Week # 32-98, Air Date 8/9/1998 - 8/15/1998

Segment #1: 'MARCH FOR PUERTO RICAN INDEPENDENCE' (2:34 ) Latino USA's Patricia Guadalupe reports on a march for PUERTO RICAN independence held in Washington DC on the 100th anniversary of the US presence on the Island.

Subject Types: History; Other - Politics; Politics

Locations: U.S. Regions - Puerto Rico

SEGMENT #2: 'NEW YORK'S COLOMBIANS LOOK SOUTH' (5:24) Latino USA's Mario MurilIo reports on how some in New York's Columbian community view political developments in the war-torn country of Columbia.

Subject Types: Other - Politics

Locations: U.S. Regions - Northeast; States - New york; Non-U.S. Regions - South America

Segment #3: 'FIDEL RUL: A LATINO REMEMBERS HIS 33 YEARS WITH NASA' (4:32) Latino USA's Maria Martin profiles a former computer systems analyst for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration 'Fidel Rul of Alice, Texas'who shares his memories of the first man in space Alan Shepard, and his years with the space program.

Subject Types: History; Other - Politics

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

Segment #4: 'PERFORMANCE ARTIST MICHELLE SERROS: CHICANA FALSA' (7:41) Latino USA host Maria Hinojosa speaks with performance artist, writer & comedienne Michele Serros, They speak about her work and the absurdities and ironies of her life as a middle-class California Chicana.

Subject Types: Arts - Performance

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