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Linea Abierta Programs for June 2002

Monday, June 3rd

PROGRAM # 3424 - 12:00 PDT
HEALTH EDITION – HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE. One out of four adults has high blood pressure and the numbers are even higher for older people. The bad news is that hypertension is a major factor in cardiovascular disease, a frequent killer. The good news is that it can be controlled through easy steps. A medical expert shares news and advice on how to keep blood pressure on check.

Guest: Dr. Jose Luis Bautista, director, Bautista Medical Group, Fresno, CA.

PROGRAM # 3425 - 13:00 PDT
HEIGHTENED SECURITY AND IMMIGRANTS. Frank Sharry, executive director for the National Immigration Forum, discusses the effects on immigrants of the heightened state of security following Sept. 11. He regrets the loss of momentum for a meaningful immigration reform and calls attention to the constant threat of deportation for immigrants at airports and throughout the country.

Tuesday, June 4th

PROGRAM # 3426 - 12:00 PDT
LINEA DEL PAISANO. This weekly program provides a forum for live 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.

This program can also be heard online on www.mexicoenlinea.gob.mx

PROGRAM # 3427 - 13:00 PDT
FRONTERA LIBRE EDITION – CARDINAL POSADAS PROBE. 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, Catholic church officials in Jalisco call for a new investigation into the murder nine years ago of Cardinal Posadas. They claim the official investigation, which concluded that Msgr. Posadas died in a drug gangs cross fire, was a cover-up.

Wednesday, June 5th

PROGRAM # 3428 - 12:00 NOON PDT
ALSO, SELF-HELP SHELTER. A group in Southern California provides training for migrant farmworkers to build two-person sleeping shelters. Made of cement, adobe and barb wire, these dome-shaped shelters are announced as earth-friendly and “a simple answer to ending inhumane shelter conditions of migrants.”

Guest: Jim Guerra, San Diego North County's Ecumenical Migrant Outreach Project, Banning, CA.

PROGRAM # 3429 - 13:00 PDT
VACCINES FOR ADOLESCENTS. Adolescents and young adults account for all but a few new cases of Hepatitis B in the U.S. This and other diseases could be prevented with timely vaccines. A medical expert details the list of vaccines needed during the adolescent and young adult years, what are their overall benefits, and how to encourage teenagers to receive their vaccines. This program is aired in collaboration with the National Alliance for Hispanic Health, www.hispanichealth.org.

Guest: Dr. Elizabeth Valdez, President, Concilio Latino de Salud, Phoenix, AZ.

Thursday, June 6th

PROGRAM # 3430 - 12:00 NOON PDT
MEXICO EDITION. Francisco “Paco” Huerta, a veteran radio journalist and civic journalism foremost advocate, is the program host. He offers a weekly, tape-delayed edition of the series “Voz Pública,” a call-in program airing from Mexico City.

HOST: Francisco Huerta, www.vozpublica.com

PROGRAM # 3431 - 13:00 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.

Friday, June 7th

PROGRAM # 3432 - 12:00 PDT
IMMIGRATION EDITION. Attorney Carlos Spector Calderón, in El Paso, TX, 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 issues. Comments included plans by the DOJ to enter into a database of the National Crime Information Center the names of those visa holders who fail to notify the DOJ change of address. Local police has address to this database and law-abiding immigrants are expected to be detained and deported as a result.

PROGRAM # 3433 - 13:00 PDT
WORKING WOMEN. Latina homemakers, students, professionals and activists from around Idaho come together in a statewide conference in Boise to hear a message about building bridges between workers in the global economy. International leader Marta Ojeda speaks on human rights and economic justice.

Guests: Marta Ojeda, director, Coalition for Justice in the Maquiladoras, San Antonio, TX; Elena Rodríguez, President, Mujeres Unidas de Idaho, Boise, ID, http://www.mujeresunidas.dynu.com/mujeresunidas/default.asp.

Monday, June 10th

PROGRAM # 3434 - 12:00 PDT
HEALTH EDITION – CHILD ABUSE. Dr. Ana Nogales, a regular commentator, discusses how to prevent and treat physical, sexual and emotional child abuse. A distinguished psychotherapist, Dr. Nogales says that while pedophilia cases in the Catholic Church have gained headlines, many more cases of child abuse go unreported elsewhere. She discusses how to identify the problem and protect at risk kids.

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FARMWORKERS HEALTH. This program also provided a report from a meeting in Sacramento of health care providers and advocates who discuss innovative ways to reach agricultural workers, and empower their communities to erradicate the diseases of poverty and foster their wellness.

