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August
1,
2000
12:00-1:00 p.m. PST
PROGRAM # 2466 - REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION: SPECIAL COVERAGE. This is a report on the latest convention developments. Featuring education and health care on this day, speakers include Milwaukee educator Pilar Gómez, with the American Education Reform Council, and California assemblyman Abel Maldonado, who is scheduled to address delegates entirely in Spanish. Retired judge Armando Rodríguez comments on the prospects of a Republican administration for the judiciary system. Correspondent Patricia Guadalupe files a report.
PROGRAM # 2467 - PHONE-IN COMMUNITY FORUM. Listeners are encouraged to call in during this program to discuss issues impacting their communities. The Republican presidential nomination is a suggested topic.
August
2,
2000
PROGRAM # 2468 - REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION: SPECIAL COVERAGE. On the second night of the convention, Republicans send a message of strength and security, demanding more support for U.S. defense policies and military might. Speakers include Elizabeth Dole and Sen. John McCain. José Rivera and other top leaders of the Republican National Hispanic Assembly are invited to comment on those issues. Patricia Guadalupe reports from the convention site in Philadelphia.
PROGRAM # 2469 - DEATH PENALTY IN ILLINOIS. The task force designated by Illinois Gov. George Ryan to study the impact of the death penalty in the state began public hearings this week. Gov. Ryan declared a moratorium on executions, pending an evaluation after a number of death row cases have eventually been found not guilty. The hearings begin at a moment when a federal report concludes that capital punishment affects prisoners of color in greater numbers.Guest: Roberto Ramírez, member, Governor's Commission on Death Penalty, Chicago.
August
3 ,
2000
PROGRAM # 2470 - PUERTO RICO EDITION - WRTU - Radio Universidad de Puerto Rico brings interviews and commentary on news developments in the Caribbean basin.HOST: Wanda Colon-Cortez.
PROGRAM # 2471 - MEXICO EDITION. Francisco "Paco" Huerta, winner of the National Journalism Award in 1983, is a veteran radio journalist and program host. He offers this weekly, tape-delayed edition of the series "Voz Pública," a call-in program airing in Mexico City.HOST: Francisco Huerta, www.vozpublica.com
August
4 ,
2000
PROGRAM # 2472 - REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION: TOWARDS NOVEMBER. On the last night of the convention, Gov. George W. Bush accepts his party's nomination as a candidate for President of the U.S. This program also includes segments of a speech by Hector Barreto, a small business owner from California who addresses the convention on the message of growth in the new economy and tax relief for businesses. Correspondent Patricia Guadalupe brings an eyewitness report.
PROGRAM # 2473 - IMMIGRATION EDITION. Attorney Carlos Spector-Calderón comments on the latest developments on immigration law and answers listeners' personal concerns.Guest: Carlos Spector-Calderón, El Paso, TX.
August
14,
2000
PROGRAM # 2484 - HEALTH EDITION - RHEUMATIC DISEASES. This program focuses on plans within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to address disparities in rheumatic diseases among Latino communities. Arthritis and other rheumatic diseases may deform the joints and also damage the lungs, heart, nerves and eyes.Invited guest: Dra Graciela Alarcón, author of the book "Lupus in Minorities." National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, http://healthdisparities.nih.gov
PROGRAM # 2485 - DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION: OPENING DAY. The Democratic National Convention, where President Clinton will symbolically pass the torch on to Vice president Al Gore, kicks off on this day. The opening night highlights the economic boom of the past eight years. Speakers address issues of working families. Among the outreach efforts to Latinos, the convention designated Lydia Camarillo as its CEO and, for the first time, displays its logo in Spanish. Correspondent Ana Lilia Barraza covers the convention in Los Angeles. Maribel Hastings, from the daily La Opinión, also joins the program.Invited guest: Lydia Camarillo, CEO, Democratic Convention.
August
15,
2000
PROGRAM # 2486 - DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION: LATINO PRESENCE. According to Democrats, this convention will gather a record number of Latino delegates. Latino women are also top organizers of the convention. This program features excerpts of speeches from the opening night. News about Latino issues reflected in the party's platform, activities by the Latino caucus, and from the protests outside the convention hall are also discussed in this program.Guests: Ana Lilia Barraza, news correspondent; Juan Arambula, guest commentator; Charlie Gonzalez and Ciro Rodríguez, congressmen for Texas..
PROGRAM # 2487 - PHONE-IN COMMUNITY FORUM. In this program, listeners are encouraged to call in to discuss issues impacting their communities. The Democratic presidential nomination is a proposed topic.
August
16,
2000
PROGRAM # 2488 - DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION: THE SECOND NIGHT. Excerpts of speeches by Sen. Ted Kennedy and Rev. Jesse Jackson are among the highlights of this program. California's Lt. Governor Cruz Bustamante is also scheduled to speak at the convention.Guests: Ana Lilia Barraza, news correspondent; Congresswoman Grace Napolitano, guest commentator.
