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AMY GOODMAN: Allen Dulles and John Foster Dulles. Thousands upon thousands of Puerto Ricans were actually recruited to come work here in the United States. Thats Jean. In the story of Guatemala, its amazing that we had a time when in the United States we had one brother who was the head of the CIA and another brother who was a secretary of state, and because they had received complaint from one company, the United Fruit Company, they decided that in order to help this company, they were going to take out a democratically elected government. Gonzalez notes that the United States bid for independence from Britain transformed them from a series of disjointed colonies into an Empire. This film is meant to teach them. Family of Lashawn Thompson Demands Justice After He Was Eaten Alive by Insects in Atlanta Jail, Poverty, by America: Author Matthew Desmond on How U.S. Punishes the Poor & Subsidizes the Wealthy, Report from Khartoum: Civilians Killed & Trapped Amid Fighting Between Factions in Sudans Military, Meet Frank Mugisha: A Ugandan Activist Daring to Speak Out Against Bill to Jail & Kill, Not Too Late: Author Rebecca Solnit & Filipino Activist Red Constantino on Avoiding Climate Despair. AMY GOODMAN: That was Sister Terry Alexander, Maryknoll missionary. I was more frightened there than Vietnam. JUAN GONZLEZ: In 1963, you have the election of Juan Bosch. This comes at a time when immigration has become a key issue in the 2012 presidential race. In the film, we talk about the School of the Americas and how most of the human rights abuses and the massacres, including the killing of the nuns and the murder of Archbishop Romero, was really done by people trained at the School of the Americas by our own country. AMY GOODMAN: Were spending the hour talking about a new film, given the significance of the issue of immigration in this country today. And we just felt compelled to take action, because we really felt that the United States, that our fellow citizens needed to know why Latinos had come to the United States, the real reasons, the rootsthe root causes of immigration. I think if every immigrant child in this country was allowed to tell the real emotional truth of their experience here, people in the United States would discover that we actually make immigration a more horrific experience than it needs to be. Everybody just scattered. Gonzalez traces the particular paths of different Latino groups, including Puerto Ricans, Mexicans, Cubans, and Dominicans. Latinos are now the largest minority group in the United States, and their impact on American popular culture-from food to entertainment to literature-is greater than ever. The last date is today's And in just about all the cases when you look at history, you see very clearly, as Juan explains in the book, that our different waves of migration are connected to actions that the United States took in our countries, in different times for different reasons, but its very consistent throughout history, this connection between our foreign policy and immigration. Unlike the president, when Im president, I will actually do what I promised. This reaction by the government was intended to undermine Fidel Castros communist regime, which had resisted US intervention for much of the latter twentieth century. AMY GOODMAN: President Obamas comments come as his administration faces scrutiny for deporting and detaining a record number of undocumented people. The film is premiering in Los Angeles at the Laemmle Theater in Pasadena and at the Quad theater here in New York beginning on the 28th, on Friday, right through the 4th, here at the Quad theater. The citation above will include either 2 or 3 dates. Gonzalez attributes the rise in Central American immigration to the United States directly to US interventionism in the region. Meanwhile, political instability wrought by US intervention and the increasingly lucrative drug trade resulted in Colombia becoming the murder capital of the Western Hemisphere, and many Colombians traveled to the United States in search of safety. Strachan writes, These Latin American friends have loyally rolled over investments in succeeding funds, actively participated in Bain Capitals May investor meetings, and are still today one of the largest investor groups in Bain Capital. I want to get your comment, then Juans. And this is another reason why we just felt really compelled to make this film and to work through the seven years in order to bring this to fruition. The second is the date of The film features present day immigrant stories, rarely seen archival material, as well as interviews with such respected figures as Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Rigoberta Mench, the Reverend . N a sudden, violent, and illegal seizure of power from a government. Cuban immigrants have long been unique amongst Latin Americans as a result of their relatively positive reception from the government. Co-host Juan Gonzlez, Harvest of Empire takes an unflinching look at the role that U.S. economic and military interests played in triggering an unprecedented wave of migration that is transforming our nation's cultural and economic landscape. u_.