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, 28 December 2014

Argentina: Human rights achievements of 2014

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Infojus Noticias provides us with a look back at Argentina's year in human rights , so here's a translation of the main points. Fo...

Most-read posts of 2014

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2014 is drawing to a close and it's been a mixed one for the blog, with life getting in the way quite frequently. Nevertheless, there ha...

Monday, 15 December 2014

Uruguay: Update on Graf Spee eagle

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Despite being a bit of a detour from the main focus of this blog, my 2010 post on the eagle of the Graf Spee pocket battleship is one of th...

Saturday, 13 December 2014

Brief update on Brazilian truth commission report

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Obviously there's been a lot of reporting on Brazil's truth commission, happily Colin from Americas North and South has saved me th...

Uruguayan prison diary protected by Unesco

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A diary written on cigarette papers by a Uruguayan political prisoner has been added to Uncesco's Memory of the World programme. Jorge...

Wednesday, 10 December 2014

Brazil releases truth commission report

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Brazil's truth commission report is out. Here are some of the stark facts: - illegal arrests, torture, executions and disappearances...

Monday, 27 October 2014

Colombia: Calls for archives to be made public

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Colombia's Centro Nacional de Memoria Histórica (CNMH) is calling for documentation and archives on the country's violent conflict t...

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