Chuy Varela Collection
This collection takes its name from Jesse “Chuy” Varela, a Bay Area radio host who frequently interviewed political, activist, and labor figures connected to issues affecting Latin and Central American communities. Topics includes immigration to the US, the 1994 NAFTA treaty, labor issues such as the activism of Dolores Huerta, Cesar Chavez, and the UFW, and related political developments affecting the region (1994 Mexican election, CA Prop 187, Sandinistas, Zapatistas, (EZLN) etc.) and others.
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![Interest/Usury - JFK and Nuclear Testing](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 6/10/1993Call Number: CV 185AFormat: Cass AProgram: House hearingCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Rep. Henry B. Gonzales criticizes American banks for their high interest rates, which amount to usury, and calls for protection laws.
Rep. Mike Kopetski commemorates the 30th anniversary of JFK's speech demanding an end to atmospheric nuclear tests and calls for an end to all nuclear tests.
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