$qD=5Do? Puerto Ricans : citizens yet foreigners. I will put in place an immigration reform plan that solves this issue. Fly your flag with pride! And so, heres Junot Daz, whose life is completely changed because of our actions, yet all of us, as American citizens, know nothing of what we did in the Dominican Republic. EDUARDO LPEZ: Exactly. Gonzalez ends the book by restating his central thesis that Latin Americans have and will continue to play an important role in US history. The influences of Mexican culture on the Southwest regions of the United States can be traced back to the annexation of various territories during the nineteenth century. There is hope that just such a comprehensive solution is possible. And so, for Latinos whose life is turned upside down by our own governments actions in Latin America that many times were unaware of, what happens is, there is this tremendous disconnect. Gonzalez uses his own account of being of Puerto Rican descent to emphasize the ways in which the status of Puerto Ricans as both US citizens and foreigners has left many Puerto Rican immigrants without a strong sense of cultural identity. Lehman Brothers had collapsed. JACK CAFFERTY: Once again, the streets of our country were taken over today by people who dont belong here. And, of course, she neglects to deal with the reality of the Puerto Rican existence in the United States. Well be joined by Juan and the films co-director in a minute, but first a clip from the trailer for Harvest of Empire. eNotes.com will help you with any book or any question. Copy may not be in its final form. FIDEL CASTRO: Wait for the history. But that really was from the 60s into the 90s, you had throughout Latin America the rule of these dictators and military leaders that were largely backed by the United States. Its on 13th Street. Publication date 2001 . Harvest of Empire attempts to fill in the gaps, and the reasons dont include some naive notion about streets being paved with goldRaises a very important moral question, and one that rarely enters the immigration debate: If America is responsible for destabilizing a country, what is our role when the countrys citizens suffer as a result?, Rachel Saltz, N.Y. Times Harvest of Empire has a journalistic pedigree and a punch that comes from political advocacyThe filmmakers retain a touching faith that most Americans wont tolerate injustice when they know about it. And the Republicans dont understand. And once thewith the ending of World War II and with the independence movements that developed throughout Asia and Africa and Latin America, the peoples of those former colonial countries are coming to the metropolis, and theyre changing, transforming the very composition of those nations, and so that, for us, the United States, its not even anwere not dealing with this immigration, quote, problem alone. JUAN GONZLEZ: Well, the harvest of the empire, as I explain in both the book and in the movie, is that thestarting at the end of World War II, really, the people of the third world started coming to the West, and they came precisely to those countries that had once been their colonial masters, so that, in France, they dont know what to do about all the Algerians and the Tunisians and the Moroccans; in England, they dont know what to do about all the Indians and the Pakistanis and the Jamaicans; in the United States, they dont know what to do about all the Latin Americans. Thats Ita. Three of us knelt down there to pray. GLENN BECK: They put a strain on our Social Security, our education, our healthcare. At a time of heated and divisive debate over immigration, the new feature-length documentary, Harvest of Empire, examines the direct connection between the long history of U.S. intervention in Latin America and the immigration crisis we face today. Harvest of empire : a history of Latinos in America by Gonzlez, Juan, 1947- author. Directed by Eduardo Lpez & Peter Getzels. And Trujillo then uses the power of the military to seize control of the government. co-host, New York Times sic columnist. To me, its really unacceptable, when you look at theI believe it was around $9 million that he accepted as the investment money. Gonzalez argues that, contrary to popular opinion and despite their undervaluation, Latinos have been part of the United States since before the arrivals of Anglo colonists. In an era of anti-immigrant fervor, this sobering and much-needed look at Latino migration is built on an undeniably optimistic premise: that once Americans have accurate facts, they rarely allow injustices to stand., Stephanie Merry, Washington Post Pick of the Week! As such, America must find a fair way to create a solution that recognizes American responsibility for the destabilization, poverty, and violence that immigrants are fleeing. AMY GOODMAN: Were going to break and then come back to this discussion and what it means in 2012 with the elections here, immigration policy. %PDF-1.6 % Roots outlines the history of colonization in the Americas. 2023 . Rigoberta Mench was interviewed in the film, and she talks about the killing of her father in the Spanish embassy, when the Guatemalan government burned down the embassy that was full of dissidents who had taken refuge there, including her father. In order to maintain its economic hold on Latin America, the United States interfered in the internal politics of various nations. eNotes Editorial. Eduardo, the last clip we played was of Archbishop Romero. (Courtesy of Jimmy Felter) The documentary "Harvest of Empire: The Untold Story of Latinos in America". UNIDENTIFIED: The instability that we have contributed to creates the kind of chaos and disarray that leads to more immigration. EDUARDO LPEZ: Well, the way was quite difficult, because it was a seven-year journey between the time we first met with Juan about the book and today. AMY GOODMAN: I want to go to a part of Harvest of Empire that deals with the assassination of Archbishop scar Romero on March 24th, 1980, in El Salvador. About Harvest of Empire. This is what Ive really been amazed at, in each of these countries, whether its Guatemala, the footage of the actual coup against rbenz in 1954, and this incredible footage thats never been seen in the United States. There are nearly five million, 4.6 million, Puerto RicansU.S. Though anti-immigrant sentiment remains high, Gonzalez contends that Latin Americans will continue to immigrate to the United States in search of economic opportunity. Immigrants havent even been in this country. Theyve actually been able to get quite a few prominent Latinos, as well as ordinary people, who went through enormous changes that people dont know much about. In the Branches section of Harvest of Empire, the author traces the factors that resulted in the separate odysseys for the people of Puerto Rico, Mexico, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala, Panama, and Colombia. And they usually went by nationality. Romney attacked Obamas deferred action policy that allows some young undocumented people to remain in the country