Argentina

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Argentinas Dirty War

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• Textbook page 586-588

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Argentinas Dirty War

• Powerpoint Presentation

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Liliana Aimeta1954-1976
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Blanca Estela Angerosa 1958-1978
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José Aguilar Bracesco1954-1976

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Beatríz Le Fur 1954-1976

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Los Desaparecidos

• These people are now called los desaparecidos,
  or the disappeared. They were just four of the
  30,000 victims of Argentinas Dirty War of
  1976-1983.

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Los Desaparecidos

• Over 30,000 people disappeared during the Dirty
  War. Even today, the fate of most is unknown.
• Argentinas government still refuses to seek out
  information about the victims.

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This is Argentina, for those of you who are
wondering.
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Problems in Argentina

• The problems began with Juan Peron, dictator of
  Argentina since 1946.
• Although Peron was not the worst dictator in the
  countrys history, his rule was marked by
  inflation, unemployment, and economic ruin.

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Juan and Eva (Evita) Peron, dictators of
Argentina before the Dirty War
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Problems in Argentina

• Also, urban guerillas and lawless people robbed
  and looted Buenos Aires, the capital.
• Argentina had crime problems, debt problems, and
  worst of all, a dictator who could not fix them.

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The Junta Takeover

• In 1976, a military-supported terrorist group
  called the Junta took control of the country.
• They believed that by cutting help for the poor
  and aid to small businesses, the economic
  problems could be solved.

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The Junta Takeover

• To make sure they succeeded, the Junta targeted
  and eliminated anyone who disagreed with them.
• Government Death Squads moved through the
  streets, picking up anyone they suspected of
  disloyalty to the Junta.

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The Junta Takeover

• The Junta targeted the certain kinds of people
• Students - 21
• Teachers - 10.7
• Journalists/Reporters 15.7
• Priests/Clergy - 5
• Pregnant Women (unknown)

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The Junta Takeover

• The Junta also practiced censorship - only
  allowing certain information to reach the people.
• They silenced the media, killed authors, and set
  up censorship committees to read every letter
  that went in and out of Argentina.

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The Resistance

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The Resistance

• By the 1980s it was clear that the Juntas
  economic policies did not work. They had failed
  to solve the problems of inflation and
  unemployment.
• Argentina was in very bad shape again.

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The Resistance

• Also, in 1982 England soundly defeated Argentina
  in a war over the Falkland Islands.
• People grew bold. They spoke out openly against
  the government.The first cracks in the Junta
  began to appear.

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The Resistance

• A Group known as the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo
  met without fear in a city square.
• They demanded to know the fate of their loved
  ones, the disappeared.

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The Resistance

• The Plaza de Mayo, where the Mothers of the
  disappear-ed meet every week.

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The Resistance

• In 1983, the Junta fell to pressure from inside
  and outside of the government.
• Raul Alfonsin was the first democratically
  elected president since the early 1970s.

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The End of the Junta

• A memory wall has been erected in memorial of
  the disappeared. It contains over 30,000 photos.
• The full extent of the murders, kidnappings and
  tortures may never be known.