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Linea Abierta Programs for November 2003
Monday, November 3rd
PROGRAM # 4065 - 12:00 PDT
TUBERCULOSIS. Among the diseases that threaten migrant workers on their travels north is tuberculosis. Baja California has the highest number of TB cases in Mexico and the Mexican border is among the riskiest areas in the U.S. Health service providers in San Diego talk about their efforts to promote access to free medication and continue treatment for migrants as they move from valley to valley.Guest: Jose Luis Burgos, Proyecto Acceso and Cure TB, Health and Human Services Department, San Diego County.
Tuesday, November 4th
PROGRAM # 4066 - 12:00 PDT
LATINO VOTERS. A group of Latino citizens from California’s Central Valley gather in a forum to share their views on the current state of affairs in the U.S. governing system. They share their frustrations and hopes about the voting process and the system of elective representation. Some of them naturalized in the 90s, they also express fears about the recall election outcomes in California.Guests: Juan Benavente, retired farm worker, Visalia, CA; José Cárdenas, truck driver, Firebaugh, CA; Raquel Méndez Laugesen, social worker, Fresno, CA; María Calderón, pre-school manager, Merced, CA; Ernesto Dueñas, small businessman, Porterville, CA; Sandy Lomelí, office clerk, Fresno, CA.
Wednesday, November 5th
PROGRAM # 4067 - 12:00 PDT
HUMAN RIGHTS CRIMES VERDICT. A Florida jury found a former Chilean army lieutenant liable for crimes against humanity, cruelty, torture, and extra-judicial killing, in the execution 30 years ago of economist Winston Cabello. The jury ordered Armando Fernández Larios to pay the Cabello family four million dollars in the first U.S. trial linked to Gen. Pinochet’s bloody coup. This is an interview with Dr. Zita Cabello, sister of Winston, professor in California and main plaintiff in the lawsuit.ALSO, LISTENERS’ FORUM. Listeners air comments on topics discussed in previous programs, including the current debate on a law granting driver’s licenses for the undocumented.
Thursday, November 6th
PROGRAM # 4068 - 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 in issues on women and peace in the Caribbean basin.Host: Wanda Colón Cortez.
Friday, November 7th
PROGRAM # 4069 - 12:00 PDT
MEXICO EDITION. Francisco "Paco" Huerta, a veteran radio journalist and civic journalism's 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
Monday, November 10th
PROGRAM # 4070 - 12:00 PDT
HEPATITIS AND MIGRANTS. The U.S./Mexico border area is home to high numbers of people infected with Hepatitis A. And while Mexican migrants are not reported to suffer from Hepatitis B and C, their risk is too high. In this edition, Dr. Elmer Huerta gives advise on immunization shots and the best way to protect against the diseases. He also comments on Hepatitis screening and control.Guest: Dr. Elmer Huerta, regular commentator, www.prevencion.org.
Tuesday, November 11th
PROGRAM # 4071 - 12:00 PDT
IMMIGRATION EDITION. Attorney Carlos Spector-Calderón comments on news developments in the immigration area. He also answers listener calls on immigrant rights and citizenship procedures.
Wednesday, November 12th
PROGRAM # 4072 - 12:00 PDT
CITIES VS. WAL-MART. The city of Oakland, CA, banned the building of ?big-box? grocery stores that include full-service supermarkets. Officials from Wal-mart, a superstore chain, say the super-centers provide more choices for consumers who want lower prices. Oakland officials say that superstores like Wal-mart destroy mom-and-pop store, cause more traffic jams and air pollution, and depress wages. This is an interview with Ignacio de la Fuente, chair of the Oakland City Council.ALSO, EVO MORALES. A speech in Mexico City by Evo Morales, a Bolivian Aymara Indian who is considered the most influential grassroots leader behind the public protests that led to the resignation of President Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada. Morales speaks about the experience of that citizen revolt against natural gas exports to Mexico and the U.S., and the destruction of traditional coca crops.
ALSO, DIRTY WAR CRIMES VERDICT. Mexico's human rights foremost advocate Rosario Ibarra de Piedra comments on a recent historic decision by Mexico's Supreme Court allowing prosecution of former government officials involved in crimes of the "dirty war" of the 60s and 70s. The court ruled that the statute of limitations has not expired in kidnapping cases where the victim has not been found.
Thursday, November 13th
PROGRAM # 4073 - 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 in issues on women and peace in the Caribbean basin.Host: Wanda Colón Cortez.
