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RIDING, Alan
Terrorism and Democracy. Two Documentaries Address the Peruvian Example
2006
The New York Times
ingles, english, movies, terrorism, peruvian army, shining path, mrta, political violence, fujimori
Resumen:
| The American directors of two documentaries being shown at Film Forum in New York this month believe it does: at the very least, they say, the Peruvian experience is a cautionary tale because of the price paid by Peru's fragile democracy in crushing terrorism. |
| Both directors, Pamela Yates and Ellen Perry, said they made their films with American audiences in mind. And while neither film explicitly draws parallels with the American war on terror, the issues raised in Peru - from antiterrorist tactics to civil liberties - have a familiar ring. |
| A child soldier in "State of Fear |
| In "The Fall of Fujimori," Mr. Fujimori points out that he was overwhelmingly re-elected for a second term in 1995. "What were Peruvians willing to do in the name of peace?" Ms. Perry wondered in a telephone interview from Los Angeles. "They allowed military tribunals, they allowed death squads, they knew this was going on." And, she added: "I'm perplexed that they're going after him on pre-1995 charges when his re-election was a landslide." |
| Thos article has been translated to Spanish |
| TERRORISMO Y DEMOCRACIA: DOS DOCUMENTALES SEÑALAN EL EJEMPLO PERUANO |
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