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Linea Abierta Programs for October 2002
Tuesday, October 1st
PROGRAM # 3596 - 12:00 PDT
LINEA DEL PAISANO EDITION. REPRESENTING MEXICANS ABROAD. Cándido Morales, recently designated by Mexico's President Fox as director of the new Institute for Mexicans Abroad, comments on his background , his plans and initial reactions to his designation.PROGRAM # 3597 - 13:00 PDT
FRONTERA LIBRE EDITION. BANKING AND CONSULAR ID' S. Academics and officials from Mexico's Consulate in Los Angeles recently published a guide on "matrículas" or consular ID's and its use as a valid document to open a bank account and take advantage or other bank services, like sending money to Mexico.Invited guests: Raúl Lomelí, president of Latino Education Achievement Project (LEAP), and Agustín Pradillo, Press Attache, Mexican Consulate in Los Angeles.
ALSO, FARM LABOR MEDIATION. California Gov. Gray Davis signs legislation imposing mediation when contract negotiations fail between growers and unionized farm workers. Martha Guzman, legislative specialist for the United Farm Workers of America in Sacramento, comments on this development.
Wednesday, October 2nd
PROGRAM # 3598 - 12:00 NOON PDT
ACCESS TO END OF LIFE CARE. First program of a new major campaign launched by Radio Bilingüe to promote hospice care among Latinos. The "Ultimos Cuidados" series addresses the issue of providing dignified care for people facing the end of life. While hospice service is widely available and supported by Medicaid and Medicare, few Latinos use them. This first program looks at barriers that prevent use of hospice services by Latinos.Guests: Roberto Díaz, Health Insurance Specialist, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid in San Francisco, CA. 1-800-MEDICARE Español; Mario León, Program Developer, Hinds Hospice, NHPCO, in Fresno, CA; Antonio and Graciela Martinez, parents of Genesis Citlali.
PROGRAM # 3599 - 13:00 PDT
PROSECUTING HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES. A military tribunal indicted three high-ranking military officials in connection with political disappearances and massacres during the "dirty war" against oppositionists in the 1970's. Human rights advocates express doubts that the military would bring an exhaustive probe and justice against their own.Interviews: Salvador Martinez de la Roca, former student leader; Rosario Ibarra de Piedra, founding president, Comite Eureka, Mexico City.
Thursday, October 3rd
PROGRAM # 3600 - 12:00 NOON 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
PROGRAM # 3601 - 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, October 4th
PROGRAM # 3602 - 12:00 PDT
IMMIGRATION EDITION. Attorney Carlos Spector Calderón, in El Paso, TX, provides news and commentary on major developments regarding U.S. immigration law. Listeners are encouraged to call in with personal concerns on immigration and citizenship issues. Calderon comments on measures that restructure the Board of Immigration Appeals and leave most decisions on a single member of the Board.PROGRAM # 3603 - 13:00 PDT
LATINOS' POLITICAL BELIEFS. A recent report examines voting behaviors of the Latino electorate. A new national survey of Latinos provides an in-depth look at Latinos' political beliefs, party loyalties and policy positions. The survey was conducted by the Pew Hispanic Center and the Kaiser Family Foundation. According to the study, the new Latino electorate has more shallow support of the Democratic Party, supports public spending in social programs, and voices strong support for open immigration policies.Guests: Roberto Suro, Director, Pew Hispanic Center, Washington, D.C.
ALSO, MEXICO'S POSITION ON IRAQ. This is a fragment of the speech by Mexican Chancellor Jorge Castaneda at the General Assembly of the Organization of United Nations in New York. Castaneda supported a clearer evaluation of Iraq's military potential, he warned against unilateral decisions by the U.S. and he supported France's plan on a mission of U.N.-sponsored inspectors into Iraq.
Monday, October 7th
PROGRAM # 3604 - 12:00 PDT
HEALTH EDITION – FLU VACCINES. On this day, the U.S. Surgeon General joins other agencies in a national call to get ready for the coming flu season. To protect high risk groups against the influenza epidemic, they are urging the nation to get flu shots.Guest: Dr. Henry Pacheco, director of medical affairs, National Council of La Raza, Dallas, Texas.
