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LOS ANGELES, Nov. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Despues de las Guerras: Central America After the Wars, a provocative radio documentary series produced both in English and in Spanish will begin airing November 12th on more than 200 Public Radio stations nationwide including WNYC in New York, KQED in San Francisco, WBEZ in Chicago, and WAMU in Washington, DC. Providing the most comprehensive coverage of Central America in many years, the incisive reports can be heard as a 13-part series on Latino USA, and as documentary special programs on many stations throughout the country.

When the peace accords of the 1990s brought an end to the region's bloody civil wars, the world stopped watching Central America. But as the war in Iraq proves once again, it is the aftermath of the battle that presents the greatest challenge to peace and democracy.

The legacy of those wars continues to impact not only Central America, but also the social fabric of the United States, as the Central American population in the U.S. becomes the fastest-growing Hispanic group in the country. Despues de las Guerras: Central America After the Wars presents an in-depth and up-to-date look at the people of these nearly forgotten lands of our hemisphere, both at home and abroad.

For Despues de las Guerras: Central America After the Wars Executive Producer Maria Martin has achieved a unique international collaboration by assembling a team of public radio's most talented, award-winning reporters to work with the new generation of public radio journalists and their Central American colleagues. Contributing reporters include NPR's John Burnett and Mandalit del Barco, and CNN's Maria Hinojosa.

Despues de las Guerras: Central America After the Wars is produced by GraciasVida Productions, in partnership with NPR's Latino USA, Radio Bilingue, Latinos in Public Radio, Youth Radio's International Desk in association with National Geographic, and Texas Public Radio, and is funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and the Fund for Investigative Journalism.

For more information, contact Creative PR, 888-233-5650, info@creativepublicity.com, or Producer Maria Martin, mariamartin@afterthewars.org, 512.707.7030 (Texas), 011.502.832.7066 (Guatemala) or visit http://www.creativepublicity.com/ or http://www.afterthewars.org/. Despues de las Guerras: Central America After the Wars