Non Pacifica Programming

Silk and spice and all that's nice : part 1 / Sanjiva Wijesinha ; produced by Maha Bulos.

Three part series which examines the UNESCO's Maritime Silk Route Expedition, a project organized to retrace the old silk route from the orient to Europe.|SILK AND SPICE AND ALL THAT'S NICE : PART 1 / Sanjiva Wijesinha| produced by Maha Bulos. - SERIES: Unesco radio| no.

Dr. Sanjiva Wijesihna, a pediatric surgeon from Sri Lanka, discuss his interest in studying how medical knowledge travelled from country to country along the ancient Silk Roads.

Contributing the dream / Henry Kissinger, Frederik W. De Klerk and Nelson Mandela ; produced by Erin Faherty.

Produced program from recorded statements made by Henry Kissinger, Frederik W. De Klerk and Nelson Mandela at the first Felix Houphouet-Poigny Peace Prize organized by UNESCO in Paris. Kissinger paid tribute to De Klerk's and Mandela's work in bringing about a change in South Afircan politics and society, ending the government-sanctioned apartheid.

Operation "just cause" : Panama one year later / George Priestly and Juan Mendez ; interviewed by Robert Borosage.

Dr. George Priestly, Chair of the Latin American Studies Department at Queens College in New York and a native Panamanian, joins Juan Mendez, an attorney with Americas Watch, a human rights organization, to discuss conditions in Panama. Because of the attention paid to Operation Desert Shild in the Middle East, people have forgotten the United States invasion of Panama.

Nicaragua : from Reagan administration obsession to a "backburner" issue / Bob Stark, Ann Setright and Jim Feltz ; interviewed by Robert Borosage.

Conversations with Bob Stark of Policy Alternatives for the Caribbean and Central America (PACCA); Ann Setright of Witness for Peace; and Jim Feltz, a priest working in Nicaragua. They examine the history of United States financial aid to Nicaragua during the 1980's, but with the victory of the United States backed Violeta Chamorro government Nicaragua has disappeared from the headlines.

Changing Guatemala's agricultural economy : the highlandpeasant committee / Francisco Cali ; interviewed by Bob DeBolt.

Francisco Cali, co-founder of the Highland Peasant Committee (CCDA) discusses the increased repression of the 1990's in Guatemala. Because of government pressure, the peasants grow non-traditional export crops instead of food, so that the country has to import corn and beans. As a result, 90% of the population lives in poverty.

Ecuador oil, part two, sustainable colonization, and rainforest crunch / produced by Sandy Tolan, Cecilia Vaisman, and Nancy Postero ; hosted by Edward James Olmos.

Documentary series which traces the changes in lands and cultures in Latin America and the Caribbean since the voyage of Columbus.|ECUADOR OIL, PART TWO, SUSTAINABLE COLONIZATION, and RAINFOREST CRUNCH / produced by Sandy Tolan, Cecilia Vaisman, and Nancy Postero| hosted by Edward James Olmos.

pt.1. Ecuador Oil continues the discussion of oil exploration and explotation in the Amazon, focusing upon two Quichua Indian villages who present two views concerning oil (part two) -- pt.2. Sustainable Colonization looks at poor colonists in Brazil's Amazon jungle who are planting commercially valuable native species in an attempt to stop the vicious cycle of deforestation -- pt.3.

Shrimp cocktail and flowers for export / produced by Sandy Tolan, Alan Weisman, Cecilia Vaisman, and Nancy Postero ; hosted by Edward James Olmos.

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.

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.

Sugar and sorrow in Hispaniola / produced by Sandy Tolan and Alan Weisman ; hosted by Edward James Olmos.

Documentary series which traces the changes in lands and cultures in Latin America and the Caribbean since the voyage of Columbus.|SUGAR AND SORROW IN HISPANIOLA / produced by Sandy Tolan and Alan Weisman| hosted by Edward James Olmos. - SERIES: Vanishing homelands : a chronicle of change across the Americas| no.

Examines the sub-human conditions faced by Haitian cane cutters in the Dominican Republic, including how the patterns of kidnapping and forced labor (a practice Dominicans say has been halted) continue to the present.

Escaping the tourist trap and Argentina's last Guarani / produced by Katie Davis, Alan Weisman, and Cecilia Vaisman ; hosted by Edward James Olmos.

Documentary series which traces the changes in lands and cultures in Latin America and the Caribbean since the voyage of Columbus.|ESCAPING THE TOURIST TRAP and ARGENTINA'S LAST GUARANI / produced by Katie Davis, Alan Weisman, and Cecilia Vaisman| hosted by Edward James Olmos.

pt.1. Escaping the Tourist Trap looks at alternatives in Chiapas State to traditional villages being overrun or obilterated by developers -- pt.2. Argentina's Last Guarani looks at their culture and lands which have been usurped by tourism, paper mills, lumbering, dams, and evangelism.

Caribbean dreams / produced by Sandy Tolan and Alan Weisman ; hosted by Edward James Olmos.

Documentary series which traces the changes in lands and cultures in Latin America and the Caribbean since the voyage of Columbus.|CARIBBEAN DREAMS / produced by Sandy Tolan and Alan Weisman| hosted by Edward James Olmos. - SERIES: Vanishing homelands : a chronicle of change across the Americas| no.

Explores the dreams of people in the eastern Dominican Republic, where industrial parks, vast sugar fields, and the Caribbean's lushest resort all belong to a single United States corporation. In the end, hundreds of poor Dominicans used cruderow boats to reach Puerto Rico to continue their impoverished existence.

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