Latin America’s human rights record has been challenged by the accelerated growth of the extractive industries in the region over the past few decades.
Vera Jarach, una de las Madres de la Plaza de Mayo, el movimiento de protesta que surgió en Argentina en respuesta a la desaparición masiva de argentinos durante la dictadura, discute la búsqueda de la verdad, la memoria y la justicia. English
Vera Jarach, one of the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo – the protest movement that arose in Argentina in response to the mass disappearance of Argentines during the dictatorship – discusses the search for truth, memory and justice.
We need a structured debate about the lethality of crowd-control weapons, as well as a broader discussion on the core of the problem, which is the inability of states to respond peacefully to peaceful protest.