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
4 Documents Found
![Chile Conference on the Current Economic Crisis - Part 1](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
A conference series recordings on Chile. The seminars focused on the present economic situation that has been implanted by fascist leaders. The first speaker discusses how the economic situation in Chile is characterized by a market economy. La Junta, a conservative political party, has produced a perfect unstable environment to attract foreign investors. Side two of the tape is a question and answer period where the speaker addresses the struggles of the Mapuches, the only indigenous group left in Chile.
![US Socialist Conference on Mexico](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Conference for US socialist solidarity with Mexican people, with guests from Mexican Comité de Defensa Popular (CDP) of Chihuahua, and the Movimiento de Liberación Nacional (MLN). Discussion of US imperialism, “occupied Mexico” (US southwest), the failures of Mexican electoral system and government, and organizing efforts against the Mexican government.
![US Socialist Conference on Mexico](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Continuation of LA 204-tape starts 20 minutes in, side A
Conference for US socialist solidarity with Mexican people, with guests from Mexican Comité de Defensa Popular (CDP) of Chihuahua, and the Movimiento de Liberación Nacional (MLN). Discussion of US imperialism, “occupied Mexico” (US southwest), the failures of Mexican electoral system and government, and organizing efforts against the Mexican government.
![NACLA Report On The Americas](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Publisher: The North American Congress On Latin AmericaYear: 1996Volume Number: Vol. 29-6 May-JuneFormat: PeriodicalCollection: NACLA
Rhetoric And Reality: The World Bank's New Concern For The Poor. Plus An Interview with Riboberta Menchu Tum; Disarmament Derailed in Haiti
4 Documents Found