A Time of Forgetting The Myths of the Chilean Transition
Nothing indicated that the Chilean postdictator.ship would be a time of forgetting. Nothing prepared us for the sustained attack against ...
Unsettled Accounts: Militarization and Memory in Postwar Peru
On April 22, 1997, military commandos burst into the residence of the Japanese ambassador to Peru, where rebels of the ...
Guatemala’s REMHI Project: Memory form Below
On April 26, 1998, just two days after publicly presenting the final report of the Recovery of Historical Memory (REMHI) ...
Guatemala’s Tenous Peace
On December 29, 1996, the "Firm and Lasting Peace" Agreement was signed between the Government of Guatemala and the Guatemalan ...
Voices From the Chilean Left: Toward the Recovery of Popular Sovereignty
On the 30th anniversary of the military coup that toppled the Popular Unity (UP) government of Salvador Allende, we have ...
The Minefields of Memory
Processes of democratization after military dictatorships are not easy or smooth.[1] With democratic mechanisms more or less in place in ...
Opening Up the Files: Chile Declassified
It is not a part of our countrys history that we are proud of. Secretary of State Colin Powell, answering ...
Truth-Telling and Memory in Postwar Guatemala: An Interview with Rigoberta Menchú
Rigoberta Menchú, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1992 and has been a tireless activist for indigenous and ...
