When Lily, the magellanic penguin hatched her way out of her shell on June 5th, she became the 20th penguin of her kind at the Aquarium of the Pacific, their oldest Henry, is 20.  

LA Sees a New Penguin, Lily

(KPFK News - Los Angeles) More than a hundred people gathered in Boyle Heights last night to remember Jesse Romero, a 14 year-old boy who was killed by LAPD officers on Tuesday. 

Many in the crowd disputed claims by at least one witness who said Romero shot at officers while running away. 

LAPD officials held a press conference where they confirmed the boy was carrying a loaded weapon that appeared to be fired in the officer’s direction. 

Pacifica’s Ernesto Arce files this report from Los Angeles.
 
Residents of Boyle Heights and activists fighting police killings gathered for a vigil near the corner of Cesar Chavez Ave and Breed St., the site of yet another tragic loss to the community.

They came to memorialize the brief life of a 14 year-old youth from the neighborhood who was shot dead after engaging LAPD officers in a foot pursuit. 

The LA County Coroner’s Office identified the boy as Jesse James Romero, evoking visions of a Midwest outlaw from yesteryear. 

Blanca Duenas says law enforcement in the city treat youth as if it were the Wild West. The local resident and activist whose own son, Arturo, was killed by LAPD in April, said officers shoot first, investigate later.

LAPD officials held a press conference to discuss what they call a fatal OIS, officer-involved shooting. 

LAPD Deputy Chief Robert Arcos said officers received a call that a group of youth were engaged in tagging graffiti near Cesar Chavez Ave. 

Officers attempted to apprehend two youth one of them Romero. Police said Romero led officers on a foot chase and as the boy approached Breed Street, he turned and fired at officers. One officer fired back, instantly killing him. 

Antonio Rodriguez is a civil rights attorney who said officers are trained to use lethal force only as a last resort. 

Deputy Chief Arcos said a fully loaded firearm was found at the scene. Forensic tests should reveal whether Romero was the last to carry it or not. 

Many at the vigil said they doubt Romero would have turned around as he ran away, while firing at officers. They said a witness mentioned in a LA Times report said Romero threw the weapon during the foot chase and it went off upon ricocheting off the wall or sidewalk. 

Anthony, a close friend of Romero’s who asked us not to use his real name, said everyone in the neighborhood is talking about the tragedy.

Boyle Heights is facing internal schisms over gentrification, fast encroaching super developments, and of course, police abuse of authority. 

It seems every resident has a different solution to the many challenges facing the community. 

In the aftermath of Romero’s killing, many took to social media to blame the boy’s parents for not having done enough to steer him from trouble.  

Resident Josof JoJo Sanchez says he’s over the blame game. He wants to help parents who are struggling to help their children in an environment lacking opportunity and rife with violence.

Romero is a native of Puebla, Mexico who arrived in the U.S. as a one year old with his single mother. They eventually settled in the working class neighborhood overlooking downtown LA. 

Although not everyone agrees that police should have shot at the boy, most agree that he had taken a wrong turn in life.

Romero’s death was an emotional trigger for a community fighting against police violence and harassment, the uprooting of working families, and the struggle of undocumented residents trying to make their way out of the shadows. 

The family and its attorney as well as local activists are calling for an independent and thorough investigation into Romero’s killing. 


In Los Angeles, I’m Ernesto Arce, Pacifica Radio, KPFK. 


Residents Doubt That 14 Year-Old Shot At LAPD in Boyle Heights

(KPFK News - Southern California) More than two hundred people have been arrested in and around downtown Los Angeles over the past two nights during protests against the election of Donald Trump. 

Student and youth groups made up the majority of demonstrators whose actions began Election Night after Trump was declared President-elect. Many said taking to the streets to express their indignation at a Trump presidency was the first message they wanted to send. 

Pacifica KPFK's Ernesto Arce joined a group of about 7,000 protesters this week just before they rushed the Hollywood 101 Freeway. He files this report.

****

By the time an electricfied rally decided to leave the west steps of Los Angeles City Hall and march through downtown, they were at least five thousand strong. 

By the time rushhour traffic had reclaimed the freeway the following day, 30 people had been taken into custody for walking on to the Hollywood 101 freeway. An additional 185 people were kettled near LA Live the next day. 

