You look at truth commissions that have taken place in other countries and that's been one of the cardinals or principles behind them.

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"These archives are fundamental to the processes of re-democratization in the region, particularly in a context in which the Southern Cone countries have established mechanisms such as Truth Commissions or Commissions for Peace, in order to guarantee the right to memory, truth and justice, especially for the victims of dictatorships and their families, " says Jorge Grandi, Director of the UNESCO Montevideo Office.

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Moynihan's and Holbrooke's warnings are now manifest in many Latin American countries, where politicized judiciaries settle political scores and "truth and reconciliation commissions, " such as that proposed last week by Senator Patrick Leahy to go after the Bush Administration, are stacked to achieve a politically desired outcome.

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