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Linea Abierta Programs for December 2005

Thursday, December 1st

PROGRAM # 4678 - 12:00 PDT
PUERTO RICO EDITION. Meet Wanda Colón Cortés, the host in WRTU, Radio Universidad de Puerto Rico, who brings interviews and commentary on news developments with an emphasis on issues about women and peace in the Caribbean basin. Listeners are encouraged to call in.

Friday, December 2nd

PROGRAM # 4679 - 12:00 PDT
MEXICO EDITION. Host Martha Elena Ramírez and the “Voz Pública” program continue a tradition of civic radio journalism. Ramírez hosts this edition live from Mexico City, providing as usual news and interviews from Mexico and voices from participant listeners.

Monday, December 5th

PROGRAM # 4680 - 12:00 PDT
WORLD AIDS DAY AND MEXICAN MIGRANTS. One third of AIDS cases in Mexico are from Mexican states with the highest migration to the U.S. This health edition in simulcast with the twelve-station network of Radio Michoacán in Western Mexico explores what happens to migrants when they are away from home and they find new sexual cultural values in the U.S. It also explores the risks to wives and other sexual partners of migrant men. Finally, the program focuses on efforts by health educators to reach and free migrants from HIV in commemoration of World AIDS Day.

Guests: Dr. Juana del Carmen Chacón Sanchez, Chief, Department of Prevention and Control for STDs and HIV/AIDS, State of Michoacan, Morelia; Rosalinda Avitia, Coordinator, Campaign to Prevent HIV/AIDS, California/Mexico Health Initiative, Tulare, CA; Roberto Bustos, health care promoter, especialist on HIV/AIDS prevention, Health Department, Tulare, CA.

EMIGRE VOTE. Electoral agencies in the state of Michoacan are mobilizing a number of movile units to help migrants who return home for the holidays register to vote in the upcoming presidential elections.

Guest: Concepción Torres, Council member, Instituto Federal Electoral, Morelia.

Tuesday, December 6th

PROGRAM # 4681 - 12:00 PDT
IMMIGRATION EDITION. Attorney Rosalba Piña from Chicago answers listener concerns on residency and citizenship procedures. Piña also joins a conversation with attorney Marielena Hincapie, from the National Immigration Law Center, who shares news on recent efforts by Republican Congressman James Sensenbrenner to pass a bill that would criminalize undocumented immigrants, increase Border Patrol raids and expedite deportations. They also comment on the President Bush radio address to the nation on immigration reform.

Wednesday, December 7th

PROGRAM # 4682 - 12:00 PDT
SMART HOLIDAY GIFTS. In this season of holiday gifts, what can parents do to help their family get equipped with computers and software to meet the basic needs of modern education? Experts on consumer affairs share tips on how to buy laptop and desktop computers and how to prevent being victim of fraud when buying online.

Guests: Alberto Rojas, Consumer Reports magazine, New York, NY; Alvaro Puig, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal Trade Commission, Washington, DC.

ALSO, LOSS OF LATINO CLOUT IN TEXAS AND TOM DELAY'S CORRUPTION TRIAL. Attorney Carlos Spector-Calderon from El Paso comments on a Texas judge's decision to let Rep. Tom DeLay be tried on money-laundering charges. He also comments on a U.S. Department of Justice analysis calling illegal and anti-Latino voter the Congressional re-districting plan in Texas promoted by DeLay. Latinos and other minorities' voting strength was weakened by the Republican redistricting in Texas, concluded the report.

PROGRAM # 4683 - 12:00 PDT
PUERTO RICO EDITION. Meet Wanda Colón Cortés, the host in WRTU, Radio Universidad de Puerto Rico, who brings interviews and commentary on news developments with an emphasis on issues about women and peace in the Caribbean basin. Listeners are encouraged to call in.

Friday, December 9th

PROGRAM # 4684 - 12:00 PDT
MEXICO EDITION. Host Martha Elena Ramírez and the “Voz Pública” program continue a tradition of civic radio journalism. Ramírez hosts this edition live from Mexico City, providing as usual news and interviews from Mexico and voices from participant listeners.

Monday, December 12th

PROGRAM # 4685 - 12:00 PDT
TB QUARANTINE. Health workers and officials in Washington State are at odds over the case of a patient of tuberculosis. The young Mexican farm worker who was under treatment went into hiding, and then a debate ensued among local service providers around turning the patient over to immigration authorities to prevent him from infecting others and becoming a public health risk. This is a discussion on this controversy and the rise of TB cases in this agricultural area.