PROGRAM # 3435 - 13:00 PDT
U.S. TREASURER ROSARIO MARIN. This is a conversation with U.S. Treasurer Rosario Marín on the Bush administration one-year-old tax reform. She also comments on the high costs of money remittances for immigrant workers.

REP. XAVIER BECERRA. A Democratic congressman for Los Angeles, Xavier Becerra comments on efforts to include prescription drugs under Medicare package of benefits.

PONCHO KINNEY. Spurred by public concerns about widespread problems in the nation’s security system, President Bush’ proposes to reorganize the federal government and create a Cabinet-level Department of Homeland Security. The newly-designated director for policy and planning in the Office of Homeland Security, Poncho Kinney discusses the plan.

Tuesday, June 11th

PROGRAM # 3436 - 12:00 PDT
LINEA DEL PAISANO. This weekly program provides a forum for live 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. Fernando Lozano and Mauricio Zermeno give a report on a half-million-dollar by the U.S. company UPS to a school in rural Chiapas. They also answer listener questions.

This program can also be heard online on www.mexicoenlinea.gob.mx

PROGRAM # 3437 - 13:00 PDT
FRONTERA LIBRE EDITION - PITAHAYAS. 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, Alfonso Gonzalez Sahuayo, talks about the advent of the harvesting season for pitahayas, the fruit of organ pipe cactus. Gonzalez Sahuayo, a representative of Amecueca, a center of pitahayas in Western Mexico, also comments on efforts to manufacture pitahaya jam and otherwise market this unique fruit. This program also includes a segment of an exclusive interview with U.S. Treasurer Rosario Marin, commenting on the need to reduce the exorbitant fees to send money remittances from the U.S. to Mexico.

Wednesday, June 12th

PROGRAM # 3438 - 12:00 NOON PDT
LATINA SCIENTIST. A conversation with Dr. María Pizarro, the first woman elected as national president for the Society of Mexican American Engineers and Scientists MAES. This organization seeks to increase the number of Mexican American and other Latinos in the technical and scientific fields. This program is sponsored in part by the Engineering Information Foundation.

Guest: María Pizarro, MAES National President, Project Manager, Boston Scientific/Target Therapeutics, Inc, Fremont, CA.

PROGRAM # 3439 - 13:00 PDT
LIFESTYLE DRUGS. Pharmaceutical companies are investing on more profitable lifestyle drugs, dropping production of vaccines and increasing prices for prescription drugs. What impact does this shift has on the uninsured? This program is aired in conjunction with KQED, San Francisco’s public radio.

Guests: Dr. Martin Gallegos, director, Office of the Patient Advocate, Los Angeles; Julie Ruiz, associate director of policy analysis, Drug Policy Alliance, Sacramento; Jose Marco, president, East L.A. Pharmacists Association, Los Angeles.

Thursday, June 13th

PROGRAM # 3440 - 12:00 NOON PDT
MEXICO EDITION. Francisco “Paco” Huerta, a veteran radio journalist and civic journalism foremost advocate, is the program host. He offers a weekly, tape-delayed edition of the series “Voz Pública,” a call-in program airing from Mexico City.

HOST: Francisco Huerta, www.vozpublica.com

PROGRAM # 3441 - 13:00 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.

Friday, June 14th

PROGRAM # 3442 - 12:00 PDT
IMMIGRATION LAW. Thousands of immigration law professionals, government officials and law professors meet in San Francisco for the annual conference of the American Immigration Lawyers Association. Participants at the conference join this program with regular commentator Carlos Spector Calderón to discuss terrorism-related legislation and regulations enacted in the wake of Sept. 11.

Guest: Attorney Rosalba Pina, American Immigration Lawyers Association, Chicago, IL.

PROGRAM # 3443 - 13:00 PDT
IMMIGRATION EDITION. Attorney Carlos Spector Calderón, in El Paso, TX, 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 issues. This program also discusses issues in the agenda of AILA, including consultant fraud, detentions without due process and DOJ proposals to register nationals from certain countries.

Guest: Rosalba Pina, American Immigration Lawyers Association, Chicago, IL.

Monday, June 17th

PROGRAM # 3444 - 12:00 PDT
HEALTH EDITION – MEN’S HEALTH. Men live about seven years less than women. Doctors blame poor lifestyle habits for this disparity in life expectancy. Dr. Elmer Huerta, a regular commentator, discusses steps to prevent prostate illnesses. He also discusses the high toll men are paying due to accidents, AIDS infection, heart disease, cancer, suicide and homicide. This program airs on occasion of Father’s Day.

