The mission of the Lugar de la Memoria is to serve as the reference site for all citizens regarding the period of violence that we experienced between 1980 and 2000. …
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The high-level Commission in charge of the Place of Memory should be chaired by someone who has experience in the struggle for respect for human rights and who has been …
It is announced that the new Minister of Culture will appoint the new president of the High-Level Commission for the Place of Memory, who will replace Vargas Llosa.
A name change that has caused great controversy because it appears to distort the original idea. Subsequently, President Humala extended the name, which further dilutes the original idea.
Important interview from New York with Ricardo Alvarado, Peruvian intellectual and director of Ave Crítica.
The Executive Branch officially approved the name change from Museo de la Memoria to Lugar de la Memoria, a recommendation put forward by the High-Level Commission tasked with promoting this …
It seems evident that the launch of the Museo de la Memoria project has generated a public reaction that faithfully reproduces the deep fissures — almost geological faults — between …
"The Truth Commission—and now most recently the Museo de la Memoria—are examples of this behavior. Copied from foreign initiatives, both proposals have been imposed on us in the name of …
The president of that commission, Mario Vargas Llosa, explained that the new name reflects a fuller understanding of the events that occurred during the era of terror in the 1980s …
A typical journalistic piece of drivel that lies knowing it is lying: Dear readers, the Commission of the "Museo de la Memoria," chaired by the writer Mario Vargas Llosa and …
He therefore stated that the museum, which will be built facing the coast of Lima, will not attribute the violence to two "sides"—terrorists on one hand and the Armed Forces …
Mario Vargas Llosa has announced that the "Museo de la Memoria" will be called "Lugar de la Memoria." Is this change a whim of the literary figure, or is it …
In statements to television, Vargas Llosa asserted that in the museum "violence will not be attributed to two 'sides' — terrorists on one side and the Armed Forces on the …
Is there any connection between the bombastic and completely out-of-context statements by the Minister of Defense against a German donation to build a Museo de la Memoria and the exhumations …
The rejection and subsequent acceptance by the Peruvian Government of the German donation for the construction of a museum that would house the history of the events that occurred during …
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Interview with Mario Vargas Llosa in which the writer states that the memory museum will show the suffering caused by Sendero. "If it functions as we want, the museum will …
Writer and TV host Jaime Bayly launched sharp criticism against President Alan García and novelist Mario Vargas Llosa, whom the Aprista government has entrusted with the construction and implementation of …
The Asociación de Oficiales Generales y Almirantes del Perú (Adogen) will erect a monument in Lima to honor military personnel and civilians who fell in the fight against terrorism, in …
The idea of building a 'parallel' museum of memory seeks justification by arguing that one cannot pay homage in the same premises to the dead terrorists and to our police …
I cannot conceal my joy and emotion, as a colleague and as a friend, at the tribute represented by the honorary doctorate that the University of La Sorbonne has awarded …
The Ombudsman, Beatriz Merino, warned that those with "blood-stained hands" prefer a "museum of amnesia" rather than the Museum of Memory that would commemorate the victims of the violence experienced …
"The sea is a peacemaker," he comments on the coastal landscape of Barranco that he enjoys from the balcony of his apartment — similar, indeed, to that of the privileged …
Interview with Mario Vargas Llosa. Our novelist wants the building to educate Peruvians in the defense of democracy and against violence. Published on December 13, 2009.
As part of the celebrations for International Human Rights Day, the Instituto de Estudios Peruanos (IEP) and the Instituto de la Democracia y los Derechos Humanos (IDEHPUCP) have the pleasure …
The Comisión de Defensa Nacional, Orden Interno, Desarrollo Alternativo y Lucha contra las Drogas, chaired by congressman Luis Negreiros (PAP), approved on Tuesday the 3rd a bill proposing the creation …
A recent and very interesting, though little-noticed, opinion was that of Vice President Luis Giampietri when, amid another episode of his crusade against NGOs, the press, and the CVR, he …
"This really is excellent news," said writer Mario Vargas Llosa last Friday at his home when his wife handed him a message informing him from Lima that the future Museo …
To everyone's surprise — especially some of the cabinet ministers themselves, who had been overly zealous in defending the government's decision — President Alan García reversed his initial position, showed …
Amid the debate over the creation of the Museo de Memoria, national writer Herbert Morote gets ahead of events by launching the Virtual Library of the Genocide in Ayacucho, funded …
The police ombudsman, Ana Marino Romero, asked that the Museo de la Memoria grant an important place of honor to the members of that institution who fought against terrorism, since, …
Threats against Salomón Lerner, member of the High-Level Commission for the creation of the Museo de la Memoria y Reconciliación, confirm that there is a systematic campaign of intimidation against …
The former president of the Comisión de la Verdad y Reconciliación (CVR), Salomón Lerner, has received a series of death threats, the human rights institute he leads announced today in …
A new rung in the authoritarian escalation of human rights violators. They know they have the government's backing. The threats against former president of the Comisión de la Verdad y …
Salomón Lerner Febres, former president of the Comisión de la Verdad y Reconciliación, had announced that the Museo de la Memoria to be built in the Campo de Marte would …
Journals specializing in Human Rights.
The Museo de la Memoria should have branches in the interior of the country, where permanent and temporary exhibition halls on the decade of political violence could be set up, …
The former commander general of the Army, José Graham, said he disagreed with the idea of building branches in the interior of the country, as proposed by Salomón Lerner, a …
Concrete steps are gradually being taken toward the construction of the memory museum, which is positive as it shows that prejudices on both sides are being set aside to move …
After winning the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival for her film "La Teta Asustada," Peruvian filmmaker Claudia Llosa is spending these days in Lima, where she has not …
Alanismo in power — that is, the Apra invaded and emptied of all content inconvenient to Pepe Graña — has decided not to help Peru have a place where the …
As a democratic and sovereign country, Peru has the right to accept or reject donations coming from foreign nations if it considers that any of them is tied to a …
The Army's Commander General, Otto Guibovich, supported the construction of a museum of memory that would be plural and unbiased, and even said that his institution is willing to collaborate …
The subject has been widely commented on in the media and in blogs. One angle I found important is how to address the issue of memory and the promotion of …
"We don't need museums or nonsense to refresh our memory," said Cecilia Chacón — a congresswoman whose most notable identifying mark is being the daughter of a Fujimorista general imprisoned …
The German government rejected the claims of a sector of the Apra party that sought to discredit the construction of a Museum of Memory to honor the victims of political …
The Minister of Defense, Antero Flores-Aráoz, responded to criticisms made by novelist Mario Vargas Llosa regarding the construction of the Museum of Memory with a German donation, and said he …
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