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Linea Abierta Programs for September 2002
Monday, September 2nd
PROGRAM # 3554 - 12:00 PDT
HEALTH EDITION – HOLIDAY SPECIAL. GRANMA’S RECIPES. This pre-recorded program discusses how to ensure good health by learning the basics of good nutrition and the healing powers of natural foods, fruits and vegetables. Experts in nutrition share advise on home made cooking and granma’s recipes such as nopales rancheros, salsa picante and calabacitas rellenas.Guest: Dr. Daniel Quijano, ambassador in Mexico, Organización Mundial de la Medicina Natural.
PROGRAM # 3555 - 13:00 PDT
LEADING ENGINEERS. This program features conversations with Latinas who have excelled in the science and engineering career field. Sylvia Rojas, a dyslexic single mother from El Paso, returned to college and finished with the top honor a B.A. in Industrial Engineering in three years. Magaly Spector, from New Jersey, is one of the highest ranking female Latina scientists in the U.S. She came to the U.S. from Cuba, struggling to learn English and eventually earned two advanced degrees and won this year's Professional Achievement Award from the Hispanic Engineer National Achievement Awards Conference. This is a repeat program, part of a series sponsored by the Engineering Information Foundation.Guests: Sylvia Rojas Pearson, factory planner, Motorola, Austin, TX; Magaly Spector, Ph.D., technical manager, OADM Group Lucent Technologies, Holdel, NJ.
Tuesday, September 3rd
PROGRAM # 3556 - 12:00 PDT
LINEA DEL PAISANO. This weekly program provides a forum for live listener questions and comments to high officials in Mexico’s presidential cabinet. This groundbreaking radio service offers Mexican callers unprecedented access to the Mexican presidency. In this program, guests provide an analysis on this week’s Mexico’s State of the Union presidential message.PROGRAM # 3557 - 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, a renowned expert on folk music from Western Mexico discusses the International Conference of Mariachi and Charreria in Guadalajara.
Wednesday, September 4th
PROGRAM # 3558 - 12:00 NOON PDT
TITE CURET-ALONSO. A live conversation with one of the best Puerto Rican composers. Tite Curet’s songs have been recognized internationally and interpreted by a number of salsa greats. This program is in celebration of National Latino Heritage Month.PROGRAM # 3559 - 13:00 PDT
SOCIAL SECURITY FEARS. The Social Security Administration has mailed letters to hundreds of thousands of employers to fix no-match problems. Many immigrant workers are reportedly loosing their jobs as a result of this purge in Social Security number records. In this program, an attorney discusses tips for employers and workers who receive no-match letters.Guest: Mark Silverman, attorney, Immigration Legal Resource Center, San Francisco.
Thursday, September 5th
PROGRAM # 3560 - 12:00 NOON PDT
MEXICO EDITION. Francisco “Paco” Huerta, a veteran radio journalist and civic journalism 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 # 3561 - 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, September 6th
PROGRAM # 3562 - 12:00 PDT
UFW CONVENTION. Leaders, members and supporters of the United Farm Workers met this week in Fresno to celebrate forty years of its founding by César Chávez and Dolores Huerta. Surviving delegates to the first convention in 1962 were recognized with a tribute. This program features a special report on the farm labor convention.PROGRAM # 3563 - 13:00 PDT
“CARMELA”. An interview with Bolivian author Amalia Decker-Marquez on her first novel “Carmela.” This autobiographical novel tells the story of a young woman who as a student joined the remnants of Ché Guevara’s guerrilla group, lived years in exiled during Bolivia’s dictatorships and later became a journalist and a politician.
Monday, September 9th
PROGRAM # 3564 - 12:00 PDT
HEALTH EDITION – CHOLESTEROL. September is National Cholesterol Education Month. Studies show that lowering cholesterol levels can reduce heart disease and heart attacks. Dr. Elmer Huerta shares advice on how to keep blood cholesterol under control and steps to reduce risks of heart attacks.Guest: Dr. Elmer Huerta, regular health commentator, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC.
