Focusing on the contrast between the trials against the "Juntas Militares" in Argentina and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in South Africa, the text argues, 25 years later, that the emphasis upon Justice in Argentina might have entailed a certain sacrifice, a certain loss of Truth. It raises the question of whether that sacrifice is necessary, focuses on its motives, and, finally, raises the possibility that such a questioning could eventually contribute in partly restoring the loss in Truth.
Truth; justice; trials; South Africa; Argentina