Tag: Cuba

Aug 01 2010

Academic Libraries, Americas, Archives, Images, Latin America, Open Access, Oral Histories, Photographs, Politics

The Cuban Rafter Phenomenon: A Unique Sea Exodus

by Bilingual Librarian

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Last weekend I was attending the annual SALALM conference and heard about a lot of great projects relating to libraries and Latin American. The Cuban Rafter Phenomenon: A Unique Sea...

Oct 08 2007

World

40th anniversary of Che’s capture

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Today is the 40th anniversary of “Che‘s” (June 14 1928-Oct 9, 1967) capture and execution (Oct 9th) in the Bolivian mountains. After studying medicine in Argentina, and later traveling throughout...

Apr 25 2007

Women, World

Mexico City Legalizes Abortion

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Mexico seems to be paving the way for social reforms in Latin America. In January the country legalized same sex civil unions, and today they have legalized abortion in the...