Week # 48-96, Air Date 11/24/1996 - 11/30/1996

Segment #1: Drug Trade in Mexico. Latino USA's Franc Contreras reports from Mexico City on the issue of drug trade in Mexico. The Pentagon is set to deliver more helicopters and transport planes to Mexico to help fight that country's drug war. 4:53

Subject Types: Other - Drugs

Locations: Non-U.S. Regions - Mexico

Segment #2: Guatemalan Peace Accords. Latino USA's Maria Martin speaks with a long-time Guatemalan labor activist about peace accords recently agreed to by the government and Guatemalan guerillas. 4:26

Subject Types: Other - Peace

Locations: Non-U.S. Regions - Central America

Segment #3: Latinos In Iowa. Mark Moran reports from Des Moines on the challenges and the solutions being used by some communities in Iowa to bridge cultural gaps some once thought they could never overcome. 4:02

Subject Types: Other - Growth

Segment #4: Latino Performance Art. This is an excerpt from a performance art piece entitled 'The Architecture of Seeing' which premiered in New York City. It deals with the issue of Latino identity. 4:44

Subject Types: Arts - Performance; Cultural - Personal