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Argentina’s “Dirty War”
PowerPoint Presentation
Textbook page 586-588
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Liliana Aimeta1954-1976
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Blanca Estela Angerosa
1958-1978
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José Aguilar Bracesco
1954-1976
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Beatríz Le Fur
1954-1976
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Los DesaparecidosLos Desaparecidos• These people are now called “los
desaparecidos,” or “the disappeared.” They were just four of the 30,000 victims of Argentina’s “Dirty War” of 1976-1983.
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Los DesaparecidosLos Desaparecidos• Over 30,000 people disappeared
during the Dirty War. Even today, the fate of most is unknown.
• Argentina’s government still refuses to seek out information about the victims.
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This is Argentina, for those of you who are wondering….
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Problems in ArgentinaProblems in Argentina
• The problems began with Juan Peron, dictator of Argentina since 1946.
• Although Peron was not the worst dictator in the country’s history, his rule was marked by inflation, unemployment, and economic ruin.
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Juan and Eva (Evita) Peron, dictators of Argentina before the “Dirty War”
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Problems in ArgentinaProblems in Argentina
• Also, urban guerillas and lawless people robbed and looted Buenos Aires, the capital.
• Argentina had crime problems, debt problems, and worst of all, a dictator who could not fix them.
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The The JuntaJunta Takeover Takeover• In 1976, a military-supported terrorist
group called the Junta took control of the country.
• They believed that by cutting help for the poor and aid to small businesses, the economic problems could be solved.
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The The JuntaJunta Takeover Takeover• To make sure they succeeded, the Junta
targeted and eliminated anyone who disagreed with them.
• Government “Death Squads” moved through the streets, picking up anyone they suspected of disloyalty to the Junta.
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The The JuntaJunta Takeover Takeover• The Junta targeted the certain kinds of
people:
• Students - 21%
• Teachers - 10.7%
• Journalists/Reporters 15.7%
• Priests/Clergy - 5%
• Pregnant Women (unknown)
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The The JuntaJunta Takeover Takeover• The Junta also practiced censorship - only
allowing certain information to reach the people.
• They silenced the media, killed authors, and set up censorship committees to read every letter that went in and out of Argentina.
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The Resistance The Resistance •
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The ResistanceThe Resistance • By the 1980’s it was clear that the
Junta’s economic policies did not work. They had failed to solve the problems of inflation and unemployment.
• Argentina was in very bad shape again.
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The ResistanceThe Resistance• Also, in 1982 England soundly defeated
Argentina in a war over the Falkland Islands.
• People grew bold. They spoke out openly against the government.The first cracks in the Junta began to appear.
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The ResistanceThe Resistance• A Group known as the Mothers of
the Plaza de Mayo met without fear in a city square.
• They demanded to know the fate of their loved ones, the disappeared.
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The ResistanceThe Resistance• The Plaza
de Mayo, where the Mothers of the disappear-ed meet every week.
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The ResistanceThe Resistance • In 1983, the Junta fell to pressure
from inside and outside of the government.
• Raul Alfonsin was the first democratically elected president since the early 1970s.
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The End of the The End of the JuntaJunta
• A “memory wall” has been erected in memorial of the disappeared. It contains over 30,000 photos.
• The full extent of the murders, kidnappings and tortures may never be known.