Borderland Jaguars (11:11) | Barbara Ferry | Living On Earth | April
2004
Jaguars, native to the tropical jungles of South America, used to be found in the southwest deserts of Arizona and New Mexico. Though jaguars no longer live in the
United States, occasionally one will travel across the border from Mexico. During the past few years several have been seen in Arizona. Mexican researchers are taking advantage of Arizonans' interest in the cats to bolster
their own efforts to preserve the species in Sonora. |
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Tijuana Opera (8:07) | Sam Quiñones | Weekend Edition Saturday |
August 2003
Tijuana has been known for bullfights and beer, but the Mexican border city also has a growing opera community. Recitals and lectures are frequent, Tijuana natives
are studying and performing in opera's European citadels, and the city now has its first opera. |
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Panorama, Texas (7:36) | Victoria Mauleón | Latino USA | April
2003
The misery of Mexican slum colonias has long been visible just across from many US border towns. Over the past decade, however, despite the economic promise of NAFTA,
the phenomenon has spread to the US side. Today, a half-million Texans live in more than 1,500 colonias that lack running water and sewage treatment. In one of these, Panorama, Texas, we follow Mexican immigrant
Oscar Solís as he organizes his community to fight for changes. |
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Border Soldiers (6:28) | Barbara Ferry | Latino USA | April 2003
How the US war in Iraq is affecting the Juárez, Mexico, families of US soldiers fighting overseas. |
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The Cross of Juárez (6:12) | Cecilia Vaisman, Mario Mercuri, and Vanesa Robles | Latino USA | February 2003
The wave of assassinations of women factory workers in Ciudad Juárez that began in 1993 shows no
sign of abating. As accusations fly back and forth across the border, the situation has contributed to deteriorating trust between the twin cities of El Paso and Juárez and a climate of chronic fear. |
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LA Ecovillage (12:00) | Alan Weisman | Living on Earth | June 2002
The term "ecovillage" usually connotes pastoral visions of earthen homes and glistening solar panels.
But in multinational Los Angeles, the idea of ecological alternative living gets stretched to include an urban
slum neighborhood and a Mexican-American barrio, complete with electric low-riders and solar-powered rap recording studios. |
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Eco Pilot (11:57) | Barbara Ferry | Living on Earth | October 2001
Barbara Ferry profiles Sandy Lanham, an "eco-pilot" who helps Mexican environmentalists track endangered wildlife. Winner of the 2002 Gracie Allen Award. |
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High and Dry in Juárez (11:49) | Sandy Tolan | All Things Considered | July 2001
The explosive growth in Ciudad Juárez has put unprecedented pressure on the region's water resources; as the aquifer drains, no immediate solutions are in sight. |
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A Bean of a Different Color (17:42) | Sandy Tolan | Weekend Edition Saturday/American RadioWorks | June 2001
How a little-known bean spurred an international trade
dispute and served as a metaphor for mounting intellectual property battles in the new global economy. |
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Coming North (6:08) | Sandy Tolan | All Things Considered | May 2001
A visit to a shelter for transients in the Mexican border town of Nogales,where would-be migrants prepare for the harrowing trip across the border tothe United States. Tens of thousands of Mexicans and Central Americans have
passed through the shelter, undeterred by the frequent deaths of theircompatriots in the Arizona desert. |
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Straw Bale Homes in Mexico (12:40) | Alan Weisman | Living
on Earth | May 2001
A story of the birth of a sustainable housing movement
in Sonora, in northern Mexico. |
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Laguna Madre (17:36) | Alan Weisman | Living on Earth | April 2001
A profile of people and place—a fragile ecosystem spanning both sides of the Rio Grande/Rio Bravo near the Gulf of Mexico. |
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Agua en Juárez (15:02) | Sandy Tolan and Radio Bilingüe | Radio Bilingüe | December 2003
Spanish-language version of High and Dry in Juárez (see above). |
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Colonia Panorama Tejas (7:35) | Victoria Mauleón and Radio Bilingüe | Radio Bilingüe | October 2003
Spanish-language version of Panorama, Texas (see description above). |
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La Cruz de Juárez (20:18) | Cecilia Vaisman, Mario Mercuri, and Vanesa Robles
Radio de la Universidad de Guadalajara, Mexico | September 2002
An original, 20-minute production in Spanish that grew from the same collaboration as The Cross of Juárez (see above). |
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Casas de Paja Sonorense (13:31) | Alan Weisman and Radio Bilingüe | Radio Bilingüe | June 2001
Spanish-language version of Straw Bale Homes in Mexico (see above). |
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Laguna Madre (17:36) | Alan Weisman and Radio Bilingüe
Spanish-language version of English feature by the same name (see above). |
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