Argentina to Mark 40th Anniversary of Dictatorship with Protest

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Telesur

Argentina to Mark 40th Anniversary of Dictatorship with Protest


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Protesters hold signs reading “Return the children” at a demonstration July 5, 2012 when former dictators Jorge
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This March 24 marks the 40th anniversary of the military dictatorship that saw tens of thousands of people disappeared.


Argentines will take to the street this Thursday in cities across the country to commemorate those killed, persecuted and tortured during the military dictatorship, which began March 24, 1976 and lasted until 1983.

Dubbed the Day of Memory, Truth and Justice, participants will mark the 40th anniversary of the beginning of the dictatorship with marches and other activities to raise awareness and honor the victims.

On Sunday a group of priests from Option for the Poor issued a statement condemning the March 24 coup d'état that overthrew the government of Isabel Peron, saying the country needs to “continue building foundations in search of memory, truth and justice.”


Read more: http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Argentina-to-Mark-40th-Anniversary-of-Dictatorship-with-Protest-20160321-0022.html

[Solly Mack]

1. K&R

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2. Thank you for this timely post, Judi. A somber anniversary indeed.

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Here's a fragment from an Argentine documentary with scenes from the morning of the coup (March 24, 1976), during the first minute or so in the footage.

The narration is in Spanish; but you get a good sense of the daze that was said to prevail among the public in general that day. Little did people know.

Argentina, you see, had had four military coups already by then (1930, 1943, 1955, and 1966); but none of those military regimes came even close in their brutality and economic destructiveness as this one did.

Thanks again.