BBC Mundo Journalists Travel Across U.S. Speaking Only Spanish

KPBS | By KPBS Public Broadcasting

Published August 13, 2007 at 8:28 AM PDT

This story was published more than 16 years ago.

Two journalists from BBC Mundo just finished a journey through the Southern United States to see if they can successfully travel thousands of miles speaking only Spanish. We talk to the correspondent

Maureen Cavanaugh (Guest Host): The British Broadcasting Company has a lot of different news services, including of course, the BBC World Today , you hear every evening on KPBS Radio. One of their services is called BBC Mundo , and it covers Latin America. As an assignment, two journalists from BBC Mundo decided to go on a road trip across the southern half of the United States. Their mission was to see if they could make the journey from Florida to L.A. speaking only Spanish. They have just completed their journey and they are speaking to us from Los Angeles.

Guests

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José Baig, BBC correspondent for U.S. Hispanic Affairs.
Carlos Ceresole, video producer for BBC Mundo.com.