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)

Monday, 5 December 2011

News Round-up - Posting from hospital edition

Argentina
Ex-official in Argentina found guilty of journalist's death in 1976 (Journalism in the Americas)

Brazil
Brazil Takes Steps on Truth, Human Rights, and the Right to Know (Unredacted)

Chile
Chile requests extradition of former US Army officer allegedly involved in the 1973 killing of two US citizens (Mercopress)
Wife: US official accused in Chile has Alzheimer's (AP)
Chile seeks Ray Davis extradition over 1973 coup murder (BBC)

Colombia
Int'l Mission Says Dire Situation Getting Worse (IPS)
Worse than Fiction (IPS) [about the "false positives"]

El Salvador
Spain asks extradition in Salvador priest killings (AP)
The El Mozote massacre - 30 years later (Tim's El Salvador blog)

Guatamala
Astonishing Discovery of Remains of Guatemalan Death Squad Diary Victims (Unredacted)
Archives on Decades of Police Terror Accessible Online (IPS)

Paraguay
Former Paraguay guerilla Marciano Villagra dies (AP)

Peru
Government expands scope of military activity (IPS)

Uruguay
Uruguay identified military torture victim Julio Castro (BBC)

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