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)

Sunday, 24 June 2012

Photo of the Day: Esculacho in Brazil

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Esculacho (escrache, public protest against perpetrator of human rights abuses) in Brazil. ONG faz protesto contra suposto torturad...

Saturday, 23 June 2012

Photo of the day: Dilma Rousseff

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Photo of the day is Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff at 22, undergoing interrogation before being tortured by the country's militar...

Friday, 15 June 2012

Chile: Pinochet documentary round-up

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This has been widely reported, but for the sake of completeness on the blog I'm going to add some links to the aftermath of my previous ...

Book Review: The Latin American Photobook

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The Latin American Photobook, Horacio Fernández (Aperture, 2011) There is no history of Latin American photography that gives due attent...

Thursday, 14 June 2012

Argentina: Photo of the Day

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Ezequiel Rochistein Tauro, found grandchild no. 102, displaying his new ID card with the last names of his biological parents. He explain...

Thursday, 7 June 2012

Brazil: Archives of armed forces to be opened for truth commission, defence minister says

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The online edition of "O Estado de S. Paulo" has published an article stating that the Brazilian truth commission will have acces...

Chile: Controversy over Pinochet documentary screening

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Relatives of the disappeared in Chile have been calling for the public screening of a documentary about Augusto Pinochet to be banned. A num...

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