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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

Interview with William Leo Grand on Panama Interview with William Leo Grand on Panama
Date: 12/29/1989Call Number: LA 085BFormat: Cass BProducers: Atlanta Committee for Latin AmericaProgram: A Defiant HeartCollection: Struggles in Latin America
This interview with William Leo Grand, a professor of government at the American University explores the dynamics of the recent US invasion of Panama. He explains the relationship of Noriega with the CIA, the relationship of Panama with Nicaragua and Cuba, nationalism in Panama and the predicted outcome of the invasion.
Seeking Peace with His Holiness The Dalai Lama and Others in Costa Rica Seeking Peace with His Holiness The Dalai Lama and Others in Costa Rica
Date: 6/25/1989Call Number: LA 167BFormat: Cass BProgram: New Demensions Radio CommunityCollection: Struggles in Latin America
Massive gathering of different sects and religious leaders around the world in Costa Rica to find a new way of dealing with societal problems in Costa Rica. The guests include The 14th Dalai Lama, Archbishop of Costa Rica, Indigenous people of Costa Rica, and the Islamic leaders. The ceremony is meant for building bridges in Costa Rica between many different communities.
Pinochet assemblea Pinochet assemblea
Date: 11/1/1989Call Number: LA 095Format: CDCollection: Chile
Pinochet addresses a group of people in Spanish about the liberty of the press in Chile as well as the difference in the conditions of the country from Allende’s time to the, then, present time.
FMLN and El Salvador News FMLN and El Salvador News
Date: 12/1/1989Call Number: LA 085AFormat: Cass AProducers: Atlanta Committee for Latin AmericaProgram: A Defiant HeartCollection: El Salvador
Judy Gerber, host of a Defiant Heart, reads recent news from El Salvador concerning attacks in San Salvador and other major cities and the controversy surrounding the supply of arms to the FMLN.
El Savador in Focus; Program of Atlantic Committee on Latin America El Savador in Focus; Program of Atlantic Committee on Latin America
Date: 10/21/1989Call Number: LA 086Format: CassetteProducers: Judy GerberProgram: El Savador in FocusCollection: El Salvador
Radio Farbundio Marti - Samuel Adams and Penelope Jones - News - Negotiations between the FMLN and Christiani Government, call for a cease fire to end government repression. Negotiations ended with agreement to meet again. Arnold Ramos (statement) FMLN FDR, need for international pressure, definitive end to govt. repression. -Ten students from the National University are captured by security forces. Wave of repression against universities, send telegrams demanding their release. Oct. 13 Gov. denies accusations by former soldier and death squad member of death squad activity. National Union of Salvadorian workers released list of officials who participated in death squads. Program of Atlantic Committee on Latin America, Host Judy Garber Discussion on Nicaragua and El Salvador. Announcing a protest on Mon. Nov. 6,1989 to denounce the bombing of legal civilian organizations in El Salvador and recent Contras attacks in Nicaragua. Salvadorian Government attacked so called “Front Groups” including Mothers of the disappeared. UNTS responded with a letter stating that the general had fulfilled a promise to kill workers and that the workers were now at war with the government. Sandinista Government has a cease fire with Contras yet they continue to come in to the country on the premise that they are registering to vote.
El Salvador in Focus El Salvador in Focus
Date: 10/14/1989Call Number: LA 091Format: CassetteProducers: Judy GerberProgram: El Salvador in FocusCollection: El Salvador
News from radio Farbundio Marti with Samuel Adams and Penelope Jones. Archbishop denounces Christiani Government., Salvadorian Mothers occupy Costa Rican embassy, Congress debates El Salvador, FLMN commander Lenal Gonzales comments on Current dialogue with Christiani Government.
El Salvador In Focus El Salvador In Focus
Date: 10/5/1989Call Number: LA 103Format: CassetteProducers: Judy GerberProgram: Radio El FarbeCollection: El Salvador
Salvadorian defense minister rejects Talia accord. No Negotiations between the Christiani Government and the FLMN. National UNTS union of workers demands negotiations based on human rights violations.
El Salvador in Focus El Salvador in Focus
Date: 12/30/1989Call Number: LA 105Format: CassetteProducers: Sam AdamsProgram: Radio El FarbeCollection: El Salvador
FLMN offensive continues. Arnaldo Ramos interview. Recent accord signed by president. Role of the international community.
El Salvador in Focus El Salvador in Focus
Date: 12/2/1989Call Number: LA 106Format: CassetteProducers: Sam Adams, Penelope Jones, Judy GerberProgram: Radio El FarbeCollection: El Salvador
United Nations passes resolution on situation in El Salvador. Americas Watch accuses the Bush Administration of defending the indefensible. A North American citizen is tortured by a national guard with a US embassy official present. FLMN expressed willingness for an internationally supervised cease fire.
El Salvador in Focus El Salvador in Focus
Date: 11/4/1989Call Number: LA 110Format: CassetteProgram: El Salvador in FocusCollection: El Salvador
On October 31, 1989 a bomb explodes in the National Federation of Salvadoran workers (FINASTRAS) headquarters killing 12 people. The military had recently named human rights organizations and labor unions as front groups for the FMLN. The labor unions hold the military responsible for the bombing. Earlier the same morning a bomb exploded in the building of the Mothers of the Disappeared and Assassinated. The Salvadoran Government, with the aid of U.S. tax dollars, is violently and openly targeting dissenters. This tape also contains exerts of an interview with Robert Dabuson, Arena Party President for Life. Dabuson was named in an unpublished U.S. embassy report as the mastermind behind the assassination of Archbishop Oscer Romero in 1980. Also, 1600 refugees are allowed to return from Honduras to their native villages in El Salvador.