Category Archives: The Malvinas War

Links Around Latin America

Posted on September 27, 2015 by

Several stories of note from around the region lately: Last week, Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos and FARC leader Timochenko met in Cuba to finalize a peace plan that could finally end a struggle that’s lasted over 50 years. Boz … Continue reading →

Posted in Argentina, Argentina's Military Dictatorship (1976-1983), Around Latin America, Brazil, Brazil's Military Dictatorship, Civil Conflict in the Americas, Colombia, Corruption, Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionárias de Colombia (FARC), Guatemala, Human Rights Issues, Human Rights Violations, Latin America, Latin American Art, The Malvinas War, Torture

On Thatcher, Argentina, and the Catholic Church during Dictatorships

Posted on April 10, 2013 by

Yesterday, Robert Farley at Lawyers, Guns & Money and I discussed Thatcher’s death from a Latin American perspective,  the Catholic Church during authoritarian governments, and transitions to democracy in Latin America.

Posted in Argentina, Argentina's Military Dictatorship (1976-1983), Augusto Pinochet, Brazil, Brazil's Military Dictatorship, Chile, Democracy in the Americas, Latin America, Latin American Foreign Relations, Latin American Militaries, Malvinas/Falklands Islands, Military Dictatorships, South America, The Malvinas War | 1 Comment

Around Latin America

Posted on February 21, 2013 by

-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 →

Posted in 2014 World Cup, Around Latin America, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Honduras, International Relations, Latin American Militaries, Legal Issues in Latin America, LGBT Rights & Issues, Peru, Peru's Sendero Luminoso (Shining Path), Poverty, Puerto Rico, Sports in Latin America, The "Disappeared", The Malvinas War, Violence in the Americas, War in Latin America, Weapons and Arms in Latin America

On the Chilean Navy’s Nationalistic/Xenohobic Naval Chants and Historical Context

Posted on February 9, 2013 by

This week, Chile’s navy found itself gaining unwanted attention after video emerged of Chilean sailors chanting “I will kill Argentines, I will shoot Bolivians, I will slit the throat of Peruvians.” Unsurprisingly, Argentina, Peru, and Bolivia all issued statements on … Continue reading →

Posted in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Latin American History, Latin American Militaries, Peru, The Malvinas War

Around Latin America [Updated]

Posted on January 27, 2013 by

-Early reports are saying 245 232 people died in a nightclub fire last night in Santa Maria, a city in Brazil’s southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul. Somewhere between 300 and 400 people were reportedly at the event, a party … Continue reading →

Posted in Amnesty, Argentina, Around Latin America, Bolivia, Brazil, El Salvador, El Salvador's Civil War (1980-1992), Elections in Latin America, Environmental Issues in the Americas, Guatemala, Human Rights Violations, Impunity, Land Struggles & Issues, Latin American Media, Latin American Militaries, Mexico, Peasant Movements, Peru, Prisoners' Rights, Rio de Janeiro, The Amazon, The Malvinas War, Urban Landscapes, Uruguay, Venezuela, Women's Movements & Issues

Argentina’s Largest Human Rights Trial Commences

Posted on November 29, 2012 by

The ongoing prosecution of human rights violations from Argentina’s military dictatorship of 1976-1983 has been a subject of some interest here before. Thus, it’s worth noting that the biggest human rights trial has begun, as 68 people stand the possibility … Continue reading →

Posted in Amnesty, Argentina, Argentina's Military Dictatorship (1976-1983), Human Rights Violations, Memory Struggles, The "Disappeared", The Malvinas War, Torture

Argentine Human Rights Violations in the Malvinas War

Posted on July 25, 2012 by

The thirtieth anniversary of the Malvinas/Falklands War may have come and gone, but the attention given to it helped to remind many of just how deeply the reliance on repression and torture in Argentina’s military ran during the years of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Argentina, Argentina's Military Dictatorship (1976-1983), Human Rights Issues, Human Rights Violations, Malvinas/Falklands Islands, Memory Struggles, The Malvinas War, Torture

The Malvinas/Falklands War, Brazilian Aid, and Complicating the Cold War

Posted on May 17, 2012 by

The thirtieth anniversary of the beginning of the Malvinas/Falklands War was last month, and there were a slew of stories about the Islands and Argentina in 1982 and today that accompanied that anniversary. And while most general narratives/discussions of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Argentina, Argentina's Military Dictatorship (1976-1983), Brazil, Brazil's Military Dictatorship, Latin American History, The "Left" in Latin America, The "Right" in Latin America, The Cold War in Latin America, The Malvinas War, United States

Well, That’s One Way to Spend Thousands of Dollars…

Posted on April 4, 2012 by

As much as I love history, I have to think that if I had $11,500 to spare, I’d probably spend it on something other than the 1982 official surrender telegram from the Malvinas/Falklands War.

Posted in Argentina, Latin American History, Minutiae, The Malvinas War

Around Latin America

Posted on April 2, 2012 by

-Yesterday marked the 48th anniversary of the military coup that launched Brazil’s 21-year dictatorship, and last Thursday, when retired soldiers got together to celebrate the event, hundreds of people gathered to provide a counter-demonstration, calling the officers “murderers” and demanding … Continue reading →

Posted in Argentina, Argentina's Military Dictatorship (1976-1983), Around Latin America, Brazil, Brazil's Military Dictatorship, Brazilian Music, Children's Rights, Guatemala, Judaism in Latin America, Malvinas/Falklands Islands, Mexico, Peasant Movements, The Malvinas War, Women's Rights