Where is Mexico heading?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with John Gibler, author of To Die in Mexico: Dispatches from Inside the Drug War. During the past four years, more than 30,000 people have been killed in Mexico's drug wars. Join us live at 10 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. How is this crisis impacting the future of Mexico and what role does the U.S. play in Mexico's Drug War? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
John Gibler, a journalist based in Mexico and author of To Die in Mexico: Dispatches from Inside the Drug War

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What's the best approach to border policy?

On the next Your Call we'll talk about U.S. border policy. President Obama's signing of a bipartisan border security bill continues a trend toward more agents, weapons, and technology policing the U.S.-Mexico border. What are the costs of militarizing the border and who pays them? What are the alternatives? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. How are people at the border affected by today's immigration policy? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Melissa del Bosque, investigative reporter for The Texas Observer; author of the blog, La Linea

Alfredo Gutierrez, former Arizona state senate majority leader; immigration activist; editor of La Frontera Times

Edward Alden, Bernard L. Schwartz Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations

Geoff Boyce, No More Deaths volunteer

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What is the US role in Juarez?

How are US policies towards Mexico impacting the socio-economic landscape in the border town of Juarez? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with Charles Bowden, author of Murder City: the Ciudad Juarez and the Global Economy's New Killing Fields. Ciudad Juarez, across the river from El Paso, Texas, has become the murder capital of the world, three times more violent than Baghdad. So what explains the rise in drug related violence in Juarez and the rest of Mexico?

Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What should we do on this side of the border to stop the flow of drugs? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guest:
Charles Bowden, author of Murder City: the Ciudad Juarez and the Global Economy's New Killing Fields

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How do the Drug War and NAFTA Affect Mexico?

How is the so-called "war on drugs" and NAFTA affecting Mexico? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with journalist Charles Bowden, author of Murder City: Ciudad Juarez and the Global Economy's New Killing Fields. In 2009, 23,000 people were killed in drug-related violence in Mexico, 4,300 of them in Ciudad Juarez alone. What explains the rise in drug violence?

Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What's driving the so-called "war on drugs" and who's benefiting from it? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guest:
Charles Bowden, a veteran journalist who has been reporting on Juarez for fifteen years. He is the author of a new book, Murder City: Ciudad Juarez and the Global Economy's New Killing Fields.

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Friday Media Roundtable

This week, we'll discuss coverage of President Obama's visit to China, protests on UC campuses, and the state of media in Mexico. We'll be joined by The Daily Planet's Riya Bhattacharjee, Mexico City based journalist Franc Contreras and New America Media's Vivian Po. Did a story stand out for you because of its reporting?

Join us live at 11 a.m. or send us your comments and questions to feedback@yourcallradio.org. Where did you see the best reporting this week? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Riya Bhattacharjee, staff writer at The Berkeley Daily Planet
Vivian Po, staff writer at New America Media
Franc Contreras, journalist based in Mexico City

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Your Call 072409 Media Roundtable

On the next Your Call it's our Friday Media Roundtable where we bring in reporters from the mainstream, alternative and international press to discuss the week in American media. This week a budget deal was struck in Sacramento, the F-22 was killed and health care reform teetered in DC. We'll be joined by the LA Times' Tracy Wilkinson in Mexico City, Tim Redmond of the San Francisco Bay Guardian and Ricardo Sandoval from the Sacramento Bee. Send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org or join us live at 11 a.m. Where did you see the best reporting this week and where did it fall short? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Tracy Wilkinson in Mexico City
Mexico Bureau chief for the LA Times, the only English language California newspaper with a Mexico bureau. Since June of last year, Wilkinson has overseen a team of reporters covering the drug war in Mexico from both sides of the border. Their reporting is collected in their series Mexico Under Siege: The drug war at our doorstep.

Ricardo Sandoval in Sacramento
Assistant City Editor for the Sacramento Bee. Ricardo is the former Mexico Bureau Chief for the Bee Papers and the current president of the Northern California branch of the Society of Professional Journalists.

Tim Redmond in San Francisco
Managing editor of the San Francisco Bay Guardian.

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Your Call 071709 Media Roundtable

On the next Your Call, it's our Friday media roundtable -- the day we speak with reporters about coverage of the week's news. This week, the Senate questioned Judge Sotomayor, Al Jazeera was banned from the West Bank, a humanitarian convoy made it into Gaza, and according to reports, former VP Dick Cheney held information about a secret assassination program from Congress. We'll be joined by Kevin Baker from Harper's, Sherine Tadros of Al Jazeera English and Jeremy Scahill, independent journalist and author of Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army. Send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org or join us live at 11 a.m. Where did you see the best reporting this week and where did the media fall short? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Kevin Baker in New York City
Writes the "In the News" column for American Heritage magazine. His writing has appeared in many national publications and his essay "Barack Hoover Obama: The Best and Brightest Blow it again" appears in this month's Harper's Magazine.

Sherine Tadros in Gaza
Gaza correspondent for Al Jazeera English. During the Israel-Gaza conflict, she was one of the only reporters to stay in Gaza during the Israeli siege last winter.

Jeremy Scahill in New York
Independent reporter and author of Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army. He is currently a Puffin Foundation Writing Fellow at The Nation Institute. He is a frequent contributor to Democracy Now and The Nation. You can find his reporting and writing at rebelreports.com.

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Your Call 030409 Does Mexico's violence have roots in the U.S.?

How much of the violence in Mexico has its roots in the United States? On the next Your Call, we'll speak with journalists on both sides of the border. More than 1,000 people have been murdered this year in Mexico. Kidnappings and murders connected to Mexican Cartels are increasing in Arizona, New Mexico and Southern California. Why is violence flaring up now? You can join us by phone or email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What should the U.S. do to slow demand for weapons and drugs pouring in and out of Mexico? It's Your Call with Sandip Roy and you.

Guests:
Laura Carlsen in Mexico City
Director of the Americas Policy Program at the Center for International Policy. She co-edited Confronting Globalization: Economic Integration and Popular Resistance in Mexico. Before joining the Americas Policy Program, Carlsen was a correspondent for Latin Trade magazine, editor of Business Mexico, freelance writer, and researcher.

Armand Peschard-Sverdrup in Leesburg, Virginia
Mr. Peschard is an expert on the strategic priorities of the three nations that make up North America. He is a senior associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, the former director of their Mexico Project and directed the CSIS North American Futures 2025 Project. He is the CEO of Peschard-Sverdrup & Associates.


Scott Stewart in Austin, Texas
VP for Tactical Intelligence for Stratfor, short for Strategic Forecasting Inc., is a private intelligence company with its headquarters in Austin, Texas. Stewart is Stratfor's senior terrorism and security analyst. He is a former Diplomatic Security Service Special Agent who was involved in hundreds of terrorism investigations, most notably the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.

Claudine LoMonaco in Tucson, Arizona
Reporter and Producer with Arizona Public Media where she covers the border.

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Your Call 110907 Media Roundtable

On the Next Your Call it's our Friday Media Roundtable. This week we speak with LA Times consumer columnist David Lazarus about consumer safety and the credit crunch, with NPR ombudsman Lisa Shepard about interviewing torture victims in the presence of their torturers and with Al-Jazeera English México Correspondent Franc Contreras about one of the worst natural disasters in Mexican history, the flooding of Tabasco. What was your story of the week? It’s Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
David Lazarus in Los Angeles
Author of the Consumer Confidential column for the LA Times

Franc Contreras in México City, México
Al-Jazeera English’s México correspondent

Lisa Shepard in Washington DC
Ombudsman for NPR News. 

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