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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.

Documents

El Salvador Platform for the Democratic Revolutionary Government El Salvador Platform for the Democratic Revolutionary Government
Publisher: Frente Democratico RevolucionarioFormat: PamphletCollection: El Salvador
Psychological Operations in Guerrilla Warfare Psychological Operations in Guerrilla Warfare
Author: TayacanPublisher: CRS Language ServicesDate: 10/15/1984Volume Number: October 15Format: MonographCollection: Nicaragua
This book is a manual for the training of guerrillas in psychological operations, and its application to the concrete case of the Christian and democratic crusade being waged in Nicaragua by the Freedom Commandos. Table of Contents: Introduction; Combatant-Propagandist Guerrilla; Armed Propaganda; Armed Propaganda Teams; Development and Control of Front Organizations; Control of Mass Concentrations and Meetings; Massive In-depth Support through Psychological Operations; Techniques of Oratory.
Nicaraguan Women: Unlearning the Alphabet of Submission Nicaraguan Women: Unlearning the Alphabet of Submission
Publisher: Women's International Resource ExchangeYear: 1985Volume Number: FallFormat: MonographCollection: Nicaragua
A compliation of different authors writing about different topics pertaining to the role and conditions of women in Nicaragua before and following the Sandinista Revolution.
Ambush Ambush
Author: Edwin CastroPublisher: Red Star Black RoseFormat: PoemCollection: Nicaragua
Poem reprinted from A Dream Made of Stars, a 144 page anthology of Nicaraguan poetry
The 1996 Nicaraguan Elections: How Arnoldo Aleman "Won" The 1996 Nicaraguan Elections: How Arnoldo Aleman "Won"
Author: Dianne FeeleyPublisher: Against the CurrentYear: 1997Volume Number: January-FebruaryFormat: ArticleCollection: Nicaragua
Idiana Fernandez Quote and Image Idiana Fernandez Quote and Image
Format: GraphicCollection: Nicaragua
Nicaragua: On the General Political-Military Platform of Struggle of the Sandanista Front for National Liberation for the Triumph of the Sandanista Popular Revolution Nicaragua: On the General Political-Military Platform of Struggle of the Sandanista Front for National Liberation for the Triumph of the Sandanista Popular Revolution
Author: Frente Sandinista de Liberacion NacionalPublisher: Resistance PublicationsYear: 1977Format: MonographCollection: Nicaragua
reproduction
NACLA Packet #6 NACLA Packet #6
Publisher: The North American Congress On Latin AmericaDate: 5/31/1972Volume Number: 31-MayFormat: PeriodicalCollection: NACLA
A Letter from Brazil; Faculty and Students Escalate Actions; Hip Culture and the Third World; Ralston Purina: Your Friendly Neighborhood Capitalist