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Subject: BBC ON AIR WORLD AFFAIRS NETWORK - July 2004 PICK OF THE MONTH: CENTRAL AMERICA - LEGACIES OF REBELLION In the 1980s, stories of revolution in Central America dominated the headlines, but these days little international attention is paid to the region. This month, former BBC correspondent Mike Lanchin returns to the place he made his home for 15 years to find out what has happened to the passion and idealism. OTHER HIGHLIGHTS <> Broadcast times are listed with the programme details below. These are correct at the time of publication. Full schedules (including those for local stations) and short-wave frequency charts can be found online at http://www.bbcworldservice.com/schedules <> You can hear the programmes live online (at European schedule times), and most are available on demand for seven days after their first broadcast via the Radio Player link on our home page http://www.bbcworldservice.com ********************************************************************** <> CENTRAL AMERICA: LEGACIES OF
REBELLION In a four-part series, Mike Lanchin, a former BBC correspondent who lived in the region for 15 years takes us back to the region became synonymous with civil war and political strife in the 1980s. He, like many other Europeans and North Americans of his generation ? the so-called ?Sandalistas? ? was first drawn to Central America by the spirit and idealism of the young revolutionaries in Nicaragua and El Salvador.
He meets key actors and ordinary players from those heady revolutionary days ? some now in government, many living ordinary lives, others disillusioned with the past and present, and most trying to make ends meet in a very different world ? and asks them where the revolutionary zeal that set the region on fire has gone. How far has Central America come along the road to peace and democracy?
On 5th July, Mike travels to the former state-run coffee farm in Nicaragua where he picked coffee as a volunteer in the mid-80s. He meets some of the farmers he worked with, then key supporters of the leftist revolution, and hears of the changes in their lives and country. He also meets Europeans who stayed on after the revolution came to an end.
In neighbouring El Salvador 70,000 people died during 12 years of civil war between guerrillas and the US-backed government. On 12th July, Mike revisits his wife?s family home in the north of the country, the scene of some of the worst fighting. Former rebel fighters, some now in government posts, some working as police officers, discuss whether the war was worth fighting. Mike also puts that question to a man alleged to have bankrolled right-wing death squads in the 80s.
He visits the refugee camp in Honduras where his in-laws spent two years while on the run from El Salvador?s civil war and finds out how Honduras has been affected by being caught in the middle of the civil wars raging in the region. There is now a new war in Central America, this time against violent street gangs, and Honduras once again finds itself centre-stage [19th].
Panama was once home to the US military?s largest Latin American base. Mike Lanchin discovers that it was also the place where leftist guerrillas in El Salvador and Nicaragua found sympathy and support for their cause. As home to the world?s largest inter-oceanic canal, Panama is today a budding financial and trade centre. On 26th July we hear from those who have helped transform the country - and meet Panama?s new president, who once fought alongside Nicaraguan rebels. ***** All Passion Spent? "Apart from the intense heat rising
off the tarmac, what struck me most as I set foot for the very first time on
Central American soil, was the huge banner strung high above the terminal
buildings at Nicaragua's main international airport. 'Benviendos a Nicaragua
Libre!' - 'Welcome to Free Nicaragua!' it shouted in bright red
letters." <> Read more of Mike Lanchin's article at http://www.bbconair.com/issue/world_affairs.asp
Programme times (GMT): Australia and NZ | Sun 2306 rpt Mon 0406, 0806, 1206, 1706, Sat 0506, Sun 0006; East Asia | Mon 0206 rpt 0706, 1306, 1906, Sun 1506; South Asia | Sun 2206 rpt Mon 0506, 0906, 1406, 1906, Fri 2306, Sun 0606; East and South Africa | Mon 0706 rpt 1306, Tue 0006, Sun 1306, 2306; West Africa | Mon 0906 rpt 1406, Tue 0006, Sun 2206; Middle East | Mon 0706 rpt 1806, Tue 0006, Sat 1906, Sun 1106, 2306; Europe | Mon 0806 rpt 1206, 1806, Tue 0006, Sun 1806, 2306; Americas | Mon 1406 rpt 1906, Tue 0006, 0506, Sun 2306 ******************************************************************** To join
