Reminiscences of Nieves Ayress : oral history, 2001-2003.

Biographical Note

Community Center Director, Tutor, Activist.

Scope and Contents

Born Chile; education: school in Chile, participation in student movements, work with indigenous peoples; career: child care, director of Vamos a la Peña del Bronx, community center volunteer for AIDS prevention group; Pre-9/11: arrest, torture, and exile from Chile; post-9/11: impact on immigrants and undocumented Latin Americans, civil liberties, comparison with Chile coup of 1973, increased security measures in Bronx, NY, participation in anti-war rallies, reflections on the impact on the U.S. economy, reflections on Chile.

Subjects

• Ayress, Nieves, 1948---Interviews.
• Chile--History--Coup d'état, 1973--Personal narratives.
• Human rights workers--Interviews.
• Interviews.
• Kaplan, Temma, 1942- interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Oral histories (literary works)
• September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001--Personal narratives.
• September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.
• Vamos a la Peña del Bronx.

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