ALSO, LEAD POISONING. A medical expert warns about common sources of lead exposure and poisoning among low-income children, including lead-based paint, drinking water, tamarind candy, lead glazed ceramicware and folk remedies. This program discusses the importance of screening for children at high risk of high blood lead levels.
Guests: Gabriela González and Monic Uriarte, promotoras comunitarias, Proyecto Hogares Saludables, Esperanza Community Housing Corporation, Los Angeles.
PROGRAM # 3605 - 13:00 PDT
LATINO VOTER INFLUENCE. Two research projects examine Latino voters in Harris County, Texas, and the efforts to get the Latino vote out in several states. A representative of the study discusses the findings.Guest: Jeronimo Cortina, Research assistant, Tomas Rivera Policy Institute, New York, NY.
Tuesday, October 8th
PROGRAM # 3606 - 12:00 PDT
LINEA DEL PAISANO. Correspondent Citlali Saenz, from Mexico City, reports on plans by Mexico's foreign affairs secretariat to launch a public relations campaign in the U.S. to lobby for new binational talks on a comprehensive immigration reform law. This program also includes excerpts from President Bush' address to the nation on Iraq. Bush stresses that the danger of Iraq's weapons is urgent and sets conditions for Iraq's disarming.PROGRAM # 3607 - 13:00 PDT
FRONTERA LIBRE EDITION - WAR ON IRAQ? 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. In this edition, Dr. Jorge Mariscal, professor at University of California, San Diego, discusses the impact of a possible war on Iraq. Dr. Mariscal is co author of an open letter signed by Chicano intelectuals and opposing a first strike on Iraq and calling to invest funds on peace.
Wednesday, October 9th
PROGRAM # 3608 - 12:00 NOON PDT
ONE MILLION POSTCARDS. Unions and religious and community groups deliver in Washington one million postcards calling for legalization of working and taxpaying immigrants. House Democratic leader Richard Gephardt announces the introduction of a bill to legalize immigrants.Guests: Maria Echaveste, former White House official, current lobbyist for the United Farm Workers union; Juanita Valdez Cox, UFW, Houston, Texas.
WEST COAST DOCKS ORDERED TO REOPEN. At the request of the Bush administration, a federal judge in San Francisco ordered shipping companies in West Coast ports to resume operations and the union to go back to the negotiating table. A veteran labor-beat reporter analyzes the significance of the decision and predicts prospective outcomes of the conflict.
Guest: David Bacon, journalist, Pacific News Service, San Francisco, CA.
PROGRAM # 3609 - 13:00 PDT
THE POLITICS OF HEALTH. As the November election looms in the horizon, a panel of analysts discusses California Gov. Gray Davis’ record on health care for low-income communities. This program also focuses on the agenda about racial and ethnic disparities in medical care of the major political campaigns and the challenges for the health care budget looming in the horizon. This program is broadcast in collaboration with KQED, San Francisco’s public radio.Guests: Dr. Martin Gallegos, director, Office of the Patient Advocate, Los Angeles, CA; Dr. Margaret Juarez, President, Board of Directors, California Latino Medical Association, Monterey Park, CA; Elia Gallardo, deputy director of policy, California Primary Care Association, Sacramento, CA.
Thursday, October 10th
PROGRAM # 3610 - 12:00 NOON 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
PROGRAM # 3611 - 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, October 11th
PROGRAM # 3612 - 12:00 PDT
MIGRANT HEALTH. On the eve of the second binational migrant health week, a multi-agency effort to raise awareness on Mexican migrant health, farm workers in California’s Central Valley comment on the health of their families, their concerns, and how they manage to find help when illness hits. Listeners also discuss issues of access to health insurance.Interviews by reporter Cecilia Reyes: Elisa Aguilar, Lourdes Cervantes, Magda Martinez, Rebeca y Guadalupe Trujillo.
