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Linea Abierta Programs for February 2001

Thursday, February 1st

PROGRAM # 2730 - 12:00 NOON PDT
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 # 2731 - 13:00 PDT
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

Friday, February 2nd

PROGRAM # 2732 - 12:00 PDT
IMMIGRATION EDITION. Attorney Carlos Spector Calderón comments on the window of opportunity for visa applicants under the recently-reinstated 245i provision. Spector-Calderon also gives advice on citizenship application procedures.

Guest: Attorney Carlos Spector-Calderón, El Paso, TX.

PROGRAM # 2733 - 13:00 PDT
NEWS FROM THE BORDER. News contributors from affiliate stations along the Mexico-U.S. border area file reports on current developments. Prospective stories include the recent assassination attempt of the governor of Chihuahua by a former state police officer, the arrest of a high-level attorney general official in connection with the sale of government jobs, and the debate on NAFTA regulations allowing Mexican commercial trucks free access to U.S. markets.

Guests: Mary Vázquez, station manager, Radio Tecnológico, Tijuana; Ing. Juan González, news director, Radio Universidad de Chihuahua.

Monday, February 5th

PROGRAM # 2734 - 12:00 PDT
HEALTH EDITION. Dr. Elmer Huerta, a regular contributor, joins this edition to discuss recent news developments in the medical field. He also answers listener calls on health and wellness.

Guest: Dr. Elmer Huerta, www.prevencion.org

PROGRAM # 2735 - 13:00 PDT
MIGRANT WHALES. Thousands of gray whales are currently making their annual migration from the Aleutian Islands to their birthing waters in Baja California. This is one of the longest migrations on earth. Gray whales have been on the brink of extinction. This program features efforts to protect this Mexican-born wonder of nature.

Guest: Gisella Heckel, President, Marine Mammal Research and Conservation in Ensenada (Investigacion y Conservacion de Mamiferos de Ensenada), Ensenada, Mexico, http://icmme.ens.uabc.mx

Tuesday, February 6th

PROGRAM # 2736 - 12:00 PDT
EL FISGON. This program features a conversation with Mexican cartoonist Rafael Barajas, "El Fisgon," a contributor to La Jornada and other top Mexican newspapers and publications. Barajas, a 1999 National Journalism Award recipient, talks about his recent books, "El Sexenio me da Pena," about the Zedillo administration, and "La Historia de un Pais en Caricatura (Caricatura Mexicana de Combate 1829-1872), which chronicles Mexican cartoon tradition during the XIX century.

Guest: Rafael Barajas, (aka) "El Fisgon".

PROGRAM # 2737 - 13:00 PDT
YOGA AND WELLNESS. Architect Carlos Michan-Amiga, a master guru and member of Red Gran Fraternidad Universal, talks about the discipline of yoga. Michan-Amiga discusses how yoga helps to maintain good health and relieve the anxiety and stress of modern life. He also discusses postures and techniques to help alleviate symptoms of common ailments, such as arthritis, chronic pain and fatigue, and hypertension.

Guest: Carlos Michan-Amiga, master guru, Mexico City.

Wednesday, February 7th

PROGRAM # 2738 - 12:00 NOON PDT
BAN RARRA. The acclaimed Cuban folklore group Ban Rarra returns to the United States for a three-week artistic residency. Ban Rarra has scheduled ten energetic music and dance concerts around the San Francisco Bay area, with Haitian Cuban dance styles such as "Son," "Cha Cha," "Vodu," "Gaga," "Tumba Francesca" and "Tajona." This program airs in celebration of Black History Month.

Guest: Isaias Rojas-Ramirez, director, Ben Rarra.

PROGRAM # 2739 - 13:00 PDT
INCOME TAX TIME. The season of income tax preparations is back and government officials are warning against consultants who offer bigger returns and invent dependents. They also warn about penalties for those who fail to report their income taxes. Penalties include residency and citizenship visa restrictions. This program focuses on new tax regulations in California.

Guest: Gerardo Ruvalcaba, California Franchise Board

ALSO, EDUCATION REFORMS. Gov. Gray Davis is proposing to allow school districts to extend the school year an additional six weeks for middle school students. California has also established mandatory exams for graduating high school students. This and other reforms are the topics to be discussed with a top adviser of California's education system.

Guest: Monica Lozano, publisher, La Opinion newspaper; member, California's Board of Education.

