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Week # 21-98, Air Date5/24/1998 - 5/30/1998

 File — Box: 34, Item: 266

Scope and Contents

Segment #1: 'SEINFELD CONTROVERSY' Latino USA's Maria Martin reports on the controversy ignited by the burning of the Puerto Rican flag on one of the last episodes of the television program, 'Seinfeld.' (6:06)

Subject Types: Media

Locations: U.S. Regions - Puerto Rico

Segment #2: 'GARMENT WORKERS AT LEVIS ORGANIZE' Michelle Garcia reports on the plight of San Antonio garment workers eight years after they were laid off by a major jeans manufacturer, (6:09)

Subject Types: Economics; Other - Labor

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

Segment #3: 'STORIES FROM MEXICO' Latino USA's Maria Martin speaks with Univision's Mexico City-based reporter Bruno Lopez about some recent stories coming out of that country. (4:30)

Subject Types: Media

Locations: Non-U.S. Regions - Mexico

Segment #4: 'COMMENTATOR: TOM MILLER ON 'LA YUMA'' Commentator Tom Miller sheds some light of the use of the word 'yuma' in Cuba'which is often used to mean 'the United States' on the island, (3:26)

Subject Types: Cultural - Personal

Locations: Non-U.S. Regions - Cuba

Dates

  • Creation: Air Date5/24/1998 - 5/30/1998

Repository Details

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

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