At least 50 people from Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras have been found dead in the back of a truck outside the Texas city of San Antonio. Mexico has blamed a people smuggling crisis at the border with the US. So what makes people attempt the journey? Lillian Perlmutter, a journalist based in Mexico City, gives us the latest reaction.

We'll hear reaction from across the continent. The tragedy comes amid plummeting costs across North and South America, and protests in the Peruvian capital. The country's former finance minister, Alonso Segura, tells us about a growing emergency in the country.

Back in the US, and a number of companies are offering their employees guaranteed access to abortions. One of them is Alloy - we hear why from founder Laura Spiekerman - and discuss the legal aspects with Robin Fretwell Wilson, a law professor at the University of Illinois.

New Jersey trader Joe Saluzzi has your markets update, and Alex Bell rounds up the rest of the day's business affairs.