J. PATRICE MCSHERRY

BOOKS

THE IRAQ PAPERS, by John Ehrenberg, J. Patrice McSherry, José Ramón Sánchez, and Caroleen Marji Sayej , eds., Oxford University Press, 2010.
The authoritative work on the origins, execution, and consequences of the invasion and war in Iraq.
LOS ESTADOS DEPREDADORES: LA OPERACION CONDOR Y LA GUERRA ENCUBIERTA EN AMERICA LATINA, 2009
The translated and updated version of PREDATORY STATES, published in Chile and Uruguay in 2009.
PREDATORY STATES: OPERATION CONDOR AND COVERT WAR IN LATIN AMERICA
Drawing on a wealth of testimonies, declassified files, and Latin American primary sources, the book examines Operation Condor from numerous vantage points: its secret structures; its intelligence networks; its covert operations against dissidents; its political assassinations worldwide; its commanders and operatives; its links to the Pentagon and the CIA; and its extension to Central America in the 1980s.
INCOMPLETE TRANSITION: MILITARY POWER AND DEMOCRACY IN ARGENTINA
The riveting story of Argentina's "dirty war" and the difficult transition to democracy, when the armed forces acted to condition and shape the system to conform to national security criteria.

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McSherry discusses Operation Condor on KGOU, the National Public Radio (NPR) station at the University of Oklahoma (March 2009).
Marcia Esparza et al, eds., STATE VIOLENCE AND GENOCIDE IN LATIN AMERICA: THE COLD WAR YEARS, Routledge, 2009.
WHEN STATES KILL University of Texas Press, 2005.
Political Science Department, Long Island University
Latin American & Caribbean Studies Program,Long Island University
Assn. of Third World Studies
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Travels

SANTIAGO, CHILE, 2011

Photos taken during three months of field work in Santiago, studying the role of La Nueva Canción Chilena in the counterhegemonic political movements of the 1960s and 70s in Chile.


Statue of Allende near La Moneda © J. Patrice McSherry

Cathedral in Plaza de Armas © J. Patrice McSherry

Providencia, a sector of Santiago, and the Andes © J. Patrice McSherry

Max Berrú, former Inti-Illimani, and his group playing at a local café © J. Patrice McSherry

With Max and Mónica

Sunset over the Andes © J. Patrice McSherry

Plaza de Armas, center for artists and for political events © J. Patrice McSherry

Major student strikes were ongoing, including a massive nation-wide demonstration June 16, demanding quality public education and the right to education for all Chileans, and opposing the increasing privatization and stratification of the system © J. Patrice McSherry

Valparaíso, city of multicolored hills © J. Patrice McSherry

The famous funiculares (elevator cars) of Valparaíso © J. Patrice McSherry

Another huge demonstration demanding quality education for all, with 200,000 people in Santiago on June 30, 2011 © J. Patrice McSherry

Santiago march June 30 © J. Patrice McSherry

Villa Grimaldi, wall with the names of those disappeared and executed in this place of horror, now a park of remembrance © J. Patrice McSherry

Villa Grimaldi, rose garden dedicated to women assassinated by the dictatorship © J. Patrice McSherry

With Joan Jara at the Víctor Jara Foundation © J. Patrice McSherry

With Raúl and legendary singer, songwriter, and author Patricio Manns © J. Patrice McSherry

With Raúl, Alejandra, y Patricio © J. Patrice McSherry

Quilapayún (Carrasco) in concert

With 700,000 people at La Jornada Familiar in favor of education demands,

EUROPE

In March 2010 I traveled with Raúl to Aix-en-Provence, France where I presented a paper on impunity and the struggle for justice in Latin America. He presented a paper on the long fight against impunity in Guatemala.


Aix was the site of a conference on human rights in Latin America © J. Patrice McSherry

Church in Aix © J. Patrice McSherry

Picturesque street in Aix © J. Patrice McSherry

A square in medieval Aix © J. Patrice McSherry

Taking the train to Italy © J. Patrice McSherry

Through the spectacular Alps © J. Patrice McSherry

To beautiful Turin/Torino © J. Patrice McSherry

Turin, near the Egyptian Museum © J. Patrice McSherry

View of the city © J. Patrice McSherry

A theater near Montparnasse, Paris © J. Patrice McSherry

Streets of Paris © J. Patrice McSherry

Paris, so like Buenos Aires! © J. Patrice McSherry

In Montmartre © J. Patrice McSherry

Basilique du Sacre Coeur © J. Patrice McSherry

The Eiffel Tower © J. Patrice McSherry

BRAZIL

Beautiful Rio de Janeiro was the site of the 2009 Latin American Studies Association congress. Some of the city's spectacular sights:


