Week # 20-99, Air Date 5/16/1999 - 5/22/1999

Segment #1: "SOLDIERS RELEASE " (3:08) Latino USA's Mandalit del Barco reports on the hero's welcome that awaits the three American soldiers recently released from Yugoslavia.

Subject Types: Other - Politics

Segment #2: "AUDIO GRAFFITI: BORDER" (:35) Commentator and performance artist Guillermo Gomez-Peña offers his definition of the border.

Subject Types: Arts - Performance

Segment #3: "BORDER DEATHS" (7:57) Carrie Kahn reports on the hardships and tragedies many illegal immigrants face on the long and risky journey from Mexico to the United States.

Subject Types: Immigration

Locations: Non-U.S. Regions - Mexico

Segment #4: "POET CLARIBEL ALEGRIA" (7:45) Latino USA host Maria Martin speaks with Nicaraguan poet and writer Claribel Alegria about her time spent in Central America and her feelings on the changes the region has gone through in recent years.

Subject Types: Arts - Literature

Locations: Non-U.S. Regions - Central America; Central Amrican Countries - Nicaragua