United States -- Foreign relations -- Central America

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Primarily reference files on Central America in the 1980s; most material is about El Salvador, Guatemala and Nicaragua; in English and Spanish.

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Collection includes minutes of meetings, correspondence, reports, flyers, newspaper clippings, publicity materials reference files.

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Collection includes minutes of meetings, correspondence, reports, flyers, newspaper clippings, publicity materials, reference files.

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The MCCACA was founded in September 1984, joining a nationwide effort to educate and mobilize citizens to challenge the United States government's foreign policy stance and actions in Central America. It was disbanded in 1993.

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The Philadelphia Area Alliance for Central America was formed in 1991 by the merger of two Philadelphia Area Central America activist organizations: the Central America Organizing Project (CAOP) and the Philadelphia chapter of Pledge of Resistance. All of these groups were involved with issues concerning U.S. intervention in Central America.

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Philadelphia CISPES was loosely affiliated with national and other local CISPES groups. It was concerned with issues of human rights and U.S. intervention in Central America in general and El Salvador in particular.

Abstract The Pledge of Resistance group in Albany, New York was part of an active nationwide network of grassroots organizations opposed to U.S. intervention in Central America. The Albany group was active between 1984 and 1993. Its members engaged in marches, protest demonstrations, extensive correspondence and meetings with legislators, fundraising activities, boycotts, and networking with like-minded organizations. The Albany POR produced newsletters, press releases, and leaflets. The Pledge of...

Scope and Contents This collection includes: reports of national board meetings, 1985-1992; programs and actions, 1984-1993; information about the national convention, 1986-1991; also includes information about the following POR chapters: Bay Area and Los Angeles, California; Colorado; New Haven, Connecticut; District of Columbia, Washington D.C. area; Mid-Atlantic; Chicago, Illinois; Indiana; Louisville, Kentucky; Baltimore, Maryland; Michigan; Minnesota; Missouri; New Jersey; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;...