When thinking about the period that most Latin American countries went through after a transition from military regimes to democracy is difficult to explain. The description of the overthrown of the dictatorships by the 1980s, might be very crystal clear on how the events took place at the time, but what happened after is what has been a challenge to describe. There was a creation of many other social movements that contributed towards the establishment of the new democracy, however we can not say this was an homogeneous movement in all countries, there are different narratives of the political and economical aftermath. New political mechanisms arose, at the same time that crime rates increased, mostly because of the international trade of drugs.

Media held the perfect space for the representation of the struggles for human rights, one example of this are the “Madres de la plaza de mayo” in Argentina, they were a social movement that claimed for accountability for all the children that went missing during the military dictatorship, they managed to recognized about 115 people. The “No”campaign in Chile, with the aim for people to realize that it was enough suffering and restriction in Chile during the dictatorship, that something had to change. It was a campaign for freedom, for Chile to say “enough” and “NO more”, the video was inspiring and motivated most of the population who had lost their hopes to go out and give their vote making a difference in the overall political outcome at the time.

Media in general brought about a big change in Latin American countries. It allowed more population to feel involved through them in politics, and be part of a larger social movement. Inspired people, as well as it showed the prior suffering from the decades of military dictatorships, which also gave space for resentment to grow and therefore make people want to fight even harder fro freedom and for the past not to be repeated anymore.