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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

Central America Without Crying Uncle Central America Without Crying Uncle
Publisher: A Primer Project PublicationYear: 1987Format: MonographCollection: Struggles in Latin America
Nicaragua, Guatemala, El Salvador: A Long Story Made Short
NORMAS DE REDACCION NORMAS DE REDACCION
Publisher: Periodico Juventud RebeldeYear: 1970Format: MonographCollection: Cuba
Guide on how to create and operate a periodical
Che Guevara and the Congo Che Guevara and the Congo
Author: Richard GottYear: 1996Format: MonographCollection: Cuba
This monograph discusses the actions and interests of Che Guevara during his time in the Congo.
NICH Presents: Introduction to Chile (A Cartoon History) NICH Presents: Introduction to Chile (A Cartoon History)
Author: Chris WelchPublisher: Non-Intervention in ChileYear: 1976Format: MonographCollection: Chile
A cartoon history of Chile from colonial history to 1976.
The Highest Example of Heroism The Highest Example of Heroism
Authors: Beatriz Allende Bussi and Fidel CastroPublisher: Cuban Book InstituteDate: 10/13/1973Volume Number: 13-OctFormat: MonographCollection: Chile
Speeches by Beatriz Allende (daughter of Salvador Allende) and Fidel Castro at the Rally held to mark the thirteenth anniversary of the Committes for the Defense of the Revolution on September of 1973.
Tuesday, September 11 1973: Day of Terror Tuesday, September 11 1973: Day of Terror
Author: Louis RastelliPublisher: Archive MontrealYear: 2002Volume Number: Time Machine Vol. 3Format: MonographCollection: Chile
The Highest Example of Heroism The Highest Example of Heroism
Authors: Beatriz Allende Bussi and Fidel CastroPublisher: Cuban Book InstituteDate: 10/13/1973Volume Number: 13-OctFormat: MonographCollection: Chile
Speeches by Beatriz Allende (daughter of Salvador Allende) and Fidel Castro at the Rally held to mark the thirteenth anniversary of the Committes for the Defense of the Revolution on September of 1973.
Guatemala: Dare to Struggle Dare to Win Guatemala: Dare to Struggle Dare to Win
Author: Concerned Guatemala ScholarsPublisher: Solidarity PublicationsYear: 1982Format: MonographCollection: Guatemala
Guatemala The People Unite! Guatemala The People Unite!
Author: Unidad Revolucionario Nacional GuatelmaltecaPublisher: Solidarity PublicationsYear: 1982Format: MonographCollection: Guatemala
Two statements from the Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity
Revolutionary Strategy to Defeat US Imperialism Revolutionary Strategy to Defeat US Imperialism
Author: Joaquin VillalobosPublisher: Radio VenceremosDate: 5/6/1985Volume Number: 6-MayFormat: MonographCollection: El Salvador
Originally published in Spanish by the Radio Venceremos systems and edited by the International Information Command of the Salvadoran Revolution.