Interviews from Mexico - Bishop Raul Vera

Interviews from Mexico, hosted by Laura Carlsen, goes straight to the source -- the men and women making news and making history in Mexico and throughout the region. Today's program, The Church and Social Change, looks at the changing role of the Catholic Church and lay Catholics on the community level in addressing the political and social crisis that Mexico is currently experiencing. Carlsen interviews Raul Vera, Bishop of Saltillo, who is known nationwide as a veteran human rights advocate. Bishop Vera discusses his experiences in the Church that led him to become an active voice for social transformation, the relationship between human rights and the current economic model, the work of the Permanent People's Tribunal and its radical critique of the Mexican political and social system, emblematic human rights cases in today's Mexico such as Ayotzinapa and Tlatlaya, and perspectives for social change in Mexico. teleSUR