PROGRAM # 3565 - 13:00 PDT
OPERATION TARMAC. This program provides an extended report about efforts to support immigrant airport workers detained on charges of working in security-sensitive areas using false documents. A broad coalition seeks dismissal of charges.Interviews: Marco Antonio Rosales, prosecuted worker; Angelina Marin, wife; Ana Rosales, sister; Maria Elena Durazo, president, Hotels and Restaurants Union; Angelica Salas, CHIRLA; Cardinal Roger Mahony; Martha Lara, Mexican consul; Fernando Castillo, Guatemalan consul; Julio Cardoza, Casa Nicaragua.
Tuesday, September 10th
PROGRAM # 3566 - 12:00 PDT
LINEA DEL PAISANO. Mexico's Supreme Court rejected a number of controversies and appeals against the 2000 Law on Indian Peoples. The highest court said it lacks power to intervene in issues related to constitutional laws. Attorney Barbara Zamora, a representative for Mexican Indian plaintiff comunities, comments on the topic.ALSO, DR. ANTONIA NOVELLO. Former U.S. Surgeon General and current health commissioner for the state of New York, Dr. Antonia Novello comments on preparations to deal with traumas and flashbacks related to 9/11.
PROGRAM # 3567 - 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 program examines the impact on Mexico of the U.S. war on terrorism after the attacks on September 11th. Enrique Martinez and Carlos Riojas, social researchers for Universidad de Guadalajara, comment on the impact of 9/11 on Western Mexico. Closed borders, declining tourism, frustrated migration talks, and profiling of immigrants in the U.S., are taking their toll on migrants hometowns, they say. Also, closed borders are forcing drug trafickers to turn to the Mexican market to sell increasing stockpiles of illicit drugs (including "the tear of Allah").
Wednesday, September 11th
PROGRAM # 3568 - 12:00 NOON PDT
SEPTEMBER 11th: FIRST ANNIVERSARY. On the anniversary of the attack on New York, Washington and Pennsylvania, this roundtable explores how the attack has brought new challenges in the lives of communities of color. Guests discuss the impact of national security measures on civil liberties, the impact of growing border walls on binational cooperation, and the domestic and foreign ramifications of the emphasis on a war against Iraq.Guests: Monica Gonzalez, visiting fellow researcher, Conflict Management Group, Cambridge, MA; Lida Rodriguez-Tassef, ACLU Chapter Chair, Miami, FL; Alex Nogales, CEO and President, National Hispanic Media Coalition, Los Angeles.
ALSO, ADOLFO PEREZ ESQUIVEL. This is an exclusive interview with Dr. Adolfo Perez Esquivel, 1980 Nobel Peace Prize, and founder/director of Servicio Paz y Justicia in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He calls on President Bush to act with common sense, control the belligerant and revengeful mood in Washington, and put the human toll from 9/11 in perspective.
PROGRAM # 3569 - 13:00 PDT
SEPTEMBER 11th: FIRST ANNIVERSARY. Listener call-ins are encouraged during this hour. How has Sept 11 changed the lives of listeners? How do listeners remember the day of the tragedy? How to heal the wounds? How to build a safer and better nation?
Thursday, September 12th
PROGRAM # 3570 - 12:00 NOON PDT
MEXICO EDITION. Francisco “Paco” Huerta, a veteran radio journalist and civic journalism 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 # 3571 - 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, September 13th
PROGRAM # 3572 - 12:00 PDT
IMMIGRATION AFTER SEPT. 11TH. Non-citizens in the U.S. have carried the burden of most new anti-terrorist measures. After Sept. 11th, immigration reform talks between the U.S. and Mexico dead-ended, the INS announced new restrictions on legal immigrants, and states backed away from granting driver’s licenses to undocumented motorists. Those and other issues are the focus of a roundtable of immigrant advocates.Guests: Frank Sharry, executive director, National Immigration Forum, Washington, DC; Rosalba Piña, board member, American Immigration Lawyers Association, Chicago; Isabel García, co-chair, Coalicion de Derechos Humanos, Tucson, AZ.
