Word: nicaraguan
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...film professors at Harvard University. Their goal was to expose the besmirched truths of the nation in a way easily assimilable by American audiences. Together they hit upon the inspired decision to film a middle-class family, the Barrios, carrying out their daily tasks in the service of the Nicaraguan government...
Naturally, few Americans are used to the notion of a relatively wealthy Nicaraguan family being waited on by a maid in the comfort of their own house. But though the Barrios enjoy some of the trappings of their exalted family background (they are closely related to the influential Chamorros, who were the leading aristocrats on the side opposed to Somoza in the 1979 revolution), they play a considerable role rebuilding the country that faces constant terror from U.S.-sponsored contras. Their lifestyle and demeanor are accessible to the average Yankee viewer, yet their politics have been slandered from here...
...Conservative Club are. In the past few years the Conservative Club has offered a notable counterpoint to prevailing liberal opinion on the Harvard campus. We have hosted speakers including Senator Eugene McCarthy, now Assistant Secretary of State Elliott Abrams, Nestor Sanchez from the Dept. of Defense, leaders of the Nicaraguan contras, Professors Richard Pipes, Harvey Mansfield, and many others. The views of these and other speakers receive wide currency outside Harvard, if not necessarily on campus, and we have found that many students are interested in hearing these viewpoints even if they do not always agree with them...
Barbara Foley, an assistant professor at the Evanston, Ill., school will be disciplined by an administrative committee for leading a protest against a Nicaraguan contra leader at the university last April...
Foley allegedly led students in chants such as "Nicaragua Si! Contras No!" and "Death to the Fascists" when Adolfo Calero, leader of the Nicaraguan Democratic Forces, attempted to address a group of students at Harris Hall, a university auditorium...