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Guatemala: A Curtain of Silence Guatemala: A Curtain of Silence
Call Number: LA 082Format: CassetteProducers: The Others Americas RadioCollection: Guatemala
Made one year after Cerezo’s election, this tape looks at the history of oppression, torture and genocide after the 1954 Arbenz coup backed by the CIA and at the request of the United Fruit company. The program, featuring interviews, explores the genocide experienced within the indigenous race, the disappeared, the army influence and the response of the families of those killed.
Social Justice Movement in Guatemala Social Justice Movement in Guatemala
Date: 11/15/1991Call Number: LA 168AFormat: Cass ACollection: Guatemala
The speaker Jorge Tabarro (sp?) encourages awareness in Guatemalan social justice movement and its effort to the outside world. The speaker also talks about the US imperialistic policy fueling the oppression of Guatemalan government against its own people. US involvement in Latin American politics has led the nation into bloody and long civil war. Even after the war has ended, the struggle for social justice and freedom for Guatemalans continues. (Contains couple minutes of Linda Evans. See 168B)
Guatemala 1 Guatemala 1
Date: 1/1/1990Call Number: LA 189Format: Cass A & BCollection: Guatemala
Jose Ortiz , a former Guatemalan guerrilla fighter, describes the civil war. He recounts the origins of the conflict from Nov 13, 1960, the history of the war which would last over thirty years, to the conclusion of the fighting in 1996.
Jose Maria Ortiz - Guatemalan Worker's Party – Part 1 Jose Maria Ortiz - Guatemalan Worker's Party – Part 1
Call Number: LA 206BFormat: Cass BCollection: Guatemala
This recording details how Jose Maria Ortiz became involved in guerilla movements, student movements, and communist movements in Guatemala. Interview conducted in Spanish and translated to English. Side B.
Jose Maria Ortiz - Guatemalan Worker's Party – Part 2 Jose Maria Ortiz - Guatemalan Worker's Party – Part 2
Call Number: LA 207Format: Cass A & BCollection: Guatemala
Discusses the various guerilla movements from 1960s until the death of Luis Turcios Lima. Discusses the Movimiento Revolucionario 13 de Noviembre (November 13th Revolutionary Movement, or MR-13), the Fuerzas Armadas Rebeldes (Rebel Armed Forces, or FAR), and Partido Guatemalteca del Trabajo (Guatemalan Workers Party, or PGT). Also includes discussion of Turcios Lima's leadership. Interview conducted in Spanish and translated to English.
Jose Maria Ortiz - Guatemalan Worker's Party – Part 3 Jose Maria Ortiz - Guatemalan Worker's Party – Part 3
Call Number: LA 208Format: Cass A & BCollection: Guatemala
Discusses the setbacks and challenges guerilla movements faced following the death of Turcios Lima, the decline of guerilla movements, and his analysis on what is necessary for a revolution in Guatemala. Discusses linking class struggles across Central American and Mexico. Interview conducted in Spanish and translated to English.
Guatemala: Dare to Struggle Dare to Win Guatemala: Dare to Struggle Dare to Win
Author: Concerned Guatemala ScholarsPublisher: Solidarity PublicationsYear: 1982Format: MonographCollection: Guatemala
Guatemala The People Unite! Guatemala The People Unite!
Author: Unidad Revolucionario Nacional GuatelmaltecaPublisher: Solidarity PublicationsYear: 1982Format: MonographCollection: Guatemala
Two statements from the Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity
We Contiune Forever Sorrow and Strength of Guatemalan Women We Contiune Forever Sorrow and Strength of Guatemalan Women
Publisher: Women's International Resource ExchangeDate: 11/1983Volume Number: NovemberFormat: CompilationCollection: Guatemala
Dangerous Liaisons: The U.S. in Guatemala Dangerous Liaisons: The U.S. in Guatemala
Author: Susanne JonasPublisher: Foreign PolicyYear: 1996Volume Number: No.103 SummerFormat: ArticleCollection: Guatemala
This article talks about US involvement in Guatemala