Sand castle, Copacabana © J. Patrice McSherry

Pão de Açúcar (Sugarloaf Mountain), Rio © J. Patrice McSherry

View from Pão de Açúcar © J. Patrice McSherry

Ipanema © J. Patrice McSherry

Cristo Redentor, Corcovado © J. Patrice McSherry

View from Corcovado © J. Patrice McSherry

URUGUAY

A favorite city, Montevideo is lovely and tranquil, with beautiful architecture, parks, and fountains, warm people and a nice quality of life.


Montevideo street view © J. Patrice McSherry

Plaza Fabini © J. Patrice McSherry

Plaza Independencia, with statue of national hero José Gervasio Artigas © J. Patrice McSherry

An effort is in progress to annul the Ley de Caducidad or impunity law © J. Patrice McSherry

A beautiful building © J. Patrice McSherry

ARGENTINA

Another favorite city, Buenos Aires, is flourishing, with musicians, tango and gaucho dancers, and artists everywhere, wonderful cafes and restaurants, and beautiful architecture. High energy and cosmopolitan, Buenos Aires is dramatically different from the early 1990s, when I first did research there and the shadow of the military regime was still pervasive.


Obelisco, micro-center © J. Patrice McSherry

Casa Rosada, the presidential palace © J. Patrice McSherry

Exhibition on the contributions of women in Argentina, showing the Madres de la Plaza de Mayo, Casa Rosada © J. Patrice McSherry

Cathedral and other stunning buildings, Plaza de Mayo © J. Patrice McSherry

Cabildo © J. Patrice McSherry

Plaza San Martín © J. Patrice McSherry

Condomble in La Boca © J. Patrice McSherry

La Boca © J. Patrice McSherry

Three Argentine icons: Perón, Evita, and Maradona--San Telmo © J. Patrice McSherry

Tango musicians on San Telmo street © J. Patrice McSherry

Calle Florida © J. Patrice McSherry

GUATEMALA

Guatemala is a spectacular country with a difficult history of military violence and foreign intervention, resistance and rebellion. Guatemalans continue to struggle for their rights in the midst of severe living conditions, daily violence and social injustice, and political obstacles to positive change.


Lake Atitlán © J. Patrice McSherry

Selling orchids © J. Patrice McSherry

Cemuc Champey © J. Patrice McSherry

Ruins of Iximché © J. Patrice McSherry

The main cathedral in colonial Antigua © J. Patrice McSherry

A festival in Antigua © J. Patrice McSherry

Visiting the ruins of Antigua © J. Patrice McSherry

SAN FRANCISCO 2008

In June 2008 I co-taught a graduate course with Raúl Molina Mejía (my husband and colleague) at the University of San Francisco. The course, “Human Rights in Latin America: The Cold War Era,” was an intense and satisfying experience for all concerned.



COSTA RICA

Costa Rica is a lovely country, rich in flora and fauna, including the animals pictured here and many more. We saw Resplendant Quetzales on two separate days in the cloud forest of Monteverde--a magical experience!


Monteverde sunset © J. Patrice McSherry

A female quetzal, acting demure, in the Monteverde cloud forest © J. Patrice McSherry

Cuati at Monteverde © J. Patrice McSherry

Crocodile © J. Patrice McSherry

Manuel Antonio Park © J. Patrice McSherry

Capuchin monkey © J. Patrice McSherry

Sloth © J. Patrice McSherry

HONDURAS

In Honduras there are beautifully restored Mayan ruins in Copán and the surrounding jungle is alive with brightly colored birds.


Copán, Honduras © J. Patrice McSherry

© J. Patrice McSherry

© J. Patrice McSherry

© J. Patrice McSherry

CHILE 1998

One of several visits in the 1990s to Chile, another beautiful and diverse Latin American country full of painful memories...


Villa Grimaldi, DINA detention and torture center, now a park of peace. © J. Patrice McSherry

Wall of the disappeared, Villa Grimaldi, with a passage from Mario Benedetti: "What is forgotten is full of memory." © J. Patrice McSherry

Monument to the disappeared in the national cemetery, Santiago. © J. Patrice McSherry

Fragment from Salvador Allende's last speech on September 11, 1973, at his gravesite, 1998. © J. Patrice McSherry

Gravesite of Orlando Letelier, assassinated by Operation Condor. © J. Patrice McSherry