Program Number: 8

Contents: Report: A story on Pope John Paul II's proposal to solve the Beagle Channel dispute between Chile and Argentina; a look at Nicaragua's denial of U.S. charges that it's involved in the conflict in El Salvador; a story on President Reagan's retention of a Carter administration appointee, Laurence Pezzullo, as U.S. ambassador to Nicaragua; Interview: Jorge Lamport Rodil, former Guatemalan ambassador to the U.S. and currently with the Inter-American Development Bank, discusses economic recessions in the U.S. and how they affect Latin American economies

Recorded: January 28, 1981

Final Production: January 31, 1981

[Air Date]: February 18, 1981

Timings: v.o. 25:50, m.o. 29:00