Program Number: 40

Contents: Report: A look at how the Peruvian government's attempts to combat the guerrilla movement, Sendero Luminoso, have alienated much of the country's Indian majority; a report on Southcom, the U.S. Southern Command in Panama, and its controversial role as a counterinsurgency training center for Latin American officers; a story on how U.S. strategic policy may be pushing Honduras into a regional confrontation with its neighbors. Interview: Mike Conroy, a professor of economics and Central America specialist at The University of Texas at Austin, talks about tensions between Nicaragua and Honduras and the possibility of a war between the two countries.

Recorded: September 15, 1982

Final Production: September 15, 1982

[Air Date]: October 6, 1982

Timings: 29:00