Memory in Latin America

...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)

Friday, 19 March 2010

News Round-Up

Argentina

Two Argentine journalists are reported to have spied for army during military rule (Journalism in the Americas)
Face of Argentine military repression defiant in court (AFP)

Colombia

Colombia campaigner's death sparks investigation call
(BBC)

El Salvador

Romero's Life Documented in Film and Video
(Tim's El Salvador Blog)
Forgetting Romero (The Latin Americanist)

Guatemala

Guatemala City Signals a New Sense of Justice (Americas Quarterly)
Anger Over Freeing Man Convicted in Bishop Murder (NY Times)
Guatemala to extradite ex-leader Alfonso Portillo to US (BBC)

World

UN human rights group looking into 200 cases of enforced disappearances (Projecto Desaparecidos)
Lillie Langtry at 20:58

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