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Linea Abierta Programs for November 2006

Wednesday, November 1st

PROGRAM # 4963 - 12:00 PDT
TEXAS EDITION – THE MOOD AT THE BORDER. Community leaders from the Rio Grande valley and West Texas share their mood and views on major issues that may impact the midterm Congress election. Topics include the use of the border fence for stirring up voters, the post vacated by Tom Delay, and the battle for the newly-redistricted seat of Henry Bonilla.

Guests: Belén Robles, former President, League of United Latin American Citizens, El Paso, TX; Rogelio Núñez, President, Proyecto Libertad, board member, Narciso Martínez Cultural Center, San Benito, TX.

Thursday, November 2nd

PROGRAM # 4964 - 12:00 PDT
PUERTO RICO EDITION. In this live edition, Wanda Colón Cortés, of WRTU, Radio Universidad in San Juan de Puerto Rico, co-hosts the program with Samuel Orozco from Radio Bilingüe in San Francisco to comment on the impact of the general election on Latinos in the U.S. and Puerto Rico.

Guests: Dr. Gabriela Lemus, Labor Council for Latin American Advancement, Albuquerque, NM; Professor Arnaldo Vera, sociologist, columnist and author of the book La Crisis Social Puertorriqueña, San Juan, PR .

Friday, November 3rd

PROGRAM # 4965 - 12:00 PDT
MEXICO EDITION. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts this edition of the Voz Pública series from Mexico City. The journalist brings news on the crackdown of thousands of Mexican federal police troops on the Oaxaca conflict. Surveyed residents in Mexico City support the police operation as a mesure to restore
law and order. A journalist comments from Oaxaca that the operation would polarize Oaxacan society. And a community leader insists on offers for a
negotiated settlement.

Guests: Soledad Jarquín, news correspondent, CIMAC, Oaxaca City; Rosendo Ramírez Sánchez, president, Union of University Workers UABJO, Oaxaca City; opinion poll among citizens in Mexico City.

PROGRAM # 4966 - 13:00 PDT
PUERTO RICO EDITION. Wanda Colón Cortés, the host in WRTU, Radio Universidad in San Juan de Puerto Rico, comments on current news developments in the Caribbean basin.

Monday, November 6th

ELECTION DAY EVE: SPECIAL COVERAGE.

PROGRAM # 4966 - 12:00 PDT
IMMIGRATION AND LATINO VOTERS. This summer, after a series of pro-immigrant mega-rallies, Republicans pushed the immigration debate to a boiling point and succeeded in passing a border-control-only law. Will this outcome galvanize Latino voters in the fight for Congress? This program looks into congressional races in Arizona, Colorado and Northern California. In addition, an interview with California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger about his positions on assimilation of Mexican immigrants, his vetoes against driver’s licenses for undocumented residents and financial aid for immigrant students, rising tuition fees for college students and health care reform.

Guests: California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Republican candidate for reelection; Dolores Huerta, president, Dolores Huerta Foundation, Bakersfield, CA; Jorge Marsulis, executive director, Democracia USA – People for the American Way; Elías Bermúdez, Inmigrants Without Borders, Phoenix, AZ; Jim González, Chair, Latino Policy Coalition, Sacramento, CA.

PROGRAM # 4967 - 13:00 PDT
KEY LATINO RACES. Latino incumbents in the House seem to be safe in this election, while one of the three Latino senators faces a close battle. Races to watch include Sen. Bob Menéndez in New Jersey, congressional candidate Patricia Madrid in New Mexico, congressional incumbent Henry Bonilla in Texas, and Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante, who is running for state insurance commissioner in California. Analysts predict record numbers of Latino voters and increased numbers of Latino elected officials.

Guests: Rosa Rosales, president, League of United Latin American Citizens, San Antonio, TX; Antonio González, President, William C. Velázquez Institute, Los Angeles; Sergio Bendixen, pollster, Bendixen and Associates, Miami.

Tuesday, November 7th

ELECTION DAY: SPECIAL COVERAGE.

