At the same time, here in the United States, the new administration is reviving an eight year old war in Afghanistan. It refuses to investigate and prosecute the architects of torture while it provides legal cover for the former government lawyer whose opinions enabled that torture and eviscerated the Constitution.
There are lessons to be learned from the history leading to Uruguay's current democracy. One of them is honestly facing the truth of the past.
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