Here is a list of useful resources, both online
and in print.
General
Voice of Many Crying. John S. Munday shares his experiences
in Central America and engages in theological reflection on what
he saw and heard there.
Endangered Peoples, by Art Davidson. Foreword by Rigoberta
Menchu. Photos by Art Wolfe and John Isaac. Brings to light a hidden
crisis of our times. As never before, the Earth's richly varied
peoples and distinct cultures are vanishing overnight.
Thoughts on Human Dignity and Freedom, an Amnesty International
compilation of poems and photos of people from around the world.
Foreword by Arthur Miller.
Tribe of Women :A Photojournalist Chronicles the Lives of her
Sisters Around the Globe, by Connie Bickman.
Blum, W. (1995).
Killing hope: U.S. military and CIA interventions since World
War II. Monroe, Maine: Common Courage Press.
Cuba
Corbett, B.
(2002). This is Cuba: an outlaw culture survives. CAmbridge,
Ma: Westview Press.
Dickson,
S. (Director). (1994). Last days of the revolution. [Videotape]
Pensacola: University of West Florida/PBS Video.
Dolgin,
G. & Franco, V. (Directors). (1993). Cuba va. [Videotape].
Dir. Gail Vincente. San Francisco: Cuba Va Video Project.
Engles,
W., & Cooper, W. (Producers). (1960). Castro, Cuba and Communism:
danger on our doorstep [Videotape]. New York: WPIX TV/Desilu.
Jatar-Hausmann,
A. (1999). The Cuban Way: Capitalism, Communism and Confrontation.
West Hartford: Kumarian Press.
Kaplowitz,
D.(1989). Anatomy of a failed embargo: U.S. sanctions against
Cuba. Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc.
Editor's note: This is the quintessential review of the US Embargo
against Cuba. If you only read one book on the subject, this is
the one to read!
Mobray, J. (2002,
May 24). Cuba is different: Why the China argument doesn't hold.
Available: National Review: http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/comment-mowbray052402.asp
O'Brien, R.
(1998). Cuba and the United States: Approaches to Engagement. In
Emerging from conflict: Improving US relations with current and
recent Adversaries (pp. 7-11) Warrenton, Virginia: The Stanley
Foundation.
Ritter, R. &
Kirk, J. (Eds.). (1995). Cuba in the international system. New
York: St. Martin's Press.
Smith, W. &
Kandau, A. (2002). Cuba on the terrorist list: In the defense of
the nation or domestic political calculation? International Policy
Report. Washington, DC: Center for International Policy.
Suckling, J.
(2001, June). Dreaming of Cuba. Cigar Afficianado, June
2001, 68-152.
Thomas, H. (1998).
Cuba or the pursuit of freedom. New York: De Capo Press
U.S. Congress
House Committee on U.S.-Cuba Relations (1989). U.S.-Cuba relations:
Where are we heading? Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing
Office.
United
States House of Representatives (2002). Treasury and general
government appropriations act, 2003. Washington, D.C.: Library
of Congress. Available: Library of Congress Thomas Legislative Information
on the Internet:
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/F?r107:48:./temp/~r1073kkuTj:e266932:
Valladares,
A. (1986). Against All Hope. New York: Knopf
Guatemala
Bridge of Courage by Jennifer Harbury. Life
stories of the Guatemalan companeros and companeras. Intro. by Noam
Chomsky.
Our Culture is Our Resistance: Repression, Refuge
and Healing in Guatemala. Photos by Jonathan Miller. Preface
by Rigoberta Menchu. Narrates the death and resurrection of the
indigenous people of Guatemala.
Testimony: Death of a Guatemalan Village, by Victor Montejo.
An eyewitness account by a Guatemalan school teacher, of an army
attack on a village and it's tragic aftermath.
Nicaragua
Nicaragua: What Difference Could Revolution
Make? by Joseph Collins. 1986. Food and Farming in the New
Nicaragua.
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