PROGRAM # 4968 - 11:00 PDT
LATINOS: VOTE SUPPRESSING OR GALVANIZING. First reports on early voter turnout and efforts to protect voters and prevent vote suppression in
politically volatile areas. It also reports on creative projects to get the Latino vote out. Analysts predict more Latino congressmembers in positions
of influence if Democrats take control of the House. Also, in the last segment of a pre-taped interview, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger states his opposition to Proposition 87 in the California ballot. This initiative proposes to tax oil companies to pay for air-cleaning projects.

Guests: Arturo Vargas, executive director, National Association of Latino Elected Officials, Los Angeles; Sergio Barahona, director of programs, CARECEN, Los Angeles; California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Republican candidate for reelection.

PROGRAM # 4969 - 12:00 PDT
HE LATINO VOTE: EXIT POLLS. Correspondents file reports from select polling stations around the country. Also, seasoned journalists provide analysis on the first reports and the atmosphere at the polls.

Guests: Antonio Rosas-Landa, op/ed page editor, Hoy newspapers, Chicago; Elvia Díaz, editor, Arizona Republic, Phoenix, AZ; Jesús Sosa, correspondent, Yakima, WA; Jorge Salazar, correspondent, Chicago, IL; Patricio Espinoza, contributor, Houston, TX.

PROGRAM # 4970 - 13:00 PDT
THE LATINO VOTE: EXIT POLLS. News correspondents continue filing reports from polling stations in contested areas, including live interviews with voters in Orange County, epicenter in the debate on vote suppression vs. vote protection. Listeners call in to air comments on the crucial vote.

Guests: Luis Arritola, contributor, Santa Ana, CA; Rubén Tapia, news correspondent, Los Angeles; Patricia Guadalupe, news correspondent, Washington, DC.

PROGRAM # 4971 - 14:00 PDT
CASTING THE BALLOT. An election promoter provides practical advice and answers questions about the ballot and voting procedures. Also, the leader of a national campaign to galvanize the Latino vote comments on reports about voting irregularities around the nation. Listeners call in to comment on key issues and practices in the election.

Guest: Mony Flores-Bauer, Easy Voter Guide/Common Knowledge, Oakland, CA; Jorge Marsulis, executive director, Democracia USA – People for the American Way Foundation, Miami, FL.

Wednesday, November 8th

PROGRAM # 4972 - 12:00 PDT
TEXAS EDITION – ELECTION RESULTS. Host Carlos Spector-Calderón in El Paso, TX, provides a report on the day-after election results, including the
battle for Congress and the expected growth of Latino representatives in state legislatures. Guest researchers comment on the outcome and the anticipated impact on national and regional policy-making.

Guests: Lydia Camarillo, Vice President, Southwest Voter Registration Education Project, San Antonio, TX; Peter Zamora, regional counsel, MALDEF, Washington, DC.

Thursday, November 9th

PROGRAM # 4973 - 12:00 PDT
PUERTO RICO EDITION – CHANGE IN U.S. CONGRESS. In this live edition, Wanda Colón Cortés, the host in WRTU, Radio Universidad in San Juan de Puerto Rico, comments on the role of Latinos in this week’s historic election and the expected impact on the war in Iraq and immigration reform. Democrats ousted Republicans from the control of Congress, Senate and most governorships.

Guest: Federico de Jesús, Director for Hispanic Media, Office of Sen Harry Reid, leader of the virtual Democratic Majority in the Senate, Washington, DC; Prof. Arnaldo Vera, sociologist, columnist, author of the book La Crisis Social Puertorriqueña, San Juan, PR; Samuel Orozco, executive producer, Línea Abierta, Radio Bilingüe, San Francisco, CA.

Friday, November 10th

PROGRAM # 4974 - 12:00 PDT
MEXICO EDITION. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts this edition of the Voz Pública series from Mexico City. The civic journalist brings news and analysis on Mexican developments.

Monday, November 13th

PROGRAM # 4975 - 12:00 PDT
MEDICAL TRIPS. High health care costs are forcing many in the U.S. to resort to medical tourism in Thailand, India, and Costa Rica. Mexican émigrés also wait until their vacation traveling to find affordable medical, dental and mental care back home. What’s the cost and quality of hospital treatment/medication for migrants? What are the benefits and risks of these treatments and health products for travelers? This program is simulcast in conjunction with the twelve-station network of Radio Michoacán in Morelia. It is also in collaboration with KQED, San Francisco’s public radio.

