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Week # 19-94, Air Date 5/8/1994 - 5/14/1994

 File — Box: 33, Item: 54

Scope and Contents

Segment #1: Cuban exiles from around the world have been invited to Havana to visit with Fidel Castro, and begin a dialogue to normalize relations between the island nation and the world community. Melissa Mancini reports from Miami, Florida. 3:20

Subject Types: Other - Politics; Politics

Locations: U.S. Regions - Southeast; States - Florida; Non-U.S. Regions - Cuba

Segment #2: Jose Gaspar reports on a commemorative march by farmworkers in California. They are walking 300 miles in memory of United Farm Worker leader Cesar Chavez, who died April 23, 1993. He was 66. 3:46

Subject Types:History; Human Rights

Locations: U.S. Regions - West; States - California

Segment #3: Latino USA host Maria Hinojosa speaks with author Francisco Goldman about a rumor that is spreading across Guatemala. People there say U.S. citizens are stealing babies and selling their parts. Goldman has written about such strange rumors in his novel about Guatemala, called 'The Long Night of White Chickens.' 5:18

Subject Types:Arts - Literature; Other - Crime

Locations: Non-U.S. Regions - Central America; Central American countries - Guatemala

Segment #4: Latino USA's Mandalit Del Barco reports from Los Angeles on a yearly tribute to the great Mexican actor and singer Pedro Infante. 4:10

Subject Types:Arts - Visual; History

Locations: Non-U.S. Regions - Mexico

Dates

  • Creation: Air Date 5/8/1994 - 5/14/1994

Repository Details

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

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