Unearthing Memory: The Present Struggle Over The Past

On April 26, 1998, just two days after publicly presenting the final report of the Recovery of Historical Memory (REMHI)

On August 19, on the eve of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the military coup headed by General Augusto Pinochet on

Processes of democratization after military dictatorships are not easy or smooth.[1] With democratic mechanisms more or less in place in

This provocative and wellitched book, Ariel Armony examines how the Argentine security forces exported both their ideology and counterinsurgency strategies

Under the slogan of "Puerto Rico Is Not For Sale," over 500,000 Puerto Rican workers––one half of the island's labor

In "Recapturing the Memory of Politics" [NACLA, May/June 1998], lnés Izaguirre claims to be speaking against those who violated human

On April 26, 1998, just two days after publicly presenting the final report of the Recovery of Historical Memory (REMHI)

As repressive regimes fade, questions about the past are often central to the politics of the present. Human rights leaders

CHIAPAS—Two U.S. army officers linked to the U.S. Embassy, Assistant Army Attaché Thomas Gillen and First Sergeant Elizabeth Krug, were

Chile, Obstinate Memory (1997) is a film about the fractured biographical narratives of those whose lived experiences have been erased

Dark, hairy hands reach towards my right arm to stop me. I shuffle to my left to avoid the unwanted

For the past three years, tens of thousands of Uruguayans have participated in the May 20 "March for the Truth"