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The Economic Problems of Latin America
Date: 2/3/1995Call Number: JG/ 075BFormat: Cass BProducers: Judy GerberProgram: A Defiant HeartCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
News and information from Latin America emphasizing economic problems. Report on border skirmishes between Ecuador and Peru and the historic role of the United States in the conflict. Abstracts from the October/November issue of 'Barricada International,' a Sandinista journal, on the Mexican loan renewal debate and the role of international development banks in Nicaragua. Includes a reading from David Berkin's article "An Alternative Vision of Mexican Development."
Victor Hugo Tenoco of the FSLN, Part 2
Call Number: JG/ 077AFormat: Cass AProducers: Judy GerberProgram: A Defiant HeartCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Part two of a speech by Victor Hugo Tenoco, former Vice Foreign Minister of the Sandinista Government in Nicaragua, delivered at Georgia State University in 1991. Tenoco argues that Nicaragua today faces two major problems: democracy and reconciliation and economic recovery. The FSLN needs to serve as constructive opposition to the ruling government. He argues that democracy and reconciliation have made great progress in Nicaragua with the disbanding of the Contras but that the economic problems of the country still loom large for the future. The FSLN is in a difficult position of balancing national interests in economic reconstruction and protecting the concrete interests of the poor. He sees aide as unavoidable. The question remains whether U.S. aide will simply service the national debt or go to rebuild the Nicaraguan economy.
Reverend Father Ernesto Cardenal Martínez- Sandinista poet
Date: 11/30/1990Call Number: JG/ 078Format: CassetteProducers: Judy GerberProgram: A Defiant HeartCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Reverend Father Ernesto Cardenal Martínez, Sandinista priest, reads his poetry in San Francisco in promotion of his new book.
Focus on the Americas with Blase Bonpane, Ph.D. Interview with Reverend Father Ernesto Cardenal Martínez
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
Nicaragua this week
Robin Singer, from the Atlantic Committee on Latin America, speaks about his recent trip to Nicaragua to deliver humanitarian aid. He talks about the aid program, worker-owned cooperatives, the burgeoning of small farms in the previous 10 years, and cooperatives defending themselves from CONTRA attacks. During his visit all heads of Central American states met in Honduras including a delegation from Nicaragua representing all 21 opposition parties and the Sandinistas. All the Central American states signed the Taylor Agreement ordering the disbanding of the CONTRAS. Also discussed are the U.S. economic embargo, internal Nicaraguan support for the Sandinistas, and projections for outcomes of the Taylor Agreement.
The Death of Ben Linder
Date: 1/19/2000Call Number: KP 162Format: CassetteProgram: Veteran’s Voice - KBOOCollection: Nicaragua
A Veteran for Peace discusses “The Death of Ben Linder” with its author, Joan Kruckewitt, and Elizabeth Linder (mother of Ben Linder). Ben Linder’s personal life and his work as a juggler and engineer are covered. The situation in Nicaragua and the CIA’s role in Linder’s death are also discussed.
Daniel Sheehan discusses reasons for impeaching George H.W. Bush
Discussed is Bush's involvement in high treason against the U.S. constitution, violations of the separation of powers, involvement in the Iran-Contra Affair, relationship with William Buckley and Ted Shakley, criminal conspiracy, and high crimes and misdemeanors. He also discusses Bush's special anti terrorism program in the CIA that worked to assassinate the leadership of citizens' movements in the world and ran anti-Communist programs, which he later changed to a covert program based in Mexico. He thinks Bush will be controlled by the people he has worked with in the past and the Hezbollah who know about his past involvement once he becomes president.
Noticiero Ahora-Arturo Grigsby
Date: 7/16/1994Call Number: CV 105Format: Cass A & BProducers: Chuy VarelaProgram: Noticiero AhoraCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Reports by Latino USA about misrepresentations of Colombians in the United States, and a film about Chola culture in Los Angeles. Varela interviews Nicaraguan economist Arturo Grigsby about the state of the Nicaraguan economy after the end of the civil war and Sandinista government. Grigsby talks about exiled caciques trying to reclaim land taken over by the Sandinista government, and the lack of US aid to the struggling economy.
Women and Revolution in Nicaragua
Call Number: V 336Format: VHSCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Overview of Nicaraguan history, US aggression and influence in Nicaragua, and the role of women.
Mary Hartman Interview on Nicaragua
Date: 1/1/1995Call Number: JG/ 115AFormat: Cass AProducers: Judy GerberCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Mary Hartman, CSA, who has lived and worked in Nicaragua for over 30 years, serving as a member of the Sandinista Human Rights and working with CANTERA, Center for Popular Education. Hartman discusses the drastic changes in Nicaragua five years after the elections of 1990 and the victory of Violeta Chamorro and the United Opposition Union.
Side 2: An interview with Anabel Torres, the executive director of CANTERA. Torres explains that CANTERA, the Center for Popular Education and Communication, was established in Nicaragua to encourage the formation of people in an integral manner and the strengthening of individual and collective identities of Nicaraguans. CANTERA strives to improve the quality of life of rural and urban Nicaraguans, most frequently women, by encouraging collaborations between communities and providing information as a means for freedom.
