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Scope and Contents Segment #1: 2-WAY: FILIBERTO OJEDA RIOS DEATH Latino USA's Maria Hinojosa speaks with Puerto Rican political analyst Juan Manuel Garcia Passalacqua on Filiberto Ojeda Rios' death by FBI agents. (Self-contained 5:33) Segment #2: ROUNTABLE: KATRINA RECONSTRUCTION Latino USA's Maria Hinojosa speaks with Washington Post columnist Marcela Sanchez, Ana Avendano, director of the AFL-CIO's Immigrant Worker Program, and Steve Camarota, research director for the...

Scope and Contents Segment #1: 2-WAY ON NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT Latino USA's Maria Hinojosa speaks with New Haven, Connecticut's Chief Administrative Officer John Buturla on reports that the city would issue ID cards to illegal immigrants, and author Ruben Martinez on the social implications of such reports. (SELF'CONTAINED 7:27) Segment #2 OSCEOLA COUNTY A pair of lawsuits in Osceola County, Florida call attention to the fact that despite making up more than a third of the...

Scope and Contents Segment #1: 2-WAY: HURRICANE STAN Latino USA's Maria Hinojosa speaks with Univision's national news anchor Maria Elena Salinas on the under-reported devastation caused by Hurricane Stan in Central America. (Self-contained 4:04) Segment #2: FERRER CAMPAIGN For the first time in New York City history, a Latino, Democrat Fernando 'Freddy' Ferrer has reached the final round of the elections for mayor. A Puerto Rican raised in the South Bronx, Ferrer is a...

Scope and Contents Segment #2: DIAS DE LOS MUERTOS PROCESSION Over the years, Latino USA has presented several stories about El Dia de los Muertos. How the celebration is observed varies widely from region to region, but most celebrations focus either on an ancestral gravesite, or a home altar honoring one's ancestors. We begin our show with a story that originally aired in 1993, about the Dia de los Muertos procession through San Francisco's Mission District. (3:24) Segment #2: DAY OF...

Scope and Contents Segment #1: KATRINA WORKERS The destruction brought to the Gulf Coast by Hurricane Katrina cannot be avoided. The bloated bodies of dead animals coming to sight. Tent cities have popped-up all over to give shelter for the displaced and for workers. The task of digging out has become the center of controversy as it's become clear that it's being done more and more by Latinos. In recent weeks, Federal Immigration agents have launched raids on military basis alone the Gulf Coast,...