COMMUNITIES. Community residents and government officials from both sides of the Tijuana-San Diego border celebrate a landmark clean-up of the notoriously toxic site of a former maquiladora plant in Tijuana. Between 1972 and 1994, the plant recycled thousands of car and boat batteries from the U.S., extracting lead for profit and contaminating nearby communities. The binational cleanup is being touted as a model for border communities and a reason to renegotiate NAFTA to protect public health and the environment. This program is hosted by Martha Elena Ramirez.

Guests: Marco Vinicio González, Reporter, Radio Bilingüe, San Diego, CA; Maria de Lourdes Lujan, Sandra Veronica Garcia, Luz Elena Felix, Yesenia Palomares, Community organizers, Colectivo Chilpancingo Pro Justicia Ambiental, Tijuana, MX; Magdalena Cerda, Community organizer, Environmental Health Coalition, San Diego, CA; Saul Guzman, Delegate for Baja California, SEMARNAT.

MEXICO EDITION. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts this edition of the Voz Pública series from Mexico City. The civic journalist brings news and analysis on Mexican developments.

Guests: Ing. Mario F. Hernández, Coordinador de la Confederación Nacional del Transporte Urbano y Suburbano de la República Mexicana (Contrmex); Fernando Hurtado Santus, Presidente de la Alianza de Transportes de Baja California y Sonora; e Ing. Juan Francisco Casas Blanco - Presidente de la Alianza de Transporte Pasaje, Turismo y Conexos del Estado de Oaxaca.

GUN TRAFFICKING. Two thousand weapons are smuggled into Mexico from the U.S. every day. These guns help fuel the deadly violence of drug cartels south of the border, according to a study. Analysts urge the Obama administration to deal with gun and money trafficking to Mexico to help strengthen the U.S.-Mexico relationship. Bi-national experts join this conversation. This program is hosted by Martha Elena Ramirez from Mexico City.

Invitados:

Denise Dresser, Professor and Columnist, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM), From Idaho, US

Eric Olson, Senior Advisor, Security Initiative of the Mexico Institute, Woodrow Wilson Center, Washington, D.C.

MEXICO EDITION. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts this edition of the Voz Pública series from Mexico City. The civic journalist brings news and analysis on Mexican developments.

Guests:

Ing. Francisco Garaicochea Petrirena, Presidente del Grupo Pémex Constitución del 17, Recibió el Premio Nacional de Ingeniería Petrolera.

MEXICO EDITION Textile workers are still on strike in Ocotlán, Jalisco, and labor authorities have not forced the owner of the company to pay them. Owner Manuel Saba Masri declared bankruptcy in what was the first textile factory in Mexico. In Coahuila, the widows of the 65 miners who died in Pasta de Conchos will receive between 60 and 80 pesos per day in pensions, after the Secretary of Labor lost a case against the Industrial Mexico Mining Company. Those affected by the decision say Mexico has a feudal government. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts this edition of the Voz Pública series from Mexico City.

Guest: Cristina Ahuerbach, Member, Equipo Nacional de Pastoral Laboral, Mexico City.

MEXICO EDITION. Raúl Lucas Lucía and Manuel Ponce Rosas, defenders of indigenous people, were assassinated after being kidnapped during the inauguration of an elementary school in the town of Ayutla de los Libres, Guerrero. When the armed men took them, the police were no longer around, and authorities refused to begin a search, according to the Tlachinollan Mountain Center for Human Rights. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts this edition of the Voz Pública series from Mexico City.

Guests:

Vidulfo Rosales Sierra, activists, Centro de Derechos Humanos de la Montaña Tlachinollan, Tlachinollan, Guerrero, Mexico, www.tlachinollan.org

MEXICO EDITION Three years after the historic immigrant marches began in the United States, and after giving their vote to President Barack Obama, Latino groups reflect on how to readdress immigration reform with the new president in a global economic crisis, in which unemployment of Latinos doubled from January to February, reaching 4.4 million lost jobs. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts this edition of the Voz Pública series from Mexico City.

Guest: Víctor M. Cortes, author, 10 de Marzo, La Marcha, Chicago, IL, http://ferialibrochicago.blogspot.com.

MEXICO EDITION 71 years after Mexico’s historic oil nationalization, the country is no longer managing its energy industry, and with President Calderón’s reforms, Mexican citizens will receive fewer and fewer benefits from the national oil company Pemex, which in 2009 contributed 772 billion pesos to the nation’s economy. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts this edition of the Voz Pública series from Mexico City.

Guest: Manuel Bartlett Díaz, former Secretary of State in Mexico, Mexico City

U.S. GUNS FEEDING MEXICO’S DRUG VIOLENCE – While the U.S. prepares to send more agents to the border to fight drug-cartel related violence, Secretary Hillary Clinton acknowledged that a growing smuggling of assault weapons from the U.S. is fueling that violence. This program, hosted by Martha Elena Ramírez from Mexico City, explores the evolving U.S. strategy and policies about drug traffick and violence south of the border.

Guests:

Robert Donnelly, Program Associate and Specialist in Public Security, Mexico Institute, Woodrow Wilson Center, Washington, D.C. www.wilsoncenter.org/mexico ;

Ricardo García Cervantes, Senator, National Action Party (PAN), Member of the Commission on Foreign Relations, Senate of Mexico, Mexico, D.F. ;

Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State of the United States, Mexico, D.F.

MEXICO EDITION. Mexico and the United States have come to a binational agreement on border security. Immigration and commercial violations continue to be pending. The Obama administration has prohibited Mexican truckers to enter the U.S., as allowed by NAFTA, and the U.S. government recently acquired shares in Citigroup, which owns Banamex. Some consider this illegal, since Mexican financial law prohibits foreign governments from owning more than 10% of shares in a bank in Mexico. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts this edition of the Voz Pública series from Mexico City.

Guests:

Maria de los Ángeles Moreno Uriegas, Senator, Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), Senate of Mexico, Mexico City;

Graco Ramírez Abreu, Senator, Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD), Senate of Mexico, Mexico City.

