Argentina

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• SOURCE: The New Yorker
  4/26/2023
  

  The Comics Writer Who Became a Legend-and a Martyr of Argentina's Dirty War

  Héctor Germán Oesterheld died in an Argentine prison as an enemy of the country's dictatorship after a long career of depicting the political aspirations of Argentine leftists like himself. In death, his admirers made him a comic hero. 

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• SOURCE: The Nation
  2/27/2023
  

  "Argentina, 1985" is a Warning for 2023

  The film's most important contribution is to remind that the rule of law must be maintained.

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• SOURCE: Hollywood Progressive
  2/11/2023
  

  In "Argentina, 1985" Progressive Values Win

  by Walter G. Moss

  The true story depicted in the Oscar-nominated film shows the necessity of persistence and the power of hope. 

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• SOURCE: The New Yorker
  1/24/2023
  

  "Argentina, 1985" Gets Oscar Nod

  The film has sparked debate in Argentina over its representation of events, but tells the story of the first successful civilian trial of a military dictatorship. 

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  12/9/2022
  

  Is Messi the Avatar of a Post-Macho Argentina?

  by Brenda Elsey

  Lionel Messi's tenure at the top of the soccer world has coincided with an upsurge of feminism in Argentina and its sports culture, changes Messi has quietly supported. 

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• SOURCE: Jacobin
  11/20/2022
  

  Qatar Isn't The First Regime to Polish its Image With a World Cup

  Despite "disappearing" 30,000 political opponents, FIFA allowed Argentina's military dicatorship to host the 1978 World Cup. 

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• 4/3/2022
  

  Remembering the Falklands-Malvinas War 40 Years Later

  by Yoav J. Tenembaum

  Britain's successful repulsion of Argentina's invasion of the disputed islands resulted as much from diplomatic maneuver as military. 

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• SOURCE: Made By History at the Washington Post
  6/24/2021
  

  The History Behind the Removal of Argentina’s Version of ‘Aunt Jemima’

  by Erika Denise Edwards

  Cracks are emerging in Argentina's long history of denying the African (and indigenous) roots of some of its citizens, including in commercial culture branding.

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• SOURCE: The Guardian
  5/31/2021
  

  Time to Challenge Argentina’s White European Self-Image, Black History Experts Say

  A new generation of historians is challenging Argentina's self-understanding as a nation of Europeans and arguing that that mythology helps conceal anti-Black racism in the past and today.

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• SOURCE: National Security Archive
  3/23/2021
  

  Argentina’s Military Coup of 1976: What the U.S. Knew

  Newly declassified documents demonstrate that the US government, including Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, were aware of the developing coup and evaluated policy as a balancing of the prospective military dictatorship's friendliness to the US against its likely willingness to commit human rights violations. 

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  1/17/2021
  

  My Sister Was Disappeared 43 Years Ago

  A writer became the legally-designated recipient of his sister's remains after she was killed by Argentina's military dictatorship during the nation's Dirty War. The experience led him to confront how a society suppresses the knowledge of political violence.

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• 11/15/2020
  

  Can the COVID Crisis Create a New Civilian-Military Trust in Argentina?

  by David M. K. Sheinin y Cesar R. Torres

  Many Argentinians have been suspicious of military involvement in civil affairs since the end of the country's military dictatorship in 1983. Two scholars ask if the COVID crisis presents an opportunity for healing and reimagining the military's role in Argentina.

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  11/20/2020
  

  How to Shame a Dictator

  The families of victims of Argentina's far-right "dirty war" didn't let the perpetrators go unpunished after regime change; they took direct action to expose those who committed crimes and pressed for the repeal of amnesty laws. 

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• SOURCE: The Conversation
  5/10/19
  

  Truth, justice and declassification: Secret archives show US helped Argentine military wage ‘dirty war’ that killed 30,000

  by Rut Diamint

  The archives narrate the human rights abuses committed by Argentina’s military government, often with the assistance of the United States.

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• SOURCE: National Security Archive
  4/12/19
  

  Trump Administration Turns Over Massive Collection of Intelligence Records on Human Rights and Argentina

  The 47,000 Pages of CIA, FBI, NSC, DOD and State Dept. Records Touted as “Largest” Government-to-Government Transfer of Declassified Documentation

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• SOURCE: National Security Archive
  3/24/19
  

  Trump Administration to Turn Over Trove of Declassified Records to Argentina on Human Rights Violations Committed During Military Dictatorship

  The turnover of formerly secret U.S. intelligence records—the collection will include CIA, FBI, NSC, and Defense Intelligence Agency documents—will culminate a special U.S. government declassification project authorized three years ago today by then-President Barack Obama.

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• SOURCE: NBC News
  6-20-17
  

  Hidden Trove of Suspected Nazi Artifacts Found in Argentina

  Some 75 objects were found in a collector's home in Beccar, a suburb north of Buenos Aires, and authorities say they suspect they are originals that belonged to high-ranking Nazis in Germany during World War II.

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• SOURCE: NYT
  12-29-16
  

  Argentine Court Reopens Investigation of Ex-President in ’94 Bomb Case

  A court reopened a criminal complaint that accuses former President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner of a cover-up in connection with the 1994 bombing of a Jewish center.

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• SOURCE: National Security Archive
  12-12-16
  

  Obama Declassifies Top Secret Intelligence Files on Repression in Argentina

  New documents shed light on OPERATION CONDOR, including planned missions in Europe and assassinations of leaders in Amnesty International.

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• SOURCE: National Security Archive
  8-11-16
  

  Declassified U.S. Records Highlight Argentine Military Abuses, Internal Carter White House Debate over Human Rights Policy

  Records show Kissinger sought to undermine human rights message in Argentina.