PHOTO JOURNEY:

Human Rights in Latin America

featuring Coastal Carolina University

This program gave students the chance to study and compare the complex histories of political violence and human rights in Argentina, Uruguay, and Chile, engaging in activities in culturally significant destinations, museums, and communities that showcase the complex history of three countries that suffered through multiple periods of political violence and state terror.

Through these interactions, they were also able to learn how different groups continue to advocate for human rights and social justice in post conflict societies. In this photojourney, we highlight three interactions that were part of this incredible journey of international education!

Interaction:

Espacio Memoria y Derechos Humanos

Memory and Human Rights Space

The ESMA (Escuela de Mecanica de La Armada) was the biggest detention, torture and extermination centers implemented by the last civil-military dictatorship in Argentina between 1976 and 1983. Crimes against humanity were committed in this place, which are still being investigated and tried in federal courts.

Since 2004, ESMA building has been the Museum of Memory and Human Rights, a space open to the community, which seeks to preserve memory and promote and defend human rights, which aims to contribute to the understanding of how State terrorism was planned and executed in Argentina and its consequences in the present, to contribute to consolidating a democratic culture and a full exercise of human rights.

Students had the opportunity to learn about the museum and its history through a guided tour.

Interaction:

Parque de la Memoria

Remembrance Park

The Remembrance Park is located in an immense area of 14 hectares in front of the River Plate. It is a place designed to remember these years of terror caused by the state, and pay homage to its victims.

In the park there is the Monument to the Victims of State Terrorism, formed by four concrete walls with 30 thousand plaques representing those killed and disappeared during the Argentine civic-military dictatorship. Around 9 thousand of them already have engraved names of men, women (some of them pregnant) and children. The idea is to incorporate more names, as new reports of victims of State repression appear during the period.

Tour:

La Boca y Caminito

Students had time to explore one of Argentina’s most important tourist attractions: the La Boca neighborhood. The neighborhood emerged from the construction of a port on the Rio de La Plata and was the first home of several immigrant groups arriving in Argentina in search of work. Nowadays, the region is known for the Caminito, a street museum of colorful painted houses that pays homage to these immigrant settlements.

A gigantic mural – 18 meters high and 40 meters wide located in La Boca – with the face of Diego Maradona is a tribute to the Argentine idol situated near La Bombonera, the stadium where the former player made his name with the Boca Juniors Soccer Club.

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PHOTO JOURNEY:

Human Rights in Latin America

featuring Coastal Carolina University

Espacio Memoria y Derechos Humanos

Memory and Human Rights Space

Parque de la Memoria

Remembrance Park

La Boca y Caminito

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