Marieke Riethof
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Marieke Riethof
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Senior Lecturer in Latin American Politics. Amsterdam-Liverpool. Cold War solidarity in Latin America, Brazilian politics & IR/IPE. President Society for Latin American Studies @slaslatam.bsky.social in 2023-25.
Nelsa Gadea Galán (on the right), an Uruguayan citizen, was almost 30 years when she was arrested in her workplace and then disappeared. www.londres38.cl/1937/w3-arti...
Nelsa Zulema Gadea Galán - Londres 38
Nelsa Zulema Gadea Galán Nelsa Zulema Gadea Galán nació el 27 de diciembre de 1943 en Paysandú, Uruguay. Estaba casada y trabajaba como secretaria en la Corporación de la Vivienda (CORVI), asignada p...
www.londres38.cl
June 1, 2025 at 1:35 PM
I've illustrated the book with photos I took at the Londres 38 memory site in Santiago. They show commemorations of disappeared female prisoners on international women's day in 2019.
June 1, 2025 at 1:32 PM
I knew I had a copy in my office. Good reason to reread it!
May 1, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Vietnam, 1965 by Chilean painter Roberto Matta (Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam).
April 30, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Also check out this blog post on 1967 march for Vietnam in Chile by Javiera Manzi and Pablo Bivort (from the new and wonderful Modernismo Latinamericano website).
www.modernismolatinoamericano.org/marcha-por-v...
Marcha por Vietnam - Modernismo Latinoamericano
www.modernismolatinoamericano.org
April 30, 2025 at 8:01 PM
And Quilapayún's album X/Por Vietnam (1968).

From the title song:
Águila negra ya caerás, águila negra ya caerás.
Las águilas negras rompen sus garras contra el heroico pueblo en Vietnam.
April 30, 2025 at 7:57 PM
It’s a post-apocalyptic graphic novel set in Buenos Aires with an anti-authoritarian subtext. The adaptation is on Netflix and I’m very intrigued too!
April 30, 2025 at 7:25 PM