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![Voices From Nicaragua: Sofia Clark](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 12/4/1989Call Number: LA 104AFormat: Cass AProducers: Grant Fisher, Barry CorngoldProgram: Voices From NicaraguaCollection: Nicaragua
In this interview with Sofia Clark, the Nicaraguan Liason to the Superior Electorial Council, Clark emotionally explains the situation of the contra war and the struggle to regester voters in the eve of the election. She tries to reveal the underbelly of “demobialization” and Violetta Chamorro’s intent to carry on her husband’s legacy. She also explains the involvement the UN will have on the election and the truth about US funding for UNO and the govt.
![Voices From Nicaragua: U.N.O.](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Call Number: LA 104BFormat: Cass BProducers: Barry CorngoldProgram: Voices From NicaraguaCollection: Nicaragua
In this compilation of voices exploring the gritty subject of the United National Oposition (Union Nacional Opositora) in Nicaragua, Edgar Chamorro, a distant relative of Violetta and Pedro, Thomas Walker, a political scientist, and Antonio Lacayo explore the UNO campaign. Subjects such as land reform, the invasion of Panama, CIA bribery and the Stanford Plan are addressed from various viewpoints.
![Noticiero Ahora-Arturo Grigsby](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
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.
![Ann Marie Mann & Cindy Lutenbacher on Nicaragua](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
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.”
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