Interview with Adam Isacson – Obama and Colombia
Despite the current talk about peace negotiations in Colombia, Adam Isacson, from WOLA, is pessimistic about the future, predicting a bloodbath.
GUATEMALA: JUSTICE FOR RIOS MONTT’S VICTIMS?
In January, Former President Efraín Ríos Montt was finally indicted for genocide and crimes against humanity.
ARGENTINA: NEW EVIDENCE OF US SUPPORT FOR THE GENERALS DURING THE...
New documents released after 30 years by the US National Archive confirm just how much Henry Kissinger and US officials knew about human rights violations by the Argentine military regimes, and how much encouragement they gave them.
Argentina: ‘vulture fund’ unchallenged
Nick Dearden, of the Jubilee Debt Campaign, feels angry that the BBC's flagship news programme, the Today progrmame, failed to grill the representative of a vulture fund on its claim for full repayment of the Argentine debt.
Hallazgo En Batallón 14 Abre Nuevas Expectativas
Forensic anthropologists in Uruguay find human remains buried in a field next to the base of Army Batallion 14.
Chile: waging war on memory
The Chilean Minister of Education has removed the term 'military dictatorship' from the national curriculum for primary education. Understandably, human rights groups have expressed alarm.
ARGENTINA: THE FUTURE OF MEMORY
Andrés Jaroslavsky is the author of LAB book The Future of Memory: Children of the dictatorship in Argentina Speak*.
Colombia: a state of flux
If Colombia is to overcome its legacy of violence and insecurity, the beleaguered justice system must be strengthened, argues Adam Isacson from WOLA.
“En este juicio quedó totalmente evidenciado el horror”
Interview with a judge who has made history in the case againts former dictators in Argentina. Article in Spanish.
Chile Seeks Ray Davis Extradition Over 1973 Coup Murder
A Chilean judge is seeking the extradition of former US military attache in Chile, Ray Davis, who has been charged with the 1973 killing of a US journalist working in the country.