MONDAY, JULY 5.

PROGRAM # 6151    12:00 PM PST

MEXICO AT THE SMITHSONIAN: MANY VOICES, ONE NATION. Radio Bilingüe continues its special coverage of the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington, DC, which this year highlights a wide range of indigenous cultures from Mexico. Radio Bilingüe’s coverage also celebrates the 30^th anniversary of its public broadcast service. This round table discussion includes traditional farmers and candy makers from Xochimilco, the musical group Grupo de Fandango de Artesa Los Quilamos, masters of the Oaxacan genres of sones and chilenas; and craftsmakers from the Comcaac community in Sonora .

Guests: Genovevo Pérez y Roberto Páez, chinampa farmers, Xochimilco, Mexico; Alfredo Ortega, candy maker, Xochimilco, Mexico; Julio César Mayrén, Bianca Beatriz Palacios, Juana Vargas, Dulce María Santos and Primitivo Efrén Mayrén, Grupo de Fandango de Artesa Los Quilamos, Costa Chica del Sur de Oaxaca, Mexico; Angélica Romero and Mayra Alejandra Valencia, craftswomen, Comcaac community, Sonora, Mexico.

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TUESDAY, JULY 6.

PROGRAM # 6152   12:00 PM PST

IMMIGRATION EDITION. President Obama addressed the nation, urging members of Congress to pass comprehensive immigration reform. This edition includes an interview with the White House director of intergovernmental affairs, Cecilia Muñoz, about the proposals behind the president’s call to action. Attorney Rosalba Piña, immigration law expert, hosts this edition from Chicago. Piña also answers listeners’ questions about the do’s and don’ts of applying for residency and naturalization.

Guests: Cecilia Muñoz, Director of intergovernmental affairs, White House, Washington, DC, www.whitehouse.gov .

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  WEDNESDAY, JULY 7.

PROGRAM # 6153   12:00 PM PST

HELP FOR THE UNEMPLOYED. Unemployment fell in June, but not enough to signify true economic recovery. More than 130,000 jobs are needed every month, just to keep up with the growing labor force. The House of Representatives recently passed a bill to extend federal benefits for the unemployed. So far, Republicans have blocked such a measure in the Senate. This edition brings together the voices of the unemployed and experts in the field.

Guests: Hilda Solís, Secretary of Labor, Department of Labor, Washington, DC, www.dol.gov ; Eric Griego, State Senator, New Mexico Legislature, Albuquerque, NM, http://legis.state.nm.us; Catherine Singley; Policy Analyst, Economic and Employment Policy Project, National Council of La Raza (NCLR), Washington, D.C., www.nclr.org

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THURSDAY, JULY 8.

PROGRAM # 6154    12:00 PM PST

TAKE OUR JOBS. As unemployment and the economic crisis stoke anti-immigrant sentiments, the United Farm Workers invite all those who feel that undocumented workers are taking jobs that should go to American citizens to apply online and join the exciting field of manual farm labor.

Guest: Diana Tellefson, Executive Director, United Farm Workers Foundation, Los Angeles, CA, www.ufw.org; www.takeourjobs.org.

ALSO, LATINO FARMERS SUE GOVERNMENT. A decades-old farm loan program to help small farmers stay afloat allegedly discouraged African-American and Latino farmers from applying or rejected their applications, even as Anglo peers received loans with no problem. The Department of Justice has now announced they will pay $2 billion dollars to African-American farmers who filed claims against the USDA, while they plan to pay Latino and women farmers a little more than $1 billion. Latino farmers say this is unfair.

Guests: Modesta Salazar, Farmer, Pearsall, TX; Collette Harrell, Attorney, Howrey LLP, Washington, DC.

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FRIDAY, JULY 9.

PROGRAM # 6155    12:00 PM PST

MEXICO EDITION: Gabino Cué offers social justice and a commission to help heal the wounds left by the social movements in Oaxaca, after winning the governmental elections of this state. Oaxaca is among the three poorest states in the country with the highest number of indigenous groups. Leaders of social movements like APPO, who in 2006 fought for a better legal system and democracy, seem hopeful with the arrival of Gabino Cué as governor. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts this edition of the Voz Pública from Mexico City.

Guests: Gabino Cué Monteagudo, Winning candidate for governor from the convergence of the PRD and PAN political parties; Rosendo Ramírez Sánchez, lawyer and ex-general secretary of the labor union of workers of the Benito Juarez University of Oaxaca; Flavio Sosa, who will direct the Popular Assembly of the People of Oaxaca, Activist who was incarcerated in 2007 for being a leader of the opposing movement that left a toll of wounded, deaths, and political prosecution.

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