>> CHICAGO TONIGHT, LATINO VOICES IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY ALLSTATE AND CIBC.

>> GOOD EVENING.

TO CHICAGO TONIGHT.

I'M A REPORTER WITH CBS2 CHICAGO, THANK YOU TOR SHARING PART OF YOUR WEEKEND WITH US.

ON THE SHOW TONIGHT ANOTHER POLICE SHOOTING HAS LEFT THE CITY EXAMINING POLICE USE OF FORCE.

WE TALK TO A DIVERSE CAST OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS ABOUT THEIR REACTION AND THE ROAD AHEAD.

AS VACCINES BECOME MORE AVAILABLE IN THE U.S. AND PEOPLE LOOK TO TRAVELING ABROAD, HOW AMERICANS COULD BE MINDFUL ABOUT THE COMMUNITIES THEY ARE VISITING.

AND A TEAM OF RESEARCHERS LOOK FOR CLUES IN HISTORIC PAINTINGS AT A MUSEUM IN TILLTON-- TILLSON.

FIRST TONIGHT WE WANT TO START WITH THE NEWLY RELEASED VIDEO FROM POLICE ACCOUNTABLE.

BODYCAM FOOTAGE OF THE SHOOTING OF ANTHONY ALVAREZ BY CHICAGO POLICE ON MARCH 31ST.

IT APPEARS TO SHOW ALVAREZ HODDING A GUN AS HE RUNS FROM AN OFFICER IN PORTAGE PARK WHERE THE STER ORDERS HIM TO DROP THE GUN BEFORE SHOOTING HIM IN THE BACK.

THE AFTERMATH HAS LEFT HIS FAMILY AND MEAB MANY IN THE COMMUNITY ONCE AGAIN QUESTIONING POLICE USE OF FORCE TACTICS WHEN CHASING A SUSPECT ON FOOT, JOINING US SO DISCUSS THIS ARE JACOB DANEMAN FOR THE UNITED NORTHWEST SIDE, JESSIA-- JESSICA ESTRADA FROM UNITED SURVIVORS ALLIANCE FOR HEALING AND JUSTICE, AND WALDEMAR CRUZ, A RETIRED POLICE SERGEANT AND PRESIDENT OF THE PUERTO RICAN POLICE ASSOCIATION.

BEFORE WE BEGIN OUR DISCUSSION WE WILL SEE VIDEO OF THE FOOT CHASE IN THE MOMENTS JUST BEFORE SHOTS WERE FIRED.

WE SHOULD NOTE THAT COPA HAS NOT RELEASED DETAILS OF WHAT LEAD THE POLICE TO PURSUE ALVAREZ IN THE FIRST PLACE.

>> HEY, DROP THE GUN.

>> OKAY, WE WANT TO START WITH YOU WALD MAR CRUZ, DO YOU SEE PROBLEMS ON THE PART OF THE OFFICER GIVEN THE FACT YOU ARE A LATINO AND RETIRED SERGEANT, I'M CURIOUS TO HEAR WHAT YOUR INITIAL PERSPECTIVE IS.

>> THIS IS THE DIFFICULT PART, WHEN WE KIND OF QUARTERBACK THE SITUATION OF AN OFFICER INVOLVED WITH, THAT LEADS TO A FATALITY OR JUST AN INJURY TO SOMEONE IN THE PUBT LICK.

BECAUSE COPA HAS NOT COME OUT WITH ITS COMPLETE FINDINGS AND THE INFORMATION WE HAVE GOTTEN MAY NOT BE IN FULL DETAIL, I KNOW THAT ORGANIZATIONS DON'T LIKE TO COMMENT ON THOSE TYPES OF EVENTS UNTIL WE GET THE FULL DETAILS.

SO YOU KNOW, UNTIL WE GET THAT, WE WANT TO LET COPA DO THEIR INVESTIGATION, IT GOES WELL WITH THE FAMILY AND THE POLICE OFFICERS INVOLVED.

