4.29.2016

Mexico with its problems with human rights, corruption, and migration provides the central themes this week on Latin Pulse . The program includes a wide-ranging segment discussing the findings by independent investigators for the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights that the Mexican government actively harassed their workers and thwarted the inquiry into the case of 43 missing university students. The Mexican government disputes that view. The program also discusses how remittances by Mexican migrants are not only more and more economically important, but also have become an issue in the U.S. during the presidential campaign. The program includes in-depth interviews with: Shannon O'Neil of the Council on Foreign Relations ; and Manuel Orozco of the Inter-American Dialogue . Executive Producer: Rick Rockwell; and Associate Producer: Jim Singer. (To download or stream this podcast, click here .) (The program is 30 minutes in length and the file size is 42 MB.) podcast news Latin America politics Mexico violence kidnapping justice corruption human rights Drug War police extrajudicial killings Panama Papers Enrique Pena Nieto economics military torture oil reforms PRI Guerrero Pemex labor remittances migration elections trade immigration Donald Trump United States United Nations globalization

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