Week # 42-98, Air Date 10/18/1998 - 10/24/1998

Segment #1 "TREATY OF GUADALUPE HIDALGO" (6:03) Latino USA's Maria Martin looks at how the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo forever changed the lives of those who lived--and live-- in what was formerly northern Mexico--now known as the southwestern United States.

Subject Types: History

Locations: U.S. Regions - Southwest; Non-U.S. Regions - Mexico

Segment #2: "LAND GRANTS IN NEW MEXICO"(3:27) Adam Saytanides reports on the controversy over land grants -- a controversy that has existed since the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo 150 years ago.

Subject Types: History; Other - Politics

Locations: U.S. Regions - Southwest; States - New Mexico

Segment #3: "POLITICAL STATUS OF PUERTO RICO" (4:29) Latino USA's Mario Murillo reports on the debate over the political status of Puerto Rico on the anniversary of a century of U.S. rule.

Subject Types: History; Politics

Locations: U.S. Regions - Puerto Rico

Segment #4: "ANNIVERSARY SPANISH AMERICAN WAR" (5:03) Latino USA's Maria Hinojosa speaks with Puerto Rican political analyst Juan Manuel Garcia Passalacqua and Cuban historian Eliades Acosta about the 100th anniversary of the U.S.-Spanish war and the impact the war has had on relations between the United States, Puerto Rico and Cuba.

Subject Types: History

Locations: U.S. Regions - Puerto Rico; Non-U.S. Regions - Cuba

Segment #5: "EUROPEAN SETTLEMENTS IN NEW MEXICO" (3:59) Marcos Martinez examines another major anniversary this year -- the 400th anniversary of the first european settlements in the U.S. In New Mexico.

Subject Types: History

Locations: U.S. Regions - Southwest; States - New Mexico