History 115 - History of the Modern Americas

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Important Articles

"Cold War Stalks Bush's UN Pick (Negroponte)"

Excerpts from "CIA Activities in Honduras in the 1980's"

"Rigoberta Menchu seeks to have Guatemalan generals tried for genocide"

"Enrique's Journey" (LA Times 9/30-10/4/02) (About the flow of migration from Central America and Mexico)

 

Films that shed important light on Latin America

"Men With Guns" a John Sayles film

"Missing" (About the Coup in Chile).  Read "U.S. Victims of Chile's Coup:  The Uncensored File" a NY Times article.

"Salvador" (film guide) About the civil war in El Salvador and the United States' participation in it

"Romero" (film guide) About the civil war in El Salvador

"La Rosa Blanca" (film guide) About the Mexican Oil Expropriation