Radio Bilingue – Línea Abierta week of April 30, 2007

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LíNEA ABIERTA, the nation’s only daily Spanish-language talk show in public radio, will present the following (subject to last-minute changes):

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SPECIAL NEWS COVERAGE ON NATIONAL MAY 1ST MARCHES

MONDAY, APR 30 12:00 PDT.

AGJOBS.

California lawmakers re-introduced in Washington a bill titled AgJobs, which reforms guest worker programs, provides temporary “blue card” visas, and creates a path for the legalization of farm workers. While the legislation is slowly gathering support in Congress, President Bush has called the legalization reforms unacceptable. This is a discussion on the prospects for this bill.

Guests: Marí Echaveste, consultant and lobbyist, United Farm Worker Union, former member of President Clinton’s cabinet, Berkeley, CA; Baldemar Velázquez, founder and president, Farm Labor Organizing Committe, Toledo, OH; Republican representative TBA.

TUESDAY, MAY 1 12:00 PDT.

NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION.

On the first anniversary of the largest demonstrations in Latino history, civil-rights groups around the nation mobilize again to urge for immigration reform and a stop to the mass deportation raids. In this segment of this extended special edition, pro-immigrant leaders share news on the events and give insights on the bills in Congress and many states and cities.

Guests: Dolores Huerta, pioneer of the civil rights movement, Los Angeles, www.myspace.com/doloreshuerta77; Oscar Chacón, director, National Alliance of Latin American and Caribbean Communities, Chicago, www.nalacc.org ; Nativo López, national president of Mexican American Political Association and Hermandad Mexicana Latinoamericana, Los Angeles, www.hermandadmexicana.org; Clarissa Martí­nez, Coalition for Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Washington, DC. www.cirnow.org
13:00 PDT.

NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION:

Correspondents from around the country file news reports on the protests that take place in immigrant enclaves. These rallies are expected to be the largest pro-immigrant actions since May Day 2006. This is the second hour of this extended edition.

Guests: Rubén Tapia, Los Angeles; Malena Peraza, Yakima, WA; Chelis López,
San Francisco; Marco Vinicio González, New York; Elvia Díz, Phoenix; Jorge Salazar, Chicago; Patricio Espinoza, San Antonio.
14:00 PDT.

NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION.
Station-based contributors and citizen reporters file stories on the unfolding pro-immigrant rallies in small-town USA. Representatives from sister radio stations join this program, including stations in Immokalee, FL; Woodburn, OR; Santa Rosa, CA; Lancaster, PA; Mt. Vernon, WA; Granger, WA; and Alamosa, CO.
15:00 PDT.

NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION:

In this final hour of special news coverage, listeners are encouraged to call in and provide reports illustrating the pro-immigrant actions they witness or support. On this day, a number of student and community groups are planning public rallies, teach ins, vigils, visits to members of congress, and calls, faxes and emails to elected officials.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 2 12:00 PDT.

TEXAS EDITION – MAY 1: THE OUTCOMES.
Host Samuel Schmidt analyzes the similarities and differences between last year and this week’s national rallies. Guest commentators also discuss the impact of the national rallies on the battle for the hearts and minds of the U.S. public and the struggle to reach a deal in Congress.

Guests: Carlos Spector Calderón, immigration law attorney, legal analyst, El Paso, TX; Marí Jiménez, director, Immigration Law Enforcement Monitoring Project AFSC, Houston, TX.

THURSDAY, MAY 3 12:00 PDT.

THE BATTLE ABOUT WAR SPENDING.
President Bush is expected to veto this week a bill that pays for the war in Iraq and orders U.S. troops to withdraw from Iraq by next April. This is a debate on the veto showdown and the challenge to end the war in Iraq.

FRIDAY, MAY 4 12:00 PDT.

MEXICO EDITION.
Martha Elena Ramí­rez hosts this edition of the Voz PÚblica series from Mexico City. The civic journalist brings news and analysis on Mexican developments.
13:00 PDT.

PUERTO RICO EDITION.
In this pre-taped edition from San Juan, PR, WRTU’s Wanda Colón Cortés, brings news and analysis on major developments in the Caribbean basin.”

• Report Shows Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Projects Lead to Massive Displacement of local populations in Latin America
• Mexican Officials Continue to Demand $10,000 Cash for Return of Shoes and Van Seized at Mexican Border on March 4, 2010 – Missionary Partners Delayed for Two Weeks on Trip to Deliver Needed Goods to Guatemala
• No backing down for Ladies in White protesters in Cuba – The Ladies in White marched to mark the anniversary of Black Spring, but without the abuse they suffered during the previous day’s march.
• California’s Latino students graduate college at higher rates than Latino national average
• U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Mexican Foreign Relations Secretary Patricia Espinosa have agreed to strengthen bilateral cooperation in the wake of the killings last weekend of three people with links to the U.S. Consulate in the border city of Juarez
• Saber Foundation Helps Latinos Go to College – part of the Idaho Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
• How Much Do We Really Know About Mexico?
• Waukegan High School hosted the National Hispanic College Fair on Wednesday at the Brookside Campus – Illinois
• More than $4.8 Million Raised During Two-Day Univision Radio Event to Help St. Jude Fight Childhood Cancer
• Recession, Census Take Radio Bilingue’s Year-Long National Multimedia Series on the Economy to D.C., North
• The spin on President Felipe Calderon’s visit to Juarez – The range of spin on the news of the day in the Mexican press is often astounding.
• BankAtlantic’s Marta Armas, Appointed by The Florida Bar to the Grievance Committee for the Eleventh Judicial Circuit
• Juarez Story Untold As Journalists Are Targeted
• Mexico border city relives nightmare of violence – Renewed feuding in Nuevo Laredo between drug gangs spurs old fears amid dozens of deaths.
• Cuban protesters punched, dragged – For the second straight day, but in a much harsher manner, Cuban security agents broke up a protest march by female relatives of jailed dissidents. – Damas de Blanca — or “Ladies in White”
• Scores of police officers — including the entire department of one town — have been detained in Mexican probes of killings and kidnappings.
• Destacados De Esta Semana Por ESPN Deportes y ESPN Deportes Radio- Semana del 16 al 21 de marzo
• Yaro360 Talks to Home from Home Radio Show About His Music and Culture, Airs Monday, March 20
• Low Hispanic College Graduation Rates Threaten U.S. Attainment Goals – New Study: “Rising to the Challenge: Raising Hispanic Graduation Rates as a National Priority” – Hispanic students generally graduate at lower rates than their white peers, even among schools with similar admissions standards
• A top-level American delegation will visit Mexico on Tuesday in a major show of solidarity, after the borderland drug war claimed the lives of U.S. consulate employees last weekend.