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Linea Abierta Programs for March 2001

Thursday, March 1st

PROGRAM # 2770 - 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 # 2771 - 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, March 2nd

PROGRAM # 2772 - 12:00 PDT
ZAPATISTAS CARAVAN. This is the second news report on the tour of Zapatista Indian leaders through the poorest states of Mexico. This special report includes interviews with insurgent leaders, international observers, congressional representatives and recognized opinion makers.

PROGRAM # 2773 - 13:00 PDT
IMMIGRATION EDITION. Attorney Carlos Spector Calderón comments on new efforts in Congress to legalize millions of undocumented immigrants. Spector-Calderon also provides advice and answer listener questions on Section 245i and other issues of immigration law.

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

Monday, March 5th

PROGRAM # 2774 - 12:00 PDT
HEALTH EDITION. Dr. Elmer Huerta, a regular contributor, joins this edition to discuss thyroid disorders, including goiter and hyperthyroidism. He also answers listener calls on health and wellness.

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

PROGRAM # 2775 - 13:00 PDT
TRIBUNA LIBRE - LISTENER COMMENTS. The phone lines are open for listeners to discuss issues and events of general interest. Listeners are encouraged to comment on President Bush's budget plan, including the proposal for a major tax cut, investing Social Security funds in private accounts, and allowing tax credits for health insurance.

Tuesday, March 6th

PROGRAM # 2776 - 12:00 PDT
ADOLFO PEREZ ESQUIVEL. Nobel Peace Prize winner Adolfo Perez Esquivel recently visited Los Angeles, where he criticized the U.S. bombing of Iraq, 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 Perez Esquivel, Argentinean sculptor, Catholic non-violence and human rights activist, 1980 Nobel Peace Prize recipient.

PROGRAM # 2777 - 13:00 PDT
FRONTERA LIBRE (OPEN BORDER) EDITION: A LIVE SIMULCAST. Radio Bilingue in the U.S. and Sistema Jalisciense de Radio y Television in Guadalajara, Mexico, join broadcasts to interconnect U.S. audiences with listeners in Mexico's migrant home states. Jalisco's incoming governor Francisco Ramirez Acuna joins this premiere edition for an exclusive interview. The program also features a report on the recent visit by famous musician Carlos Santana to Autlan, his hometown in Jalisco.

Wednesday, March 7th

PROGRAM # 2778 - 12:00 NOON PDT
ELENA PONIATOWSKA: "LAS SIETE CABRITAS." Renowned Mexican author and journalist Elena Poniatowska talks about her latest book, "Las Siete Cabritas" ("The Seven Maverick Women," loosely translated). In her book, Poniatowska offers a portrait of seven great women artists: Frida Kahlo, Nahui Olin, Pita Amor, Rosario Castellanos, Maria Izquierdo, Elena Garro and Nellie Campobello. For Poniatowska, they were women who defied conventions, struggled against all odds and faced broad social hostility. This is a program to celebrate International Women's Week.

Guest: Elena Poniatowska, "Las Siete Cabritas," Editorial Era, Mexico City.

PROGRAM # 2779 - 13:00 PDT
BRACEROS SUE MEXICO AND THE U.S. Representatives of Mexican Bracero workers who worked in the U.S. fields and railroads during World War II have filed a $5 billion lawsuit in a federal court in Fresno, CA, against the U.S. and Mexican governments. They claim that millions of dollars in a savings fund created with deductions from each worker's paycheck were never reimbursed to the Braceros upon their return to Mexico, as agreed in the binational contract.

Guests: Aaron Cabanas, Union Democratica de Emigrados y Campesinos, Guanajuato, Mexico; Attorney Juan Miguel Irigoyen, Fresno, CA.

Thursday, March 8th

PROGRAM # 2780 - 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 # 2781 - 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, March 9th

PROGRAM # 2782 - 12:00 PDT
ZAPATISTAS: ZAPATA'S TRAIL. On this day, Zapatista rebel leaders in Milpa Alta the last leg of their bus caravan from Chiapas to Mexico City. Along with Mexican supporters, foreign observers and journalists, the Zapatistas travel through twelve states to lobby Mexico for an Indian rights bill. The trip from Milpa Alta to Mexico City is rich with symbolism.. Revolutionary hero Emiliano Zapata's Indian troops followed the same route early last century when they took over Mexico's capital. This program offers a live report.