Thursday, February 8th

PROGRAM # 2740 - 12:00 NOON PDT
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 # 2741 - 13:00 PDT
MEXICO EDITION. Francisco "Paco" Huerta, a veteran radio journalist and civic journalism's foremost advocate, is the program host. He offers this weekly, tape-delayed edition of the series "Voz Publica," a call-in program airing from Mexico City.

HOST: Francisco Huerta, www.vozpublica.com

Friday, February 9th

PROGRAM # 2742 - 12:00 PDT
BRACEROS. A special multi-party commission of the Mexican Congress, along with federal prosecutors, begins an inquiry into the disappearance of millions of dollars earned by Mexican guest workers who worked U.S. fields and railroads during WWII. The new Mexican administration is said to endorse the probe into the Bracero savings fund.

Guest: Congressman Sergio Acosta (PRD-Michoacan)

ALSO, MUJERES DE JUAREZ. Grassroots groups in Los Angeles are urging the U.S. and Mexican governments to investigate the murders of more than 200 women in the border city of Ciudad Juarez. Leaders of a watchdog human rights group accuse the Mexican government of conspiring to silence the tragedy.

Guests: Lorena Mendez, Sandra Luz Gallegos, "Justicia para las Mujeres de Juarez" group.

PROGRAM # 2743 - 13:00 PDT
IMMIGRATION EDITION. Attorney Carlos Spector-Calderon comments on the window of opportunity for visa applicants under the recently reinstated 245i provision. Spector-Calderon also gives advice on citizenship application procedures.

Guest: Attorney Carlos Spector-Calderon, El Paso, TX.

Monday, February 12th

PROGRAM # 2744 - 12:00 PDT
HEALTH EDITION - MEDICINAL PLANTS. Herbal remedies have gained respect in the conventional medical field. Yet Mexico's public health system recently banned or restricted the sale of dozens of popular herbs used for teas or nutritional supplements. This program discusses the value of plants, roots and seeds for various organs and to fight common conditions or diseases. It also discusses official measures to combat quackery and ensure public safety.

Guest: Dr. Bruno Parodi, co-founder and vice president of Instituto de Medicinas Tradicionales Tlahuilli, author of several books of the collection Historia General de la Medicina en Mexico (UNAM). Modesta Lavana, a renowned and popular Mexican healer from Morelos, Mexico.

PROGRAM # 2745 - 13:00 PDT
LISTENERS COMMENTS - OPEN LINE. Listeners are encouraged to comment on news of the week. Suggested topics include the meeting this week between Presidents Bush and Fox, the energy crisis and the growing utility bills in California, proposed school reforms and the federal tax-cut plan.

Tuesday, February 13th

PROGRAM # 2746 - 12:00 PDT
OMAR SOSA. Award-winning Cuban composer and pianist Omar Sosa presents in San Francisco his first work for orchestra entitled "From Our Mother." The Oakland Youth Orchestra will perform his new work. Omar's orchestral piece incorporates musical elements from Afro-Cuban and Afro-Ecuadorian folkloric traditions. Omar, a virtuoso of Afro-Cuban and American jazz rhythms, will also perform with his own Latin jazz ensemble. The concert features material from his soon-to-be- released recording "Prietos." This is a special program in celebration of National Black History Month.

Guest: Omar Sosa, www.melodia.com, omar@melodia.com

PROGRAM # 2747 - 13:00 PDT
BERT CORONA - A TRIBUTE. In the last of a special series, this program offers a report on the legacy of the late Bert Corona, a decades-long human rights advocate and organizer of the poor of the poor. In this report, unionists, community leaders, scholars and legislators pay tribute to Corona. They include UFW's Arturo Rodriguez, SEIU's Eliseo Medina, former assembly speaker Antonio Villarraigosa, assemblyman Gil Cedillo, and others.

Wednesday, February 14th

PROGRAM # 2748 - 12:00 NOON PDT
LOVE, SEX AND RELATIONSHIPS. On the traditional Day of Love and Friendship, Dr. Ana Nogales, a psychologist, columnist and TV commentator, talks about her book, "Dr. Ana Nogales' Book of Love, Sex and Relationships." She discusses concerns about family, marriage, intimacy and the challenges for immigrants who live in two cultural worlds.

