Program Number: 35

Contents: Report: A report on the planned return to civilian rule in Peru; a look at the U.S. Army General who will head the Panama Canal Commission; a story on the seven?nation tour of the Americas by Ecuador's new president, Jaime Roldós Aguilera; a report on the granting of Mexico's highest civilian award to University of Texas historian, Nettie Lee Benson. Interview: Miguel D?Escoto, a Maryknoll priest and Nicaragua's Minister of Foreign Affairs, describes the goals of the new revolutionary government; and Tom Davies, Director of the Center for Latin American Studies at San Diego State University, describes the political career of the late Peruvian statesman, Victor Haya de la Torre.

Recorded: August 10, 1979

Final Production: August 10, 1979

[Air Date]: August 29, 1979

Timings: v.o. 29:34, m.o. 30:00