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)

Monday, 28 May 2012

News Round-up

I've been offline for a few days. Here's the best of what I found in my reader when I got back and what I wish I had more time to wr...

Sunday, 20 May 2012

Brazil: Medical expert promises revelations for truth commission

O Globo carries an interesting interview with retired medical examiner Harry Shibata, which Portugese speakers can read here. I've ha...

Brazil: Dilma Rousseff to receive apology for torture

Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff is among a group of people to receive apologies and reparations from the state government of Rio de Janei...

Peru: MRTA/Shining Path

This post is just to flag up two detailed articles in English which I've come across. The first is from AP and deals with the Japanese...

Thursday, 17 May 2012

Argentina: New human rights secretary

Juan Martín Fresneda has been appointed the new Argentine Secretary of Human Rights, taking over from Eduardo Luis Duhalde, who recently di...

Wednesday, 16 May 2012

Argentina: Madres' former financial director arrested

Nearly a year after a scandal broke concerning financial irregularities at the Madres de Plaza de Mayo, the organisation's former finan...

Brazil: Truth commission comes together for first time

Brazil's truth commission members are meeting for the first time today at a ceremony led by president Dilma Roussefff. It is being atten...

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