How Much Did the US Know About the Kidnapping, Torture, and Murder of Over 20,000 People in Argent

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2. To his great credit, Carter asked an embassy staffer, Tex Harris, to compile all the intel he could

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Information which the Carter administration then effectively used to pressure and discredit the Argentine dictatorship into loosening their iron fist.

And they did: it's widely accepted by historians that 1976 and 1977 (when Kissinger's blind eye policy was in effect) were the worst years in the Dirty War by far; but that once Carter began to turn the heat on the dictators in August 1977, the pace of disappearances declined sharply - and practically stopped by 1980.

Here's a brief preview of a recent Carter Center conference on the subject, featuring some of the true American heroes in the effort to stop Argentina's Dirty War. It's a shame that Carter's Secretary of State Cy Vance had already passed away, since he contibuted so much.