Latin America
This collection contains materials from Central and South America and the Caribbean. Primary topics include Cuba and the Cuban Revolution, the Sandanista revolution in Nicaragua, the Nicaragua-Contra War, the Chilean struggle for independence and US imperialism.
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Chile
This collection focuses primarily on the advent of the elected socialist Presidency of Salvador Allende in Chile, the 1973 fascist coup against Allende, engineered by the CIA and led by General Augusto Pinochet, and the subsequent repression of the left. -
Cuba
This collection primarily contains recordings focusing on various aspects of life in Cuba after their Communist Revolution. -
El Salvador
This collection contains materials related to the liberation struggle in El Salvador. -
Guatemala
This collection contains materials detailing the revolutionary struggles in Guatemala, the role of Guatemalan women during the revolution and the United States role in Guatemalan politics. -
NACLA
North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA) is an independent non-profit organization founded in 1966 to research the political economy of the Americas and US policy towards the region. -
Nicaragua
These materials focus primarily on the Sandanistas and their struggle for national liberation. -
Struggles in Latin America
This collection contains materials from throughout Latin America. Detailed interviews, poems and accounts from the 1973 revolution in Chile, the Sandinista Contra conflict in Nicaragua, and from revolutionary forces El Salvador are all included.
Documents
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![Viewpoints from the FMLN and Palestine Solidarity Committee](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Call Number: LA 112Format: CassetteProducers: Atlanta Commitee for Latin AmericaCollection: Struggles in Latin America
Jaime Suriano of the FMLN speaks of the dynamics of rebellion and social discontent in El Salvador in Central America, the truth behind attempted reform and the reality of peace negotiations. A speaker from the Palestine Solidarity Committee explains that there is no peace in the Middle East and describes the harsh reality of the occupation and the resistance movement. Donations are taken and a question and answer session follows.
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