Box 12 LSF

Scope and Contents Contents: Report: A story about Colombia's proposed satellite system, the first in Latin America; and a report on how paramilitary camps for Latin exiles in South Florida have become a difficult political issue for the Reagan administration, Interview: Jaime Wheelock, a Sandinista minister, and Philip Dennis, an associate professor of anthropology at Texas Tech University, discuss the controversy over Nicaragua's treatment of the Miskito Indians. Recorded: March 1982...

Scope and Contents Contents: Report: A special report on El Salvador's recent elections and their implications for both El Salvador and U.S. policy. Features interviews with President Jose Napoleon Duarte, U.S. ambassadors Dean Hinton and Robert White, and political scientist Robert Leiken. Interview: Roger Gamble, chargé at the U.S. Embassy in Managua, Nicaragua, and Rita Delia Casco, coordinator of North American affairs for the Nicaraguan Foreign Ministry, discuss some of the issues currently dividing...

Scope and Contents Contents: Report: A look at how the World Cup Soccer championship could affect voter turnout for Mexico's presidential elections; and a report on the strategic military policy of the Reagan administration toward the Caribbean Basin, Interview: Wayne Selcher, a professor of political science at Elizabethtown College in Pennsylvania, talks about Brazil's independent and pragmatic foreign policy. Recorded: April 14, 1982 Final Production: April 14, 1982 [Air...

Scope and Contents Contents: Report: An analysis of the distorted picture of Central America in U.S. textbooks; a look at some apparent inconsistencies in the Caribbean Basin initiative; and a report on two important political developments in Mexico ? the formation of the PSUM, a leftist party coalition; and the election of a socialist mayor in Oaxaca?and how these could challenge the ruling party's traditional dominance. Interview: Karl Schmitt, professor of government at The University of Texas at Austin,...

Scope and Contents Contents: Report: A story on the return of fugitive Robert Vesco to Costa Rica, and how that could affect U.S. economic aid to that country: a report on the activities of exiled Sandinista guerrilla leader Eden Pastora and the problems he could pose for the Nicaraguan government, and a preview of Colombia's upcoming presidential elections. Interview: Stephen Kinzer Central America correspondent for the Boston Globe arid co-author of the book Bitter Fruit: The Unto/d Story of the American...

Scope and Contents Contents: Report: A series of reports on Cuba and U.S-Cuban relations, including how an impending cutoff of federal assistance will severely affect Cuban refugees in the Miami area, and why the U.S. trade embargo may be partially to blame for Cuba's economic problems. Interview: Two members of a recent delegation to Cuba?James Hoge, publisher of the Chicago Sun--Times, and Peter Winn, professor of Latin American history at Tufts University??talk about their impressions of Cuba and discuss a...

Scope and Contents Contents: Report: A look at how a major cabinet change in Chile may affect that nation's free market economy policy; a report on El Salvador's new president, Alvaro Magana, and the problems he will face; a story on some positive signs for negotiations between the U.S. and Nicaragua: and a look at the controversy over the Reagan administration's immigration policy and a recent INS crackdown on illegal aliens in the U.S. Interview: Ricardo Romo, a historian at The University of Texas at...

Scope and Contents Contents: Report: A story on the deterioration in U.S.-Latin American relations caused by the South Atlantic crisis: a report on how the Falklands/Malvinas conflict has focused attention on other territorial disputes in Latin America; and a look at the new Law of the Sea. Interview: Wilfried Prewo, a professor of economics at the Institute of World Economies at the University 0f Kiel in West Germany, discusses key provisions of the Las; of the Sea. Recorded: May 19, 1982...

Scope and Contents Contents: Report: A story on Florida's reaction to an impending cutoff of federal aid for refugees; and a report or Guatemala's new, born-again Christian leader, General Efrain Rios Montt, who some call the "Guatemalan Ayatollah." Interview: Mauricio Garcia Araujo, a Venezuelan economist and banker, discusses Venezuela's economic problems and how the country s oil bonanza has been both a blessing and a curse. Recorded: May 26, 1982 Final Production: May 26, 1982...

Scope and Contents Contents: Report: A series of reports on the upcoming Mexican presidential elections, including a lock at the electoral process and the record of the outgoing administration of President José Lopez Portillo. Interview: Alan Riding, Mexico correspondent for the New York Times, talks about the next president of Mexico and the political and economic situation he will face when he takes office. Recorded: June 2, 1982 Final Production: June 2, 1982 [Air Date]:...