The first action appeared to catch even LAPD offguard. Only a couple of patrol cars watched over the mass gathering that seemed to grow by the dozens every minute.  

The evening's protest coincided with rallies held across the country. These were organized at the last moment as a way for people to voice their rage against the election of Republican candidate Donald Trump.

After half an hour of speakers, three protesters climbed a light pole and waved the Mexican flag while hanging a pinata effigy of Trump as a pig. 

Yafa, a resident of Pomona who teaches at an Islamic school, stood out in a hijab and long dress. She expressed concern for her students and community. 

Many protesters held signs, some read "There is no unifying with Hate", "Respect All Women" and "Pussy Grabs Back, I dare you to try". The diverse yet youthful crowd chanted against Trump, in defense of black lives, immigrants, women, and Muslims, and even for the Standing Rock Reservation and former presidential candidate Bernie Sanders. 

Daniel Fyles, a resident of Hollywood who wore a rainbow PRIDE button, shook his head after being asked for his reaction of Trump's victory. 

Although it wasn't planned, the gathering made its way through the streets of downtown LA. They passed by new luxury developments and high-end restaurants and bars. 

Andrew Johnson, an Orange County resident, peered through a metal fence. He donned a black suit and tie. He was working a shift at Vibiana, a special event venue on Main Street. He watched the protest and nodded his head in approval. 

Johnson said he had so much more to say but was pulled away by a supervisor. 

The march passed through the fashion district and Skid Row before stopping outside of the federal Metropolitan Detention Center where marchers demanded freedom for all prisoners. 

Several dozen cars got stuck in the jam. 

Many motorists looked on bemused. Elizabeth honked the horn of her Toyota Camry while pumping her fist in the air. She didn't look the least bit inconvenienced. 

Elizabeth was blocked for a good hour. But a few minutes later, protesters made their way down an onramp next to Union Station and blocked the 101 freeway in both directions for hours. 

CHP said all lanes in both directions were blocked until almost 4 in the morning when officers forcibly removed those who sat in the middle of the freeway. 

Bailey and Vanessa were locked arm in arm. The lesbian couple said they feared for the LGBT community in light of what they had heard were increasing attacks on same sex and alternative couples. 

Student groups and social justice organizations said they plan to mobilize against Trump's election nearly everyday into the forseeable future. 

Meanwhile, the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California released a statement on Trump's victory saying it would legally challenge any violation of civil liberties. 

In Los Angeles, I'm Ernesto Arce, Pacifica Radio, KPFK

Los Angeles Erupts in Protests Over Trump Election

(KPFK News - Los Angeles) Thousands of people braved the rain to march through downtown Los Angeles in protest over President Donald Trump's inauguration.
 
About 3,000 to 5,000 people made the trek from LA Live and Mariachi Plaza in Boyle Heights to City Hall for a United Against Hate rally. 

Pacifica KPFK's Ernesto Arce files this report.

Despite Heavy Rain, LA Activists Inaugurate Resistance to Trump

(KPFK News - Los Angeles) One of the largest protest crowds since a 2006 immigrant rights march rallied at Los Angeles City Hall Grand Park over the weekend. Masses of people filled the streets around Pershing Square and marched to City Hall in solidarity with the Women's March on Washington to defend human rights in the face of a Donald Trump presidency.
 
Organizers said the crowd surpassed even their expectations of 150,000 and said there might have been more than half a million people in the streets.

Pacifica KPFK’s Ernesto Arce files this report from Los Angeles.  

****

The Women’s March Los Angeles drew a massive crowd to downtown LA, showing the country that major mobilizations for social justice occur quite regularly in the city of Angels. 

Organizers said it wasn’t a protest but a celebration of womanhood and the rights of people and planet to exist. But many on the march route - both women and men - ignored the directive and said President Donald Trump was their protest target. 

Crowds chanted for women’s reproductive rights with men and women alternating choruses of ‘Her body, her choice’ with ‘My Body, my choice.’

Individuals and groups backing a wide variety of priorities were on hand ranging from women's rights to environmental protections, access to healthcare, criminal justice reform, voting rights and immigrant and LGBTQ rights.

Cosplay was also popular with an entire contingent of women dressed as Rosie the Riveter. Others dressed as depression-era suffragettes, some donned kitty costume hat and heads and full-body vulva outfits. 

