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Linea Abierta Programs for January 2002

Tuesday, January 1st

PROGRAM # 3206 - 12:00 PDT
LINEA DEL PAISANO - PREDICTIONS. This weekly program provides a forum for live, direct listener questions and comments to a roundtable of high officials in Mexico’s Presidential cabinet. This groundbreaking radio service offers Mexican callers unprecedented access to the Mexican presidency. In this holiday edition, Dr. Juan Hernandez, head of the Presidential Office for Mexicans Abroad, shares with listeners New Year’s resolutions and predictions. Also, José Natera, executive director of the Mexican administration’s Mexico Trade Centers talks about plans to use Internet portals to link business and entrepreneurs on both sides of the border. This program can also be heard online on www.mexicoenlinea.gob.mx

PROGRAM # 3207 - 13:00 PDT
FRONTERA LIBRE EDITION – YEAR IN REVIEW. Radio Bilingüe in the U.S. and Radiarte, Sistema Jalisciense de Radio y Televisión in Guadalajara, México, join broadcasts to interconnect live U.S. audiences with listeners in Mexico’s émigrés home states. This holiday edition showcases excerpts of selected Frontera Libre programs of the series’ first year.

Wednesday, January 2nd

PROGRAM # 3208 - 12:00 NOON PDT
THE WAR ON TERRORISM. Developments on the U.S. war on terrorism are discussed in this program. Listeners are encouraged to call in to comment on news items ranging from the possible expansion of the war to legislation for economic relief.

ALSO,

ADOLFO PEREZ ESQUIVEL. This program includes a segment of a speech by Argentinean human rights advocate Adolfo Perez Esquivel, a Nobel Peace Prize awardee, on the U.S. war against terrorism.

PROGRAM # 3209 - 13:00 PDT
DIA DE LOS REYES: CHORAL CELEBRATION. Coro Hispano de San Francisco and Conjunto Nuevo Mundo have prepared a special arrangement of Afro-Hispanic carols, Caribbean aguinaldos and villancicos from Spain for this year’s Wise Kings Day celebration. This program features choral music and a conversation with Juan Pedro Gaffney, director of the acclaimed groups.

Thursday, January 3rd

PROGRAM # 3210 - 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.

HOST: Wanda Colon-Cortez.

PROGRAM # 3211 - 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, January 4th

PROGRAM # 3212 - 12:00 PDT
IMMIGRATION EDITION. Attorney Carlos Spector Calderón provides news and commentary on major developments on U.S. immigration law. Listeners are encouraged to call in with personal concerns on immigration and citizenship procedures. Spector also gave comments on reports about abuses by attorneys and notaries, and about long delays at the border as paisanos head back north.

PROGRAM 3213 - 13:00 PDT
EDUCATION BILL. An education bill called by its supporters “the most sweeping reform of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act” was finally approved by Congress and is awaiting Bush signature. The bill would use federal aid to force improvements in low-performing schools.

Guests: Dr. Antonio Flores, President, Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities, San Antonio, TX; Jorge Martinez, President, Greater Santa Cruz Federation of Teachers, Santa Cruz, CA.

Monday, January 7th

PROGRAM # 3214 - 12:00 PDT
HEALTH EDITION – GLAUCOMA AMONG MEXICAN AMERICANS. Glaucoma is the leading cause of blindness among U.S. Latinos, according to a study by Johns Hopkins researchers. The disease is more common among Mexican Americans than previously thought. A leading researcher discusses these findings.

Guest: M.S. Beatriz Muñoz, researcher, assistant professor of Ophthalmology, Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University.

PROGRAM # 3215 - 13:00 PDT
COMMUNITY INVESTMENT SUMMIT. A conversation with a representative of California’s The Greenlining Institute on the 9th annual economic development summit. Politicians, consumer advocates and economists meet in Oakland, CA to discuss how to attract investments to low-income communities in times of merger mania, predatory lending schemes, and a weak consumer safety net.

Guest: Orson Aguilar, communications director and senior program manager, The Greenlining Institute, San Francisco, CA.

