Segment #1: "PRI PRIMARIES" (3:00) Latino USA's Franc Contreras reports on the changing political process in Mexico as the first-ever PRI primary recently took place. // Segment #2: "GUATEMALAN LEGISLATIVE MODERNIZATION" (6:30) Latino USA's Maria Martin reports on a project in Guatemala intended to foster the democratic process by involving young people. // Segment #3: "AUTHOR: MARIA HINOJOSA" (5:03) Maria Martin speaks with regular Latino USA host Maria Hinojosa about her new book entitled "Raising Raul: Adventures Raising My Son and My Self." // Segment #4: "LATINA BEAUTY PAGEANT" (4:36) Leda Hartman reports on how a beauty pageant is being used to foster social change by challenging stereotypes of Latinas.
Creator/Contributor:
Martin, M. E. (María Emilia) (host), Contreras, Franc (reporter), Hartman, Leda (reporter), Hinojosa, Maria, 1961- (interviewee), Alvarez, David (reporter), Singh, Lakshmi (reporter), Reveron, Derek S. (reporter), Avila, Alex (reporter), Gibb, Tom (reporter), Cruz, Lizette (interviewee), Abramson, Susan (interviewee), Prince, Ron (interviewee), Roman, Delca (interviewee), Madrazo Pintado, Roberto, 1952-.... (interviewee), Rodriguez, Vanessa (interviewee), and Casia, Jessica (interviewee)
Date Created/Date Issued:
11/21/1999
Owning Repository:
Benson Latin American Collection, LLILAS Benson Latin American Studies and Collections, The University of Texas at Austin
sound recordings, digital audio tape, radio programs, and Audio
Extent:
29 minutes
Rights - Use and Reproduction:
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Language:
English
Topic:
Mexico--Politics and government, México--Política y gobierno, Latinos (United States), Latinos (Estados Unidos), Guatemala--Politics and government, and Beauty contests
Time Period Covered:
1990-1999
Place Name:
Mexico and Guatemala
Origin Note:
Transcription of this program was funded by the Latin Americanist Research Resources Project LARRP, Center for Research Libraries.