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International Day of Peace. Resistencia: The Fight for Aquan Valley, 2015-09-21

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Scope and Contents

From the Series:

Contains materials related to public programs during the time period, except for Awards and Colloquia which have separate series.

Dates

  • Event: 2015-09-21

Extent

From the Series: 1 Photographic Slides

Language of Materials

From the Series: English

Abstract

International Day of Peace, Film Screening and Discussion, led by Christopher Loperana, Ph.D Film Screening and Discussion Resistencia: The Fight for the Aguan Valley Christopher Loperena, Ph.D. Film in Spanish with English subtitles. QandA in English and Spanish; simultaneous Spanish and English interpretation available.

Explore the current economic and political situation in Honduras in the aftermath of the 2009 coup, the continued disenfranchisement of poor peasant farmers, and the dispossession on the Caribbean coast. Dr. Christopher Loperena shares his firsthand account of the coup and holds a QandA after.

Dr. Loperena is an assistant professor of International Studies at the University of San Francisco and has worked with both Miriam Miranda and Berta Cáceres.

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Repository Details

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