Word: argentinas
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Disappearing"in Argentina...
...corpse had bruises on the face and neck. Shortly before he vanished, Lestrem, a defense lawyer and former judge, had prepared a writ of habeas corpus-on his own behalf. He had discovered that unknown men were looking for him and feared that he would become yet another of Argentina's "desaparecidos...
...disappear" in Argentina means to be taken away by men in mufti who claim to be members of the country's security forces. When the desaparecido's family applies for habeas corpus, the government often claims to know nothing, if it replies at all. With luck, the missing person reappears in jail. The death of Lestrem, who according to human rights reports had been arrested in 1976, tortured and then released by Argentina's military junta, is a mystery. He could have been killed by the military, surmised a Buenos Aires defense lawyer. Or by leftist guerrillas...
...process was another victim of Argentina's dirty war. For political prisoners, the problem is usually not getting a fair trial but getting any trial at all. At least 4,500 Argentines have disappeared since the military took over three years ago, and an additional 2,000 have been admittedly held without formal charges by the government. Even trying to persuade the government to produce a desaparecido for trial can be dangerous. According to one lawyer, the police keep a list of lawyers who seek to get their clients out on habeas corpus, and if a name appears more...
DIED. José Maria Velasco Ibarra, 86, Ecuador's charismatic Caudillo who was elected President five times and deposed four; of a heart attack; in Quito. Though he spent only 13 years in power and nearly 30 years in exile in Argentina, he unnerved opponents throughout his life with his vow: "Give me a balcony, and I will govern Ecuador again." Last elected in 1969, he was removed in 1972, but returned to Quito earlier this year "to meditate and await death...