Interview is in Spanish. Dora Maria Tellez, former FSLN commander and Minister of Health in Nicaragua, discusses her childhood, education, and role in the Sandinista movement of the 1970s and 1980s. In this interview, Tellez begins with her childhood in Matagalpa Nicaragua, attending medical school and living in León during the Somoza regime, and details her involvement in the Sandinista Revolution and the Sandinista government in the 1980s. This interview was conducted in Austin, Texas as part of the 2014 Lozano Long Conference Micro Oral History Project. | 00:00-00:12 Introductions; 00:13-02:15 Birth and Childhood in Matagalpa, Nicaragua; 02:15-07:40 Involvement in Student Movement; 07:40-10:28 Development of Political Thought and Personal Activism; 10:28-18:03 Move to León to Study Medicine, Militarization of the City; 18:03-38:22 Participation in the Frente Sandinista; 38:22-44:44 Work in Havana, Cuba and Experiences in Comparison to life in Nicaragua; 44:44-48:51 Return to Nicaragua in 1977, Collaboration with Juventud Democrática Sandinista, Role as Leader in FSLN; 48:51-54:06 Position as Minister of Health During Sandinista Government; 54:06-01:03:35 Proudest Moments Looking Back on the Sandinista Government; 01:03:35-01:04:30 Concluding Thoughts
Creator/Contributor:
Tellez, Dora Maria (Narrator) and Rueda, Claudia (Interviewer)
Date Created/Date Issued:
2014-02-21
Owning Repository:
Benson Latin American Collection, LLILAS Benson Latin American Studies and Collections, The University of Texas at Austin
sound recordings, mixed material, and Oral histories
Extent:
01 hours, 04 minutes, 30 seconds
Rights - Use and Reproduction:
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Language:
Spanish
Publisher:
University of Texas Libraries
Topic:
Civil war--Nicaragua--History--20th century, Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional, and Student activism--Nicaragua
Place Name:
Managua (Nicaragua) and Matagalpa (Nicaragua)
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UTL DAMS PID:
utblac:ddfed706-b7c6-4935-a361-a2da6642e084
Local:
ll2014_07
Related Resource - Other:
"Archiving the Central American Revolutions" Micro Oral History Collection (title) and https://txarchives.org/utlac/finding_aids/00384.xml (uri)