Broadcasting the Civil War in El Salvador A Memoir of Guerrilla Radio -[Carlos Henriquez Consalvi, Charles Leo, V Nagle, A L (Bill) Prince, Erik Ching].pdf

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Memoir: Latin American History
Consalvi
During the 1980s war in El Salvador, Radio Venceremos was the main news outlet for the
Broadcasting the Civil War Salvador in El
Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional (FMLN), the anization Broadcasting the Civil War Salvador in El
that challenged the government. The broadcast provided a vital link batants
in the mountains and the outside world, as well as an alternative to mainstream media
Also of interest reporting. In this first-person account, “Santiago,” the legend behind Radio Venceremos, Broadcasting the Civil War in El Salvador Also of interest
The Quiet Revolutionaries tells the story of the early years of that conflict, a rebellion of poor peasants against the So That All Shall Know
Salvadoran government and its benefactor, the United States.
Seeking Justice in Guatemala Para que todos lo sepan
Originally published as La Terquedad del Izote, this memoir also addresses the
By Frank M. Afflitto and Paul Jesilow
broader story of a nationwide rebellion and its international context, particularly the Photographs by Daniel Hernández-Salazar
Fotografías por Daniel Hernández-Salazar
intensifying Cold War and heavy . involvement in it under President Reagan. By the
“A major contribution to our understanding of Edited by Oscar Iván Maldonado
war’s end in 1992, more than 75,000 were dead and 350,000 wounded—in a country the
grassroots human rights activism and the ways in Editado por Oscar Iván Maldonado
size of Massachusetts. Although outnumbered and outfinanced, the rebels fought the
which victims of violence can make sense of their
Salvadoran Army to a draw and brought enough bargaining power to the negotiating
traumatic experiences.” How does an artist respond to the horrors of war
table to achieve some of their key objectives, including democratic reforms and an over-
—Norma Stoltz Chinchilla, and the genocide of his or her people? Can art