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, 30 December 2012

Chile: Ex-army officers charged with Jara's death

Almost 40 years after his death shortly after the 1973 coup, Chilean singer Victor Jara could finally receive justice. A judge has ordere...

News round-up: While I was off holidaying

Argentina Life sentence for Argentine civilian minister who worked with the military dictatorship (Mercopress) Timerman meets with Jewish...

Saturday, 15 December 2012

News round-up

Argentina The head of the Argentine-Jewish Community Centre (AMIA), Guillermo Borger, warned the government of President Cristina Fernande...

Peru: 28th anniversary of Putis massacre

13 December marks the anniversary of one of the most notorious massacres in the Peruvian conflict, that of Putis . The blog Genocidio...

Friday, 7 December 2012

Argentina: ESMA witness commits suicide

This is very sad. Rodolfo Picheni, who survived torture in the ESMA, committed suicide yesterday. He had already testified in the megatrial ...

Argentina: ESMA megatrial begins

The next massive trial of alleged human rights abusers began recently in Argentina. The trial - which is expected to last two years - is the...

Wednesday, 5 December 2012

Argentina: Stories of found grandchildren

TV Pública de Argentina has produced a series of mini-documentaries of the stories of the disappeared grandchildren found by the Abuelas de ...

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