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September 1, 1999

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IDA L. CASTRO. Faced with a hostile environment, immigrants are keeping incidents of job discrimination to themselves. They sometimes don't realize their rights have been violated or fear outright retaliation from their employer. An exclusive interview with Ida. L. Castro, the first Latina to head the federal agency enforcing anti-discrimination laws in the workplace.

Guest: Ida L. Castro, Chairwoman, US Equal Employment Opportunities Commission. For more info: www.eeoc.gov

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IMMIGRATION CONSULTANT FRAUD. More than forty farmworker families in California's Sonoma County were victims of a scam immigration amnesty program. The unscrupulous immigration consultant was caught, but immigrant advocates warn that this is only the tip of the iceberg. Immigration consultant fraud, they say, is epidemic and appears to be the leading consumer crime against immigrant populations in California.

Guests: Immigrant Legal Resource Center, San Francisco. For more info: ilrc@ilrc.org

September 2, 1999

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PUERTO RICO EDITION - SEX EDUCATION. In this back-to-school season, WRTU, Radio Universidad de Puerto Rico, educators talk about how to discuss sex education issues with children and teens. The program includes call-ins from listeners in Puerto Rico and the U.S.

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MEXICO EDITION. Francisco "Paco" Huerta, winner of the National Journalism Award in 1983, is a veteran radio journalist and program host. He offers this weekly, tape-delayed edition of the series "Voz Publica," aired in Mexico City. Listeners from Mexico City call in to comment on headline issues.

Host: Francisco Huerta. For more info: www.vozpublica.com

September 3, 1999

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PRENATAL CARE. In this edition of a special series on Prenatal Care, answers questions and dispells fears on pregnancy. High-risk pregnancies, morning sickness, exposure to lead, pregnancy tests, emergency deliveries, breastfeeding and other concerns are frequently discussed.

Guest: Dr. Carolina Reyes, gynecologist, National Coalition of Hispanic Health and Human Service Organizations COSSMHO, www.cossmho.org

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SCHOOL SHOOTINGS. . Violence is the number one killer of youth in California and, despite headlines on school shootings, school campuses are still safer for youth than anywhere else in the community. After returning from summer vacations, youth commentators discuss recent headlines on the epidemic of youth violence.

Guests: Roberto Solorio, youth commentator, KHDC - Radio Bilingue. For more info: tmkw92c@prodigy.com. Also, Youth Radio is invited.

September 6, 1999

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LABOR DAY EDITION: IMMIGRANT LABORERS. The nation celebrates Labor Day with barbecues and weekend outings. Unemployed laborers talk about their challenges, their dream job and the holiday. Attorney Marielena Hincapie also reviews legal issues for immigrant workers.

Guest: Attorney Marielena Hincapie, Legal Aid Society of San Francisco, Employment Law Center. For more info: (415) 864-8848

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"BRUJAS, BULTOS Y BRASAS." A conversation with Nasario Garcia on his new book "Brujas, Bultos y Brasas: Tales of Witchcraft and the Supernatural in the Pecos Valley." This is a bilingual book with folk witchcraft stories from Mexican-American old-timers, including the evil eye, the bogeyman and others.

Guest: Nasario Garcia. For more info: garcia_n@nmhu.edu and Western Edge Press, westernedge@santa-fe.net

September 7, 1999

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IMMIGRATION EDITION - WAIVERS FOR SUSPECTED FRAUD. Attorney Enrique Ramirez, from San Francisco talks about waivers available for immigrants who failed in the visa application process on charges of fraud and misrepresentation. Enrique Ramirez also answers listener calls on various concerns about the immigration and naturalization law.

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FARM WORKERS VEHICLES SAFETY. As California's Senate passes a law to extend car safety belt and other safety enforcement measures for vehicles transporting field workers, this program focuses on three lawsuits holding a trucking company and a farm labor contractor liable for the deaths of thirteen farm workers in a crash. Workers compensation payment is one of the plaintiff's demands.

