Human Rights In Chile

Volume 1, No.3 – By Ramón Bannister In this Part Three of the series on human rights in Chile, we change gears a little bit to discuss what was taking place in the broader context of the Chilean dictatorship. The music group Illapu, which has earned multiple platinum awards, was just beginning to become popular when the coup forced its members to split up. In 1988 they returned to Chile after living in exile for [...]

Volume 1, No.2 – By Ramon Bannister This is Part Two of the series on Human Rights In Chile, and it seems appropriate to detail the story of another woman whose son disappeared. Ana Rojas was an interesting woman. Less dramatic than Inelia Hermosilla, Ana’s strength of character never waned. She too invited me to her house near the neighborhood known as La Plaza Brasil, in Santiago Centro, the central district of Santiago. She cooked [...]

Volume 1, No.1 – by Ramón Bannister Our debut story focuses on the strength and courage of a single woman, Inelia Hermosilla from Santiago, Chile. This is the first in a series about Human Rights in Chile and the dictatorship of 1973-1990. I am often astonished at how women in particular can have such determination in the face of insurmountable uncertainty and political might. She might have been a frail, old woman, but this is [...]