Guests: Peter Browning, director, Public Health Department, Skagit County, Mt. Vernon, WA; Rogelio Rojas, director, Sea Mar Community Health Centers, Mt. Vernon, WA; Molly Pulido, nurse, Department of Health, State of Washington, Mt. Vernon, WA; “Ricardo”, TB patient.

Tuesday, December 13th

PROGRAM # 4686 - 12:00 PDT
MIGRANT FARMING IN THE BIG CITY. Migrant farmers who are growing a plot of Native American fruits and vegetables amid the densely populated barrios of Los Angeles, are fighting the landowner’s plans to bulldoze the community garden and develop a warehouse. The farmers are challenging in court the decision of the city to sell the land to its current owner and are calling the plot a sanctuary for the neighborhood families and a source of clean air. This is a debate on the issue.

Guests: Tezozomoc, organizer, South Central Community Farmers, Los Angeles; Ralph Horowitz, attorney and developer, Los Angeles.

ALSO, NATURAL GAS PRICE HIKES. Natural gas prices are soaring amid one of the coldest winters in many areas of the U.S. Environmentalists fear that many low-income consumers will rely on fireplaces and less healthy fuels to heat their homes this season. The fuel emissions in turn threaten to take a costly toll in the health of working families.

Guests: Claudia Mendoza, manager for ethnic communications, PG&E, San Francisco, CA; Emilio Victorio-Sanchez, bilingual services coordinator, California Public Utilities Commission, San Francisco, CA; Carolina Simonovic, environmental health coordinator, Fresno Metro Ministries, Fresno, CA.

Wednesday, December 14th

PROGRAM # 4687 - 12:00 PDT
TEXAS-GUADALAJARA EDITION: THE MIGRANT VOTE – To help migrants participate in the upcoming presidential election, Mexican elections officials are setting up a number of mobile voter registration centers in states that receive the largest number of visitors for the holidays. Also, special centers along the U.S./Mexico border seek to register visitors as they pass through the major border ports. This program analyzes issues such as the lack of informational campaigns, access to voter registration, mailing registered letters and other hurdles that the migrant voter has to overcome to be able to vote in Mexico. The program is part of the monthly series “Sin Fronteras,” a live simulcast with the three-station network Radiarte in Guadalajara, the heart of Western Mexico.

Guests: Raul Caballero, director, La Estrella daily newspaper, Dallas, TX; Patricio Ballados, Coordinator, Vote of Mexicans Living Abroad, Instituto Federal Electoral, Mexico City; Rogelio Castillo Betancourt, director, Voter Registry, Instituto Federal Electoral, Guadalajara; brief comments from renowned TV journalist Carmen Aristegui and writer Carlos Monsivais.

PROGRAM # 4688 - 12:00 PDT
PUERTO RICO EDITION. Meet Wanda Colón Cortés, the host in WRTU, Radio Universidad de Puerto Rico, who brings interviews and commentary on news developments with an emphasis on issues about women and peace in the Caribbean basin. Listeners are encouraged to call in.

Friday, December 16th

PROGRAM # 4689 - 12:00 PDT
MEXICO EDITION. Host Martha Elena Ramírez and the “Voz Pública” program continue a tradition of civic radio journalism. Ramírez hosts this edition live from Mexico City, providing as usual news and interviews from Mexico and voices from participant listeners.

Monday, December 19th

PROGRAM # 4690 - 12:00 PDT
CURE WITHOUT BORDERS. Health workers from El Paso and Ciudad Juárez are succeeding in treating tuberculosis by seeing this border community as one binational population. TB patients have access to clinical exams, PPD tests and X Rays on both sides of the border. As a result, most treated TB patients are cured and the number of new TB cases is down even as more migrants arrive from the poorest areas of Mexico. This report features Project Juntos.

Guests: Dr. Miguel Escobedo, Center for Border Health Research, Centers for Disease Control, El Paso, TX; Dr. Bertha Armendariz, coordinator, TB Net, El Paso, TX; Dr. Esteban Vlasich, Director, Proyecto Juntos, El Paso, TX; Sandra Acosta, homemaker and TB Patient for three years, her brother Gerardo died of TB, Ciudad Juarez, MX.

Tuesday, December 20th

PROGRAM # 4691 - 12:00 PDT
IMMIGRATION EDITION. The intense activism of 13-year-old daughter Stephanie saved Leandro Palomar from deportation; and a bill passed by the House includes provisions that make it harder to become U.S. citizen, makes undocumented immigrants felon criminals, and expands the powers to deport immigrants. Attorney Rosalba Piña joins this program from Chicago to comment on these and other stories. She also answers listener questions on basic residency and citizenship procedures.

