Week # Air Date, 2/18/2005

Segment #1 (5:37)

Independent radio producer Reese Erlich reports on Colombia's current crises involving the demobilization of the country's right wing para-military.

Segment #2 (4:22)

Latino USA's Franc Contreras reports from Cochabamba, Bolivia where the indigenous people are pushing for political representation. (4:22)

Segment #3 (3:01)

Storyteller and artist Luis Guerra has this commentary on a group of Mexican ranch workers.

Segment #4 (4:40)

4. NPR's Richard Gonzales remembers Jessica Govea Thorbourne who died last month from breast cancer.