Program Number: 52

Contents: Report: A look at Latin America's grim economic prospects as described in the annual report of the InterAmerican Development Bank; a story on a controversial amnesty 1aw for Colombia's guerilla forces; a repost on Standard Fruit Company's withdrawal from Nicaragua and the problems that could cause for the country's banana industry; and an examination of President Reagan's recent trip to Latin America. Interview: Pedro Cavalcanti, a Brazilian sociologist at Washington University in St. Louis, and Lawrence Graham, a professor of government at The University of Texas at Austin, discuss the results of the recent elections in Brazil and their implications for the country's democratization process.

Recorded: December 8, 1982

Final Production: December 8, 1982

[Air Date]: December 29, 1982

Timings: 29:00