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April 1, 1999
12:00-1:00 p.m. PST
PUERTO RICO EDITION. Topic to be announced.
MEXICO EDITION. This Mexico City call-in program discusses current events. A program of the "Voz Publica" series, hosted by Francisco Huerta, a pioneer of civic journalism in Mexico.
April 2, 1999
LALO GUERRERO. Considered the father of Chicano music, Lalo Guerrero's career has spanned over six decades. Mr. Guerrero is a pioneer of several Mexican-American musical styles, bringing to music his bilingual roots. Mr. Guerrero is recognized as the first to bring American swing to Mexican music. He is also recognized for using his poignant humor in songs of social protest. He has been declared a National Folk Treasure by the Smithsonian Institution, and he is a recipient of the National Medal of the Arts. In this interview with Linea Abierta's host, Samuel Orozco, Mr. Guerrero shares insights of his life and times.
A TRIBUTE TO JAIME SABINES. The recent death of Jaime Sabines, one of Mexico's greatest poets, prompted a number of tributes and special events. Dead of cancer at 72, Sabines had become an icon for Mexican young readers. This program will present excerpts of one of his last poetry readings and fragments of an interview conducted in Mexico.
April 5, 1999
HEALTH EDITION - SLEEP PATTERNS AND TEENAGERS. A recent survey has found that 60% of children under 18 complain about feeling tired in the morning and falling asleep at school. The study, conducted at Stanford University, concludes that the biological clock of teenagers might not be set up for waking up early. This program will review the results of the survey as well as the Z-z-z's to A's bill sponsored by Rep. Zoe Lofgren, from California, which encourages schools to start classes later in the mornings as a way to enhance students' development.
Topic to be announced.
April 6, 1999
MEXICAN ARMY OFFICER WINS POLITICAL ASYLUM IN U.S. Former Army Lt. Jesus Valles will tell of his experience in refusing to kill Zapatista prisoners in Chiapas, Mexico and how he felt his decision endangered his life. Mr. Valles recently became the first Mexican soldier to win political asylum in the U.S., on the basis of being a conscientious objector. His attorney, Carlos Spector-Calderon, and Prof. Samuel Schmidt, from the University of Texas, will discuss legaland political ramifications of the case.
PROP. 187 REVISITED?/IMPORTANCE OF BEING COUNTED. At a time when California Governor Gray Davis, will have to decide whether to continue the State's appeal on behalf of Prop. 187, he finds himself between Latino legislators who warn him that he cannot anger the new voters who helped elect him, and supporters of the proposition who remind him he cannot go against the voter's will. In the first half-hour, Sacramento correspondent, Armando Botello, will comment on the options faced by Davis.MAKE YOURSELF COUNT. In the second half-hour, Gil Casellas, member of the U.S. Census Monitoring Board, explains why Latinos must be counted during the upcoming census; Beatriz Lopez Flores, MALDEF's education director, comments on a recently launched campaign to encourage Latinos to participate in the 2,000 Census count, and Steve Alnec, manager of the Southern California region for the US Census Bureau tells of efforts to recruit local people to reach hard-to-contact populations.
April 7, 1999
PREPARING FOR COLLEGE. Representatives of the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU), and of the University of California will share information on requirements to get admitted to college and how to seek scholarships and financial assistance.
A "OAXACALIFORNIAN" MAGAZINE. The editor of "El Oaxaqueno", Angel Rodriguez, comments on the challenges of publishing a binational newspaper covering Oaxacan communities both in Mexico and California. "El Oaxaqueno", based in Los Angeles, includes articles on diverse topics, highlighting contributions of Oaxacans to readers of both countries.
April 8, 1999
PUERTO RICO EDITION. THE DEMANDS OF KEEPING A FINE FIGURE. A look at how girls risk their health in an effort to remain slim and fashionable.
MEXICO EDITION. Mexico City residents comment on current affairs. A program of the "Voz Publica" series, hosted by the founder of civic journalism in Mexico, Francisco Huerta.
April 9, 1999
INCOME TAX DEADLINE. As millions of taxpayer follow the yearly ritual of filing their tax returns, a financial analyst provides sound advice on best ways to avoid problems with the IRS.
WEEKLY NEWS REVIEW. Gabriel Neri, director of XEQUIN, in San Quintin, Baja California, and Francisco de Anda, news director at Radio Universidad de Guadalajara, comment on current affairs.
April 12, 1999
TEENS AND SEXUALITY. Producer Maria Erana interviews Dr. Marta Lucia Palacios, a psychologist and expert on sexuality among teenagers for this health edition. Dr. Palacios talks about the taboos surrounding the lives of girls and discusses the challenges to develop a sense of self-esteem, strength and power in the children.