MEXICO EDITION. A public survey of Mexican citizens revealed that most believe the relationship between Mexico and the United States is based on economic and political subordination, and most expressed distrust of recent binational border security measures. This program also commemorates journalist José Antonio García Apac, whose disappearance in 2006 is believed to be related to his articles on drug trafficking. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts this edition of the Voz Pública series from Mexico City.

MEXICO EDITION. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts this edition of the Voz Pública series from Mexico City. The civic journalist brings news and analysis on Mexican developments.

MEXICO EDITION. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts this edition of the Voz Pública series from Mexico City. The civic journalist brings news and analysis on Mexican developments.

Guest:

Diputado Manuel Cárdenas, Partido Nueva Alianza.

MEXICO EDITION. One week after a health emergency was declared in Mexico City as a response to the flu epidemic, local neighbors report a growing sense of uncertainty. Mexico's President Felipe Calderon says the infection outbreak has been contained while he announces the suspension of activities for a week in public offices. Voz Publica's Martha Elena Ramirez hosts this edition from Mexico City.

Guest:

Dr. Felipe Nobelo, epidemiologist, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, www.cdc.gov;

Catalina Torres, paramedic, Mexico's Red Cross, Mexico City.

MEXICO EDITION. Mexico gets back to normal after suffering billions in losses due to the flu epidemic. The federal government announces tax credits and benefits for impacted businesses and Mexico City provides unemployment assistance to workers in the tourism and service area. Health authorities are now warning about a new outbreak of the H1N1 virus.

Guests: Doctora Susana López Charretón del Instituto de Biotecnología de la UNAM, y Dr. José Jesús Trujillo, Director de Vigilancia e Inteligencia Epidemiológica de la Secretaría de Salud del Gobierno del DF.

MEXICO EDITION. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts this edition of the Voz Pública series from Mexico City. The civic journalist brings news and analysis on Mexican developments.

Guests:

Silvia Ribeiro, Directora de ETC, Mexico

Francisco Quintana, Organización Nacional de Porcicultura y porcicultores

MEXICO EDITION. Stopping the federal raids and promote immigration reform in the U.S. will be top priorities for Elvira Arellano Olaya, in her quest to win a seat in the Mexican Congress. The former immigrant worker and activist who was deported by U.S. authorities in 2007 canvass neighborhoods in Tijuana appealing for the vote in this major border city. Martha Elena Ramirez hosts this Voz Publica edition from Mexico City.

Guest:

Elvira Arellano, Immigrant Rights leader, Candidate to Mexican Congress for Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico.

MEXICO EDITION. The arrest this week of 28 local public officials in the Western state of Michoacan is a political maneuver to help the ruling party (Accion Nacional) win votes in the upcoming mid-term election. That's the view of legislators from the opposition, who also point to the lack of action against money laundering in influential sectors in the nation. Martha Elena Ramirez hosts this Voz Publica edition from Mexico City.

Interviews:

Congressman Juan Guerra, Partido de la Revolucion Democratica;

Congressman Antonio Soto, Partido de la Revolucion Democratica;

Congressman Juan Jose Rodriguez Pratt, Partido Accion Nacional.

MEXICO EDITION. Twenty five years after the assassination of Manuel Buendia, the most read political columnist in Mexico, journalistic groups condemn the anticipated release of the convicted intelectual author of the crime. Journalists also urge action on the death of 171 news professionals, fifty of whom have been murdered in the past nine years. Martha Elena Ramirez hosts this edition of Voz Publica series from Mexico City.

Guest:

Rosa Isela Caballero, Director, Newspaper "Eco de la Cuenca de Tepalcatepec".

MEXICO EDITION. One week after a fire that killed 44 children in a daycare center in the northern Mexican city of Hermosillo, no charges have been filed against the owners or government officials who oversee fire safety inspections and fire protection. Opinion leaders are calling voters to nullify their vote in the upcoming election as a way to express public outrage. Martha Elena Ramirez hosts this edition of the series Voz Publica from Mexico City.

Guests:

Jose Luis Jara, radiojournalist, Radio Bemba, Hermosillo, Mexico, www.radiobemba.org;

Dr. Jose Antonio Crespo, researcher, Colegio de Mexico, author of the book "2006 Hablan las Actas", Mexico City.

MEXICO EDITION. While the public outcry increases on the death of 45 children in a daycare center in the Mexican city of Hermosillo, Mexican legislators refuse to call for a formal probe. Instead, congressioinal leaders ask for a report from the Attorney General office and encourage Gov. Bours to review ther case. No indictments have ben made on this case. Martha Elena Ramirez hosts this edition of Voz Publica from Mexico City.

MEXICO EDITION. Mexico is about to collapse as a nation. For the past four decades, there has been a dramatic growth of crime and migration and the current political and economic crisis parallels those in 1821, 1857 and 1910, according to economist Rafael de Celis, author of the book Creatividad para el Desarrollo. Martha Elena Ramirez interviews de Celis in this edition from the Voz Publica series from Mexico City.

Guest: Rafael de Celis Contreras, author of the book Creatividad para el Desarrollo, Mexico City, www.rdecelis.com

MEXICO EDITION. On the eve of midterm elections, there is a growing call in Mexico to punish the political parties by nullifying the ballot. Voters go out to vote this Sunday to renew the entire Mexican Congress, five governorships, and hundreds city mayors. While opinion polls show increased support among those who will abstain from voting, few anticipate a significant impact on the current political party system. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts this Voz Pública edition from Mexico City.

Guests:

Teresa González, activist, Centro Histórico, en la ciudad de México.

Miguel del Castillo y Tania Mayren, UNAM, Promoters of campaign to nullify the vote.

MEXICO EDITION. Five activists who were opposing the raise of federal utility fees in Mexico were arrested and detained after forcing officials of the electricity agency (Comision Federal de Electricidad) to reinstall power service to thirty villages in the state of Yucatan. The communities refused to pay their electricity bills and lived without electricity for ten months. Martha Elena Ramirez hosts this edition of the Voz Pública series from Mexico City.

