Week # 51-98, Air Date 12/20/1998 - 12/26/1998

Segment #1: "DEVELOPMENT WORK IN CENTRAL AMERICA" (3:56) Latino USA's Ingrid Lobet reports on how private and public development agencies are turning their attention to long-term development issues in Central America.

Subject Types: Economics

Locations: Non-U.S. Regions - Central America

Segment #2: "PUERTO RICAN NATIONALIST ALICIA RODRIGUEZ" (5:11) An excerpt from the documentary "Fighting for Home" produced by Cecilia Vaisman which profiles jailed Puerto Rican nationalist Alicia Rodriguez.

Subject Types: Arts - Visual

Locations: U.S. Regions - Puerto Rico

Segment #3: " PUERTO RICO'S POLITICAL STATUS COMMENTARY" (3:00) Commentator Noemi Figueroa Soulet speaks about her mixed feelings on Puerto Rico's political status and the island's December plebiscite.

Subject Types: Elections; Politics

Locations: U.S. Regions - Puerto Rico

Segment #4: "LATINO AND JEWISH TIES" (5:21) Latino USA's Mandalit del Barco reports on the historic ties between Jewish, Mexican and Central Americans in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Boyle Heights.

Subject Types: Other - Jewish

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