Program Number: 44
Scope and Contents
Contents: Report: A report on Haitian dictator Jean Claude Duvalier's clemency for prominent political opponents on the 25th anniversary of his family's rule: a look at the International Coffee Organization's efforts to forge a new coffee agreement in the face of market problems and disagreements between member countries; a story on Bolivian president Hernan Siles Suazo's return to power after several years of military rule; and a look at a multimillon dollar tin swindle in Bolivia. Interview: Michael Skol, deputy director of policy planning at the State Department's Bureau of InterAmerican Affairs, describes a Reagan administration peace plan for Central America, and Robert Pastor a former Carter administration adviser on Latin America, examines the differences between the Carter and Reagan administrations? policies toward Central America.
Recorded: October 13, 1982
Final Production: October 14, 1982
[Air Date]: November 11, 1982
Timings: 28:56
Repository Details
Part of the Benson Latin American Collection, The University of Texas at Austin Repository
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