Guests:

Ivrette Lacaba, repesentative, Con Causa, United front opposing Minera San Javier.

Martin Velazquez, Spokesperson, Alianza por la Autodeterminacion de los Pueblos.

David Peña, Legal defender for five activists detained after protesting high utility rates. Leading member of Asociación Nacional de Abogados Democráticos (ANAD).

PUERTO RICO EDITION. In this pre-taped edition from San Juan, PR, WRTU's Wanda Colón Cortés, brings news and analysis on major developments in the Caribbean basin.

MEXICO EDITION. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts this edition of the Voz Pública series from Mexico City. The civic journalist brings news and analysis on Mexican developments.

Guest:

Silvia Ramos Luna, ing. quimica ex-trabajadora de Petróleos Mexicanos. Integrante de la Otra Campaña del EZLN

MEXICO EDITION. While the government of Roberto Micheletti in Honduras faces wide international condemnation, the new government has not received economic sanctions. Latin American activists urge the United Nations Organization to consider a crime any coup against a democratic government, in order to prevent a come back of military regimes to the region. Martha Elena Ramirez hosts this Voz Publica Edition from Mexico City.

Guests:

Ulises Lara Lopez, political scientist, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City;

Marcelo Fabian Monges, Argentinian writer, Mexico City

HONDURAS COUP. U.S. legislators and civil groups are urging the Obama administration to increase pressure on the de facto regime that overthrew President Manuel Zelaya in Honduras. They call on the U.S. government to cut off military and economic aid to Honduras and a withdrawal of the U.S. Ambassador in order to send a message of support to the still fragile democracies in the region. This program is facilitated by substitute host Martha Elena Ramírez from Mexico City.

Invited guests:

Oscar A. Chacón, Executive Director, National Alliance of Latin American & Caribbean Communities (NALACC), www.nalacc.org

Dr. Rogelio Reyes, Linguistics Professor, San Diego State University, Imperial Valley, Imperial Valley, CA

Mercedes Gema López Limón, Researcher, Instituto de Investigaciones Sociales, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Member, Comité Fronterizo de Derechos Humanos "Ricardo Flores Magón"

MEXICO EDITION. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts this edition of the Voz Pública series from Mexico City. The civic journalist brings news and analysis on Mexican developments.

MEXICO EDITION. In a surprising decision, Mexico's Supreme Court released twenty suspected perpetrators of the Acteal massacre. Forty five indigenous farmers were murdered in 1997 in the town of Acteal, in the highlands of Chiapas. On other developments, young students have declared a hunger strike at the offices of the federal Secretariat of Education urging funding for a cost-free higher education. Martha Elena Ramirez hosts this edition of the series Voz Publica from Mexico City.

Guests:

Diego Cárdenas Gordillo, www.frayba.org.mx/index.php

Movimiento de Aspirantes Excluidos de la Educación Superior, http://aspirantesexcluídos.blogspot.com

MEXICO EDITION. A political analyst comment on the geo-political ramifications of the recent military coup that overthrew President Zelaya in Honduras. According to observers, the area has stretegic importance, since Honduras shares political borders with El Salvador, Guatemala and Nicaragua and it is close to the Cuban shores. Martha Elena Ramirez hosts this edition of the Voz Publica series from Mexico City.

Guest:

Professor Adalberto Santana, Director of the Center for Research of Latin America and the Caribbean, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City.

MEXICO EDITION. As soon as Latinos realize the importance that education plays they will be able to gain higher paying jobs, better living conditions, and more political power. Martha Elena Ramirez hosts this edition of the series Voz Publica from Mexico City.

Guest: Rebeca Santos, Finance Director of Honduras

MEXICO EDITION. Contrary to assertions by President Felipe Calderon, the economic crisis in Mexico hasn't reached bottom. This is what Mexico City residents said in an informal opinion poll. Many say they are working up to 16 hours a day and survive on less than ten dollars a day. Meanwhile, the federal government has announced cutbacks on social programs and new increases on utility services. Martha Elena Ramirez hosts this Voz Publica edition from Mexico City.

MEXICO EDITION. Mexicans face countless critical problems. Citizens live under the constant threat of falling salaries, natural disasters, and crime. Telephone threats to demand ransom are the latest. Martha Elena Ramirez hosts this edition of the Voz Publica series from Mexico City.

Guests: Matilde Robles, victim of phone threats, Valparaíso, Zacatecas; Gustavo Sánchez Valle, President, Red Mexicana de Organizaciones Campesinas Forestales, RED-MOCAF.

MEXICO EDITION. Six years ago, Mexico created a federal agency to address the growing issues brought forth by Mexican migrant communities. Most Mexican emigres are established in the U.S. How has this agency helped improve communication between Mexicans in the U.S. and Mexico? What has the agency done to advocate for human rights and social development of Mexicans living abroad? Martha Elena Ramirez hosts this edition from Mexico City.

Guest: Candido Morales Rosas, Director, Instituto for Mexicans Abroad, Mexico City.

MEXICO EDITION. Environmentalist Felipe Arreaga Sanchez died after been run over by a government van. Arreaga Sanchez is remembered as one of the grassroots leaders who in 1998 stopped the illegal logging by the company Boise Cascade operating in the forests of the Mexican state of Guerrero. Martha Elena Ramirez hosts this edition of the Voz Publica series from Mexico City.

Guests: Celsa Valdovinos, President, Organización de Mujeres Ecologistas de la Sierra de Petatlán, Felipe Arreaga's widow.

MEXICO EDITION. Mexican migrants often face a culture clash when dealing with the U.S. system. Many end up prosecuted for sex offenses when they engage in sex with underage teens, others face negligence charges when they fail to take care of their children, and others lose their legal residence when found guilty of domestic violence. A migrant advocate comments on these issues.

