Americas in transition

Duration: 29

Genre: Documentary Short

Year Published: 1981

Creator: Icarus

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: This documentary draws on interviews with Carlos Fuentes, writer and diplomat, Lyman Kirkpatrick, former Executive Director of the CIA, Murat Williams, former U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador, and Sister Peggy Healy, a Maryknoll missionary, to examine the roots of military dictatorships in Latin America and the role of the U.S. It looks at U.S. involvement in Nicaragua, Guatemala, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Chile and El Salvador. , Examines the roots of military dictatorships in Latin America, attempts at democracy, communist influences, and the role of the United States. Covers Nicaragua, Guatemala, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Chile, and El Salvador.

Complete Record: This documentary draws on interviews with Carlos Fuentes, writer and diplomat, Lyman Kirkpatrick, former Executive Director of the CIA, Murat Williams, former U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador, and Sister Peggy Healy, a Maryknoll missionary, to examine the roots of military dictatorships in Latin America and the role of the U.S. It looks at U.S. involvement in Nicaragua, Guatemala, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Chile and El Salvador. , Provides an introduction to U.S. relations with Latin America and the underlying causes of unrest, examining the roots of military dictatorships, attempts at democracy, communist influences, and the role of the United States. Looks at the history of U.S. involvement in Nicaragua and the support for the Somoza dictatorship, the 1954 CIA-instigated coup in Guatemala, the 1961 Cuban Bay of Pigs invasion, the 1965 intervention of 20,000 U.S. Marines in the Dominican Republic, the 1973 overthrow of the democratically-elected Allende government in Chile, and the current U.S. military assistance to the government of El Salvador. Includes interviews with Carlos Fuentes, famous writer and Mexican diplomat; Lyman Kirkpatrick, former Executive Director of the CIA; Murat Williams, former U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador; and Sister Peggy Healy, a Maryknoll missionary working in Central America; and footage from a variety of filmmakers and other sources including the U.S. Army, the United Nations, Canadian television, and NBC News. Narrated by Ed Asner., , NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.