Tuesday, January 8th

PROGRAM # 3216 - 12:00 PDT
LINEA DEL PAISANO – OPEN LINE. This weekly program provides a forum for live, direct listener questions and comments to a roundtable of high officials in Mexico’s Presidential cabinet. This groundbreaking radio service offers Mexican callers unprecedented access to the Mexican presidency. In this edition, Dr. Juan Hernandez, head of the Presidential Office for Mexicans Abroad, discusses the performance of border agencies in charge of a safe visit for émigrés. This program can also be heard online on www.mexicoenlinea.gob.mx

Guests: Rigoberto Valenzuela, coordinator of donations; Carlos Guillen, director of money remittances; Fernando Lozano, coordinator, attention to migrants.

PROGRAM # 3217 - 13:00 PDT
FRONTERA LIBRE EDITION – NEWS FROM WESTERN MEXICO. Radio Bilingüe in the U.S. and Radiarte, Sistema Jalisciense de Radio y Televisión in Guadalajara, México, join broadcasts to interconnect live U.S. audiences with listeners in Mexico’s émigrés home states. This week, hosts review the news of the week. Also, an expert on sales and income taxes discusses Mexico's tax reform law.

Guest: Ricardo Reveles Lopez, scholar, Universidad de Guadalajara.

Wednesday, January 9th

PROGRAM # 3218 - 12:00 NOON PDT
PEACE PRIZE AWARD. Brian Contreras, leader of a grassroots organization that guides youth away from violence and gang activities, received the California Peace Prize Award from The California Wellness Foundation. Contreras founded the program Second Chance Youth & Family Services in Salinas, CA, to help youth who were entering the juvenile system. Second Chance helps prevent gang fights, weapon incidents and expulsions from schools.

Guests: Brian Contreras, founding director, Second Chance Youth and Family Services, Salinas, CA.

PROGRAM # 3219 - 13:00 PDT
STRUGGLING HOSPITALS. The poor, the immigrant and the colored populations are the first affected when local hospitals are underfunded and ill-equipped. What are voters, governments and doctors doing to help keep vital services in trauma care centers and county hospitals in these times of crisis? This program airs in collaboration with KQED, San Francisco, Health Dialogues series. Panelists report an increase in the numbers of the uninsured, a lack of qualified nurses in the state and reduced funds due to the current economy woes. They also discuss an alarming trend to reduce support for public health and a need to educate voters, taxpayers, business on the need to help maintain the safety net.

Guests: Pilar de la Cruz, V.P. of Educational Development and Human Resources, University Medical Center, Fresno, CA; Dr. Max Cuevas, CEO, Clinica de Salud de Salinas, Salinas, CA; Joel Garcia, CEO, Tiburcio Vazquez Health Center, Union City, CA; Candido Morales, Board of Directors, Healdsburg General Hospital, Healdsburg, CA.

Thursday, January 10th

PROGRAM # 3220 - 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.

HOST: Wanda Colon-Cortez.

PROGRAM # 3221 - 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, January 11th

PROGRAM # 3222 - 12:00 PDT
NEWS RUNDOWN. Former State Attorney General Dan Morales files for governor primaries in Texas, joining millionaire Tony Sanchez in the race for the Democratic nomination. Houston correspondent Raul Feliciano Sanchez also reports that Tony Sanchez and Dan Morales agreed to hold gubernatorial debates in Spanish, the first in Texas history. Finally, he reported on former Secretary Bill Richardson's bid for the governorship of New Mexico.

ALSO,

GREENSPAN URGES MINORITY LOANS. Olson Aguilar, from The Greenlining Institute in San Francisco, comments on the speech by Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan in Oakland. Greenspan urged lenders to do business with minorities and corporations to invest in minority enterprises.

PROGRAM 3223 - 13:00 PDT
IMMIGRATION EDITION. Attorney Carlos Spector Calderón provides news and commentary on major developments on U.S. immigration law. Listeners are encouraged to call in with personal concerns on immigration and citizenship procedures. Spector discussed a court ruling against a law that denies bail hearings to incarcerated immigrants fighting deportation, also President Bush' proposal to restore food stamps for legal immigrants, and a statement by Mexican chancellor Jorge Castaneda: chilaquiles are good, in place of the whole enchilada.

