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Court Orders Shorter Sentences for Human Rights Abusers
In Argentina, human rights groups are condemning a Supreme Court ruling that could bring an early release to hundreds of people convicted for human rights … Court Orders Shorter Sentences for Human Rights AbusersRead more
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Berta Cáceres’ Murder Linked to U.S.-Trained Soldiers
Leaked court documents obtained by the Guardian and reported on Tuesday appear to corroborate a whistleblower’s claim that U.S.-trained special forces within the Honduran military … Berta Cáceres’ Murder Linked to U.S.-Trained SoldiersRead more
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El Salvador Opens Cultural Center in Site of El Mozote Massacre
El Salvador inaugurated Saturday a cultural center in the town of El Mozote, where the U.S.-backed military executed more than 1,000 people in 1981 in … El Salvador Opens Cultural Center in Site of El Mozote MassacreRead more
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El Salvador becomes first country to ban metals mining
Legislators in El Salvador made history Wednesday, passing a bill to ban all metallic mining activities in the country. passing the bill, El Salvador becomes … El Salvador becomes first country to ban metals miningRead more
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Chile Sentences 33 Pinochet-Era Agents for Disappearing Communists
Chile’s Supreme court sentenced 33 former intelligence agents of Augusto Pinochet dictatorship for the enforced disappearances of five communist activists in 1987 who were kidnapped, … Chile Sentences 33 Pinochet-Era Agents for Disappearing CommunistsRead more
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Book Reveals New Details in Murder Plot of El Salvador’s Archbishop Romero
Forthcoming book “Assassination of a Saint” details how Salvadoran elites threatened by Romero’s commitment to social justice plotted to kill the archbishop. New facts revealed … Book Reveals New Details in Murder Plot of El Salvador’s Archbishop RomeroRead more
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Operation Condor-Era Argentine Dictator Gets Life Imprisonment
An Argentine federal court on Wednesday sentenced former military dictator Reynaldo Bignone to life imprisonment for his role in kidnapping, torturing and murdering anti-government protesters … Operation Condor-Era Argentine Dictator Gets Life ImprisonmentRead more
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Operation Condor: Condemned to Life!
A tribunal in Rome, Italy, today sentenced two former heads of state and two ex-chiefs of security forces from Bolivia and Peru, and a former … Operation Condor: Condemned to Life!Read more
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Assassination of a Saint: The US Trial for the Killing of El Salvador’s Oscar Romero
Óscar Romero was known as the voice of the voiceless. During a time of great repression and violence in El Salvador, from 1977 to 1980, … Assassination of a Saint: The US Trial for the Killing of El Salvador’s Oscar RomeroRead more