...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)
Judge: Why did you steal babies? Videla: So that they weren't taught subversive ideas. Judge: What would be a subversive idea? Videla: Putting people who steal babies on trial.
Oh wow, I just watched the first few minutes of that....
In fact I have personally met a young Chilean woman who told me how Pinochet saved the country and the disappeared were all happily living abroad. I didn't really argue at the time because I was in Latin America and well, there's nothing more annoying than a foreigner who claims to know more about your country than you do - but it was pretty shocking.
From today's Pagina/12
This cartoon could actually be from a Spanish paper, where they're talking more and more about this same horrendous crime.
ReplyDeleteWanted to share a link on this Pinochet film with you:
http://videotecaalternativa.net/2011/03/06/i-love-pinochet-devocion-al-dictador-en-la-sociedad-chilena/
I haven't seen the film (looks quite disturbing), but it might be of interest to the readers of MeminLA.
Kathy
Oh wow, I just watched the first few minutes of that....
ReplyDeleteIn fact I have personally met a young Chilean woman who told me how Pinochet saved the country and the disappeared were all happily living abroad. I didn't really argue at the time because I was in Latin America and well, there's nothing more annoying than a foreigner who claims to know more about your country than you do - but it was pretty shocking.
Thanks for the link!