Remembering the Rescuers of Victims of Human Rights Crimes in Latin America.

This book explores the significance of remembering the rescuers denouncing human rights crimes and protecting targeted victims-including the dead-during the Cold War state violence in Latin America. It moves past a victim - perpetrator dichotomy to focus on those whose righteous acts were beacons fo...

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Main Author: Alfaro, Stephanie
Other Authors: Blustein, Jeffrey, Bonnefoy, Pascale, Brett, Roddy, Casiro, Jessica, De León Olivares, Isabel, Escobar, Jenny, Esparza, Marcia, De Ycaza, Carla
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham : Lexington Books, 2016
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505 0 |a Acknowledgments -- Introduction: why remember the rescuers in Latin America? / Marcia Esparza and Zachary McKiernan -- Rescued from fear: the Sebastian Acevedo movement against torture in Chile / Christopher Ney -- Bending the rules: an ambassador's quest to save lives / Pascale Bonnefoy -- The Santo Tomás chichicastenango's municipal firefighters : "Green pines covering the dead bodies" / Marcia Esparza, Stephanie Alfaro and Kristy Sanandres -- Strategic rescue responses to genocide : the Guatemalan case / Roddy Brett -- Between memory and oblivion : the cases of Eureka and Afadem / Isabel de León Olivares, Maribel Rivas-Vasconcelos and Miriam Rodriguez -- From rescue to solidarity : (re) humanizing relationships for social transformation / Jenny Escobar and Angie Tamayo -- Argentine rescuers : a study on the "banality of good" / Jessica Casiro -- Conclusion: on the moral value of rescue and remembering rescuers : conceptualizing rescue in the Latin American context / Jeffrey Blustein -- About the contributors and editors. 
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