Carlsen on violence in Ciudad Juarez, Cyril on Plan Meridia

Program Title: Latin Waves Interviews Laura Carlsen/Cyril Mychalejko
Description: We first speak to Laura Carlsen, she is Director of the Mexico City-based Americas Program of the Center for International Policy and a columnist for Foreign Policy In Focus.

We join her at a protest in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico a city of immense violence. She speaks about how Plan Meridia and the “War On Drugs” which was started by Bush and expanded under Obama has escalated drug-related violence and human rights abuses. How both government and drug lords act with impunity and disregard for the rule of law, and how this makes women especially vulnerable.

Cyril Mychalejko is the assistant editor of Upside Down World, his journalism has taken him all over the world. His articles have appeared in publications and websites such as Common Dreams, AlterNet, Z Magazine, The Miami Herald, The Capital Times (Madison, WI), Resource Center of the Americas, The Free Press, Against the Current, Impact Press, Progressive Trail and Greater Philadelphia democratic Left. He speaks to us about how the US is using Columbia a country with the worst human rights record in the hemisphere as a model for the militarization of Mexico.

Host(s): Stuart and Sylvia Richardson
Featured Speakers/Guests: Laura Carlsen/Cyril Mychalejko

Credits: Stuart and Sylvia Richardson,
Latin Waves Grassroots Media
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