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Línea Abierta : NEWS RUNDOWN.

sshakir — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:50:18 -0400

NEWS RUNDOWN. A look at the news stories of the week, including the latest on the immigration reform debate in the U.S. Senate, where there is a showdown about toughening border security and imposing more restrictions on the path to citizenship. The program also includes comments that listeners have submitted on recently discussed topics, such as insecurity in Western Mexico, tribal rights in California, the fortunes and tribulations of an Holocaust survivor, and prison reform in California.

Guests: Dr. Manuel Mireles, President of the Parents Association and Member of Citizen Council for Self-Defense, Tepalcatepec, Michoacán, Mexico; Larry Kleinman, Member of Executive Committee of Fair Immigration Reform Movement (FAIR), Washington, D.C., www.fairimmigration.org

Línea Abierta : POETRY AND POLITICS.

sshakir — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:10:34 -0400

POETRY AND POLITICS. The inaugural poet for President Obama’s second inauguration, Richard Blanco, says doors have opened up for him to speak publicly about issues that he cares deeply about, such as same-sex marriage and immigration reform. This is an exclusive interview with the poet, the first immigrant, the first Latino and the first openly gay person to serve as the U.S. inaugural poet.

Guest: Richard Blanco, Inaugural Poet for President Obama's second inauguration, Bethel, ME.

Línea Abierta : BUDGET DEAL.

sshakir — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 06:50:26 -0400

BUDGET DEAL. The governor and top legislators of California reached a deal to spend hundreds of millions of dollars in new funds for K-12 education, welfare grants, tuition aid for university students and dental care for poor adults, but much of that spending will be delayed. Is this too little too late? How will Latinos be affected by the new California budget?

Guests: Araceli Martínez, Reporter, Radio Bilingüe, Sacramento, CA; Astrid Campos, Senior Organizer, California Partnership, Los Angeles, CA, www.california-partnership.org

Línea Abierta : MEXICO EDITION.

sshakir — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 06:32:10 -0400

MEXICO EDITION. In Acapulco, Guerrero, journalists are taking security measures to cover high-risk information in groups. They organized a Journalism Under Seige Forum and asked for support from the international organization Article 19, which specializes in documenting aggressions against reporters and in giving legal advice to journalists who suffer threats or violence. After ten reporters dead, two missing, and a large number of intimidations, photographers and reporters are deciding between informing the public and staying silent. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts Voz Pública from Mexico City.

Guests: Claudio Vargas, former graphic reporter, Novedades de Acapulco; Bernardino Hernández Hernández, Photojournalist, AP, Cuartoscuro and Proceso; José Luis Méndez Rodríguez, Radio Host, Guerrero en Vivo; Jacobo García, Correspondent, El Mundo, of Spain; Francisco Sandoval, Office for Mexico and Central America, Article 19, www.article19.org (pretaped audio).

Línea Abierta : HIRING NAVIGATORS.

sshakir — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 06:04:46 -0400

HIRING NAVIGATORS. As the date approaches when Obamacare will go into full effect, community organizations and government agencies are stepping up efforts to get out the word and enroll the uninsured. California is hiring hundreds of workers for three call centers for its healthcare program, and will need another 20,000 enrollers statewide. A healthcare expert joins this edition to discuss updates on the healthcare law and answer listeners’ questions about new services available.

Guests: Ginette Magaña, National Partner Engagement Director, Enroll America, Washington, D.C., www.enrollamerica.org ; Nancy Gomez, Southern California Program Director, Health Access, Los Angeles, CA, www.health-access.org

Línea Abierta : RECONCILIATION AND RESTORATION.

sshakir — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 06:15:44 -0400

RECONCILIATION AND RESTORATION. The Amah Mutsun people of Northern California received a formal apology from a California bishop for abuses dating back to the 18th century in the Catholic missions. The Native American tribe endured rape, slavery, cultural genocide, disease, and broken treaties, and they are currently asking the federal government to restore their recognition as a sovereign Indian nation. In the 1920s, they were denied land, because the federal government determined that they were “well cared for by the Catholic priests.” Will the Church’s recognition of wrongdoing and historic abuse pave the way for restoration of land and recognition for the Amah Mutsun people? This edition is the first of a special series that focuses on the bridges between Latinos and Native American communities.

