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, 30 December 2009

Argentina: Herrera de Noble/DNA case

Since my first post about Ernestina Herrera de Noble in August, the story has moved on considerably, with confirmation of the right to forc...

Sunday, 27 December 2009

Argentina Trial Round-Up

Pagina/12 is looking back and forward at the crimes against humanity trials today: for the Spanish-speaking among you, it has a summary of ...

Thursday, 24 December 2009

Peru: Bodies of 25 Children Exhumed

Forensic experts have revealed the remains of around 25 children in the village of Umasi, Ayacucho. According to the witnesses, a column of ...

Wednesday, 23 December 2009

Peru: Putis in graphic form

Although it's not new, I just stumbled across this comic strip of the Putis massacre via El otro tambor . It's taken from a book ca...

Peru: Monument Controversy

Here's my translation of an article republished on the blog of the Peruvian human rights coordinator. For what it's worth, I agree w...

Argentina: Judge Sentenced to 21 Years

Ex-judge Victor Brusa has become the first member of the judiciary to be sentenced for crimes committed during the last military dictatorshi...

News Round-Up

Argentina Former Argentine leader Menem indicted for graft (AFP) Guatemala NGOs Urge President Colom to release military archives (WOLA) A...

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