Apparently it's a North American tradition
Mexico Stubbornly Denies Its Dark Past
By Denise Dresser
Denise Dresser is a professor at the Autonomous Technological Institute of Mexico and a former member of Mexico's Citizens' Advisory Committee to the Special Prosecutor for Crimes of the Past.
February 27, 2005
While many countries seek to uncover the truth about their history, Mexico seems intent on burying it. Although more than 20 countries have established effective mechanisms for dealing with their troubled pasts, Mexico's isn't working. Rwanda and Kosovo and Chile have recognized the criminal behavior of their former leaders, but Mexico isn't prepared to do so. Argentina is jailing former generals, and Mexico still can't. Today, Mexico faces the real possibility of obligatory amnesia, of forced forgetting.
