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.
Subcollections
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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
4 Documents Found
![Steve Volk on the deaths of Charles Horman & Frank Teruggi](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Christian Opaso interviews Steve Volk about the deaths of Charles Horman and Frank Teruggi, their current cases trying to bring justice to those who are responsible for their murders. Volk talks about what the case means for Chile and all those affected by the coup as well as the affect that the coup had on him personally. They also discuss why it took so long for Horman’s body to be sent to the United States and the U.S. involvement in the coup.
![Victor Tinoco - Nicaragua](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
A panel of North Americans, including Jennifer McCoy, a professor at Georgia State, discuss their views on Nicaraguan democratic consolidation and economic recovery after Victor Tinoco gives his speech. The 1990 elections are analyzed and what is expected from Nicaraguan politics in the future.
![The International Policies of the MIR: Miguel Enriquez Collection](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Contents include an outline of the MIR's history and an explanation of its tactical and strategic principles for revolutionary struggle and party building.
![The International Policies of the MIR: Miguel Enriquez Collection](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Contents include an outline of the MIR's history and an explanation of its tactical and strategic principles for revolutionary struggle and party building.
4 Documents Found