To the south is Israel - whose nearest settlement is Metulla, built defiantly on the northern side of a cone-shaped hill topped with antennae, right next to the border.

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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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