Guest: Gabriela Lemus, national legislative and policy director, League of United Latinamerican Citizens, Washington, DC.

Wednesday, December 21st

PROGRAM # 4692 - 12:00 PDT
TEXAS EDITION - OPERATION COMMUNITY SHIELD. Attorney and political analyst Carlos Spector-Calderón comments on news developments, including Operation Community Shield, a joint venture between local and state police and federal immigration authorities to deport hundreds of alleged gang members. He also comments on the Border Protection, Antiterrorism, and Illegal Immigration Control Act of 2005, a restrictive bill passed by the House. Listeners also comment on their frustration about achieving economic and social development in Mexico and the effectiveness of their voting power in the upcoming Mexican election.

PROGRAM # 4693 - 12:00 PDT
PUERTO RICO EDITION. Meet Wanda Colón Cortés, the host in WRTU, Radio Universidad de Puerto Rico, who brings interviews and commentary on news developments with an emphasis on issues about women and peace in the Caribbean basin. Listeners are encouraged to call in.

Friday, December 23rd

PROGRAM # 4694 - 12:00 PDT
MEXICO EDITION. Host Martha Elena Ramírez and the “Voz Pública” program continue a tradition of civic radio journalism. Ramírez hosts this edition live from Mexico City, providing as usual news and interviews from Mexico and voices from participant listeners.

Monday, December 26th

PROGRAM # 4695 - 12:00 PDT
HMONG NEW YEAR. On this day, Hmong people from all over the world begin five days of the most anticipated celebration of the year. This is a report on the largest event, Fresno’s International Hmong New Year Festival. Began in their native Laos as a time for self-renewal and family-bonding after the harvest season, the festivities in the U.S. are now huge gatherings that showcase folk music and dances, and introduce young girls and boys to society.

Guest: Vungping Yang, educator, Hmong culture promoter, artist, Fresno, CA; Alma Martínez, news reporter, Radio Bilingüe, Fresno, CA.

ALSO, ARPEX SONES. In this holiday season, a traditional harp group from the tropical lands of Michoacan is warming up New Year’s parties in Northern California. The innovative techniques of the festive music of Grupo Arpex caught the attention of Daniel Sheehy, director of Folkways Recordings at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC, who is planning an album release for the summer.

Tuesday, December 27th

PROGRAM # 4696 - 12:00 PDT
WHOOPING COUGH COMES BACK. Also known as pertussis, whooping cough is dramatically rising, striking thousands of people in California and other states. The increase of this respiratory infection despite universal childhood vaccination campaigns has puzzled medical scientists. This program gives practical advice to prevent the infection or permanent disability in babies. It also looks into booster shots and studies about the disease.

Guest: Dr. Gilberto Chavez, state epidemiologist, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento, CA.

ALSO, PUBLIC ANGER OVER TUBERCULOSIS CASE. Community groups in Washington demonstrate against plans by the top health official in Skagit county to report a TB patient to immigration authorities. Reporter Leticia Jimenez, from KSVR, covered the protest and files interviews with farmworker leader Silverio Vivanco and teacher Angelica Guillen Hernandez.

Wednesday, December 28th

PROGRAM # 4697 - 12:00 PDT
TEXAS EDITION. Attorney and political analyst Carlos Spector-Calderón joins this edition to review some good and not so good events that impacted the border area in 2005. News developments include the approval of the restrictive Sensenbrenner bill in Congress, the vigilante operation of the minutemen group at the border, the federal scrutiny against a Spanish-speaking station in San Antonio that aired a border-patrol watch, Jose has become the most popular boy's name in Arizona and Texas, and other news stories. Several callers join in the on-air conversation.

PROGRAM # 4698 - 12:00 PDT
PUERTO RICO EDITION. Meet Wanda Colón Cortés, the host in WRTU, Radio Universidad de Puerto Rico, who brings interviews and commentary on news developments with an emphasis on issues about women and peace in the Caribbean basin. Listeners are encouraged to call in.

Friday, December 30th

PROGRAM # 4699 - 12:00 PDT
MEXICO EDITION. Host Martha Elena Ramírez and the “Voz Pública” program continue a tradition of civic radio journalism. Ramírez hosts this edition live from Mexico City, providing as usual news and interviews from Mexico and voices from participant listeners.

 

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