PROGRAM # 2783 - 13:00 PDT
IMMIGRATION EDITION. Attorney Carlos Spector-Calderon comments on new guidelines being crafted by the Immigration and Naturalization Service in response to the new laws approved in December. Spector-Calderon also provides advice and answers listeners' questions on Section 245i and other issues of immigration law. Guest: Attorney Carlos Spector-Calderon, El Paso, TX.

Monday, March 12h

PROGRAM # 2784 - 12:00 PDT
HEALTH EDITION - GESTATIONAL DIABETES. Many more Latinas develop diabetes during their pregnancy than the rest of the population. Women with uncontrolled diabetes are at high risk of having malformed babies. This program discusses the issue and answers listener questions.

Guest: Dr. Juan Reyes, Gynecologist, representative of the National Hispanic Medical Association, http://home.earthlink.net/~nhma; Carolina Calderón, diabetes patient.

PROGRAM # 2785 - 13:00 PDT
ZAPATISTAS MEET WITH MEXICO'S CONGRESS. Zapatista rebel leaders culminate in Mexico City a twelve-state journey to gather support for peace and Indian rights. On this day, Zapatista leaders are expected to meet with Mexico's congressional leaders. They are lobbying for a bill to grant language and cultural rights to millions in Indian communities. This program brings a live report from Mexico City.

Tuesday, March 13th

PROGRAM # 2786 - 12:00 PDT
TAX FILING TIME. A representative from the Internal Revenue Service answers questions on this year's tax filing work. Issues include the tax ID number for immigrants, tax credits for the low-income, reporting dependents that live abroad, college financing and home buying deductions, and more.

Guest: Rebecca Villalobos, U.S. Internal Revenue Service, Western section, Fresno, CA .

PROGRAM # 2787 - 13:00 PDT
"FRONTERA LIBRE" (OPEN BORDER) EDITION - A LIVE SIMULCAST. Radio Bilingüe in the U.S. and Sistema Jalisciense de Radio y Televisión in Guadalajara, México, join to interconnect U.S. audiences with listeners in Mexico's migrant home states. This week, the program discusses a congressional bill in Mexico to legalize thousands of cars imported by migrants into Mexico. Listeners call in with salutations and questions for the guests of the program.

Wednesday, March 14th

PROGRAM # 2788 - 12:00 NOON PDT
CHARTER SCHOOLS. This is a conversation with leaders of a fledgling Latino charter school in Pennsylvania. How does this charter school measure student gains and how do they show performance results. What impact do they expect from current plans in Washington to reform public education.

Guests: Carlos Graupera, Executive Director, Centro Hispano de Lancaster, PA; Damaso Albino, JR., Dean of Students, Partnership Charter School, Lancaster, PA .

PROGRAM # 2789 - 13:00 PDT
MARIACHI MUJER 2000. Based in Los Angeles, this mariachi ensemble is led and musically directed by women. They arrange and perform challenging mariachi selections. They have shared the stage of some of the greatest mariachis in the world and have performed with celebrated singers like Vicki Carr and Gerardito Fernandez. Their members include symphony performers, a fiddler champion, a high school student, and a doctoral graduate. Mariachi Mujer 2000 is one of the headliners of Radio Bilingüe's XIX Annual Viva el Mariachi! Festival in Fresno, CA, the longest-running mariachi fest in California.

Guest: Marissa Orduño, MM2000, Director, Los Angeles, www.sobrino.net/mariachi/mujer2k.

Thursday, March 15th

PROGRAM # 2790 - 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 # 2791 - 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, March 16th

PROGRAM # 2792 - 12:00 PDT
IMMIGRATION EDITION. Attorney Carlos Spector Calderón comments on new guidelines being crafted by the Immigration and Naturalization Service in response to the new laws approved in December. Spector-Calderon also provides advice and answer listener questions on Section 245i and other issues of immigration law.

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

PROGRAM # 2793 - 13:00 PDT
ANNETTE A. AGUILAR. A conversation with Afro-Cuban and Brazilian jazz percussionist and composer Annette A. Aguilar, musical director for the group String Beans. The group produced the widely-acclaimed CD "Special Friends," which features innovative arrangements of old Caribbean tunes. Born in San Francisco of Nicaraguan parents, Annette has been in professional music for more than 20 years. She has toured with Latino, reggae, classical, pop and jazz artists and has shared the stage with Stevie Wonder, Tito Puente, The Grateful Dead and many more stars. Her work is profiled in the book "She is a Rebel - A History of Women in Rock and Roll." This program is in celebration of International Women's Week.