Guests: Regan W. Johnson, John Gardner Fellow at Population Services International, author of the BA thesis “The return of Michoacan Immigrants to Mexico for Health Services”, Washington, DC; Nicole Keilbach, academic researcher, El Colegio de Michoacán, author of “Curarse y Enfermarse en Chicago”, Morelia, MX; Ma. Luisa Tapia Zamudio, coordinator, Programa de Atención a Migrantes de la Secretaría de Salud, Morelia, MX

Tuesday, November 14th

PROGRAM # 4976 - 11:00 PDT
HEALTH CARE REFORM: A NEW BREATH? Voters highly motivated about health care, public concern on the uninsured, and campaign commercials in tight Senate races may spell the end of political paralysis on health care and the beginning of a new debate to address the national health care crisis. What would it take to include the uninsured and health care reform as a top issue in the 2008 presidential election? This is a roundtable on the issue.

Wednesday, November 15th

PROGRAM # 4977 - 12:00 PDT
TEXAS EDITION – USE OF FORCE AT THE BORDER. A Mexican visitor at the international bridge has a constitutional right to be free from use of excessive force, determined a top U.S. court.This is in connection with a reported attack and arrest by an INS agent of a Mexican national who applied for admission to the U.S. Both sides of this issue have been invited to this program.

Thursday, November 16th

PROGRAM # 4978 - 12:00 PDT
PUERTO RICO EDITION: PUERTO RICO SOCIAL FORUM. This is a conversation on food security and trade policies in the most impoverished countries in the Caribbean area. The guest is Dr. Camille Chalmers, a professor of economics, grassroots organizer and executive secretary of PAPDA, the Haitian Advocacy Platform for an Alternative Development. WRTU’s Wanda Colón Cortés, hosts this simulcast in conjunction with Samuel Orozco, of Radio Bilingüe in San Francisco.

Friday, November 17th

PROGRAM # 4979 - 12:00 PDT
MEXICO EDITION. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts this edition of the Voz Pública series from Mexico City. The civic journalist brings news and analysis on Mexican developments.

Monday, November 20th

PROGRAM # 4980 - 12:00 PDT
MEXICO - PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION. On this day, marking the anniversary of the Mexican Revolution, thousands of protesters are expected to gather in Mexico City to swear in Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador as legitimate president of Mexico. Days later, Felipe Calderon is set to take office as official president in a ceremony on December 1st. Martha Elena Ramirez brings news and analysis on these dueling events.

Guests: Citlali Saenz, correspondent, Mexico City, Mexico; Obrador followers at take of Oath ceremony, Mexico City, Mexico; Dr Jaime Cardenas Garcia, ex member of Mexico's Federal Electoral Institute (IFE), Mexico City, Mexico; Mario Di Contanzo, private financial consultant, analyst, Mexico City, Mexico.

Tuesday, November 21st

PROGRAM # 4981 - 11:00 PDT
IMMIGRATION EDITION. Attorney Rosalba Piña hosts this edition from La Villita in Chicago. Piña comments on the visit of Saul Arellano, a U.S. citizen child, who requested the Mexican Congress to draft a resolution against the deportation of his mother, Elvira Arellano, from the U.S. Elvira is an immigrant mother who faces deportation and is fighting to stay in the U.S. She was arrested in 2002 immigration sweeps while working at the Chicago airport. She later became a well-known activist. After being required to report to be deported, Arellano announced that she will be living in the church, where deportation agents could find her. Piña also answers listener calls.

Guests: Elvira Arellano, founder, United Latino Family, a group that advocates for undocumented parents of children who are U.S. citizens, Chicago; Emma Lozano, executive director, Centro Sin Fronteras, Chicago.

Wednesday, November 22nd

PROGRAM # 4982 - 12:00 PDT
TEXAS EDITION - ANOTHER BORDER ENFORCEMENT. In response to the increasing number of migrant deaths at the border, activists have drafted a set of alternative border enforcement guidelines. A group of advocates from the El Paso area are giving their recommendations to top U.S. officials in a meeting at the White House. Carlos Spector Calderon, host of this program, will attend the meeting. Spector talks to Fernando Garcia about the recommended guidelines for alternative border enforcement.

