Mexico hopes to fix health care access — but can it deliver?
The World
PRX
4.6 • 943 Ratings
🗓️ 27 April 2026
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Mexico’s government says it plans to expand access to health care and unify the system, but questions remain about whether those reforms can succeed without more funding and resources. Also, Britain’s King Charles and Queen Camilla are in the US for a four-day state visit, but their trip comes amid strained relations between London and Washington after the UK resisted pressure to support US and Israeli strikes on Iran. And, landmark trials have begun in Syria that are expected to bring members of the former Assad regime to justice. Plus, a look at record-breaking moments at the London Marathon.
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| 0:40.3 | In Syria, a man is in a cage in a courtroom for the crimes of the Assad regime. Lots of people are relieved to see him there. |
| 0:51.3 | I'm Marco Wurman. And I'm Marco Werman. |
| 0:55.2 | And I'm Carolyn Beeler. |
| 0:57.8 | Today, the trial of Atif Najib. |
| 1:01.4 | Also, the war in Iran started almost two months ago. |
| 1:03.7 | Business people there are feeling the pain. |
| 1:06.7 | The internet shutdown has been really devastating for them. |
| 1:12.8 | Plus, two runners made history at the London Marathon by running the whole thing in under two hours. |
| 1:15.2 | I didn't think I'd ever see this happen. |
| 1:19.9 | And a state visit to the U.S. is a diplomatic test for King Charles. |
| 1:24.4 | No matter how much Buckingham Palace or the British government try to control things, |
| 1:28.6 | they can't predict what the U.S. president might say or do. |
| 1:31.0 | All that today, here on the world. |
| 1:38.2 | This is the world. I'm Carolyn Beeler. |
| 1:43.8 | And I'm Marco Wurman. Thank you for being with us today. We start in Mexico, where free and universal health care is a constitutional right. |
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