“Because we remember, we sow justice”
“Because we remember, we sow justice”
Escrito por Laura Carlsen | 9 / April / 2014
March 24 is the 38th anniversary of the coup d’etat in Argentina that brought military dictatorship to that the South American nation. The same week marks the beginning of the Movement for Peace with justice Dignity in Mexico, catalyzed by the March 28 assassination of seven young people, including the son of poet Javier Sicilia.
Two terrible events, separated by 35 years, represent the endless struggle for truth and justice in the Latin America. It is a struggle for justice for innumerable cases kept alive by the pain of thousands of families. But it’s also, and even more so, a struggle to break down the wall of lies that protect governments–governments that continue to hide the violence and corruption at the core of the system.
There have been major advances in truth and justice movements in recent years. The historic trial of General Efrain Ríos Montt in Guatemala brought to the public eye the horrors of the genocide campaign against the Mayan population. For the first time, the voices of indigenous men and women–victims of atrocities–were heard in a court of law.
In Peru, the rulings against former president Alberto Fujimori in the massacres in Barrios Altos and La Cantuta struck a blow to impunity. In Colombia cases of past crimes have been brought to court, although not nearly as many as should be.
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http://www.cipamericas.org/archives/11858
