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Program Number: 20

 Item — Box: 12 LSF

Scope and Contents

Contents: Report: A story on the return of fugitive Robert Vesco to Costa Rica, and how that could affect U.S. economic aid to that country: a report on the activities of exiled Sandinista guerrilla leader Eden Pastora and the problems he could pose for the Nicaraguan government, and a preview of Colombia's upcoming presidential elections. Interview: Stephen Kinzer Central America correspondent for the Boston Globe arid co-author of the book Bitter Fruit: The Unto/d Story of the American Coup in Guatemala, discusses the failings of U.S. press coverage of Central American revolutions.

Recorded: April 28, 1982

Final Production: April 28, 1982

[Air Date]: May 19, 1982

Timings: v.o. 28:30

Repository Details

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

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