Guest: Annette A. Aguilar, String Beans, www.aguilarstringbeans.com, New York .

Monday, March 19th

PROGRAM # 2794 - 12:00 PDT
HEALTH EDITION - HEART DISEASE. Dr. Elmer Huerta, a regular contributor, joins this edition to discuss new developments in treating heart disease. Coronary heart disease is the top cause of death in the U.S. This program discusses how to slow down and change lifestyles to prevent heart attacks.

Guest: Dr. Elmer Huerta, board member, American Cancer Society, www.prevencion.org

PROGRAM # 2795 - 13:00 PDT
CITIZENS TURN POWER PLANT AWAY. Voters in the blue-collar community of South Gate, in Los Angeles, opposed construction of an electricity plant. They were concerned about the power plant's pollution and health risks. The developing company is pulling out of the city. But the community is still to recover from the conflict. While Mayor Raul Moriel and Councilwoman Xochitl Ruvalcaba went on a hunger strike in protest, influential Latino legislators lobbied in favor of the power plant.

Guest: Xochitl Ruvalcaba, Vice mayor and councilwoman, City of South Gate; others TBA.

Tuesday, March 20th

PROGRAM # 2796 - 12:00 PDT
MOTHERS OF THE DISAPPEARED. A conversation with Elizabeth Maier, a naturalized Mexican born in New York, about her recent book "Las Madres de los Desaparecidos. Un nuevo mito materno en América Latina?." Maier explores the human-rights movement organized during the 70s by the mothers of activists disappeared in Latin America as part of the governments' "dirty war." Maier says Rosario Ibarra de Piedra in Mexico and other mothers in Latin America became a symbol of tenacity. They also galvanized democratic change and changed the traditional concept of motherhood.

Guest: Elizabeth Maier, "Las Madres de los Desaparecidos," www.uam.mx/difusion, editor@correo.uam.mx

PROGRAM # 2797 - 13:00 PDT
"FRONTERA LIBRE" (OPEN BORDER) EDITION - A LIVE SIMULCAST. Radio Bilingüe in the U.S. and Sistema Jalisciense de Radio y Televisión in Guadalajara, México, join broadcasts to interconnect U.S. audiences with listeners in Mexico's migrant home states. This week, renown Mariachi musicologist Jonathan Clark, from California, and long-time folk music promoter Conrado García from Guadalajara join the program to discuss the renaissance of mariachi music. They also comment on the innovations brought to the genre by musicians in the U.S.

Wednesday, March 21st

PROGRAM # 2798 - 12:00 NOON PDT
THE BORDER: TENSIONS MOUNTING. The recent death of Mexican national Roberto Chávez Reséndiz near Tucson while being arrested by a Border Patrol agent brings renewed protests from civil rights advocates. They say border control enforcement is plagued with racial profiling, use of lethal force and disregard for migrant lives. They call for congressional hearings on border control enforcement. The U.S. Civil Rights Commission vows to begin an inquiry. A top INS official and an advocate of serious restrictions to the admission of newcomers respond to the charges. This special program is broadcast in conjunction with the World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters.

Guests: Attorney Isabel García, co-chair, Arizona Coalition for Human Rights, Tucson, AZ; Hon. Cruz Reynoso, Vicechair, U.S. Civil Rights Commission; Jack Martin, Federation for American Immigration Reform; Daniel Kane, spokesperson, U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service.

PROGRAM # 2799 - 13:00 PDT
MARIACHI MEXICO DE PEPE VILLA. This pioneering legend was formed in 1948. Mariachi México de Pepe Villa introduced the modern sound of a second trumpet to mariachi music. In 1954, Discos Peerless awarded MMPV a gold record for selling more than one million records with polka hits. Pepe Villa, the founder, died in 1986. His son, Pepe Villa, Jr, continues the tradition as the group's director. Mariachi México de Pepe Villa headlines this year's "Viva el Mariachi!" Festival in Fresno, CA, the longest-running in California.

Guests: Benjamín Huízar, violin and trumpet player; Rafael García, violinist, only surviving founding member; Antonio Sánchez, violin player .

Thursday, March 22nd

PROGRAM # 2800 - 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 # 2801 - 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, March 23rd

PROGRAM # 2802 - 12:00 PDT
AIDA CUEVAS. With 23 years in professional musical career, Aída Cuevas is one of the foremost interpreters of "ranchera" song. She began her professional career at twelve, singing in popular radio programs of XEW in her native Mexico City. Cuevas has released 234 records and has performed in the U.S. and many European and Latin American countries. She has accumulated a number of international awards for her excellence in Mexican folk and ranchera music. Aída Cuevas headlines Radio Bilingüe's "Viva el Mariachi!" Festival on Sunday, March 25th.