Guest: Fernando Garcia, director, Border Network for Human Rights, El Paso, TX.

Thursday, November 23rd

PROGRAM # 4983 - 12:00 PDT
PUERTO RICO EDITION: THE MYTH OF THE TAINO EXTINCTION. On occasion of American Indian Heritage Month, this program shares light into Indo Caribbean ancestry. The claim that all Native Caribbeans were exterminated by war, slavery and disease and the Taino peoples became extinct has been part of the textbooks for generations. However, DNA studies show a significant American Indian ancestry in the population of Puerto Rico. WRTU's Wanda Colón Cortés, hosts this simulcast in conjunction with Samuel Orozco, of Radio Bilingüe in San Francisco.

Guests: Dr. Juan Carlos Martinez Cruzado, academic researcher, San Juan, PR; Rene Cibanakan Marcano, The Taino Nation, New York.

Friday, November 24th

PROGRAM # 4984 - 12:00 PDT
MEXICO EDITION. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts this edition of the Voz Pública series from Mexico City. The civic journalist brings news and analysis on the take of Oath of Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador as " the legitimate president of Mexico". Listeners and an opposition legislator from Mexico's Congress join this edition with their comments.

Guests: Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, ex presidential candidate, speaking at the take of Oath ceremony; Mexico City, Mx; Mexico City's residents comments, Mexico City, Mx; José Edmundo Ramirez Martinez, Mexico's Congress member, PRI member, Mexico city, Mx.

Monday, November 27th

PROGRAM # 4985 - 12:00 PDT
LATINOS AND THE CHANGE IN CONGRESS. Driven in great part by concerns raised during the polarizing immigration debate, Latinos went to the polls in higher numbers in the 2006 election, voting heavily in favor of the Democrats. The Democrats won a major victory, gaining control of Congress. What role did Latino voters play in that outcome? Were Latinos able to impact the outcome in key races?

Guest: Gabriel Escobar, Associate director, Pew Hispanic Center, Washington, DC.

ALSO, INSURING EVERY CALIFORNIAN. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger raised the stakes by stating that his administration is working to provide health insurance coverage to the 6.7 million uninsured people in California without raising taxes. This is a conversation on the health care reform plan with Francisco Castillo, spokesperson for Gov. Schwarzenegger in Sacramento.

Tuesday, November 28th

PROGRAM # 4986 - 12:00 PDT
THE NEW CONGRESS. This is a review of the gains by Latinos in Congress during the recent election. Also, what does a Democrat-controlled Congress mean for immigration reform, the war in Iraq, college education, health care, and other Latino issues?

Guests: Rep. Albio Sires, Democrat-New Jersey, freshman congressmember; Marcela Salazar, spokesperson, Rep. Nancy Pelosi, incoming House Speaker, Washington, DC; Federico de Jesús, spokesperson, Sen. Harry Reid, incoming leader of the Democratic Majority, Washington, DC.

Wednesday, November 29th

PROGRAM # 4987 - 12:00 PDT
TEXAS – GUADALAJARA SIMULCAST: PAISANO. Mexican federal agencies join forces to activate the seasonal Paisano program, a campaign to monitor the treatment at the border checkpoints to émigrés who return for the holidays.

ALSO, INTERNATIONAL BOOK FAIR AT 20. This is a report on Guadalajara’s International Book Fair, the top publishing event in the Spanish-speaking world, which this year turns 20. This is a simulcast with the three-station network of XEJB, Sistema Jalisciense de Radio y Televisión in Guadalajara.

Thursday, November 30th

PROGRAM # 4988 - 12:00 PDT
PUERTO RICO EDITION: AIDS – THE GLOBAL PANDEMIC. This program airs on the eve of World AIDS Day, a day in which nations unite to fight ignorance and prejudice about the deadly disease. This is a discussion on the impact of the epidemic among Puerto Ricans, who make up the majority of AIDS-afflicted Latinos in the U.S. WRTU’s Wanda Colón Cortés, hosts this live edition from San Juan, PR.

Funds for Línea Abierta are provided in part by The California Endowment, the Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr. Fund, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the Community Technology Foundation of California, and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

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