The president initially prioritized addressing disappearances, setting up initiatives like the National Center for Human Identification and increasing the budget for finding missing persons. However, recent actions indicate a change in approach, with cuts to important institutions like the identification center and staffing reductions. This shift, coupled with controversial census results, has raised doubts about the government's commitment to resolving the issue of disappearances.
Since the invasion began, Ukraine's second city has suffered a third of all aerial attacks. The latest one has been especially gruelling. A census of Mexico’s missing people is likely underestimating the scale of the problem. Is the president deliberately trying to minimise its scale (11:08)? And, why those with the least to spend on lottery tickets are most likely to try their luck (19:20).
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