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Programme Times (GMT): Australia and NZ | Sun 1406 rpt 2106, Mon 0306; East Asia | Sun 1406 rpt Mon 0106, 0606; South Asia | Sun 1406 rpt 2106, Mon 0406, 0806; East and South Africa | Sun 1406 rpt Mon 0606; West Africa | Sun 1406 rpt Mon 0806; Middle East | Sun 1406 rpt Mon 0606; Europe | Sun 1406 rpt Mon 0306, 0706; Americas | Sun 1406 rpt Mon 0306, 0806 <>
THE INSTANT GUIDE to The Iraqi Interim Government The first Instant Guide of the month looks at who leads and comprises the Iraqi interim government, what exactly are their powers, who finances them, how long they'll remain in office, how their members are selected, and other key questions. Programme times (GMT): Australia and NZ | Sun 1732 rpt Mon 0745, 1132; East Asia | Sat 2332 rpt Sun 1732, Mon 0045; South Asia | Sun 0915 rpt 1732, Mon 0045, 0745; East and South Africa | Sun 0915 rpt Mon 1045; West Africa | Sat 2332 rpt Sun 0645, Mon 1132; Middle East | Sun 0445 rpt 1732, Mon 1045; Europe | Sun 0445 rpt 1732, Mon 0245; Americas | Sun 0445 rpt 0915, 1732, Mon 0245, 0745, 1132 <> ASSIGNMENT Programme times
(GMT): Australia and NZ | Wed 2306 rpt Thu 0406, 0806, 1206, 1706, Sat
0306, 1806, Sun 1506; East Asia | Thu 0206 rpt 0706, 1306, 1906, Sat 0306, 1006;
South Asia | Wed 2206 rpt Thu 0506, 0906, 1406, 1906, Sat 0306, 1806; East and
South Africa | Thu 0706 rpt 1306, Fri 0006, Sat 0306, 1006; West Africa | Thu
0906 rpt 1406, Fri 0006, Sat 0306, 1006, 1806, Sun 1506; Middle East | Thu 0706
rpt 1806, Fri 0006, Sat 0306, 1306, Sun 2106; Europe | Thu 0806 rpt 1206, 1806,
Fri 0006, Sat 1006, 1306, Sun 1506; Americas | Thu 1406 rpt 1906, Fri 0006,
0506, Sat 1006 <> THE
INTERVIEW - Bob Taft
Bob
Taft is the Governor of the American state of Ohio, which has picked the
winner in every American presidential election in the past 40 years. In The
Interview on 3rd July, Carrie Gracie asks the Republican Governor what he can do
to make sure that it goes George Bush's way again this time. It's not going to
be easy in the wake of 200,000 job losses in the state and divisions over
American actions in Iraq. But Bob Taft and the
Republicans have a few tricks up their sleeves.
Programme times
(GMT): Australia and NZ | Sat 0332 rpt 2232, Sun 0132, 0632,
1332; East Asia | Sat 0332 rpt 1032, 2232, Sun 1332; South Asia | Sun 0132 rpt
0732; East and South Africa | Sat 1032 rpt 2232; West Africa | Sat 1032 rpt Sun
1932; Middle East | Sat 0332 rpt 1732, 2232, Sun 1332; Europe | Sat 2232 rpt Sun
0632, 1332; Americas | Sat 2232 rpt Sun 0332, 0632, Sun
1332 1 x 25 mins | 19th
A beauty salon is not usually the
first place one would look to as a symbol of freedom and empowerment for women,
but in the Afghan capital a small business offering
hairdressing represents opportunities for women
to make a living. In
this programme, we hear the personal story of two sisters who have established
their own salon in the city. The use of beauty parlours and hairdressing salons
continued in secret throughout the time of Taleban rule and women risked severe
punishment to run, or even to visit these places. We find out why the beauty
salon is so significant to the lives of many Afghan
women. <> BRIDGING THE DIVIDE 140 years ago, Indians were first brought into South Africa as indentured labourers by their colonial masters. Ever since, relations between the African and Indian communities have been generally uneasy. The apartheid regime?s forced segregation effectively prevented cultural and social integration but, even in the post-apartheid era, the two communities kept their distance, perpetuating mutual suspicions.This programme looks at the historical background to the Indian presence and considers how relations between Africans and Indians are developing in the new South Africa today. Broadcast times shown below. <> EVERYWHERE A STRANGER Myroslav Kuyaldin is a very popular
television presenter and a musician in Kiev, Ukraine. As one of the very few black
Ukrainians, he can never really blend into the country of his birth but in his
media career, this distinctiveness has proved an asset. The price he pays is to
constantly feel regarded as a stranger in his own land. For many years he has kept a short
note left by his Nigerian father who returned to Africa on the completion of his studies. His
mother and grandmother have given him some accounts of his father but details
remain sketchy. He knows the difficulties and embarrassments they faced bringing
him up, the only black child in a uniformly white society. Now that he is
married with a family of his own, the pressure to talk to his own son
about his origins has inflamed his curiosity. So his dream is to go to
Nigeria, to follow the clues which
hopefully will lead to a reunion with his father. Also, he has become passionate
about reclaiming the other part of his identity.
Broadcast times shown below.
