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
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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
This collection primarily contains recordings focusing on various aspects of life in Cuba after their Communist Revolution. -
El Salvador
This collection contains materials related to the liberation struggle in El Salvador. -
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
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
These materials focus primarily on the Sandanistas and their struggle for national liberation. -
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
2 Documents Found
The Moncada Attack: The twentieth Anniversary
Call Number: KP 061Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln Bergman, Gayle Markow, Claude MarksCollection: Cuba
A program about the attacks on the Moncada Barracks in Cuba which led to the guerrilla war and the success of the Cuban revolution. Includes historical information, interviews with female and male soldiers, traditional Cuban music and readings of Jose Marti’s poetry.
Psychological Operations in Guerrilla Warfare
Publisher: 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.
2 Documents Found