Program Number: 30
Scope and Contents
Contents: Police kill two youths on the campus of Mexico's National University; Peru celebrates the "day of the peasant" by redistributing one million acres of land; speculation grows over presidential succession in Mexico; Venezuela is experiencing malnutrition among its children; Colombia's Institute of Family Welfare claims that 2/3 of that nation's children suffer from mental retardation stemming from malnutrition; confrontations between protestors and police continue in Colombia; Peruvian Min iste of Agriculture urges peasant leaders to reject the violent methods of the extreme left in their struggle for justice; Laura Allende, sister of the late Chilean President Salvador Allende, calls on the International Women's Year Conference to oust the official Chilean delegation; Chilean press criticizes American press for distorting the nature of the current situation in Chile; and representatives from all the Latin American nations are scheduled to meet in Panama to discuss the formation of an economic alliance. Interview: Dr. Alejandro Portes. (13:07)
Recorded: n/a
Final Production: n/a
[Air Date]: July 21, 1975
Timings: n/a
Repository Details
Part of the Benson Latin American Collection, The University of Texas at Austin Repository
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