Last Argentine military Junta had plans to remain in power until 2000
Last Argentine military Junta had plans to remain in power until 2000
Thursday, November 7th 2013 - 08:19 UTC
Neatly kept and organized documents dating to the start of Argentina’s last dictatorship, 1976/1983, shows the names of activists who went missing and citizens blacklisted under the regime, officials announced in Buenos Aires. The documents also show that the military junta had planned to hold onto power until 2000.
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Julio Cortazar and Mercedes Sosa among
the writers and artists blacklisted
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“They found 280 original documents dealing with military juntas,” said Defense Minister Agustin Rossi at a press conference. Apparently the documents were found stashed in a basement of the Air Force headquarters in Buenos Aires.
The cache was found in two safes and in two closets, during a cleaning of the building’s basement, Rossi said.
The documents, the first major find of classified documents from Argentina’s so-called Dirty War of some three decades ago, have “immense historical value,” according to Rossi, who said that they include communications between various service branches at the time.
Human rights organizations — which for years have been demanding that the military open their files on Argentina’s dictatorship — also are likely to have a keen interest in the documents. They could hold immeasurable value as they continue their efforts to bring to justice those who prosecuted the war.
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