>> SO TO YOUR POINT, WHAT WOULD KNOWING WHAT LEAD TO THE CHASE TO BEGIN WITH, WOULD THAT POTENTIALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN YOUR OPINION AS TO WHETHER YOU THINK IT IS JUSTIFIED OR NOT?

>> YES, WE DON'T HAVE THE INFORMATION.

WE DON'T HAVE THOSE DETAILS, SO IT IS HARD FOR OFFICERS ON THE JOB OR PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN ON THE JOB TO COMMENT ON SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

>> OKAY, JACOB DANEMAN WE WANT TO TURN TO YOU, WHAT IS YOUR REACTION TOTAL VAR EASY SHOOTING VIDEO?

>> IT IS HORRIFIC.

HE IS SHOT IN THE BACK.

HE'S ASKED TO COMPLY AND HE IS NOT GIVEN A MOMENT TO COMPLY.

AND I THINK A LOT OF REACTIONARIES TO PEOPLE WHO ARE DE IMAGINING POLICE REFORM OR ACCOUNT ABILITY OR OVERSIGHT FROM THE POLICE, OFTEN SAY OH, WELL IF YOU JUST COMPLIED, THEN YOU KNOW, YOU WOULD BE FINE.

AND THAT IS JUST NOT THE CASE.

AND YOU SAW THAT WITHED ADAM PALELO SHOOTING AS WELL.

THESE PEOPLE AREN'T GIVEN A CHANCE TO COMPLY AND ARE SUMMARILY EXECUTED ON THE SPOT.

SO I DON'T SORT OF BUY THAT IF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS RELEASED, IT WOULD CHANGE THE FACTS OF THIS SHOOTING.

>> JESSICA ESTRADA, WE'LL TURN TO YOU NOW.

DO YOU BELIEVE THE SHOOTING WAS JUSTIFIED?

>> THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION.

SOME OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS FEEL RETRAUMATIZED AND HURT.

AND SOME OF OUR LATINX COMMUNITY MEMBERS SEE POLICING VERY DIFFERENT.

LIKE OUR FIRST GENERATION LATINX COMMUNITY MEMBERS BUT IN OUR WORK, WE NEED TO CREATE SUSTAINABLE ALTERNATIVES ON WHAT SAFETY LOOKS LIKE BEYOND HAVING POLICE OFFICERS-- THEY SHOULDN'T BE ALLOWED TO SHOOT FIRST AND ASK QUESTIONS LATER.

WE REALLY NEED TO FIND ALTERNATIVES TO POLICING.

>> SO JESSICA, YOU ARE HEARING FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE VERY UPSET ABOUT THIS.

AND PEOPLE WHO PERHAPS DON'T FEEL LIKE IT WAS JUSTIFIED.

WE WANT TO TURN TO YOU, WALDEMAR CRUZ, WE KNOW THE LATINO COMMUNITY IS DIVERSE AND REACTION TO POLICE SHOOTINGS ISN'T ONE SIZE FITS ALL.

ARE YOU HEARING FROM LATINO CHICAGOANS EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR THE POLICE IN LIGHT OF WHAT WE HAVE SEEN?

>> WE ALWAYS HEAR SUPPORT FOR THE POLICE.

WE UNDERSTAND THAT SOME TYPE OF REFORM IS NEEDED.

WE DO.

WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS OFFICERS THAT SHOULDN'T BE CARRYING A BADGE, AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE HAVE TO CORRECT.

BUT THE MAIN OBJECTIVE THAT WE DON'T EVER HIGHLIGHT IS THE GANGS AND THE CRIMINAL ACTIVITY ITSELF.

WE HAVE TO FIND WAYS OF MAKING IT BETTER FOR OUR COMMUNITY BY GIVING OUR YOUTH AND PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY ALTERNATIVES THAN US BEING INVOLVED IN THEIR LEVS ON A DAILY BASE IS, THAT CAN LEAD TO INCIDENTS LIKE WE JUST SEEN RIGHT NOW.

>> AND TO CLARIFY, TO CLARIFY YOU ARE HEARING SUPPORT FROM LATINO CHICAGOANS SPECIFICALLY AS WELL?

>> YES.