PROGRAM # 2489 - RISING HOUSING COSTS AND HOMELESSNESS. Residents of San Francisco's Mission district are resisting attempts to build office complexes for the digital and computer industry. Activists say the rising housing costs brought by the influx of the newly-arrived dot-com residents is displacing low-income workers and long-time Latino neighbors. Health professionals also warn that evictions are also threatening to swell the numbers of homeless people and the cases of tuberculosis.Guests: Rene Yañez, artist, Mission resident; Mauricio Avilas, Assistant Director, "Arriba Juntos," digital/computer training agency; Terry Giovanoni, Mission Health Center.
August
17,
2000
PROGRAM # 2490 - PUERTO RICO EDITION - WRTU - Radio Universidad de Puerto Rico brings interviews and commentary on news developments in the Caribbean basin. A roundtable of leaders from Panamenian, Ecuadorian, Korean, African American and Puerto Rican groups talk about their efforts to clean up the legacy of contamination left by military bases around their communities.HOST: Wanda Colon-Cortez.
PROGRAM # 2491 - MEXICO EDITION. Francisco "Paco" Huerta, a veteran radio journalist and civic journalism foremost advocate, is the program host. He offers this weekly, tape-delayed edition of the series "Voz Pública," a call-in program airing in Mexico City.HOST: Francisco Huerta, www.vozpublica.com
August
18,
2000
PROGRAM # 2492 - DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION: NOMINATION ACCEPTANCE. This edition brings news on the culminating night of the convention, including excerpts from Al Gore and Joe Lieberman's acceptance speeches. This program also discusses the prospects for the Democratic ticket.Guest: Ana Lilia Barraza, news correspondent; Lydia Camarillo, CEO, DNC 2000; Antonio Villarraigosa, California assemblyman.
PROGRAM # 2493 - IMMIGRATION EDITION. Attorney Carlos Spector Calderón comments on issues headlining the immigration beat. He also talks with listeners about concerns on visa-processing paperwork.Guest: Carlos Spector-Calderón, El Paso, TX
August
21,
2000
PROGRAM # 2494 - HEALTH EDITION - DR. ELMER HUERTA. A regular commentator, Dr. Elmer Huerta brings news developments in the medical science field. He also answers questions from listeners on health and wellness.Guest: Dr. Elmer Huerta, Oncologist, Washington Hospital Center, www.prevencion.org
PROGRAM # 2495 - ELECTION IN CHIAPAS. This is a news report on Sunday's elections in Chiapas, the southernmost and poorest state of Mexico. Since 1994, Chiapas has been the site of a guerrilla Indian rebellion. Sunday's elections are the first gubernatorial polls since oppositionist Vicente Fox was elected the nation's president. Pablo Salazar challenges Sami David, the candidate of the ruling party PRI. Favored by recent opinion polls, Salazar is supported by an eight-party coalition, including the conservative PAN and the center-left PRD.Guest: Lucy Briones, news correspondent, San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas
August
22,
2000
PROGRAM # 2496 - PEACE IN THE HOME. A roundtable conversation featuring efforts at the community and legislative level to keep domestic violence in check. A recognized grassroots leader from San Francisco reviews her group's accomplishments in ten years of working for empowering Latina immigrants, lobbying for protections for battered immigrant women, and treating domestic violence survivors. A Sacramento legislator reports on pending bills.Guests: Clara Luz Navarro, Mujeres Unidas y Activas, San Francisco, www.nccir.org; Virginia Ortega, Líderes Campesinas, Arvin, www.liderescampesina.org; Sen Hilda Solís, Los Angeles, CA.
PROGRAM # 2497 - SILVINA TABBUSH. Argentina-born singer and songwriter Silvina Tabbush debuts in the San Francisco Bay area bringing her solo album "Rueda." Reviewers describe her style as a tango-blues fusion. She lives in Mexico, where she has performed at various renowned festivals. Tabbush is in concert this week at La Peña Cultural Center, in Berkeley, CA.Guest: Silvina Tabbush, www.geocities.com/silvinatabbush, www.lapena.org
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FOX IN WASHINGTON. Mexico's President-elect Vicente Fox meets with President Clinton in Washington. Fox has insisted in a plan to open the U.S.-Mexico border over a decade. Línea Abierta has invited President-elect Fox to be on this program.
