The Politics of Memory and the Memory of Politics

The Politics of Memory and the Memory of Politics

Our goal in this issue is not to relive the hopes of the days prior to the coup or to ...
The Politics of Memory and the Memory of Politics

The Politics of Memory and the Memory of Politics

  What is it about events in Chile now four decades past that continue to provide us with metaphors for ...
Refusing to Hear: Press Coverage of the Chilean Miners

Refusing to Hear: Press Coverage of the Chilean Miners

The rescue of the 33 Chilean miners was, countless newspapers and magazines informed us, the "most triumphant" story of 2010 ...
Refusing to Hear: Press Coverage of the Chilean Miners

Refusing to Hear: Press Coverage of the Chilean Miners

It was, countless newspapers and magazines informed us, the “most triumphant” story of 2010. The rescue of 33 Chilean miners ...
Chile and the Traps of Memory

Chile and the Traps of Memory

Nostalgia for the Light, a documentary film by Patricio Guzmán (Icarus Films), 2011, 90 mins., Spanish with English subtitles.   ...
CHILE The Right to Coup

CHILE The Right to Coup

After the results of the plebiscite came in, the joy in the streets of San- tiago was palpable. It was ...
U.S. Invasion: Grenada Disappeared

U.S. Invasion: Grenada Disappeared

One of the lingering mysteries of the U.S. invasion of Grenada is how the Reagan Administration gener- ated such wide ...