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The days when dictators could live in gilded exile with fortunes in secret Swiss bank accounts are mostly over, primarily because of global mechanisms for adjudicating human-rights abuses and tracking ill-gotten gains.

Great documentaries are sometimes lucky accidents, the product of being at the right place at the right time and then having the wherewithal to produce something extraordinary out of those unlikely circumstances.

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“These charges are baseless, they are attempting to silence anyone who dares to speak out, organize or demand justice,” Huerta said.

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But I’m beginning to find, and I guess I always knew this on some level, that the more specific you are, the more universal it feels.

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"Why are two kids worth more money than the other two?"

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