Encounters with History: Dealing with the ‘Present Past’ in Guatemala

During the past decade the truth commission has  risen to prominence as a key instrument of transitional justice. In this article, the Guatemalan  ‘Commission for Historical Clarification’ (CEH)  and the Catholic ‘Project for the Recovery of  Historical Memory’ (REMHI) are taken as examples in demon...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Anika Oettler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: CEDLA 2006-10-01
Series:European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Online Access:http://www.erlacs.org/articles/10.18352/erlacs.9645/