North American Congress on Latin America

Template:TOCnestleft North American Congress on Latin America is an independent, nonprofit organization founded in 1966. Its "mission is to provide information and analysis on the region, and on its complex and changing relationship with the United States, as tools for education and advocacy - to foster knowledge beyond borders." In 1977, it helped found DataCenter.

History

According to the website La Nueva Cubah;

NACLA was formed in 1967 after the Tricontinental Congress in Havana by individuals associated with Students for a Democratic Society(SDS). NACLA said it was recruiting "men and women, from a variety of organizations and movements, who not only favor revolutionary change in Latin America, but also take a revolutionary position toward their own society." SDS leaders called NACLA the "intelligence gathering arm" of the radical movement. NACLA's published Methodology Guide recommends supplementing public source information by pretext interviews and phone calls, and NACLA has also planted or developed covert sources in government agencies and private companies...

Particular targets for NACLA information-gathering include companies supplying arms, anti-terrorist and police equipment to Latin America and Mexico; U.S. government defense, counter-insurgent and anti-terrorist programs; and oil, agribusiness, minerals and other U.S. companies with major Latin American operations.

Agee claim

In the British edition of "Inside the Company: CIA Diary", CIA agent turned Cuban intelligence asset Philip Agee admitted that Cuban government agents and Communist Party officials provided "special assistance and data available only from government documentation" and that NACLA staff "obtained vital research materials in New York and Washington, DC."

Publications

Staff

• Chris London-Director
• Pablo Morales-Editor, NACLA Report on the Americas
• Christy Thornton-Publisher
• Joao Da Silva-Outreach and Circulation Coordinator
• Fred Rosen-Senior Analyst

Research Associates

• Kristina Aiello- Human Rights, Peru, Central America, Law
• Michelle Chase- Cuba, Mexico, Caribbean
• Todd Miller- Mexico, Immigration, Trade
• Roque Planas- U.S. policy, Cuba, Colombia
• Lisa Skeen- Human Rights, Peru, Guatemala
• Jason Tockman- Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Chile

Board of Directors

• Stuart Rockefeller- Chair, Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race, Columbia University
• Judith Friedlander- Hunter College, CUNY
• Fred Goff President- DataCenter
• Marcial Godoy-Anativia- NYU Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics
• Eric Hershberg- Chair, Latin American Studies, Simon Fraser University, and President, Latin American Studies Association
• Pierre LaRamée- International Planned Parenthood Federation (Planned Parenthood), Western Hemisphere Region
• Robert M. Siegel- Cabot Capital
• Max Uhlenbeck- Development Coordinator, Brecht Forum
• Steve Volk- Chair, Latin American Studies, Oberlin College

Editorial Committee

• Marcial Godoy-Anativia- NYU Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics
• Greg Grandin- Professor of History and Director of Graduate Studies, NYU
• Jack Hammond- Professor, Hunter College CUNY
• Deborah Poole- Professor, Johns Hopkins University
• Seemin Qayum- Independent Researcher and Consultant
• Hobart Spalding- Professor Emeritus, Brooklyn College and CUNY Graduate Center
• Gregory Wilpert- Editor, Venezuela Analysis

External links

• NACLA website

Refernces

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