CHICAGO COMMUNITY IS LIKE YOU SAID, IT IS VERY DIVERSE.

AND THEY WANT SAFETY.

YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT THE REFORMS THAT WE'RE MAKING.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE ADDED TECHNOLOGY THAT WE ARE PUTTING.

WE ARE PUTTING-- IN POLE CAMERAS, BODY CAMERAS, THOSE ARE THINGS REQUESTED BY THE PUBLIC BECAUSE THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS WERE BEING OVERRUN BY CRIME.

THAT IS WHY THOSE TECHNOLOGY STANDPOINTS ARE OUT THERE TO GET HELP FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT POLICE CANNOT MONITOR EVERY AREA AT EVERY MINUTE.

>> WALD MAR, THANK YOU.

JACOB DANEMAN TO YOU, REACTION TO THE SHOOTING VIDEO, ADAM TOLEDO, THE REACTION WAS SWIFT, CAN YOU TELL US WHAT THE NORTHWEST SIDE IS LIKE AS FAR AS RESIDENTS AND POLITICS AND HOW THAT MIGHT FACTOR IN WITH THE REACTION WE ARE SEEING WITH ALVAREZ.

>> WELL, YOU KNOW, THE NORTHWEST SIDE IS KIND OF A UNIQUE ECOSYSTEM.

THERE IS A LOT OF FIRST RESPONDERS ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE.

SO IT IS KIND OF LIKE A LITTLE ENCLAVE WHICH IS ANOTHER PROBLEM THAT I THINK IS PERVASIVE AROUND THE CITY OF CHICAGO.

YOU HAVE THESE PLACES LIKE BEVERLY AND JEFFERSON PARK THAT ARE VERY KIND OF ALMOST POLICE ENKLAICHS, POLICE NEIGHBORHOODS AND THOSE PEOPLE GO OUT AND POLICE OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS.

THEY DON'T REALLY HAVE A CONNECTION TO THOSE COMMUNITIES.

SO YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD TO IDENTIFY THE NORTHWEST SIDE, AS THINKING ONE WAY VERSUS OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS THINKING ANOTHER WAY ABOUT THE SHOOTING, YOU KNOW.

WE TRY AND PROCESS THIS HORRIFIC SHOOTING.

AND I THINK EVERYONE IS UPSET BY THE LOSS OF LIFE.

BUT YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT YOU CAN'T SAY THAT ONE COMMUNITY OR ONE NEIGHBORHOOD WILL LOOK AT IT ONE WAY BECAUSE JUST LIKE ANY OTHER COMMUNITY, THERE IS DIFFERENCE OF OPINIONS.

>> NOW LOOKING AHEAD, WE HAVE JUST A COUPLE OF MINUTES.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO ANSWER WHAT DO YOU THINK OUR COMMUNITIES NEED TO DO TO PREVENT THESE SHOOTINGS FROM HAPPENING TO BEGIN WITH.

WE WILL START WITH YOU.

>> I THINK THE NUMBER ONE WAY THAT WE CAN COMBAT THIS IS TO INSTALL A MEASURE OF POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY.

AND I THINK THE ECPS ORDINANCE WHICH IS THE NEW POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY ORDINANCE WHICH IS EMPOWERING COMMUNITIES FOR PUBLIC SAFETY IS ONE WAY TO DO THAT.

IT GIVES COMMUNITIES THE OPPORTUNITY TO OVERSEE THOSE WHO THEY HAVE ENTRUSTED TO POLICE THEM.

SO.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GIVE EVERYONE A CHANCE HERE.

ONE SENTENCE FOR EACH OF YOU, JESSICA, WE'LL START WITH YOU.

>> I TRULY BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE WILL-- LIVE EXPERIENCES ON MAKING DECISIONS THAT IMPACT THEIR COMMUNITY AND CITY.

AND THEY NEED TO BE-- THEY NEED TO BE LISTENED TO, NOT JUST HEAR THEM.

AND ONE OF OUR ORGANIZATIONS IN A COALITION ENFORCING CHICAGO POLICE CONSENSUS DE CREE.

