...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, 1 November 2011
Peru: RIP Carlos Bendezú
In fact, until a few hours ago I didn't know the name Carlos Bendezú, but I was certainly aware of one his photographs, which became one of the icons of the Peruvian conflict. Bendezútook this for magazine Caretas in 1980, when Sendero was still very much an unknown quantity.
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