Lideres Latinos Oral History Project: Interview with Reginaldo Haslett-Marroquin

Titles: Lideres Latinos Oral History Project: Interview with Reginaldo Haslett-Marroquin (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Reginaldo Haslett-Marroquin was born in Puente de Plátanos, Guatemala. Hasslet-Marroquin attended the Central National Agriculture School and the University of San Carlos studying agriculture. He was the president of ENLACE Guatemala before moving to Minneapolis. In Minnesota he attended the University of Minnesota to hone his English. He then created the Peace Coffee Company, National Fair Trade Federation, Transfair, and the Rural Enterprise Center. Reginaldo is married with three children. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Family background; civil war; organic farming; childhood; Mayan languages; education; experience at an all boys boarding school; Faith and Hope program; volunteering; Minnesota weather; organizations; co-ops; difficulties of learning English; 1995 Farm Bill; Peace Coffee Company; creating fair treatment towards farmers; atrocities of war; funding; Community Supported Agriculture; Latino community in Minnesota; and environmentalism.

Dates

• 07/26/2010 (Creation)

Creation

• interviewer: Duarte, Lorena
• interviewee: Haslett-Marroquin, Reginaldo

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH135
• Accession Number: AV2011.2.19

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

• Oral History - Project, MHS Collection, project: 'Lideres Latinos Oral History Project' <OH 135>

Quantity: 1 digital file 48 pages transcript

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Measurements

• 01:42:53 running time

Subjects

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