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Pajaro Latino Pajaro Latino
Date: 3/14/1985Call Number: JH 188Format: CassetteProducers: Jorge HerreraProgram: Pajaro LatinoCollection: “Pajaro Latino” Programs produced by Jorge Herrera
Members of AMNLAE (Associacion de Mujeres Nicaraguenses Luisa Amanda Espinoza - the women's organization of the Sandinista revolution) discuss contra abuses in an event at the SF Women's Building. CHRICA (Committee for Health Rights in Central America) protest at San Francisco CIA office against contra kidnapping of health workers in Nicaragua. Ray Hooker, a Nicaraguan educator and a member of the Nicaraguan National Assembly from the country's Atlantic Coast, speaks in San Francisco against US aid to the contras. Hooker was captured by the contras and held for 40 days. Report on El Salvador FMLN guerrilla forces. Report from FMLN Radio Venceremos on labor abuses, including mass firings of workers, and workers' protests.
Victor Hugo Tenoco of the FSLN, Part 1 Victor Hugo Tenoco of the FSLN, Part 1
Call Number: JG/ 076BFormat: Cass BProducers: Judy GerberProgram: A Defiant HeartCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Part one 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 summarizes the process of the FSLN to work for "democracy and justice" during its ten year rule in Nicaragua. He surveys the long history and ideology of the Sandinista movement and discuses the party's fall from power, particularly its "unavoidable" collision course with U.S. neoconservatism. He also discuses the implications for the "revolution" with the Sandinistas' loss of national leadership and the important role they will continue to play in Nicaraguan politics as a democratic and grassroots party.
The Fall of the Sandinistas in Nicaragua The Fall of the Sandinistas in Nicaragua
Date: 3/2/1990Call Number: JG/ 084Format: CassetteProducers: Judy GerberProgram: A Defiant HeartCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Episode from the Atlanta Committee on Latin America of a reading of a February 27 communiqué from the Secretariat of the National Directorate of the FSLN regarding the outcome of the February 25 National Elections. The FSLN declares the elections to be the first free and honest since the rise of the FSLN; they declare that the FSLN retains its responsibility to guard the revolution in the wake of the loss. In particular, they swear to protect nationalized banks and properties and agrarian, labor, and speech freedoms. Interviews with Giaconda Robinson and Pat Clark of Nicaragua Network (U.S.) where they speak about the people's reaction to the FSLN's defeat, the Contra war and US aggression. Interview with Phoebe Hersch of Coyote News Network as well.
Cara el Pueblo Cara el Pueblo
Call Number: V 239Format: VHSCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Tape Five: "Cara el Pueblo" (Face the People) was a tradition of the Nicaraguan revolution. Once a week top Sandinista leaders met face to face with hundreds of people to discuss their questions, complaints, demands and suggestions. This meeting focuses on the particular concerns of women fighting in the revolution. This tape also has footage from The Mother's March. Spanish only.
Dr. Leonel Argüello on healthcare in Nicaragua Dr. Leonel Argüello on healthcare in Nicaragua
Date: 11/15/1991Call Number: JG/ 144AFormat: Cass AProducers: Judy GerberProgram: WRFG/ A Defiant HeartCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Describes the changes in healthcare after Contra and US-backed Violeta Chamorro became president, replacing the Sandinista government. Critical of the lack of resources and funding for healthcare systems after privatization.
Ann Marie Mann & Cindy Lutenbacher on Nicaragua Ann Marie Mann & Cindy Lutenbacher on Nicaragua
Date: 1/1/1990Call Number: JG/ 145BFormat: Cass BProducers: Judy GerberProgram: A Defiant HeartCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
The activists met with many groups in Nicaragua after the election of Violeta Chamorro and the Contra government. They explain how people feel as though they are still in wartime because of economic crisis and increases in hunger and disease. The activists lament the abandonment of many Sandinista institutions and massive firings under the new regime, but they say there is no sense of defeat among the people, who declare, “Not one step back.”