Guest: Robert Perez, attorney for the plaintiffs.

September 8, 1999

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TV BROWNOUT. A broad coalition maintains that Latinos are more invisible on prime-time television in the 90s than they were in the 50s. When Latinos appear on the screen, they are likely to be casting negative roles or stereotypes. The coalition is now calling to turn off the four major networks from September 12 through 25 in what they call a national brownout.

Guest: Martha Samano, National Hispanic Media Coalition. For more info: www.nhmc.org

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DAIRY FARMS. Federal health investigators are looking into the deaths of two men in the state of Washington, suspecting that they may have died of a rare brain disease linked to "mad cow disease." The program will also discuss workplace safety issues in the dairy industry. Invited guests include former dairy workers, industry representatives and officials from labor health agencies.

September 9, 1999

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PUERTO RICO EDITION - NATIONALIST PRISONERS. WRTU, Radio Universidad, provides an update on the reaction in the island and elsewhere to President Clinton's offer of conditional clemency to Puerto Rican imprisoned in connection with armed nationalistic activities.

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MEXICO EDITION. Francisco "Paco" Huerta, winner of the National Journalism Award in 1983, is a veteran radio journalist and program host. He offers this weekly, tape-delayed edition of the series "Voz Publica," aired in Mexico City. Listeners comment on President Zedillo's State of the Union speech and other current matters.

HOST: Francisco Huerta. For more info: www.vozpublica.com

September 10, 1999

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SOCIAL SECURITY RETIREMENT FUNDS. The Social Security Administration will begin mailing letters notifying 125 million US residents of the estimated funds expected for their retirement. This information must be of particular interest to Latino workers, since Social Security savings are the only source of income for at least a third of Latino elders.

Guest: Patty Robidart, Social Security Administration, Western Division. For more info: www.ssa.gov

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MEXICAN HERITAGE PLAZA. Leading artists, government officials and community activists gather in San Jose, CA, to celebrate the inauguration of the Mexican Heritage Plaza, one of the largest Latino cultural centers in the nation. The Plaza includes a state-of-the-art theater, a large gallery, thematic gardens, a pyramid-shaped pavilion and a Mexican-style central plaza.

Guest: Fernando Zazueta, Mexican Heritage Plaza. For more info: www.mhcviva.org

September 13, 1999

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HEALTH EDITION - TROUBLED CHILDREN. Children in the inner-city neighborhoods, growing in families suffering stress, poverty, violence and drugs, are at a higher risk of developing serious mental health problems. A new initiative in the Little Havana barrio of Miami responds to the challenge looking for new ways to deliver mental health services to children in trouble.

Guest: The Abriendo Puertas Family Center, (305) 649-6449

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ALAS FOR WOMEN. Hundreds of low-income female entrepreneurs are coming together in a San Francisco-based self-help project called ALAS (Alternativas para Latinas en Autosuficiencia). Women find encouragement, advice, conferences, support for loans, and other services.

Guest: Women's Initiative for Self-Employment, 415-826-5090.

September 14, 1999

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FIESTAS PATRIAS IN SACRAMENTO. Civic leaders Alicia Lara and Rodolfo Cuellar provide a report on the celebration of the Fiestas Patrias in Sacramento, CA and reflect on the everyday meaning of the holiday for Chicanos. Among the activities, Mayor Jose Serna eulogizes Cesar Chavez' Cry of Huelga in Delano.

Guests: Alicia Lara, Rodolfo Cuellar, La Raza Media Network, 916-443-9106.

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IMMIGRATION EDITION. Attorney Carlos Spector-Calderon provides a review of the latest developments in immigration law policy and enforcement. Spector-Calderon also answers listener calls on various concerns about the immigration and naturalization application process.

