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Nicaraguan Revolution
News Report From the Day the Sandinistas Overthrew the Somoza Regime

  By Robbie Faselt • July 14, 2014 Uncategorized
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This news report from July 20, 1979 covers the day that the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) overthrew the Somoza dictatorship in Managua, Nicaragua. Reporter Ike Seamans describes the national guard under Somoza surrendering to the Sandinistas. Seamans describes chaos in the streets of Managua as the Sandinista rebels–composed primarily of the country’s poorest … Continue reading

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Nicaraguan Revolution
Nicaraguan Woman Remembers Her Part in the Sandinista Revolution

  By Robbie Faselt • July 14, 2014 Uncategorized
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Esmeralda, a Sandinista rebel during the Nicaraguan Revolution of 1978-1979, describes what the country was like during the time when the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) was trying to overthrow the Somoza dictatorship. The overthrow of the Somoza regime was a bloody and violent affair, but Esmeralda justifies the revolution … Continue reading

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Bosnian War
[Trigger Warning] Why This Bosnian Woman Kept Her Child Conceived By Rape

  By Phoebe Goldenberg • July 2, 2014 Uncategorized
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In this interview, a Bosnian woman named Leila explains her decision to keep the child she became pregnant with after being raped in captivity. During the Bosnian War, the Army of the Republika Srpska is believed to have raped over 50,000 Bosnian Muslim women. After the war, the International Criminal Tribunal for … Continue reading

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Bosnian War
Angelina Jolie ‘Felt a Responsibility’ to Learn About Bosnian War

  By Phoebe Goldenberg • July 2, 2014 Uncategorized
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Angelina Jolie explains the reason why she “felt a responsibility” to learn about the Bosnian War. Ultimately, Jolie’s personal interest in its harrowing legacy inspired “The Land of Milk and Honey,” her directional debut. The famous actress and humanitarian describes the making of the film and her experience while interviewing … Continue reading

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Bosnian War
Heartbreaking Stories from Teenage Survivors of Bosnian War

  By Phoebe Goldenberg • June 25, 2014 Uncategorized
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Listen to three survivors describe the horrors they endured as teenagers in the Bosnian War, including rape and torture. The war, which erupted in April of 1992, was the result of the dissolution of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. By the end of the war in December of 1995, … Continue reading

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Attempted Assassination of Ronald Reagan
The Cameramen Who Witnessed the Shooting

  By Virginia Choi • June 13, 2014 Uncategorized
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American news anchor Sam Donaldson and his cameraman Hank Brown recall being by former U.S. President Ronald Reagan on March 30, 1981 outside the Washington Hilton Hotel where John Hinckley, Jr. tried to assassinate him. They discuss the events that led up to the shooting. Shelly Fielman and Charlie Wilson, … Continue reading

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Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy
RFK Shooting Victims Support Conspiracy Theory

  By Phoebe Goldenberg • June 3, 2014 Uncategorized
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Rob Beemer and Paul Schrade were both injured during the fatal shooting of Robert F. Kennedy by Sirhan Sirhan in a Los Angeles hotel on June 5, 1968. Beemer, producer on the documentary, “Conspiracy Test: The RFK Assassination,” discusses the audio tape that has rekindled conspiracy theories on the presence of … Continue reading