 Edición Semanaria de Noticiero Latino |
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October 2006
October 6th | Listen to the program
IMMIGRATION AND VOTING. While Congress members return to their districts for reelection campaigns, the Congressional Hispanic Caucus stayed behind in Washington for their annual congressional summit. The main issue before the summit was the defeated immigration reform and its possible effects on the November 7th congressional elections. Patricia Guadalupe reports from Washington, DC.
MEXICAN CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR. When he voluntarily enlisted in the military nearly 4 years ago, Agustin Aguayo never imagined that at the end of his contract, his superiors would force him to return to the war in Iraq. Aguayo, a 34-year old military physician from Los Angeles, California, is the first soldier of Mexican descent to declare himself a conscientious objector and resist returning to Iraq. Aguayo is now awaiting a court martial in a military prison. Ruben Tapia was present when Aguayo turned himself in to military authorities.
EXTREME TENSION IN OAXACA. There is a tense calm in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca. A week after the deployment of the state military forces, and days away from the negotiation talks called by the Ministry of the Interior in Mexico City, the conflict between teacher unions and civil groups remains at a stalemate. Despite warnings of police intervention, demonstrators demanding the ousting of Governor Ulises Ruiz have strengthened camps and barricades installed all over the city. In the mean time, thousands of demonstrators complete a two-week walk to Mexico City. Vladimir Flores shares the latest details from Oaxaca’s capital.
October 13th | Listen to the program
HUNGER STRIKE FOR IMMIGRATION REFORM. The result of hundreds of thousands of Latinos that took to the streets to demand comprehensive immigration reform was the approval of a 700-mile border fence along the U.S./Mexico border. In Arizona, where the number of demonstrators was unprecedented, the future construction of the border wall was a rude awakening. This is what a prominent Latino leader from the GOP tells our correspondent in Arizona, Elvia Diaz. The worst of it, he says, is that President Bush chose his visit to Arizona to sign the bill into law.
BORDER WALL MAY AFFECT MIGRANT HEALTH. Healthcare access by immigrants has not improved in the past few years. To the contrary, the lack of health access could be worsen by new plans to block immigration flow along the U.S./Mexico border. Such were the opinions expressed by those gathered at the Sixth Binational Health Week opening ceremonies. However, for health providers and researchers from both sides of the border gathered in Guadalajara, Mexico, it is important that migrants health is now included in public policies crafted in the U.S. and in the countries of origin where migrants are coming from. Marco Vinicio Gonzalez files the report.
TRANSFER OF POWER IN MEXICO. The current conflict in the Mexican state of Oaxaca has put the country’s transfer of power in jeopardy. President Vicente Fox is trying to avoid passing on the current crisis to his successor, President-Elect, Felipe Calderon. Meanwhile, Calderon remains vigilant. Representatives from the both sides in the conflict continue negotiations at Mexico City’s Ministry of the Interior headquarters. But, as Citlali Saenz reports, the Oaxacan teachers maintain their principal demands: the resignation of Governor Ulises Ruiz and the dissolution of State powers.
October 20th | Listen to the program
CROSS BORDER HEALTH COVERAGE. Millions of Mexican and Central American immigrants harvest 90 percent of the food that is consumed in the U.S. However, these workers continue to be the group with least access to healthcare coverage in the nation, this according to a recent report by the University of California and Mexico’s Health Ministry. The study was presented at the conclusion ceremony of the Sixth Binational Health Week, before dignitaries, researchers and other invited guests at Los Angeles’ Mexican Consulate offices. Our correspondent, Ana Lilia Barraza was present and shares the following report.
TOXIC WASTE OR CUTTING EDGE TECHNOLOGY? The toxic waste industry’s global giant, Chem Waste Management, plans to install a cutting edge bioreactor landfill near the small agricultural town of Kettleman City, California. The company announces its complex engineering system as the future of waste disposal, the end of “dry tombs” of the kind used now in municipal waste landfills. However, local grassroots groups question this new landfill system, warning that its emissions will threaten the health of millions in California. Environmental Health reporter, Alma Martinez files the report.
DRUG VIOLENCE IN SOUTHERN MEXICO. Known for its famous tourist destination hotspot Acapulco, the Mexican state of Guerrero is currently living one of its worst moments. Since last year, a wave of violence linked to drug trafficking rings has resulted in hundreds murdered, injured or kidnapped. From Acapulco, our correspondent Kent Paterson, shares this report narrated by Maria Eraña.
October 27th | Listen to the program
ANTI-IMMIGRANT MEASURES IN ARIZONA ELECTIONS. Arizona voters may do what the legislature was unable to do: approve a series of anti-immigrant measures. Among initiatives that voters from this border state will have to decide is one that will declare English as the official language. Elvia Diaz spoke to those that will potentially be affected and to those in favor of the measure.
LATINAS AT GREATER AIDS RISK. Being a Latina in a monogamous relationship does not spare women from running the risk of contracting the AIDS virus. A new study emphasizes that the current combat strategy has achieved reductions in AIDS cases among Anglos, but not among Latinos. To the contrary, deaths caused by AIDS are on the rise in the Latino community. Patricia Guadalupe shares details from Washington, DC.
CITIZEN CHILDREN LAWSUIT. While the majority of undocumented parents come to the U.S. seeking opportunities for their children that they themselves lacked, often the system works against these children, which seem to be the forgotten in the immigration debate. To address this, a group of citizen children have filed a lawsuit against the federal government to stop deportation proceedings against their parents and to enjoy a normal life. Jorge Salazar attended a public event in Chicago announcing the lawsuit.