From Allende to Lula: Assessing the Legacy
As Chileans and progressives around the world mark the 30th anniversary of the violent military coup that overthrew Chile’s socialist ...
The Disappeared: The Triumph of Memory
The terrifying revelations made by a navy captain of the "death flights" carried out during Argentina's dirty war show that ...
Truth Commissions: Exhuming the Past
As repressive regimes fade, questions about the past are often central to the politics of the present. Human rights leaders ...
The Americas React to Terror
The View from New York City and Reaction to the September 11 Attacks from Around the Americas By JoAnn Kawell ...
The Falcon Remembered
At noon on March 4, 2005, a green Ford Falcon pulled up next to a woman in Centenario, a municipality ...
Mega-stores Destroy Historic Site
This story begins with the abandonment and destruction of one of Mexico’s fine old hotels, the Casino de la Selva ...
On Patricio Guzmán’s
Chile, Obstinate Memory (1997) is a film about the fractured biographical narratives of those whose lived experiences have been erased ...
Rigoberta’s Testimonio
Two recent news items on Guatemala have made headlines in North American papers. One is the publication of the report ...
