Documentary series which traces the changes in lands and cultures in Latin America and the Caribbean since the voyage of Columbus.|SHRIMP COCKTAIL and FLOWERS FOR EXPORT / produced by Sandy Tolan, Alan Weisman, Cecilia Vaisman, and Nancy Postero| hosted by Edward James Olmos. - SERIES: Vanishing homelands : a chronicle of change across the Americas| no. 10 - Documentary series which traces the changes in lands and cultures in Latin America and the Caribbean since the voyage of Columbus. CONTENT: pt.1. Shrimp Cocktail examines how the United States Agency for International Development has funded a giant shrimp farm, with benefits for the U.S. sponsored export startegy at the expense of lax environmental enforcement, as well as social and labor laws -- pt.2. Flowers for Export looks at the greenhouses surrounding Bogota, Colombia, which have converted some of Latin America's best soils from food production to luxury flowers. The problem has been intensified because of the use of chemicals which destroy the soil and the female workers. - RECORDED: 1992.
pt.1. Shrimp Cocktail examines how the United States Agency for International Development has funded a giant shrimp farm, with benefits for the U.S. sponsored export startegy at the expense of lax environmental enforcement, as well as social and labor laws -- pt.2. Flowers for Export looks at the greenhouses surrounding Bogota, Colombia, which have converted some of Latin America's best soils from food production to luxury flowers. The problem has been intensified because of the use of chemicals which destroy the soil and the female workers.
pt.1. Shrimp Cocktail examines how the United States Agency for International Development has funded a giant shrimp farm, with benefits for the U.S. sponsored export startegy at the expense of lax environmental enforcement, as well as social and labor laws -- pt.2. Flowers for Export looks at the greenhouses surrounding Bogota, Colombia, which have converted some of Latin America's best soils from food production to luxury flowers. The problem has been intensified because of the use of chemicals which destroy the soil and the female workers.
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