PROGRAM # 3613 - 13:00 PDT
IMMIGRATION EDITION. Attorney Carlos Spector Calderón, in El Paso, TX, provides news and commentary on major developments regarding U.S. immigration law. Listeners are encouraged to call in with comments and questions on immigration and citizenship issues. This week, comments focused on the Earned Legalization and Family Unification Act of 2002, a bill introduced by leading Democrats in the waning days of this congressional session. They call on the White House to take a leadership role in resuming bilateral talks with Mexico.
Monday, October 14th
PROGRAM # 3614 - 12:00 PDT
HEALTH EDITION – MIGRANT HEALTH: SPECIAL COVERAGE. Línea Abierta broadcasts a special report from Indaparapeo, a migrant town in the heartlands of Michoacán, site of a gathering of public officials, non governmental organizations and rural doctors from Mexico and California. This program features speeches and interviews with Governor Lázaro Cárdenas Batel, Dr. Roberto Tapia, Mexico's under secretary of health, Dr. Angela Coron, California's undersecretary of health and Mexican congressman Gustavo Carvajal, president of the foreign relations commission in Mexico's Congress. They address issues such as the HIV/AIDS and TB epidemic and efforts to provide health insurance coverage across the border. This program is aired in collaboration with Sistema Michoacano de Radio y Televisión.PROGRAM # 3615 - 13:00 PDT
SPECIAL BROADCAST FROM MICHOACAN. This is a continuation of Línea Abierta’s special report on the binational forum on migrant health in Indaparapeo and Morelia, in the migrant heartlands of Western Mexico. Special envoy Maria Erana provides an extensive news report. She also airs the inauguration address by Dr. Julio Frenk, Mexico's secretary of health, and interviews with Xochitl Castaneda, from the University of California, Office of the President, and California assemblyman Gil Cedillo.
Tuesday, October 15th
PROGRAM # 3616 - 12:00 PDT
LINEA DEL PAISANO – SEGURO POPULAR AND MIGRANT HEALTH. Special envoy Maria Erana reports live from Morelia on news developments of binational health week. She also files interviews with Dr. Maria Eugenia Austria Palacios, secretary of Health for the state of Michoacan; Dr. Gabriel Garcia Perez, coordinator for a innovative programs under Mexico's secretary of health; and Dr. Francisco Martinez Madrigal, psychiatrist for Morelia's general hospital. They focus on plans addressing the special needs of Mexico’s growing migrant population, including "seguro popular", "arranque parejo en la vida", and others.PROGRAM # 3617 - 13:00 PDT
FRONTERA LIBRE EDITION - SEGURO POPULAR. 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 continues the special coverage of bi-national efforts to reach migrant communities in Western Mexico with basic health services. The speech of Dr. Julio Frenk, Mexico's secretary of health, is followed by interviews with Dr. Jose Ignacio Santos Preciado, director of Mexico's "Vete Sano Regresa Sano" health program and Dr. Salvador Ramirez, director of preventive health for the state of Jalisco.
Wednesday, October 16th
PROGRAM # 3618 - 12:00 NOON PDT
LATINO VOTER INFLUENCE. A historic Latino vote turn out gave an unprecedented momentum to Latinos running for mayor in New York, Los Angeles and Houston. They helped put those key races in the national spotlight in 2001. That development has increased the attention on Latino voters, who are expected to make a difference in November in two congressional districts in Nevada and New Mexico and have the potential to elect Latino governors in Texas and New Mexico. These and other prospects for the Latino vote are analyzed in “The 2002 Latino Election Handbook,” released by a group of Latino officials.Guest: Arturo Vargas, executive director, National Association of Latino Elected Officials, Los Angeles.
ALSO, THE YOUTH VOTE. Youth organizations are increasing efforts to movilize the youth vote and encourage potential youth candidates to run for office. Organizers of the civic campaign Rock the Vote are encouraging kids to volunteer, donate, attend meetings, sign petitions, lobby or protest.
