Pinochet’s Mind
As a writer, I suppose I just can't help it. Even when I am in the midst of a major ...
Storm Over Columbia
In July 1997, the paramilitary group known as the United Self-Defense Units of Colombia (AUC) went on a grisly killing ...
Lagos Defeats the Right-By a Thread
A stranger arriving in Chile during the recent presidential election campaign and traveling from the Santiago airport to the city ...
Uneasy Allies: The Far Right Comes to Power in Guatemala
Though the victory of Alfonso Portillo in Guatemala's December presidential runoff was fully expected, his resounding victory—and that of the ...
Argentina: Dismantling an Authoritarian Legacy
BUENOS AIRES—The new administration of Fernando de la Rúa has taken several important steps to reduce the power of the ...
Documentary Film Review: Fiction of War
"The population has to take sides with the authorities because the ones who have been displaced are delinquents, or guerrillas ...