temporarily, saying a more permanent solution was needed. This led to a rise in broader anti-immigrant attitudes, which negatively impacted many Latin American groups. So I think that thats whats at stake here, is that not only a humanitarian gesture to the people that are here, but also the political repercussions that will come about as a result. Latinos are now the largest minority group in the United States, and . UNIDENTIFIED: We are all proud to be American today! Read the Review. Juan Gonzlez? And I guess my prayer was, like Moore had said once before, How long, O God, how long must this continue to happen?. He also notes that the designation of Puerto Rico as an unincorporated Commonwealth of the United States is a form of political and economic disenfranchisement. JUAN GONZLEZ: Its a different perspective on this side of the table. And yet it was imposed on the Puerto Ricans by the United States Congress. I lived in what I call the little dictatorship, the little dictatorship of our house. Host George Stephanopoulos asked Coulter about her claim. Gonzalez notes the differing treatment of Cuban and Dominican refugees by the US government. 1J8tNph} JUAN GONZLEZ: Yeah, it is, and I think its increasingly become an issue, not just in the big cities whereNew York, L.A., Miamibut in the heartland of America, and especially in the South, where in North Carolina, for instance, theres been a huge increase in the Latino population of North Carolina, but most people dont understand how those Latinos got there. We rely on contributions from our viewers and listeners to do our work. Spanning 500 yearsfrom the first New World colonies to our nation's nineteenth-century westward expansion, from the days of gunboat diplomacy to the turn of the millenniumHarvest of Empire features family portraits of real-life immigrants along with sketches of the political events and social conditions that compelled them to leave their . JUAN GONZLEZ: There have been two major U.S. occupations of the Dominican Republic. Well be back in a minute. !%pq,75/VDzeR2#nm/s;eAt jlaa81vOJ < {w JUAN GONZLEZ: Yeah, and they came to me several years ago that they really were excited about the perspective that my book hadwas putting out. As Ambassador Robert White says in our film, when you arm a group of uniformed butchers, the people dont emigrate, they flee. from places . ROBERT WHITE: For the first time, someone had faced down the Salvadoran military and said, You people are killing the people you are sworn to protect., SISTER TERRY ALEXANDER: Father Paul Schindler had received a telephone call saying this farmer had seen the bodies of four women, very definitely American. Eduardo Lpez is our guest, co-director and producer along with Wendy Thompson-Marquez, and Juan Gonzlez, well, co-host on Democracy Now!, a columnist with the New York Daily News, and author of Harvest of Empire, on which this film is based. 90 minutes. JUAN GONZLEZ: Yeah, and interestingly, Junot appears on the front page of the New York Times Book Review this week withthis past Sunday with his new book. Its out of control. The clip prominently features the Dominican-born Pulitzer Prize-winning author Junot Daz. Furthermore, Gonzalez analyzes the dependency on seasonal labor that free-trade policies and economic exploitation have created for both the United States and Latin America. As the twentieth century began, the United States had solidified its power over much of Latin America. In the midst of a historic fight over immigrant rights and the future of millions of Latino families, Latino Impact Media is proud to present Harvest of Empire, an award-winning documentary that takes an unflinching look at the connection between the long history of U.S. intervention in Latin America and the immigration crisis we face today. The book Harvest of Empire offers many examples of the factors leading to migration, which include economic and political persecution. 18 Apr. pt. I found myself facing a tremendous amount of racism and bigotry, but not just from like white Americans, from black Americans and from Latinos. AMY GOODMAN: Juan, Ann Coulters comments on This Week when she said, I think civil rights are for blacks. Latino Impact media began life in 1994, as educational Video in Spanish, Inc. the organization was founded by Eduardo Lpez and Arturo Salcedo Martnez, who hosted the Lnea Directa television series from 1990 until 2006. The problem was that there was enormous repression against the Bosch forces, killings on an almost daily basis. ROBERT WHITE: When you finance and train a gang of uniformed butchers and they begin wholesale killing, the people dont emigrate, they flee. Immigration is one of the biggest issues facing America, and the debate over immigration reform has suffered from relentless propaganda, mythologizing, and stereotyping, resulting in much fear, anxiety, and anger. Juan Gonzlez is a journalist and political activist of Puerto Rican descent who has worked as a columnist for the New York Daily News. This increase in Latin American political involvement transformed them into a recognizable and vocal voice within politics. Rather than supporting the revolutions of their Latin American neighbors, the United States often took advantage of political turmoil in order to expand its own territorial holdings. At a time of heated and divisive debate over immigration, HARVEST OF EMPIRE examines the direct connection between the long history of U.S. intervention in Latin America and the immigration crisis we face today. He outlines the instability and exploitative nature of the current system, and then discusses three different options for how Puerto Rico might move forward. Every night you would hear very derogatory terms being used to describe us. Now, this is something we reported on and discussed on Democracy Now! When I finally saw a map in kindergarten of how far we had traveled, I remember being not only astonished but literally terrified. And I think thats a key issue that I have in my book and that the film tries to provide with new examples, because my examples are older. 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