AND WE HAVE BEEN PUSHING FOR CPD PURSUE POLICIES SINCE THE CONSENT DE CREE WAS NEGOTIATED IN 2018.

AND WE HAVE BEEN IGNORED SO WE NEED TO LISTEN TO THE VOICES OF PEOPLE WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE AND SEE THEM AS EXPERTS.

>> OKAY.

WALDEMAR CRUZ, TO YOUR POINT, LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT DO YOU THINK POLICE DEPARTMENTS IN THE CITY ADMINISTRATION SHOULD BE DOING DIFFERENTLY IN THEIR INTEREST PRACTICES.

>> WELL, WE'RE DOING IT RIGHT NOW.

WE ARE MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE ORGANIZATIONS-- LIKE COPA OVERSEEING US AND WE HAVE TO WORK HARD TO ELIMINATE THE CHANCES OF OUR VIEWS OR OUR PEOPLE GETTING CAUGHT UP IN CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES, SO THEN WE CAN DOWNGRADE SOME OF THIS AND WE WON'T BE EXPERIENCING SOME OF THESE DANGEROUS SITUATIONS AND LOSING LIFE AS WE SAW IN THE LAST FEW TIMES HERE.

>> WELL, I WANT TO GIVE OUR THANKS TO JACOB DANEMAN, JESSICA ES TRAD-- ESTRADA AND WALDEMAR CRUZ.

>> UP NEXT, HOW TO BE A THOUGHTFUL TOURIST, STAY WITH US.

AS WE OWNER A NEW PHASE OF THE PANDEMIC A GROWING NUMBER OF AMERICANS REPORT FEELING COMFORTABLE WITH TRAVELING OVERSEES AGAIN, WHILE THE UNITED STATES IS A LEADER IN THE VACCINE ROLLOUT, MANY OF THE PLACES AMERICANS WANT TO TRAVEL TO, INCLUDING SEVERAL SPANISH SPEAKING ONES HAVE MUCH LOWER VACCINATION RATES.

THIS COMES AS THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE FULLY VACCINATED MAKE FOR LOW RISK INTERNATIONAL TRAVELERS.

BUT THEY'VE ALSO ISSUED ADVISORIES FOR CERTAIN COUNTRIES STILL GRAPPLING WITH THE VIRUS.

JOINING US TO TALK ABOUT TRAVEL TO LATINO AND SPANISH SPEAKING PLACES AND HOW YOU CAN BE A THOUGHTFUL TOURIST ARE JEANETTE CEJA, A CALIFORNIA-BASED TRAVEL JOURNALIST AND ADVISOR AND ARESHA MARTINEZ-CARSCARDOSO AT E UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO.

FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU BOTH FOR JOINING US RIGHT NOW.

I WE UNDERSTAND THERE IS A PANDEMIC RECORD, 43% OF AMERICANS SAY THEY WOULD NOT FEEL GUILTY FOR TRAVELING RIGHT NOW.

THIS ACCORDING TO DATA FROM DESTINATION ANALYSTS ABOUT ONE IN TEN PEOPLE HAVE PLANS IN PLACE TO TRAVEL OVERSEAS.

FIRST OFF WHERE ARE AMERICANS TRAVELING TO AND LET'S FOCUS A LITTLE BIT ON LATIN AMERICA AND SPANISH SPEAKING PLACES.

>> YES, ABSOLUTELY.

AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME ON TODAY.

IT'S SO EXCITING.

SOME OF THE PLACES THAT AMERICAN TRAVELERS HAVE BEEN GOING TO, SINCE THE PANDEMIC REALLY STARTED HAS BEEN MEXICO.

MEXICO HAS CONTINUED TO STAY OPEN AND STILL OPEN TO THIS DAY.

HOWEVER, MEXICO IS VERY GOOD IN CERTAIN AREAS, FOR EXAMPLE CABO SAN LUCAS ABOUT HOW THEY HAVE BEEN HANDLING HOTEL STAYS, TOURS, KEEPING IN MIND HOW TOURISTS SHOULD WEAR MASKS AS WELL AS LOCALS.