Friday, November 14th
PROGRAM # 4074 - 12:00 PDT
MEXICO EDITION. Francisco "Paco" Huerta, a veteran radio journalist and civic journalism's 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
Monday, November 17th
PROGRAM # 4075 - 12:00 PDT
STDS. Lack of information, alcoholism and prostitution are among the factors that put migrant workers at risk of sexually transmitted diseases. Agencies in rural areas join efforts to reach seasonal workers with cost-free services to prevent gonorrhea and chlamydia infections from spreading.Guest: Felícitas Macías, health promoter, Planned Parenthood, McAllen, TX; Raúl Tejeda, Binational HIV/AIDS Study, Planned Parenthood, Fresno County, CA.
Tuesday, November 18th
PROGRAM # 4076 - 12:00 PDT
PAISANO PROGRAM. An estimated one million Mexicans return home in December for the Season’s holidays. Since 1989, the Mexican government established the Paisano program, a campaign to inform visitors about import regulations and to encourage them to report abuses. Mexican officials give an update on the Paisano plans for this season.Guests: Cándido Morales, director, Instituto de los Mexicanos en el Exterior, Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores, Mexico City; Mario Pérez, West Coast Region representative, Paisano Program, Los Angeles.
Wednesday, November 19th
PROGRAM # 4077 - 12:00 PDT
RIGOBERTA MENCHU TUM. In this exclusive interview in Fresno, CA, Nobel Laureate Rigoberta Menchu Tum talks about the emerging Indian vote in Guatemala, the need to prevent campesino uprootings and migrant deaths, the U.S. invasion in Iraq, and her partnership with Mexican entrepreneurs to develop pharmacy franchises in Guatemala. Menchu, a Quiche Mayan Indigenous leader, visited Fresno to speak about human rights and democracy.
Thursday, November 20th
PROGRAM # 4078 - 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 in issues on women and peace in the Caribbean basin.Host: Wanda Colón Cortez.
PROGRAM # 4079 - 13:00 PDT
MEXICO EDITION. Francisco “Paco” Huerta, a veteran radio journalist and civic journalism’s 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
Friday, November 21st
PROGRAM # 4080 - 12:00 PDT
SCHWARZENEGGER’S ADMINISTRATION. Línea Abierta and KPFK in Los Angeles join in a simulcast to provide a special news report on the inauguration this week of Gov.-elect Arnold Schwarzenegger in California. Co-host Pilar Marrero covered inauguration activities and provides a report. Also, Dr. Andres Jimenez, director for the California Policy Research Center at University of California, Berkeley, discusses the expectations for the incoming government in areas such as health, education, the budget deficit, and the welfare of immigrants. An undocumented immigrant who fears loosing the newly-acquired benefit of a driver license, and listeners join in to comment.
Monday, November 24th
PROGRAM # 4081 - 12:00 PDT
MIGRANTS AND HIV. Concerned about the increasing numbers of migrants infected with HIV, health officials in the Mexican state of Michoacan step up efforts to reach out to paisanos who are visiting for the holiday season. In California, migrant clinics draw attention to the lack of resources to educate farm workers at risk of AIDS infection. Both states struggle to improve public attitudes towards migrants and protected sex. This program discusses access of migrants to preventive help and treatment.Guests: Assemblyman Simon Salinas, Monterey County; Dr. Enrique Navarro, Chief of Epidemics Monitoring, Department of Prevention and Control of STDs/HIV/AIDS, Ministry of Health, State of Michoacan; Dr. Juan Ruiz, Acting Chief, HIV/AIDS Epidemiology Branch, Department of Health and Human Services, Sacramento, CA.
Tuesday, November 25th
PROGRAM # 4082 - 12:00 PDT
IMMIGRATION EDITION. Attorney Carlos Spector-Calderón comments on news developments in the immigration area. He also answers listener calls on immigrant rights and citizenship procedures.
Wednesday, November 26th
PROGRAM # 4083 - 12:00 PDT
LIVE SIMULCAST U.S.-JALISCO. This monthly edition produced by Radio Bilingüe and XEJB, Radiarte, in Guadalajara, interconnects audiences in the U.S. and Western Mexico. This program discusses plans in the migrant hometowns of Western Mexico to welcome the thousands of travelers who return home for the holiday season.Guests: Candido Morales, president, Instituto de los Mexicanos en el Exterior, Mexico City; Jose Luis Gutierrez Miranda, regional director, Instituto Nacional de Migracion, Guadalajara, Mexico.
Thursday, November 27th
PROGRAM # 4084 - 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 in issues on women and peace in the Caribbean basin.Host: Wanda Colón Cortez.
Friday, November 28th
PROGRAM # 4085 - 12:00 PDT
MEXICO EDITION. Francisco “Paco” Huerta, a veteran radio journalist and civic journalism’s 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.
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