This edition: Episodio #44: Roberto Sánchez-Delgado, José Chegüi Torres, Juan Carlos Pinto
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Original tape date: February 19, 2009.(In Spanish with English subtitles)
En este episodio iniciamos en Brooklyn College, en el laboratorio de Química Inorgánica donde Roberto Sánchez-Delgado, profesor e investigador venezolano, busca una nueva medicina para combatir el flagelo mundial de la malaria.
Después Patricio Lerzundi nos lleva a recordar a José Chegüí Torres quien murió recientemente, a la edad de 72 años, en Puerto Rico. El legendario campeón mundial de boxeo en la categoria de peso semi-completo, fue un valioso critico de deportes, escritor prolifico y columnista de El Diario La Prensa.
Luego nos vamos a Brooklyn, a visitar al guatemalteco Juan Carlos Pinto. Pintor, muralista y activista político-cultural de origen maya-chorti, quien a través de su arte, que usualmente tiene un carácter comunitario, busca entre otras causas promover los derechos de los latinos indocumentados y la prohibicion de la caza de ballenas en su país.
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We begin this episode at Brooklyn College's laboratory of inorganic chemistry, where Roberto Sánchez-Delgado, a Venezuelan professor and researcher, searches for a new medicine against malaria.
Then, Patricio Lerzundi remembers José "Chegüí" Torres, who died recently, at the age of 72, in Puerto Rico. The legendary light heavyweight world champ was a valuable sports critic, prolific writer and columnist for El Diario La Prensa.
And, finally, we go to Brooklyn to visit Juan Carlos Pinto, a Guatemalan painter, muralist and political-cultural activist of Maya-Chorti origin, who through his art, which usually has a communitarian essence, seeks, among other causes, to promote the rights of undocumented Latinos and to ban whaling in his country.
Guest List
Carmen Boullosa Distinguished Lecturer, City College/CUNY
Prof. Patricio Lerzundi Chair of the Journalism, Communication, and Theatre Department (JCT) at Lehman College
Alberto Martínez Investigador Postdoctoral Asociado, Brooklyn College/CUNY
Juan Carlos Pinto Pintor y activista politico
Chandima Rajapakse Estudiante, PhD, Brooklyn College/CUNY
Roberto Sánchez-Delgado Profesor/Investigador, Brooklyn College/CUNY
José Chegüí Torres Sports Journalist & Writer
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