PROGRAM # 3573 - 13:00 PDT
INDEPENDENCE DAY FAIR. Jorge Madrazo Cuellar, Mexican consul in Seattle, talks about Mexican Independence Day celebrations in Washington. This year, consul Madrazo gives the traditional Grito (Cry of Independence) after a fair of social services to provide basic legal, financial and health services to farm workers in Yakima.
Monday, September 16th
PROGRAM # 3574 - 12:00 PDT
HEALTH EDITION – MOOD HEALTH. Dr. Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola, author of the most comprehensive study on mood disorders among Mexican-Americans, examines those cultural factors in the life of many Mexican-Americans that protect them from mental disorders such as clinical depression. Also, Jesus de Anda, a Mexican immigrant who succeeded in the restaurant business but fell in depression, tells how he is managing to overcome homesickness and depression. This program is in celebration of National Latino Heritage Month.PROGRAM # 3575 - 13:00 PDT
UFW: FORTY YEARS. Dolores Huerta, co-founder of the farm workers union, and surviving founding members Trinidad and Lili Orozco share stories of the first days of farm union organizing in the Central Valley. Also, Josefina Hernandez and Ramon Lerma, children of veteran founding members, recount the first years of the movement. The testimonials were recorded during the gathering of farm labor organizers to celebrate the UFW’s 40th birthday. This program is in celebration of National Latino Heritage Month.
Tuesday, September 17th
PROGRAM # 3576 - 12:00 PDT
LINEA DEL PAISANO - NEW MIGRANT OMBUDSMAN. This weekly program provides a forum for live listener questions and comments to high officials in Mexico’s presidential cabinet. This groundbreaking radio service offers Mexican callers unprecedented access to the Mexican presidency. The newly-appointed migrant czar, Candido Morales, director of the Instituto de los Mexicanos en el Exterior, talks about his designation by President Fox and his plans for the office. Also, Claudio Mendez Fernandez, coordinator of Michoacan state’s migrant office joins this edition to discuss projects such as 3x1, Michoacan emigres right to vote in state elections, and legal services for migrant families.PROGRAM # 3577 - 13:00 PDT
FRONTERA LIBRE EDITION – INDIAN LAW. 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, Msgr. Felipe Arizmendi, bishop of the Catholic Diocesis in San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, discusses a recent Supreme Court decision dismissing appeals by Indian communities against Mexico’s Indian Law constitutional reforms.
Wednesday, September 18th
PROGRAM # 3578 - 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 also celebrates Latino Heritage Month.PROGRAM # 3579 - 13:00 PDT
9/11 STORIES. Grieving relatives of a victim of the attack on New York’s Twin Towers waited almost a year to learn about the remains of their loved one, found hours after the tragedy. An undocumented Guatemalan has a harder time finding work these days. A Puerto Rican hair stylist begins a new shop, after the loss of business in the two previous terrorist attacks.Interviews: Wilder Gomez' mother and relatives; Jose Hernandez; Olga Diaz.
Thursday, September 19th
PROGRAM # 3580 - 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 # 3581 - 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, September 20th
PROGRAM # 3582 - 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. A new regulation allows adult children of immigrant citizens to continue their residency application. A coalition is founded in Colorado to support a highly-achieving undocumented student who is targetted for deportation by Denver congressman Tom Tancredo.PROGRAM # 3583 - 13:00 PDT
Dr. ANTONIA NOVELLO. Former U.S. Surgeon General, Dr. Antonia Novello is currently the health commissioner for the State of New York. In this interview, she comments on measures under her administration to open the doors of the health care system to working families, the Spanish-speaking and undocumented immigrants. She also comments on the recent appointment of Dr. Richard Carmona as Surgeon General.ALSO,
DR. JANE DELGADO. A clinical psychologist, Dr. Delgado is president and CEO of the National Alliance for Hispanic Health, the nation’s largest network of Latino health care providers. She is also the author of the book “Salud – A Latina’s Guide to Total Health.” This program was funded in part by the National Alliance of Hispanic Health.
