Transitional Justice in Nicaragua 1990–2012: Drawing a Line Under the Past

Transitional Justice in Nicaragua 1990–2012: Drawing a Line Under the Past
ISBN-10
3658105038
ISBN-13
9783658105037
Category
Political Science
Pages
320
Language
English
Published
2015-07-14
Publisher
Springer
Author
Astrid Bothmann

Description

Astrid Bothmann examines historical, political and socioeconomic factors that explain the absence of transitional justice in Nicaragua from 1990 to 2012. The author provides the first systematic analysis of the reasons for the lack of transitional justice in Nicaragua after the end of the Sandinista regime and the civil war (1990). Contrary to other Latin American states of the third wave of democratization, which put the perpetrators of past crimes on trial, established truth commissions, purged political and military officials, and made reparations to the victims, Nicaragua’s first post-war government opted for a policy of national reconciliation that was based on amnesty and oblivion. Subsequent governments followed this course so that the past has not been dealt with until today.

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