The Global Family
1. In the early days of the Cuban Revolution Che Guevara received a letter from a woman in Spain Her name, too, was Guevara She was curious to find out if they were related He…
Category: Latin America
Latin America Reading Group: Galeano’s The Book of Embraces
Latin America Reading Group Eduardo Galeano’s The Book of Embraces Thursday 27 June 2013 Café Ventana, 8:00 p.m Suggestions for Discussion, Musings, Debates What’s a favorite chapter? Read it aloud to us. What’s a favorite…
Jotting from a Notebook Early 2011
Please remember Victor Jara, in the Santiago Stadium. Es Verdad, those Washington Bullets How can one take seriously anything The U.S. government says about being pro-democracy When it supported the Mubarak dictatorship for 30 years?…
Elvia Alvarado
Our Latin America Reading Group will discuss Elvia Alvarado’s testimony, Don’t Be Afraid, Gringo on Thursday 30 May at 7 p.m. at Café Ventana. I imagine Elvia meeting up with Che And the revolutionary…
What You Understand Depends on Where You Stand & Where You Stand Depends on What You Understand
for Ellen Mev looked up to Ann Manganaro Co-founder of Karen Catholic Worker House Sister of Loretto medical doctor Compañera to Father John Kavanaugh When Mev went to El Salvador in 1993 For the annual…
People and Projects
1. Costa’s a film producer A Spanish gantser macher He can feel good about himself By helping the idealistic director Sebastian To realize his dream of making a revisionist movie About those dissident, trouble-making priests…
Prudence & Parrhesia
A library I once spent time in Is named in honor of Pope Pius XII He was nothing if not prudent And prudence is a virtue much of the time In 1948 When talking with…
Could the Rich Just Be a Little Nicer?
I recently came across this excerpt from an interview, which first appeared in 1999. I am reminded of the 17 people who showed up on Sunday at Sophia House to hear Sara and Emily speak…
Cambridge
Now that you’ve been accepted To the Kennedy School of Government Where you’ll have access To current and future movers and shakers Where there’ll be balanced discussions About “America’s humanitarian role in the world” Where…
Oscar Romero…¡Presente! Reflections on a Pastor, Prophet, and Martyr
“If God accepts the sacrifice of my life, may my blood be a seed of freedom and a sign that hope will soon become a reality. A bishop will die, but the Church of God,…