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Remembrance and forgetfulness on Lima’s “Rutas de la Memoria”
Posting has been light in this space, as I’ve been working on some larger projects, but interesting things are happening in Peru all the time, including when I fail to write about them. For one thing, we’re coming up on … Continue reading
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Tagged EPAF, Fujimori, human rights, Peru, political violence, rutas de la memoria, Shining Path
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Misreading Chile: The mythos of Pinochet and the WSJ’s bad advice for Egypt
A couple days ago, the second-worst editorial page in America weighed in on the tumult in Egypt. Of course the results were anodyne at best, and rather maliciously silly at worst: the piece praises the existence of Egypt’s “competing power centers” … Continue reading
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Tagged Chile, contentious politics, democracy, Egypt, human rights, Latin America, MENA, Pinochet, Wall Street Journal
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Toward “pacification of the state” in Brazil?
Last week I wrote that Brazil’s protest movement is playing out in a country that functions in a state of “violent democracy,” and attempted to speculate on how that movement might modify that country’s volatile patchwork of violent pluralism. Now … Continue reading
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Tagged accountability, Brazil, Brazil protests, human rights, Latin America, political violence
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Blood and vinegar: Practices of violence and Brazil’s protest movement
Notwithstanding my general sense of optimism about Brazil’s protest movement, disturbing incidents have occurred on the margins that raise questions about the role that violent practices play in actors’ responses to the uprising. It would seem that the citizen-centric governance … Continue reading
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Tagged Brazil, Brazil protests, democracy, human rights, Latin America, political violence
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Brazil’s protests: (English) literature review
Brazil’s evolving protests and protest movement continue to be a topic of intense interest, and every day sees not just new developments – like presidente Dilma embracing the protest movement as an impetus to constitutional reforms – but new and … Continue reading
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Tagged accountability, Brazil, Brazil protests, corruption, democracy, human rights, Latin America
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Of hope, football, and dirty wars
The Friday before last, June 7, was a real red-letter day in Peru. I have been busy with other writing projects (about which soon) and neglected to blog about it at the time. Still, that lovely, sunny, historic day, and … Continue reading
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Tagged Fujimori, human rights, Latin America, Peru, Shining Path
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