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)

Friday, 16 December 2011

News Round-up

Argentina
"Dirty War" mass grave discovered in Argentina (video, BBC)
Argentine judge receives images of 1970s victims (AP)
Argentina planning a Malvinas war museum for the 30th anniversary (Mercopress)

Brazil/Chile
Disclosed documents reveal Brazilian strong support for the Pinochet regime in Chile (Mercopress)
Monument to Brazilian general triggers controversy with human rights groups (Mercopress)

Guatemala
Guatemalan President Colom apologises for 1982 massacre (BBC) (This is getting to be a habit)

Panama
Many indifferent as Noriega returns to Panama cell (AP)

Peru
Peru judge grants Berenson NY holiday (AP)

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