Week # 40-93, Air Date 10/3/1993 - 10/9/1993

Segment #1: Latino USA's Patricia Guadalupe reports on a recent dialogue between a number of CEO's of the top Latino-owned business firms and policy makers in the nation's capital. 3:25

Subject Types: Economics

Locations: U.S. Regions - Northeast; States - D.C.

Segment #2: Reporter Franc Contreras reports on the annual Hispanic Heritage Awards, honoring contributions in the arts, sports, literature, and leadership. 4:09

Subject Types: Arts - Literature; Arts - Music; Arts - Performance; Arts - Visual; Latino Leaders

Segment #3: Latino USA host Maria Hinojosa interviewed writer and historian Dr. Guadalupe Rivera, the daughter of famed Mexican muralist Diego Rivera. Dr. Rivera was in Austin, where an exhibition of her father's work was opening at the Mexic-Arte museum. 4:52

Subject Types: Arts - Visual

Locations: U.S. Regions - Southwest; States - Texas

Segment #4: Commentator Barbara Renaud-Gonzalez has some thoughts about the 16th of September, the equivalent of the Fourth of July for Mexicans. She says this date makes her realize she really is part of a community. 2:59

Subject Types: Cultural - Personal

Segment #5: A sound montage from the 15th of September Mexican Independence celebration of 'el grito', literally the cry that called Mexicans to rise up against the tyranny of Spain in 1810. 2:40

Subject Types: Cultural - Personal