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Scope and Contents Contents: Report: A look at the political problems faced by Ecuador's new president; a report on Canada's interest in joining the Organization of American States; and a look at the obstacles to social reform and economic growth in the final segment of our special report on Jamaica. Interview: Jamaican Prime Minister Manley; opposition leader Edward Seaga and representatives of the private sector discuss the various roads to reform and change. Recorded: various Final...

Scope and Contents Contents: Report: A look at the recent crackdown on political activity by the Haitian government; a report on Japanese economic interests in Mexico and the increased trade contacts between the two countries; a report on the decision by the Argentine military to allow former President Hector Campora to leave the country after three years of asylum in the Mexican embassy; a look at Brazil's decision to allow political exiles to return home. Interview: Pedro Calaleanti, a Brazilian exile,...

Scope and Contents Contents: Report: A look at the escalation of hostilities between Honduras and Nicaragua; a report on the discovery of another mass grave in Chile and the new wave of criticism by the Catholic Church against the military. Interview: John Purcell from the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars and Susan Purcell from UCLA discuss the dynamics of the Mexican political system. Recorded: various Final Production: December 19, 1979 [Air Date]: January...

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Contents: Report: A special report on the Andean Pact, now in its eleventh year of existence. Interview: The second part of a talk with John and Susan Purcell on the Mexican political system.

Recorded: various

Final Production: December 19, 1979

[Air Date]: January 16, 1980

Timings: v.o. 29:32, m.o. 29:52

Scope and Contents Contents: Report: A report on the trials of Nicaraguan prisoners charged with war crimes, corruption and abuse of power during the Somoza years; a report on the experience of Robert Cox, editor ofa Buenos Aires English language newspaper, who left Argentina because of threats on his life; a look at terrorist activities perpetrated by anti-Castro groups in the U.S. Interview: Two members of the Antonio Maceo Brigade discuss the nature of the dialogue between Cuban exiles in the U.S. and the...

Scope and Contents Contents: Report: A look at the debate in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee over a proposed $75 million aid package to Nicaragua. Includes testimony from Deputy Secretary of State Warren Christopher and U.S. Ambassador to Nicaragua, Lawrence Pezzulo. Interview: Dr. Richard Millet, a Central American specialist from Southern Illinois University, discusses the region's need for financial help and the importance of the pending aid legislation. Recorded: Late December 1979...

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Contents: Report: A look at how Mexico's refusal to readmit the former Shah of Iran and Panama's decision to accept the deposed Iranian ruler have affected bilateral relations between those two nations and the U.S. Interview: George Landau, a Brazilian economist, discusses Brazil's emergence as an international power.

Recorded: January 18, 1980

Final Production: January 19, 1980

[Air Date]: February 6, 1980

Timings: v.o. 29:38, m.o. 30:00

Scope and Contents Contents: Report: A look at the deadlock over the vacant Latin American scat on the United Nations Security Council which resulted in Mexico's election; a report on political liberalization in Uruguay; a look at recent political changes in Brazil prompted by the nation's troubled economic situation. Interview: Francisco Zapata, a professor at the Center for Sociological Studies at El Colegio de México, describes the current status of organized labor in Latin America and how it differs from...

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Contents: (Rebroadcast of no. 33-78) Interview: Dr. Harold Haley, Associate Dean of the University of Virginia Medical School at Roanoke, discusses health belief systems that combine traditional folk medicine with modern medical procedures.

Recorded: June 25, 1976

Final Production: February 1, 1980

[Air Date]: February 20, 1980

Timings: v.o. 29:06, m.o. 29:28

Scope and Contents Contents: Report: A look at the recent wave of embassy seizures in Latin America as part of a world-wide trend; a report on economic progress by individual Latin American countries during 1979. INTERVIEW Representatives and officials from the Caribbean island of St. Lucia including the Deputy Prime Minister; Roberto Da Matta, Brazilian anthropologist at the University of Rio de Janeiro, describes the significance of the Carnaval celebration in Brazil. Recorded: various in '79 and...