VOTERS' RESISTANCE IN MEXICO. Human rights activist Hilda Navarrete, from the "Voice of Those Without Voice" (La Voz de los Sin Voz) organization in the southwestern state of Guerrero, Mexico, will provide an update on the peaceful grassroots revolt against the newly installed PRI governor. Charging fraud, oppositionists are refusing to pay state taxes.
April 13, 1999
VISAS FOR IMMIGRANTS FLEEING TORTURE. The U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service has provided procedures to protect immigrants from countries where they would be tortured. The INS published interim regulations not to expel, return or extradite those fleeing torture, after the U.S. agreed to execute the international Convention against Torture. Weekly commentator Carlos Spector-Calderon will address this issue.
LEGAL AID FOR MIGRANTS. Legal aid agencies serving poor residents, already targets of Republican budget cuts, are the focus of an effort from agribusiness interests to curtail federal services to seasonal migrant farm workers. Jose Padilla, executive director of California Rural Legal Assistance, will comment on hearings to gather public feedback on this issue.
April 14, 1999
THE FOLKLORE OF CESAR CHAVEZ. Farmworker union pioneer Cesar Chavez's quest to organize the fields around social justice has inspired an abundant crop of Mexican folk "corridos." Ballads with folk memories of Chavez are now being sung in picket lines as well as played on jukeboxes. As part of a series celebrating Cesar Chavez's birthday, this program will feature troubadours of the Movimiento.
HEALTHY FAMILIES: STILL WAITING. Healthy Families, the California version of the national program to provide health insurance for children of the working poor, is lagging behind its goal of enrolling half a million children. Less than 100,000 have enrolled. Many Latinos don't apply, fearing that the health benefits will be considered "public charge." Washington continues mute on their interpretation. Irma Michel, of California's Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board, will comment on this pressing issue.
April 15, 1999
PUERTO RICO EDITION - CORRUPTION AMONG PUBLIC OFFICIALS. A look into recent scandals revealed by Puerto Rico's media. Public officials have been accused of acts of widespread corruption, including fraud against federal agencies and blackmail against small and mid-sized businesses.
MEXICO EDITION. A program hosted by Paco Huerta as part of the series "Voz Publica," a call in show gathering comments from Mexico City listeners on current issues.
April 16, 1999
COPS. A conversation with Victor Torres, a former police officer in Santa Ana, CA, and author of "COPS," a book to be released this spring. "COPS" is the story of police officer Sam Fuentes, who endures ostracism and retaliation from his fellow cops for battling racial and ethnic slurs and jokes and open attacks against officers of color in the Santa Ana Police Department.
IMMIGRANTS' SUMMIT. Hundreds of immigrant advocates from Northern California will gather in San Francisco for a grassroots summit to discuss issues including the INS raids in the workplace, Proposition 227, the hazards faced by garment workers and the lack of investment in schools that serve immigrant youth. Venancia Vargas, from the Northern California Coalition for Immigrant Rights, will talk about the summit.
April 19, 1999
HEALTH EDITION: INHALANTS. More than one thousand toxic inhalant products, widely available in stores and pharmacies, are ending up in the hands of children and youth. The growing abuse of these products has created an adiction called "the cocaine of the 90s." A member of the National Institute of Drug Abuse will talk about this epidemic.
FEDS TO HELP SMALL FARMERS. In response to recent legal challenges from African American farmers complaining about being left out of credits and services, the U.S. Department of Agriculture opened an office to provide support for disadvantaged farmers. California Central Valley's farmer Gloria Palacios spearheaded this effort.
April 20, 1999
BIOTECH FARMING. As an Earth Day special, Línea Abierta will talk with UC Berkeley's biologist Miguel Altieri on how most of the U.S. corn and soy bean crops have been genetically modified without public consultation. Altieri will talk on the risks and the need to label all genetically-engineered agricultural products.
VISAS FOR CENTRAL AMERICANS. Nicaraguans and Hondurans present in the U.S. before December 30th, have only two months left to apply for a Temporary Protection Status, a legal benefit provided to the countries devastated by Hurricane Mitch. Attorney Carlos Spector-Calderon, a weekly commentator, will advise interested applicants.
April 21, 1999
CESAR CHAVEZ: THE STRAWBERRY FIELDS. In this anniversary special of United Farm Workers co-founder and labor symbol Cesar Chavez, his elder son Paul Chavez and Arturo Rodriguez, Chavez' successor as leader of the UFW, will review the state of the farm labor union, including membership, contracts and the union's quest to take on the whole strawberry farming industry.
THE CITRUS FREEZE AFTERMATH. Farming towns in the citrus belt of Central California, already plagued by high unemployment, are bracing for years of recovery work from the devastating December freeze. The packing houses and farming trucks are silent and, despite government and private disaster aid, thousands are struggling to pay their bills. Línea Abierta will revisit the story.
