The seed for this project was planted in an undergraduate course at Stanford University in which I learned about the politics of human rights. We studied the tragic coup and brutality that brought Pinochet to power in Chile and consolidated his dictatorial rule. I came to anticipate that all Chileans would reject this dictator who stole the lives and imprisoned over forty thousand of their copatriots. Shortly thereafter, I moved to Santiago, where I lived with an extraordinary Chilean family. To my surprise, my Chilean family supported Pinochet and joined the ranks of approximately 40 percent of Chileans who were pro-Pinochet at this time, after the transition to democratization, after the threat of coercion against the political opposition had waned. I went to visit the places where Pinochet forces had tortured and then disappeared innocent civilians. I heard the stories of victims. I could not reconcile these two realities.