Session #99 · 1985–87

Speech #990019905

Mr. Speaker. last night. addressing the Nicaraguan Refugee Fund. President Reagan said. and I quote. "The national security of all the Americas is at stake in Central America." The Public Broadcasting System has produced a series entitled "Crisis in Central America" which illustrates the history of U.S. policy in Latin America beginning about 1900. The series was produced for Front Line by WQBH in Boston in association with the Blackwell Corp. and made available to the House Broadcasting System by Charles Benton of Chicago. The first series. entitled "The Yankee Years" will be broadcast today on the House Broadcasting System at 1:30. followed by a 2:20 episode entitled "The Castro Revolution" and then it will be followed by two broadcasts on Thursday at 1:30 and 2:30 respectfully. "Revolution in Nicaragua" and "The Battle for El Salvador." I urge all my colleagues and All staff associates to prepare for the upcoming debate on the Contra aid and the refugee relief as requested by the President by viewing this series. [From the New York Times. Apr. 9. 1985]
Keywords matched
Refugee refugee

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Neutral
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Humanitarian Security threat

Speaker & context

Speaker
WILLIAM ALEXANDER
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
AR
Gender
M
Date
1985-04-15
Speech ID
990019905
Paragraph
#0
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