CSPAN2 - 6pm - Children of Cain: Violence and the Violent in Latin America

[Viva_La_Revolution]

With Gates being nominated for Rummy's spot, we all need to bone up on the history of these conflicts...


Children of Cain: Violence and the Violent in Latin America
Tina Rosenberg

During this 1991 interview, Tina Rosenberg discusses her book "Children of Cain: Violence and the Violent in Latin America." Structured as a series of portraits, the book explores the lives of individuals involved in the violent Latin American political movements and regimes of the 1980’s. Ms. Rosenberg includes descriptions of a Maoist guerilla in Peru, a Chilean student leader supporting Pinochet, and an Argentinean interior officer responsible for the death and torture of hundreds. She also considers the role of the US in the region.

Award winning journalist Tina Rosenberg is currently the editorial writer in human rights and foreign policy for the New York Times. She is also a senior fellow at the World Policy Institute. Her second book, "The Haunted Land: Facing Europe’s Ghosts After Communism," was the recipient of the 1996 Pulitzer Prize in non-fiction.