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Linea Abierta Programs for December 2004
Wednesday, December 1st
Thursday, December 2ndPROGRAM # 4381 - 12:00 PST
MEXICAN ÉMIGRÉS: THE RIGHT TO VOTE. A Mexican émigré has been elected to the legislature in the state of Michoacan pledging to push for the right to vote for his fellow émigrés in local elections. This program reports also on pending federal bills to grant voting rights for émigrés on presidential elections.Guest: Dr. Jesús Martínez Saldaña, professor at California State University Fresno, elected legislator, State Congress, Michoacan state.
ALSO, TRAVELING SEASON. This holiday season, the highways, bus depots and airports across the country will be as busy as in better days, according to experts. An analyst of the travel industry and transportation safety gives practical advice for travelers, especially those driving across states or national lines.
Guest: Aymee Ruiz, national spokesperson, AAA, Miami, FL.
PROGRAM # 4382 - 12:00 PST
PUERTO RICO EDITION. Meet Wanda Colón Cortés, the host in WRTU, Radio Universidad de Puerto Rico, who brings live interviews and commentary on news developments with an emphasis in issues on women and peace in the Caribbean basin. Listeners are encouraged to call in.
Friday, December 3rd
PROGRAM # 4383 - 12:00 PST
MEXICO EDITION. Francisco “Paco” Huerta, a veteran radio journalist and civic journalism’s foremost advocate, broadcasts from Mexico City a live edition of his series “Voz Pública,” a program that encourages listeners to join the discussion on top Mexican issues.
Monday, December 6th
PROGRAM # 4384 - 12:00 PST
AIDS: THE VIRUS SPREADS. New infections in the AIDS epidemic continue to increase. Mexican-americans, and Latino women and youth are the latest victims. Mexican migrant workers are also at higher risk, according to researchers conducting a binational study in California and the Mexican heartlands. This program also examines public efforts to give affected populations access to information and free AIDS tests.Guests: Maria Teresa Hernandez, Epidemiologist, University of California, California Mexico AIDS Initiative, University-wide AIDS Research Project, San Francisco, CA; Dr. Juan Ruiz, Acting Chief, HIV/AIDS Epidemiology, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento, CA; “Yolanda,” homemaker, AIDS patient.
Tuesday, December 7th
PROGRAM # 4385 - 12:00 PST
IMMIGRATION EDITION. Chicago attorney Rosalba Piña comments on the intelligence-overhaul bill and about the national standards for driver’s licenses and other restrictions against immigrants included in the pending bill. She also reminds Nicaraguan and Honduran refugees about an upcoming deadline for renewals of TPS permits. Piña also answers questions from listeners who call from Florida, Pennsylvania, Washington and California on immigrant rights and citizenship procedures.
Wednesday, December 8th
Thursday, December 9thPROGRAM # 4386 - 12:00 PST
RESISTING DEPORTATION. Community groups and family members of Tomas Reyes, 53, are holding a candlelight vigil in Fresno, CA, supporting Mr. Reyes' struggle to stop his deportation. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied a request to withdraw his deportation based on a conviction two decades ago of immigrant smuggling. The Reyes family is now appealing to lawmakers to pass a private bill.Guests: Tomas Reyes and daughter Monica Reyes, Madera.
ALSO, WOMEN MURDERS IN GUATEMALA. Hundreds of women, mostly poor, have been killed in Guatemala this year. The United Nations has called these crimes an alarming trend. Researchers of the UN say that the spiral of aggressions against women in this Central American country is a result of a culture of machismo and impunity in incidents of family and public violence. This documentary program was produced by Raul Silva with SIPAM, a Mexican women organization. It airs on the eve of International Human Rights Day.