MEXICO HAS BEEN AN INTERNATIONAL DESTINATION THAT A LOT OF AMERICAN TRAVELERS HAVE BEEN GOING TO.

COSTA RICA IS OPEN FOR AMERICAN TOURISTS AS WELL.

COSTA RICA DOES INSPIRE AMERICAN TOURISTS WHO HAVE PROOF OF MEDICAL INSURANCE.

SOME OTHER COUNTRIES THAT ARE OPEN AS WELL ARE GUATEMALA, COLOMBIA, EL SALVADOR, FOR EXAMPLE.

THESE ARE SOME OF THE LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES THAT AMERICANS CAN GO TO AT THIS MOMENT.

>> OKAY.

NOW WE'RE GOING TO GET BACK TO HOW WE CAN BE THOUGHTFUL TOURISTS IN PLACES LIKE THOSE.

WE WANT TO TAKE A LISTEN TO DR. SUSAN LOPEZ.

SHE HAS SOME ADVICE FOR THOSE TRAVELING TO PLACES LIKE MEXICO THAT SHE GAVE TO HER PATIENTS AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, SHE SAYS MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A MASK AND SOCIAL DISTANCE WHEN YOU ARE ON THEIR LAND AS NEW VARIANTS EMERGE.

>> IT ALSO MEANS THAT THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT SOMEONE FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE COULD BRING A DIFFERENT STRAIN FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE TO THAT COUNTRY.

MAKING SURE THEY ARE USING THOSE MASKS TO PROTECT THOSE THAT THEY ARE VISITING AS WELL.

>> LET'S TURN TO YOU NEXT.

GUIDANCE APPEARS TO GIVE THE OKAY TO THOSE FULLY VACCINATED FOR TRAVEL.

DOES THAT MEAN THAT WE SHOULD?

>> YEAH, THAT'S-- A DECISION THAT I THINK EVERYONE HAS TO MAKE ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS.

THE CDC HAS ISSUED GUIDE LINES ON WHERE THEY SUGGEST FOLKS SHOULD TRAVEL IN THEIR OPEN RECOMMENDATION.

MY ADVICE WOULD BE TO TRY TO PICK A ZONE ONE, TWO OR THREE DESTINATION AND AVOID THE 4 OR 5 ZONES, THAT MEANS IT RULES OUT A LOT OF LATIN AMERICA BUT IF YOU DO DECIDE TO TRAVEL I SUGGEST FOLKS AIM TO BE FULLY VACCINATED, WAITING YOUR TWO WEEK WAITING PERIOD TIME AND GET A TEST WHEN YOU RETURN.

CONTINUE TO MASK, SOCIAL DISTANCE AND LIMIT YOUR INTERACTIONS AS DR. LOPEZ SUGGESTED.

AND AGAIN WE'RE GOING TO SPEAK ON THIS LATER BUT REALLY TRAVEL MINDFULLY, LIMIT YOUR ITINERARY, TRY TO STAY AND SHOP LOCAL AND GET COMFORTABLE WITH NO.

YOU CAN'T COME IN.

WE CAN'T HAVE YOU, YOUR SIZE OF GROUP WITHIN THE RESTAURANT.

WE HAVE TO LICKITY CAPACITY, AND.

JONATHAN: BEING MINDFUL AND ADHERING TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND GUIDE LINES THAT ARE SET FORTH BY THE COUNTRY THAT YOU ARE VISITING.

>> AND SPEAKING OF GUIDE LINES, WHAT GUIDANCE ARE YOU SEEING FROM LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES THAT THEY HAVE FOR TRAVELERS.

FOR INSTANCE QUARANTINE OR TESTING REQUIREMENTS OR PROOF OF VACCINATION.

>> MOST OF THE COUNTRIES IN LATIN AMERICA, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT ARE OPEN TO AMERICAN TOURISTS DO REQUIRE A NEGATIVE COVID TEST PROOF WITHIN 72 HOURS TO ENTER THEIR COUNTRY.