April 22, 1999
PUERTO RICO EDITION: CHILD LABOR LAWS. Corporate interests in Puerto Rico, with support from Puerto Rico's Department of Education, are lobbying for softer labor laws to allow teenagers to work as salaried workers in the construction industry.
MEXICO EDITION. A program hosted by Paco Huerta as part of the series Voz Publica, a call-in show discussing current issues and gathering comments from Mexico City listeners.
April 23, 1999
ANCIENT WOODLANDS. In this Earth Day special, Rick Klein, cofounder of the group Ancient Forest International, will discuss the threats to the environment, including global warming, pollution and the loss of many living species. Destruction of forests and natural systems is taking a toll on human health and continuing economic and natural disasters. If the extinction crisis is not treated, it could cost the whole civilization, says Klein.
LATINA TEENS COMING OF AGE. Luz Alvarez Martinez, director of the National Latina Health Organization, will discuss a new project which seeks to promote a dialogue between teenage girls and their mothers, or between younger and elder women. Topics of the dialogue include growing up and sexuality.Listeners also called to comment on the massacre in a school in Littleton, Colorado. Callers pointed to the need of reinforcing family ties and parents communication with children as a way to "vaccinate" children against the hostile and violent environment fostered by media, wars, gun proliferation, drugs, gangs, video games and commercialism.
April 26, 1999
CHILDREN HEALTH ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE CENTURY. In celebration of Día del Niño, this weekly health edition will review top achievements of the century that improved the health and life expectancy of children. Highlights include vaccination, safer and healthier foods, family planning, motor vehicle safety, and others. Dr. Elmer Huerta, monthly commentator from Washington, DC, will also answer listeners' questions on health and well being.
REMITTANCES. A group of credit unions in California and Nevada has joined efforts with Caja Popular Mexicana, Mexico's largest credit union, and similar agencies in Central America to provide low-cost money order services to migrant families. Called IRNet, the non-profit venture has been hailed by Mexican-American politicians as an effective way to protect the money of migrant workers.
April 27, 1999
NATURALIZATION WAIVERS FOR IMMIGRANTS WITH DISABILITIES. Medical waiver forms may exempt disabled immigrants applying for citizenship from the required tests on English and U.S. history. Weekly commentator Carlos Spector-Calderon will review this and other news.
CARLOS MONSIVAIS. Reporter Citlali Saenz interviewed Carlos Monsivais, one of the foremost Mexican intellectuals, in Berkeley, CA. Monsivais says that Mexico's nationalism is in crisis and new patriotic, civil-rights movements are replacing that decaying system.MICHAEL KEARNEY. Anthropologist Michael Kearney says that the reason why the U.S. and Mexico fail to deal with the issues of their migrant populations is because these countries' migration policies don't go to the roots and are not binational and coordinated. Citlali Saenz interviewed Kearney at a recent conference in U.C. Berkeley.
April 28, 1999
DETENTION WATCH. More than 150 thousand immigrants are detained annually by the US Border Patrol. Most face deportation without seen a defense attorney. In response, Chris Nugent, executive director of the Florence Immigration and Rights Project in Arizona, and other groups organized a campaign called Detention Watch, to advise immigrants on their legal rights.
LATINO DOCTORS IN DEMAND. The shortage of Latino physicians, worsened since Proposition 209 dismantled affirmative action in California, is keeping Latinos away from health care. Dr. Katherine Flores, representing U.C. San Francisco-Fresno's Latino Center for Medical Education and Research, will discuss efforts to promote enrollment in medical schools among high school Latino students.
April 29, 1999
PUERTO RICO: TRAGIC WAR GAMES IN VIEQUEZ. U.S. Navy war games in Puerto Rico's Viequez island are now under community fire. The recent death of a local resident by military gunfire materialized the worst fears and the continuing warnings of leaders in this fishermen community.
MEXICO EDITION. Weekly host Paco Huerta brings to the U.S. airwaves talks with politician and community leaders, as well as call-ins from listeners from Mexico City. The program, part of Huerta's daily radio series "Voz Publica," focuses on current Mexican issues.
April 30, 1999
INVISIBLE WORKERS. Pine tree workers in Oregon toil long hours in the hills without sanitation facilities, basic safeguards, health care or schooling. Profr. Herlinda Gonzalez and graduate student Mario Magana set out to organize a conference convening advocates, scholars, and government officials to bring light on the invisible undocumented workers and their families.
DIA DE LOS NINOS, DIA DE LOS LIBROS. Accomplished writer Pat Mora, also author of children's books, and Oralia Garza de Cortez, a librarian in Austin, Texas, will talk about a national campaign to encourage Latino children to be good readers both in English and Spanish. This is a special program on occasion of Latin America Children's Day.
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