Princess Leia of Star Wars made an appearance, too. Her sign read: Resist. She was happy to see so many people join the rebellion. 

A group of Latina activists held signs in defense of Native American rights and against gentrification. One protester said “If you’re a white feminist gentrifying my hood, you’re not on my side.”

One group with the Gabriela Filipina women’s network said the crowd was impressive but she hesitated before elaborating. She was troubled by the narrow view of privileged feminism put forth by march organizers. She advocates for what she described as transnational feminism, which takes the struggles of working women around the world but especially in war-torn, poor communities into account. 

Salwa K is a young Muslim-American who said she was marching for unity and to remind people that Muslims are also part of the community. 

A Los Angeles Fire Department official said there was over half a million people between Pershing Square and City Hall that took part in the march and rally. 

Organizers cited an independent crowd expert that assessed the crowd at 750,000. Whether it was 150,000 or three quarters of a million, the crowd caught international attention. 

Actress Natalie Portman gave a speech at Pershing Square while holding her belly with her unborn baby due in a few months. 

"I'd like to thank our new president," said Portman. "You just started the revolution."

The mission statement for the march read, in part, "We stand together in solidarity for the protection of our rights, our safety, our health and our families - recognizing that our vibrant and diverse communities are the strength of our country."

Organizers are working with other progressive groups to plan the post-inauguration stage of protest to the Trump administration. 
Many will join a healthcare/medicare for all rally at Pershing Square on Sat, February 4th. 

In Los Angeles, I’m Ernesto Arce, Pacifica Radio, KPFK

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Women's March Los Angeles Puts Trump On Alert: We Fight Back!

(KPFK News - Los Angeles) Protesters have returned to Los Angeles International Airport today to protest President Donald Trump’s executive order on barring immigrants and refugees from seven Muslim-majority nations. 

Numerous immigrant attorneys and asylum officers lined the Tom Bradley international arrivals section to volunteer their services to those that might have been detained. 
Yesterday, thousands of people came out in defense of the Muslim community to call for an end to the ban with a message: all are welcome to Los Angeles, one of the most diverse cities in the world. 

Pacifica KPFK’s Ernesto Arce files this report from Los Angeles.

A diverse crowd of about 10,000 Angelenos gathered inside, outside and on top of the Tom Bradley International airport at LAX to protest President Donald Trump’s executive order on immigration. 

Many are calling it an attack on Muslims and refugees from war torn areas of the Middle East that have been ravaged due to the U.S.-led War on Terror. 

Trump's Executive Order indefinitely bans all refugees from Syria entering the United States. The order blocked all refugee admissions for 120 days, and also stopped all refugee and non-refugee entries from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Yemen and Syria for 90 days.

CAIR, the council on American Islamic Relations, held a press conference in Anaheim earlier to denounce the order as a violation to freedom of religion. The group said it set yet another dangerous precedent against one group of Americans. 

LAX airport police were backed up by LAPD officers and federal agents, most wore riot gear as daylight turned to dusk. Protesters were relentless and had reached an impasse with police by 8pm once law enforcement was prepared to call an unlawful assembly. 

People from all walks of life came out to LAX after they heard what Trump’s order meant for the ability of legal residents to travel freely. 

Some activists wore ACLU shirts and others with messages embracing Muslims and against hate. Many held handmade signs calling for an end to division and bigotry. 

Others, like Attorney Shanee Smith Fisher, held a sign offering legal advice to those detained by immigration authorities. 
Although there was good news on the detention front, Smith Fisher said Department of Homeland Security agents were not heeding the previous night’s legal stay. 

Outside of the Tom Bradley terminal, a very small group of Trump supporters held a corner, sandwiched in between two large parking structures. They were outnumbered about 500 to 1. 

Robin Vistand, a resident of Claremont and staunch Trump supporter, said the protest was misguided and misinformed.

Despite tension between protesters and law enforcement, LAX police said there were only two arrests by early evening related to the rally. 
Members of the labor union, United Service Workers West, SEIU, were the first to show up on Saturday, turning their focus from ongoing labor negotiations to the travel ban. 
By mid-afternoon, most flights departing from the Bradley terminal were postponed. Terminal 4 was shut down completely. 
Traffic was snarled once protesters began marching on the loop road around the airport. 