PROGRAM # 3445 - 13:00 PDT
LOS MORENO. Carmen Cristina Moreno, a renowned singer and composer from Central California, is preparing a tribute for her parents, the legendary duo of Los Moreno. Singers and composers Luis and Carmen Moreno were household names in the South West in the 1940s and 50s, the golden years of the Mexican ranchera song.

Tuesday, June 18th

PROGRAM # 3446 - 12:00 PDT
LINEA DEL PAISANO. This weekly program provides a forum for live 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. Rodrigo Ortega and Fernando Lozano, from the Presidential Office for Mexicans Living Abroad, answer listener questions.

This program can also be heard online on www.mexicoenlinea.gob.mx

PROGRAM # 3447 - 13:00 PDT
FRONTERA LIBRE EDITION – LOST TREASURE. 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 edition reports on the destruction of valuable archeological pyramid ruins in Jalisco by a well-known tequila-making company. Experts comment on the case and discuss efforts to protect ancient ruins.

Guest: Ing. Luis Alberto Rincon, agave expert, Universidad de Guadalajara.

Wednesday, June 19th

PROGRAM # 3448 - 12:00 NOON PDT
BRACERO JUSTICE ACT. A group of congress members introduced a bill known as the Bracero Justice Act prohibiting the U.S. government from dismissing a suit filed by veteran Bracero guest workers. The class-action lawsuit filed in San Francisco seeks to collect funds deducted from Bracero salaries during World War II. This report includes conversations taped in Washington during the filing of the bill.

Guests: Congressmembers Luis Gutiérrez (D-Chicago), Sam Farr (D-Monterey) and Hilda Solís (D-Los Angeles); lawsuit plaintiff Felipe Nava, Alianza Braceroproa.

“ENEMY COMBATANT”. Brooklyn-born José Padilla, of Puerto Rican descent, is being held in military custody as an “enemy combatant”, suspected of plotting to detonate a radioactive bomb in the U.S. While U.S. officials say special measures are needed in times of war, legal analysts question the decision to prosecute Padilla outside of the judicial system and without the constitutional protections granted to American citizens.

Guest: Atttorney Samuel Paz, Board member, American Civil Liberties Union - Southern California, Los Angeles.

PROGRAM # 3449 - 13:00 PDT
MEXICO-U.S. WATER DISPUTE. Texan growers are urging Mexico to pay Mexico the water they need for irrigation. Drought-stricken Mexican northern states say they can not repay because they need drinking water. Under the 1944 Mexico-US Water Treaty, Mexico agreed to allow billions of water to flow annually from Mexican streams into the Rio Grande River for use by Texan farmers. In return, the U.S. agreed to let water from the Colorado River flow into Mexico. As the water debt rise, the debate heats up.

Guests: Carlos Rubinstein, Rio Grande Water Manager, Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission, Arlington, TX; Carlos Ramirez, Commissioner, U.S. Section - Commission on International Water Limits, El Paso, TX.

Thursday, June 20th

PROGRAM # 3450 - 12:00 NOON PDT
MEXICO EDITION. Francisco “Paco” Huerta, a veteran radio journalist and civic journalism foremost advocate, is the program host. He offers a weekly, tape-delayed edition of the series “Voz Pública,” a call-in program airing from Mexico City.

HOST: Francisco Huerta, www.vozpublica.com

PROGRAM # 3451 - 13:00 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.

Friday, June 21st

PROGRAM # 3452 - 12:00 PDT
IMMIGRATION EDITION. Attorney Carlos Spector Calderón, in El Paso, TX, 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 issues.

PROGRAM # 3453 - 13:00 PDT
HOMEOWNERSHIP MONTH. June has been declared National Homeownership Month and HUD, the nation’s homeownership agency is helping first-time home buyers and minority families learn more about the home-purchasing process. Last year, the national homeownership rate rose to all-time highs. However, minority homeowners are still lagging far behind the other groups of homeowners.

Guest: Lilian Mujica, Springboard Credit Counseling Agency, Riverside, CA, http://www.credit.org/, www.plansabio.org.

Monday, June 24th

PROGRAM # 3454 - 12:00 PDT
HEALTH EDITION – FAMILY MENTAL HEALTH. A mental health expert discusses common problems in troubled families, including clinical depression and stress. A representative of the National Alliance for Hispanic Health provides referral to local health care providers for treatment of mental and emotional disorders.