SOME COUNTRIES ARE A LITTLE MORE STRICT THAN OTHERS AND FOR EXAMPLE, MEXICO, YOU DON'T NEED TO SHOW THAT BUT IT REALLY JUST DEPENDS.

IT IS A CASE BY CASE, COUNTRY BY COUNTRY AND IT IS FLUID SO IT IS EVER CHANGING.

SOME COUNTRIES ADD ON RESTRICTIONS, SOME TAKE THEM AWAY.

IT DEPENDS ON THE CURRENT STATUS OF THE PANDEMIC IN THAT COUNTRY.

AS WELL AS WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER, BEING MINDFUL.

I ALSO ADVISE TRAVELERS IF YOU ARE GOING TO GO TO AN INTERNATIONAL COUNTRY, WHERE THE VACCINES AREN'T WIDELY AVAILABLE IN THE U.S., IF YOU CAN GO FULLY VACCINATED BUT STILL BRING YOUR PPE GEAR, YOUR MASK, HAND SANITIZER, YOUR GLOVES AND BE MINDFUL OF THE COUNTRY YOU ARE GOING TO, DO YOUR DUE DILL AGAINST, RESEARCH WHAT ARE THE CURRENT STATUS, WHAT ARE THE REQUIREMENTS.

LIKE THE WORD, I REALLY LIKE THE WORD MINDFUL, BEING MINDFUL OF THE LOCALS YOU ARE GOING TO GO VISIT BECAUSE THEY MAY NOT HAVE THE SAME ACCESSIBILITY TO THE VACCINE LIKE WE HAVE.

>> WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE TIME TO GET TO A FEW MORE QUESTIONS HERE.

ARESHA YOU KIND OF TOUCH ON THIS BUT IT IS POSSIBLE THAT EVEN FULLY VACCINATED AMERICANS CAN HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT BY VISITING COUNTRIES THAT MAY NOT BE QUITE THERE YET?

>> YEAH, THIS IS A GOOD QUESTION.

WE DO KNOW BASED ON THE BEST SCIENCE THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE THAT VACCINATION DOES REDUCE-- YOUR OWN RISK OF GETTING COVID AND TRANSMITTING COVID BUT IT IS NOT 100 PERCENT SURE FIRE GUARANTEE, THAT IS WHY WE WANT TO DO ALL THE SOCIAL DISTANCING AND COVID GUIDE LINES TO MAKE SURE WE PROTECT OTHERS EVEN THOUGH WE MIGHT BE PROTECTED MORE OURSELVES.

>> THERE IS ALSO CONCERN THAT THE CURRENT VACCINES THAT WE HAVE NOW DON'T PROTECT THE SAME WAY AGAINST THE VARIANTS THAT WE DO KNOW OF AS WELL AS THE VARIANTS WE MIGHT NOT BE AWARE OF YET.

MAKING SURE TO MASK UP, SOCIAL DISTANCE, ALL OF THOSE GOOD THINGS.

THE LAST THING I WILL SAY IS WE HAVE TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT KIDS, RIGHT.

KIDS DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO VACCINES YET, PARTICULARLY THE YOUNG ONES.

AND WHAT WE ALSO KNOW IS WHILE KIDS DON'T GET AS SICK AS OFTEN WITH COVID, THERE ARE SOME EVIDENCE THAT THEY ARE MORE LIKELY TO SPREAD THE VACCINE THAT THEY HAVE MORE OF A VIRAL LOAD IS WHAT WE CALL IT AND SO WE ARE HAVE TO BE EXTRA CAREFUL,-- SO ENCOURAGING THEM TO DO ALL THE SAME THINGS THAT WE ARE, AND MAYBE JUST HOLD OFF ON IS THE FAMILY VACATIONS BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO UNWITTINGLY SPREAD COVID THROUGH OUR KIDS, WITHOUT EXACERBATING HEALTH INEQUITIES IN THE COUNTRIES WE ARE TRYING TO VISIT.

>> ARESHA, TO YOU NOW.

TELL US WHAT HAPPENS IF SOMEONE FROM THE UNITED STATES DOES GET COVID-19 WHILE THEY ARE OVERSEAS.

