In Peru, an estimated 20,000 people disappeared between 1980 and 2000 during a brutal conflict between the government and a Communist organization that claimed to seek social transformation through an armed revolution. Only 3,200 remains have been found.
In Colombia, five decades of war left a staggering death toll of more than 450,000 people and over 124,000 missing. Aiming to heal long-time wounds and build new paths toward reconciliation, dozens of former rebels, officials, forensic anthropologists and religious leaders now work side-by-side in finding their country’s disappeared.
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Paraguay’s dictatorship left a smaller number of disappeared (500 people), but only 15 bodies have been recovered. Despite being ousted in 1989 after a 35-year reign of terror, some Paraguayans feel as if Gen. Alfredo Stroessner never truly left, and his party’s dominance makes accountability elusive. Few of those responsible for crimes have faced trial, and public schools avoid mentioning the dictatorship.
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