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Chavez, Venezuela and the new Latin America
Date: 1/1/2004Call Number: V 668Format: DVDProducers: Aleida GuevaraCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Interviewed by Aleida Guevara, the daughter of the legendary revolutionary Che Guevara. He expresses a fiercely nationalist vision for Venezuela and a commitment to a united Latin America. He also discusses the significance of the military coup against his government in April 2002, Venezuela’s new democratic constitution, the extensive social programs undertaken as part of the Bolivarian revolution and assesses his country’s relations with the United States and Cuba.
In what became a remarkably intimate dialogue over several days, Chávez is probed about his personal political formation and his views about the legacy of Che Guevara’s ideas and example in Latin America today.
11 de Septiembre, 1973 - El Ultimo Combate de Salvador Allende
Date: 1/1/1998Call Number: V 671Format: VHSProducers: Patricio HenriquezCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
El documental nos lleva a las últimas horas trágicas del presidente chileno Salvador Allende, considerado uno de los más grandes demócratas del siglo XX.
Este documental histórico da luz a algunas cuestiones que han estado sin respuesta durante algunos años. Por primera vez sus compañeros revelan detalles de la muerte de esta leyenda democrática. Sabremos cómo murió exactamente Allende.
Llaguno Bridge: Keys to a Massacre
Date: 1/1/2004Call Number: V 673Format: DVDCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
On April 11, 2002, a group of rebelling military officers, together with opposition leaders and the mainstream media, staged a coup d’état against Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez. Nineteen protesters were killed in the confusing events of that day. Chávez was jailed. Pedro Carmona, the head of Venezuela’s elite business federation, FEDECAMERAS, was sworn in as de facto president, quickly abolishing the country’s 1999 Constitution, disbanding the Congress, and installing a virtual media blackout.
Less than two days later, however, pro-Chávez supporters descended from the poor barrios around Caracas and Venezuela. They surrounded the presidential palace, Miraflores, and demanding that their president be returned. Within a few hours Chávez was back in power.
Cuba and Nicaragua
Date: 7/23/1983Call Number: FI 159Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Nina Serrano, Emiliano EcheverriaProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Tells the story in poetry, music,
and concise historical summary, of the Cuban and the Nicaraguan revolutions, to mark the 30th anniversary of the attack on the Moncada Barracks in Santiago, Cuba, and the 4th anniversary of the defeat of the Somoza dictatorship in Nicaragua.
Tenth Anniversary of Chilean Fascist Coup
Date: 9/10/1983Call Number: FI 160Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Emiliano EcheverriaProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Commemorates the 10th anniversary of the fascist coup in Chile, with Allende's last speech, and radio broadcasts from Chile and Radio Havana Cuba (English).
Arsenio Rodriguez Music
Date: 10/1/1983Call Number: FI 161Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Emiliano EcheverriaProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
All music program, dedicated to the music of the great Cuban musician, Arsenio Rodriguez.
Moncada Anniversary
Date: 7/27/1985Call Number: FI 166Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln Bergman, Nina Serrano, Emiliano EcheverriaProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Marks anniversary of July 26, 1953 attack on the Moncada Barracks, with original poetry ("The Night Before Moncada" by Lincoln Bergman; International Women's Day poem by Nina Serrano; and others); Cuban revolutionary music, tribute to "Raul, El Poeta" who was killed trying to escape Batista's troops, reading of reflections of Haydee Santamaria on the attack.
4th of July Special - 2
Date: 7/6/1985Call Number: FI 174Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Emiliano EcheverriaProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Marks the 4th of July with commentary and music on US intervention in Latin America.
Music of Chile
Date: 11/9/1985Call Number: FI 179Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Emiliano EcheverriaProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Concert of Chilean musical group in exile Quilapayun, followed by Isabel Parra singing her famous song, Gracias a la Vida.
Colombian Revolution - 1
Date: 11/16/1985Call Number: FI 180Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Emiliano EcheverriaProgram: Freedom Is A Constant SAtruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
In-depth. moving interview with Cassandra Sicar, representative to US and Member of International Commission of Colombian revolutionary group M-19. Among actions she describes expropriation of Bolivar's sword. Discusses urban guerrilla warfare, changes in strategy, and, just 2 weeks before this interview, occupation of Supreme Court, with many losses. Despite losses she affirms the revolutionary struggle in Colombia.