Meanwhile, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra issued a statement pledging to find every avenue possible to defend residents and refugees barred from re-entry into the United States.
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti added that the city will always be a place of refuge, where the most vulnerable people fleeing war, or religious or political oppression, can find a safe and welcoming home. 

In Los Angeles, I’m Ernesto Arce Pacifica Radio, KPFK

Protest Over President Trump's Muslim Ban Overwhelms LAX Police

(KPFK News - Los Angeles) A coalition of local immigrant rights groups says it’s on alert following a day of high volume calls about dozens of immigration detentions and raids across the southland.
CHIRLA says it has kicked into high gear to defend approximately one million undocumented Los Angeles residents who have grown anxious about the recent reports.
But federal ICE agents say they carried out no such raids, only typical enforcement actions targeting criminal or high priority individuals.
Still, the immigrant advocates say they’re mobilizing to do everything in their power to prevent immigrant detentions from being the new normal.
Pacifica KPFK’s Ernesto Arce files this report from Los Angeles.
****

Federal immigration authorities confirmed that they arrested about 160 foreign nationals in a series of Southland raids carried out this week. ICE, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, said it targeted criminal aliens and other high priority individuals residing in the country without permission. The agency disputed the description of such incidents as sweeps or workplace raids saying those were false, dangerous and irresponsible.

Regardless, activists and some elected officials criticized the actions and offered support to the affected residents.
Angelica Salas is the executive director of CHIRLA, the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles.

Immigrant activists launched a rapid response network after what the organization called sweeping raids that led to the arrest of more than 100 undocumented residents in a single day.
These included Manuel Mosqueda, an immigrant with no violent crime history. His daughter, Marlene Mosqueda, says ICE agents were looking for another individual when they asked to see her father’s ID.

 
Then without warning, her father was detained, bused to downtown LA, and processed. The family says in all likelihood, he has already been deported.
Salas with CHIRLA said her office took dozens of calls Thursday and is sorting through 2,000 voicemails from the panicked family and friends of people detained by ICE agents.

But confirmation on the raids or detentions and questions about how exactly they were carried out, persisted almost 24 hours later.
CHIRLA said it confirmed the reports of mass workplace raids in at least two sites - one in Van Nuys and the other in Downey - based on witness calls and information from the ACLU of Southern California.

According to a statement released by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the home raids were carried out in six Southern California counties beginning Monday and ending around noon Friday. The operations targeted so-called at-large criminal aliens, illegal re-entrants and immigration fugitives.
ICE officials said about 150 of the people arrested had criminal histories, while five others had final orders of removal or had been previously deported. They noted that many of those arrested had prior felony convictions for violent offenses including sex crimes, weapons charges and assault, and some will be referred to the U.S. Attorney's Office for possible prosecution for re-entering the country illegally.
 
The raids prompted an outcry that began Thursday afternoon from local immigrant-rights activists, who suggested the actions were a result of a stepped-up enforcement effort under President Donald Trump, who has vowed to crack down on undocumented immigrants.

Meanwhile, groups like CHIRLA hosted a day of legal clinics, Know Your Rights workshops, and media availability. They have a toll-free hotline - (888) 624-4752 - for affected immigrants to call for assistance and obtain access to attorneys.

In Los Angeles, I’m Ernesto Arce, Pacifica Radio, KPFK

Immigrant Groups on High Alert, ICE says raids: "Typical Enforcement"

(KPFK News - Southern California) A Coalition calling itself ICE out of Pomona gathered at Pomona City Hall this afternoon to celebrate the final day of a contract between the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency and the inland empire city. 

Pacifica KPFK’s Ernesto Arce files this report.

Pomona Residents Celebrate ICE's Ouster from City: And Stay Out!

(KPFK News - Los Angeles) Thousands of Angelenos are just now leaving Grand Park in downtown Los Angeles after a march and daylong program to commemorate May Day.

Organizers said masses of people led by immigrant communities flooded the downtown area in a show of resistance, unity and defiance to what they say is a White House effort to ramp up deportations and erode personal freedoms.
One person was arrested after some marchers confronted a group of pro-Donald Trump counter-protesters. Authorities said the event was otherwise peaceful even garnering the endorsement of LAPD Chief Charlie Beck. 

