Part 1 They won't drown my fire - testimony: things have happened to me as in a movie, Rigoberta Menchu- Guatemala; forced exile, Mercedes Sosa - Argentina; secret prisons of El Salvador, Ana Guadalupe Martinez - El Salvador; talking, Gloria Bonilla - El Salvador; two deaths, the Russell tribunal, then who died?, Domitila Barrios de Chungara - Bolivia; notes from inside, women and prison, Maria Tila Uribe - Colombia; a mother's testimony, America Sosa - El Salvador; a visit to my mother, Irene Martinez - Argentina. Part 2 That story burning inside - narrative: the blue teacups, Marjorie Agosin - Chile; on the way to the ministry, Luisa Valenzuela - Argentina; courage or cowardice? Alicia Dujovne Ortiz - Argentina; the influence of Edgar A. Poe in the poetry of Raimundo Arias, Cristina Peri Rossi - Uruguay; the day Flora died, Marta Traba - Argentina. Part 3 The torch that sheds my light - essay: El Salvador - the presence removed, Marta Renavides - El Salvador; the talks that never took place, Griselda Gambaro - Argentina; introduction to Chile, Isabel Morel Letelier - Chile; Colombia Another Dirty War?, Clara Nieto de Ponce de Leon - Colombia; the shirtless man, Laura Restrepo - Colombia; the thorns on the path, Olga Behar - Colombia; the politics of exile, Claribel Alegria - El Salvador. Part 4 Sparks of fury and shooting stars - poetry: the people's teachers construction, Pastora - El Salvador; from words woman, Alaide Foppa - Guatemala; they have threatened us with resurrection parable, Julia Esquivel - Guatemala; Guarani anguish, always the north, Dolly Filartiga - Paraguay; November 8, since, the bird flew flew, Maria Gravina Telechea - Uruguay; Wikuna, Topac Inca Yupanqui, Sachaj La Numac Tiox Mundo, Cecilia Vicuna - Chile; San Salvador 1983, Jacinta Escudos - El Salvador; birth and death, candles, presa, papa and mama, Caly Domitila Cane'k - Guatemal; I want to explain a few things, I take your hand and move on, Alenka Bermudez Mallol - Guatemala; there will be someone, in old man shoes, Reyna Hernandez - El Salvador; the hordes came, in my country, Etelvina Astrada - Argentina; Part 5 Setting distance on fire - letters: dear Lilian, Veronica de Negri - Chile; marriage by pros and cons, Clara Piritz - Uruguay; dear Alicia, Carmen Batsche - Guatemala.