Program Number: 16

Contents: Report: A story about a political controversy in Colombia that was the result of ?La Mala Hora,? a Gabriel Garcia Marques novel adapted for television, which depicts life in a small village during a short peace in the violent civil war known as "La Violencia". Interview: Demetrio Boersner, professor of international relations in the School of International Studies at the Central University of Venezuela, discusses the idea that a special relationship has existed between the nations of the Western Hemisphere and how new conditions are making it necessary to reassess the nature and structure of inter-American relations.

Recorded: March 31 and April 1, 1977

Final Production: April 1, 1977

[Air Date]: April 18, 1977

Timings: v.o. 29:21, m.o. 29:39