Guest: Rufino Domínguez-Santos, Executive director, Centro Binacional para el Desarrollo
Indígena Oaxaqueño, Fresno, CA, www.centrobinacional.org

MEXICO EDITION. The clash between the Mexican Union of Electricians and the federal government may worsen and lead to blackouts in Mexico City and five states. Martha Elena Ramirez, host of the series Voz Publica, interviews a top union leader in Mexico City.

Guest: Fernando Amezcua, member of the board of directors, Sindicato Mexicano de Electricistas, Mexico City.

MEXICO EDITION. Five days after the Mexican government laid off 44 thousand employees of the Luz y Fuerza del Centro power company, Felipe Calderón's government offered to rehire the workers if they become more productive. This program explores public opinion around the issue, and how the workers feel about this measure, which has affected electricity in Mexico City and four other states to which the company provided power. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts this edition of the Voz Pública series from Mexico City.

Guest: José Antonio Almazan, Former Secretary of Mexican Electricians’ Union, retiree, and former federal congressman, Mexico City, www.sme.org.mx

MEXICO EDITION. Unemployment in Mexico is at its highest ever, and 6 million more people are living in poverty since the economic crisis began. Still, Mexico's House of Representatives recently approved a measure to increase income and sales tax next year. Three years into Felipe Calderon's term as president, citizens talk about how they are facing the crisis and how it is to live under the PAN party. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts this edition of Voz Publica from Mexico City.

MEXICO EDITION. Three weeks after the Mexican government closed the electric company Luz y Fuerza del Centro, the energy sector has announced concessions for telephone and television companies. Meanwhile, poor neighborhoods and industrial areas have suffered blackouts, and in the state of Puebla there is a risk of flooding, since the plants that used to use the river current to generate power have been closed. Martha Elena Ramirez hosts this edition of Voz Pública, from Mexico City.

Guest: Mario Govea Sansón, Engineer and energy specialist, Institute of Research and Energy Studies of the Workers of Latin America and the Caribbean, and the National Institute of Nuclear Research, Mexico City.

MEXICO EDITION. One year after the election that made Barack Obama president of the United States, how do Latinos evaluate his actions in the government? Has he fulfilled expectations? Or perhaps it is time to demand the White House and congresspeople to give results in immigration and health reform. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts this edition of Voz Pública from Mexico City.

Guests: Martha Sánchez, Coordinator, Movimiento Migrante Mesoamericano, Mexico City; Father Luis Ángel Nieto, Coordinator, Nuestros Lazos de Sangre, Los Angeles, CA.

MEXICO EDITION. The human rights center Centro de Derechos Humanos de la Montaña, Tlachinollan, and the Foundation for Due Process, went to the Interamerican Human Rights Commission in Washington, D.C. to document the exploitation of indigenous laborers who work in the northern states of Mexico. The exodus of campesinos from the South of Mexico has grown in the past 40 years due to poverty and governmental negligence. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts this edition of Voz Publica from Mexico City.

Guest: Margarita Nemesio, Migrant Coordinator, Centro de Derechos Humanos de la Montaña Tlachinollan A. C., Tlapa, Guerrero, Mexico,
www.tlachinollan.org

MEXICO EDITION. The North American Free Trade Agreement has left Mexico with a bitter taste. 99 years after the Mexican Revolution, the country has been named the leader in poverty in Latin America by international economic organizations. Academics and students from the Asia Pacific University in Culiacán, Sinaloa, reflect on how to reverse the poverty and migration cycles of Mexico. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts this edition of Voz Publica from Mexico City.

Guests: Dr. Alfredo Octavio Millán Alarid, Dean, Universidad Asia Pacífico, Culiacan, Sinaloa; Dr. Benjamín García Páez, Economy Professor, UNAM, Mexico City.

MEXICO EDITION. The economic elite of Mexico, the U.S. and Canada have been working since the 1980s on an energy integration in the region. This is why Mexico’s president Felipe Calderón’s reforms to the Mexican Petroleum company Pemex was designed to guarantee petroleum for the United States. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts this edition of Voz Pública from Mexico City.

Guests: Dra. Rosío Vargas, del Centro de Investigaciones sobre América del Norte, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México,
Ing. Alfonso Hickman Sandoval, Grupo de Ingenieros Pemex Constitución del 17, www.cnee-sur.net

SENTENCED FOR SAVING LIVES – A man who was found guilty of littering on a wildlife refuge for placing water jugs on trails for migrants crossing the border is scheduled to be re-sentenced this Friday. Meanwhile, Mexico awards another border leader for his efforts to defend migrants. This edition is hosted by Martha Elena Ramirez from Mexico City.

Guests: Enrique Morones, Director, Border Angels, San Diego, CA, www.borderangels.org ; Dan Millis, Volunteer, No More Deaths,
Tucson, Arizona, www.nomoredeaths.org

MEXICO EDITION. As Mexican environmentalists protest outside the Canadian embassy after the assassination of Mariano Abarca, director of the anti-mining movement in Chicomuselo, Chiapas, and the women electricians have been on hunger strike for 12 days, demanding to be rehired, researchers warn that the United States is secretly installing anti-drug bases in Mexico. Martha Elena Ramirez hosts this edition of Voz Pública from Mexico City.

Guests: Luis Gutiérrez Esparza, Presidente, Centro Latinoamericano de Estudios Internacionales (CLAEI) , México, D.F.; Uriel Abarca Robledo, hermano de activista anti-minero Mariano Abarca Robledo, Chicomuselo, Chiapas; Mónica Jiménez Acosta, Coordinadora, Movimiento de mujeres electricistas en resistencia, México, D.F.

MEXICO EDITION. In the majestic central palace of Mexico’s Senate, where last week a spectacular exhibit of muralist Diego Rivera was inaugurated, no one notices the small farmers and indigenous people who visit the legislative hall. The same kind of people who once were cause for revolution seem to fight against oblivion. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts this edition of Voz Pública from Mexico City.

Guest: Felipe Martínez, Municipal President, San Juan Ñiomí, Tlaxiaco, Oaxaca.