Guest: Mario Velázquez, President, Rock the Vote, Los Angeles.
PROGRAM # 3619 - 13:00 PDT
CAL-TEACH. California is in need of thousands of teachers, especially in the fields of math, science and bilingual education. CalTeach, an agency created by the California Legislature, is aggressively seeking to fill the void by offering special incentives for those considering teaching careers.Guest: Jeanette Loaiza, Outreach specialist, California Center for Teaching Careers – CalTeach, Fresno, CA.
Thursday, October 17th
PROGRAM # 3620 - 12:00 NOON PDT
MARIO MOLINA – NOBEL LAUREATE. Born in Mexico, Dr. Mario Molina is a professor at the Massachussets Institute of Technology and 1995 Nobel Chemistry Prize for his research on pollution in the atmosphere. His discoveries led to an international environmental treaty, banning production of industrial chemicals that affect the ozone layer. Dr. Molina is one of the world’s top experts on chemical pollution and its effects on the environment. In this interview, Dr. Molina proposes new agreements to limit emissions of greenhouse gases, modernize cars with catalytic converters in Mexico and other polluted areas, and increase efforts to educate more engineers and scientists in under developed countries. Part of the series Latinos in Engineering, this program is a repeat.PROGRAM # 3621 - 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, October 18th
PROGRAM # 3622 - 12:00 PDT
IMMIGRATION EDITION. IMMIGRATION EDITION. Attorney Carlos Spector Calderón, in El Paso, TX, provides news and commentary on major developments regarding U.S. immigration law. Listeners are encouraged to call in with comments and questions on immigration and citizenship issues.PROGRAM # 3623 - 13:00 PDT
SECRETARY MEL MARTINEZ. In this exclusive interview, Secretary of Housing Mel Martínez discusses President Bush’ agenda to expand homeownership to the low-income. He discusses the barriers that contribute to the "homeownership gap" and a newly-released report on the economic benefits for workers, business and buyers of increasing minority ownership.
Monday, October 21st
PROGRAM # 3624 - 12:00 PDT
HEALTH EDITION – DENTAL HYGIENE. A dental health expert gives advice about the steps to keep healthy teeth and gums, including basics of flossing and brushing, common diseases, causes of cavities, the effects of plaque, preventing bad breath, and other topics.Guest: Dr. Alfonso González, member, National Hispanic Dental Association, San Francisco, CA.
PROGRAM # 3625 - 13:00 PDT
WOOING THE LATINO VOTE. Using the popularity of President Bush as a wedge, Republicans are reaching out to Latino voters in an attempt to pull them away from their traditional loyalty to the Democratic Party. A high Republican official comments on a recent study showing Latino voter support for Democrats, for open immigration policies and for public spending.Guest: Rudy Fernández, director of grassroots development, Republican National Committee, Washington, DC.
ALSO, ASSEMBLYMAN GIL CEDILLO ON DRIVER’S LICENSES. Los Angeles’ assemblyman Gil Cedillo says he is working on a new bill to allow some undocumented to apply for a driver’s license in California. This and other topics are discussed in this interview.
ALSO, PROPOSITION 47. A legislative measure, Proposition 47 is the largest school bond measure in the history of California. The measure asks voters to approve a 13-billion debt to help build or fix public schools and colleges in the state. This interview discusses the details of this measure.
Guest: Jose Cornejo, spokesperson, Yes on Prop 47 Campaign, Sacramento, CA.
Tuesday, October 22nd
PROGRAM # 3626 - 12:00 PDT
LINEA DEL PAISANO. Mexico's correspondent Citlali Saenz files a live news report from the summit of the Asian-Pacific Economic Conference in Los Cabos. Presidents from 21 nations, including Russia, gather to discuss free trade issues amid growing security concerns. President Fox is expected to meet with President Bush to discuss the immigration agenda and farm subsidies.Also, Mario Riestra, coordinator of Mexico’s states offices for migrants, discusses the recent opening of Comercializadora del Migrante, a business consortium to market Mexican products in the U.S. Northeast. He also talked about credit and training incentives for Mexican farmers under the program Fundacion para la Productividad en el Campo.
