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Linea Abierta Programs for October 2006

Monday, October 2nd

PROGRAM # 4933 - 12:00 PDT
“FUGITIVE” IMMIGRANT WINS STAY. A single immigrant mother of three U.S. citizen children won this week her right to stay in the U.S. A judge ordered a cancellation of her deportation. María Leonila Muñoz was considered an Operation Landmark “fugitive” by immigration authorities. Operation Landmark was a campaign of arrests and deportations launched after the incidents of 9/11.

Guests: María Leonila Muñoz and Attorney Rosalba Piña, Chicago, IL. IF NON VOTERS VOTED. Civic groups in the state of Washington are mobilizing immigrants to get out the vote for the upcoming congressional elections. They are denouncing the unsettling community effects of ongoing raids by ICE’s “Fugitive Operation Teams.” This program also looks into efforts to get the young Latino vote out.

Guests: Rosalinda Guillén, executive director, De Comunidad a Comunidad, Bellingham, WA.

Tuesday, October 3rd

PROGRAM # 4934 - 12:00 PDT
THE STEALTH EPIDEMIC. This is a conversation with representatives from an East Los Angeles clinic which is recognized as a ground-breaking effort to involve poor, uninsured patients in the fight against the epidemic of chronic diseases. The clinic will be featured in a nationally-distributed TV program entitled “The Stealth Epidemic,” which premieres this month on the public network PBS.

Guests: Maria Zeiss, editor, The Stealth Epidemic, Remaking American Medicine series, PBS TV Network, Sunrise, FL; Dr. Michael Roybal, medical director, Edward R. Roybal Comprehensive Health Center, East Los Angeles; Barbara Domínguez, nurse, diabetes specialist, ERR Health Center; Sandra Najar, diabetes patient and diabetes education promoter, ERR Health Center, East Los Angeles.

Wednesday, October 4th

PROGRAM # 4935 - 12:00 PDT
TEXAS EDITION – BORDER-CONTROL BILLS. The U.S. Senate passes a bill to build a 700-mile fence on the U.S. Mexican border. The bill didn’t include any provision for immigration reform. This is a pre-election debate. Carlos Spector hosts the program from El Paso. The program includes a brief pre-taped interview with Sen. Mel Martinez (Republican – Florida).

Guests: Federico de Jesus, spokesperson for Harry Reid, Leader of the Senate Democratic Minority, Washington, DC; Hessy Fernandez, spokesperson, Republican National Committee, Washington, DC.

Thursday, October 5th

PROGRAM # 4936 - 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.

Friday, October 6th

PROGRAM # 4937 - 12:00 PDT
AWOL. Army specialist Agustín Aguayo turned himself in to military authorities in Barstow, CA, after refusing to go to Iraq and his application to be considered a conscientious objector was denied. This and other news developments will be discussed in this edition.

PROGRAM # 4938 - 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, October 9th

PROGRAM # 4939 - 12:00 PDT
BORDER WALLS AND MIGRANT HEALTH: LIVE FROM GUADALAJARA. The U.S. is planning to fortify the U.S./Mexico border with new walls and increased patrols, leaving the promise of reform and legalization in limbo. Federal raids and local roadblocks, local ordinances against migrant neighbors, and requirements to report the undocumented to federal authorities have created an atmosphere of fear in the barrio. How will the health care system ensure basic health care services and medications to a population living deeper in the shadows? This special, live coverage of the opening event of Bi-national Health Week in Guadalajara is in collaboration with the seven-station network of Radio Universidad de Guadalajara and Radio Capital in Guadalajara. Alberto Osorio co-hosts this program.

Guests: Cándido Morales, executive director, Instituto de los Mexicanos en el Exterior, Mexico City; Salvador García, outgoing chair, Federation of Jaliscan Hometown Associations, Los Angeles; Gov. Francisco Ramírez Acuña, State of Jalisco; Alejandro Almaguer, director, Traditional Medicine and Intercultural Development, Secretaría de Salud de México.

PROGRAM # 4940
MIGRANTS: NOT FROM HERE, NOT FROM THERE. Migrant workers are afflicted by poor nutrition, lack of access to early care and diseases caused by poor sanitation and hazardous working conditions. Yet, because they travel so often between states and nations, migrant workers and their families can hardly qualify for public health services in the U.S. and Mexico. How are the two nations ensuring primary and preventive care for the uninsured and poor migrant workers? This program is a live broadcast co-hosted by Alonso Torres from the opening forum of Bi-national Health Week in Guadalajara. Radio Universidad de Guadalajara simulcasts this edition.

