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![Rigoberta Menchu's Speech in Mexico about](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 1/1/1992Call Number: CV 032Format: Cass A & BProducers: Chuy ValeraCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Rigoberta Menchu speaks in Mexico in 1992 about her first novel, "I, Rigoberta Menchu: An Indian Woman in Guatemala". She refers to it as an instrument of peace and justice for those who suffer inequality socially, economically, culturally and politically in the world and a portal the denounce the human rights violations that had been going on in Guatemala and the world. Among other things she talks about the contributions the Mayan Civilization, the significance of respecting the earth, the need for peace, the need for discourse between different global communities and the dire situation facing indigenous communities (especially women) in Guatemala. Her speech is followed by music.
![Dan Connell on Eritrea](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 3/25/1992Call Number: JG/ 141AFormat: Cass AProducers: Judy GerberCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Describes Eritrea’s 30-year fight for independence from Ethiopia and the political and social changes that the Eritrean People’s Liberation Front has made. Discusses how US and UN aid is used to oppose and destabilize Eritrean independence.
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