Guests: Dr. Elizabeth Valdez, El Concilio Latino, Phoenix, AZ, www.hispanichealth.org.

PROGRAM # 3455 - 13:00 PDT
AIR POLLUTION. In California, Latinos breathe the most polluted air. According to a non-governmental group, residents of poorer neighborhoods breathe airborne soot and dust at more hazardous levels that more affluent and white areas. This is a conversation with one of the sponsors of the report.

Guest: Reynaldo Leon, Policy analyst, Latino Issues Forum, Fresno, CA.

CHILD DEATH SETTLEMENT. The family of eleven year-old Alberto Sepulveda reached a settlement with the city of Modesto in California in a case of wrongful death. The young Sepulveda was shot and killed by a Modesto SWAT team officer during a raid of the family’s home. This program discusses the $3 million agreement and the law enforcement policies that are expected to change as a result of this case.

Guests: Attorney Arturo J. González, Morrison and Foerster LLP, San Francisco, CA.

Tuesday, June 25th

PROGRAM # 3456 - 12:00 PDT
LINEA DEL PAISANO. This weekly program provides a forum for live 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.

This program can also be heard online on www.mexicoenlinea.gob.mx

PROGRAM # 3457 - 13:00 PDT
FRONTERA LIBRE EDITION. 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.

Wednesday, June 26th

PROGRAM # 3458 - 12:00 NOON PDT
FARMLABOR LAWS. California lawmakers are working on several bills under pressure from farmworker advocates. Legislation includes a proposal to ban the hand-weeding of row crops, an initiative to require arbitration in labor-employer disputes and a bill prohibiting growers from charging transportation fees to their workers.

Guest: Rosalinda Guillen, National vice president, United Farm Workers of America, Sacramento, CA.

WIFE VIOLENCE SETTLEMENT. The county of Sonoma in California agreed to pay $1 million to the family of a woman who was killed by her husband after sheriff officers allegedly refused to enforce a restraining order. The case established a legal precedent for domestic violence when a previous court ruled that the law officers violated equal protection because she was a woman, a Latina and a domestic violence victim.

Guests: Maria de Santis, director, Women's Justice Center, Santa Rosa, CA; Sara Rubio Hernandez, mother of Teresa Macias, Santa Rosa, CA.

PROGRAM # 3459 - 13:00 PDT
SINGER MARÍA MÁRQUEZ. Caracas-born singer María Márquez talks about her latest CD recording “Once Cuentos de Amor/Eleven Love Stories.” The world music diva also talks about the many styles that have influenced her distinctive sound, including Caribbean boleros, nueva trova, jazz, Soul and more. She is currently composing and arranging songs for her next CD.

Guest: María Márquez, Oakland, CA www.mariamarquez.com.

Thursday, June 27th

PROGRAM # 3460 - 12:00 NOON PDT
MEXICO EDITION. Francisco “Paco” Huerta, a veteran radio journalist and civic journalism foremost advocate, is the program host. He offers a weekly, tape-delayed edition of the series “Voz Pública,” a call-in program airing from Mexico City.

HOST: Francisco Huerta, www.vozpublica.com

PROGRAM # 3461 - 13:00 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.

Friday, June 28th

PROGRAM # 3462 - 12:00 PDT
THE DREAM ACT. A bill pending in the Senate would provide permanent residency to undocumented youth who have graduated from a U.S. high school. The bill, named the DREAM Act, would also allow states to open more educational opportunities for immigrant students.

Guest: Congresswoman Grace Napolitano, D-LA.

ALSO, BORDER MILITARIZATION. Latino congressmembers call outrageous a bill in Congress by Tom Tancredo (R-CO) to deploy troops in the Mexican border.

Guest: Congressman Ciro Rodriguez (D-TX).

ALSO, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE RULED UNCONSTITUTIONAL. Listeners comment on a federal court decision, ruling the words "under God" in the U.S. Pledge of Allegiance unconstitutional.

PROGRAM # 3463 - 13:00 PDT
IMMIGRATION EDITION. Attorney Carlos Spector Calderón, in El Paso, TX, 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 issues. Alma Maquitico, with the Border Network for Human Rights in El Paso, join the program to comment on reports that a non-governmental organization, supported by the local Mexican Consulate, cooperates with INS officials to facilitate removal of immigrants without due process.

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