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)

Friday, 12 August 2011

Picture of the Day: Guatemala

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A little late, but I have to draw attention to this fantastic photo of a woman celebrating the 6,060-year sentences in the trial of four f...

Tuesday, 9 August 2011

Resources: Truth and justice in Paraguay

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A recommendation for those interested in memory issues in Paraguay is the website Verdad y Justicia from the Paraguayan government ombudsma...

Argentina: Welcome, grandchild no. 105

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Yesterday the Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo held a press conference at which they officially presented the case of found grandchild numb...

Wednesday, 27 July 2011

News Round-Up

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Argentina Just in case there was any possibility of forgetting Evita... Giant portrait of Eva Perón unveiled in Argentina ministry (Guardia...

Thursday, 21 July 2011

News Round-Up

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*Post updated to correct error in Peru section* Argentina The anniversary of the AMIA bombing causes the annual reconsideration of the case,...

Monday, 18 July 2011

Argentina: AMIA anniversary

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It's a big memory anniversary in Argentina, that of the AMIA bombing. Even as recently as when I started looking at memory issues, this ...

Sunday, 17 July 2011

Peru: Humala meets De Szyszlo on Memory Museum

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Peru's president-elect Ollanta Humala met with the head of the commission in charge of the memory museum (Lugar de la Memoria), Fernando...

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