Word: juntas
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...bestow a few words of thanks on the row of elite khaki-uniformed guards who had protected him in the final months of his presidency. Nearby, two grim-faced men, one in military uniform, one in civilian dress, observed the Duvaliers' departure. They were members of the five-man junta to which the abdicating President was passing the leadership of the country. The Air Force plane took off at 3:46 a.m., carrying Duvalier, now an ex-President-for-Life, out of Haiti for only the second time. With him were his wife, his mother Simone, 72, four children...
Reagan sidestepped a question of whether the United States would resume aid to Haiti, suspended because of human rights abuses under the Duvalier regime. "We hope we can be of help" in restoring democracy under the new ruling junta, he said...
...undetermined wage increase early next year to make up for lost purchasing power. Businessmen are clamoring for similar price relief. The trials next year of the 300 lower-ranking officers accused of crimes in the dirty war--and a separate trial, now under way, of Galtieri and two other junta members for mismanaging the Falklands war--will stir up more debate over who bears the ultimate responsibility for the ghosts of the past. The trials may also further strain the patience of the military, which may be weakened but is still a potentially powerful force in Argentine affairs. Most important...
There was a promising sign last week that the country is indeed heading in the right direction. A few hours before the verdict in the junta trial was delivered, the government announced that it had lifted a 60-day state of siege under which constitutional guarantees against arbitrary arrest had been suspended. Alfonsin declared the siege in October to clamp down on an alleged conspiracy by twelve right-wing officers and civilians to disrupt the Nov. 3 congressional elections. The siege ended 15 days ahead of schedule. In that instance, as in so many others, Alfonsin appeared to have moved...
...Argentina, prosecution efforts have been hindered further by a general amnesty declared by the outgoing military junta in 1982. The bill absolved perpetrators of human rights violations of their offenses...