Fund-raising NACLA hosted its first fund- raising party in November, for NY- area sustainers. Two hundred peo- ple came to hear guest speakers Ramsey Clark and Edmundo Desnoes (author of Memories of Underdevelopment). They also came to share a sense of NACLA's history, and the history of struggle in Latin America, by Former Pres. Juan Bosch and NACLA Associate Julia Preston at fund-raiser. 43update *update .update update welcoming Juan Bosch-ex- president of the Dominican Republic. Readers may remember that NACLA was formed in 1966, in response to the U.S. invasion of that island to prevent a popular rebellion from reinstating the democratically elected govern- ment of Juan Bosch. To all NY sustainers, thank you for making it an encouraging even- ing of solidarity and support. Filling the Gap Traditional news sources have given at best scanty coverage to events in Central America and, at worst, grossly distorted accounts of El Salvador's bloody war of liberation. NACLA speakers have been in great demand to provide an alternative view of the conflict. Bob Armstrong has spoken at col- leges throughout the Northeast and as far west as Missouri in the past two months, and took a 2-hour documentary on the Salvadorean struggle, "Revolution or Death," to Elmira State Prison for a showing to Latin inmates. NACLA also participated in a UN-sponsored "Southeast Dialogue on the Changing World Economy" in Atlanta, Georgia. In a workshop examining the role of multinational corporations in Latin America, we took on the vice- presidents of Castle & Cooke and Coca-Cola. Ray Pagan, the C&C representative, alienated the au- dience all by himself, however, by citing Chile as the model of what corporations can do for Latin America!
