Word: argentinas
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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General Catan was probably also correct in his second statement-that the guerrillas have lost the war. Yet after six months of an army regime supposedly dedicated to the restoration of order, Argentina remains prey to repeated attacks of violence-often caused by the security forces themselves...
...Former Senator Hipólito Solari Yrigoyen, known for his firm defense of human rights during the Peronist years, was kidnaped from his home in southern Argentina in mid-August. Although Interior Minister General Albano Harguindeguy personally tried to find him, the search took two weeks. Solari was finally pitched out of the back of a truck, together with another legislator who had been kidnaped at the same time. Both men were immediately rearrested by the army...
...rising level of violence is more and more disturbing to outside observers. Pope Paul, receiving a new Argentine ambassador recently, denounced the murders of priests-apparently by pro-government agents-and the loss of other "valuable lives." In Washington, a congressional subcommittee has begun investigations to determine whether Argentina should be denied U.S. military aid. Subcommittee Chairman Donald Fraser of Minnesota called the wave of killings "shocking...
...counteract such criticisms, the Videla junta has hired a pair of public relations agencies to spread the good news in the U.S. and elsewhere that Argentina's economy is stabilizing and social unrest...
...rarely before in history has torture been in such widespread use. Amnesty International, the widely respected human rights organization headquartered in London, estimates that in the last decade torture has been officially practiced in 60 countries; last year alone there were more than 40 violating states. From Chile, Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay to Guinea, Uganda, Spain, Iran and the Soviet Union, torture has become a common instrument of state policy practiced against almost anyone ruling cliques see as a threat to their power. Torture, says Marc Schreiber, director of the U.N.'s Commission on Human Rights...