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)

Wednesday, 25 June 2008

World Cup 1978

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It's thirty years since Argentina beat Holland to become football World Championships. It was a hollow victory, however, since behind th...

Wednesday, 18 June 2008

Blogging the Disappeared

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Two blog posts examine art exhibitions focusing on the disappeared: on Global Voices, Renata Avila on the memory of victims of state terror ...

Sunday, 15 June 2008

Argentina: Headlines

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A statue of Ernesto 'Che' Guevara has been unveiled in his birthplace of Rosario. Che is a towering icon of Latin American culture w...

Friday, 13 June 2008

Peru: BBC reports from Putis

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The BBC has picked up on the story of the exhumations in Putis and includes a short video on its website. It gives a good overview in Englis...

Wednesday, 11 June 2008

Peru: Keiko 'would pardon father'

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As Alberto Fujimori recovers from surgery to remove a pre-cancerous lesion from his tongue, his daughter, Congresswoman Keiko Fujimori, has ...

Tuesday, 10 June 2008

How far is too far?

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The BBC is running an article about the continued prosecution of suspected human rights abusers in Chile, pointing out that some people thin...

Sunday, 8 June 2008

Photographs and Memory in Peru

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Two different perspectives on photographs and memory in Peru: La Republica features an article on post-mortem images, in particular of child...

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