Guests: Joxel García, Panamerican Health Organization, Washington, DC; Mario Gutiérrez, The California Endowment, Sacramento, CA; Roberto Tapia, Under Secretary of Health, Mexico; Dr. Mauricio Baylon, Secretaría de Salud de México; Xóchitl Castañeda, director, California-Mexico Health Initiative, University of California, Berkeley, CA.

Tuesday, October 10th

PROGRAM # 4941 - 12:00 PDT
NETWORKS FOR MIGRANT CARE: LIVE FROM GUADALAJARA. Five years ago, the Mexican government created several migrant health programs, including “Vete Sano Regresa Sano” and “Seguro Popular.” Yet, few migrants have gained year-long health coverage. These interviews explore the issue. This is a live broadcast in collaboration with the five-station network of XEJB-Sistema Jalisciense de Radio y Televisión. Macrina Paredes co-hosts this program.

Guests: Rosario Alberro, coordinator, California-Mexico Health Initiative, Berkeley, CA; Cristina Martínez, member, advisory board of Instituto de los Mexicanos en el Exterior, Rochester, Minnesota; Dr. Nelly Salgado de Snyder, researcher and department director, Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica, Puebla City; Enrique Ríos, Secretaría de Salud de México; Dr. Aída Giachello, associate professor, researcher of Hispanic Health services, University of Illinois at Chicago.

Wednesday, October 11th

PROGRAM # 4942 - 12:00 PDT
HEALTH CARE: AN EQUAL RIGHT? LIVE FROM MICHOACAN. This is a simulcast with the twelve-station network of Radio Michoacán. In this Binational Health Week edition, public health experts comment on the barriers to provide quality health care to migrant and indigenous workers and families. They also comment on efforts to transform clients of the health care system from simple applicants into active and empowered users of the right to health care. This special program is a live broadcast, co-hosted by Cecilia Barajas from the main studios of Radio Michoacán in Morelia.

Guests: Bertha Dimas Huacuz, public health expert, Purepecha rights advocate, and director of Centro de Estudios de Libre Discusión in Morelia; Jesús Martínez-Saldaña, state legislator, expert on migrant affairs, PRD- Morelia; Secretaría de Salud; Ma. Luisa Tapia Zamudio, social worker, former migrant, Coordinadora del Programa Migrante, Secretaría de Salud de México.

Thursday, October 12th

PROGRAM # 4943 - 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.

Friday, October 13th

PROGRAM # 4944 - 11:00 PDT
ACCESS TO HEALTH: MEXICANS AND CENTRAL AMERICANS. Activities of the Binational Health Week conclude in Los Angeles with a news announcement on a study on the barriers that hinder access of Mexican and Central American immigrants to health care. Immigrants arrive in good health and utilize few health services in California. Línea Abierta brings the news from the site of the closing event in Los Angeles. Correspondent Ana Lilia Barraza
provides a news report.

Guests: Rosario Alberro, coordinator, California-Mexico Health Initiative, University of California, Berkeley; Mauricio Bailón, director, International Relations, Secretaría de Salud de México. www.ucop.edu/cmhi/

PROGRAM # 4945 - 12:00 PDT
FIRST BORDER SOCIAL FORUM: LIVE FROM CD. JUÁREZ. Dozens of grassroots organizations from U.S./Mexico Border States are convening in Ciudad Juárez, México, for the first Border Social Forum. The conference is an effort to mobilize activists around an agenda to oppose border walls and the deployment of troops to the border. This special, live broadcast is in collaboration with Radio Bemba, a pioneering Mexican community radio station based in Hermosillo, capital of the border state of Sonora.

Guests: Rubén Solís, organizer, Border Social Forum, San Antonio, TX; Flavio Meltis, station manager, Radio Órbita, Ciudad Juárez, MX; Javier Rodríguez, coordinator, Movimiento 25 de Marzo, Los Angeles; Citlali Blandino, Nicaraguan-Central American organizations; Leonel González Fernández, World
Social Forum and social movements from Havana, Cuba; Susana Alva; Arnoldo García, National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, Oakland, CA;
Sandra Montes, South West Organizing Project, Albuquerque, NM; Yolanda Millán, Centro para la Justicia Global, San Miguel de Allende, MX. www.forosocialfronterizo.com

PROGRAM # 4946 - 13:00 PDT
FIRST BORDER SOCIAL FORUM: LIVE FROM CD. JUÁREZ. This special program in collaboration with Sonora’s Radio Bemba, one of the first licensed community radio stations in Mexico, goes on the air live from the first Border Social Forum in Ciudad Juárez, México. This hour is co-hosted by Radio Bemba’s
Carlos Aparicio and Orbita’s Flavio Meltis and features interviews with key participants at this gathering of hundreds of grassroots activists.

