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)

Saturday, 27 February 2010

Argentina/US: Intelligence Files Move

Argentina has welcomed a vote by the US House of Representatives to force intelligence agencies to reveal information they may have on dicta...

Peru: Fujimori's Daughter to Wed in Jail

Alberto Fujimori is to give away his youngest daughter Sachi in the Peruvian jail where he is serving a life sentence for human rights abuse...

Guatemala: Exhuming the Disappeared

There has been some focus on the identification of bodies in mass graves in Guatemala recently. A few weeks ago, Latin America News Dispatch...

Tuesday, 23 February 2010

News Round-Up

Chile Dirty War Corpses Identified (The Latin Americanist) Colombia Ten year anniversary of El Salado massacre (Lat/Am Daily) El Salado, 1...

Argentina: Another Grandchildren Found

Ladies and gentlemen, meet found grandchild number 101: Francisco Madariaga Quintela. The Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo (Grandmothers of the Plaz...

Sunday, 21 February 2010

Colombia: Relatives of 'False Positives' Speak Out

From the excellent magazine Cambio, which, sadly is apparently soon to lose its current investigative format , comes a video clip focusing ...

Saturday, 20 February 2010

Chile: Museum of Memory

Via Dirty Wars and Democracy , I was pleased to find a first-hand account of a visit to Santiago's new museum of memory, complete with p...

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