Abstract

RABE, Stephen G.. COLD WAR MEMORIES: LATIN AMERICA VERSUS THE UNITED STATES. anal.polit. [online]. 2013, vol.26, n.79, pp.5-18. ISSN 0121-4705.

The purpose of this article is to examine the different ways that Latin Americans and U.S. citizens have chosen to remember the history of the Cold War. Latin Americans have established "truth commissions" to establish the facts of what happened to their societies. They have also brought to justice military dictators and their followers who murdered and tortured Latin Americans. U.S. officials and citizens have declined to reflect on the U.S. role in Latin America during the Cold War. Scholars alone debate the meaning of the Cold War in Latin America.

Keywords : Cold War; US-Latin American relations; human rights; truth commissions; justice; history.

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