Guests: Paul Espinoza, Representative and husband of leading member of the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band, Visalia, CA; Richard García, Bishop of Monterey, Diocese of Monterey, Monterey, CA, http://www.dioceseofmonterey.org (pretaped audio from Community Media Access Partnership); Valentín López, Tribal Chairperson, Amah Mutsun Tribal Band, Galt, CA. (pretaped audio from Community Media Access Partnership). Audio of Mass by Community Media Access Partnership.

Línea Abierta : IMMIGRATION EDITION.

sshakir — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 06:05:31 -0400

IMMIGRATION EDITON. Debate on the immigration reform bill begins on the Senate floor. Meanwhile, the House of Representatives voted to end deferred deportation for undocumented youth who arrived as children, effectively demanding deportation of young "dreamers." Analysts discuss what this may mean for immigration reform, and immigration attorney Rosalba Piña answers listeners’ questions about applying for residency, naturalization, and preparing in the event of a reform law.

Guests: Arturo Rodríguez, President, United Farm Workers (UFW), Washington, D.C., www.ufw.org ; Marielena Hincapie, Executive Director, National Immigration Law Center (NILC), Los Angeles, CA, www.nilc.org ; Attorney Rosalba Piña, Immigration Law Expert, Chicago, IL, www.rosalbapina.com

Línea Abierta : REALIGNMENT: BOON OR BANE?

sshakir — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 06:45:25 -0400

REALIGNMENT: BOON OR BANE? Forced by federal courts to reduce prison overcrowding, California moved a large number of non-violent and non-sexual offenders to county jails. Republicans are now seizing on the “realignment” law, arguing that it is to blame for an increase in crime in many cities. Some criminal justice groups disagree, pointing to a drop in violent crime in counties with the most transferred inmates. Meanwhile, federal courts urge Gov. Brown to remove another 9,000 prisoners from state prisons by year’s end while Republicans push Brown to stop early release of state prisoners.

Guests: Raoul Lowery Contreras, Political commentator and columnist, San Diego, CA; José Luis Gómez, Case manager, Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice, San Francisco, CA, www.cjcj.org

Línea Abierta : MEXICO EDITION.

sshakir — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 06:30:36 -0400

MEXICO EDITION. In the presentation of the book Urgent Strategy in Defense of the Nation, politicians and energy specialists say the government of Enrique Peña Nieto is preparing to hand over the Mexican oil inudstry to U.S. corporations. The authors say with the Agreement of Transborder Deposists, signed by Felipe Calderón, the transfer was already begun. Now, they say, Peña Nieto is preparing for a second energy reform, so that oil companies can control exploration, extraction, and refinery. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts Voz Pública from Mexico City.

Guests: Dr. Alberto Montoya Martín del Campo; Dr. Rosío Vargas Suárez; Francisco Garaicochea Petrirena, Engineer; Senator Manuel Bartlett; Gonzalo Núñez González, Economist, Mexico City, Mexico (pretaped audios).

Línea Abierta : WAL-MART STRIKE.

sshakir — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 06:46:49 -0400

WAL-MART STRIKE. Wal-Mart employees are on what organizers say will be the first “prolonged strike” on the store chain, in Massachusetts, Miami, and the California Bay Area. Workers say they are protesting retaliation against organizing in the workplace. Union organizers also convened a series of caravans through thirty cities on their way to the annual Wal-Mart shareholder meeting in Arkansas.

Guests: Evelyn Cruz, Organizer, OUR Walmart, Department Manager at Walmart, Pico Rivera, CA, http://forrespect.org ; Lupita Resendiz, Walmart Worker, La Quinta, CA; Rafael Moreno, Walmart worker, Miami, FL.