Notes

Yet attempts by the state to undermine the integrity and character of Londres 38 over such a long history cannot be altogether ascribed to the ideological divide of Left and Right. As we have suggested, both the centre-left Concertacio´n governments between 1990 and 2010 and the current centre-Right government of Sebastian Pin˜era have sought to rob this site of conscience of its potent particularity as witness to the violations of human rights committed during state terrorism. The localised and specific past remains a threatening force to the policy of ‘reconciliation’ (meaning national governability), consistently pursued by successive post-Pinochet governments that privilege censorship and impunity over truth and justice (Ferna´ndo 2008, 140).