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, 25 November 2011

Argentina reading

The Economist has a good round-up of recent Argentine fiction dealing with the legacy of the dictatorship - thanks to GoodAirs for drawing...

Argentina: Bussi is dead

Former general Antonio Bussi, who was sentenced to life in prison for crimes against humanity during Argentina's military dictatorship,...

Guatemala update

Two of the "disappeared" have been identified in Guatemala. Union leader Amancio Villatoro and student leader Sergio Linares are t...

Wednesday, 23 November 2011

International Day to End Impunity

Today - 23 November - is the International Day to End Impunity , which focuses on crimes against journalists and others "who have been ...

Friday, 18 November 2011

Uruguay: Aftermath of amnesty lifting

A post on Uruguay is well overdue as there have been a few linked stories in the news since the lifting of the country's amnesty . On 1 ...

A map of Latin American dreams

I recently discovered the work of Martín Weber (thanks to Peru Foto ). His photographs in "A map of Latin American dreams" are jus...

Wednesday, 16 November 2011

News Round-up

Argentina I did not know that UN special rapporteur on torture, Juan Mendez, was a victim of the Argentine junta: Argentina's Dirty War ...

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