MEXICO EDITION. The U.S. congratulates Mexico for its operation to capture drug trafficker Arturo Beltrán Leyva. Days before, the government of Felipe Calderón received five Bell Helicopters from the U.S. government, as part of a binational effort against organized crime. Federico Campbell presents his book La Carroza Negra de Bush. oficialmente cinco Helicópteros Bell del gobierno estadounidense, como parte de la lucha conjunta de ambas naciones contra el crimen organizado. En esta edición, Federico Campbell, presenta su libro La Carroza Negra de Bush. Martha Elena Ramírez conduce esta emisión de la serie Voz Pública, desde la Ciudad de México.

Guests: John Brennan, Advisor to President Barack Obama for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism; Julián Ventura, Subsecrety for North America for Mexico’s Secretary of Foreign Affairs; Federico Campbell Peña, Author, La Carroza Negra de Bush, www.lahoradelmigrate.blogspot.com , www.guerreroazteca.org

MEXICO EDITION. Members of the movement of poor farmers Los 400 Pueblos have demanded 10,000 hectares of land, promised by former president Carlos Salinas de Gortari in 1992. During the administration of Vicente Fox Quesada, the government agreed to give them 2,000 hectares, a promise which has not been fulfilled either. Martha Elena Ramirez hosts this edition of Voz Pública from Mexico City.

Guests: Alfonsina Sandoval Urbina, Laura Elena Sánchez Fernández, and Inocencio Cárdenas Hernández, Members, Los 400 Pueblos.

MEXICO EDITION. In the war against drug trafficking, not only do agents and hitmen die; in the binational fight carried out by Mexico and the U.S., corruption has elevated the level of insecurity in border states, where the numbers of disappeared and dead civilians is rising, as well as crimes against human rights activists. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts this edition of Voz Pública from Mexico City.

Guest: Cipriana Jurado, Activist, Centro de Investigación y Solidaridad Obrera, Member, Frente Nacional Contra la Represión, Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua.

MEXICO EDITION. Immigrants will march this Saturday January 16 in Phoenix, Arizona, to demand immigration reform and to defend themselves against the inhumane actions promoted by Sheriff Arpaio. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts this edition of Voz Pública from Mexico City.

Guests: Carlos García, activist, www.puenteaz.org ; Sarahi Uribe, National Day Laborers Network, www.ndlon.org

COVERING MEXICO. Popular Mexican radio journalist Carmen Aristegui, author of the recent book “Transición,” has been invited to comment on Mexican politics, freedom of speech in Mexico, and the state of media and journalism in Mexico. This program is hosted by Martha Elena Ramírez from Mexico City.

Guest: Carmen Aristegui, Mexican Journalist.

MEXICO EDITION. In front of the U.S. Embassy in Mexico, family members of former bracero workers, deported immigrants and electrical workers ask U.S. president Barack Obama to pay bracero’s backpay, to push for immigration reform, and to help solve Mexico’s problems. At the same time, businesspeople report bad news for Mexico’s economy. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts this edition of Voz Pública from Mexico City.

Guests: Family members of former bracero workers, deported immigrants and electrical workers; Luis Espinosa Rueda, President, Canacintra, Puebla, Mexico, www.canacintrapuebla.org

MEXICO EDITION. Violent killings in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua. After seeing his war on drug trafficking fail and as more and more activists demand he step down, Mexico’s president Felipe Calderón announces there will be a new strategy to combat organized crime. In this context, Mexico celebrates its 93rd anniversary of its constitution. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts this edition of Voz Pública from Mexico City.

Guests: Cipriana Jurado, Centro de Investigación y Solidaridad Obrera, Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, México; Julián Contreras, Asamblea ciudadana y Frente Nacional Contra La Represión, Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, México, www.fncrjuarez.blogspot.com ; Patricia Galeana, Technical Secretary, Comisión para los Festejos del Bicentenario de la Independencia y del Centenario de la Revolución Mexicana, Senate of Mexico, Mexico City, www.senado2010.gob.mx

MEXICO EDITION. In an environment of frustration and pain, Mexico’s president Felipe Calderón asks for forgiveness of the parents of 16 teenage students killed in Ciudad Juárez. Calderón also announces social support and more police. Women demand justice from the president, and he reiterates that the Army will continue in Chihuahua, because to take out the military will bring more insecurity. At the same time, a report on freedom of speech in Mexico reveals that 65 percent of violence against journalists is committed by government officials. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts this edition of Voz Pública from Mexico City.

Guest: Omar Rabago, Official, Libertad de Expresión de Artículo 19, for México and Latin America, Mexico City, http://www.articulo19.org

MEXICO EDITION. Widows and family members of the 65 miners killed in Pasta de Conchos, Coahuila, hold a mass at the mine’s entryway. Four years after an explosion buried the men alive, their bodies have still not been rescued. Organizations report that feminicide is growing in Mexico, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Nicaragua. Martha Elena Ramirez hosts this edition of Voz Pública from Mexico City.

Guests: Elvira Martínez Espinosa, widow of Jorge Bladimir Muñoz Delgado, 35 year-old miner killed in Pasta de Conchos; Patfilí Toledo Vázquez, Lawyer and member of the investigation group of Universidad de Barcelona, Spain.

MEXICO EDITION. Thirty-three countries participated in creating the Community of Latin American States, with the goal to become an organism for political and economic coordination and regional integration. The new international organism is an act of defense against the United States’ dominion over the region. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts this edition of Voz Pública from Mexico City.

Guests: Luis Gutiérrez Esparza, President, Círculo Latinoamericanos de Estudios Internacionales, Mexico City, www.claei.org.mx ; Dr. Adalberto Santana, Director, Centro de Investigaciones sobre América Latina y el Caribe, UNAM, Mexico City, www.cialc.unam

MEXICO EDITION. How do listeners rate Barack Obama’s presidency so far? What are their hopes and fears for immigration reform? Also Mexico’s citizens’ biggest fear during this economic crisis: losing their jobs or becoming a victim of crime. Martha Elena Ramirez hosts this edition of Voz Publica from Mexico City.

