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Rigoberta Menchu Press Conference at the UN
Rigoberta Menchu delivers a speech and answers questions at a press conference on the U.N. declaration of 1993. She also speaks about the year of indigenous people, human rights and the peace process in Guatemala.
Rigoberta Menchu at U.C. Berkeley
Rigoberta Menchu speaks about the Vincente Menchu Foundation and the importance of indigenous culture and struggle.
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.
Interview with Jennifer Harbury
Jennifer Harbury talks about her book, "Bridge of Courage: Life Stories of the Guatemalan Companeros and Companeras," which records the life stories of Guatemalans facing repressive conditions and genocide due to the ongoing civil war. Discussed are the Guatemalan Civil War and the torture tactics used by the army on the prisoners of war, returning refugees and civilians.
Rigoberta Menchu Speaks
Rigoberta Menchu addresses the United Nations and calls for increased awareness and action on behalf of human and indigenous rights.
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.
Guatemala, Brazil, Carlos Muñoz
Date: 7/29/1993Call Number: CV 120Format: Cass A & BProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Caius Brandaõ and Jose de Souza from the National Street Children Movement in Brazil talk about the death squad killings of street children in Brazil's cities and the movements in the new "civil society" to counter violence. Amilcar Mendez, founder of The Council of Ethnic Communities Runujel Junam, talks about the violence and deprivation of civil and human rights in Guatemala. Carlos Muñoz talks about the importance of KPFA and Pacifica Radio as a voice standing in the face of "new McCarthyism."
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.
"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.