Monday, September 23rd
PROGRAM # 3584 - 12:00 PDT
HEALTH EDITION – LATINA SMOKING. Latinas in California have one of the lowest smoking rates, but as they acculturate, their smoking habits increase. And as smoking rates increase, they become victims of heart disease and cancer, top causes of death among U.S. Latinas. Tobacco smoking also affects women’s menstrual function, bone density and their ability to bear children. This program airs in coordination with Women’s Health and Fitness Week.PROGRAM # 3585 - 13:00 PDT
CASINO DE LA SELVA. The U.S.-based corporation Costco acquired Cuernavaca’s landmark “Casino de la Selva,” and is currently planning to build a shopping mall in this historic site. Grassroots groups from Morelos are resisting these plans. They say invaluable artistic works and archeological treasures are at stake.
Tuesday, September 24th
PROGRAM # 3586 - 12:00 PDT
LINEA DEL PAISANO. This weekly program provides a forum for live listener questions and comments to high officials in Mexico’s presidential cabinet. This groundbreaking radio service offers Mexican callers unprecedented access to the Mexican presidency.PROGRAM # 3587 - 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.
Wednesday, September 25th
PROGRAM # 3588 - 12:00 NOON PDT
IRAQ INVASION. The U.S. is pressing the U.N. Security Council for the use of military force against Iraq. In a rift with the U.S. position, major member nations expressed support for Iraq’s offer to allow U.N. inspections on suspected weapons sites. This program reports on Mexico diplomacy’s position and listeners are encouraged to call in with comments on the news.Interview: Adolfo Aguilar Zinser, Mexican Ambassador to the United Nations; Chancellor Jorge Castañeda, Mexico’s Foreign Relations secretary (speech before the U.N.)
ALSO, OSCAR ARIAS. Former president of Costa Rica Oscar Arias, Nobel Peace Prize 1987, calls U.S. policies on Iraq arrogant and counterproductive in a speech in San Francisco.
PROGRAM # 3589 - 13:00 PDT
BRACERO DAY. Farm worker groups commemorate sixty years of the first U.S.-Mexico Bracero contract in Stockton. Bracero advocates recreate the trip from Mexico City to Stockton of the first large-scale-contract braceros. A statue of a veteran field worker will be unveiled for the occasion.ALSO, FIELDS OF POISON. A scientific report entitled Fields of Poison examines information on farm worker pesticide poisonings and enforcement of health and safety laws in the fields of California. Weak safety law enforcement and farm worker under protection are some of the findings.
Guests: Dr. Margaret Reed, scientific researcher, Pesticide Action Network, San Francisco, CA; Mr. Lupe Martinez, third vicepresident, United Farm Workers of America, Bakersfield, CA.
Thursday, September 26th
PROGRAM # 3590 - 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 # 3591 - 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, September 27th
PROGRAM # 3592 - 12:00 PDT
SELF-ESTEEM. Dr. Ana Nogales, renowned psychologist, columnist and author from Los Angeles, comments on how to overcome feelings of low self-worth and doubts about personal abilities. Building self-esteem is critical to develop a positive well-being and academic and professional achievements. Dr. Ana Nogales is a regular mental health commentator of Línea Abierta.PROGRAM # 3593 - 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 personal concerns on immigration and citizenship issues.
Monday, September 30th
PROGRAM # 3594 - 12:00 PDT
HEALTH EDITION - SKIN CARE. Some doctors warn that chronic skin diseases affect the patient's quality of life just like cancer or mental ailments. Dr. Elmer Huerta discusses common skin diseases and conditions, including acne, dermatitis, sunburn, warts, athlete's foot and more.Guest: Dr. Elmer Huerta, regular health commentator, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC.
PROGRAM # 3595 - 13:00 PDT
LATINO HOME OWNERSHIP. More Latinos are buying homes and the organized Latino real state professionals are reaching out to consumers in Spanish. This program discusses issues such as bilingual services for the home buying process, the help provided by agencies like HUD and Fannie Mae, and more.Guest: Ernest Reyes, chairman of the board of directors, National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals, San Diego, CA.
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