tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4423647306295156779.post8478354747777234280..comments2023-03-30T00:45:00.496+02:00Comments on Memory in Latin America: Guatemala: President Colom apologisesLillie Langtryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16857495651566700616noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4423647306295156779.post-67675953657973778172011-10-21T17:01:24.195+02:002011-10-21T17:01:24.195+02:00Thanks Colin. I just this minute saw your post - c...Thanks Colin. I just this minute saw your post - can't believe I didn't catch the BBC article!<br /><br />And Mike, I promise I wrote the Brazil post before seeing your comment, but great minds! That's an important point about the talking. I am comparatively ill-informed on Central America so am pretty much restricted to noting what's in the media. Not enough time to find out Lillie Langtryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16857495651566700616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4423647306295156779.post-247576011592766442011-10-21T16:35:02.815+02:002011-10-21T16:35:02.815+02:00Even talking about Arbenz is an important accompli...Even talking about Arbenz is an important accomplishment. In Silence on the Mountain, Dan Wilkinson recounts how Guatemalans feared to even talk about the Arbenz years in the 1990s. They would talk about Arevalo but then skip over Arbenz.<br /><br />Did you catch Brazil's truth commission solution (http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=105545)Mike Allisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03819823480024681083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4423647306295156779.post-37738352523365433952011-10-21T16:30:51.852+02:002011-10-21T16:30:51.852+02:00I noted this this morning too. Even symbolic measu...I noted this this morning too. Even symbolic measures resonate for their symbolic power. Well-said at the end there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com