PROGRAM # 4387 - 12:00 PST
PUERTO RICO EDITION. Meet Wanda Colo´n Corte´s, the host in WRTU, Radio Universidad de Puerto Rico, who brings live interviews and commentary on news developments with an emphasis in issues on women and peace in the Caribbean basin. Listeners are encouraged to call in.PROGRAM # 4388 - 21:00 PST
LOS ANGELES SIMULCAST: THE WAR, THE VOTE AND MORE. In this monthly joint program between KPFK’s Nuestra Voz program in Los Angeles and Radio Bilingüe, hosts in Los Angeles and San Francisco encourage listeners to comment on the series of simulcasts during 2004. Hosts also address news related to the war. The Pentagon sends more troops to the frontlines after the deadliest month for U.S. troops in Iraq. And the elections: Is the Latino voter now more suburban and therefore more Republican? Or continues growing as a metropolitan urban population and therefore a Democratic or independent base?
Friday, December 10th
PROGRAM # 4389 - 12:00 PST
MEXICO EDITION. Francisco “Paco” Huerta, a veteran radio journalist and civic journalism’s foremost advocate, broadcasts from Mexico City a live edition of his series “Voz Pública,” a program that encourages listeners to join the discussion on top Mexican issues.
Monday, December 13th
PROGRAM # 4390 - 12:00 PST
MEDICARE DRUGS: LOW-INCOME CREDITS. A federal subsidy up to 600 dollars for low-income beneficiaries of Medicare is about to expire for this year’s credit. Learn about this benefit and about the temporary program of discount cards from Medicare in this radio talk aired in collaboration with the largest network of Hispanic health service providers.Guest: Magdalena Castro-Lewis, director, Center for Health Care Professionals, National Alliance for Hispanic Health, Washington, DC, www.hispanichealth.org
Tuesday, December 14th
PROGRAM # 4391 - 12:00 PST
DIABETES AND THE HOLIDAYS. Dr. Elizabeth Valdez shares tips for diabetic patients who begin to go to holiday parties, dinners and food temptations. Dr. Valdez says that with some planning to eat well and do some exercise, diabetics also can have a good time during the holiday season.Guest: Dr. Elizabeth Valdez, President, El Concilio Latino de Salud, Phoenix, AZ, and representative of the National Alliance for Hispanic Health, www.hispanichealth.org
Wednesday, December 15th
Thursday, December 16thPROGRAM # 4392 - 12:00 PST
GUADALAJARA SIMULCAST. This is a monthly program aired simultaneously in Western Mexico’s state of Jalisco through Sistema Jalisciense de Radio y TV network and in the U.S. via Radio Bilingüe.MIGRANT MAYORS. Migrant leaders who returned to their hometowns and were elected to local governments, talk about their public life experience and new year’s plans for their community. They also talk about their hometowns plans to welcome paisanos traveling home for the holidays.
Guests: Mayors Jaime Almaraz Garibay, Tuscacuesco; Nicolas Morales Ramos, Cuautla; Jose Arturo Garcia Barajas, La Barca.
PAISANOS AT THE CROSSING POINTS. Mexico’s federal government began a new season of the Paisano program, a campaign to help travelers on their way to their hometowns for the holidays cross through customs and other border checkpoints. Measures include volunteer observers, guided car caravans, one-stop service at crossing checkpoints, and allowing more gifts to visitors traveling by land.
Guest: Mario Pérez, West Coast representative, Paisano program, Mexican Consulate, Los Angeles.
PROGRAM # 4393 - 12:00 PST
PUERTO RICO EDITION. Meet Wanda Colo´n Corte´s, the host in WRTU, Radio Universidad de Puerto Rico, who brings live interviews and commentary on news developments with an emphasis in issues on women and peace in the Caribbean basin. Listeners are encouraged to call in.
Friday, December 17th
PROGRAM # 4394 - 12:00 PST
MEXICO EDITION. Francisco “Paco” Huerta, a veteran radio journalist and civic journalism’s foremost advocate, broadcasts from Mexico City a live edition of his series “Voz Pública,” a program that encourages listeners to join the discussion on top Mexican issues.
