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Program Number: 3

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Scope and Contents Contents: Report: A look at Brazil's arms industry?the largest in the developing world; a story on the winner of the 1980 Nobel Peace Prize, Argentine human rights activist Adolfo Perez Esquivel, and his criticism of several Latin American governments for human rights violations; a look at the biggest crackdown ever on political opposition in Haiti and its possible financial repercussions; a report on Belize, the Central American country slated for independence from Britain this year....

Program Number: 4

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Scope and Contents Contents: Report: An examination of Fidel Castro's speech warning of what he calls ?a real danger? of a U.S. military invasion under the Reagan administration; a look at the Panamanian government's expressed confidence in the new U.S. administration's promise to carry out the Panama Canal treaties; a story on the reelection of Puerto Rico's governor, Carlos Romero Barcelo, and on his failure to win a mandate for statehood. Interview: Adolfo Figueroa, professor of economics at the Catholic...

Program Number: 5

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Scope and Contents Contents: Report: A look at some of the repercussions of last year's mass exodus of Cuban refugees to the U.S.; a look at Venezuela's efforts to insure political stability and reduce Cuban influence in Central America. Interviews: Richard Allen, Ronald Reagan's chief foreign policy adviser, describes the president-elect's recent meeting with Mexican president José Lopez Portillo in Ciudad Juarez; Emilio Rabasa, a lawyer and political columnist in Mexico City, discusses Mexico's more activist...

Program Number: 6

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Scope and Contents Contents: Report: A story on the death of Hector Campora, the man who made possible Juan Perón's second rise to power in Argentina. and on the possible release of Isabel Perón, who has been under house arrest in that country for four and a half years; a look at Belize, the last British colony on the American mainland, and its chances for independence; a report on the resumption of U.S. military aid to El Salvador; an examination of the controversy surrounding the reelection of Forbes Burnham...

Program Number: 7

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Scope and Contents Contents: Report: A story on the gold ring given to Pope John Paul II to replace the one he presented to Brazilian slum-dwellers in July; a report on a recent survey indicating that Latin America is expected to be the top market for U.S. business in the l980s; a look at Canada's efforts to strengthen its ties with Latin America and the Caribbean: a report on how a recent frost in Florida may increase U.S. imports of South American citrus; a story on a Spanish law that may finally grant...

Program Number: 8

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Scope and Contents Contents: Report: A story on Pope John Paul II's proposal to solve the Beagle Channel dispute between Chile and Argentina; a look at Nicaragua's denial of U.S. charges that it's involved in the conflict in El Salvador; a story on President Reagan's retention of a Carter administration appointee, Laurence Pezzullo, as U.S. ambassador to Nicaragua; Interview: Jorge Lamport Rodil, former Guatemalan ambassador to the U.S. and currently with the Inter-American Development Bank, discusses economic...

Program Number: 9

 Item — Box: 10 LSF
Scope and Contents

Contents: Report: An examination of a recent terrorist attack in Puerto Rico; a report on the protests of Mexican peasants in the southern state of Chiapas against PEMEX, the government-owned oil company. Interview: Ellen Lutz, of Amnesty International, talks about human rights violations in El Salvador

Recorded: January 28, 1981

Final Production: January 31, 1981

[Air Date]: February 25, 1981

Timings: v.o. 28:49, m.o. 29:00

Program Number: 10

 Item — Box: 10 LSF
Scope and Contents Contents: Report: A report on how Mexico, the world's fifth-largest oil producer, may soon have to import gasoline; a look at PEMEX, the Mexican state oil monopoly, and its plans to begin oil exploration off the Cuban coast this year; a story on a planned oil pipeline across Panama that could ease traffic congestion in the canal and reduce the cost of oil to the American consumer an analysis of a Cabinet shakeup in Haiti that confirms a return to the regime's hard line policies toward...

Program Number: 11

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Scope and Contents Contents: Report: A report on a sharp drop in the population growth rate of Brazil?the largest and most populated nation in Latin America; a look at the dramatic discovery of an ancient city in Guatemala that has shaken previous theories on Mayan civilization; a story on a compromise agreement between an American banana company and the Nicaraguan government that may provide a model for future relations between foreign investors and developing nations. Interview: Leonel Gomez, a former...

Program Number: 12

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Scope and Contents Contents: Report: A look at the celebration of St. Patrick's Day in Mexico; a report on the expected high economic growth rates of Chile and Mexico and how oil production is expected to play a key role in both economies. Interview: Francisco Villagran Kramer, former vice-president of Guatemala, discusses the causes of political turmoil in Central America. Recorded: February 27, 1981 Final Production: March 1, 1981 [Air Date]: March 18, 1981...