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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

United Freedom Front Communique #9 United Freedom Front Communique #9
Publisher: United Freedom FrontDate: 8/21/1984Volume Number: 21-AugFormat: CommuniqueCollection: El Salvador
Communique from the United Freedom Front claiming responsibility for the bombing of General Electric offices of the aerospace strategic planning and aircraft division in New York. At the time, GE was the fourth largest military contractor to the United States and their products were involved in bombing of civilian populations, human rights violations and mass murders.
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.