MEXICO EDITION. In Mexico City the first legal marriages between people of the same-sex ocurred today. Also, mothers of the young people killed in Ciudad Juárez arrive in the capital to demand that the war against drug trafficking end. And, on International Women’s Day, Tlapaneca indigenous women reproach the Mexican government for the lack of social and legal justice in Mexico. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts this edition of Voz Pública from Mexico City.

MEXICO EDITION. Economic and military weaknesses confronted by Mexico at the time of its independence allowed the United States to invade Mexican territory and manage to take away two thirds of its land. However, Mexico’s historical rights remain on that land that is now part of the United States. Martha Elena Ramirez hosts this edition of Voz Publica from Mexico City.

Guest: Dr. Juan José Mateos Santillán, UNAM Professor, Specialist in Constitutional Rights, Mexico City.

MEXICO EDITION. Top U.S. security officials visited Mexico this week, agreeing that the Mexican Army should continue in its fight against drug trafficking. No mechanisms of information and supervision for Plan Merida were agreed upon. Politicans in Mexico are divided between those who applaud the U.S. collaboration and those who say it is intervention. Martha Elena Ramirez hosts this edition of Voz Pública from Mexico City.

Guests: José Jacques Medina, Migrant rights activist and Former Congressman in Mexico, Mexico City; Elvira Arellano, immigrant-rights activist and U.S. deportee, Mexico City

MEXICO EDITION. Mexico celebrates the bicentennial of its Independence without economic development. Running from poverty, the young and strong population works in agricultural fields of the U.S., or in the battle of American wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, even as Mexican politicians are unable to show a clear plan to change the future. Martha Elena Ramirez hosts this edition of Voz Pública from Mexico City.

MEXICO EDITION. The Mexican Army continues to abuse and kill civilians. As U.S. governors call for militarizing the border, Mexico's Senate passes reforms, so that in case of a serious disturbance of the peace, President Felipe Calderón will be forced to respect the population's civil rights. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts this edition of Voz Pública from Mexico City.

Guest: Alfredo Acosta Figueroa, immigrant rights activist and colleague of César Chávez, co-founder of the United Farm Workers.

MEXICO EDITION. After five days of touring, former Mexican braceros who worked in the United States from 1942 to 19 64 , arrived once again in Mexico City to demand payment of $38,000 pesos from the savings fund that the Mexican government owes them. They remember that to be able to work in U.S. ranches, they were first fumigated for disinfection. Now hopelessness about not being paid makes them cry. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts this edition of Voz Publica, from Mexico City.

MEXICO EDITION. Immigrants call for a boycott of all products from Arizona, in the hours before state governor Jan Brewer signed a law that would make it a crime to reside in the state without an immigrant visa or citizenship, and which gives local police the authority to detain all those supsected of being an undocumented immigrant. Half a million people without immigration documents are estimated to live in Arizona. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts this edition of Voz Pública from Mexico City.

MEXICO EDITION. Immigrant rights groups prepare mobilizations in at least 70 cities of the United States, to protest SB 1070. Meanwhile, in Phoenix, Arizona, activists hold fasts outside the state legislature, where more security will be sent today. Tomorrow, May 1, marches expect the participation of African Americans and Latinos. Immigrants of Mexican origin have little hope that President Felipe Calderón can help them. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts this edition of Voz Publica from Mexico City.

MEXICO EDITION. Immigrant rights groups prepare mobilizations in at least 70 cities of the United States, to protest SB 1070. Meanwhile, in Phoenix, Arizona, activists hold fasts outside the state legislature, where more security will be sent today. Tomorrow, May 1, marches expect the participation of African Americans and Latinos. Immigrants of Mexican origin have little hope that President Felipe Calderón can help them. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts this edition of Voz Publica from Mexico City.

MEXICO EDITION. Nearly 100 electrical workers are on hunger strike in Mexico City’s Zócalo. Seven months after President Felipe Calderón decreed the closure of the electrical company, workers with 20 days on strike insist that their labor rights were violated. At the same time, small farmers from Chiapas demand the liberation of 35 indigenous people who were jailed after denouncing land in 15 communities. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts this edition of Voz Pública from Mexico City.

Guests: Fabiana Guzmán Jiménez and Wilfridro Hernández, members of Independent Regional Campesino Movement (MOCRI). Also members of CNPA-MN, Coordinadora Nacional Plan de Ayala, Movimiento Nacional, http://mocri-cnpa-mn.org

MEXICO EDITION. Mexican citizens were left with a good impression of the speech made by President Felipe Calderón, who advocated for immigration reform before the U.S. Congress. Faced with the threat of deportation posed by Arizona's SB 1070 law, immigrants say they will hold massive protests to make their economic and labor contributions recognized in the U.S.A. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts this edition of Voz Pública from Mexico City.

MEXICO EDITION. The government belongs to the rich and the law to the narco drug lords. Million-dollar frauds have been committed by governing leaders and their friends to rob the population of Mexico, with an absence of justice, and the violence imposed by organized crime in several states of Mexico are what most concern the journalists in Mexico who were awarded with the 9th annual National Journalism Prize. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts this edition of Voz Pública from Mexico City.

Guests: Laura Castellanos, journalist from Latin American magazine Gatopardo; David Piñón Balderrama, Chief of Information, El Heraldo de Chihuahua; Mierna Hernández and Mauricio Hernández, journalists, Televisa Chihuahua.

MEXICO EDITION. A year after the fire in the ABC Nursery in Sonora, where 49 children died, the Associated Fire Consultants Incorporated, based in Tucson, Arizona, concludes that the fire was caused by arson. Mexico's Supreme Court says Eduardo Bours, ex governor of Sonora, Daniel Karam and Juan Molinar, directors of the health insurance parastate IMSS and the Ministry of Communications and Transportation, violated the children's rights. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts this edition of Voz Pública from Mexico City.

