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South American Dictatorships in Images
Greg Weeks points to this incredible, if harrowing, collection of photos from Operation Condor. The photos were found in Paraguay’s “Archives of Terror,” which documented the deaths… more →
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South American Dictatorships in Images
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wrote 4 days ago: Greg Weeks points to this incredible, if harrowing, collection of photos from Operation Condor. The … more →
On Allegations that Argentine & Italian Dictatorships Fixed World Cups
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wrote 3 weeks ago: This week, FIFA is hosting a conference on the World Cup in history. Scholars from throughout the wo … more →
On Thatcher, Argentina, and the Catholic Church during Dictatorships
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wrote 1 month ago: Yesterday, Robert Farley at Lawyers, Guns & Money and I discussed Thatcher’s death from a … more →
Pope Francis = Pius XII or John XXIII or something else?
wrote 2 months ago: Habemus papam – we have a pope! Jorge Mario Bergoglio, an Argentinian of Italian descent. He … more →
Former Dictator Calls for Military Uprising in Argentina
wrote 2 months ago: Jorge Videla, the first military leader of Argentina’s military dictatorship who governed for … more →
Around Latin America
wrote 2 months ago: -While many in the Americas celebrated the announcement of the first American pope last year, not al … more →
On the Selection of Jorge Mario Bergoglio as Pope Francisco
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wrote 2 months ago: As most are aware by now, Catholic cardinals selected Argentine Jorge Mario Bergoglio as Pope, the f … more →
Around Latin America
wrote 2 months ago: While Hugo Chávez’s death has perhaps understandably been the main focus of news from the regi … more →
Around Latin America [Human Rights Edition]
wrote 2 months ago: There has been a recent wave of stories regarding human rights in Latin America in both the past and … more →
Around Latin America
wrote 4 months ago: -With Hugo Chávez in Cuba convalescing from further cancer treatment even while his inauguration loo … more →
On Brazil's Involvement in Operation Condor
wrote 5 months ago: Brazil’s Truth Commission continues to conduct hearings and accept testimony from a variety of … more →
Florida's Role in Argentina's Largest Human Rights Trial
wrote 5 months ago: Last week, Argentina began trying 68 people from the infamous Escuela de Mecánica de la Armada (Navy … more →
Around Latin America
wrote 5 months ago: -In a move that could have implications for equal marriage rights throughout the country, Mexico … more →
Argentina's Largest Human Rights Trial Commences
wrote 5 months ago: The ongoing prosecution of human rights violations from Argentina’s military dictatorship of 1 … more →
Trying Brazilian Military Officials for Human Rights Abuses
wrote 6 months ago: Unlike in Argentina in the 1980s and presently, and Chile more recently, Brazilian military official … more →
Around Latin America
wrote 8 months ago: -In Chile, protests erupted as the country commemorated the 39th anniversary of the military coup th … more →
Around Latin America
wrote 9 months ago: -In a rare bit of good news, it appears the deforestation rate in the Amazon had once again dropped … more →
Around Latin America
wrote 9 months ago: -In the wake of violent suppression of growing protests, Peruvian President Ollanta Humala shuffled … more →
Argentine Human Rights Violations in the Malvinas War
wrote 10 months ago: The thirtieth anniversary of the Malvinas/Falklands War may have come and gone, but the attention gi … more →