Monday, January 14th

PROGRAM # 3224 - 12:00 PDT
HEALTH EDITION – OBESITY EPIDEMIC. The U.S. Surgeon General David Satcher warns that obesity is about to over-take tobacco as the primary source of preventable death. The epidemic of obesity is killing 300,000 Americans every year. Obesity is more prevalent in poor and Latino communities. Dr. Elmer Huerta comments on this issue and provides advice.

PROGRAM # 3225 - 13:00 PDT
NEWS REVIEW. Civil rights groups press the University of California system to admit undocumented students charging in-state resident fees. This and other national stories are discussed in this edition.

Guests: Attorney Mark Silverman, director of Immigration Policy, Immigrant Legal Resource Center, San Francisco, CA; America Hernandez, student, California State University, Fresno.

ALSO,

MESSAGES FROM PRESIDENT BUSH AND REP. HONDA. This week, President Bush focused his message on proposals to aliviate the plight of those suffering a recessive economy, including extended unemployment benefits, increasing WIC benefits and creating a Job Corps service. Democrat Mike Honda addressed in Spanish the need for a major immigration reform law.

Tuesday, January 15th

PROGRAM # 3226 - 12:00 PDT
LINEA DEL PAISANO – OPEN LINE. This weekly program provides a forum for live, direct listener questions and comments to a roundtable of high officials in Mexico’s Presidential cabinet. This groundbreaking radio service offers Mexican callers unprecedented access to the Mexican presidency. In this edition, Dr. Juan Hernandez, head of the Presidential Office for Mexicans Abroad, discusses the performance of border agencies in charge of a safe visit for émigrés. This program can also be heard online on www.mexicoenlinea.gob.mx

Guest: Rigoberto Valenzuela, Coordinator, Donaciones de Hacienda y Credito Publico.

PROGRAM # 3227 - 13:00 PDT
FRONTERA LIBRE EDITION – NEWS FROM WESTERN MEXICO. Radio Bilingüe in the U.S. and Radiarte, Sistema Jalisciense de Radio y Televisión in Guadalajara, México, join broadcasts to interconnect live U.S. audiences with listeners in Mexico’s émigrés home states. This week, the program hosts review the news of the week. The head of the congressional commission to probe the funds owed to Braceros gave a progress report on the inquiry.

Guest: Congressman Sergio Acosta, PRD-Michoacan.

Wednesday, January 16th

PROGRAM # 3228 - 12:00 NOON PDT
HEALTH ACTION. Grassroots organizations from around the country meet in Washington to discuss how to extend health coverage to unprotected Americans in these challenging times. The tragedy of September 11th, the faltering economy, growing unemployment, loss of health insurance and dwindling budget resources, are among the issues.

Guests: Raquel Donoso, Latino Issues Forum, San Francisco, CA; Kathy Anderson, Families USA, Washington, DC.

ALSO,

UNDOCUMENTED STUDENTS FASTING. Undocumented students go on a hunger strike in Manhattan's City University of New York demanding tuition fees similar comparable to the ones charged to state residents.

Guests: Jerry Dominguez and "Anadelia", protesters, New York.

PROGRAM # 3229 - 13:00 PDT
BERT CORONA: FIRST ANNIVERSARY. One year after the death of Bert Corona, one of the nation’s foremost Latino civil and labor rights leaders, Línea Abierta looks into his legacy. This program discusses the current work of Hermandad Mexicana Nacional, a Los Angeles-based organization founded by Corona.

Guests: Nativo Lopez, national director, and Soledad Alatorre, co-director, Hermandad Mexicana Nacional, Los Angeles.

Thursday, January 17th

PROGRAM # 3230 - 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.

HOST: Wanda Colon-Cortez.

PROGRAM # 3231 - 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, January 18th

PROGRAM # 3232 - 12:00 PDT
IMMIGRATION EDITION. Attorney Carlos Spector Calderón provides news and commentary on major developments on U.S. immigration law. Listeners are encouraged to call in with personal concerns on immigration and citizenship procedures. Spector reviewed news stories, including an agreement of border Indian tribes to help the federal government secure the border and a reported increase in naturalization applications.