<> LOVE
***** What is Love? Dr Helen Fisher has researched the nature of love extensively and believes that romantic love is a universal experience that is deeply embedded in the human brain. To find out more about the scientific findings of our ?love expert? visit http://www.bbconair.com/issue/index.asp
Programme times (GMT) for Bridging the Divide, Everywhere a Stranger and Love: Australia and NZ | Tue 2306 rpt Wed 0406, 0806, 1206, 1706, Sat 2106, Sun 1006; East Asia | Wed 0206 rpt 0706, 1306, 1906, Sun 0106; South Asia | Tue 2206 rpt Wed 0506, 0906, 1406, Sat 2306, Sun 0506; East and South Africa | Wed 0706 rpt 1306, Thu 0006, Sat 2106, Sun 0706; West Africa | Wed 0906 rpt 1406, Thu 0006, Sun 0906; Middle East | Wed 0706 rpt 1806, Thu 0006, Sun 0606; Europe | Wed 0806 rpt 1206, 1806, Thu 0006, Sun 0906; Americas | Wed 1406 rpt 1906, Thu 0006, 0506, Sun 1006, 1506 5 x 15 mins | from 4th In the daily series which brings you the best in modern and classic writing, Hillary Rodham Clinton reads from her memoirs, reflecting on her early career, her marriage to Bill Clinton and her eight years at the White House. This is a very personal book from a woman whose resolve proved the bedrock of her husband?s presidency. If you want to know what was said behind closed doors about Monica Lewinsky and ?that dress?, or what it felt like to be a wife who was so publicly humiliated, you'll have to hold out until the final episode ? it?s certainly worth the wait. Programme times (GMT): Australia and NZ | Sun-Thu 2145 rpt Mon-Fri 0345, 1445, 1645; East Asia | Mon-Fri 0145 rpt 0645, 1145, 1845; South Asia | Sun-Thu 2145 rpt Mon-Fri 0445, 0845, 1345; East and South Africa | Mon-Fri 0645 rpt 1145, 2345; West Africa | Mon-Fri 0845 rpt 1345, 2145; Middle East | Mon-Fri 0645 rpt 1145, 1545, 2345; Europe | Mon-Fri 0345 rpt 0745, 1145, 2345; Americas | Mon-Fri 0345 rpt 0845, 1345, Mon-Fri 1845, 2345 ************************************************************************ YOUR CHANCE TO WIN! This month BBC On Air is giving away six copies of 'Living History' by Hillary Rodham Clinton. For your chance to win, visit http://www.bbconair.com or email mailto:on.air.magazine@xxxxxxxxx with 'July Network - Hillary Clinton' in the subject heading. Entries should be received by the end of July. ************************************************************************ 30 mins | continues Trevor Barnes presents essential listening on how religion shapes major news events, and provides analysis and debate on religious and ethical issues. On 4th July, the programme includes a feature on the handover of Iraq, assessing what role religious leaders need to play now. Sistani? Moqtada? We explore the balance between religious Iraq and secular Iraq and the balance between Shia and Sunnis Muslims and how they justify the violence. There's also a discussion about modern day martyrdom based on comments by the Roman Catholic Cardinal in Kampala, who recently asserted on a British television programme that people who don?t wear condoms to prevent HIV/AIDS even though there could be a risk, are ?martyrs?. Is this really martyrdom? Can the church really justify this? Is it ethical and acceptable and what is defined as martyrdom? And this week's news round with Vicky Ntetema comes from Tanzania and includes a story about a politician who?s threatened an opponent with a so-called Islamic death threat. Programme times
(GMT): Australia and NZ | Sun 0232 rpt 0832, 1932;
East
Asia | Sat
0532 rpt Sun 1132; South Asia | Sat 0932 rpt Sun 0232, 1932; East
and South
Africa | Sun
0232 rpt 0832; West Africa | Sun 0232 rpt 1032; Middle East | Sat 0432 rpt Sun 0232,
0532; Europe | Sat 0432 rpt Sun 0532, 1032;
Americas | Sat 0432 rpt Sun
0832
