Murder on the Rio San Juan: Frontline # 610

Boston, MA: WGBH Transcripts, 1988. presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. [2], 27, [1] p. Approximately 7 inches by 8.5 inches. This is a transcript of a program that was originally broadcast on PBS on April 19, 1988. This broadcast addressed a FRONTLINE investigation of the unsolved 1984 terrorist bombing at a press conference held by Contral leader Eden Pastora. Eight people, including an American reporter, died that nit on the border between Nicaragua and Costa Rica. This report dissects the motives of possible conspirators and follows the trail of the man suspected of planting the bomb. From Wikipedia: "Frontline is a public affairs television program that produces and broadcasts in-depth documentaries about various subjects. Produced at WGBH-TV in Boston, Massachusetts and distributed through the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) in the United States, the program has been critically acclaimed and received numerous awards. Some programs are made by independent filmmakers and broadcast as part of the Frontline series. Since the series debut, there have been more than 500 films broadcast. Although primarily seen through television, the program shows a large portion of their shows in interactive webcasts on their main website....The program debuted in 1983, with former NBC anchorwoman Jessica Savitch as its host, but Savitch died later in the first season. Judy Woodruff took over as anchor in 1984, and hosted the program for five years. In 1990, the show did away with the anchor position, and left the narrator to introduce each report. Most Frontline reports are an hour in length, but some are extended to 90 minutes or beyond. Frontline also does occasional specials like "From Jesus to Christ", "The Farmer's Wife", and "Country Boys"....Since 1995, Frontline has been producing deep-content, companion web sites for all of its documentaries. The series publishes extended interview transcripts, in-depth chronologies, original essays, sidebar stories, related links and readings, and source documents including photographs and background research. Frontline has made many of its documentaries available via streaming Internet video, from their website. Will Lyman is the distinctive voice who has narrated most of the series since its inception in 1983. However, certain reports have been narrated by David Ogden Stiers and Peter Berkrot. The show is produced by the WGBH Educational Foundation, the parent company of WGBH-TV in Boston." Condition: Good. Pencil erasure residue on first page.

Keywords: Terrorism, Bombing, Press Conference, Eden Pastora, Contras, Tony Avirgan, Roberto Cruz, Judy Woodruff, LaPenca

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