Paraguay's Archivo del Terror

Bibliographic Data

ID2759619
AuthorsR Andrew Nickson, Andrew Nickson (0000-0002-4541-3234, University of Birmingham, corresponding author)
Year1995
Volume30
Issue1
Pages125-129
Publication date1995-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueLatin American Research Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0023-8791 • E-ISSN: 1542-4278
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0023879100017192
OpenAlexW4312828954
LanguageEN
Citations received7

A major archive has recently been established in Paraguay that reveals the internal operations of the security forces during the lengthy authoritarian regime of President Alfredo Stroessner (1954-1989). Featuring open access, the archive dubbed by the media as "el archivo del terror" comprises a wealth of primary material on a significant but little researched aspect of the contemporary history of Latin America. This archive provides unique insight into the day-to-day workings of a totalitarian security system and the objectives and strategies of those who headed it. The archive also has regional significance because no comparable archive exists for the period of military rule in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, or Uruguay. Thus it should prove to be of considerable interest to academics analyzing topics like the nature of Latin American military regimes, the practice of national security doctrine, human rights, and related themes

Art · Authoritarianism · Democracy · Doctrine · Economic history · Humanities · Latin Americans · National security · Political science · Politics · Brazilian cultural history and politics · Conflict, Peace, and Violence in Colombia · History · Law · Memory, violence, and history

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