ABSTRACT
This chapter explores a holistic approach in analyzing the link between massive human rights violations and sovereign finance. One of the thorniest questions for the transitional justice community has been whether and to what extent economic factors of past atrocities should be incorporated into the transitional justice universe. During the 1960s and 1970s, several countries in the Southern Cone suffered military coups and dictatorships. These regimes arose in Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Chile. The civic-military government committed massive human rights violations, including illegal detentions, torture, disappearances, extrajudicial executions, and assassinations. After the coup, Uruguay received mixed signals from the United States due to disagreements between US Congress and the executive branch. Uruguay has struggled to find a balance between justice and peace, domestic and international law and national sovereignty and legal globalization. This includes the possibility of using legal and institutional instruments to make financial accomplices accountable for their past wrongful behavior.