Monday, October 16th

PROGRAM # 4949 - 12:00 PDT
CHEMICALS IN THE BODY: LEAD IN CANDIES. Some of the largest candy makers in the world have for the first time agreed to strict standards for protecting
children from lead exposure in candies imported from Mexico. This is the first agreement that forces the industry to test their products to ensure that candy does not pose the risk of led-poisoning to children. Lawsuits on lead in candy were filed two years ago under California’s Proposition 65 law, which requires warnings on products that can expose the public to cancer-causing substances or reproductive toxins.

Guest: Leticia Ayala, director, Campaign to Eliminate Childhood Lead Poisoning, Environmental Health Coalition, National City, CA. www.environmentalhealth.org

ALSO, MEASURING POLLUTION IN PEOPLE. California approved a program to measure chemical contaminants in people. The new law, known as California
Environmental Contaminant Biomonitoring Program is the first statewide effort in the nation to measure human exposure to toxic chemicals linked to
diseases such as cancer and asthma.

Guest: Dr. Margaret Reeves, Senior scientist, Pesticide Action Network of North America, www.panna.org
This program is aired in collaboration with KQED, San Francisco's public radio.

Tuesday, October 17th

PROGRAM # 4950 - 12:00 PDT
LATINO VOTE: A CRUCIAL TEST. A new national survey reveals that Latino voters can be a decisive factor in key Congressional districts in the upcoming midterm election. The outcome in these races may help decide the control of U.S. Congress. The poll found health care, immigration, and the war in Iraq are issues of top concern for change-minded Latino voters.

Guest: Jim Gonzalez, Chair, Latino Policy Coalition, Sacramento, CA. http://latinopolicycoalition.org/

ALSO, CITIZEN CHILDREN GO TO COURT. Citizen children filed an unprecedented lawsuit against the Bush administration in a court in Florida seeking an emergency injunction to stop deportation of their immigrant parents. Groups in other states are considering following suit.

Invited guest: Nora Sandigo, Executive Director, Fraternidad Nicaragüense, Miami, Fla.

Wednesday, October 18th

PROGRAM # 4951 - 12:00 PDT
HOT SOUTHWEST RACES. Carlos Spector Calderón hosts a conversation with Lydia Camarillo, vice president of the South West Voter Registration and Education Project in San Antonio, who discusses key congressional races. In at least three districts in Colorado, Arizona and Texas, Latino voters may strongly influence the outcome. Also, Elías Bermúdez, executive director of Inmigrantes sin Fronteras join this program from Phoenix to comment on the civic project “Adopt a Citizen,” an effort to encourage immigrant residents to get citizens to get out to vote.

Thursday, October 19th

PROGRAM # 4952 - 12:00 PDT
MEXICO EDITION. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts this edition of the Voz Pública series from Mexico City. She interviews renowned lawyer Raúl Carrancá y Rivas, a renowned expert on constitutional law, about the scenarios before the Mexican Senate on the conflict in Oaxaca.

Friday, October 20th

PROGRAM # 4953 - 11:00 PDT
TOXIC DUMP BIOREACTOR: A NEW BATTLE. A farm working town in California's Central Valley continues challenging the world's largest waste disposal company, Chemical Waste Management, Inc. In the early 90's, under intense community pressure, the company halted plans to build a hazardous waste incinerator. Today, groups of residents of Kettleman City are again opposing plans to create a modern waste landfill known as bio-reactor. This is a report on the current efforts.

Guests: Maricela Mares-Alatorre, leading member, People for Clean Air and Water, Kettleman City, CA; Bob Henry, spokesperson, Chem Waste Management; Peter Anderson, President, Recycle World Consulting; Executive director, Center for a Competitive Waste Industry, Madison, WI.

ALSO, PHIL ANGELIDES ON THE ENVIRONMENT. In this pre-taped interview, state treasurer Phil Angelides, the Democratic candidate to governor in California, explains his plans to deal with air pollution and asthma, to implement the Global Warming Solutions Act, and states his position on Proposition 87, the Oil Tax for Clean Energy ballot initiative.

PROGRAM # 4954 - 12:00 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, October 23rd

PROGRAM # 4955 - 12:00 PDT
THE OTHER CAMPAIGN. A caravan of Zapatista rebels known as The Other Campaign visited Tijuana where they held a live simulcast with supporters in San Diego. This is a recording of statements on the border, maquila plants, and indigenous migrants made by Delegate Zero in Tijuana.

ZAPATISTAS! This is a conversation with Mexico-based journalist John Ross, author of several books, including the recent “Zapatistas! Making Another World Possible.” He talks about his recent reports on the presidential elections in Mexico and his views on the Zapatista advocacy for indigenous autonomy.

