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Week # 19-93, Air Date 5/9/1993 - 5/15/1993

 File — Box: 33, Item: 2

Scope and Contents

This weeks News Segment includes an obituary feature on farmworker labor leader Cesar Chavez, who died on April 23, 1993.

Feature Segment A:

NPR Reporter and Latino U.S.A. Host Maria Hinojosa speaks with a group of Latino journalists who regularly cover Washington D.C. politics on the status of the Free Trade Agreement, & where U.S. Latinos stand on NAFTA. 3:07

Feature Segment B:

William Troop reports from Washington D.C. two years after the violent disturbances that took place in the mostly Latino neighborhood of Mount Pleasant. Despite actions taken by the D.C. government to meet Latino community concerns, Latino leaders insist that the local government needs to do more to make up for long-time neglect. 8:01

Feature Segment C:

#1C: Emilio San Pedro profiles Mario Bauza, one of the legendary originators of Latin jazz and a co-founder of the band 'Machito and his Afro-Cubans.' s/o @3:41 and music to 4:13

#2C: Texan artist and Latino U.S.A. commentator Luis Guerra shares some thoughts on the joy of rediscovering the really important things in life during a long hike he took in the mountains of Northem Mexico. 3:13

Dates

  • Creation: Air Date 5/9/1993 - 5/15/1993

Repository Details

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

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