August
23,
2000
PROGRAM # 2498 - OSCAR CHAVEZ. An interview with the legendary Mexican singer, composer, poet, and actor Oscar Chávez, one of the foremost promoters of the Latin American new and folk song throughout the continent. This program also features music of Chávez's newly-released CD "Chiapas." The CD is the recording of a Chávez concert earlier this year in the town of Oventic, Chiapas. The proceeds of this CD's sales support a middle school in a Zapatista Indian rebel area.Guest: Oscar Chávez, www.pentagrama.com.mx, www.escuelasparachiapas.org
PROGRAM # 2499 - THE HEALTH CARE CRISIS: THE CANDIDATES' POSITIONS. Despite being a hardworking community, Latinos are among the most uninsured and the hardest hit by the health care crisis. This program features a roundtable discussion with representatives from the Gore, Bush and Nader campaigns. The issue is how to cure the system and open the doors to health insurance coverage.Guests: Congressman Ciro Rodríguez, head of Congressional Hispanic Caucus' task force on health; Dr. Jane Delgado, President and CEO, National Alliance for Hispanic Health, Washington, DC; others TBA.
August
24,
2000
PROGRAM # 2500 - PUERTO RICO EDITION - WRTU - Radio Universidad de Puerto Rico brings interviews and commentary on news developments in the Caribbean basin.HOST: Wanda Colon-Cortez.
PROGRAM # 2501 - MEXICO EDITION. Francisco "Paco" Huerta, a veteran radio journalist and civic journalism foremost advocate, is the program host. He offers this weekly, tape-delayed edition of the series "Voz Pública," a call-in program airing from Mexico City.HOST: Francisco Huerta, www.vozpublica.com
August
25,
2000
PROGRAM # 2502 - IMMIGRATION EDITION. Attorney Carlos Spector Calderón comments on issues headlining the immigration beat. He also talks with listeners about concerns on visa-processing paperwork.Guest: Carlos Spector-Calderón, El Paso, TX
PROGRAM # 2503 - LOS ANGELES RESIDENT ELECTED TO MEXICO'S CONGRESS. Eddy Varon-Levi, a Mexican émigré living in Los Angeles, was elected to Mexico's Congress as part of a proportional-representation ticket run by the ruling party, the PRI. In this edition, he discusses issues of representation and his agenda.
August
28,
2000
PROGRAM # 2504 - HEALTH EDITION - ULCERS. The myth of peptic ulcers caused by too much stress and spicy foods is long gone. It is now widely known that there is treatment available and often a cure for it. This program focuses on studies suggesting that those born before 1950 in a poor country and living in crowded homes, are most at risk.Guest: Dr. Luis Nassif, Gastroenterologist, St. Francis Hospital, Chicago
PROGRAM # 2505 - LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IN MEXICO. Mexican cities, towns and villages, for decades poor and dependent on Mexico City, may receive a strong infusion of support from President-elect Vicente Fox. The new president vows to return twice as much to local and state governments than what they are currently receiving to improve the streets, the environment, education and development. Fox also promises to strengthen local administrations by allowing reelection of mayors. Activist mayors discuss models for municipal development.Taped interviews: Jose Luis Ruiz, Mayor, Cuquio, Jalisco; Eucario de los Santos, Mayor, Zaragoza, Veracruz; Tomás Villansante (Spain) and Carmen Bahena (Mexico), analysts on governmental affairs.
August
29,
2000
PROGRAM # 2506 - HOUSING FOR FARM WORKERS. A roundtable with rural advocates discussing issues of housing for farm workers. Hundreds of thousands of seasonal workers still struggle to find a home, living in their cars, in orchards or in substandard housing. Guests will talk about options such as migrant housing, self-help housing, mobile homes, and other alternatives.Guests: Roberto Franco, Farm Worker Housing Development Corp., Woodburn, OR; Emilia Mojica, Coachella Valley Housing Corp., Coachella, CA; Arcadio Zamudio, Texas Rural Legal Aid.
PROGRAM # 2507 - OPEN LINE. Listeners call in to comment on proposed news items. This program also looks into a civil-rights hearing in Fresno, CA, to discuss complaints of discrimination against the Spanish-speaking mentally ill by the local health department.
August
30,
2000
PROGRAM # 2508 - MEDEA BENJAMIN. Green Party Senate candidate for California Medea Benjamin woos Latinos with a message pro living wage and pro amnesty for immigrants. Benjamin, an anti-sweatshop crusader, faces Democrat Dianne Feinstein and Republican Tom Campbell in the November elections.Taped interview: Medea Benjamin
PROGRAM # 2509 - CHILDREN'S INSURANCE. A number of states are expected to lose billions in money allocated for children's insurance because the funds will not be used before the September 30 deadline. Despite having two million uninsured children, the state of California is one of the losing states. The program also answers questions from listeners interested in applying for the State Children's Health Insurance program.
August
31,
2000
PROGRAM # 2610 - PUERTO RICO EDITION - WRTU - Radio Universidad de Puerto Rico brings interviews and commentary on news developments in the Caribbean basin.HOST: Wanda Colon-Cortez.
PROGRAM # 2611 - MEXICO EDITION. Francisco "Paco" Huerta, a veteran radio journalist and civic journalism foremost advocate, is the program host. He offers this weekly, tape-delayed edition of the series "Voz Pública," a call-in program airing from Mexico City.HOST: Francisco Huerta, www.vozpublica.com
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