"I do not sympathise with this idea (Museum of Memory), because enough time has not passed to be objective (...) two representatives came to visit me and explained to me that the museum would reflect the confrontation between two groups: terrorism and the State, and that society was the victim of this confrontation. I don't believe that, I believe that the Army defended society from the violence of terrorism."Rey en contra del Museo de la Memoria (La Republica)
...the news headlines include a number of stories that reflect the persistence of a past that is everlasting and does not wish to pass... (Jelin, State Repression and the Struggles for Memory, 2003)
Tuesday 13 October 2009
Peru: Museum of Memory Again
Today's statement on the Museum of Memory came from Defense Minister Rafael Rey - and surprise, surprise, he's against it.
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