PROGRAM 3233 - 13:00 PDT
MARIACHI JUVENIL TECALITLAN. Founded by children of members of famous Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán, this young group has toured the continent, shared the stage with some greats of the Canción Ranchera and collected distinguished awards. This group will headline the XX Viva el Mariachi! Festival in Fresno, CA on March 24.

Guests: Marco Antonio Santiago, director and founder; Jose Alfredo Jauregui, violin player; Mariachi Juvenil Tecalitlan, Mexico City.

Monday, January 21st

PROGRAM # 3234 - 12:00 PDT
HEALTH EDITION – DR. ANA NOGALES. A renowned psychotherapist and author of the upcoming book “Latina Power,” Dr. Nogales gives advice on how to use the new year to deal with old resentments and fears and give room to understanding, conflict resolution and forgiveness.

PROGRAM # 3235 - 13:00 PDT
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. HOLIDAY. On the birthday of the late civil rights hero Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Línea Abierta celebrates his non-violence and social equality values offering an interview with Mexican poet Juan Bañuelos.

JUAN BAÑUELOS, a 70-year-old poet, is a renowned advocate of human and Indian people’s rights and a mediator in the Chiapas conflict. Students wrote his poetry in walls of Mexico City during the activism of 1968. He also talks about his recent anthology book “El Traje que Vestí Mañana”.

Tuesday, January 22nd

PROGRAM # 3236 - 12:00 PDT
LINEA DEL PAISANO – OPEN LINE. This weekly program provides a forum for live, direct listener questions and comments to a roundtable of high officials in Mexico’s Presidential cabinet. This groundbreaking radio service offers Mexican callers unprecedented access to the Mexican presidency. In this edition, Dr. Juan Hernandez, head of the Presidential Office for Mexicans Abroad, discusses the newly launched “Adopt a Migrant Community” project. Victor Hugo Flores, head of the Office for Awareness and Integration of Disabled People, talked about plans to promote awareness, access and direct services for disabled Mexicans. This program can also be heard online on www.mexicoenlinea.gob.mx

PROGRAM # 3237 - 13:00 PDT
FRONTERA LIBRE EDITION – NEWS FROM WESTERN MEXICO. Radio Bilingüe in the U.S. and Radiarte, Sistema Jalisciense de Radio y Televisión in Guadalajara, México, join broadcasts to interconnect live U.S. audiences with listeners in Mexico’s émigrés home states. This week, the program hosts report on a recent toll fee increase in federal highways and other news of the week. Octavio Diaz Vera, Octavio Garcia Lopez, financial analysts, from Universidad de Guadalajara, discussed Mexico's package of fiscal reforms.

Wednesday, January 23rd

PROGRAM # 3238 - 12:00 NOON PDT
WORLD SOCIAL FORUM. California activists opposed to corporate globalization attend a gathering of non-governmental organizations in Brazil. Consuelo Garcia, an organizer with the Environmental Health Coalition in San Diego seeks to find support for a campaign against fast-track authority in U.S. free trade negotiations.

ALSO,

GUANTANAMO. A Cuban scholar raises questions about the use of Guantanamo Naval Base in Cuba to set up prison facilities and military tribunals to hold and try suspected terrorists.

Guest: Nelson Valdez, director, Program of Academic Research on Cuba, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM.

PROGRAM # 3239 - 13:00 PDT
MONEY REMITTANCES. U.S. Banks and other financial institutions are beginning to accept Mexican consulates documents as valid legal IDs in an effort to woo transactions from migrants. However, information to protect consumers who send money remittances to Mexico or Central America is still confusing.

Guests: Angelica Yusin, Manager, Intercuenta Express, Wells Fargo Bank, San Francisco, CA; Miriam Galicia Duarte, spokesperson, Wells Fargo Bank, Los Angeles; Consul Georgina Lagos, Mexican Consulate, San Francisco; Bernardo Perez, Media Liaison, Mexican Consulate, San Francisco.

Thursday, January 24th

PROGRAM # 3240 - 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.

HOST: Wanda Colon-Cortez.

