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By the 1980s, economic collapse, public discontent, and the disastrous handling of the Falklands War resulted in the end of the junta and the restoration of democracy in Argentina, effectively ending the Dirty War.
Dec 9, 2023 · Democracy returned to Argentina in 1983 after eight years of a bloody and violent military dictatorship that kidnapped, tortured, and disappeared 30,000 people. In addition to this, the country was still reeling from the failed Malvinas war and in the midst of an economic meltdown. Alfonsín won the constitutional elections on October 30, 1983.
Oct 4, 2024 · Dirty War, infamous campaign waged from 1976 to 1983 by Argentina ’s military dictatorship against suspected left-wing political opponents. It is estimated that between 10,000 and 30,000 citizens were killed; many of them were “ disappeared”—seized by the authorities and never heard from again.
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Mar 7, 2019 · Women marched through the streets of Buenos Aires in 1982, displaying handkerchiefs with the names of relatives who have disappeared since 1975.
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DCM Buenos Aires, 1982-87 BUSHNELL: Although the military government greatly increased its prestige and mandate with the invasion – thousands were dancing in the streets of Buenos Aires – all that gain and much more was lost with the military’s defeat.
Jul 16, 2018 · A woman trying desperately to prevent detention of a young man by police during anti-government rally in Buenos Aires during the Argentinian Dirty War, when thousands of people were killed or...
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Jul 5, 2010 · For this reason the former CDCs at the Navy Mechanics School (Buenos Aires) and ‘La Perla’ (Córdoba) are currently ‘Spaces for Remembrance and the Promotion and Defence of Human Rights’, together with other former CDCs which are at earlier stages of becoming official ‘sites of memory’.
