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Week # Air Date, 9/10/2006

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Scope and Contents

Segment #1 LABOR DAY FEATURETTES

Latino USA contributors profile Latino workers across the country in honor of Labor Day. (Self-contained 12:34)

Segment #2 MEXICO AT A CROSSROADS

Mexico's Federal Electoral Court is set to decide the outcome of the country's contested presidential election. The judges on the court have signaled that the preliminary results in the July 2nd vote will not change, and the president-elect will be the conservative right candidate, Felipe Calderon. The center-left candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador says he'll never recognize Calderon as the legitimate president of Mexico. Lopez Obrador is vowing to keep up his resistance for years. The ongoing political crisis has many people worried that the country could slip into a period of increasing political violence. Latino USA's Frinc Contreras reports. (3:53)

Segment #3 2-WAY: FRANC CONTRERAS

Latino USA's Maria Hinojosa speaks with Mexico City correspondent Franc Contreras about the growing violence in Oaxaca. (Self-contained 2:45)

Dates

  • Creation: 9/10/2006

Repository Details

Part of the Benson Latin American Collection, The University of Texas at Austin Repository

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