LATINO USA:  THE RADIO JOURNAL OF NEWS AND CULTURE

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RUNDOWN FOR LATINO USA #317 FEEDING MAY 7, 1999.

SEGMENT #1:  "SOLDIERS RELEASE " (3:08)
Latino USA's Mandalit del Barco reports on the hero's welcome 
that awaits the three American soldiers recently released from 
Yugoslavia.

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SEGMENT #2:  "AUDIO GRAFFITI: BORDER" (:35)
Commentator and performance artist Guillermo Gomez-Peña 
offers his definition of the border.

SEGMENT #3:  "BORDER DEATHS" (7:57)
Carrie Kahn reports on the hardships and tragedies many 
illegal immigrants face on the long and risky journey from 
Mexico to the United States.

SEGMENT #4:  "CLARIBEL ALEGRIA 2-WAY" (7:45)
Latino USA host Maria Martin speaks with Nicaraguan poet
and writer Claribel Alegria about her time spent in Central 
America and her feelings on the changes the region has gone 
through in recent years. 

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SEGMENT #1
The images of Andrew Ramirez, Stephen Gonzales and 
Christopher Stone were all too familiar to Americans who  
remember others held captive by an unfriendly government. 
But fortunately,  this story has a happy ending ... With the help 
of a delegation led by the Reverend Jesse Jackson theyıve been  
released and have been reunited with their families.  And as 
Latino USA's Mandalit del Barco reports,  the soldiers and their 
communities have found a new hero. (7:45)

SEGMENT #2
Crossing the border from Mexico into this country has never 
been easy for desperate workers searching for opportunities not 
available at home. . . And as easier routes from Mexico are closed 
off by increased border operations, that journey is becoming more 
difficult--often resulting  in the ultimate sacrifice... More than 
eleven hundred illegal immigrants died trying to cross into the 
US from 1993 to 1996, according to a study by the University 
of Houston ... Still, many immigrants are falling victim to those 
who promise a way across ...Reporter Carrie Kahn traveled to 
central Mexico and heard the stories of three of those travelers. 
(7:57)

SEGMENT #3
Latino USA host Maria Martin speaks with Nicaraguan poet 
and writer Claribel Alegria about her time spent in Central 
America and her feelings on the changes the region has gone 
through in recent years. (7:45 SELF-CONTAINED)

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LUSA 318  PROMOS 

1.)  NEXT TIME ON LATINO USA ...  

THE FIRST OF OUR SPECIAL REPORTS FROM CENTRAL 
AMERICA...WHATıS HAPPENED IN THE AFTERMATH OF 
HURRICANE MITCH...FOR ONE THING, MORE STREET 
CHILDREN--LEFT ORPHANED AND HOMELESS... ALSO, GRUPO 
MORAZAN ... SALVADORAN REFUGEES SING  THE MUSIC OF 
FREEDOM.

THAT'S THIS WEEK ON  LATINO USA. THE RADIO JOURNAL OF 
NEWS AND CULTURE.