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Three Young Latin Americans Wish to Be Heard (1987-10-01)
About this film
Our three guests are engaging but, unfortunately, not completely fluent in English. The result is some good moments mixed in with a good deal of floundering. Examiner* Christopher Hitchens: "Was I wrong in getting the idea that nothing will satisfy you but the removal of the FSLN--Sandinista--government from power in Managua?" Mr. Ramirez: "No. Only a true democratic system will satisfy us. They can remain with their party if they want. That's not a problem.... So what we want is for them to dismantle the totalitarian system they have been trying to implement... Dismantle the ration cards which they use to control the population; dismantle the security system they have--we call it CDS, the committee of defense in the slums--that they use to repress the people; that they separate the state from the party, the army from the party."
Directors & creators
Southern Educational Communications Association
Subjects
public broadcasting, AAPB, William F. Buckley Jr., Christopher Hitchens, FSLN, Sandinista, Nicaragua, Managua, Ramirez, Firing Line, totalitarianism, CDS, Comites de Defensa Sandinista, democratic reform, political opposition, Nicaraguan Revolution
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