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![Focus on the Americas with Blase Bonpane, Ph.D. Interview with Reverend Father Ernesto Cardenal Martínez](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Call Number: JG/ 081AFormat: Cass AProducers: Judy GerberCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
1990 Interview with Father Ernesto Cardenal of Nicaragua. Father Cardenal established a Solentiname island community that was destroyed by the Somoza Dictatorship in 1977. He became a supporter/ambassador for the Sandinista Front. After the victory of the FSLN he became the Minister of Culture. Father Cardenal reads two poems in Spanish with English translation. One is about Marilyn Monroe and one on the effect the revolution has had on the ecology. The interview discusses the factors that lead to the FSLN loss in recent election including intense US pressure and embargoes, the loss of constitutional rights under the new government in Nicaragua, and the House of Three Worlds cultural center
![Las tortugas también lloran](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 1/1/2006Call Number: V 672Format: DVDCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Nicaragua tiene el privilegio de ser uno de los pocos países en el mundo donde aún llegan a anidar masivamente tortugas. pero la contaminación de las playas, la extracción sin control los huevos y la caza indiscriminada de ciertas especies constituyen una amenaza para su sobre vivencia. La leyenda dice que las tortugas lloran. Será porque presienten que quizás, en un día no muy lejano, ya no regresarán más a nuestras costas?.
![Cosechas Amargas: Los Monocultivos del Hambre (Bitter Harvest: The Monocultures of Hunger)](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
This documentary describes the evolution of monocultures like cotton, coffee, bananas and sugar in Nicaragua. It includes testimonies from farming women and men who have dedicated their lives to these crops. Spanish only. (Este documental presenta la evolution de monocultivos come el algodon, el cafe, los bananos y el azucar en Ncaragua. Con testimonios de los campesinos y campesinas. Solamentee en Espanol.)
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