PROGRAM # 3627 - 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. This week, members of a women delegation from Ciudad Juárez visiting the Inter American Human Rights Commission in Washington talk about their efforts to bring justice for women murdered in that border city.Guest: Rosario Acosta, President, Nuestras Hijas de Regreso a Casa A.C., Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.
Wednesday, October 23rd
PROGRAM # 3628 - 12:00 NOON PDT
RENEE MARIA SAUCEDO. The Women of Color Resource Center, a feminist organization in Northern California, is giving this year’s Sisters of Fire Award to immigrant advocate Renee Saucedo and four other honorees, including a writer, a scholar and a youth activist. Ms. Saucedo is known for her relentless work to prevent INS sweeps and organize day laborers. She comments on her values, her experience as a community organizer and her hopes for increased immigrant activism after the current climate of hostility towards newcomers.Guest: Renee Saucedo, staff attorney at La Raza Centro Legal, director of the San Francisco Day Laborer Program, San Francisco, CA.
PROGRAM # 3629 - 13:00 PDT
U.S. TREASURER ROSARIO MARIN. The highest-ranking Latina in the federal government, U.S. treasurer Rosario Marín discusses plans to increase homeownership among Latino families. The White House plan is called Blueprint for the American Dream and seeks to help families with housing counseling, down payment and closing costs and mortgage lending. This is an exclusive interview with Ms. Marin.ALSO, SAFE HOME BUYING. Maritere Arce, spokesperson for Consumer Reports magazine in New York, discusses the risks involved in buying a house. She also gives advise on calculating expenses, checking prices of homes in the market and on best house remodeling bets.
Thursday, October 24th
PROGRAM # 3630 - 12:00 NOON 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.
PROGRAM # 3631 - 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, October 25th
PROGRAM # 3632 - 12:00 PDT
LATINO ENGINEERS. This is a special report on the Society of Mexican American Engineers and Scientists international symposium in Anaheim, CA. Issues include developing leaders in the science field and the opportunities for young engineers. This is an edition of the Latinos in Engineering series, funded by the Engineering Information Foundation.Guests: Dr. Jose Hernandez, president, Society of Mexican American Engineers and Scientists, Anaheim, CA; Nadia Hernandez, student, Civil Engineering, UC Davis; Luis Perez, student, mechanical engineering, CSU Long Beach.
ALSO, AEROSPACE ENGINEERING. Dr. Cesar Ocampo, a professor at University of Texas, Austin, talked about a space mission to recover a stranded satellite using the Moon's gravity to launch the spacecraft back to its orbith above the Earth. This and other projects led by Dr. Ocampo are part of this conversation featuring space engineering.
Guest: Dr. Cesar Ocampo, assistant professor, Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, UT Austin.
PROGRAM # 3633 - 13:00 PDT
IMMIGRATION EDITION. IMMIGRATION EDITION. Attorney Carlos Spector Calderón, in El Paso, TX, provides news and commentary on major developments regarding U.S. immigration law. Listeners are encouraged to call in with comments and questions on immigration and citizenship issues. Spector joins this edition from a conference of lawyers in Austin. He describes a new, more aggresive defense approach by lawyers and a case before the U.S. Supreme Court testing the limits of closed-door deportations hearings.
Monday, October 28th
PROGRAM # 3634 - 12:00 PDT
HEALTH EDITION – NEWS ON CANCER PREVENTION. Regular commentator Dr. Elmer Huerta is scheduled to attend an international medical gathering on cancer issues in La Paz, Bolivia. Dr. Huerta, a representative of the Unión Internacional contra el Cáncer, comments on this event. Guests also comment on cervix cancer, "the cancer of poverty", and volunteer awareness campaigns to increase breast and prostate cancer screening among low-income women.Guests: Carmen Marquez, volunteer, Fundación Boliviana Contra el Cáncer, Dra. Ruth Calderón, president, organizing committee, VII Congreso Nacional de Voluntariado contra el Cáncer, Bolivia.
