Week # 9-99, Air Date 2/28/1999 - 3/6/1999

Segment #1: "MEXICO'S DRUG CERTIFICATION" (4:32) Latino USA's Franc Contreras reports on the reaction in Mexico to the U.S. drug "certification" process.

Subject Types: Other - Drugs

Locations: Non-U.S. Regions - Mexico

Segment #2: "BORDER VIOLENCE" (2:52) Carrie Kahn reports from San Diego on increased violence along the U.S.-Mexico border.

Subject Types: Other - Crime

Locations: Non-U.S. Regions - Mexico

Segment #3: "HURRICANE MITCH DISASTER RELIEF" (6:40) Latino USA correspondent Susan Leffler reports on disaster relief efforts in Nicaragua, more than three months after Hurricane Mitch.

Subject Types: Other - Natural Disasters

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

Segment #4: "Commentary: AFRICANISMOS" (4:00) Commentator Guadalupe Garcia Vasquez shares her thoughts on the African roots of many words and expressions in Latin America.

Subject Types: Other - African American