O Acompanhamento: Ecumenical Action for Human Rights in Latin America 1970-1990

In the 1960s and early 1970s, military dictatorships and juntas replaced elected civilian governments across Latin America. This book relates stories of Christians and their churches as they engaged in the struggle to uphold human rights, including the most basic human right to life itself. The book is a testament of courage and hope in face of the humiliation, torture, and murder-or "disappearance"-of dissidents. It tells of ordinary men and women who stood up for justice and righteousness in u…