<> NEWS Visit http://www.bbcnews.com to read all the major world and UK news stories reported across the BBC. <> ANALYSIS Programme times (GMT): Australia and NZ | Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri 1545 rpt 1945, Tue, Wed, Fri 0745, 1132, Sat 1132; East Asia | Tue, Wed, Fri, Sat 0045 rpt Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri 1745; South Asia | Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri 1545 rpt 1745, Tue, Wed, Fri, Sat 0045, Tue, Wed, Fri 0745, Sat 1132; East and South Africa | Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri 1945 rpt Tue, Wed, Fri 1045; West Africa | Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri 1945 rpt Tue, Wed, Fri 1132; Middle East | Tue, Wed, Fri 1045, Sat 0745; Europe | Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri 1545 rpt 1745, Tue, Wed, Fri, Sat 0245, Sat 0745; Americas | Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri 1745 rpt Tue, Wed, Fri, Sat 0245, 1132, Tue, Wed, Fri 0745 <> LETTER Programme times (GMT): Australia and NZ | Sat 0645 rpt 1845; East Asia | Sat 0915 rpt Sun 0345; South Asia | Sat 0745 rpt 0915, 1845, Sun 1132; East and South Africa | Sat 0645 rpt 0915, Sun 1132; West Africa | Sat 0915 rpt 2345; Middle East | Sat 0915 rpt 2145, Sun 0432; Europe | Sun 0432 rpt 1132; Americas | Sat 0645 rpt 0915, Sun 0432, 1132 <> FROM OUR OWN
CORRESPONDENT Programme Times (GMT): Australia and NZ | (25 mins) Sun 0306 rpt 0806, 1306, 1806 (15 mins) Wed 1545, 1945, Thu 0745, 1132; East Asia | (25 mins) Sun 0306 rpt 1006, 1306, 1806 (15 mins) Wed 1745, Thu 0045; South Asia | (25 mins) Sun 0306 rpt 1806 (15 mins) Wed 1545 rpt 1945, Thu 0045, 0745; East and South Africa | (25 mins) Sun 0306 rpt 0806, 1806 (15 mins) Wed 1945, Thu 1045; West Africa | (25 mins) Sun 0306 rpt 1006, 1806 (15 mins) Wed 1945 rpt Thu 1132; Middle East | (25 mins) Sat 2106 rpt Sun 0306, 0806, 1306 (15 mins) Thu 1045; Europe | (25 mins) Sun 0306 rpt 1006, 1306 (15 mins) Wed 1545 rpt Thu 0245; Americas | (25 mins) Sun 0306 rpt 0806, 1306, 1806 (15 mins) Thu 0245 rpt 0745, 1132 <> PEOPLE AND
POLITICS Programme Times (GMT): Australia and NZ | Fri 2232 rpt Sat 0132, 1332, Sun 1532; East Asia | Fri 2232; South Asia | Sat 0132 rpt Sun 0332, 0932; East and South Africa | Fri 2232 rpt Sun 0932; West Africa | Sun 1132; Middle East | Fri 2232 rpt Sat 1332, Sun 0332, 0932; Europe | Fri 2232 rpt Sat 0532, 1332, Sun 0332, 1532; Americas | Fri 2232 rpt Sun 0932 ************************************************************************ <> GLOBAL BUSINESS On 3rd July, the second programme in a series of four addressing aspects of globalisation from a developing world perspective - Can Trade Be Fair? Coffee growers in Tanzania, cocoa growers in Ghana, a British coffee shop chain and the Dutch ethical bank Triodos explain to Peter Day how fair trade can benefit business and farming communities. Programme times (GMT): Australia and NZ | Sat 0232 rpt 1932, Sun 0732, 1232; East Asia | Fri 2332 rpt Sat 0932, 1932, Sun 0032, 0432, 0732, 1832; South Asia | Sat 0232 rpt 1932, Sun 0032, 1832; East and South Africa | Sat 0932 rpt Sun 1832; West Africa | Fri 2332 rpt Sat 0932, Sun 1832; Middle East | Sat 0232 rpt 0932, Sun 0732, 2132; Europe | Sat 1832 rpt Sun 0232, 0732; Americas | Sat 0932 rpt Sun 0232, 0732, 1832 <> WORLD BUSINESS
REPORT Programme times (GMT): Australia and NZ | Mon-Fri 0732, 1032, 1832; East Asia | Tue-Sat 0032, Mon-Fri 1032, 1420, 1732; South Asia | Mon-Fri 0732, 1132, 1732, 1832, 1932, Tue-Sat 0032; East and South Africa | Mon-Fri 1032, 1420, 1932; West Africa | Mon-Fri 1932; Middle East | Mon-Fri 1032, 1420, 1732, 2132; Europe | Mon-Fri 1032, 1732, 2132, Tue-Sat 0232; Americas | Mon-Fri 0732, 1032, 1732, 2120, Tue-Sat 0232 <> WORLD BUSINESS
REVIEW Programme Times (GMT): Australia and NZ | Sat 0632 rpt 1732; East Asia | Sat 1732 rpt Sun 0345, Mon 0032; South Asia | Sat 0732 rpt 1732, Mon 0032; East and South Africa | Sat 0632; West Africa | Sun 0632; Middle East | Sat 0732 rpt 2132; Europe | Sat 0732 (except 1 May) rpt Mon 0232; Americas | Sat 0632 rpt 1732, Mon 0232 ********************************************************************* You'll also find schedules for the Learning English
programmes broadcast to Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Eastern
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