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Rigoberta Menchu's Speech in Mexico about
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.
New Voices: Health care and unions in El Salvador
Patrick Esmond White and Rosetta Robinson host public radio news program. One segment of interest addresses the lack of health care and unions in El Salvador.
Musica De El Salvador En Lucha 1980-1986
Tape of revolutionary music from El Salvador during the civil war. Music sung in Spanish.
Street kids and police abuse in Guatemala
Casa Alianza advocate Josh Zinner discusses the street kids of Guatemala City and the social context of their sex work, petty crime and drug use. Also covers the police abuse, brutality and disappearances of the street children in Guatemala.
Ernesto Cardenal interview
Date: 10/13/1992Call Number: CV 092Format: CassetteProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Interview in Spanish with Ernesto Cardenal, leading Nicaraguan poet and Minister of Culture.
Guatemala
Journalists Victor Perera and Katharine Webster talk about the Guatemalan Civil War and the continued effects of the scorched earth tactics used by the military. Both journalists emphasize the formation of Civil Patrols and implementation of "model villages" as oppressive moves by the military and "civil" governments of Guatemala in the indigenous Maya Ixil Triangle. United States financial support and counter-insurgency training of Guatemalan military regimes is also highlighted.
The Crisis In El Salvador
Jacqueline Bradley and Andre Herrera of the Central American Refugee Committee in Santa Cruz about the continued Civil War in El Salvador and the extreme poverty and unemployment as a result of the war. Increased protests for peace and jobs by Salvodoran workers, violently suppressed by the military.The catastrophic effect of deported refugees on the already starved economy where military jobs are the only ones available.
"Unfinished Conquest"
Chuy Varela interviews Victor Perera about his book "Unfinished Conquest" about the legacy of conquest in Maya Guatemala.
Unfinished Conquest
Date: 1/28/1994Call Number: CV 145Format: Cass A & BProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Victor Perera discusses his book on the history of mayan oppression in Guatemala. Also the history of indigenous struggle in Guatemala from the beginnings of colonization and christianization to the modern political conflicts between popular revolutionary groups and paramilitary death squads. The forced displacement of Guatemalans across the border to Chiapas, as well as the Chiapas political struggle are also discussed.
Mario Cuellar of the FMLN
Mario Cuellar, of the FMLN youth component, discusses the direction of El Salvador and the FMLN in the aftermath of the civil war. Cuellar optimistically reflects on the moment of peace, openness, and reconciliation that he awaits in the coming years also the importance of progressive politics improving life for the youth.
