Program Number: 36

Contents: Report: A look at the efforts of Latin American nations to develop their petroleum resources and how those efforts may involve foreign oil companies; a report on a recent court decision ordering the Immigration and Naturalization Service to reopen the cases of thousands of Haitians denied asylum in the U.S. Interview: Francisco Thoumi, an economist at the Inter-American Development Bank, discusses the conditions in Haiti that prompt the mass exodus of its people.

Recorded: August 15, 1980

Final Production: August 18, 1980

[Air Date]: September 3, 1980

Timings: v.o. 28:41, m.o. 29:00