Internal Exile: Effects on Families and Communities

Military regimes throughout Latin America used a variety of tactics to instill terror in the population. In the case of Chile, the military dictatorship used torture, assassination, disappearance, exile and relegación, or internal exile, in its quest to weaken social movements and control social and...

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Main Author:	Rosemary A. Barbera
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	York University Libraries 2008-04-01
Series:	Refuge
Online Access:	https://refuge.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/refuge/article/view/21399

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description	Military regimes throughout Latin America used a variety of tactics to instill terror in the population. In the case of Chile, the military dictatorship used torture, assassination, disappearance, exile and relegación, or internal exile, in its quest to weaken social movements and control social and economic processes. This article will discuss the effects of relegación on the families and communities that the relegados left behind, drawing on human rights literature and interviews of persons in the Santiago shantytown of La Pincoya.
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Internal Exile: Effects on Families and Communities

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