CISPES Political Ephemera, 1981 - 1985
(Collection 74)
Collection Guide
Prepared by Ruth Olivera, October 1987.
The collection consists of materials -- newsletters, bulletins and press releases -- belonging to the Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador in New Orleans, Louisiana, before closing its office. Most of it was distributed by left-wing or revolutionary organizations in Central America.
Folder 1
Photocopy of a CISPES pamphlet published in Washington D.C., in English which sets forth its goals and plans of procedure in support of revolution in El Salvador. March 27, 1982. 12 pages.
Folders 2 - 5
Newsletters, bulletins and press releases of the FMLN FDR (Frente Farabundo Marti para la Liberación Nacional; Frente Democrático Revolucionario) in English and Spanish, published in El Salvador, in opposition to United States policy in El Salvador. 1982 - 1985. 13 pieces.
Folder 6
Newsletters of FAR (Fuerzas Armadas Rebeldes), in Spanish, which support revolution in Guatemala. 1981 - 1982. 6 pieces.
Folder 7
Newsletter "Honduras Hoy" published by CENIH (Centro de Información sobre Honduras) in Spanish, which presents current news from the point of view of opposition to United States policy in Honduras. 1985. 7 pieces.
Folder 8
Photocopy of a TLS "Carta de Renuncia" from the ambassador from Nicaragua to Ecuador Alvaro Taboada to the Foreign Minister for Nicaragua. Although Taboada defines himself as an anti-imperialist revolutionary, he disagrees with the strict Marxist policies his government is pursuing and so resigns his post. Nov. 22, 1982. 29 pages.
