Box 7 LSF

Scope and Contents Contents: Report: A look at the threatened boycott of Chilean products by international labor groups, with a statement from Mike Boggs, Assistant Director of the Department of International Affairs of the AFL-CIO. Interview: Robert Ayres, of the Overseas Development Council in Washington, D.C., discusses the growing political and economic power of Latin American nations and the impact of that growth on the United States. Recorded: December 1978 Final Production:...

Scope and Contents Contents: Report: A story on the five newly?independent Caribbean nations of Dominica, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Antigua and St. Kitts?Nevis; and a look at the assassination of a prominent Nicaraguan labor leader. Interview: The Chief Officer of the Mexican desk at the Department of State discusses U.S. - Mexican relations. Recorded: January 19, 1979 Final Production: January 19, 1979 [Air Date]: February 7, 1979 Timings: v.o. 29:44, m.o....

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Contents: Report: A look at Chile's deteriorating relations with its neighboring countries. Interview: Dr. Richard Sinkin, an historian at the University of Texas at Austin, talks on Church?State relations in Mexico from an historical perspective.

Recorded: January 26, 1979

Final Production: January 27, 1979

[Air Date]: February 14, 1979

Timings: v.o. 29:07, m.o. 29:21

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Contents: Report: An examination of the Orlando Letelier murder trial in Washington, D.C. and its repercussions in Chile. Interview: Jorge Dominguez, a political scientist at Harvard University, discusses changing realities in U.S. ? Latin American relations.

Recorded: February 3, 1979

Final Production: February 3, 1979

[Air Date]: February 21, 1979

Timings: v.o. 28;25, m.o. 28:44

Scope and Contents Contents: Report: A story on the coordinated efforts of the U.S., Colombia and Venezuela to stop drug smuggling; and a look at French Guiana, whose citizens enjoy the highest standard of living in Latin America. Interview: The second part of a talk with Jorge Dominguez a Harvard University Political scientist, on U.S. ? Latin American relations. Recorded: February 8, 1979 Final Production: February 8, 1979 [Air Date]: February 28, 1979 Timings:...

Scope and Contents Contents: Report: (Rebroadcast of 78-49) A special report on the plans of the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service to build several miles of new fence, dubbed the Tortilla Curtain, along the U.S. - Mexican border. The analysis of the controversy provoked by the fence is explained through a series of interviews with individuals from the U.S. and Mexico, including Mexico's foremost expert on immigration matters, sociologist Jorge Bustamante. Recorded: November 17, 1978...

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Contents: Report: A brief update on Chile's difficulties with its three neighboring states; and a special report on President Carter's recent visit to Mexico. Interview: Antonio Gonzalez de Leon, a Mexican diplomat, analyzes U.S. ? Mexican relations from a Mexican perspective.

Recorded: February 23, 1979

Final Production: February 23, 1979

[Air Date]: March 14, 1979

Timings: v.o. 28:50, m.o. 29:04

Scope and Contents Contents: Report: A look at the way the three nations that participated in the War of the Pacific, Bolivia, Peru and Chile, celebrate its 100th anniversary; a brief report on rising life?expectancy rates in Latin America; and an historical analysis of the importance of Mexico's oil reserves. Interview: Romeo Flores Caballero, the Director General of Basic Industries in the Secretaria de Patrimonio y Fomento Industrial discusses the political and economic significance of Mexican oil and gas...

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Contents: Report: The fifth topic of the Great Decisions 1979 series, sponsored by the Foreign Policy Association ? ?The U.S. and Latin America Facing New Facts of Power.?

Recorded: various 1979

Final Production: March 9, 1979 and April 30, 1981

[Air Date]: March 28, 1979

Timings: v.o. 28:27, m.o. 28:38

Comments: reruns 79-42, 81-22

Scope and Contents Contents: Report: A report on white Rhodesians and South Africans settling in Bolivia; a story on the discovery of the bodies of disappeared Chileans in an abandoned mine, presumably the result of political executions; and a look at the recent visit of American musicians to Cuba. Interview: Henry Raymont, a former journalist and the Director of the Department of Cultural Affairs of the OAS discusses the U.S. blind spot for Latin American affairs. Recorded: February 2 and March...