Program Number: 44

Contents: Report: A story on the interim president of Brazil, Aureliano Chavez, who substituted for the ailing João Figueiredo and temporarily interrupted seventeen years of military rule in the nation; a look at congressional restrictions on U.S. aid to El Salvador, a harsh blow for the Duarte government: a report on Costa Rica, a traditionally stable Central American government, which is currently threatened by economic crisis. Interview: Kevin McIntyre, a desk officer with the U.S. State Department's Office of Caribbean Affairs, describes the motives and goals of the Caribbean Basin Initiative.

Recorded: n/a

Final Production: October 8, 1981

[Air Date]: October 28, 1981

Timings: v.o. 28:55