September 15, 1999

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MEXICO'S INDEPENDENCE DAY. Produced in conjunction with affiliate station XHITT, Radio Tecnológico in Tijuana, this program takes a retrospective look at Mexico's long struggle to maintain its sovereignty and grow as a nation. For communities bordering the US, the struggle to maintain its national identity against formidable outside pressure is a daily fact of life.

Guest: Alejandro Garcia, Sociedad de Historia de Tijuana.

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A YOUNG CHARRO. An interview with 11-year-old Jesus Castellanos, a lasso expert and champion in many charreadas. Born without a left hand, young Jesus is the star roper for the charro team Camperos del Valle, a group that has successfully competed in rodeos throughout California.

Guest: Jesus Castellanos, Camperos del Valle, Pleasanton, CA.

September 16, 1999

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PUERTO RICO EDITION - SHARED CUSTODY. Rosa Alers, with WRTU, Radio Universidad, hosts a discussion on divorce and the children, including negotiating shared custody.

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MEXICO EDITION. Francisco "Paco" Huerta, winner of the National Journalism Award in 1983, is a veteran radio journalist and program host. He offers this weekly, tape-delayed edition of the series "Voz Publica," aired in Mexico City. Listeners comment on current matters.

HOST: Francisco Huerta. For more info: www.vozpublica.com

September 17, 1999

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SON JAROCHO. In celebration of Latino heritage, this program explores the influence that "aguinaldos," "jibaro" songs and other popular Puerto Rican rhythms have had on the development of Sones Jarochos from Mexico's East Coast.

Guest: Antonio Gonzalez de Leon, ethnomusicologist, Mexico City

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EL GRITO DE DOLORES. Special envoy Maria Fincher, from KBBF in Santa Rosa, CA, provides a report of the traditional Grito de Dolores from Guanajuato, the craddle of Mexico's War of Independence. The program includes recordings of the Cry of Independence by the state governor, as well as a chronicle of the event and comments from reveling citizens.

September 20, 1999

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HEALTH EDITION - HMO REFORM. Lawmakers in Sacramento passed patients' rights bills giving Californians new insurance benefits and the right to sue their health insurers. The federal Congress considers similar measures in Washington. This program provides different views on the issue.

Guest: Dr. Jose Betancourt in New York, Senator Liz Figueroa in Sacramento, www.sen.ca.gov/figueroa. Other guests TBA

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WOMEN IN TWO WORLDS. Immigrant women have a hard time reconciling their traditional roles with the modern values of individuality, independence, informality and gender equality in their adoptive society. A health specialist engages in a conversation with listeners on how to make the best of the two worlds.

Guest: Psychologist Ivette Ortiz Flores.

September 21, 1999

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IMMIGRATION EDITION. Immigrants lobby lawmakers in Washington for passage of the Fairness for Legal Immigrants Act of 1999, a bill which restores medical and food benefits for legal immigrants. Carlos Spector-Calderon comments on this and other news developments in the immigration area.

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NEWS REVIEW. Correspondents around the nation and Mexico provide reports and analysis on news developments of special interest to Latino audiences.

September 22, 1999

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CUARTETO DE ORO DEL RECUERDO. Members of the Cuarteto de Oro del Recuerdo, a quartet of migrants from Huetamo, Michoacan, reminisce about their times as laborers and musicians in the U.S. agricultural fields.

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DON RAFAEL MORALES. A conversation with pioneer Rafael Morales, a Mixtec immigrant from Oaxaca, Mexico, who spearheaded the founding of the first Mexican musical group, the first Latino self-help organization and the first Mixtec/Oaxacan-Indian organization in Northern California's Sonoma valley. This program is a Latino Heritage Month special.

September 23, 1999

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PUERTO RICO EDITION - THE DEVELOPMENT PROSPECTS. Rosa Alers, with WRTU, Radio Universidad, discusses the future of the economy in Puerto Rico, the prospects for development and the dependence ties to the United States.