Pacifica KPFK’s Ernesto Arce files this report from Los Angeles. 

****
Thousands of Angelenos reiterated their staunch opposition to President Donald Trump under a 50 foot banner hanging from Los Angeles City Hall South that read: Resist.

The sense of urgency in this year’s march was attributed to President Donald Trump’s attacks on social progress as well as the GOP takeover of Congress.
The theme: resistance, unity, and defiance. 

Arlene Inouye is Treasurer of UTLA, the United Teachers of Los Angeles. 
Her union, representing teachers at the second largest school district in the nation, has several challenges before it. It’s dealing with frightened immigrant families and students, what she calls unfair competition from ever-expanding charter schools, and dwindling resources. 

The May Day Coalition of Los Angeles, organizers of the main event, is comprised of various organizations that joined forces this year for main mass march from MacArthur Park to Los Angeles City Hall. 
There was one split, though.
A smaller march made its way through downtown LA in the morning led by activists that called for a general strike: no work, no school, no shopping. 
Despite that, Resist Los Angeles marks the first time in more than 10 years there has been such unity among organizers of May Day marches. 
Mike Prysner is a veteran SoCal activist who has seen his share of splits in the progressive movement. Still, he said Trump has served to unify the fragmented left much the same way George W. Bush did after 9/11. 

Although more than 100,000 people were expected, some estimates put the crowd at about 15,000 people. Maru Galvan, a San Fernando Valley organizer with CHIRLA, the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles, said there would’ve been many more people were it not for the current environment of fear. 
Galvan helps organize the group’s Know Your Rights workshops, which feature a video educating immigrants on what they need to know if they’re detained. She said the first version of the video was released ten years ago. 

Others in the crowd said Trump’s rhetoric to go after so-called Bad Hombres was also unfair. 
Jose Arellano and Slam are both former gang members now organizing with Homeboy Industries. 
They said too often they’re denied opportunities and an equal chance in society because of the way they look.

As the afternoon wore on, street vendors selling paletas and other kinds of ice cream, cold beverages, and shaved ice began running out of product. A weather app on my cell phone said it was 89 degrees with a sweltering sun.
William Gonzalez, a Vietnam War vet, marched alongside a group of teenagers, holding signs that read: We All Belong Here, We Will Defend Each Other. 
Gonzalez’s sign read: No Deportation for Veterans. 

Gonzalez was overcome with emotion and waved me off after citing the number of veterans who commit suicide every day. He said he was in contact with the office of Congress member Ruben Gallego of Phoenix, Arizona, who authored a bill to help deported vets come back home. 
It’s a fate that thousands of immigrants who marched through downtown LA would like to avoid
In Los Angeles, I’m Ernesto Arce, Pacifica Radio, KPFK

Los Angeles Pledges Resistance, Unity, & Defiance Against Trump

(KPFK News - Los Angeles) President Donald Trump is in Los Angeles for the first time since taking office. He was welcomed by an unprecedented security detail of federal and local law enforcement agencies as a swift downpour threatened to disrupt a mass protest tonight. 

Before arriving in San Diego this morning, President Trump feuded with Governor Jerry Brown saying California was run poorly and that the place is totally out of control. 

KPFK News’ Ernesto Arce was in Beverly Hills for the protest and files this report. 
***

President Donald Trump arrived in Southern California to a chorus of opposition chants asking him to leave. 
It was his first visit to Los Angeles as President. 
Trump remained defiant despite a recent poll that found less than a third of southland residents support his presidency. He said he had large swaths of support in SoCal although he was welcomed by protests that outnumbered supporters 20 to 1.  

Juan Vargas, a Democrat representative from the 51st district in San Diego County, arrived in Otay Mesa for an anti-Trump rally just before Trump’s motorcade. The president was to tour a site where border wall prototypes were set up. 
"Trump is not welcome here," Vargas announced. "If he acted like a President, maybe it'd be different but he divides us instead of bringing us together."

Trump ultimately pointed to a 30 foot tall prototype that allowed border patrol officials and other government agents to see through to the other side. The president touted his choice as paramount to border security. 

