Category Archives: The “Disappeared”

Get to Know a Brazilian – Zuzu Angel

Posted on April 21, 2013 by Colin M. Snider

While the past two weeks have looked at student activists who challenged Brazil’s dictatorship, this week we turn to a more unlikely activist and opponent to the military regime: fashion designer Zuzu Angel. Zuleika “Zuzu” Angel was born in the … Continue reading →

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On the Vatican’s Relations with the Pinochet Regime

Posted on April 9, 2013 by Colin M. Snider

Wikileaks recently released another wave of documents, many of them coming from the Kissinger years. While much of these items are available to scholars in archives, their broader dissemination is still useful. Among the released documents are cables revealing the … Continue reading →

Posted in Augusto Pinochet, Catholicism in the Americas, Chile, Human Rights Violations, International Relations, Latin American Foreign Relations, The "Disappeared", Torture | 2 Comments

On the Selection of Jorge Mario Bergoglio as Pope Francisco

Posted on March 13, 2013 by Colin M. Snider

As most are aware by now, Catholic cardinals selected Argentine Jorge Mario Bergoglio as Pope, the first time a Pope is from Latin America. (In addition to being the first Latin American pope, he’s also the first Jesuit pope.) There … Continue reading →

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Around Latin America

Posted on March 8, 2013 by Colin M. Snider

While Hugo Chávez’s death has perhaps understandably been the main focus of news from the region this week, it’s far from the only event of note. Here are some of the other stories coming out of Latin America this week. … Continue reading →

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Around Latin America [Human Rights Edition]

Posted on February 28, 2013 by Colin M. Snider

There has been a recent wave of stories regarding human rights in Latin America in both the past and present worth covering. Mexico -With the ongoing issue of the disappeared in Mexico in the 21st century, and, after a tortuous … Continue reading →

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Get to Know a Brazilian – Ernesto Geisel

Posted on February 24, 2013 by Colin M. Snider

This week continues the recent focus on military presidents by turning to Ernesto Geisel (1907-1996), the fourth and penultimate of the presidents of Brazil’s twenty-one year military dictatorship. Geisel governed from 1974 to 1979, overseeing growing economic turmoil, the beginning of … Continue reading →

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El Salvador’s Stolen Children

Posted on February 23, 2013 by Colin M. Snider

Argentina and Spain aren’t the only countries where children were stolen from their parents during military rule. As the Associated Press reminds us, El Salvador has its own history of children stolen from their parents during the civil war of … Continue reading →

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Around Latin America

Posted on February 21, 2013 by Colin M. Snider

-Brazil and Russia reached an agreement on arms and technology exchanges between the two countries while also discussing nuclear power. Talks between Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev and President Dilma Rousseff led to the sale of surface-to-air missiles to Brazil as well … Continue reading →

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The Disappeared in Mexico – A National Crisis

Posted on February 20, 2013 by Colin M. Snider

Human Rights Watch issued its report on the Disappeared in Mexico, and the findings are grim.  The report documents 249 disappearances in just the last six years; that’s more than half of the official number of disappeared or murdered (475) … Continue reading →

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Get to Know a Brazilian – Artur Costa e Silva

Posted on January 27, 2013 by Colin M. Snider

Continuing with presidents from Brazil’s military dictatorship, this week focuses on Artur Costa e Silva, who served from 1967-1969 as the second president of the military regime. Born in 1899 to parents from Madeira, Costa e Silva was the first … Continue reading →

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