Latin America

Brasil, Nunca Mais Project

CRL holdings include 543 rolls of microfilm containing court documents (processos) from Brazil’s Military Supreme Court. These proceedings document the cases of over 7,000 persons arrested, charged, convicted, or executed by the Court between 1964 and 1979. The official records, which were copied in secret, document human-rights violations by the military government in Brazil during this period.

Fundación P.I.D.E.E archive

Records from PIDEE archive in Santiago, Chile. Consists of case files for children and families to whom services were supplied by PIDEE. Case files are arranged arranged as follows: Section I. Missing detainees; Section II. Persons executed for political reasons; Section III. Political prisoners; Section IV. Former political prisoners; Section V. Persons returning from exile; Section VI. Family reunification; Section VII. Persons subject to restricted residence order; Section VII. Special cases (persecutions, threats, or others)