Monday, December 20th
PROGRAM # 4395 - 12:00 PST
TEN AGAINST TB. Tuberculosis continues spreading in the Mexico-U.S. border area and the disease has become more resistant to current drugs because of problems in completing treatment. In response, a number of public agencies, service providers and community groups from ten states in both sides of the border join efforts to renew the battle against the deadly epidemic. This is a roundtable on the issue.Guests: Dr. Miguel Escobedo, director, Public Health Regions 9 and 10, Texas Department of Health, El Paso, TX; Dr. Maria Guadalupe Felix Herrera, Coordinadora de programa de tuberculosis, Instituto de Servicios de Salud de Baja California, Mexicali, Mexico; Alberto Colorado, Binational Health Projects Director, Department of Health and Human Services, County of San Diego, CA; Jose Luis Burgos, Coordinator of Proyecto Acceso, San Diego Department of Health and Human Services, San Diego, CA; Vicenta Mendoza, TB patient, Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.
Tuesday, December 21st
PROGRAM # 4396 - 12:00 PST
IMMIGRATION EDITION. Attorney Rosalba Piña gives advice to noncitizens who are traveling outside of the country. Federal authorities may stop many legal residents upon re-entering the country. Piña also answers listener calls on immigrant rights and citizenship procedures.
Wednesday, December 22nd
Thursday, December 23rdPROGRAM # 4397 - 12:00 PST
WAR RESISTER. U.S. Navy Petty officer Pablo Paredes defied his command and refused to board his war ship, departing for Iraq. Paredes showed up ot the pier in San Diego wearing a T-shirt that read: "Like a Cabinet member, I resign." After the Navy authorities initiated proceedings to investigate him and declare him a deserter, he turned himself in. He is now actively pursuing a status of conscientious objector. This program features a fragment of the speech Pablo Paredes gave when he turned himself in in San Diego, a letter read by Fernando Suarez del Solar, father of a soldier killed in Iraq, and an interview from New York with Victor Paredes, brother of Pablo.
PROGRAM # 4398 - 12:00 PST
PUERTO RICO EDITION. Meet Wanda Colón Cortés, the host in WRTU, Radio Universidad de Puerto Rico, who brings live interviews and commentary on news developments with an emphasis in issues on women and peace in the Caribbean basin. Listeners are encouraged to call in.
Friday, December 24th
PROGRAM # 4399 - 12:00 PST
MEXICO EDITION. Francisco “Paco” Huerta, a veteran radio journalist and civic journalism’s foremost advocate, broadcasts from Mexico City a live edition of his series “Voz Pública,” a program that encourages listeners to join the discussion on top Mexican issues.
Monday, December 27th
PROGRAM # 4400 - 12:00 PST
THE COLD SEASON. It is the cold season and while there is no cure for the common cold, there are easy ways to get relief for the symptoms. There are also ways to prevent colds or prevent them from becoming bronquitis and pneumonia. Dr. Elmer Huerta, a regular commentator from Washington, DC, also advises against the use of antibiotics to treat the common cold.
Tuesday, December 28th
PROGRAM # 4401 - 12:00 PST
TANIA LIBERTAD. Considered one of the great singers of Latin America, Peruvian-born Tania Libertad pays homage to her Afro-Peruvian roots in her latest CD, Negro Color. In this interview, Tania Libertad talks about her life as a Mexican citizen, José Alfredo Jiménez, and the common roots of North American and Latin American soul music. Libertad is on tour in the U. S. promoting her latest album.
Wednesday, December 29th
Thursday, December 30thPROGRAM # 4402 - 12:00 PST
NEWS FROM MEXICO. Francisco “Paco” Huerta, host of Línea Abierta’s weekly Mexico Edition, provides a special live program. Huerta encourages listeners to discuss current issues, including the costs of money remittances and ongoing efforts in the Mexican Congress to pass a law allowing émigrés to vote in Mexico’s presidential elections.
PROGRAM # 4403 - 12:00 PST
PUERTO RICO EDITION. Meet Wanda Colón Cortés, the host in WRTU, Radio Universidad de Puerto Rico, who brings live interviews and commentary on news developments with an emphasis in issues on women and peace in the Caribbean basin. Listeners are encouraged to call in.
Friday, December 31st
PROGRAM # 4404 - 12:00 PST
MEXICO EDITION. Francisco “Paco” Huerta, a veteran radio journalist and civic journalism’s foremost advocate, broadcasts from Mexico City a live edition of his series “Voz Pública,” a program that encourages listeners to join the discussion on top Mexican issues.
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