But Rev Dr. Lee Hill of the Christian Fellowship Congregation and Southerm Borders Community Coalition, said the wall was a sign of racism not an effort to keep people safe. 
"The wall is an expensive and useless project that we do not need, " said Hill. 
Dark clouds and looming rainfall didn’t take away from a mass protest, Trump Out of LA, organized by a large coalition of anti-war and anti-racism groups. 
Trump landed at LAX at about 3:30 p.m., then was flown by helicopter to Santa Monica Airport. He was then driven to a private home in the exclusive Beverly Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, where guests paid from $35,000 to a quarter of a million dollars to meet the president. 

Kiki Ochoa of Union Del Barrio, chastised the Trump administration for stoking division and hatred among Americans. He said a unified movement needed to take the lead to stop attacks on immigrants, Muslims, and other marginalized groups. 
"Trump is the one that belongs in jail not hard-working people trying to provide for their families," Ochoa said. 
Although the secret service has kept Trump’s agenda for the day very secretive, the president is expected to spend the night in downtown LA.

A huge security detail was set up outside of the InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown Hotel near Wilshire Boulevard and Figueroa Street. Most streets adjacent to the hotel have been shut down. 

In Los Angeles, I’m Ernesto Arce Pacifica Radio KPFK

Trump's First Visit to LA as President Met by Opposition

(KPFK News - Los Angeles)And now for a new CULTURE segment on KPFK News…

Food isn’t usually considered a social justice issue aside from efforts at stamping out hunger and making healthier dietary choices available to all.
Southern California’s food landscape is very much a reflection of the people that reside here: diverse backgrounds, geographies, and even class divisions with meals for the very rich and poor.

A local tour guide is offering an excursion into Eagle Rock and Claremont, two dynamic Los Angeles County neighborhoods and their food and drink offerings. The latter promises a history lesson that begins with the Tongva and celebrates the diversity of one the fastest growing regions in the United States, the inland empire.

KPFK News files this report on the Fun Belly Food Tour.


Carlos Aguilar is better known as Bookworm Brown, a moniker he picked up in LA’s underground hip hop scene. Nowadays, he spends more time researching the San Gabriel Valley’s foothills and its culinary scene than spitting bars.
He began Fun Belly Food Tours recently as a way to celebrate food and to educate the masses about the rich, cultural heritage behind every bite. 
The excursion began at Claremont’s original train station with an overview of the San Gabriel Valley and greater inland empire region - its history, its changing demographics, its rapid development. 
 
After the tour goers partook of some Korean Mex fused kimchi quesadillas, the talk turned to the southland’s ubiquitous tacos.

Since the days Tongva explorers traversed the virgin southland for native herbs, plants, and citrus, the vast foothill and inland region has become home to cuisine from just about every corner of our round earth.

Sebastian, a Los Angeles photographer and first timer of the Fun Belly Food Tour asked about the foothill’s history – both ancient and contemporary. But soon the cyclical conversation ended right back at tacos. 

Aguilar allows his guests as many tangents as double dips into the extra large serving of papas bravas, tater tots smothered in chipotle hot sauce. The conversation on tacos goes on for several more minutes. 

The tour group includes several women from the south who didn’t grow up with Mexican food but have since wholeheartedly embraced it. 

Aguilar says sharing culture, bringing culture together, and experiencing different culture is part of what makes the tour such a rewarding experience. 

Millard Sheets, a Pomona and Claremont artist whose mosaics of native Tongva were commissioned by the former Pomona Home Savings, has a mural entitled Indians and Yucca. In it, several tribe explorers pass through the foothills of yesteryear in search of food & drink.

Aguilar says it tells a great story. 

Fun Belly Food Tours are usually done once a month at each location: one in Eagle Rock and the other in Claremont. 
Participants were excited about the offerings, the history lesson, and the camaraderie. All of it over delicious food. 

Aguilar says his mission is to share great tasting food while taking you through Southern California neighborhoods you might not have known were as storied or delicious. 

In Los Angeles, I’m Ernesto Arce, Pacifica Radio, KPFK

SoCal Food Tour Injects History & Culture into Tasty Excursion

KPFK Radio Host Ruben Luengas interviews Tatiana Clouthier, who is a spokesperson for Andres Manuel Lopez-Obredor’s campaign to be the next President of Mexico.  
Lopez-Obredor, a left-progressive, is currently well ahead in the polls with less than two months until election day on July 1. 
The interview is conducted in Spanish.

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