Guest: Dr. Silvia Jaquelin Ramírez Romero, Director, Caminos Posibles, www.caminosposibles.org.mx

MEXICO EDITION. Within two weeks of each other, a migrant worker and an adolescent were both killed on the Mexico-U.S. border at the hands of U.S. immigration agents. The deaths have not provoked any policy changes by either governmnet. The Obama administration has promised a thorough investigation of the facts, as Mexico's president Felipe Calderón has launched energetic criticism. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts this edition of Voz Pública, from Mexico City.

MEXICO EDITION. Mexico's Supreme Court determined that high government officials are not guilty for allowing that daycare facilities, overseen by IMSS, function without security measures. The parents of the 49 children who died in Sonora last year announce they will continue to seek justice with international organisms, saying the Supreme Court is ignoring the Mexican Constitution. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts this edition of Voz Pública from Mexico City.

MEXICO EDITION. Social inconformity growing in Mexico. The country's Supreme Court not only avoided holding high government officials responsible for the fire that killed 49 children in a daycare last year, but also kept the system of daycare management intact, which allows private service providers to benefit from a more than 20-million-dollar-a-year business, activists say. Mining families, who before had accepted the death of their family members, now recognize that labor insecurity and corruption are the cause of their relatives'deaths, according to the Bishop of Saltillo, Coahuila, Raúl Vera. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts this edition of Voz Pública from Mexico City.

MEXICO EDITION. After the execution of a candidate for governor of the state of Tamaulipas, from the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), Mexico’s president Felipe Calderón, calls for national unity. In this environment of political confrontation because of the upcoming elections on July 4, Mexico’s Supreme Court liberates the 12 prisoners in the case of Atenco, and the Autonomous Municipality of San Juan Copala, in Oaxaca, continues to be sieged by UBISOR (Unión de Bienestar de la Región Triqui), an organization that has cut off their electricity and is blocking the transportation of food to the community. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts the Voz Pública program from Mexico City.

Guests: Sandino Rivero, Attorney for prisoners of San Salvador de Atenco; Marco Albino Ortiz, Representative, Autonomous Municipality of San Juan Copala in Mexico City.

MEXICO EDITION: Gabino Cué offers social justice and a commission to help heal the wounds left by the social movements in Oaxaca, after winning the governmental elections of this state. Oaxaca is among the three poorest states in the country with the highest number of indigenous groups. Leaders of social movements like APPO, who in 2006 fought for a better legal system and democracy, seem hopeful with the arrival of Gabino Cué as governor. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts this edition of the Voz Pública from Mexico City.

MEXICO EDITION. Cayetano Cabrera Esteva has been on hunger strike for 88 days to demand that the workers of Luz y Fuerza del Centro get their jobs back. In Sonora, miners demand their strike in Cananea be recognized. Citizens hope that the new Secretary of the Interior, there is more openness to solving these and other movements demanding labor justice. Martha Elena Ramirez hosts the program Voz Pública, from Mexico City.

Guests: Sergio Tolano Lizárraga, General Secretary, National Union of Mining Workers of the Mexican Republic; Eduardo Bobadilla, Labor Secretary of Mexican Electrical Workers’ Union.

MEXICO EDITION. Faced with the possibility of the creation of a new company, where they could be re-hired, electricians in Mexico decide to end the hunger strike in the capital’s main square, or Zócalo. Meanwhile, in the United States, Mexican consulates begin to promote the Seguro Popular, or People's Insurance, which offers Mexican citizens primary medical coverage. Users label this service as insufficient. Martha Elena Ramirez presents this edition of Voz Publica, from Mexico City.

Guest: David García Junco, General Director, Affiliation and Operations of the National Commission of Social Health Protection (Seguro Popular).

MEXICO EDITION. Former migrants, deportees, and activists organize a protest outside the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City in solidarity with the children in the United States who are asking President Barack Obama to stop the deportation of their parents. This edition brings together some of the voices in that protest, which happened at the same time that federal judge Susan Bolton suspended the most controversial parts of Arizona’s SB 1070 law. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts the program Voz Pública, from Mexico City.

MEXICO EDITION. Mexico’s authorities have refused to investigate the disappearance of more than 4,000 Central Americans, who were lost when they were travelled through Mexican territory toward the United States. According to the priest Luis Ángel Nieto, from the organization Nuestros Lazos de Sangre (Our Blood Ties), the migrants could have been kidnapped by criminal gangs in complicity with Mexican authorities, and their countries of origin are doing little to support an investigation either. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts the program Voz Pública, from Mexico City.

Guest: Father Luis Ángel Nieto, Coordinator, Nuestros Lazos de Sangre, Los Ángeles, CA.

MEXICO EDITION. Three and a half years after the fight against drug trafficking in Mexico began, and after 23,000 people have died, President Felipe Calderón says he is willing to correct his security strategy. After meeting with leaders from political parties, members of the judiciary, and 30 governors from around the country, he is calling for more resources to professionalize and arm police, build 12 federal prisons, and increase opportunities for work and education to prevent young people from being recruited by organized crime. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts the program Voz Pública from Mexico City.

MEXICO EDITION. Mexico’s Supreme Court declares a law constitutional that will allow same-sex couples to adopt children. Listeners call in to discuss their viewpoints, with part of the migrant community expressing concern and rejection of the law, while others state that it will help children who have no home, and that it is a social advancement. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts Voz Pública from Mexico City.

Guests: Mayra Rojas, Director, Infancia Común, Mexico City, Mexico; Lillian Liberman, Filmmaker, Mexico City, Mexico.

MEXICO EDITION. 9,758 Central American migrants were victims of kidnapping and extorsion in Mexico in 2009. The cases were documented by the National Human Rights Commission, which has still not received a response from the Mexican government. Civil organizations accuse Mexican authorities of refusing to receive the list of 1,222 Central Americans who have disappeared in Mexico. After 72 migrants were killed, allegedly by the organized crime group “Las Zetas,” the question is “Who is protecting them?” Martha Elena Ramírez hosts Voz Pública from Mexico City.

