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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

  • Chile
    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
    Cuba
    This collection primarily contains recordings focusing on various aspects of life in Cuba after their Communist Revolution.
  • El Salvador
    El Salvador
    This collection contains materials related to the liberation struggle in El Salvador.
  • Guatemala
    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
    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
    Nicaragua
    These materials focus primarily on the Sandanistas and their struggle for national liberation.
  • Struggles in Latin America
    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

Cuban women Cuban women
Call Number: LA 058Format: CassetteCollection: Cuba
A native Cuban woman visits the United States and discusses the state of the women in Cuba in 1989, 30 years after the communist revolution. She speaks of the improvement of women in the job market and in politics. However she also expresses concern that the women's servant-like role in the house has not changed. Topics such as divorce and abortion in Cuba are also raised. The woman has a translator.
Cuba’s new Family Law Cuba’s new Family Law
Date: 1/1/1974Call Number: KP 169BFormat: Cass BCollection: Cuba
Lincoln Bergman on fighting machismo and sexism in Cuba and the new Cuban Family Law Commentary about the International Human Rights Tribunal on US war crimes in Vietnam and the struggle for Blacks in the US. Appeal to Black GIs encouraging them to refuse to fight in the Vietnam War. US POW statements from captivity in Vietnam.
Interview with Tencha Allende Interview with Tencha Allende
Date: 3/6/1973Call Number: LA 192Collection: Chile
Interview of Tencha Allende, first lady of Chile, at La Moneda, the Presidential palace, two days after Congressional elections, with emphasis on the struggles of women in Chile.
Lynn’s El Salvador Reportback Lynn’s El Salvador Reportback
Date: 4/3/1992Call Number: LA 081Format: CassetteCollection: El Salvador
An East Bay women’s delegation speaks of their recent trip to El Salvador immediately following the peace accords ending the civl war there. They worked closely with a women’s delegation newly started there, learning and teaching, as well as visited a FMLN camp to see the conditions of the women soldiers there. A lot of good information about the condition of women in El Salvador paralleled with the delicate political situation there.
Maria Morales Speech Maria Morales Speech
Date: 3/2/1993Call Number: LA 202Format: Cass A & BCollection: El Salvador
Maria Morales speaks on women’s issues and her role in founding the women’s movement in El Salvador. Morales provides an introduction to the political situation in El Salvador, details the living and social conditions of women in El Salvador, and discusses her own personal history. Morales touches on a variety of issues, specifically mentioning the lacks of laws governing women’s rights, women’s lack of access to education and the importance of women securing leadership positions in the upcoming elections. Her speech, given in Spanish and translated in English, is followed by a question and answer session.
Margaret Randall - Feminism in Sandinista Government Margaret Randall - Feminism in Sandinista Government
Date: 3/9/1993Call Number: KP 420Format: Cass A & BCollection: Nicaragua
Reads an excerpt from her book "Gathering Rage" about the oppression and struggle of feminist women in the revolutionary Nicaraguan government.
One Blind Eye: Socialism's Failure to Develop a Feminist Agenda One Blind Eye: Socialism's Failure to Develop a Feminist Agenda
Author: Margaret RandallFormat: MonographCollection: Nicaragua
Manuscript on the FSLN's failure to recognize feminist concerns and struggles in Nicaragua post-revolution.
NACLAs Latin America & Empire Report NACLAs Latin America & Empire Report
Publisher: The North American Congress On Latin AmericaYear: 1972Volume Number: Vol. 6-10 DecemberFormat: PeriodicalCollection: NACLA
Women In Struggle