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MEXICO EDITION. Francisco "Paco" Huerta, winner of the National Journalism Award in 1983, is a veteran radio journalist and program host. He offers this weekly, tape-delayed edition of the series "Voz Publica," aired in Mexico City. Listeners comment on current matters.

HOST: Francisco Huerta. For more info: www.vozpublica.com

September 24, 1999

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TACUACHITO NIGHTS. "Tacuachito Nights" is the title of a unique CD recording that captures the historical moment when old-time Texano conjuntos came together for a live concert in San Benito, Texas. The CD recording is a joint project of the Smithsonian Institution and the Narciso Martínez Cultural Arts Center.

Guest: David Champion, Director, Narciso Martínez Cultural Arts Center, San Benito.
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. For more info: folkways@aol.com or www.si.edu/folkways

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MEXICAN SUPERMARKETS IN CALIFORNIA. Mexican-style grocery stores in poor neighborhoods are coming under legislative scrutiny. Assembly speaker Antonio Villarraigosa announced a public hearing to examine complaints about low-wages and other labor practices by stores that benefit from free trade's low-tariff food products from Mexico.

September 27, 1999

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HEALTH EDITION - CERVICAL CANCER. Cervical cancer is the third most common disease among Latinas in the U.S., and the leading cause of female death in Latin America. However, research among Latinas is scarce and some warn that health professionals need to consider fatalistic beliefs, sexual silence and other cultural barriers that prevent Latinas from using cervical cancer screening services.

Guest: Dr. Elmer Huerta, oncologist, www.prevencion.org

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THE FIRE ANTS. A conversation with David Romtvedt, director of "The Fire Ants," a musical group from Buffalo, Wyoming, that experiments with a creative repertoire celebrating Cajun and Calypso rhythms as well as traditional Sones and Cumbias from Mexico's tropical lands.

Guest: David Romtvedt, The Fire Ants, romtvedt@wyoming.com

September 28, 1999

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BRACEROS. WWII Bracero farm workers meet with officials from Mexico's Foreign Secretariat and Banrural to find out on the whereabouts of millions in saving funds that were promised upon their contract's end and their return to Mexico. Bracero leaders participating in the meeting offer a timely report from Mexico City

Guest: Ventura Gutierrez, Union Sin Fronteras. Austreberto Ramirez, veteran Bracero from Michoacan.

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IMMIGRATION EDITION. Commentator Carlos-Spector Calderon gives an update on the ongoing lobbying campaign called "Fix 96," a grassroots effort to change anti-immigrant laws passed three years ago. The campaign targets summary deportations, the right to appeal, due process and other matters. Spector-Calderon also answers listener concerns on various aspects of visa application procedures.

September 29, 1999

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ELIADES OCHOA. A conversation with Cuban guitarist and singer Eliades Ochoa, a virtuoso of country-style Guajira music. Founder of the group "Cuarteto Patria," Ochoa is now touring the world after the success of the award-winning recording "Buena Vista Social Club," which brought back to the world the golden times of the old Cuban Son.

Guest: Eliades Ochoa.

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MENTAL HEALTH. Legislators in Sacramento push bills to rebuild the community-based mental health system. Access to mental health care has become a top policy issue in California. Dr. Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola, a distinguished scholar, joins a roundtable to discuss access of Latinos to mental health care.

Guests: Dr. Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola, CSUF, Frank Vega, Associate Director, Fresno County's Mental Health Services, and Maria Bustamante Centro La Familia.

September 30, 1999

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PUERTO RICO EDITION. Rosa Alers, from WRTU - Radio Universidad de Puerto Rico, hosts this weekly program bringing topics on news developments impacting the nations of the Caribbean basin.

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MEXICO EDITION. Francisco "Paco" Huerta, winner of the National Journalism Award in 1983, is a veteran radio journalist and program host. He offers this weekly, tape-delayed edition of the series "Voz Pública," aired in Mexico City. Listeners comment on current matters.

HOST: Francisco Huerta. For more info: www.vozpublica.com

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