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The Media's Voice When There Was No Other: Newspaper Coverage of the Argentine Dirty War
The period of state sponsored violence, known as the dirty war (guerra sucia), from 1976-1983 marked the disappearances, tortures and ultimately murders of an estimated 18,000 to 30,000 victims in Argentina. Throughout ...
The Jewish Diaspora in Argentina: An Evolving Identity
The Jewish Diaspora in Argentina is an altogether unique entity; a small but strong community that has developed a distinctive and evolving modern Judeo-Argentine identity in the face of persistent anti-Semitism, unsupportive ...
Place and Displacement. LACS396 Capstone, 2013
Place has become a powerful metaphor to convey a sense of personal belonging, though the notion of place goes far beyond physical or geographical location. Environment, conservation, politics, religion, myth, personal and ...
Marianismo as Cultural Memory
In many Hispano-American countries the Virgin mother is revered with social significance, often through the social determinants of religion. When viewed through the concept of cultural memory the ideal of the Virgin mother ...
Chagas Disease: Concerns in Argentina and the United States
American trypanosomiasis, more commonly known as Chagas disease, has been a neglected tropical disease for decades. Endemic to all of Latin America, Chagas disease is found most frequently in Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, ...