Program Number: 8

Contents: Report: A look at how affluent Mexican shoppers are providing relief for the recession-plagued U.S. economy; and a report on the success of a Laotian refugee settlement in French Guiana, which is helping to reverse that country's reputation as a ?green bell.? Interview: Emile McAnany, associate professor of radio-television-film at The University of Texas at Austin, talks about television news coverage of Central America and how it has portrayed the region over the past ten years.

Recorded: January 26, 1982

Final Production: January 26, 1982

[Air Date]: February 24, 1982

Timings: v.o. 29:00