The Condor Trials

Francesca Lessa unravels the secrets of transnational repression masterminded by South American dictators between 1969 and 1981, which transformed the region into a zone of terror and impunity. Lessa further sheds light on how transnational activists transcended national borders to achieve justice for the victims of Operation Condor's horrors.

Francesca Lessa is a lecturer in Latin American studies and development at the University of Oxford. She is the author of Memory and Transitional Justice in Argentina and Uruguay and the honorary president of the Observatorio Luz Ibarburu (Uruguay). The Condor Trials received the 2023 Juan E. Méndez Book Award for Human Rights in Latin America.