The Creation of the British Atlantic World (review)
transnational human rights movement. Markarian writes a fascinating study of how the Uruguayan Left and the human rights movement worked together, drawing on specific and well-researched examples. For example, she shows, in just the right amount of detail, why members of the Uruguayan Left were able to mount such a successful human rights campaign in the U.S. Congress and why they worked so well with transnational human rights organizations like Amnesty International. Her study provides new insight into the various responses the Uruguayan Left had to the dictatorship, most especially its embrace of a new understanding of human rights and individual liberty.