Week # Air Date, 12/12/2005

Segment #1: IMMIGRATION 3-WAY

Latino USA's Maria Hinojosa speaks with Texas Minutemen Civil Defense Corps president Al Garza, Arizona rancher George Morin, and Tucson minister Robin Hoover on President Bush's recent speech on immigration. (Self-contained 5:53)

Segment #2: OAXACA WORKERS

One of the poorest states in Mexico is Oaxaca. It's also where many illegal border crossers come from. Oaxaca's poor indigenous peoples are desperate to find a decent job. Recently, Latino USA's Carole King went along with an American job recruiter, who's offering Zapotec Indian communities, a legal chance to come to the United States to work. And she found his offer is not just for the men. Women are actively being recruited as well. (5:19)

Segment #3: SURVIVOR GUATEMALA

The reality hit TV series 'Survivor Guatemala-The Mayan Empire' wraps up this month. Despite the show's title, practically nothing of the Maya is actually seen on the CBS program. In fact, most locals in the Peten region of Guatemala had no idea that the show was being filmed there earlier this year. Freelance journalist Celeste Meckenzie traveled to the Peten. She reports that locals hope the success of the TV show will bring more tourists to the region. (2:56)

Segment #4: SALVADORAN CHURCHWOMEN

25 years ago, at the height of the cold war, four American churchwomen in El Salvador were killed by soldiers. Their abduction, rape and murder shocked the nation and focused attention on allegations of human rights abuses by the Salvadoran military, which at the time was receiving billions of dollars in U.S. aid and training. In the following montage you'll hear several voices, including Robert White, U.S. ambassador to El Salvador in 1980-81; and Alexander Haig, President Reagan's Secretary of State. We begin with Gail Phares, a nun who worked with one of the victims. The second voice you hear will be Sister Dorothy Kazel, one of the four murdered women. (2:56)

Back Announce:

Maryknoll Sisters Maura Clark and Ita Ford, Ursuline Sister Dorothy Kazel, and lay missionary Jean Donovan were all killed December 2nd 1980 in El Salvador. This segment was produced by Elinoar Astrinsky, radio producer for Maryknoll, a Catholic missionary organization based in New York.