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
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![FMLN and Christiani regime negotiate under auspices of UN](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 4/8/1990Call Number: LA 087Format: CassetteProgram: El Salvador in FocusCollection: El Salvador
The FMLN and the Christiani government of El Salvador enter negotiations mediated directly by the secretary general of the United Nations. Interviews with FMLN political diplomat, Francisco Altchul, and Associate Professor of Latin American Studies at Agnes College in Georgia, Tommy Sue Montgomery, offer commentary on the significance of the event. It marks a major shift in the stance of the Christiani government possibly influenced by serious congressional debates threatening to significantly reduce U.S. military and financial aid to El Salvador.
![El Salvador in Focus considers negotiations between the FMLN and Christiani regime](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 4/15/1990Call Number: LA 090AFormat: Cass AProgram: El Salvador in FocusCollection: El Salvador
The Christiani Government and the FMLN signed an initial agreement in Geneva under the auspices of the United Nations. To some this is a hopeful sign of change towards democratization and the protection of human rights in El Salvador. Others are skeptical, claiming true authority resides in the military and not with Christiani. This broadcast includes an interview with Larry Burns, Executive Director of the Council on Hemispheric Affairs. He doubts the military will relinquish their overwhelming control of the country or root out corruption within their ranks, regardless of treaties signed in Geneva.
![El Salvador In Focus](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 10/5/1989Call Number: LA 103Format: CassetteProducers: Judy GerberProgram: Radio El FarbeCollection: El Salvador
Salvadorian defense minister rejects Talia accord. No Negotiations between the Christiani Government and the FLMN. National UNTS union of workers demands negotiations based on human rights violations.
3 Documents Found