Chuy Varela Collection
This collection takes its name from Jesse “Chuy” Varela, a Bay Area radio host who frequently interviewed political, activist, and labor figures connected to issues affecting Latin and Central American communities. Topics includes immigration to the US, the 1994 NAFTA treaty, labor issues such as the activism of Dolores Huerta, Cesar Chavez, and the UFW, and related political developments affecting the region (1994 Mexican election, CA Prop 187, Sandinistas, Zapatistas, (EZLN) etc.) and others.
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![Fidel Castro 1984 Speech](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Fidel Castro's speech announcing the agreement to normalize migration between the United States and Cuba. He reads the agreement, gives an account of how it came about, and what it means for the future.
![Boycott Grapes Song from UFW March](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Tape includes a song from a UFW march, regarding the California grape boycott. Followed by an interview in Portuguese? Topic unknown. Pre-recorded, brief mention that translation will be done when the program airs.
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