Essay: Fifty years after the Uruguay coup, why so few people have been brought to justice for dictatorship crimes
Latin American scholar FRANCESCA LESSA, in an article first published on The Conversation, says that despite very limited justice for dictatorship-era atrocities in Uruguay, hope may be on the horizon…
Cuban lawmakers pass new penal code critiqued by rights, media groups
Havana, Cuba Reuters Cuban lawmakers on Sunday approved a new penal code for the country that is being critiqued by some rights groups who say its clause on foreign funding may be used to unjustly stifle dissent and independent journalism in the wake of widespread anti-government protests last July. The government said the new code, […]