Saturday, 28 January 2012

Peru: Uchuraccay relatives reject MOVADEF

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(It's the time of year when Peru recalls the killings of eight journalists in Uchuraccay in 1983. Relatives of the victims have spoken o...
Friday, 27 January 2012

Uruguay to compensate Macarena Gelman

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Uruguay is to pay $513,000 to Macarena Gelman, who was illegally adopted after her mother was "disappeared" in the 1970s. The sett...

Argentina: US knew about stolen babies

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Former US diplomat Elliot Abrams has stated that the country was aware that the Argentine junta was illegally giving up the children of disa...
Tuesday, 24 January 2012

Peru considers putting the TRC on the curriculum - and it had better hurry up

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I have just watched the Youtube video above and I am genuinely shocked and saddened. For the non-Spanish speakers, it shows young Peruvians ...
Friday, 20 January 2012

Peru: More on Movadef

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Yesterday for the first time I mentioned Movadef, the movement which has grown out of Peru's Shining Path and is currently attempting to...
Wednesday, 18 January 2012

Peru: Call for memory topics to be taught in school

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Rocio Silva Santisteban, executive secretary of the Peruvian National Human Rights Coordinator (CNDDHH), has called on education minister Pa...
Tuesday, 17 January 2012

Argentina: A look ahead to trials in 2012

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A belated happy new year to all readers! Pagina/12 reports that 11 oral trials for crimes against humanity have been confirmed in Argentina ...