PROGRAM # 3635 - 13:00 PDT
ELECTION IN BRAZIL. This is a news report on the landslide election of labor leader Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva as president of Brazil. Lula is expected to bring a new direction and model for Latin America's largest economy. Brazilians in the U.S. turned out to vote in high numbers. Most also voted overwhelmingly for Lula.Guests: Andre Veras, secretary, Brazilian consulate, New York; Amarina Pugh, representative, California Brazilian Council, Fresno, CA.
ALSO, GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE BILL SIMON. In this exclusive interview, Republican gubernatorial nominee Bill Simon discusses his support for agricultural business and for guest worker programs, and his opposition to mediation in labor-grower disputes and to immigrant legalization programs.
Tuesday, October 29th
PROGRAM # 3636 - 12:00 PDT
ASIAN PACIFIC SUMMIT. Citlali Sáenz reports on the outcome of the Asian-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Los Cabos. Resolutions on micro enterprise development, health care, women, free trade, global security and terrorism, are some of the highlights. Also, a meeting between presidents Fox and Bush failed to deliver agreements on immigration reform and support for a war on Iraq.ALSO, HURRICANE KENNA TOLL. Gabriel Quezada Suarez, Jalisco state official in charge of aid for the victims of Hurricane Kenna, gives a report on the damage caused by the storm and current plans to help Puerto Vallarta and coastal villages to recover from the losses and rebuild infrastructure.
PROGRAM # 3637 - 13:00 PDT
FRONTERA LIBRE EDITION – SUSPECTED TERRORIST CHILD. 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 program presents a discussion on the case of student Jesús Corona, a ten-year-old child who faced suspension in a Stockton school after drawing a cartoon with guns and warplanes. His parents say their child is only hyperactive and demand the school to clean charges of wrongdoing from their records.Guests: Jesús Corona Jr., Jesús Corona Sr., Luis González, Board of Trustees, Stockton Unified School District, Stockton, CA.
Wednesday, October 30th
PROGRAM # 3638 - 12:00 NOON PDT
GROCERS CODE OF CONDUCT. New York Attorney General Elliot Spitzer reached an agreement with Korean grocers to improve workplace conditions of their mostly Mexican workers. Under the agreement or code of conduct, the grocers pledge to respect their workers’ rights to minimum wage and basic benefits. In exchange, the state won’t prosecute past violations for those merchants who immediately agree to sign the code.Guests: Terri Gerstein, Assistant Attorney General, Division of Labor, New York; Gerardo Dominguez, co-founder, Casa México/Asociación de Trabajadores Mexicanos, New York; Andrew Sokchu Kim, president, Korean American Association, New York; and Jose Calixto, Jose Rosendo and Carlos Montesinos, grocery store workers.
ALSO, DOLORES HUERTA. In this interview taped after a speech at an anti-war rally in San Francisco, farm worker and civil rights leader Dolores Huerta comments on a possible war on Iraq and the upcoming elections.
PROGRAM # 3639 - 13:00 PDT
DEPORTEE RETURNS TO FAMILY. Guatemalan mother Lizbeth Sánchez is reunited with her family in San Francisco after the INS granted a waiver. Last June, Sánchez was handcuffed and deported when she showed up for a routine appointment at the INS office with her husband and child. Her return culminates months of lobbying and pressure by parent associations and local public officials.Guests: Lizbeth, Mayco and Krystine Cárdenas; attorney Mark Silverman, Immigrant Legal Resource Center, San Francisco.
ALSO, THE NOVEMBER BALLOT. Luis Arteaga, with the Latino Issues Forum in San Francisco, reviews some of the major issues on the ballot in California, including Propositions 47 and 52.
Thursday, October 31st
PROGRAM # 3640 - 12:00 NOON 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.
PROGRAM # 3641 - 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.
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