Author: José Rivera
Publisher: Broadway Play Publishing In
ISBN: 9780881453362
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In the Bolivian jungle, Che Guevara is captured and held in a one-room schoolhouse. For two days neither the Bolivian President nor the U.S. State Department is able to decide Che's fate. The young schoolteacher of the village insists that she be given permission to speak to the famous revolutionary. Her conversations with Che - based on historical fact - are the heart of the play. "Jose Rivera's SCHOOL OF THE AMERICAS traces the last two days of the Argentine revolutionary's life. The story comes from historical fact: When a feckless attempt to start an insurrection in Bolivia led to his capture, Che really was held for two days in tiny La Higuera while authorities decided his fate and really did talk to a young villager named Julia Cortes. As imagined by Rivera, their conversations are sometimes predictable - America is 'the greatest enemy of mankind' - but also contain surprising introspection. Che calls himself 'a goddamn joke' and 'a small, failed, stupid man.' No doubt addressing the audience, he declares, 'Worship the struggle ... don't worship me.'" -Jeremy Carter, New York ..". Mr Rivera's intimate play is something of a bookend to his screenplay for The Motorcycle Diaries, a coming-of-age movie about a young pre-political Che. In SCHOOL OF THE AMERICAS politics serve only as a backdrop to a story about Che's encounter with a young teacher named Julia Cortes. Julia teaches at the schoolhouse where Che is being held, and after pleading with the Lieutenant to be let inside, she has a final conversation with the prisoner. Like COPENHAGEN and STUFF HAPPENS, this drama uses historical fact as a frame to pose intriguing questions about what might have happened ..." -Jason Zinoman, The New York Times
Language: en
Pages: 281
Pages: 281
A comprehensive portrait of the School of the Americas looks at its training program and exposes the School's institutionalization of state-sponsored violence and the havoc it has wrought on Latin America. Simultaneous.
Language: en
Pages: 24
Pages: 24
The U.S. Army School of the America has been training Latin American military students for the last 50 years. This report provides information on: how the Latin American political, military, and economic environment in which the School operates has changed in recent years; who the School's attendees are and how
Language: en
Pages: 24
Pages: 24
Language: en
Pages: 20
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Seminar paper from the year 2006 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Region: USA, grade: A, Uppsala University, course: Culture in Armed Conflicts, language: English, abstract: 1 The School of the Americas "Chartered by the U.S. Congress, the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHINSEC - former: the
Language: en
Pages: 900
Pages: 900
A comprehensive two-volume overview and analysis of all facets of espionage in the American historical experience, focusing on key individuals and technologies. • Includes over 750 entries in chronologically organized sections, covering important spies, spying technologies, and events • Written by an expert team of contributing scholars from a variety
Language: en
Pages: 67
Pages: 67
In the Bolivian jungle, Che Guevara is captured and held in a one-room schoolhouse. For two days neither the Bolivian President nor the U.S. State Department is able to decide Che's fate. The young schoolteacher of the village insists that she be given permission to speak to the famous revolutionary.
Language: en
Pages: 461
Pages: 461
A comprehensive guide to the authorized unit insignia from the American Revolution through the Persian Gulf War.
Language: en
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Books about Security and Civil-Military Relations in the New World Disorder: The Use of Armed Forces in the Americas, an Anthology from a Symposium Cosponsored by the Chief of Staff, United States Army . . .
Language: en
Pages: 292
Pages: 292
Around the world, thousands of grassroots movements are confronting issues like destruction of the environment, economic depression, human rights violations, religious fundamentalism, and war. This book tells the courageous story of one such group. Organizing in 1939, Northern Baptists formed the Baptist Pacifist Fellowship as part of the Fellowship of
Language: en
Pages: 222
Pages: 222
Tens of thousands of people around the world die each day from causes that could have been prevented with access to affordable health care resources. In an era of unprecedented global inequity, Cuba, a small, low-income country, is making a difference by providing affordable health care to millions of marginalized