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Program Number: 4

 Item — Box: 11 LSF

Scope and Contents

Contents: Report: A report on the withdrawal of the Peace Corps from Chile and how that marks the end of an era for the volunteer organization; a look at the impact of the Reagan administration's hard-line policy toward Haitian refugees; and a story on a new electoral law in Brazil that indicates yet another setback for that nation's democratization process. Interview: Enrique Mayer, an anthropologist and the director of research at the Instituto Indigenista Interarnericano in Mexico City, discusses coca, the source of the drug cocaine, and the traditions arid myths surrounding its use in the Andes.

Recorded: June 5, 1981 and January 6, 1982

Final Production: January 6, 1982

[Air Date]: January 27, 1982

Timings: v.o. 28:28, m.o. 28:40

Repository Details

Part of the Benson Latin American Collection, The University of Texas at Austin Repository

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