Because of their political nature, these incomplete “truth and justice” policies instead of satisfying the victims’ demands and providing a mechanism for closure and reconciliation generate new demands and new policies and actions.
Silvia Borzutzky is Teaching Professor of Political Science and International Relations at Carnegie Mellon University, USA.
1. Transitional Justice .- 2. Pinochet and the Politics of Destruction .- 3. The Aylwin Administration: Doing As Much As Possible .- 4. The Frei Administration and the Politics of Denial .- 5. The Lagos Administration: Moving Along Multiple Fronts .- 6. The Bachelet Administration: Identifying and Remembering the Victims .- 7. Commemorating Chile’s Bicentennial and the Coup’s 40th Anniversary During the Piñera Administration .- 8. Conclusions.