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Strategic Transparency: Declassification Politics In United States- Latin American Relations, Isabel Snodgrass
Strategic Transparency: Declassification Politics In United States- Latin American Relations, Isabel Snodgrass
Senior Projects Spring 2018
Domestic politics in Latin America since the end of the Cold War has been characterized by the complicated process of coming to terms with its violent past. For years, the United States has had the power to aid in investigations into crimes committed during the Latin American dictatorships of the 1970s and 1980s. The US was so deeply involved in the dictatorships that thousands of pages of evidence on the crimes committed are available in CIA, Military, and Presidential archives. Through making these classified documents available, the United States has a unique opportunity to make amends for its involvement in …