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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![Panama Kuna Indians and Michael Donnely](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Pupska from the Panama Kuna speaks about the threats posed by tourism in marine habitats to the ecosystems and the indigenous people whose livelihood and cultures depend on the maintenance of those environments. Also about Kuna autonomy and strategies for defending culture and indigenous rights.
Michael Donnely, UCLA professor, speaks about the Mexican cinema collection at the Pacific Film Archives.
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