Week # 20-98, Air Date 5/17/1998 - 5/23/1998

Segment #1: 'CALIFORNIA LATINO POLITICS' Laura Chiera reports from California on recent gains by Latinos in California electoral politics. (4:50)

Subject Types: Elections; Politics

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

Segment #2: 'LATINO IDENTITY ROUNDTABLE' This is an excerpt from a round table discussion on the issue of Latino identity. The discussion was held at the Smithsonian Institution's Museum of American History. (6:52)

Subject Types: Cultural - Personal

Segment #3: 'VOLKSWAGEN BUG PLANT IN MEXICO' Latino USA's Franc Contreras reports from Puebla, Mexico on the success the makers of the Volkswagen bug have enjoyed in the new era of free trade under NAFTA. (5:10)

Subject Types: Economics

Locations: Non-U.S. Regions

Segment #4: 'Commentary: SAL MORALES ON VOLKSWAGEN MEMORIES' Commentator Sal Morales shares his fond memories of the ubiquitous Volkswagen bug he grew to love in his home country of Nicaragua (3:36)

Subject Types: Economics

Locations: Non-U.S. Regions - Central America; Central American Countries - Nicaragua