ONE DREAMER’S AMERICAN NIGHTMARE; THE CONTROVERSIAL FIRING OF FBI DIRECTOR JAMES COMEY; THE HOTLY CONTESTED GOVERNOR’S RACE IN THE STATE OF MEXICO; LA SANTA CECILIA PRESENTS ITS LATEST ALBUM; AND A NEW EDITION OF ‘NUESTRA GENTE EXTRAORDINARIA’
WITH THE DIRECTOR OF MEXICO’S EL HERALDO NEWSPAPER, JOSÉ CARREÑO FIGUERAS; SOFÍA RAMÍREZ AGUILAR, AN INVESTIGATOR WITH MEXICANOS CONTRA LA CORRUPCIÓN Y LA IMPUNIDAD; THE LAWYERS REPRESENTING DREAMER AND ACTIVIST JESSICA COLOTL; LIBERAL ANALYST AND FORMER SPEAKER OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE ASSEMBLY, FABIÁN NÚÑEZ; LATINO PARTNERSHIP FOR CONSERVATIVE PRINCIPLES ANALYST ALFONSO AGUILAR; AND A PROFILE OF MARVEL PRODUCER VICTORIA ALONSO
On May 14 at a special time, 1:30PM/12:30 C, “Enfoque con José Díaz-Balart” examines the issues in the news this week.
Featured stories include the case of Jessica Colotl, the young Dreamer who lost her DACA status over a crime she committed seven years ago, and the controversial firing of FBI Director James Comey, with the opinions of Liberal analyst and former California State Assembly Speaker Fabián Núñez and Alfonso Aguilar, an analyst at the Latino Partnership for Conservative Principles.
José Carreño Figueras, director of the Mexican daily El Heraldo, and Sofía Ramírez Aguilar, an investigator with the NGO Mexicanos Contra la Corrupción y la Impunidad, analyze the enormous political importance of the governor’s race in the State of Mexico, whose 15 million inhabitants could well decide the country’s next president.
The popular band La Santa Cecilia, known for its activism in support of Latino causes, talks about its new record, Amar y Vivir. And, on ‘Nuestra Gente Extraordinaria,’ a profile of MARVEL producer Victoria Alonso.