2003
DECEMBER
December 31, 2003
Free Market Backlash
The South American nation of Bolivia is known for its stunning elevations and sunken standard of living. Ray Suarez reports on the economic situation in that developing nation, where two thirds of the population live on fewer than two U.S. dollars each day.

NOVEMBER
November 27, 2003
Painful Past
Jeffrey Kaye of KCET Los Angeles explores the mass expulsion of people of Mexican descent from the United States during the Depression and new efforts to address it.

OCTOBER
October 6, 2003
Colombia's Struggle
Ray Suarez sits down with Colombian President Alvaro Uribe to discuss the leader's efforts to control narcotics trafficking and growing incidents of rebel attacks on civilians.

JULY
July 16, 2003
Straight Talk
In a second of two reports, Susan Dentzer talks to government officials and Brazilians active in the struggle to fight AIDS about the country's work to prevent new HIV infections.

July 15, 2003
Survival Plan
In the first of two segments, Susan Dentzer reports from Brazil on the country's efforts to combat AIDS.

JANUARY
January 17, 2003
Venezuelan Power Struggle
For an update on the crisis in Venezuela, Ray Suarez talks with Arturo Valenzuela, director of the Center for Latin American Studies at Georgetown University; Mark Weisbrot, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research; and Amy Jaffe, senior energy adviser for the James A. Baker Institute for Public Policy at Rice University.

January 16, 2003
Press Under Fire
Terence Smith discusses the risks of reporting in Colombia with journalists Ignacio "Nacho" Gomez and Maria Cristina Caballero.