Guest: Dr. Ana Nogales, Psychotherapist, Los Angeles, www.diversityspeakers.com/speakers/Ana_Nogales.html

PROGRAM # 2749 - 13:00 PDT
EDUCATION REFORMS. Dr. Santiago Wood, superintendent for Fresno County's school system, comments on current education issues. Topics include Bush's voucher plan, bilingual education three years after Proposition 227, and a proposed extension of the school year in California and in New York.

Guest: Dr. Santiago Wood, Superintendent, Fresno Unified School District.

Thursday, February 15th

PROGRAM # 2750 - 12:00 NOON PDT
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 # 2751 - 13:00 PDT
MEXICO EDITION. Francisco "Paco" Huerta, a veteran radio journalist and civic journalism's foremost advocate, is the program host. He offers this weekly, tape-delayed edition of the series "Voz Publica," a call-in program airing from Mexico City.

HOST: Francisco Huerta, www.vozpublica.com

Friday, February 16th

PROGRAM # 2752 - 12:00 PDT
IMMIGRATION EDITION. Attorney Carlos Spector-Calderon comments on new efforts in Congress to legalize millions of undocumented immigrants. Congressman Luis Gutierrez (D-Chicago) offers a bill to change the current registry date from 1972 to 1996. Spector-Calderon also gives advice on citizenship application procedures.

Guest: Attorney Carlos Spector-Calderon, El Paso, TX.

PROGRAM # 2753 - 13:00 PDT
HEALTH EDITION: ANTIBIOTICS AND MUTANT GERMS. The cold and flu season brings additional demands for antibiotics. Although antibiotics are not effective to fight viral infections, patients often pressure their doctors into writing a prescription anyway. A group of doctors is promoting awareness on the dangers of mutant germs and resistant infections that result from inappropriate use of antibiotics.

Guest: Dr. Ramon Moncada, California Medical Association Foundation, San Diego, www.aware.md

Monday, February 19th

PROGRAM # 2754 - 12:00 PDT
HEALTH EDITION - Dr. Elmer Huerta, a regular contributor, joins this edition to discuss recent news developments in the medical field. He also answers listener calls on health and wellness.

Guest: Dr. Elmer Huerta, www.prevencion.org

PROGRAM # 2755 - 13:00 PDT
FAMILY STORIES. Author Juan Felipe Herrera joins this edition to advise young students and aspiring writers to write first about their families. Family stories and lore, says Herrera, are a good way to find inspiration and begin developing literary skills.

Guest: Juan Felipe Herrera, Professor, California State University, Fresno, cilantroman@yahoo.com

Tuesday, February 20th

PROGRAM # 2756 - 12:00 PDT
PAISANO PROGRAM. President Fox has pledged an end to shakedown "mordidas" and delays at the border checkpoints for émigrés traveling to and from their hometowns in Mexico and Central America. In this edition, the head of a federal inter-agency support program answers listener questions on new Mexican immigration and custom regulations.

Guest: Gerardo Albino, National Coordinator, Paisano Program, Mexico City.

PROGRAM # 2757 - 13:00 PDT
ENERGY CRISIS. Listeners are encouraged to call in with comments on California's plan to rescue public utilities companies from bankruptcy, the rolling black outs, the consumer and citizen efforts to bring electric service under public control, and the spiraling energy rate increases.

ALSO, NEWS FROM WASHINGTON STATE. This segment features efforts to stem racial profiling in police departments. Also, there are reports about immigrants seeking the benefit of Section 245i falling victims of fraud by unscrupulous consultants.

Guest: News department, KDNA, Granger, WA.

Wednesday, February 21st

PROGRAM # 2758 - 12:00 NOON PDT
TRUE TALES FROM ANOTHER MEXICO. Journalist Sam Quiñones tells stories of emigrants, farmworkers and marginalized people from Mexico in a quest to find the other face of modern Mexico. Among the stories, Quiñones features The Lynch Mob, The Popsicle Kings of Tocumbo, the Ballad of Chalino Sánchez, and Jesus Malverde, the revered "Narcosaint."

Guest: Sam Quiñones, Journalist for the Los Angeles Times, Baltimore Sun, The Houston Chronicle and others. "True Tales from Another Mexico," UNM Press, www.unmpress.com, peterm@unm.edu

PROGRAM # 2759 - 13:00 PDT
BUSH TURNS SOCIAL WORK TO CHURCHES. President Bush announced plans supporting faith-based groups to play a higher role as providers of social services. The plan is criticized as lacking accountability measures and blurring the line separating church and state.