>> YEAH, GOOD QUESTION.

WE HOPE THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN BUT IF IT DOES, FIRST OF ALL, COMMUNICATE WITH YOUR HOTEL AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT EXTENDED TRAVEL A ARRANGEMENTS AS WELL AS ALL OF YOUR TRAVEL PARTNERS.

IT MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA TO CONTACT THE EMBASSY TO FIGURE OUT IF THERE ARE ANY ARRANGEMENTS THAT THEY HAVE SET UP FOR THOSE WHO ARE TRAVELING INTERNATIONALLY, AND REALLY ADHERE TO THE SOCIAL DISTANCING AND QUARANTINE GUIDE LINES.

I KNOW IT IS TOUGH TO BE STUCK IN ANOTHER COUNTRY BUT IT REALLY PROJECT-- PROTECTS YOU AND OTHERS IF YOU AVOID TRAVELING YOURSELF AS WELL AS YOUR ENTIRE GROUP.

AND MAKING SURE NOT TO COME HOME UNTIL YOU GET TESTED AND YOU TEST NEGATIVE.

SO THAT IS BASICALLY WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST FOLKS DO.

>> THAT WAS A THOUGHTFUL ANSWER.

WE ONLY HAVE ABOUT A MINUTE LEFT HERE SO JEANETTE, I WANT TO ROUND OUT, FINAL QUESTION, I WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU ON THE DOUBLE EDGED SWORD WHEN IT COMES TO TOURISM, DESPITE THE RISKS, A LOT OF ECONOMIES DO RELY ON TRAVEL WHICH AS WE KNOW HAS BEEN DEVASTATED DURING THE PANDEMIC.

HOW DO YOU RECONCILE THAT?

>> YES, THERE ARE A LOT OF COUNTRIES AND LOCALS WHO DEPEND ON TOURISM, ONE OF THE WAYS YOU CAN SUPPORT EVEN FROM YOUR HOME OR WHILE YOU ARE PLANNING A TRIP IS YOU CAN BOOK YOUR HOTEL STAY FOR THE FUTURE AND IF YOU NEED TO CHANGE THE DATE, MOST HOTELS WILL HONOR THAT AND GIVE YOU SOME KIND OF CREDIT.

TO SUPPORT LOCAL HOTELS AS WELL.

TOURS ARE ALSO-- YOU CAN BUY GIFT CARDS, VIRTUAL TOURS SO EVEN WHEN ARE YOU IN THE PLANNING STATIONS, THERE ARE SO MANY WAYS THAT TRAVELERS CAN SUPPORT THE LOCALS ABROAD.

>> AND OUR THANKS TO JEANETTE CEJA AND ARESHA.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THIS WEDNESDAY IS CINQO DE MAYO AND DESPITE A COMMON MISCONCEPTION IT IS NOT MEXICO'S INDEPENDENCE DAY.

IT ACTUALLY COMMEMORATES A CLASSIC UNDERDOG STORY IN MEXICO'S HISTORY.

AN UNLIKELY MILITARY WIN THAT HAD A RIPPLE EFFECT IN AMERICAN HISTORY.

>> ♪ SCIENTISTS RETURNING THEIR RESEARCH TO CENTURIES OLD PAINTINGS FROM COLONIAL ERA MEXICO, CHICAGO TONIGHT'S MARK VITALI VISITED THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MEXICAN ART FOR A SPECIAL COCKTAIL OF ART AND SCIENCE.

>> THE MUSEUM HAS BEEN CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC FOR MORE THAN A YEAR.

BUT THE STAFF STAYS BUSY.

RIGHT NOW THEY ARE ASSISTING VISITING SCIENTISTS WHO HOPE TO DISCOVER NEW INFORMATION ABOUT SOME CURIOUS CANVASS.

>> WE HAVE THE INCREDIBLE PRIVILEGE OF BEING ABLE TO LOOK INTO THE PAST OF SOME OF OUR PIECES FROM THE COLLECTION.

