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![Martha Reese on Southern Mexico and Guatemala](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 10/1/1995Call Number: JG/ 092AFormat: Cass AProducers: Judy GerberProgram: A Defiant HeartCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Interview with Martha Reese, anthropology professor at Agnes Scott College in Georgia on her work in Southern Mexico and Central America. Reese describes her work in Guatemala with organizing women textile workers and describes the dangers that such women face. She notes that women have become increasingly bold despite attacks against them. Reese then describes the
Mexican crisis of legitimacy in Chiapas, including popular protest movements and the militarization of the region. She fears an army takeover of the Mexican government with the breakdown and bankruptcy of the PRI. She describes the poor economic situation in Mexico and describes local coping methods. She very harshly criticizes the U.S. state department. Not an objective interview.
![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.
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