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 * ARGENTINA**

Dirty War Read down through and including the section "Origin of the Term" https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirty_War

The Catholic Church & Argentina's Dirty War []

The Peronist Roots of Pope Francis’ Politics []


 * URUGUAY**

To Save Dan Mitrione, Nixon Administration Urged Death Threats for Uruguayan Prisoners http://nsarchive.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB324/index.htm


 * PARAGUAY**

How Paraguay's Archive of Terror put Operation Condor in focus []

Alfredo Stroessner obituary (Paraguay) []


 * GUATEMALA**

Guatemalan Civil War (1960-1996) Read the first four introductory paragraphs []

Healing Guatemala's emotional scars from the civil war [Former nurse with the guerrillas] []

Guerrilla Army of the Poor (Guatemala) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guerrilla_Army_of_the_Poor

Counter-insurgency: One way in urban areas Another way in the country-side

School of the Americas (Panama >> Fort Benning) http://www.nytimes.com/1996/09/28/opinion/school-of-the-dictators.html

Operation Charly https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Charly

Military rule threatens Mayans []


 * Liberation theology:**

Catholic Church generally against atheism of Communists But: local priests associated with liberation theology worked with lefties "Kill a priest, kill a communist"

What is liberation theology? http://www.uscatholic.org/articles/201410/what-liberation-theology-29433

Christian base communities https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_base_communities

Rigoberta Menchú and the Story of All Poor Guatemalans []

Latin Americs's New Gospel (Rios Montt) http://www.nytimes.com/1982/11/07/magazine/latin-america-s-new-gospel.html?pagewanted=all

Did war change Guatemala's faith? []

The secret's in Guatemala's bones []

Assassination of Bishop Juan José Gerardi (26 April 1998) (Guatemala Human Rights Commission) []


 * EL SALVADOR**

Video: El Salvador in the 1980's (7:16) Section from CNN Cold War film []

Video: Jon Snow: Reports from the El Salvador civil war (9:31) []

El Salvador Civil War (Center for Justice and Accountability) []

Dirty Hands (U.S. Policy in El Salvador) [2 part article [] []

Key Incidents:

1. Archbishop Oscar Romero's murder (24 March 1980) []

Video: Bishop Oscar Romero assassination and funeral http://youtu.be/_s5aFOwz_Ds

Romero beatification opens old wounds in El Salvador []

2. Murder of 4 American Catholic Maryknoll women (1 December 1980)

Video: Death of churchwomen in El Salvador http://youtu.be/pjqCdLJTe_0

How One American Diplomat Solved the Case of the Murdered Churchwomen in El Salvador []

3. El Mozote massacre (11 December 1981)

Video: El Mozote http://youtu.be/Zd-4AhhnbOY

'Something Horrible' in El Salvador []

4. Jesuit murders in El Salvador (18 November 1989) []

Video: Jesuit murders http://youtu.be/ITpXVW9BTjg http://youtu.be/wrOnxP-JMW0

How One American Diplomat Solved the Case of the Murdered Churchwomen in El Salvador []

25th Anniversary of El Salvador Jesuit Murders []


 * NICARAGUA**

In Central America, Reagan Remains A Polarizing Figure [Read both links] [] []

Augosto César Sandino https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augusto_C%C3%A9sar_Sandino

Chamorro, Prize-Winning Editor Is Shot Dead In Nicaragua (1978) http://www.nytimes.com/1978/01/11/archives/prizewinning-editor-is-shot-dead-in-nicaragua-he-opposed-somoza.html

President Jimmy Carter's approach to Nicaragua https://history.state.gov/milestones/1977-1980/central-america-carter

Role of John Negroponte (Honduras) [Only read the part entitled "Ambassador to Honduras (1981-1985)] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Negroponte

Honduras (Center for Justice and Accountability) []

Reagan endorses CIA support of Nicaraguan Contras http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/on-this-day/November/Reagan-Endorses-CIA-Support-of-Nicaraguan-Contras.html

Iran-Contra Affair: Sandinistas https://www.brown.edu/Research/Understanding_the_Iran_Contra_Affair/n-sandinistas.php

Iran-Control scandal breaks http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/on-this-day/November/Iran-Contra-Scandal-Breaks-in-a-Lebanese-Magazine.html

Iran-Contra Affair: US support for the Contras https://www.brown.edu/Research/Understanding_the_Iran_Contra_Affair/n-contrasus.php

President Ronald Reagan's approach to Nicaragua https://history.state.gov/milestones/1981-1988/central-america

Room for Debate: Human rights trials strengthen the rule of law https://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2013/03/04/can-we-afford-to-forgive-atrocities/human-rights-trials-strengthen-the-rule-of-law