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
7 Documents Found
Guatemala: A Curtain of Silence
Made one year after Cerezo’s election, this tape looks at the history of oppression, torture and genocide after the 1954 Arbenz coup backed by the CIA and at the request of the United Fruit company. The program, featuring interviews, explores the genocide experienced within the indigenous race, the disappeared, the army influence and the response of the families of those killed.
Guatemala 1
Jose Ortiz , a former Guatemalan guerrilla fighter, describes the civil war. He recounts the origins of the conflict from Nov 13, 1960, the history of the war which would last over thirty years, to the conclusion of the fighting in 1996.
Jose Maria Ortiz - Guatemalan Worker's Party – Part 1
This recording details how Jose Maria Ortiz became involved in guerilla movements, student movements, and communist movements in Guatemala. Interview conducted in Spanish and translated to English.
Side B.
Jose Maria Ortiz - Guatemalan Worker's Party – Part 2
Discusses the various guerilla movements from 1960s until the death of Luis Turcios Lima. Discusses the Movimiento Revolucionario 13 de Noviembre (November 13th Revolutionary Movement, or MR-13), the Fuerzas Armadas Rebeldes (Rebel Armed Forces, or FAR), and Partido Guatemalteca del Trabajo (Guatemalan Workers Party, or PGT). Also includes discussion of Turcios Lima's leadership.
Interview conducted in Spanish and translated to English.
Jose Maria Ortiz - Guatemalan Worker's Party – Part 3
Discusses the setbacks and challenges guerilla movements faced following the death of Turcios Lima, the decline of guerilla movements, and his analysis on what is necessary for a revolution in Guatemala. Discusses linking class struggles across Central American and Mexico.
Interview conducted in Spanish and translated to English.
NACLAs Latin America & Empire Report
Publisher: The North American Congress On Latin AmericaYear: 1974Volume Number: Vol. 8-3 MarchFormat: PeriodicalCollection: NACLA
Guatemala: Breaking Free. Plus US Army School in Panama; Joint Revolutionary Statement from Latin America
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
7 Documents Found