THE COAL-MINE WIDOWS. This is a conversation with veteran journalist and feminist Sara Lovera, former editor of the Mexican daily La Jornada, who won a national award for a story on the widows of coal miners. Lovera reports on the plight of the 65 widows of the recent tragedy in the coal mine Pasta de Conchos. She also provides analysis on the economic hardships, government neglect and emotional troubles of widows in the whole country.

Tuesday, October 24th

PROGRAM # 4956 - 12:00 PDT
PHIL ANGELIDES: GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE. This is a translated talk with former state treasurer Phil Angelides, Democratic candidate for Governor in California. In this exclusive interview, Angelides talks about immigration reform, driver’s licenses for the undocumented, universal health care, rising college tuition fees, and tax policies.

ALSO, SECRETARY OF COMMERCE CARLOS GUTIÉRREZ. In this exclusive interview, Secretary Carlos Gutiérrez defends the record of the Republican White House in areas of top concern for Latino voters, including the toughening border control measures, the War in Iraq, free trade and migration, and recent complaints about efforts to discourage the vote of Latino immigrant voters.

ALSO, VOTER INTIMIDATION. Civil rights advocates call on all citizens to cast a ballot and encourage other citizens to get out and vote. This is an effort in response to the mailing of a Spanish-language letter to Latino voters in Orange County, California, warning them that immigrants can not vote. This is seen as an attempt to intimidate and suppress the vote of Latino citizens.

Guest: Peter Zamora, regional counsel, Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund, Washington, DC.

ALSO, MASS DEPORTATION RUMORS. Anti-immigrant groups are disseminating rumors of mass-deportation raids in order to create widespread panic and confusion. A civil-liberties organization is considering legal action against one of those groups.

Guest: Mariana Bustamante, American Civil Liberties Union, San Francisco, CA.

Wednesday, October 25th

PROGRAM # 4957 - 12:00 PDT
TEXAS EDITION – PATROLMEN FACE PRISON. Two Border Patrol agents who pursued and shot a drug suspect near El Paso were sentenced to more than 11 years in prison. They were convicted of assault with a deadly weapon and civil rights violations. This case has become a cause célébre for border-control advocates, who call for congressional hearings and a White House review.

Guests: Mary Stillinger, defense attorney for agent Ignacio Ramírez; María Ramírez, defense attorney for agent José Compeán; Fernando García, director, Border Network for Human Rights, El Paso, TX; Ileana Olguín, executive director, Diocesan Migrant and Refugee Services, Inc., El Paso, TX.

Thursday, October 26th

PROGRAM # 4958 - 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 ongoing civil unrest in the state of Oaxaca.

Guests: Teacher Antonio García Sánchez, participant at a sit-in at the Mexican Senate; Dr. Marce García López, physician for teachers in a hunger strike in Mexico City; Vladimir Flores, news correspondent, Oaxaca.

Friday, October 27th

PROGRAM # 4959 - 11:00 PDT
VOICES OF VOTERS. Listeners from around the nation and diverse political persuasions are invited to share opinions and feelings about key issues in this midterm election, including the war in Iraq, immigration reform and border control, the economy, health care, and education.

Guests: David Tirado, Lancaster, PA; Pedro Arocho, Lancaster, PA; Reina López, Fresno, CA; Enrique Mendez, Salinas, CA; Eduardo Pacheco, Toppenish, WA.

PROGRAM # 4960 - 12:00 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. 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.

Monday, October 30th

PROGRAM # 4961 - 12:00 PDT
LEGISLATING THROUGH THE BALLOT. Analysts discuss health- and environment-related campaigns of measures that are in the ballots of California and Arizona. Among the issues to watch are initiatives on water quality, taxes on cigarettes and tax on oil companies to clean the air in California. In Arizona, an initiative to make English the official language and campaigns on cigarette smoking top the ballot.

Guests: Marcelo Gaete, director for programs, National Association of Latino Elected and Designated Officials – NALEO, Los Angeles; Elvia Díaz, editor, Arizona Republic, Phoenix, AZ, correspondent for Noticiero Latino.

Tuesday, October 31st

PROGRAM # 4962 - 12:00 PDT
IMMIGRATION EDITION – THE MARCH THAT COUNTS. Attorney Rosalba Piña from Chicago gives practical advice for those immigrants who are preparing to travel during the vacation season. Some immigrants who leave may face stiff penalties when re-entering the country. Piña also reports about the expected impact of the immigrant-rights marches on the grassroots efforts to turn out the vote on Election Day. The program includes a brief interview with Rudy Fernández, a top member of the White House, on the signing of a 700-mile border wall.

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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