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)

Saturday, 28 July 2012

Brazil: Truth commission online

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Quick hit: the Brazilian truth commission has a temporary website up and running, here , and a Twitter account, here . Thanks to Transitiona...
Friday, 27 July 2012

Argentina: News Round-up

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San Francisco is considering naming some of its streets after disappeared citizens. San Francisco, Córdoba: quieren que calles de la ciudad...
Thursday, 26 July 2012

Argentina: The Abuelas and the Olympics

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Well, here I am jumping on the Olympics bandwagon - because the Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo have done as well, asking various Argentin...
Wednesday, 25 July 2012

Peru: More on Colina Group ruling

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Amnesty International has called the Peruvian Supreme Court’s recent decision to reduce the prison sentence of members of a paramilitary d...
Saturday, 21 July 2012

Argentina: Perpetrators want to study

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IPS has picked up on a very interesting story from Argentina, where some "dirty war" criminals want to be allowed to take part in ...

Peru/US: Oscar Medrano exhibition

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An exhibition of the work of Peruvian photojournalist Oscar Medrano has just opened in New York. Medrano is a longstanding photographer fo...

Peru: Montesinos & co. have sentences reduced; "not crimes against humanity"

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In a ruling which will dismay human rights activists in the country and beyond, the Peruvian supreme court has cut the sentences of Vladimir...
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