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Week # 33-98, Air Date 8/16/1998 - 8/22/1998

 File — Box: 34, Item: 278

Scope and Contents

Segment #1: 'NY TIMES IN CUBAN TERRORIST CONTROVERSY' (5:58) Latino USA's Ingrid Lobet reports on the controversy caused when the New York Times reported that a major terrorist took money from the late founder of an influential anti-Castro organization in Miami.

Subject Types: Other - Politics

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

Segment #2: 'GM STRIKE AFFECTS MEXICAN ORGANIZING EFFORTS' (2:54) Latino USA's Franc Contreras reports on how the recent United Auto Workers strike against General Motors may open the way in Mexico for independent labor unions to organize there.

Subject Types: Economics; Other - Labor

Locations: Non-U.S. Regions - Mexico

Segment #3: 'LATIN AMERICAN KIDS CAMP' (4:58) From Cleveland's WCPN, Yolanda Perdomo reports on a summer camp specifically designed for adopted children In the U.S. who were born in Latin America.

Subject Types: Youth

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

Segment #4: 'TWO-WAY: LAS PERLAS DEL SON' (5:17) [6:40 M.O.]Latino USA host Maria Hinojosa speaks with an all-female Cuban musical group who are making waves in a genre dominated by older men.

Subject Types: Arts - Music

Locations: Non-U.S. Regions - Cuba

Dates

  • Creation: Air Date 8/16/1998 - 8/22/1998

Repository Details

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

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