Memory’s Turn: Reckoning with Dictatorship in Brazil. By Rebecca J. Atencio. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2014. xviii, 170 pp. Photographs. Figures. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $26.95 (paperback). On November 18, 2011, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff launched the National Truth Commission (Comissão Nacional da Verdade or, CNV). The CNV’s mandate included the investigation of torture, disappearances, […]
The Trial of the Juntas: Reckoning with State Violence in Argentina
From the editors: In 2021, Not Even Past launched a new collaboration with LLILAS Benson. Journey into the Archive: History from the Benson Latin American Collection celebrates the Benson’s centennial and highlights the center’s world-class holdings. In April 1985, the historic trial of the military juntas that had ruled Argentina from 1976 to 1982 began […]
Latin American and Caribbean History: Collected Works from Not Even Past
Since its creation in 2010, Not Even Past has published a huge range of articles connected to Latin American and Caribbean History. To mark our new partnership with the Benson Latin American Collection, we have collected all these articles in one compilation page organized around 17 topics. These articles (156 in total) are a testament […]