PROGRAM # 3241 - 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, January 25th

PROGRAM # 3242 - 12:00 PDT
HERENCIA MEXICANA. A conversation with María Elena Leal and Irma Infante, daughters of Mexican canción ranchera legends Lola Beltrán and Pedro Infante, respectively. They are members of the group Herencia Mexicana, a headliner of the upcoming 20th Viva el Mariachi! Festival in Fresno, California.

Guests: Juan and Laura Zaisar, Herencia Mexicana, Mexico City.

PROGRAM 3243 - 13:00 PDT
IMMIGRATION EDITION. Attorney Carlos Spector Calderón provides news and commentary on major developments on U.S. immigration law. Listeners are encouraged to call in with personal concerns on immigration and citizenship procedures.

Monday, January 28th

PROGRAM # 3244 - 12:00 PDT
HEALTH EDITION – ASTHMA. Dirty air could cause birth defects, according to a new study in Los Angeles. Also, two of the worst air basins in the nation, Los Angeles’s South Coast and the San Joaquin Valley, are areas with a heavy Latino population. Dr. Elmer Huerta comments from Washington, DC, on this and other developments on respiratory ailments.

PROGRAM # 3245 - 13:00 PDT
FOOD STAMP RESTORATION. Mercy Viana, spokesperson for the White House, discusses a proposal by President Bush to restore food stamp benefits for legal immigrants.

ALSO,

AMERICAN FAMILY. A conversation on the premier of the PBS series “American Family,” the first on broadcast television featuring a Latino cast. Directed by Gregory Nava, the series is the story of the joys and conflicts of a Latino family in East Los Angeles. Family members include stars Edward James Olmos, Raquel Welch, Constance Marie and Esai Morales.

Guest: Gabriel Reyes, promotion coordinator, El Norte Productions, Los Angeles.

ALSO,

BUSH, BECERRA MESSAGES. President Bush provides a glimpse at his upcoming State of the Union address and Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-LA) warns on Republicans efforts to jeopardize Social Security funds in risky stock exchange ventures.

Tuesday, January 29th

PROGRAM # 3246 - 12:00 PDT
LINEA DEL PAISANO – OPEN LINE. This weekly program provides a forum for live, direct listener questions and comments to a roundtable of high officials in Mexico’s Presidential cabinet. This groundbreaking radio service offers Mexican callers unprecedented access to the Mexican presidency. Dr. Juan Hernandez, head of the Presidential Office for Mexicans Abroad, discusses current issues. Dr. Hernandez gave a report from Washington, where he was lobbying U.S. congressman on Mexican immigrant issues. Guests also included Carlos Alberto Salinas and Fernando Lozano, coordinators of migrant affairs, and David Antonio Garcia, a representative for Texas congressman Solomon Ortiz. This program can also be heard online on www.mexicoenlinea.gob.mx

PROGRAM # 3247 - 13:00 PDT
FRONTERA LIBRE EDITION – NEWS FROM WESTERN MEXICO. Radio Bilingüe in the U.S. and Radiarte, Sistema Jalisciense de Radio y Televisión in Guadalajara, México, join broadcasts to interconnect live U.S. audiences with listeners in Mexico’s émigrés home states. Topics included an effort to probe funds divested from PEMEX to PRI presidential campaign, possible electric fees hikes, and news about beneficiaries for a UFW pension plan.

Wednesday, January 30th

PROGRAM # 3248 - 12:00 NOON PDT
THE OTHER FACE OF AMERICA. This is a conversation with news anchor Jorge Ramos Avalos, star newscaster for Univision TV’s evening news, about his new book “La Otra Cara de America”. The book, available now in English, features stories on the Latino immigrant experience.

PROGRAM # 3249 - 13:00 PDT
STATE OF THE UNION. President Bush’ first State of the Union address to Congress focuses on the war on terrorism, homeland security and the proposed economic stimulus package. This programs features excerpts of the speech. Los Angeles’ Democratic congresswoman Hilda Solis and U.S. Treasurer Rosario Marin give opposite reviews to the presidential address.

Thursday, January 31st

PROGRAM # 3250 - 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.

HOST: Wanda Colon-Cortez.

PROGRAM # 3251 - 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

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