Guest: Aída Cuevas.

PROGRAM # 2803 - 13:00 PDT
IMMIGRATION EDITION. Attorney Carlos Spector Calderón comments on the latest changes in the regulations of a recently-enacted immigration law. Spector-Calderon also provides advice and answer listener questions on Section 245i and other issues of immigration law.

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

Monday, March 26th

PROGRAM # 2804 - 12:00 PDT
HEALTH EDITION - BREAST CANCER. While Latinas are less often hit by breast cancer, their numbers are increasing faster than anyone else. This program offers a conversation with an enthusiast, insightful, and witty crusader for breast cancer screening. Margaret Cruz has been battling along many decades for women's rights and wellness.

Guest: Margaret Cruz, founder, Latina Breast Cancer Foundation, San Francisco, www.mclatinabcf.org

PROGRAM # 2805 - 13:00 PDT
PRESIDENT FOX VISIT TO CALIFORNIA. Mexico's President Vicente Fox completed a two-day visit to four cities in California, home to the largest Mexican American population. Fox addressed an audience of thousands of Mexican émigrés in the civic center of Fresno, the agricultural capital and home to the largest farm working population in the U.S. He promised renewed efforts to extend the right to vote abroad. This became the first time a Mexican president visits Fresno. This program features segments of the speeches of Fox and Juan Hernandez, Mexico's migrant czar, and comments from people attending the event. These segments were originally part of a special live broadcast.

Tuesday, March 27th

PROGRAM # 2806 - 12:00 PDT
CRUZ REYNOSO. An conversation with judge Cruz Reynoso, vice chair of the U.S. Civil Rights Commission, a presidential Medal of Freedom honoree and former judge for California State Supreme Court. He comments on the need to hold public hearings at the U.S.-Mexican border to review complaints of violence and mistreatment against migrants, racial profiling and other issues.

PROGRAM # 2807 - 13:00 PDT
"FRONTERA LIBRE" (OPEN BORDER) EDITION - A LIVE SIMULCAST. Radio Bilingüe in the U.S. and Sistema Jalisciense de Radio y Televisión in Guadalajara, México, join broadcasts to interconnect U.S. audiences with listeners in Mexico's migrant home states. This week, hosts on both Jalisco and California comment on headline news and facilitate listener calls.

Wednesday, March 28th

PROGRAM # 2808 - 12:00 NOON PDT
GUADALUPE RIVERA MARIN. Daughter of celebrated Mexican muralist Diego Rivera, Guadalupe Rivera-Marin recently visited California to speak about the Mexican muralism legacy in the U.S. Rivera Marin is an attorney, a university professor, a writer, a historian and director of the Center of Research Studies of the Mexican Revolution.

PROGRAM # 2809 - 13:00 PDT
COMMUNITY RADIO IN MEXICO. Leading representatives of a movement in Mexico to introduce legislation and find support for community radio in Mexico visit California. They are visiting community stations in the U.S. that address the needs of underserved and isolated audiences.

Guests: Rafael Moya, CENCOS; Margarita Argot, AMARC (World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters) Mexico; Gustavo Hernandez, Red Nacional de Comunicadores Civiles.

Thursday, March 29th

PROGRAM # 2810 - 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 # 2811 - 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, March 30th

PROGRAM # 2812 - 12:00 PDT
CESAR CHAVEZ HOLIDAY. Línea Abierta provides a report on the first celebration of César Chávez day after proclaimed a holiday last year. As part of the state's Cesar Chavez Day of Service and Learning, schools must include instruction on the values of Cesar Chávez and the history of the farm worker movement. Also, this program airs a 25-minute symphony entitled "Cesar Chávez: Gran Hombre de la Tierra." Accompanied by Sacramento's Camelia Symphonic Orchestra, poets José Montoya and Olivia Castellano read texts written originally by the late farm worker hero and published later in Jacques Levy's book "Cesar Chávez: Autobiography of La Causa." The symphony was composed by director Daniel Kingman.

PROGRAM # 2813 - 13:00 PDT
IMMIGRATION EDITION. Attorney Carlos Spector Calderón comments on the latest changes in the regulations of a recently-enacted immigration law. Spector-Calderon also provides advice and answer listener questions on Section 245i and other issues of immigration law.

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

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