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Obama reorganises visit to Argentina to avoid 1976 coup anniversary
Source: The Guardian
Obama reorganises visit to Argentina to avoid 1976 coup anniversary
Nobel prize winner Adolfo Pérez Esquivel and activists had called
on US president not to come to Buenos Aires on 24 March
Uki Goñi in Buenos Aires
Friday 4 March 2016 14.46 GMT
Barack Obama has rescheduled a trip to Buenos Aires following criticism over his planned presence in the Argentinian capital on 24 March, the 40th anniversary of the brutal 1976 coup that installed a military dictatorship, which the US initially supported.
The US president will now travel to the southern tourist resort of Bariloche, nearly 1,000 miles from Buenos Aires, on 24 March to play golf.
The shuffle came after human rights activists called on Obama to cancel or at least reschedule his visit. According to the new schedule, Obama will arrive in the capital on the night of 22 March, where he will meet President Mauricio Macri the next day, before leaving for Bariloche.
A military junta imposed martial law on 24 March 1976 and began the killing of thousands of mostly young opponents of a regime that continued until democracy was restored in 1983.
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Nobel prize winner Adolfo Pérez Esquivel and activists had called
on US president not to come to Buenos Aires on 24 March
Uki Goñi in Buenos Aires
Friday 4 March 2016 14.46 GMT
Barack Obama has rescheduled a trip to Buenos Aires following criticism over his planned presence in the Argentinian capital on 24 March, the 40th anniversary of the brutal 1976 coup that installed a military dictatorship, which the US initially supported.
The US president will now travel to the southern tourist resort of Bariloche, nearly 1,000 miles from Buenos Aires, on 24 March to play golf.
The shuffle came after human rights activists called on Obama to cancel or at least reschedule his visit. According to the new schedule, Obama will arrive in the capital on the night of 22 March, where he will meet President Mauricio Macri the next day, before leaving for Bariloche.
A military junta imposed martial law on 24 March 1976 and began the killing of thousands of mostly young opponents of a regime that continued until democracy was restored in 1983.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/04/obama-urged-not-visit-argentina-40th-anniversary-military-coup
Earlier thread: Skip Your Visit to Argentina, Nobel Laureate Tells Obama