SO WE HAVE TAKEN THEM DOWN FROM THE PERMANENT EXHIBITION HERE AT THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MEXICAN ART AND HAVE TAKEN THEM ACROSS THE HALL INTO A TEMPORARY LABORATORY WHERE THEY ARE BEING EXAMINED AND BEING SCRUTINIZED TO SEE WHAT THEIR TRUE STORY MAY BE.

>> LIKE THIS VIRGIN OF GAWD LUPE THEY ARE DEVOTIONAL IMAGES OF CHRISTIANITY MOSTLY FROM THE 18th CENTURY.

>> IN MEXICO THE COLONIAL ERA ENDS, TECHNICALLY, AS SOON AS MEXICO BECOMES A REPUBLIC.

SO 1810 IS USUALLY THE CUTOFF DATE.

PIECES THAT ARE BEING EXAMINED, WE BELIEF ARE FROM THE COLONIAL ERA OR RIGHT AROUND THERE.

AND CERTAINLY FEATURE IDEAS, CONCEPTS, BELIEFS FROM THAT TIME PERIOD.

>> RESEARCHERS ARE COLLECTING DATA WITH A COMBINATION OF HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGE-- IMAGINGS AND X-RAY FLORESCENCE, THE MOBILE LAB WATT SET UP WITH A COLLABORATION BETWEEN NORTH WESTERN UNIVERSITY AND ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO.

>> IT IS SOMETHING THAT THE CENTER IS REALLY DESIGNED TO DO, TO TRAVEL TO MUSEUMS AND VARIOUS INSTITUTIONS TO PROVIDE TECHNICAL AND LOCAL SUPPORT WHERE THERE IS OTHERWISE NO-- TO DO SONESS TODAY WE ARE HERE WITH THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MEXICAN ART LOOKING AT SIX COLONIAL PAINTINGS TO UNDERSTAND THE MORE ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THIS TIME IN MEXICO.

>> THEY HOPE TO FIND OUT WHAT KIND OF PIGMENTS WERE USED AND WHETHER THEY WERE EUROPEAN MADE OR INDIGENOUS.

>> THEY HAVE BEEN SHOWING US SOME CONTRARIES THAT HAVE AGAIN WIN GOALS, THEY ARE FINDING COPPER IN SOME OF THE GREEN.

ALSO THEY WILL BE LOOKING FOR WHAT IS A NICE BEAUTIFUL ITALIAN WORD FOR HOW AN ARTIST CHANGES THEIR MIND IN THE DESIGN OF A PIECE WILL LAKE MAYBE THEY STARTED WITH A CERTAIN SKETCH AND THEN PAINTED OVER THAT.

>> THE SCIENCE TEAM ALSO VIEWS THEIR MUSEUM TRIP AS A KIND OF OUTREACH PROJECT.

>> IT IS INDEED A SCIENTIFIC STUDY BUT THERE IS A BROADER SCOPE WHICH IS TO BRING SCIENCE AND ART TO A WIDER AUDIENCE, WHICH IS ALWAYS VERY NICE FOR A SCIENTIST.

>> THEY ARE STILL IN THE DATA COLLECTING PHASE, A FULL REPORT WILL COME LATER.

>> WHAT FOLLOWS FROM THIS TRIP IS A LOT OF POST PRODUCTION, SO A LOT OF ANALYSIS OF THE RESULTS SO INTERNTION OF THE RESULTS, CONVERSATIONS BACK AND FORTH WITH THE FOLKS HERE.

>> THIS IS IS SORT OF LIKE A GENEALOGY PROJECT OF THE WORKS OF ART.

WE WILL TAKE A LOOK AT OUR TREASURES, OUR CULTURAL TREASURES THAT WE HAVE.

AND REALLY SEE WHERE THEY CAME FROM, AND WHAT THEIR HISTORY, WHAT THEIR PAST WAS.

AND OF COURSE THAT WILL JUST ADD SO MUCH MORE TO THE STORIES OF OUR COMMUNITY, WHETHER IT IS HERE IN CHICAGO OR IN MEXICO.

>> FOR LATINO VOICES, THIS IS MARK VITALI.

>> THE WORK WRAPS UP THIS WEEK.

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