As a producer Alvear covered many major news stories ; among them , the wars in El Salvador and Nicaragua in the 1980s , the Mexico City earthquake in 1985 , protests and elections in Chile and Argentina , the War on Drugs in Bolivia , Peru and Colombia , the Mengele investigation in Brazil , unrest in Panama , two interviews with Fidel Castro in Cuba , the Pan American Games in Havana , the Barcelona Olympics , the Zapatista Army of National Liberation rebellion in Chiapas , the Colosio assassination , and events that have affected the Los Angeles area in recent years : riots , earthquakes and the O.J. Simpson trial
Mexico City earthquake
1985 Mexico City earthquake
Cecilia Alvear