Guest: Ernesto Velázquez, U.S. Catholic Charities, Fresno, CA; Others TBA.

Thursday, February 22nd

PROGRAM # 2760 - 12:00 NOON PDT
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 # 2761 - 13:00 PDT
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

Friday, February 23rd

PROGRAM # 2762 - 12:00 PDT
OPEN BORDER (FRONTERA LIBRE). This is the premiere edition in a special series interconnecting U.S. listeners with fellow paisanos in the Western states of Jalisco and Michoacán, home of the largest migrant population in Mexico. The program simulcasts in Satélite Radio Bilingüe and La Jalisciense, 630 AM in Guadalajara, México.

Co-host: Alberto Osorio, host of the program "Frontera Libre," Guadalajara, Jalisco.

PROGRAM # 2763 - 13:00 PDT
IMMIGRATION EDITION. Attorney Carlos Spector Calderón comments on new efforts in Congress to legalize millions of undocumented immigrants. Congressman Luis Gutiérrez (D-Chicago) offers a bill to change the current registry date from 1972 to 1996. Spector-Calderon also gives advice on citizenship application procedures.

Guest: Attorney Carlos Spector-Calderón, El Paso, TX.

Monday, February 26th

PROGRAM # 2764 - 12:00 PDT
HEALTH EDITION - DIABETES. Medical experts warn about an unfolding diabetes epidemic in the U.S. Latinos are at a higher risk of diabetes. Yet, they wait until the last minute to detect their condition. This program discusses how to live with diabetes and how to prevent the disease from turning into a heart, kidney or eye problem.

Guests: Dr. Jose Luis Bautista, representative, National Hispanic Medical Association, http://home.earthlink.net/~nhma, Mary Hernández, diabetic patient.

PROGRAM # 2765 - 13:00 PDT
"RAISING RAÚL." New York-based journalist María Hinojosa talks about her latest book "Raising Raúl," the story of her first child, Raúl, and her struggle to find the values and interests that matter to become a mother and a woman. Hinojosa is an urban affairs correspondent for CNN, a host for NPR's program Latino USA, and a former correspondent for National Public Radio.

Guest: María Hinojosa, maria.hinojosa@turner.com; "Raising Raul", www.penguinputnam.com

Tuesday, February 27th

PROGRAM # 2766 - 12:00 PDT
NATI CANO Y LOS CAMPEROS. Maestro Nati Cano, a virtuoso of traditional Mexican music, joins this program in anticipation of Radio Bilingüe's XIX Annual Viva el Mariachi! Festival in Fresno, CA. Natividad "Nati" Cano, a third-generation musician, is a National Heritage fellow with the National Endowment for the Arts. He founded Los Camperos in Los Angeles nearly forty years ago. Nati coordinates Radio Bilingüe's mariachi workshops for youth and aspiring musicians. The !Viva el Mariachi! Festival is celebrated on Sunday, March 25th.

Guest: Nati Cano, director, Mariachi Los Camperos.

PROGRAM # 2767 - 13:00 PDT
TRIBUNA LIBRE - LISTENER COMMENTS. In this edition, listeners exchange comments on news developments of the week. Suggested topics include current initiatives in the U.S. and Mexico to establish a large-scale guest worker program to work in U.S. agricultural fields.

Wednesday, February 28th

PROGRAM # 2768 - 12:00 NOON PDT
ADOLFO PÉREZ ESQUIVEL. Nobel Peace Prize winner Adolfo Perez Esquivel visited Los Angeles, where he criticized the U.S. bombing of Irak, the migrant deaths at the border and the danger of a new Vietnam in Colombia. Correspondent Ruben Tapia has an exclusive interview with the Argentinean human rights activist.

Taped interview: Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, Argentinean sculptor, Catholic non-violence and human rights activist, 1980 Nobel Peace Prize recipient.

PROGRAM # 2769 - 13:00 PDT
ZAPATISTAS. Zapatista rebel leaders begin touring the most impoverished states in Southern and central Mexico. The insurgent Indian leaders are planning to culminate their caravan in Mexico City on March 11. They are promoting a constitutional reform granting language rights and expanding the power to enact laws and control lands for Mexico's Indian peoples. This program offers the first in a series of news reports from correspondents in Mexico.

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