Guest: Father Luis Ángel Nieto, Coordinator of Nuestros Lazos de Sangre, Our Blood Ties, Los Angeles, CA.

MEXICO EDITION. Mothers, sisters, and wives of disappeared migrants demand that the Mexican government stop the extorsion, mutilation and killings of Central Americans on their way to the United States in search of work. 356 Honduran migrants and 180 Salvadorans are reported missing. The Committee of Family Members of Migrants who have Died or Disappeared from El Salvador (COFAMIDE) says it is working with forensic anthropologists and taking DNA samples to try to identify more than 500 cadavers found in Arizona. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts Voz Pública from Mexico City.

Guests: Lucy Acevedo, Comité de Familiares de Migrantes Fallecidos y Desaparecidos del El Salvador (COFAMIDE); Rosa Nelly Santos, Coordinator, Comisión de Familiares de Migrantes, Progreso en Honduras (COFAMIPRO); Edith Zavala, Foro Nacional para los Migrantes en Honduras.

MEXICO EDITION. Mexican immigrant leaders meet with legislators and government officials in Mexico, to request the creation of a high-level commission to keep watch of the human rights violations confronted by migrants on the Northern border. Also, they say, if Mexico wants respect for its people, it should guarantee the security of Central American migrants who cross its territory. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts Voz Pública from Mexico City.

Guest: Fernando García, Executive Director, Border Network of Human Rights, El Paso, TX, www.bnhr.org

MEXICO EDITION. Knowing that Mexico has not achieved economic independence and that the celebration of the Bicentennial does not change the country’s situation, Mexican citizens criticize the political elite which has fought for 200 years to stay in power and not for the country to progress. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts Voz Pública from Mexico City.

Guest: Dr. Patricia Galeana. Historian and Technical Secretary of Special Commission of the Celebrations of the Bicentennial of the Independence and the Centennial of the Revolution in Mexico’s Senate.

MEXICO EDITION. Beginning in October a plan for protection of Mexican journalists will begin to operate, putting them in police custody and moving them from city to city. With 65 journalists dead from 2000 to today, Felipe Calderon’s government announced that crimes against the profession will be federal. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts the program Voz Pública from Mexico City.

MEXICO EDITION. The Mexican government’s war against drug trafficking is worsening the humanitarian crisis of Central American migrants, the assassination of journalists and activists in Mexico, according to academics and journalists. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts Voz Pública from Mexico City.

Guest: Pedro Torres, Editorial Subdirector, El Diario, Ciudad Juárez, México, www.diario.com.mx ; Martín Íñiguez, Former external consultant for the International Organization of Migrants, Mexico City, Mexico.

MEXICO EDITION. Animosity returns to Mexican politics. Four years after the 2006 elections, President Felipe Calderón reiterates that his former opponent, Andrés Manuel López Obrador is “a danger for Mexico,” declarations that foreshadow the fierce electoral dispute coming in 2012. Also, nine months after the earthquake in Haiti, 1 million 505 thousand people live on the streets and don’t have anything to eat. Australia, Brazil, Norway, Venezuela and Cuba are aiding the country, but it is not enough. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts Voz Pública from Mexico City.

Guests: Dr. Jaime Cárdenas Gracia, Representative, Partido del Trabajo and member of movement supporting López Obrador, Mexico City, Mexico; Wilner Metelus, Social Researcher, UAM Xochimilco, and President of the Citizen Committee in Defense of Naturlized and Afro-Mexicans, Mexico City, Mexico.

MEXICO EDITION. The joy and excitement around the world after the rescue of 33 miners in Chile contrasts with the indolence that the Mexican government has demonstrated by leaving 63 miners trapped underground in the Pasta de Conchos mine in Coahuila. President Felipe Calderón has not responded to the petition made to him last September 24th by the Interamerican Commission on Human Rights to give a report on the case and rescue the miners’ bodies. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts Voz Pública from Mexico City.

Guests: Father Pedro Pantoja, General Advisors of Belén, Migrant Shelter, Coahuila, Mx; Dr. Rodolfo García Zamora, Zacatecas, Mx, http://www.migracionydesarrollo.org/ ; http://binacionalmexicali.blogspot.com/ ; María Teresa Contreras Rodríguez, Widow of José Porfirio Cibrián Mendoza, Miner, Pasta de Conchos, Músquiz, Coahuila, Mx.

MEXICO EDITION. The great migration of Mexico, as a country of transit, reception and expulsion of people, has caused health and education services to be insufficient, and has worsened violations of labor and civil rights. In this edition, guests report on the difficulties under which Mexican farm workers undergo in the fields of the north of the country. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts Voz Pública from Mexico City.

Guests: Margarita Nemesio, Coordinator of Migrant Worker Program, Centro de Derechos Humanos de la Montaña, Tlachinollan, Guerrero, Mexico, http://www.tlachinollan.org/ ; Melisa A. Vértiz Hernández, Outreach, Centro de Derechos Humanos Fray Matías de Córdova, A.C., Tapachula, Chiapas, México.

MEXICO EDITION. The Plan Mérida which is supposed to combat drug trafficking, has failed and should be modified, while North Americans continue to be the primary consumers of drugs in the world, and the principal suppliers of arms to organized crime, the population of Mexico continues to suffer executions and violence, states former legislator, Víctor Manuel Quintana. Also, Rubén Tapia, journalist and correspondent of Radio Bilingüe, reports on cases such as Ascensión, Chihuahua, where residents have taken justice into their own hands, and how they could be replicated if authorities continue their inaction in the face of violence. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts Voz Pública from Mexico City.

Guests: Víctor Quintana, Former legislator and activist, Member of Movimiento Ciudadano por la Paz con vida Digna, Cd. Juárez Chihuahua, www.jzmov.com/porunaculturadiferente ; Rubén Tapia, Correspondent, Radio Bilingüe, Los Angeles, CA.