Does broadcast media really have a responsiblity to promote and defend human rights? Or is it to simply make shows that people like and that attract ratings? Several Nicaraguan journalists and media producers discuss these ideas in a round table discussion.

Felipe Calderón is running for president of Mexico as the candidate of PAN, Partido Acción Nacional. “The National Action Party” is also the party of Mexico’s current president, Vicente Fox. Felipe’s campaign slogan? Para que Vivamos Mejor, “So we can live better.” We know there must a word play parody of this phrase, but we haven’t found it yet!

Does Felipe Calderón love his children? We are quite sure that he does. If this promotional video for the possible heir to fellow PANista Vicente Foxe seems to you to have a “North of the border” slickness, it may not be simply coincidental.

Harvard-educated Felipe Calderón, who the New York Times calls “a dapper man who speaks with all the fire of an economist,” is perceived as the safe, business-friendly presidential candidate. This video carefully cultivates a persona antithetical to the rougher-hewn López Obrador.

Evo Morales was a Bolivian congressman at the time of filming in 2004. At the time he was best known as an advocate and unofficial representative of traditional coca farmers, who are, for the most part, poor and marginalized. Today this indigenous politician and one-time farmer himself is best known for being president of Bolivia.

Just over a quarter of Mexico’s 127.5 million people are aged 18-24, and as such the “youth vote” could easily make or break any candidate in Mexico’s upcoming election on July 2. Patterned after the “Rock the Vote” campaign in the USA, Tu Rock Es Votar is running a television, radio and web campaign that hopes to improve voter turnout in the Mexican youth population despite a general desencantado (“disenchanted”) attitude found amongst all eligible voters.

Tu Rock Es Votar, a.k.a. TREV, continues its efforts to rally Mexico’s youth to get out and vote come election day. It’s something of an unspoken secret that TREV’s organizers tend to lean to the left, but they strive to make the ads non-partisan.

Enjoy the first part of this documentary directed by English director and musician Duncan Bridgeman. In this segment, we will see a special introduction with traditional Mexican sounds and the voice of Rubén Albarrán, vocalist of the group Café Tacvba.

Are you familiar with established study methods like Cornell and Pomodoro? Let's listen in as one friend counsels her frustrated colleague about how they might help her frustrated attempts to retain information.

Let's take a peek at a trail running event at Mojanda Trail, which takes place on the slopes of Mojanda Lagoon, north of Quito, Ecuador. Participants must train to run through various types of terrain, including water, at a high altitude. Let's hear from some of the participants!

Let's hear Victor's daughter Valeria talk about her personal experience emigrating to Spain and she feels that traveling to other countries is an invaluable experience for all of us.

Let's listen in on Pipo and Cristina's conversation about choosing an ideal career as well as their personal dreams for the future.

From Tarragona, our Venezuelan friend Victor interviews his wife about how she has felt about integrating into a new society: Catalonia.

From the legendary Arena Ciudad de México, Tatiana takes us to learn more closely about the atmosphere surrounding Lucha Libre, a very famous sport in Mexico that is recognized worldwide.

While visiting Zacatecas, our Ecuadorian friend Pipo chats with locals to learn some of the most interesting and commonly used Mexican colloquial words and expressions.